THE NATIONAL VEGEfABLE soaETY
Rewitered Charfty No. 11188979
Annual Report and Ac¢ounts
For the yur ended Jlsl D•Eernber 2024
Tre Notlonql Vegetable Soclety wosfounded In 1960 and became a
reglstered chartty on 22nd Ortober 2￿1
Its charitable o¥ects Include to advance the culture study and improvement OA
vegetables, to odvance knowledge ond tofvrtherpubllc Interest in vegetable5

THE NAIIONAL VEGETABLE soaErY
Contents
Independent examlner's report
Balance sheet
Notes to the accounts

THE NATIONAL VEGEfABLE soaETY
Indeppndert Examlnees Rewt to the Truste&s of the N•tlonal V•tyable Soclety
31" Decembw 2014
Resp•¢Uv• rnsponslbilltl•s The charlty's trustees are respon$lble for the preparntlon of the actounts. The
of trujttts gnd examlner charws trustees con5iderthat an audtt Is not requlred for thls year under sectK)n
144 of the tharFtles Att 2011 {the Charltles Act) and that an Independent
examination Is needed.
It Is my responslblllty to:
examlne the accounts under settlon 145 of the Chafft5es Act,
to follow the procedures lald down In the general Dlrertlons 8lven bythe
Charlty Comrnl551on {under settlon 145(5)(b) of the Charltles Act, and
to state whether partkular matters have co￿* to my attention.
B4515 of Indep•ndent My examlnatlon was carrled out In accordan￿ wlth leneral Dlrettions Elven ty the
•Mm5Mrfs statsm•nt Charfty Comm1551on. An examinatlon Indudes a re4lew of the accountlng records
kept by the charlty and a comparlson of actounts presented wlth those
records. It also Includes conslderation of any unusual Iterns or dlsclosures in the
accounts, arKI seekSnB explanatlons from the trustees Concerni￿ ary such matters.
The procedures undertaken do Mt provlde all the eVkIen￿ that would be requlred
In an audlL and consequentty no oplnlon Is 8lven is to whether the accounts
p￿Se1rt a true and falrf vlew 4nd ihe report is1Smlted to those matters set out In
the 5tstement below.
Ind•P￿dent examlner's In connection wlth rny exarnlnatlon, no matter has come to ry attontlon
Statèment l. whlch Elves me reasonable ciuse to belleve thtt In, any materlal resFrt the
requlrernents:
to keop ar￿UntI￿ remrds In accordance wlth section 130 of the Charltles
ACL. and
to prepare acwunts whlch accord wlth the accountlng records and complv
th the accountlng requlrements of the Chawltles Act
have not been rnet: or
2. towhlth, in my oplnlon. attention 5houkl tse drawn In orderts enable a proper
understsndln8 of the accDunts to be reached.
Slned: A Cutler F￿
Date:
Cutler & Co Chartered Certffied Accountsnt5
Brook House
Church Lane
Garforth
Leeds
L525 IHB
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sior- Hon TRaswer

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Note5 to the accounts for the y￿r ended 311t December 2024
L Pth)untEw Polk1•5
The prlTrclpal accountlnE pollcle5 adoptedi judgements and key sources of estlmatkjn
ur￿rta1nty In the preparatlon of the fjnancial statemert5 are as fcllow&
al Basls of preparatlon: The flnanclal statements have been prepared in accordance wlth
ountin8 and Reportln8 by Charltlek Statement of Recommended Practlce appllcable to
charltles preparfn8 thÉlr accourrt5 In accordance with tho Financlal Reportln8 Standard
appllcable In the UKand Republlc Df Ireland IFRS IQ2) (effertlve lJanuary2019) and the
Companles Act 2Cn6. A55ets and liab511tles are Inltlalty rnco8nlsed at historlcal cost or
transactlon value unlessothenvlse stated In the relevant accountln8 pollcy notels}.
b) Income and expendlture: Income Is brn￿ht Into the flnanclal statemènts when received.
Expendllurels accwnted for on an accrua15 ba515. Unrestrkted funds are avallable to spend
on artlvltles that further any of the purposes of charlty. Des*Mtod furKls are unrestrlclod
funds of the charlty whlch the trustees have decided at thelrdlscretlon to set aslde to use
for a speclflc purpose. Restrlcted funds are donatbns whlch the donor has specffled arn to
be solely used for partlcular areas of the sock￿$ work or for 5pKlfic projects belrq
undertaken by the 5(xlety.
¢) Subscrlptlon5: Subscrlptlons aro r•co8nlzed when receNed.
d) Flxed 855ets: Thls comprfses only an item of sound equlpmant and trophles.
e> Stock. Stock Is Included at the lower of cost or net rea115able value. Donated Items of stock
are recosnised on recelpt at falr value whkh 1$ the amount the charlty would have been
wiinng to pay for Ihe Items on open market.
2. Traniartloni wlth Memberj olth• Natlonal Execulfve
ND trustee or person defined by accounting 5tarKlards as 'related to them. re￿IVed an¥
remuneratlon for serviL*5 as a trustee or In a mona8ernent capaclty durlnE the year. or for any
relrnbursement of expenses oth@r than for expendlture Incurred as an agent of the soclety.
Travel to the Natlonol Executlve meetlngs was relmbursed 10 those trusiees who claimed IL
3. Shows Events
These comprlse the Natlonal Champlon5hSps of the NVS, the Regk>nal Branth Champlonshlps,
Igcal chafflplon5hlps by D15trlct AwKiatlon, and other events wlth lectures, membe
Informatlon and soclal evenlngs and exhibftlons. Incklental fvndrai5in8 actfvttks at these everts
{eg. Raffles) are treated as tvents revenues.
Mernbws Magazine5 et¢
Each n*mber recelve5 a quarterly magazlne with infomiatlon and advlce on the cultlvation of
ve8etable5, together wkh news of the event5 IMI￿n6 vegetable cultivatlon and exhibition In
thelr Reglonal Branch and D]strfct Assoclation.
PaBe 3

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Notes to the attounts for the year 31st Dq¢ember 2024 (contlnued)
5. 60￿M￿ne&
2023
Postage
628
Prfntln& statlonery and publiclty
271
204
Natlonal & AGM
1,133
915
Insurance
1,024
969
Examlners fee
I￿00
1,5(X)
Sundry Expens
4,637
Pa8e 4

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5t•tement of Financlal Acti¥ltles for the ymr •nded Ytst Decembor 2024
G•n2ral Restrkkni Total 2024
Funds
Fund%
2023
Intomkns R•sour¢4s from gen•rat•d fuNIi
Voluntary Income
79,997
1646 81643
87,362
Actfvltles for genergtlng funds
7.320
,078
25,398
27,208
Bank Interest
1,288
914
2,202
1.743
Totsl Incomln8 resources
88.605 20,638 109343
116.313
Cost olyn•rntlryfundi
Fundralsln8 tradlni: Cost of
80(K15 sold Ind ot￿r costs
17,625
2,689
20,314
13,771
Charltab&7 Acllvltles
78,159
16,622
94.781
94.071
Govwn•n
4,637
4637
Tolal rnsources ex
nded
I(XJN21
19,311
I￿,732
liih30
Nrt Incomln¥ reJow¢
(1&816)
¥327 -
Total fvnds br(￿ght forward
Mat Exec and Branches
Holderne5S
Dlslrlrt Assocl*lo
Charnplonshlp Reserve
Tatsls
153,lJ42
153,042
542
9U07
5,WO
91107 25£391
145,217
542
95,749
s￿00
92,807
158,Wl
Not Incom1￿ reKwrc•s
Transfer between lundj
(11,816)
¥750
1,327 (10.4891
&750
- 24l920
Totsl funds carrled forward
145018 95W 240.W12
251A91
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