Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Charity name: Bagthorpe Gardeners
Charity registration number: 1109448
Objectives and Activities
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | To promote for the benefit of the public the preservation, maintenance and improvement of Bagthorpe Gardens and any structures or buildings contained therein as a place of historic interest and beauty and to advance the education of the public in horticulture and other related subjects. |
| Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. |
Para 1.17 and 1.19 |
Meeting our stated Purpose: 1. The gardens have been afforded protection by the Trustees through active ongoing management. Over time the Trustees have purchased new plots (when available), and have also struck agreements to manage plots for absentee owners. Gaining English Heritage recognition (Grade II*) has also secured a degree of “future proofing” for the site 2. The historical buildings on site (bothies) are being/have been conserved, repaired and rebuilt (using reclaimed materials) for the benefit and their use by plot workers and Trustees. 3. Active management of the site has brought many more allotment gardens back into productivity to enable more of the public to gain access to the site for growing produce, for exercise and recreation. 4. The overall heritage is also being protected by our sustainable approach to our activities. The essential nature of the allotments, its hedges, paths and wildlife are cared for by not allowing any chemicals to be used, by installing water conservation methods, shredding hedge cuttings, creating dead hedges, and having policies that link to nature friendly practices e,g. composting and recycling materials. |
| 5. Volunteering opportunities are widely available to the Membership and public. This involves a range of activities from being involved in the management, running and oversight (Trustees and Officers) to working more physically on site. Work parties involve volunteers and well as offering the potential to gain basic skills in building or aspects of horticulture. 6. Educational activities for the wider community are also supplied through talks about the site’s history offered at our Open Day plus planned access from groups such as: • University of the 3rd Age • Sherwood Open Gardens – tours into the site • The Local Art Group • The wider public on Heritage Open Day Some events are also more widely accessed by the public: e.g. Apple Pressing Day which also offers an educational angle. |
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| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | The Trustees have individually indicated that they have read the Charity Commission guidance CC3. |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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| Policy on grant making | Para 1.38 | Not applicable, we do not make grants |
| Policy on social investment including program related investment |
Para 1.38 | Not applicable |
| Contribution made by volunteers |
Para 1.38 | Bagthorpe Gardeners is completely dependent on volunteer activity. We have no paid staff. Some work beyond our skill levels is undertaken by paid contractors (e.g. asbestos removal) Most of the infrastructure work is done by the Wednesday Afternoon Work Party group which meets each week, with occasional weekend work parties arranged from within the membership for “task and finish” jobs. Volunteers organise tours of the gardens for local groups. |
Volunteers organise and oversee the Sherwood Art Group’s painting days in the Gardens. Volunteers organise and run the Heritage Open Day as part of the National Heritage Open Day scheme. In the past year we have had at least 14 people volunteering in different capacities on Bagthorpe Gardens. Other
Achievements and Performance
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| Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. |
Para 1.20 | The main beneficiaries are our plot-holder members. They maintain the allotments as a working concern, benefiting from healthy eating, exercise, mental well-being from being in a green space. Public Engagement: Heritage Open Day (September) - tours of the allotment site, historic artefacts display, education about organic and wildlife friendly gardening and crop production. Apple Day (October) - public access event to process apples from the allotments and local trees into juice by traditional means. Art events – Sherwood Art Group, local residents using the gardens for painting therapy Tours – Sherwood Open Gardens and U3A, raising awareness of the history of the gardens and the horticultural elements of the allotments. Volunteering opportunities to our members and the public. Work Parties to maintain the Heritage aspect – infrastructure work on hedging, historic bothy building repairs and maintenance, pond and wildlife area management. Environmental achievements Creating wildlife areas. Wildlife reports monthly. Moth surveys yearly Bat surveys proposed. Cumulative Gift Aid income from the past 4 years has funded the purchase of a green waste shredder, virtually removing the need for bonfires. *The legacy donation enabled the charity to have |
an old building constructed from asbestos sheeting professionally dismantled and removed removing this hazard from the site.
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| Achievements against objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Investment performance against objectives Other |
Para 1.41 | |
| Para 1.41 | Exceeded expectations during 2022. For the previous 5 financial years, the Bagthorpe Gardens income has been in the region of £3500 with a small surplus achieved at the end of each year. This year Bagthorpe Gardeners was the recipient of a £25,000 legacy bequest from a former Trustee. |
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| Para 1.41 | Not applicable | |
Financial Review
| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | Very good, due to the unexpected £25,000 legacy which we received in September. In the previous 5 years we have had a turnover of about £3500 which allowed for the accumulation of a small surplus each year. Proposed uses for these funds: 1. Purchase of more garden plots within the Bagthorpe Gardens estate from private ownership. These will be renovated where necessary and returned to allotment cultivation to rent to local residents. 2. Renovation and rebuilding of several historic buildings on the Bagthorpe gardens estate which have fallen into disrepair or had needed to be dismantled as they had become dangerous. One of these will become a museum to house our historic artefacts found on the site. |
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| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves |
Para 1.22 | Bagthorpe Gardeners holds insurance for both our members and our volunteers. (Public Liability |
| stating why they are held | and Employers' Liability insurance) We do not have regular monthly expenditure (salaries, pensions, rents, rates, or utility bills apart from water) so no reserves are required to fund these if income fell. The money spent on water bills is recovered retrospectively from the plot-holders at the end of the year. It is considered that our main uninsured threats are 1. a substantial mains water leak 2. a breach of the perimeter gates and fences and vandalism and that a contingency reserve of £2000 is required to be able to address these occurrences. |
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| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | £2000 |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | n/a |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | n/a |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 | No financial uncertainties Potential uncertainty with recruiting new Trustees |
Para 1.47 |
Annual membership fees (around £1300) rental from plots on the allotments (around £850 per annum) Water dues paid by members retrospectively against the year's water bills (variable £1100 - £1300 per annum) Profits from plant sales and refreshments at Heritage Open Day (about £350) Small value cash donations (Heritage Open Day) and small value regular standing order. (around £320 per annum) Gift Aid on qualifying donations and memberships (around £250 per annum) * During 2022, a £25,000 legacy bequest from a former Bagthorpe Gardeners Trustee All funds are unrestricted. The charity has no endowment funds. |
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| Para 1.46 | The funds surplus to expected short-term expenditure are in an instant access savings account. |
| Significant mains water leak requiring major |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | repairs and payment for water loss. Theft of equipment. Vandalism to buildings and infrastructure. Failure to recruit new Trustees |
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| Other |
Structure, Governance and Management
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| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | Constitution adopted 5 April 2005 |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | Unincorporated Association |
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees |
Para 1.25 | Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Meeting, and are appointed from within the membership body. No limit on Trustee numbers |
| Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees |
Para 1.51 |
Under review. To date: Policy bundles. Shadowing existing post holders, discussing Trustee roles and options with the Chair. Publications from the Charity Commission circulated to all Trustees. |
| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
Para 1.51 | Not part of any other organisation. |
| Relationship with any related parties |
Para 1.51 | Membership of the National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners |
| Other | All Trustees give their time voluntarily and do not receive any remuneration for their role. |
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | Bagthorpe Gardeners |
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| Other name the charity uses | - |
| Registered charity number | 1109448 |
| Charity’s principal address | Bagthorpe Gardens are situated in the area bounded by Haydn Road, Hucknall Road, Waldeck Road and Devonshire Road in the NG5 postcode of Nottingham. The correspondence address is: 49 Devonshire Road Nottingham NG5 2EW |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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| Jo Lawson | Chair | |||
| Andrew Martin | Vice Chair | |||
| Joanne Fitz-Henry | Treasurer | |||
| Maggie Bishop | Secretary | |||
| Tina Pamplin | Minutes Secretary | |||
| Paul Saxton | Membership | |||
| Denise Hickman | Social secretary | |||
| Ian Bussey | Waitinglist forplots | |||
| Nick Corder | ||||
| Rob Atkinson | ||||
| Stephen Tipping | ||||
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved Director name
None
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
| Trustee name | Dates acted if not for whole year | |
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| Paul Saxton | ||
| Nick Corder | ||
| Jo Lawson | ||
| Ian Bussey | ||
| Stephen Tipping | ||
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
| Description of the assets held in this capacity |
None |
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| Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects |
N/A |
| Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets |
N/A |
Additional information (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
| Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) |
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| Type of adviser Name Address |
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| Independent examiner |
Miss Ann Booth | 19 Carisbrooke Drive, Nottingham, NG3 5DS |
| Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) | ||
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Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
N/A
Other optional information
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Bagthorpe Gardeners R/C 1109488 Treasurer's Report for 2022
Jo Fitz-Henry
The accounts have been circulated to the membership before the meeting and I am very happy to take questions at the end of my presentation. I have also brought the folder of income and expenditure which interested parties are welcome to examine.
The handout of the summary accounts are shown with income on the left and expenditure on the right and the significant items will explained in the order they are listed.
2022 was an extra-ordinary year for the finances of Bagthorpe Gardeners.
Our friend, the late Steve Nash left Bagthorpe Gardeners a very generous legacy in his will which realised an initial payment of £25,000 in September 2022.
This gift took our annual turnover from about £4,400 to £29,733 in 2022. This caused our reporting status to the Charity Commission to change. Any charity with an income of over £25,000 has to file their accounts in a more structured form with additional assurances about their financial governance.
We are fortunate that for many years Ann Booth has been our Independent Examiner. She has done this to a high standard and with due diligence such that her normal practice was appropriate to the more rigorous standards now required by the Charity Commission. I would like to thank Ann for being our Independent Examiner again this year, and signing off these accounts for 2022 for the Charity Commission.
We are also now in a position that we can report to the Charity Commission that we have examined our financial practices and these comply with the standards that the Charity Commission expects. This is in no small part due to the groundwork done by my predecessor Stephen Tipping with whom I worked as junior under Treasurer for 2 years.
Turning to the summary account, the total opening balances of the current account and water account were £6,981.92
The dormant water account historically set up to serve the West Avenue water account was closed in 2022 and the £8.84 transferred into the main current account.
The income (which is also referred to as turnover by the Charity Commission) was £29,733.06
The total expenditure was £6,365.05
The closing balance for the current account at 31 December 2022 was £30,341.09
Income breakdown
Usually our main sources of income is from annual memberships and plot rents. Plot rents have been £15 per annum since 2019, and memberships have been £15 since before 2016.
In 2022 plot rents generated £855 (£705 in 2021) and memberships generated £1,365 (£1405 in 2021)
The water dues collected totalled £1064.88 . This recovered the amount paid in water bills for the financial year 2021 for both avenues
Donations throughout the year totalled £337.12 including £132.20 at HOD
Heritage Open day generated a profit before expenses of £682.70 The net profit was £466.82 (not including donations)
Gift Aid is a vital part of our income as a small charity. I n 2022 we recovered £248 on memberships and eligible donations.
Since we first started recovering Gift Aid in 2020, Bagthorpe Gardeners has received a total of £1,963.40 from HMRC to the end of 2022. I would like to thank all of our members who have been able to sign Gift Aid forms.
Steve Nash's legacy of £25,000 which I have already touched on, was tax free, but is not eligible for Gift Aid
The three biggest Expenditure items on the balance sheet are shown in green
Water Bills totalling £1172.52
The dry summer caused these bills to be higher than in the previous year. The money paid out will be reclaimed in full by the water dues collected in 2023. I would like to thank Paul Saxton for working out the individual water dues every year.
Tools and Equipment £1650
The purchase of an Eliet shredder in March 2022 was made possible by the money reclaimed in Gift Aid. It has already paid for itself when compared to the daily cost of hiring an equivalent shredder from Frank Key.
We also purchased Two gazebos for open days at £99 each.
Work done by external contractors £1715
Much needed repairs to the composting loo steps needed before HOD £305 Asbestos removal from the building on Plot 36 plus stored asbestos £1200
Running down the rest of the expenditure which warrants some explanation. This is highlighted in orange:
NSALG National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners membership £285
Insurance total £312.47 - two premiums paid in 2022
We were slightly late with our 2022 payment, paid on time for the 2023 premium. We have also taken out Employers' Liability cover for any volunteers.
HOD expenses - Honey, samosas, refreshment stall, gas bottle
Rent to landlords - A W Lymn who own part of the Community Garden. Nick Corder has negotiated a new lease at £1 per year.
And finally
Legal and admin - £84 reimburse Nick Corder for fees at the Land Registry examining our title deeds to the July Plot. Bagthorpe calendars to the owners of Bagthorpe Gardeners managed plots where we are not charged rent.
Are there any questions about the 2022 accounts?
I propose that these accounts are accepted as a true and correct record. May I have a seconder?
I would also like to propose a vote of thanks to our Independent Auditor Ann Booth. May I have a seconder?
Bagthorpe Gardeners Accounts 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
| Bagthorpe Gardeners R/C1109448 Accounts for 2022: Overall summary | Bagthorpe Gardeners R/C1109448 Accounts for 2022: Overall summary | Bagthorpe Gardeners R/C1109448 Accounts for 2022: Overall summary | |||
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| Income | Expenditure | Notes | |||
| Plot Rent | 855.00 | Water: East Avenue | 979.60 | for bills paid in 2022 - recoup Jan 2023 | |
| Membership | 1,365.00 | Water: West Avenue | 192.92 | for bills paid in 2022 - recoup Jan 2023 | |
| Water East | 761.88 | for bills paid 2021 | Seeds and plants | 16.00 | |
| Water West | 303.32 | for bills paid 2021 | NSALG | 285.00 | |
| Donations (including HOD donations) | 337.16 | Plot 20 | 270.00 | work done in 2020 and 2021 | |
| Keys | 180.00 | Keys and Locks | 18.00 | ||
| Calendars | 0.00 | Tools and Equipment | 1650.48 | including £1224 Eliet Shredder purchase | |
| HOD sales and refreshments | 682.70 | Supplies | 131.42 | ||
| Gift Aid | 248.00 | Water harvest and supply | 50.84 | ||
| Steve Nash Bequest | 25000.00 | Insurance | 312.47 | 2022 and 2023 premiums paid | |
| External contractors | 1,715.00 | including £1200 asbestos removal, £305 toilet steps repair |
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| Fuel | 28.60 | ||||
| Manure | 165.00 | 3 deliveries (2x April, Ix November) | |||
| HOD expenses | 215.88 | ||||
| Rent to landlords | 21.00 | ||||
| Legal and Administration | 120.82 | ||||
| Equipment hire | 144.00 | Shredder hire x 2 2021 | |||
| Steve Nash Memorial Event | 48.00 | ||||
| Total Income | 29,733.06 | Total Expenditure | 6,365.05 | ||
| BANK BALANCES | |||||
| Current account | Water account (closed 1 July 2022) | ||||
| Opening balance 1.1.22 | 6,973.08 | Opening balance | 8.84 | transferred to Current Account as West Avenue Water income |
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| Balance at 31.12.2022 | 30,341.09 | Balance at 31.12.2022 | 0.00 | ||
| Signed | |||||
| J� Fit�-Henr� | |||||
| Jo Fitz-Henry, Treasurer |
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| I confirm that I have inspected the accounts which are a true and accurate financial summary for the Bagthorpe Gardeners Financial Year 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022 |
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| An� Boot� | Date | 19 February 2023 | |||
| Ann Booth, Independent Examiner |
Bagthorpe Gardeners 1109448 Reserves Policy v1 January 2023
1. Legal position: Charity Commission CC19
"All charities must include in their annual report their policy on reserves, stating the level of reserves held and why they are held. Where the charity does not have a reserves policy in place, it should include a statement to that effect."
2. Bagthorpe Gardeners Reserves requirement assessment
Bagthorpe Gardeners will review the amount of reserves required annually based on:
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the previous year's income and expenditure.
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the current year's projected income and expenditure.
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any new risk which requires an increased reserve sum to be held, or any risk which has diminished which would allow the Trustees of Bagthorpe Gardeners to reduce the reserve level.
The reserve level for the current year will be assessed no later than the end of February each year, and agreed and minuted no later than the March at the business meeting of Trustees.
3. Agreed reserve levels for 2023
This is the headline figure for the reasons itemised below.
The Trustees of Bagthorpe Gardeners consider that the reserve fund for 2023 should be
£2000 which equates to 6.6% of our end of year cash holdings of £30,341 (unrestricted and undesignated funds) and 6.7% of this year's turnover of £29,733.
This reserve would pay for occasions where a sum is needed immediately for urgent repairs where a delay would cost more or leave us vulnerable, for example a mains pressure water leak (repair and payment for water loss) or securing a major breach in our perimeter gates. We do not need to set reserves for loss of donations (minor part of our income), grants (not applied for) or staff salaries.
4. Income 2022
4.1 Regular income
The greater part of our regular annual income is secure and predictable.
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Plot rents £855
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Memberships (all plot rents are contingent on at least one membership per plot) £1365
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Gift Aid on qualifying memberships £181
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In 2022 together these totalled £2401
Water income is calculated to cover previous year's bills, charged to the plot tenants.
4.2 Variable income
Charity donations - unpredictable amount - £322 last year. We do not rely on this to fund essential work and maintenance.
Legacy donation - one-off £25,000
5. Projected income 2023
Regular annual income will be unchanged - memberships and plot rent prices the same as for 2022.
Donations will potentially decrease due to the economic climate.
Potential second payment from legacy donation - amount unknown.
6. Expenditure 2022
No salaries, pensions, or regular monthly outgoings associated with maintaining premises (electricity, gas, rent or other charges)
No loans or interest payments.
Essentials:
Insurance (Public Liability and Employers Liability) £151 National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners membership £285
Water bills are balanced by the water payments from plotholders.
Excess revenues are spent on maintenance and development of the Bagthorpe Gardens estates, but budgeted within the money available.
Expenditure 2022 £6365.05 including £3058 in one-off spends and payments made for previous years. (comparison 2021 £2128.92)
7. Projected expenditure 2023
No unavoidable outgoings apart from water bills (claimed back from plotholders), insurance, NSALG
Maintenance and upkeep of estate estimated £2000 over the year.
Legacy money will be held in an interest account for funding capital projects:
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buying plots when they become available
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rebuilding structures on plot 36 and plot 20 (2 year plan)
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convert possessory titles into absolute titles
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Bagthorpe Gardeners 1109448 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from enoa '. lie 01101122 31112122 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Endowment funds Restricted funds Total funds Last year to the nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Recei Plot rent ts 855 855 690 Mernbership subscription5 Water reimbursements from plotholders for bills paid b the Chari in the revious ear Ke de osits 1,365 1,365 1,410 1,066 1.066 968 180 180 Sales Herita enDa 683 683 693 Donations 337 337 281 Gift Aid 248 248 337 Calendar sales 129 Le ac be uest 25,000 25,000 Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, see table 29,734 29.734 4,508 Sub total Total receipts 29.734 29.734 4.508 CCXX R1 accounts ISSI 2110312023
A3Pa ments Water bills (Severn Trent) NASLG membership Insuran¢e12022 and 20231 External contractors 1.172 285 1,172 28$ 1.108 279 312 312 1,715 1,715 18 Locks and keys Supplies lor work done on the allotments Tools 8nd equipment Heritage Open Day Exp8nses Manure 249 496 496 409 1,650 216 1,650 216 165 165 Rent to Landlords 21 21 Leg81 and Administration Equipment hire 2021 Steve Nash Memorial event expenses 119 119 144 144 48 48 77 Sub total 6,361 6.361 2.122 A4 Asset and investment urchases, see table Sub total Total payments 6,361 6.361 2,122 Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 23,373 23.373 2.386 6,973 30,346 6,973 30,346 2.386 CCXX R2 accounts ISSI 2110312023
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to naar&st £ Restricted funds Endowment funds to n8ar•st t Categories Details to n&aMst £ B1 Cash funds Bank eLJrrent account 30,346 Total cash funds 30,346 (agree balances Mth receipts and p8ymenl8 accounllsll OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ OK Restricted funds OK Endowment funds to nea$1 £ Details to nearest £ Fund to which ass8t belongs Current value loptionall Details None Cost loptionall B3 Investment assets CCXX R3 accounts ISSI 2110312023
Fun(1 to whlch asset belongs Unrestricted funds Details lotm8nt plot 22 Cost loptlonall Current value loptionall B4 Assets retained for the charity's own use 5.000 lotment plot July Unrestricted funds 16.500 lotment plot 46 Unrestricted funds 5,000 Allotment plot 36 Unrestricted funds 2,000 Fund to which liability relates Amount due loptional} When due {optionall Details None B5 Liabilities CCXX R4 accounts ISSI 2110312023
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Independent examlner's report to the Tntstees of Bagthorpe Gardeners RIC 1109448 I report to the Trustees on my examination of the acLX)unts of. Bagthorpe Gardeners FUC 1109448 (the Chanty) for the year ended 31 December 2022. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Chanty you a responsible for the preparation of the accounts in acn)rdance with the requirements of the Chanties Act 2011 ('the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the Charity's aca)unts carried out Uter section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination I have followed all the applicable D1ctionS given by the Charity Commission under sectK)n 145(5){b) of the Act. Independent •xamlner'8 Statement I have completed my examinati. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention in conneth'on the examination giving me cause to beIve that in any material respecL' 1. accounting records Ere not kept in res[Ct of the CharTty as required by seth'on 130 of the Act,. or 2. the accounts do not accord wth those records. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection thfjth the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Name.. Ann Booth Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional txxlies (if any): NIA Address.. 19 Carisbrooke Drive. Nottingham. NG3 SDS Date: 19 February 2023