ANNUAL REPORT OF BIDDULPH IN BLOOM 2023124
The registered and only name is Biddulph in Bloom
The Registered Charity No is 1109447
The Registered Address for Charity purposes is
Biddulph Town Hall
High Street
Biddulph
ST8 6AR
Trustees:
Chairperson: Lesley Drumrn
Vice Chairperson: Helen Wilshaw
Honorary Treasurer.. Katharina Archer
Honorary Secretary: Sarah Bradley
Our Constitution was adopted on the 22nd January 1998 and our Model Constitution
was taken from the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers for Affiliated Groups.
We have been members of the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers for Affiliated
Groups since 1991. The Trustees may make any member a Trustee to fill a vacancy
that arises, that Trustee would then be eligible for re-election at the Annual General
Meeting. Members if they wish to be a Trustee would be considered by the
Executive Committee and the outcome determined by a majority vote. The entire
Executive stands down annually at our Annual General Meeting and are then re-
elected by the membership.
In January 2018 we adopted a change to our Constitution, but this was rejected by
the Charity Commission. At our AGM on 29th January 2020 our original constitution
and the clause regarding assets was unanimously readopted with no objections or
dissentions.
At our AGM on 11th January 2023 the membership unanimously elected Lesley
Drumm as Chair, Sarah Bradley as Honorary Secretary and Katharina Archer as
Honorary Treasurer. Also, Joan Tyndall, was elected Vice-chair by the membership;
however, she later resigned from this posrtion. At a special meeting on 2nd June
2023 Helen Roberts was then elected Vice-chair by membership to hold office until
the next AGM. During 2023 three of our trustees resigned, Wendy Rowley, Jean
Nixon and Geoff Tyndall. Sarah Bradley was appointed as a Trustee at an
extraordinary meeting on 26th July 2023. Helen Wilshaw was co-opted as a Trustee
and her appointment was ratified at the AGM on 1Ph January 2024. At the last AGM
the membership acknowledged the retirement of our Patron, Judge David Fletcher,
and unanimously elected Lesley Drumm as Chair, Helen Wilshaw as Vice-chair,
Sarah Bradley as Honorary Secretary and Katharina Archer as Honorary Treasurer.
The Charity and its management have remained in a stable position throughout the
year apart from changes to the position of Vice-chair.

Financial Review
The Charity usually keeps a small reserve; however, due to financial pressures on
our communty with the increase in mortgage rates and inflation, the Charity felt it
wise to be prudent with expenditure in 2022. Despite the hardships encountered by
our communty we still received generous donations and support throughout 2022
and, therefore, we ended the year with a larger carry forward and started our
financial year from February 2023 with a balance of approximately £40,000 in our
main account. A significant proportion of the cary forward was from donations that
were dedicated to a memorial Health and Wellbeing Garden in honour of our
Founder, Hilda Sheldon. The Memorial Garden is still in the planning stage, and we
are waiting for agreement from Town, District and County Councils on the use of
some land for the project. The Charity also holds a Legacy Fund of approximately
£35,000, from which a significant proportion has been set aside for maintenance
work on the land we were grfted from Your Housing. This land has been used by the
Charity for several years but requires a significant amount of work to provide
adequate aC￿sS to vehicles and to make the land suitsble for planting and general
use.
For this financial year our Legacy account is held be the Hanley Economic Building
Society and we opened an account with the Cooperative Bank in July 2023 to hold
our main funds that are used for the day-to-day management of the Charity. Most Df
our funding, particularly from grants, is used to purchase materials and equipment to
meet the aims of the Charrty. some of these funds are used to pay self*mployed
help to manage the heavy work that our volunteers are unable to do and for
specialist advice. We do not employ any staff.
The Honorary Treasurer, Katharina Archer, manages the finan￿S on a day-to-day
bases and reports back to the Chair and the Trustees to ensure that the objectives
set by trustees are met. BK Plus (Chartered Certified Accountants), Tunstall Road,
Biddulph will undertake the examination of our accounts for this year.
Trustees are aware of their responsibilities and obligations, and although they have
not undertaken any formal training set by the Charity, they are trained in a diverse
range of subject areas from previous and current employment. Trustees work hard
to keep up to date with any new legislation and publications that are required to fulfil
their role to a high standard. Policies and, Health and Safety risk assessments are
carried out where necessary and updated annually or earlier rf required. All
volunteers re￿5Ve a copy of the Health and Safety rules and sign to confirm re￿ipt
and acknowledgement. Training is undertaken ad hoc where ne￿SSary and all
volunteers adhere to instructions to ensure their safety. The Chaiity is also
compliant with data protection requirements.
The Charity's objectives are to conserve the environment mainly using volunteers for
the benefit of the public and to encourage the public in the practice of conservation.
The Charity encourages the local community to value its assets such as trees,
shrubs, garden areas, seats and benches. The local community appreciate and
respect the work of the Charty, and this is reflected in the feedback both in person
and through social media. Our volUnt￿rS dedicate thousands of hours each year to
achieve the aims and objectNes of the Charity, which include keeping our local

environment tidy and free of rubbish through targeted rna1ntenan￿ such as litter
picking, weeding our streets and garden areas, planning and maintaining floral
displays. We have a programme of tree planting and in 2022 we introduced wild
meadow areas to encourage the conservation and sustainability of local wildlife
habitats. This year our objective was stability and, therefore, most of our
expenditure has been used to maintain existing projects and deliver our twi￿-Year1Y
planting schemes that decorate the town.
Successes
During 2023 we have held fijndraising events such as Pancake Day, our Open
Gardens and Cuppa and a Cake. These events are appreciated by the local
community and give our citizens the opportunity to get together in ￿lebratiOn of the
Charity and its objectives. Unfortunately, we have not entered the Heart of England
In Bloom competition this year, as our gardening volunteers have depleted, but we
have maintained all our projects to a high standard and continued our renovation of
seats, benches and planters, and our programme of tree planting. The Charity has
also joined forces with a local primary school to deliver a programme of bulb planting
that will bloom in spring 2024. We have also enhanced our social media presence
with the help of Helen Wilshaw, to engage the local communty and encourage more
volunteers to keep the Charity going for future generations. We have also set up
WhatsApp groups for our volunteer gardeners to communicate any arrangements to
meet up, planned works or to vote on day-to-day decisions, and a Trustee group to
discuss matters when it is not convenient to meet up physically. All our online
resources are supported by other methods of communication for those of our
volunteers and members that do not wish to use the intemet. Our final project was
the development of the Charity's website, which has now been published on the
internet. The Charty continues to provide a beautiful, clean and environmentally
safe pla￿ for its local communty.
Objectives for Next Year
The Charity's objectives next year are to maintain the status quo, focus on the
renovation of our land, progress the memorial project and encourage the
appointrnent of more volunteers.
At the end of this financial year, we cary forward the sum of approximately £46,500
in our main account and £36,300 in our Legacy account. A significant amount of the
cary fO￿ard is funds raised towards our Memorial Garden project. After
consultation with the donorfs family, we also aim to start using our Legacy fund for
the renovation of our land and the purchase of some IT equipment in the coming
financial year.
Written by the Honorary Treasurer of Biddulph in Bloom - Katharina Archer
Signed:
Date
2P September 2024

Charity No. 1109447
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
For the year 1 February 2023 to 31 January 2024
2023
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2024
Payfflents
2024
37.794.83 Be￿nce at0110W3
13J82.94 Ba￿nce al01ffj2tt3
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40.676.19
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157.00
200.00
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7.635.M fian15
1.365.79 & repairs
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1.946.9S
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520.00 S.M D.C- T Hal
18.387.￿ Help.W*eriry & Hea%yW
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5.542.80 W8￿r
15.082.50
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6.021.00 klerrtorial Grfts
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1.465.th1 Pant*È Day
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546.08 Cuppa. cAk8 & thal
198&74
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226170
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150.00
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BIDDULPH IN BLOOM
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024
General
Account
Monetary Assets
Current Account
Restricted Fund Account
Petty cash
46,377
36,312
150
82,839
Prepayments
3,000
Llabllltles
Accountancy
300
Non Monetary Assets
For use by the charity and belonging to the General Purposes Fund
Street furniture (including sculpture. seats and planters)
Various small hand twls
Water Bowser
Restricted Funds
The restricted funds are monies received to be used for the
purchase of perennial plants. trees and shrubs to replenish damaged slock
and costs for new projects
Signed..
Mrs K. H. Archer
Dated..

BIDDULPH IN BLOOM
YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024
ANNUAL GENERAL ACCOUNT

Report of the Independent Examiner
to the Trustees of
Biddulph in Bloom
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Biddulph in Bloom for the year ended 31
January 2024, which are set out on pages 2 to 3.
Responslbllllies and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance
with the requiremenls of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act. In
carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Direclions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5){b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examinerfs statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in
connection with the examination giving me cause to believe thal in any material respect..
1. accounting records were not kepl in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act. or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records,. or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning ihe form and content of
accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that
the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent
examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which
attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper underslanding of the accounts lo be
reached.
Signed:
Dated . 'k
NJ¢.. 20 LK¥
K R Salt FCCA
Independent Examiner
BK Plus Llmited
Chartered Certified Accountants
Adventure Place
Hanley
Stoke on Trent
Staffordshire
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