MARCHER APPLE NETWORK A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2025 REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER- 1095151 COMPANY NUMBER- 03787303 ENGLAND & WALES Silver & Co Accountants Taxation & Business Advisors MèiRCHER APPLE NETWORK A COMPANY LILVllTED BY GUARANTEE cowrENTS Legal & administrative infomiation Tnistees, Ar￿￿al Report Independent Examiners Report Consolidated statement of financial activities 10 Consolidated and charity balance sheets Notes t'orniing part of the tinancial statements 12- 19 For the infomation of the DirectOTS and Trustees only- Detailed trading and profit and loss accoiints 20 MARCHER APPLE NEThVORK A COMPANY LtNtrrED BY GUARAiYfEE LEGAL AND ADMINISTII4TIII INFORIVIATION DIRECTORS & TRUSTEES Sir Andrew Large Philip Chadwick James Nason Andrew Pillow (Company Secretary) Stephen Ainsleigh Rice {Chairn]an) David Thursfield Smith Philip John Ryall Biistin (Appointed 09111124} Stevcn Richards-Price (Appointed 09111124) (Presideiit) (ReSi￿¢d 25111124) REGISTERED OFFICE Brock House Pelham Road Upton Magna Shrewsbury Shropshirc SY4 4UA INDEPENDENT EX}&￿t[NER,8 Silver & Co The Hollies 16, St. Johns Street Bridgnorth Shropshire WV15 6AG BANKERS Lloyds Bank 25 Gresham st￿ el London EC2V 7HN PayPal UK Ltd Whittaker House Whittaker Avenue Richmoiid-Upon-Thames Surrey TW9 IEH L4RCHER APPLE NETTh'ORK A COIVIPANY LI￿lITED BTr" GUAiuwfEE TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YL.4R ENDED 31st MARCII 2025 The trustees: Nvho are also Directors of the charity for the piwposes of the Companies Act. siibmit tlieir annual report and the unaiidited financial statements for the Year Ended 31 st March ?02). The tnistces have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) "Accountiii(y and Reporting by Charities" revised in 2019 ill preparing the anniial report and financial stateinents of the charity- Directors and Trustees The Directors and Triistees who served during the year were as follows: Sir Andrew Large Philip Chadwick Jaines Nason Andrew Pillow Stephen Ainsl¢igli Rice David Thiirsfield Sinith Philip John Ryal l Bustin Steven Richards-Price (President) (Resigned 25111124) (Company Secretary) (Chairman) (Appointed 09111124) (Appointed 09/11124) Structure, Governance alld Managemenl Trustees manage the Cliarity. Legal matters, major expenditure, organisational clianges, risk maiiagerneiit and repiitational concenis are a collective responsibi lity. Responsibil ity for conlinued operations is given to individual Triistees. Statement of Directors, aDd Trustees, ResponsibiEilies The trustees (who are also directors of the charity for tbe purposes of colnp￿iY law) are responsible for preparing the Trust¢es' Annual Report and the financial siatements in accordance with applicabl¢ law and United Kingdom Accouiiting Siandards (Unit¢d Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). Company law requires the triistees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of th¢ state of affairs for the charitable compaiiy and of the incoming resoiirces and applicatioii of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitablc CO￿panY for tliat period. In preparing these fmancial statements, the trustees are required to: select siiitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; observe the rnethods and principles in the Charities SORP 2005 (FRSSE); make jiidgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent- stale whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed. subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements. prepare the financiaE statements on a going concern b&sis iinless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable coinpany will continue in operation. 4RCHER APPLE NETWORK A COTrIPANY LIMITED BY GITARANTEE TRUSTEES, AI¥NUAL REPORT CONTINUED OR THE YEAR EINDED 3 Isl l¥IèiRCH 2025 The kn￿stees are responsible for keeping adeqiiate accoiintiil￿ records thal disclose ivitli reasonable accuracy at any time the tinancial position of the charitabl¢ company and enable tbein to ensure that the financial statemeiits comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable coinpany and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. In so far as the trustees are aware: there is no relevant infomation of wliich the charitable company's examiner is unaware; and the trustees have taken al I steps that they oiight to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant inforniation and to establish that tlie examiner is aware of that inforn]ation. The tni.stee8 are not in consultations witli the iiidepeiident examiners to pi'ovide further inforniation to ineet the reqiiircincnts of FRS 102 Statement of R¢comJneiided Praciice. Internal CoDtrol and Risk Management The Directors review the effectiveness of all material iiiternal controls, including operational. financial aiid cotnpliance controls and risk management systems. The internal control systems are designed to meet the Company's particular needs and the risks to which it is exposed, to manage those risks and to provide reasonable assurance against misstatenient or loss. Objectives and Activities The objectives for which the Association is established are to further tlie ediicalion of the public by promotioii of researcli, identification and to conserve by any recognised meaiis, old varieties of Apples, Pears and other fruits found growing in the Marches Area of England and Wales, and elsewliere, and to make collected infomation available to individuals or organisations by displays, demonstrations, talks or any other communication yystem. Volunteers The charity is gratefiil for the continiied help from its voliinteers who are involved in service provisions. It is estiinated that over 1,500 volunt¢¢r hoLirs were provided durlng the year in a wide range of activities. If this is Conservatively valiied at £12 an hour the volunteer effort au]ounts to at least £18.000. Trustee's Annual General Meetin ort Strate icRe ort Report is ieprodu¢¢d here for member inforn]alion. Marcher Apple Network is a company limited by guarantee, Company No. 03 787303. It is also registeicd as a cliarity, Cliarity No. 1095151, and is governed by its M￿n0rand￿rn and Arti¢l¢s of Association. The Directors of Marcher Apple Network ar¢ th¢ Charity Trustees. This combined annual report contains the Directors, report as r¢quircd by company law. 4RCHER APPLE NETIVOIIK A CO_WANY LlltrllTED BI, GITARANTEE TRUSTEES, ANWUAL REPORT coriTINLIED FOR THE YE.4R ENDED 31st ItrLikCH 2023 Directors and Trustees Sir Andr¢w Large Philip Chadivick James Nason Andrew Pillow Stephen Ainsleigh Rice David Thiirsfi¢ld Smith Philip John Ryall Bustin Stevcn Richards-Price (President) (Resi￿ed 25111124) (Company Secretary) (Chairnian) (Appointed 091111?4) (Appointed 0911 E/24) Membership MAN has welcomed I l New members. Membership stands at 170, including two honorary 'dorn)ant meinbers,, Botli tlie subscription increase and difficulty wilh our Bank account (see below) are likely reason for many members not renewing their membersliip. We have taken proactive actions to simplify n¢w members joining MAN and existing members to reiiew tlicir MAN subscriptions. This inclLides new wcb fornis on ihe MAN websile, retiring the old membership fornis. Men]bers can now pay vla cash, BACS, cheque, credit card and PayPal. Truslees / Directors, Voliinteer.f c7nd Donors Ciirrently we have about a dozen MeAnbers who kindly volunteer at shows, newslette￿, photography or orchard work in roles other than as Triistees. Their help is much appreciated. Yet we remain short of help; 20 years ago there were s¢v¢ral dozen active members. Work is going on to engage with the membership and increase the number of active members. One barrier lias been the difficulty in sharing documents between Trustees as we had no shared filiIig sy5t¢m. tn 2024 we were accepted into Microsoft's Charity programme which gives us free access to shared file space in the Cloud and fr¢e access to Mici'osoft's desktop applications. This h&g allowed us for the first tllne to collaborate and share documents without them having to be stored on personal computers. This not only improves prodiictivity but also means that we have a secure, long terni shared storag¢ for our key society documents. I¥LiRCHER APPLE NETWORK A CO￿1PANy LII*IITED BY GU.4RANTEE TRLTSTEES, AI¥NUAL REPORT CONTINbED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31si INL4RCH ?0?5 AGIV 9th ivoveniber 2024 We held a hybrid Annual General Meeting al the Mascall Centre in Liidlow and tnade available to Members to participat¢ remotely. In-person attendance was 29 and with help of a member, Martin Redfern, we had included a further 3 via Zoom. We welcomed David Lindgren, the Chairnian of the Gloucestershire Orchard Trust, to tell us about how local groiips are developing local interest in coinmunity orchards. It really did encourage members becoming more active. Siin?mary of PubliL benefit derivedfrom AUN s acliviiies We're delighted to report that diiring the year MAN activities conliniied to coiisolidate its collection and curatorial notes, again attended some Shows and bcgan Identificalion work. It is becoming clearer than much of the original mission has now been accomplished: One hundred varieties have ken described and photographed, about half of which are herilage or historically interesting. A particular pleasure has been collaborating with othei. orchards groups for bringing forward varieties of muttial interest for accrediiation. Fiirther steps have been taken to back up th¢ collection though selective distribution of 73 sets of scions to members. MAN has established a track record and is knowi) and recognised for the exceptional body of kiiowledge which it has developed. A blossom day picnic was held at Paramor on 12 May 2024 for the public, especially the local communities to share the joy of the orchard. We had iiearly a 100 visitors including many youiig children, who enjoyed two bumble bees froin Louby Loiis. MAN'S collection now includes 278 (about 120/D) of the apple varieties held at the Nalioiial Fruit Collection (NFC). Additionally a further 20 heritage varieties are being accessed into the NFC from NIANS collection. There are a ftirther 246 varieties not held at the NFC. In total these include tllost of the historically associated with Wales and the English border counties. It is a regional contribution to reducing biodiversity risk. Our Secretary receives and answers many requesls for advice vla our website. It is a service clearly greatly valiied. It biiilds iipon Wade Mugglcton's many ycars of practical orchard and conservation work. further support derives froto links with his extensive network of experts. MAN continued supporting a project led by Th¢ National Trust, Uiiiv¢rsity of Wales (Lampeter) and National Botanic Garden of Wales to define which varieties are of a Welsh Heritage, or Associated with Wales or otherwise connected. MARCHER APPLE NETIVORK .4 COMP.4LNY LIIWllTED BI, GIIARAYTEE TRUSTEES, ANIIUAL REPORT COINTtNLED FOR TUE YEAR ENDED 31st11,L4RCH 202) MAN has been inentioned in several prcss articles throughout the year. Member Engagement Member eiigagement (why join MAN) is very important and this year we raii a very successful Grafting Course at Nash, Shropshire lead by Wade Muggleton which attracted 8 new members. We have also Tun pruning coiirses. We received a significant donation from our Chairn)an, Ainsleigh Rice that will be used to fund capital projects in 2024-2025. We have successfiilly joined Frank Matthews as a Wholesaler which gives siibslantial discoLintS TO members which have already benefitted from sourciiig root stock al very low costs when compared to relail prices. In 2024 we started a programme of visiting members orchard witli 4 visits iindertaken and in 2025 we have two more visits planned in 202). Friiii JD MAN attends Aiitumn Shows and attempls identification there and then. Many folk are kind acknowledging our help ￿ld Inak¢ generoLiS donations. Often just one sample is submitted, we're nol that good at ID. Wc really nced a 3 minimum better 5-6. If they don't have ihein available we ask tl)em to come back next year with more! MAN also receives ad-hoc requests for ID either specifjcally handed in at Shows or sent by post, ID was made on l 8 varieties, either &$ one or a few possibilities. Shows This year there were shows at BKA (Harper Adams), Tenbury Wells, Big Apple and Leominster and National Botanical Garden of Wales. The difficulty though is that we now have few members able to do identification. Yet, the experience is developing, they are gettlng pretty good and managed 63 varieties this year. Websife Tlie website runs on an old version of software and making changes is both slow and costly. The website has been ported to a new version (current} and to a new hosting Provider who offers both lower costs and impi.oved support. We are now ablc to manag¢ / update / change much of th¢ w¢bsit¢ ourselves rather than be reliant on extemal contractors. The website will becotne a kcy cottununication v¢hicl¢ for MAN with plans to be developed in 2025. TRUSfh' Es, hZFORT ' ONTIFfU£Di FOR TKE f￿AR ENDED Jlst fvIAiiLÉi 2625 Ike Orchard% A variablc h¢Erve8t All 2024. So".ne oThards were &Èmost i)are oi fruit after a cool wet and wind'y blossom tiEne. Para￿Or was a Case in point w.th OTLly the later POaLiation varicDes k.avitig much of a Cs op. gut in sheltered locatiorls cropping w&5 cxcellei:.L as at Ty Glyn. FP Matthews Ltd. most generouslv agreed to copy. Et theii- expense. the entii'e collection and house them at theii" nursery o'"chard. R h:.'s will lake seveial years to compieÈ ￿}d will provide coTrsider&.ble relief and protection against loss of *i"ees. As p8rt of F n Mattliews kiol&'!,Ig 8 copy (Jf NIAN'S collec'ion, about 340 ts.ees ETave been plartFEd and another & I varieties were grafted this winter, this ne8rly completes our worLI We are ￿ÈoSt g?Èefid. Lhangii'.g ow" way of Wdss m&iagement and r￿dir.g a mei" organization for running Paremor are curreody siibject of inci'eased effort. We liave had e*lCOI:ragement tE]at th￿ are several folk iri the lo¢&1 Cwmdu co:￿]￿￿￿uty who are interested ill becoming more involved. including Local aJLd Couoty. CouDcillors. All trees ai Paratnor and Ty Glyn were pruned during the summer. A further five varieties were 3FcJrdiked tbrough the Register of Land Cultivars, including of Vellow Styre, which was rnade jointly with the Museum of Cider. Two estate. Penpoint s￿d Yitchford Hall. have begun developing neiv orchards to feature many heritage varieties for the irAteYest of member5 of the public and for making fiuit and Jul￿ sales. A stsrt was made thi5 year witli p&anting and 8uarding 17 and 15 respectively" There is an interes¢ in creating new orchords totallin8 over 400 trees. They are keen to include vatieties frorrL MAN5 collection that are variously of local origin (Wales NortheiT Welsh Marsheslwest Midlands), UK herita£e, one known before 1800, 4nd its Ill￿{￿.0wnS or unsures,. Together these will provide a further nearly ¢omplete Copy of the whole collection. Statement of Disclosure of IDformAtion (O llldependeii't Eiaminers We, the Director3 of the coftnpany who held office at the date of approval of these Financial Statements, as set out below, e￿h confinn so far &$ we are awar4 that: - there is no relevant inforniatiory of which the company's independent examillers are unawa￿. and. - we have taken all the.8teEks that we ought to have tskeD as dircctors in order to make ourselves aware of any relevant information and to establish that the compan￿5 ind¢y¢ndent exarniners are aware of that infornmtion. Independent Exxminer A resolution proposing that Silver & Co. be re-apwinted as independent examiners of the charity will be put to the Annual General Meeting. This report was approved by the Board on . Chairmall MARCHER APPLE INETWORK A COIIIPANY LllWllTED BY GUARANTEE INDEPENDENT EL4Tr11NERS' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st IILIRCH 2025 We report on the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 st March 2025 which are set out on pages 10 to 19. Respective responsibilities of Trustees and IndependeDI Exgminers The trust¢¢s (who are also the direclors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 (2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that ali independent examiiiation is needed. Having satisfied ourselves that the Charity is not subject to audit uiider coinpany law and is eligible for independent examination, it is our respoiisibility to: examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act. follow tlie procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. and state whether particular matters have come to OLir attenlioii. Basis of IDdepeDdent Examiner's report Our examination was carried out in accordance with the geiieral directions given by the Charity Coinmission. An examinatLOlI includes a review of the accoiinting records kept by the charity ￿]d a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual itcnis or disclosures in ihe accounls, and seeking explaiiations from you as triislees concerning any such matters. Th¢ procedures und¢rtaken do not provide all the evid¢ncc that would be reqLiired in an audit and conseqiiently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a true and fair view" and the report is liinited to those matters set out in tlie statement below. MARCHER APPLE NETM'ORK A COTrIPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE DEPEINDE.NT E.¥ANftNERS' REPORT CONTISUED FOR THE IIAR ENDED 31st ￿(￿RCH 2025 Independent Examiner's statement In connection with oiir examination, no matter has come to our attention: l ) which gives us reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect. the requirements: to keep accoiinting records in accordance witli section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; and to prepar¢ accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accountillg reqiiii'einents of section 396 of the Coinpanies Acl 2006, and meet the methods and principles of the Charity Comniission reporting ot"accounts CCI 7a. have not been inet; or 2) to which in our opinion, attention shoiild be dra￿￿n in order to enable a proper understandiiig of the accounts to be reached. The Hollics, 16, St. Johns Street, Bridgnorth. Shropshire. WV15 6AG Silver & Co., Independent Examiners. 24UA MARCHER APPLE NETWORK A COMPANY LIMITED ]JY GUARAiYfEE CONSOLIDATED STATE]VIENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES II¥CLUDING SUIILMARY LNCOME AND EXPEINDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2025 Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds Total Total 2024 202) Incoming R¢50urces Anniial Subscriptions Apple tD Gross Bank Interest Donations Life Members Misc. Receipts Speaker Fees Events Sale of Books & CD'S Sale of Trees Grafting/Pruning Courscs Legacy Gift Aid Rebate Closing Stock Stock Written off during year 1,730 155 107 10,420 l.730 155 1,010 E07 10,420 97 98 590 20 20 926 903 852 926 903 852 1,123 924 160 200 776 6,938 2,826 776 6,938 2,826 8,486 Total Incoming Resources ?5,653 25,653 12,688 Resources Expended Direct Charitable Expendittire: Running and maintenance Costs Opening Stock 15,091 8,486 15,091 8,486 9,028 7,084 Total Resources Expended 23,577 23,577 16,112 Net Incoming Resourccs 2,076 2,076 (3,424) Fund balances broiight forward at 3 1st March 2024 68.411 68,411 71,835 Fund balances carried forward at 3 1st March 2025 70,487 70,487 68,411 All amounts above ar¢ derived from continuing opcrations and the Charity has no recognis¢d gains or losses other than those passing through the Statement of Financial Activities. io F,rtts_RfUI£R Fl£i ryGP7J AS AT 31s-. f7¥￿RcH 21823 2025 ote r￿1 D AJSETS: TangibJe assets Intangible ass&LS 37.425 38,435 37.425 CURRENT ASSEI'S: Stocl