HAMMIRSMITH
COMMUNITY
GARDENS
Annual Report and Financial Statements
I" April 2023-31" March 2024
Charity Commission Number 1111999
Company Registration Number 05499362

Reserves policy & going concern
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Inde￿ndent Examinerfs Report
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CONTENTS
ststement of Financial Activities for the Year Ending 31
March 2024
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CONTENTS
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024
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Reference and admintstrative details
ststement of Cash Flows for the year ending 31 March
2024
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Legal status
Principal address
Notes to the financial statements
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Trustees
I ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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Company secretary
2 GRANTSAND DONATIONS
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Senior management team
3 PROJECT RELATED FEES
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Independent examiner
4 EXPENDITURE
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Bankers
5 STAFF cosrs
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Chair's Statement
6TRUSTEE REMUNERATION AND RELATED PARTY
TRANSAcfioNS
Trustees, Report
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Objectives
7. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
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8 DEBTORS
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Risk management
9 CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE
YEAR
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Recruiting, appointing, induction & training of new
trustees
10 ANALYSIS OF FUNDS
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Organisational structure
11 RECONCILIATION OF NET
INCOME/IEXPENDITUREI TO NET CASH FLOW FROM
OPERATING AcfiviTIES
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Related party transactions
Fundraising
Achievements for the year
ESG Performance
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Community Gardening
Get Out Therel and Men in Sheds
Grow Well
Educational Programmes
Building relationships
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Corporate Volunteering
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Communications
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Our staff & volunteers
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Looking ahead to 2024125
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Financial review
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REFERENCE ANCI ADmlNLSFRATV￿ DEfAIiS
SENIOR mANAfjEMEP￿ TEAM
Cathryn Maund (Director)
Katie Shaw (Operations Manager)
LEGAL STATUS
Hammersmith Community Gardens Association
Limited IHCGA) is a company limited by Euarantee,
not having share capital, governed by a
Memorandum and Articles of Association.
INDEPENDE1￿ EXAMWER
Ella M Doherty FCCA
Farnborough Airport
Hampshire GU14 6XA
Working Name / Title:
Healthy Community Gardening Activities
PRINCIPAL ALIDRE55
BANKER5
l Melina Road
London
W12 9HY
Triodos Bank
Brunel House, 11 The Promenade, Bristol, BS8 2NN
Metro Bank
137 Chiswick High Road, London, W4 2ED
TAUSTEES
Simon J Beale (Chairl
Karen Wyatt (Treasurer)
Moya O'Hara
Bear Monique OBE
Jessica Mahoney
Jacqueline Boyce BEM
CAF Bank
25 Kings HIS1 Avenue, West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ
The directors of the charitable company (the
charity) are its Trustees for the purpose of charity
law and throughout this report are collectively
referred to as the Trustees.
COMPANY 5ECRFfARY
Cathryn Maund
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Chair's Statement
In 2024 the charity is celebrating its 40th anniversary. l am pleased to report that HCGA has had a strong performance
this year supporting local communities and individuals with greening projects across three boroughs- Hammersmith &
Fulham, Westminster, and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.
On the 21st April 2023 we held the official launch of the new glasshouse in Ravenscourt Park. which was opened by the
Mayor of Hammersmith. Emma Althorp. All the hard work of trustees, staff and our many generous supporters has paid
off. The glasshouse acts as a g￿en community centre and, in addition to our weekly programme of workshops and
volunteering sessions, we welcome other local groups for meetings and events.
Our other main site, Phoenix Farm in Whrte City, continues to thrive and win aV￿rds. The Farm project was awarded
outstanding in the London in Bloom competition for the 5th year. Jo Robbins, who first volunteered with HCGA 12 years
ago, set up a very active volunteer Bee Club. In August 2024. Jo became our new Phoenix Farm Manager.
HCGA first started managing the community gardens in Loris Road and Godolphin 24 years ago. The leases finished in
January 2024,. we are continuing to manage the Godolphin Community Garden and to hold the Eco shed area at Loris
Garden under interim agreements while negotiations for new long-term leases of both gardens are in progress.
We work in partnerships that enhance green spa￿$ around the local area. On behalf of the Earls Court Development
Company we manage the garden at their community space the Asgill Hub. Our staff and volunteers will often be seen
tending street planting along the North End Road and Bridget Joyce Square. In the coming year we will assist the Friends
of Frank Banfield Park in the management and maintenance of a newly created community garden. We a150 look after
the roof garden at 245 Hammersmith which. in June, along with Ravenscourt Glasshouses and Phoenix Farm,
participated in Open London Gardens weekend and hosted 250 members of the public.
Our work in the neighbouring boroughs of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea has continued
to develop. We continue long-standing partnerships with Queens Park Community Council and Paddington
Development Trust in Westminster. In both boroughs we run successful Adult Education courses including programmes
of walks, gardening and making herbal products. RBKC commissioned us to expand the existing school gardening
programme to an additional seven schools, while Westrninster commissioned us to expand the greening work in Queens
Park ward. To reflect the growth of our work, the trustees have taken the decision to rebrand the organisation as
"HCGA" (our working title is "Healthy Community Gardening Activities") to reflect our remit across three boroughs.
The new volunteer management system that we put in place last year means that we are more accurately able to
monitor the delivery of our weekly programme of activities. In 2023-24 we offered 14 weekly gardening sessions across
eight sites with 116 active volunteers. We also work in 21 schools (some on a fortnightly basis) and welcome schools to
Ravenscourt Park and Phoenix Farm. During the holiday periods we offerfree family playschemes and last year
registered over 100 families. Through community access schemes we were able to visit the Tower of London. Hampton
Court and Kew Gardens and also visited the countryside to a.pick your own" farm. Our winter walks programme,
delivered during January and February, in place of ourgardening programmes continues to be very popular and
included a boat trip to Greenwich and visits to Leighton House.
Part of our strategy is not to be overly dependent on any single income stream. As you can see in the accounts, we now
have 3 good balance of grant income and fee-based social enterprise activsties, the13tter af which include green space
maintenance contracts and delivery of corporate volunteering days. All surpluses from these activities are used to
support our core programmes. Our work has been recognised over the past year by the Ovo Foundation who offered
funding of £25,000 and by another anonymous donation that enabled us to expand ourwork with families and young
people. This expanded work has included offering a Learn to Swim programme in partnership with GLL Leisure and an
exciting new programme for young refugees aged 16-18 in partnership with West London College. The charity also
receives a huge amount of.in kind" support.
I would like to tske this opportunity to thank everyone who is involved in ourwork. with a special mention to the
continuing support of Sam's Riverside. a well-known West London restaurant that has made HCGA its local charity.
Simon Beale, Chair October 2024

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Trustees, Report
Strategy
The Trustees of Hammersmith Community Gardens
Associatlon IHCGAI present the Annual Report and
Financial StstÈments for the year ended 31st March
2024. The financial ststements comply with the
Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the
Memorandum and Articles of Association, and
Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of
Recommended Practice Applicable to charities
preparing their accounts in accordance with the
Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and
Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021.
The Charity's current strategy is to educate people
about the environment and empower them through the
acquisition of new skills and knowledge; to improve the
biodiversity of the local area through the maintenance
of the green spaces we manage; and through our food
growing programmes, which enable people to have a
better understsnding of healthier lifestyles.
Gmwing Plants
Growing People
Greening Communities
Objectives
The objectives of HCGA are to promote the benefrt of
the inhabitants of Greater London and the public at
large by..
Public benefit
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.
TheTrustees confirm that reference has been made to
the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's
general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the
Chartty's aims and objectives, in planning future
activities and in setting the policies for the period.
THE PROWSDN OF FACILlnES IN THE IKfEREST OF soaAL WELFNRE FOR THE
REulEA￿ON & [￿SURE TIME OCOJPAMON WfftIIN THE ARErt OF BENEFIT
wrrH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVI￿ MNDMNS OF UFE.
THE PROMOTION OF THE CONSERVAMOW. PROTErn)N & IMPROVEMENT
OF TrIE PHYSICAL & NATURAL ENVIROt4MtNT IN THE AREA OF BENEFfT.
Risk management
2023/24 Objectives
The trustees acknowledge their responsibility for the
management of risks faced bythe charity and have a
risk management strategy which comprises:
The current objectives for the year, as identified in the
current business plan were to:
WE UNOERTAKE Nk4NUAL AWSMEt4T OF FAcfoRS T￿lAT COULD
A To ENSURE TFIAT THE COMMUNtTY GARDENS ARE PRC*ERLY MAINT￿NE0
INVOLVE THE WORK AND FINAN￿ ￿ HCGA I￿(￿￿NG A
THREE-YEAR BUSINESS PLAN ASSESSING ￿GNIFICANT ExfERNAL RISK.
& CONTINIJE TO BE DEVELOPEO AS A RE50UR(E FOR THE iOCAL
COMMVNffY & AS A WSLDUFE REs￿R￿.
SUCH AS FIJNDING.
To IMPRO￿ ThE HEALTH & WELL-BEI￿ OF Th&4DVANTAGED LOCAL
a THE ESTABUSHMEKf OF pouaES, SYsfEMS AND PROCEOURES TO MinGATE
R￿IDENTS.
THOSE IDEP4TIFIED 114 ThE A55E55MENT IN(LUDING FINANaAL
To BUILD UPON WORKING WtrH (FtHER AGENQES W4D INCB￿E OUR
REGULATIONS. kdFEGUAJiOING pouaES AND HEAITH AND SAFM POLICIES.
PVBLIC PROFILE TO ENABLE US TO a)MnNUE OLNI WORK IN THE
THE IMPLEMEpifATION OF PRO(￿REs ￿IGNED TO MINIMISE OR
COMMIJNITY.
MANAGE F￿￿tItIAL SMPACT ON HCGA SHOULD THOSE RISKS MATEP¢AUSE
wttH PERIODIC REVIEWS TO ENSURE RISKS CONnNUE TO BE MITIGATErJ.
We devote time to ensure we have resources to
maintain continuity of our service delivery. We vrill be
reviewing and updating the business plan during the
coming year.
TheTrustees, in considering the governance,
management, operational, financial, and environmentsl
risks. are satisfied. at this stage, that there are no
material exposures and that there are procedures in
place to mitigate such risks. The Trustees have
identified the following controlled risks:

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THE MAIN 'AS5d OF HCGA15 115 ￿AFF. WE HAVE A LOW sfAFF
Related party transactions
TURNOVER AND SAiARIES ARE If)MPETtrivE AND REVIEWED PEGULARiY.
WE A￿0 HAVE POLKJES IN PIACE TO ENSURE WFFICIENT RECRUThEiir
AND HAND OVER PERIOD. THE DIREcfoR'S NOTKE PERIOO IS THREE
HCGA undertakes school project work in partnership
with Urbanwise.London, a registered charity operating
from the Canalside Centre. Ladbroke Grove WIO. Moya
O'H3r3, Director of Urbanwise.London, is also a Trustee
of the Hammersmith Community Gardens Association.
MONTh5.
DUE TO THE SHORT-TERM NATURE OF FUNDING ThEAMS, HCGA LS
COMmI￿ED TO A ROBusf ￿£¥ AND A (nMIAtrMENt TO DIVERSIFYING
INCOME WHERE POSSIBLE TO GENERATE MORE FEE-BASED SNCOME.
During the year, there were no related party
transactionk
The Trustees have agreed clear lines of delegation and
authority and both Trustees and stsff are involved in the
recognition of risk in all their activities.
Fundraising
Recruiting, appointing, induction &
training of new trustees
The charity does not use third party fundraisers for any
of its fundrdising. Local fundraising is through donations
at events and plant sales. We have not received any
complaints regarding our fundraising activities. We are
registered with HMRC to reclaim Gift Aid on donations.
All appointments are made by the HCGA. Selection of
Trustees is made on the basis of the need to fulfil the
HCGA'S legal obligations and to reflect the community in
which HCGA is based. Trustees may join the committee
at anytime as observers and are elected to the
management committee at the Annual General
Meeting. Recruitment is via advertising and training is
available for Trustees.
New Trustees are given copies of the memorandum and
articles and HCGA'S policies and procedures. They are
encouraged to visit all the sites and to meet staff and
volunteers.
Achievements for the year
The main achievements of the charity this year were
the continuation of our core mission of maintaining
green spacesthrough the delivery of health and
wellbeing programmesfor our volunteers.
Two unsolicited grants amounting to £49.000 enabled
us to expand ourwork with children and young people,
extending our programmes to include swimming
lessons at the leisure centre next to the farm, increase
the number of free school visits to our sites and food at
the playscheme sessions. This was very welcome by
local parents, many of whom are struggling with the
cost of living crisis.
Organisational structure
HCGA is run by a Management Commsttee made up of
Trustees and Directors of the Company and co-opted
Trustees. Strategic decisions are made by agreement
and by voting where necessary with the Chair having
the casting vote. Staff and members of the public are
welcome to attend Committee meetings but have no
voting rights. Officers, meetings are held once 3 month
to make day-to-day decisions. The Officers, meetings
include the Director, the Chair and the Treasurer with
other staff and Trustees attending when necessary. The
AGM is held in January and this includes an annual
stakeholder review followed by a stafftrrustee aV￿Y day
where priorities for the coming year are set.
Day-to-day management is devolved to the Director.
Cathryn Maund: the charity also employs an Operations
Manager, Katie Shaw. three days per week.
Our corporate volunteering programme helps us
maintain the sites whilst offering fun, meaningful
activities for the teams. The programme increased by
4IPA over last year and delivered 1934 hours of work to
the sites we maintain.
During the last quarter of the year, we secured new
multt-year grants and contracts that will assist with
planning and continued delivery over the next 2 years.
We have also partnered with the Natural History
Museum on a Citizen Science Project to monitor wildlife

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at our sites, which are all managed following organic
principles.
sites include both open actsss, and those in which we
offer secure sessions for vulnerable people.
Ravenscourt Glasshouses and Phoenix Farm in White
City both achieved Outstanding in the Community
Green Flag and London in Bloom Awards. in recognition
of all the hard work of our staff team and volunteers.
Our largest site is Phoenix Farm in White City, a Y4 acre
peaceful oasis within 3 very built-up area and an
important outdoor and natural resource for schools and
the local community. Composed of glasshouses,
polytunnels and a series of beds, fruit and vegetables of
all descriptions are produced together with medicinal
herbs, plants to attract wildlife, and edible flowers.
The farm continues to win awards each year, including
distinction in the RHS London in Bloom competition,
and best in show at the London Harvest Festival.
Phoenix Farm. With 4 volunteer sessions per week, last
year had 47 regularly active volunteers who donated
almost 4000 hours of sepiice.
ESG Performance
As described above. the objectives of the charty
are aligned closety with Environmental Social and
Governance standards. This report details how both
the way we work, and our outcomes achieve those
objectives. We aim for transparency in all our dealings.
Additional information about our V￿rk can be found on
our website and in our monthly neV￿letter5. We offer
monthly tours of our sites to people with a profession31
interest, and our Annual General Meeting is open to the
public. We are not complacent and regularly review our
operations to see how we can improve our impact and
ensure that our board and staff team reflect the
communities in which we are based.
We have exclusive use of the glasshouses in
Ravenscourt Park and the walled garden which we use
extensNely throughout the week to deliver a range of
school and volunteer sessions and at weekends for
workshop5. This is the base for our weekly volunteer
programme which grows many of the plants that are
used at our other projetts.
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objective area
In addition to the sites we directly manage we support
other'Friends of, groups through loaning tools,
donating plants and sharing our expertise.
In Westminster we deliver weekly gardening sessions in
the Rose Garden in Queens Park Gardens and at the
Westbourne allotment site. This year we have also
advised other groups in the borough who were awarded
Green Grants including WECH.
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TtllTps3%
Community Gardening
Get OutThere! and Men in Sheds
Throughout the year, HCGA provides volunteering
opportunities for people with all levels of ability. Our
Godolphln Road Communlty Garden, one of our open
spaces. is the 'headquarters' and meeting point for our

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Get Out Therel team of volunteers. This award winning
group maintainsthis site and also undertakes
conservation work in schools, local community
organisations, street planting and at other wildlife sites.
Our Get Out There programme has had a very
successful year attracting 6 new regular volunteers as
well as the stalwarts who have been with the group for
several years. This year the programme included bulb
planting at Hammersmith Hospital, building a new shed
for H3mmersmith Academy and hedge laying at
Wormwood Scrubs.
Educational Programmes
We offer school gardening programmes in Kensington &
Chelsea. and Hammersmith & Fulham. These include a
dedicated afternoon session with one of our gardeners
and either a lunch time or after school gardening club.
We are able to offer schools resources reflecting bulk
purchase discounts and many of the plant plugs are
grown by our volunteers.
In 2023-24 the GOT team vOluntee￿d over 14Th) hour5
of service, and received a Hammersmtth & Fulham Civic
Honors Award in the category Group contribution-
Building a stronger, safer, kinder borough.
In addition to this, we run family sessions during the
school holidays which is funded by BBC Children in
Need and the John Lyons Charity. We run activities at 4
sites and weekly trips. In 2023 we welcomed 162
children up to age 12, and 107 parents. This year's
programme included swimming lessons at the Phoenix
Fitness Centre and Janet Adegoke Swimming Pool, next
to Phoenix Farm.
The Eco-shed in the Godolphin Community Garden is
the home of our Men in Sheds project which allows
volunteers to volunteer or work on their own projects
on their own schedule. Members clocked over 18CM)
hours in 2023-24, mostly maintaining the garden to
their own high standards.
Our twi￿ weeklyfamily drop in progrdmme at
Phoenix Fami and holiday playschemes are part of our
on-going work to engage families in their local
environment. We have an average of 6 families per drop
in session.
C1￿1c
Growwell
This programme targeted older more vulnerable people
who may require additional support and focused on
gardening and seasonal craft activities. and we
delivered a 12 week programme during the autumn
2023 term. We are currently seeking funding to enable
us to restart the programme.
We delivercommunity learning programmes for Adult
Education services in Kensington & Chelsea and
Westminster including Green Walks, Thyme to Get
Together la herbal programmel, and family learning
sessions promoted by local children's centres and
delivered in Holland Park.
HCGA is commissioned to run weekly bedside
Gardening sessions at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
and during the year the programme was extended to
include Northwest MiddlÈsex Hospital
We have a fvll- time Education Manager and a team of
sessional stsff to deliver these programmes.

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Building relationships
Corporate Volunteering
As a well-established local charity we partner with many
local organisations including Urbanwise.London,
London SportsTrust and Turning Point. and through the
corporate volunteering programme working with many
local companies. Last year we worked with 26 different
companies including British Land, Westfield and Loreal.
The charity also has a long standing partnership with
local restaurant Sam's Riverside who add a £1 donation
to each bill in support of HCGA. This provides the
charity with a significant source of unrestricted income.
This programme has ￿coMe an integral part of our
operations. It is income generating and enables us to
achieve largertasks such as the mulching of the SUDS
Isustainable Urtjan Drainage System) in Bridget Joyce
Square and maintenance of school wildlife gardens.
During the year we worked with 26 companies
deliverrng 31 corporate days with 391 people.
For the seventh year we have hosted placements for 6
medical students on the World Health programme at
Imperial College. They ewdluated our volunteer
programme and reviewed the volunteer handbook.
HCGA is a member of the London City Farm and
Community Gardens Association and helped with the
set up and delivery of the 25 Annual London Harvest
Festival. The networking between members of this
group is very valuable. HCGA is also a member of the
national umbrella organisation Social Farnis & Gardens.
Eight of these companies were based in Hammersmith
and in addition to our own sites we worked at The
Bloom, Old Oak Community Centre. Sullivan school,
Hammersmith Academy, Hammersmith United Charities
and Florn Gardens
The Charity receives frequent requests from other
organisations who are interested in our work, or want
to make referrals to us. We held 9 Professional Tours
last year which provided opportunities for people to
network with each other and learn about HCGA, vthile
walking between our key locations.
LcKal building contractors provide pro bono and in kind
resour￿5 and invaluable expertise.
New partners this year include Wallerton and Elgin
Community Homes I WECH), and Dende Arts Collective.
Dende Arts delivered a garden themed arts project for
us at the Penfold Hub during the winter months. Both
projects are part of our Westminster Community Health
Grant.
Communications
We have 3 monthly newsletter with 900 recipients, and
regularly update our website We
promote events and activities via social media channels
X: HCGAGarden, I: HCGA￿rdens. Our staff members
have become proficient in producing &tsotLroob about
what their projects.
Although we encourdge people to use the website, we
are aware that there is still a need for hard copies of
materials.
We invite people to feedback their thoughts through
our annual volunteer survey, through use of a form on
our website and at larger events.

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Our staff & volunteers
Hall in De￿rnber has become a firm favourite. We are
also members of Kew Gardens and the Royal Palaces
Community Access schemes vthich enables us to take
several groups to visit each year {an approximate value
of £30001
The Board of Trustees is made up of local people with
relevant skills and expertise who volunteer their time
and professional expertise on 3 pro bono basis.
The staff team consists of 7 (5 full time equivalent)
permanent employees and IS sessional workers,
backed up by a very effective team of ambassadors who
support and represent the organisation in a voluntary
capacity.
Staff members are encouraged to build their skills and
knowledge by regulady attending training and
conferences. They all bring a wealth of knowledge and
experience and are a great asset to the organisation.
Looking ahead to 2024/25
We anticipate that the demand for our services will
continue to grow. and we will be looking to ensure that
we can manage this.
Further develop relationships which have been
made though corporate volunteering
We are aware of the hardships that many of
our participants face in light of the current
economic situation and will do whatever we
can to support them.
We will be renegotiatingthe leases on the two
community garden sites in Hammersmith.
Leverage the improved resources at the
Ravenscourt site by expanding the number of
health and well-being activities undertaken
there
Support Westminster Council to deliver its
Greening agenda
Create new adult education programmes; our
contract with RBKC was renewed until 2028
HCGA is a small organisation, and volunteers make an
essential contribution to our work. Volunteering is also
one of the organisation's key strategies for involving
local people from 311 backgrounds in their environment.
We run midweek volunteering opportunities atthe
community garden sites, the glasshouses in Ravenscourt
Park and at Phoenix Farm in White City. HCGA has 110
regular volunteers who delivered 6390 hours of
volunteer work last year in Hammersmith & Fulham and
Westminster.
Many of our midweek volunteers are disabled (including
people with physical impairments, long term health
conditions or mental health issues). A significant
number are self-referred and we are increasing
receiving referrals from healthcare profession315.
We recognise the need to provide opportunities for
volunteers to develop their skills and undertake new
challenges. We are therefore increasingly encouraging
volunteers to move between projects within HCGA to
gain experience of working with drfferent people.
Where appropriate, we also promote and signpost our
volunteers on to opportunities with other organisations.
Financial review
FUNLMNG SOURCES
Totsl income for the year was £511,74912023
£522,149).
2024
2023
We monitor our delivery of volunteer and community
programmes using an online system and try to capture
the impact our activities have on the lives of volunteers
and local families.
Grants and
Donations
1195,131
Interest received l 1,823
Gift Aid
Project related
I fees
226,298
497
1,427
We know from feedback volunteers give us thatthey
also value the social aspects of volunteering with HCGA.
Therefore, we specifically organise social activities.
particularly in the winter months when there is less
gardening. including a programme of walks and visits to
museums. The Friendship Matinee atThe Royal Albert
314.795
293,927

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ExpENDrruRE
LEASES
Total resources Èxpended for the year were £517,806
including depreciation12023: £429,888) generating a
deficit of £6,057.
HCGA held identical 18 year leases from the London
Borough of Hammersmrth & Fulham for the community
garden sites at Loris Road W6 and Godolphin Road
W12. These ran to 2024 and we are currently operatlng
under licences. We have 3 21 year lease on the
glasshouses at Ravenscourt Park until 2043.
The main expendlture of the organisation is the salaries
of staff who work with volunteers to maintain the
community garden sites and related projects. All costs
for specific projects have to be raised separately, mainly
from grant applications or unrestricted income raised
through corporate team building days and other local
fundraising.
Reserves policy & going concern
The free reserves of the charity comprising the
unrestricted funds amounted to £425,85212023:
£434,356). Net current assets are £267,65212023:
£253.577). Subject to the retention policy discussed
below, the charty seeks to utilise all free reserves on
strategic projects during the year. Reserves are retained
with the intention of:
HCGA has very low overheads as it does not rent office
space. When not working in the ￿rdens, staff members
work from home and hot desk at other organisations.
The financial position of the charity is robust. The
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham ￿ndIng of
£35,000 has been confirmed to continue until March
2025 and we will have submitted a tender to contract
for the following 10 years.
REfAJNING ￿ TO MONTh5 STAFF SALARY C0575 AND
REL4TEO 0&￿TrON5 (£IIO,000),
There have been no major changes in charitable
expenditure.
wOR￿NG WITAL FOR IN(X)ME FLUCtUATIONS TO ALLOW FOA
*•
ABLE CONTINUATION OF PROJEcf OEUVERY.1£30,0001
The Trustees review the policy annually.
Restricted funds for delivery of specrfic projects
comprise current assets amounting to £59,75812023-
£59.3111. The Charity seeks to utilise all restricted
reserves on the defined projects during the year.
The Trustees are of the view that HCGA is 3 going concern.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time
the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements cornply with the
Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and the group and hence take
reasonable steps for the prevention and detettion of fraud and other irregularities.
The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on
the charitsble companvs website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of
ancial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
Simon Beale
Chair of Trustees
Date: November 13, 2024

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Independent Examiner's Report
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE HAMMERSMITH COMMUNrrY GARDENS ASSOCIATION
I report to the charitytrustees on my examination of the accounts of the companyforthe year ended
31. March 2024 which are set out on pages 14to 22.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the company (and also its dirertors for the purposes of company law) you are
responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act
2006 ('the 2006 Att,).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the
2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your
company's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 {'the 2011 Act'l. In carrying
out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515){b)
of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's statement
Since the company's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in
section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that l am qualified to undertake the examination because l am
member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed rny examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with
the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect-
accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act;
or
the accounts do not accord with those records: or
the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or
the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement
of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing
their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of
Ireland (FRS 102)].
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 understanding of the accounts to be
reached.
Signed..
Ella M Doherty FCCA
Dote ia

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Statement of Financial Activities for the Year
Ending 31 March 2024
(INaUD114G THE INCOME AND EXPENDMJRE ATh14T)
Year ended 31 March 2024
Unrestricted Restrirted
Funds
Funds
Year ended 31 March 2023
Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds
Funds
Total
Funds
Total
Funds
Notes
Income
Grants & donations
Bank interest receivable
GIftAid
96.705
1,823
98,426
195,131
1.823
37.952
497
1,427
188,346
226,298
497
1,427
Projett related fees
rotal Income
314,295
413,323
314,795
511.749
293,927
a33
293,927
522 149
98.426
Expenditure
Charitable octivities
{419,827)
197,9791 (517,8061
1300,8531 1129,0351 1429,8881
rotal ex
enditure
419￿27
97.979
517.806}
{300A53
{129,035) [429￿881
Net {expenditure)/lncome
16504)
447
{6.057)
32.950
59.311
92,261
ncre35e/lreductionl in
'evaluation reserve
)rof it on sale of fixed assets
rransfer between funds
12,Ll)01
{2,IXX)I
12.000)
12.000)
io
15,831
115,831)
Nlet movement in fund5
-und balances brought forward
)t l April 2023
Fund balances carried forward
at 31 March 2024
io
447
io
434.356
59.311
493.667
387.575
15,831
403,406
io
425
52
434 356
493 667
All of the Charity's activities are derived from continuing operations.
There are no recognised gains or losses other than those disclosed above.
There is no difference betsveen the net movement in funds for the year ststed above and the historic cost equivalent.
The loss for the year for Companies Act purposes is the same as the net movement in fundsforthe year.

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Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024
31 March 2024
31 March 2023
Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
217958
240,110
60.771
31.879
234 712
Total current assets
289,477
21,825
267,652
485.610
266,591
13,034
253,577
493,667
Creditors.. amounts fallin
Net current assets
Net assets
due within one
ear
Restricted Income funds
Unrestricted Income funds
Revaluatlon reserve
General funds
io
io
io
io
59,758
59,311
425,852
432,356
420,852
485￿10
434,356
493.667
Total charit funds
io
The attached notes on pages 16 to 23 form an integral part of these financial statements.
Statement by the dirertors under section 476. Companies Act 2006
Forthe year ended 31 March 2024 the companywas entitled to exemption from the requirement to have an audit
under section 47711) of the Companies Att 2006. No notice has been deposited under section 476 of the Act by
members requesting an audit of the company's accounts for the financial year. The directors acknowledge their
responsibilities for..
ENSURING THAT THE COMPW4Y KEEPS ACC(MJNTING RECCrfID5 WHTh COMPLY WttH SECtK)N 386. PJ4D
PREPARING AcCOuP￿ WrtECH GI￿￿ A TRUE AP4D FAIR WEW OF THE STATE OF AFF￿As OF THE CnMPANY ￿ AT 31 MMCH 2024 ANO OF ITS
SURPLUS OR DEFICtr FOR THE YEAR THEN ENDEO IN ACCORDANCE WttH THE REQUIREMENTS ￿ SE￿0￿ 396 OF ThE COMPANIES Acr 2006. AND
WHICH OTHERWISE COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENf5 OF THE A￿ RELAMNG TO ACCOUNTS, SO FAR AS APPUCAfjiE TO THE COMPANY.
The accounts were approved by the management committee on November 13, 2024 and signed on its behalf by.
S Beale
Director
K Wyatt FCA
Director
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Statement of Cash Flows for the year ending 31
March 2024
31 Marth 2024
31 March 2023
Cash flows from I (used inl operating attmties
li
17.829)
31.263
Cash flows from investing actNities
Interest income
Glass house
Increaselldecrease) in cash and cash equNalents in the
reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
1,823
497
11,719
(6,IXJ6)
234,712
20,401
214,311
Total cash and cash e
uivalents at the end of the
ear
228.706
234.712

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Notes to the financial statements
I ACCOUNTING POLICIES
AccouRIFING BASts
The financial statements have been prepa￿d in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of
Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting
Standard applicable in the U K and Republic of Ireland IFRS 102) (effective l January 2015) - (Charities SORP IFRS 10211,
the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 1021 and the Companies Act 2006.
HCGA meets the definttion of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at
historical cost or transaction value unless othenvise stated in the relevant accounting policy notels).
G￿NG Cop4CERN
The accounts have been prepared on a going concem basis. Having carried out a detailed review of the Company's
resources and challenges presented by the current economic climate. the dirertors are satisfied that the Company has
sufficient cashflows to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least one year from the date of the approval of the
accounts.
INCOME
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income
and the amount can be quantified with re350n3ble accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular
categories of income:
VOLUNTARY INCOME IS RECEIVED BY WAY OF GRANTS. DONATIONS AND GIFfs ANO IS INcLufED IN FULL IN THE STATEME1￿ OF FINANCNL AcnwnES
WHEN RECEIVASLE. GRANTS, WHERE ENTITLEMENT IS 140T CONDITIONAL ON THE DEiIVERY OF A SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE BY THE CHARITY, ARE REU￿NIsED
WHEN THE CHARITY 8ECOMES UNCONDtnONALLY EMtttLED TO TrEE GRANr.
A DON￿ED SERVICES AND FAaLtnES ARE INCLUDE[) AT ThE VAWE TO ThE (NARryY WHERE TH￿ CAN BE QUNtr4nFIEO. THE VAWE OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY
VOLUNTEER5 HAS NOT BEEN INCWOED IN THESE ACCOUNTS.
INVEsfME14T INCOME IS INCLUDED WHEN RECEfVABLE.
INCOMING RESOUR￿5 FROM GRAt4T5 ANO FEES, WHERE RELATED TO PERFI)RMA14CE AND SPEaFIC DEUVERAgiES, ARE ACCOUNTED FOR A5 THE CHARITY
EARN5 THE R￿HT TO CONSIDERATIC*4 SY ITS PERFORMAhfE. THUS, GRANTS RECEIVED IN RELATION TO SPEaFIED EXPENOITURE THAT HAS NOT YEf BEEN
INCURRÉD IS (￿lFIED AS DEFERRED EN(fJPAE.
ExpENoifuRE
Expenditure is recognised on the accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be
f ully recovered and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates. Charitable expenditure comprises those
costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its attivities and servi￿$ in furtherance of its charitable objectives. It
includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to
support them. Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory
requirements of the charity and include the fee for inde￿ndent examination of the accounts and costs linked to the
strategic management of the charity. All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the Statement of
Financial Attivities on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource.
PE14SIONS
Defined contribution payments are made for stsff members and are recognised in the SOFA as incurred. This pension
scheme was introduced to comply with Auto Enrolment in June 2015 using the govemment scheme NEST. Payments
made during the year were £4,93512023: £4,196).

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TAXATION
As a charity, HammersmÉth Community Gardens Association is exempt from tax on income and gains f311ing within
section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or s256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are
applied to its charitsble objects. No tax charges have arisen in the Charity during the year.
FIXED ASSETS, DEPRECIATION AND CAPffALISATION
Flxed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Leasehold property comprises two Ecosheds with leases
ending in 2024. The first of the two Ecosheds was acquired by the Charityfrom the predecessor charity on l April 2006
at a cost of £40.000 with an associated revaluation reserve of £36.lJ)O. The reserve is being written off in equal annual
instalments of £2,OCK) over the 18 years remaining on the lease at 01 April 2006. The second Ecoshed was built using
restricted funding in 2010/11 and is being depreciated over 14 years. Additions to tangible assets costing less than
£1,000 are not capitalised. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of each asset on a
straight-line basis over its expected useful life as follows:
Van
Glasshouse
4 years
20 years
The Charity has two types of fund:
R￿BjCrEO- REStRlCtED FIJNDS ARE SJBJECTED TO RESniiC￿ ON THEIR EXPEIIOITURE IMPOSED BY ThE OONOR OR THROUGH THE TERMS
OF AN APPEAL.
UNRESFRlCtED- UNRESTRIUEO FUNDS ARE AVAJiABLE FOR USE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSfEES IN FURTr(ERANCE OF THE GENERAL
OBJEcnves OF THE CHARrrY. UNRE5tRlCtED FUNDS INIIUOE A REVALUATrON RESERVE REPRESENfiNG THE AE5TATEMENT OF 114VESTMENT ASSEfs AT
MARKET VALU￿.
2 GRANTS AND DONATIONS
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
2024
2023
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
BBC Children in Need
Dr Edwards & Bishop Kings Charity
Ove Foundation
London Community Foundation
Co-op Community Fund IGet Out There Project)
TFL Walks
Veolia UK
Hammersmith United Charities
Genuine Restaurants
Big Give
Kusuma Trust
John Lyons Charity
Semble Networks- Nespresso
Natural England
Peabody Foundation
Awards for 31140
Tesco
Anonymous
Other Grants and Donations
36,750
36,750
9.978
36.330
21,431
9,978
25.(MXI
25,000
4,343
2.996
3,152
2,996
1.524
15,(MX)
3,152
2.996
1.524
15,IMI
26.136
5.056
20,500
24,528
2,500
24,165
32,200
26,136
5,OS6
4.856
14,940
9.780
14.940
9.780
24.OCKI
9.819
96,705
24.000
9,819
195,131
98.426
226,298

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3 PROJECT RELATED FEES
The project related fees account for of the companws income. The source of the income is as follows:
Totsl
2024
Totsl
2023
Educational Programmes. including school gardening and adult education
Community Gardening Programmes
Corporate Team 8uilding Days
Maintenance Contratts
Health and wellbeing programmes
Local fundrdising events and donations
Site Hire
Other unrestricted income
120,330
50,052
28,188
92,974
14.993
4,314
117,668
50,261
20,023
89,770
15,442
763
314 795
293 927
Deferred income related to project fees amounted to £19.233 (2023. £Nil).
4 EXPENDITURE
Total
2024
Total
2023
l al Anolysls of total expenditure
Charitable activities
Support costs
Governance costs
TOTAL
237.246 235,872
276,493 189,378
4,067
4,638
517 806 429 888
Total
2024
Total
2023
b) Analysis of support costs:
Governance
Finance
Human resource
Information technology
TOTAL
285
9,792
264,580
1,836
276,493
365
6,752
181,898
363
189 378
c) Analysis of governonce costs
Total
2024
Total
2023
Independent examiner fee
Staff and support costs
Insurance
i.soo
1.53
2,414
4,067
1,5CMJ
1,287
1,851
TOTAL

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5 STAFF COSTS
2024
2023
Salarles and wages
Social security costs
Staff pensions
223.635
15,980
4,935
157,972
9,724
4,196
171892
No employee received emoluments of more than £60,0￿.
The average number of employees during the year Ifull time equivalent in brackets). was:
2024
Number
211.61
i(1)
312.8)
15
2023
Number
211.6}
iiii
212.2)
15
Managers
Education Manager
Community Gardeners
Freelancers
The salaries of key management personnel are approved by the Stsffing Sub Committee and ratified by the full Board of
Trustees.
6 TRUSTEE REMUNERATION AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
No Trustee received any rernuneration, nor incurred expenses requiring reimbursement during the current or
previous year12023: nil). No Trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any
contract or transartion entered by the charity during the current or previous year (2023: nil)-

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7. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Leasehold
Property
Gla5shou5e
Van
Total
Cost at i April 2023
Additions
Dis
osals
Cost at 31 March 2024
102,000
244,220
31,761
377,981
4000
244,220
31,761
377,981
Accumulated depreciation at iApril 2023
Depreciation provided in year
Released on disposals
Transfer from revaluation reserve
Accumulated de
reciation at i March 202
(99,997)
(i)
(￿,024>
(12,211)
{19,850)
(7,940)
{137,871)
{20,152)
(2,000)
ioi
8)
(2,000)
{160 02
Net book value at 31 March 2024
213,985
3,971
217
Net book value at 31 March 2023
2,003
226,196
11,911
240,110
8 DEBTORS
Debtors are made up as follows:
2024
2023
Fees receivable
48,143
26,316
Other debtors and prepayments
12,628
60,771
5,563
31,879
9 CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Creditors are amounts falling due within one year and are made up as follows:
2024
20Z3
Deferred income
Social security and other taxes
Other creditors
Accruals
19.233
1,092
3,431
2,381
7,222
1,500

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10 ANALYSIS OF FUNDS
Summary of fund movements are as follows:
l Aprll
2023
31 March
2024
31 March
2023
Income
EXpendI￿re
ReseNes
Transfers
Unrestricted Funds
Restricted Funds
434.356
59,311
413.323
98,426
1419.827)
197,979)
12.0Tr)1
425,852
S9,758
434,356
59,311
Total all Funds
493,667
506.749
517,806
2.01)0
485,610
493,667
The composition and changes of the individual funds are asfoll0v￿.
Unrestricted Funds
The composition of Unrestricted Funds atthe yearend and the changes duringthe year are as follows:
31 Marth
2024
31 March
2023
l Aprll 2023
Movement
General Funds
Fixed assets
Net current assets
Total unrestricted funds
240,107
194,249
434,356
(22.1511
13,647
8,504
217,956
207,896
425,852
240,107
194,249
436,356
Restricted funds
The composition of restricted Funds at the year end and the changes duringthe year are as follows:
Net
Movement
31 March
2024
31 March
2023
l April 2023
Restrirted funds
Fixed assets
Current assets
Total restrirted funds
li)
59.308
59.311
447
59,758
59.311
11 RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME/EXPENDITURE) TO NET CASH FLOW FROM
OPERATING A￿1VITIEs
2024
2023
Net income for the reporting year (as per the SOFA)
Adjustments for:
Depreciatlon charge
Interest
Ilncreasel/Decrease in debtors
Increase/
Decrease
in creditors
Net cash
rovided b
used in
16,0571
92,261
20,152
11.8231
128.8921
8.791
7.829
24.660
14971
13,4021
81,339
eratin
activities