LANGLEYBURY CHILDREN'S FARM TRUSTEES REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2024 Charity Registration No. 1077869 ABOUT US AT LANGLEYBURY CHILDREN'S FARM Background Langleybury Children's Farm is a Registered Charity, governed by a constitution dated 17th January 1999. The Charity was registered on 20th October 1999. Originally the Farm operated as part of Langleybury School Association, the school's PTA. Despite the closure of Langleybury School in 1996 the Farm continues to operate. We still have 3 committee members who attended the school. Objectives The advancement of Education of children and young people in farming Technology and the Rural Environment. The provisions of facilities to the General Public for recreation and leisure time occupation. The farm provides educational facilities to local community groups, schools and learning disability groups. Governing Body The Executive Committee consists of 4 members. At the Annual General Meeting, a Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer are appointed for the forthcoming year. Current Officials are: Executive Committee as of 31 st October 2024 Ms Kim Tyler Chairperson Mrs Jeanette Martins - Treasurer Ms Tara Burrowes - Trustee Mrs Claire Twomey - Trustee Other Members of Farm Management & Committee as of 31st October 20224 lain Burrowes: Farm Manager Luis Martins.. Handyman Darren Martins.. Avery & Cove Specialist Ella Trevellion We also have.. 14 Volunteers who run the Café and Shop 8 young volunteers who clean out, groom, feed the animals not forgetting giving them loads of love and affection. Charity number 1077869 Farm Address Langleybury Children's Farm Langleybury Lane Hunton Bridge Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8RW Address for Correspondence Langleybury Children's Farm clo Mrs Jeanette Martins 26 Nottingham Close, Watford, Hers WD25 7QT Contact Information Telephone - 01923 270603 Email- admin@langleyburychildrensfarm.org.uk Independent Examiner. - Antony Durrant David Lindon & Co. Avaland House 110 London Road Apsley Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9SD Bankers Barclays Bank PIC 10 St Peters Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL13AN TRUSTEES REPORT Hello and welcome to our latest annual report for our Langleybury Children's Farm charity for the season 2024. Once again, we have had a successful season. Our ticket sales have increased which brings in our steady income. We have kept our admission price the same for the last few years. This enables us as a charity to be accessible to all, as we can see by our figures. We do not intend to increase our prices for our 2025 season. We have a successful partnership with our local school., they help us with chores around the farm including animal husbandry and tasks in the upkeep of a farm. Whilst they are up the farm they are also given projects which go towards educational needs. We also offer free school visits to the schools in our local area and now we are being approached from schools further afield which is very popular. We are trying to accommodate them as much as we can from the support of our volunteers. These visits helps the children with their educational requirements and giving them an insight of welfare and animals surroundings. We have young adults with learning disabilities, come and help with chores around the farm who are a great help to the farm manager. We continue to have support from our landlord The Ralph Trustees. There remains an ongoing planning application to be re locate the farm to an adjoining field. This then will entail a completely new farm being built with a new car park to support St Paul's School and enabling parents to park safely and not on a main road as they do at present. Our aim is to go ecofriendly with our new farm giving our animals and visitors a new experience. As we have no date on the move yet are keeping everything maintained as much as we can and replace what we must at a minimal cost. We will need to use disposable funds to help with this project when it is agreed. We would like to thank lain our farm manager and our volunteers for all their hard work and support by everything running smoothly. We look forward to another successful season in 2025. Kim Tyler Chairperson Langleybury Children's Farm AGM - 18th November 2024 Present: lain ,Tara, Ella, Kim, Mark, Jack, Claire, Harrison, Jeanette, Lily. Excused: Neveah, Daisy, Darren. Chairmans review: Kim thanks everyone for their hard work still waiting to hear about development of farms movement plans ,there is a council meeting this Thursday Little bit of upkeeping is needed before opening next year birthday parties were brought back last year- a few were booked in, this may be something to promote more Saint Paul's primary school's involvement has been great When it has been confirmed the farm is moving, we hope to have more involvement with a representative from Saint Paul's school Luis's helpers have been a great support too We had a lot of free school visits and free coaches with volunteers on site this year There is a of interest in this every year, but we need to limit coach visits from now on Thank you to the shop volunteers would be great to have continued involvement from them Thank you to lain our Farm Manager Thank you to Jeanette for her continued hard work Thank you to Ella for sorting out the Rota And thank you to Tara for her work on the website maintenance and social media Treasurers Report: Income through shop has dropped, we think the sales is down due to cost of living. Add into this the price of animal feed was put up and we had more vet bills However, sales in general are up turnover is up from 2023 Cove and aviary had been well maintained event costs equal to 5 coaches for school visits, Easter and Halloween Wages have cost us more this year but that's because the ages of our shop volunteers have gone up and insurance is up due to new tractor everything else is pretty much stayed the same interest income is up Net surplus = £21,378 compared to last year= £14,239 Feedbags - £8937.00 . Money Is coming back to cover cost of feed. Gift cards- 17 expired - loss of £340 from the farm- Handwritten cards to be used in the future to prevent this 10 school visits - 35 turned down due to volunteer availability-limit visits to 10 per year. And free coaches to be taken off the website reminder to count all the money in the till even what is in the money bags at the end of the shift. Farm Manager: thank you to all the volunteers still being involved hoping to hear more about the move soon and to have more involvement from Saint Paul's school Farm diseases across the UK,. Avarian flu, blue tongue- cases are dying out now so we are less at risk Poultry now registered to be on Vaccine schemes Maintenance needed around farm o materials needed ahead of spring opening. There was a water leak in the toilet block that needs repainting Plantlflower beds need repairing Donkeys are a little neglected. Need more involvement from the volunteers. Harrison & Jack to do Duke of Edinburgh so they will help with the farm and donkeys Two new pigmy goats coming tomorrow - 18 months old - paying £50 each and comes from a local farmer. No animals are to arrive at the farm before talking to lain Admin & Socials Updates to be made to the website to say closed until spring 2025 Automated replies on website Rebranding to continue from Tara- Logo and branding guidelines Committee members Chairman Kim - seconded by Jeanette Treasurer- Jeanette seconded by Kim Trustees - Tara and Claire Rota and shop- Ella Secretary - Tara for this AGM Dates for 2025 5th April 2025- OPENING 25th October- CLOSING Other notes., Team building day No party booking for first weekend and easter weekend T-shirts to be created for shop volunteers - Tara to rework Harrison and Lily's designs Research into keeping tortoises Entrance prices the same BBQ day event next year? Work parties before 2-25 opening Chariiy No: I077869 LAIYGLEYBURY CHILDRENS FARM RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2024 LANGLEYBURY CHILDRF.IN'S FARM (Charity No: 1077869) Coiitents I'or tli¢ year ended 31 OctobL'r 2024 Pagc Chai'ity Infoi'ination Iiidependeiit Exainiiier's Repoi't Receipts and Payineiits Accounts LANCLEYIIUIIY CHILI)REN'S FARM (Cliarity No: 1077869) CHAIUTY INFOIIMATION CHARITY NUMIIER 1077869 TRUSTF.ES Chair: Ti'e¢lSLirer'. Ti'ustee.. Ti'iistee.. Kim l.OLiise Tyler Jeaiiette Martins Claii'e Twomey Tara Bui'rows ADDIIEI SS Laiigleybury Children's fai'm Laiigleybiiry Kii)gs L(Ingley Heitfoi'dshii'e WD4 81IN ACCOUNTANTS David Lindon & Co Avaland HoLise I l O London Road, Apsley Heinel Henipstead Heitfoi'dshire HP3 9SD INDEI)ENDENT FXAMINFII'S IIEI PORT to the trustees of LANGLFYBUIIY CHILDREN'S FAIIM (Charity No: 1077869) on the accounts for the year ended 31 October 2024 I report to tlie chai'ity trLislees oli my exaniinatioii of tlie ¢lCCOUllts of the chai'ity foi. the year elided 31 October 2024 which at'e set OLIt on pages 3 to 4. Responsibilities and basis of report As the chai'ity's trustees yoii are I'espoiisible for ihe pi'epai'ation of the accoiiiits in accoi'dance witli the i'eqLiireillents of Ihe Cliai'ities Act 2011 ( riie Acl ). I I'eport in i'espect of my examination of tlie cliai-ity's accoiints carried out Liiider section 145 of the Act and in cai'ryiiig Iny cxamiii¢ilioii, I Iiave followed all the applicable Dii-eclioiis given by the Cliai'ity Coininission iindei. seclioii 145(5)(b) of ilie Act. Independent examiner's statcment I have completed my exaiJ)iiiation. I confii'm that no material Inattei's Iiave coin¢ to Iny attention in coiinectioii with the exiimination giving me caLise to believe that in any matei'ial I'espect: (i) accoiintiiig records were not kept iii respect of the charity as i'equired by section 130 of the Act. or (li) the accoiints do Iiot accord with those itcoi'ds. I have no coiicerns aiid have coine aci'oss iio otliei. mattel's in connectioii with the eyaininatioii to which atteiition should be di'awn iii this report in ordei. to enable a pi-opei. Iindeistanding of the accounts to be l'eached. Antony Diiri'aiit FCA Foi. and on belialf of David Lindoii & Co Chartered Accountants Avalaiid House I l O Loiidoii Road Apsley Hemel Heimpslead Heitfordshii-e HP3 9SD 29 Augusl 2025 Date: LANGLEYBURY CHILDRfi N'S FARM (Charity No: 1077869) IIF.cr,ii)TS & I)AYMf.N'I'S ACC()UN'I'S foi. tIIL l)ei'ioil l Noiicmber 2023 to 31 ()clobLI- 2024 2024 2023 GENEJUL NRESTRICTED RICIIP7S AND PA YAIINTS ACCOUNTS RECEIPTS Incoinc Ihiough Shop Adinissions {PdyP¢il I'eceip15) 42,528 45,951 41,349 45,541 88,479 86,890 Donations: 43 Oihci. incoine.. Playskills Field and stabling I'ental Othei. incoine 400 500 296 2,140 Receipls fi'oin iniiesinienls.. 1,230 405 Total receipts 91,849 88,534 PAYMENTS Aniinal feed and vel bills Goods foi. resale Cove & Aveiy Oihei. direct expenses Labour cogls Eiienl costs RepaiiB and maintenance Equipment Advertising Shop and adinin General expenses In5uI'ances and utility Accountancy fce5 Health & safety, Cai'd pi'ocessii)g fees Paypal expeiises Donations and sponsoiship 11,199 13,346 104 504 19,969 2,113 5,269 778 8,421 13,451 364 846 20,636 7,641 2,910 338 2,485 2,644 9,645 2,777 214 555 1,138 230 1,735 1,934 10,054 1,284 168 582 160 Total payments 70,471 74,295 Exces5 of Rcccipts over Paymtnts 21,378 14,239 Cash funds at l Januai'y 95,404 81,165 CAsh fi und5 Ilt 31 Il¢cembei' 116,782 95,404 LIlYI:l.II YIIIIIIY CII11,I)111,:NIS I,'ARM (C'liiirliy No; IU771J69) I
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