HAMMERSMITH
COMMUNITY
GARDENS
Annual Report and Financial Statements
I" April 2024-31" March 2025
Charity Commission Number 1111999
Company Registration Number 05499362

CONTENTS
Independent Examiner's Report
Statement of Financial Activities forthe Year Ending
March 2025
CONTENTS
14
Reference and administrative details
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025
Legal stats5
Statement of (ash Flows for the year ending 31 March
2025
16
Principal address
Trustees
Notesto the financial statements
Company secretary
I ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Senior management team
2 GFiANTS AND DONATIONS
Independent examiner
3 PROJECT RELATED FEES
Bankers
4 EXPENDITURE
Chair's Statement
5 5tAFF cosrs
20
Trustees. Report
6 TRusfEE REMUNERATION AND RELATED
PARTY TRANSACTIONS
20
Objectives
7. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
21
2024125 Objettives
8DEBTORS
21
Risk management
9 CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN
ONE YEAR
Recruiting, appointing, induction & training of new
trustees
21
10 ANALYSIS OF FUNDS
22
Organisational structJJre
11 RECONCILIATION OF Ngt INCOMEtsXPENDITUREI
TO CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING AcnviTIES 22
Related party trnnsartions
Fundr3ising
Achievements for the year
ESG Performance
2024125 Resources expended by objective area
CommunttyGardening
Get Out There! and Men in Sheds
Growwell
Educational Programmes
Building relationships
Corporate Volunteering
io
Communication5
Our staff & volunteeT5
Looking ahead to 2025126 11
Financial review
Reserves policy & going concern
12

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REFEREN￿ AND ADMINISTrAThE D￿lis
Cathryn Maund {Director)
Katie Shaw (Operations Manager)
LEGAL STATUS
Hammersmith Community Gardens Association
Limited (HCGAI is a company limited by guarantee,
not having share capital, governed by a
Memorandum and Articles of Association.
INDEPENOENT EXAMINER
Ella M Doherty FCCA
Farnborough Airport
Hampshire GU14 6XA
Working Name /Title:
Healthy Community Gardening Activities
PRINCIPAL ADDRE55
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
TRU5fEES
Simon J Beale (Chair)
Karen Wyatt (Treasurer)
Moya O'Hara
Bear Monique OBE (resigned 16th January 2025)
Jessica Mahoney (resigned 16th January 2025)
Jacqueline Boyce BEM
Mark Bridges (appointed 16th January 2025)
CAF Bank
25 Kings Hill 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 5ECREfAI¢Y
Cathryn Maund
London

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Chair's Statement
2024 was an important year for the charity during which we were able to celebrate our 40th
anniversary through a series of events. including photography workshops. These culminated in
October when we held an event stsrting at Godolphin Garden one of the original community
gardens where new gate arches designed by Amanda Lebus to replace those she originally designed
back in 2000 were unveiled. We were able to welcome back friends and supporter5 from across the
decades and to present Corrie Skeete. one of our longest standing volunteers, with an achievement
award. The celebrations then continued as we made our way up to Phoenix Farm in White City
where we had lunch and where a cake was cut by local MP Andrew Slaughter. Jo Robins the current
farm manger was on hand to give a brief outline of her connections with HCGA. She started in 2013
as a Get Out There! volunteer and then returned a few years later to manage our bee keeping
project in a voluntary capacity before becoming the frdrm manager in August 2024..
During the year the portfolio of projects that we manage in Hammersmith expanded when we were
appointed to assist the Friends of the newly created Frank Banfield Community Garden with weekly
volunteering and a series of seasonal activities. Meanwhile, our work in the Borough 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 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. In Westminster we secured a
contract to green North Paddington which focused on street planting in Ilbert Street. herb planters
at St Jude Church and the renovation of several allotment spaces.
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 lastyear means that we are more
accurately able to monitor the delivery of our weekly programme of activities. In 2024-25 we
offered IS weekly gardening sessions across nine sites with 156 active volunteers who delivered
11,000 hours of volunteering in Hammersmith & Fulham and Westminster. During the winter
months we run a walks programme funded by TFL, in place of our gardening programmes. For
many of our volunteers, socialising is an important reason why they are involved. We know this
through our annual volunteer survey. Volunteers are also represented at board level.
We also work in 21 schools {some on a fortnightly basis) and welcome visits to our sites in
Ravenscourt Park and Phoenix Farm in White City. During the holiday periods we offer free family
playschemes and registered over 100 familie
The charity also receives a huge amount of "in kind" support. including community access schemes
to Kew Gardens, London Zoo and the Royal Palaces which give us the opportunity to arrange
interesting visits to places that would be otherwise unaffordable for many of the people we work
with.
I would like to thank everyone who is involved in our work, be they trustees ,staff or volunteers.1
look forward to the next 40 years.
Simon Beale, Chair of Trustees - September 2025

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Trustees, Report
Strategy
The Trustees of Hammersmith Community Gardens
Association IHCGA} presentthe Annual Report and
Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March
2025. The financial ststements comply with the
Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006. the
Memorandum and Articles of Association. and
Accounting and Reporting bv Charities= Statement of
Recommended Practice Applicable to charities
preparing their accounts in accordance with the
Financial Reporting Stsndard 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
ofthe green spaces we manage: and through our food
growing programmes, which enable people to have a
better understanding of healthier lifestyles.
Growing Plants
Growing People
Greening Communities
Objectives
The objectives of HCGA are to promote the benefit of
the inhabitants of Greater London and the public at
large by:
Public benefit
A THE ADVANCEME￿[ OF EDUC4mON.
TheTrustees confirm that reference has been made to
the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's
general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the
Charity's aims and objectives, in p13nning future
activtties and in setting the policies for the period.
THE PROV1510N OF FAaumES IN ThE 114TERE5f OF SOUAL WELFARE FC* THE
REa¢EATION & WSURE TIME OCCUPATtoN wrrHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT
wtrH THE OBIECF OF IMPROlnNG (X)Nl)ttlONS OF LIFE.
A THt PROMOTKW OF THE CONSERVATION, PROTECnl)N & IMPROVEMENT
OF THE PHYStcpL & N￿[URAl ENWftONMENT IN THE AREA OF BENEF￿.
Risk management
2024/25 Objectives
The trustees acknowledge their responsibility for the
management of risks faced by the charity and have a
risk management strategy which comprises:
WE iWIOERTAKE M4 ANNUNI AWSMEI4T FACtOIIS THAT C(4JLD
The current objectives for the year. as identified in the
current business plan were to:
To ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY GARDENS ARE PR(*ERIY mAINT￿NED
hNVOIVE THE WORK hJ4D FINANCES OF HCGA IN(IUDING A
THREE-YEAR BU%NESS PLAN A55ES51N6 SIGNIFICANT fXTERt4AL RISK,
& CON￿NuE TO BE DEVELOPED ￿ A RESOURCE FOR THE Lt)CAi
commuN￿y & A5 A WILDLIFE RESOURCE.
SUCH A5 FUNDING.
A To IMPROlrE THE HL4LTh & WEU-BEING OF DI￿VANTAGED I(KAL
THE WABL15HMEPIT OF POUOES. SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURE5 TO MIMGATE
RESIDENTS.
THOSE RISKS IDENTIFIED IN ThE NSSESSMENT INCIUDING FINANaAL
To BUILD UPON WORKING WtTH OThER AGENCIES AND INCREASE OUR
REGULATK)NS. WEGIIAROING ￿lOEs HEALTH AND SAFEtY POLiaES.
PUBUC PROHLE TO £t4ABLE US TO CONnNUE OiJR WORK IN ThE
a THE IMPLEMENTM OF PROCEOURES tkSlGNED TO MINIM15E OR
MANPfjE POTENTIAL IhlPAcr ow HCGA SHOULD THOSE RISKS mATERIA￿E
COMMUNtrY.
wttH PERIODiC REVIEWS TO ENSURE W5KS COKttNUE TO BE m￿￿￿[E0.
We devote time to ensure we have resource5 to
maintain continuity of our service delivery. We will be
reviewing and updating the business plan during the
coming year.
The Trustees, in considering the governance,
management. operdtional. 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
identtfied the following controlled risks:

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A THE MAIN 'ASSErf OF HCGA1s rrs ￿AFF. WE HAVE A LOW sT￿F
Related party transactions
TURNOVER AND WARIES ARE COMPETITIVE AND REVIEWED REGUiARIY.
WE AL50 HAVE pouaES IN PLACE TO ENSURE 9JFFICIEKf RECRUITMENT
AND HAND OVER PERIOD. THE DIREcfc*'s N(Ftts PERIOD 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'Hara, Director of Urbanwise.London, is also a Trustee
of the Hammersmith Community Gardens Association.
During the year there V￿re related party transactions of
£3.540. contribution to a feasibility study and leading 3
guided walks.
ONTHS.
DUE TO IHE SHORT-TERM MATURE (* WNOING sfREAMS, HCGA Is
COMMITTED TO A R08UST POUCY At40 A COMMITME14T TO DIv￿FYING
INCOME WI4ERE POSYBLE TO GENERATE MORE FEE-BASED INCOME.
The Trustees have agreed clear lines of delegation and
authority and both Trustees and staff are involved in the
recognition of risk in all their attivities.
Fundraising
Recruiting, appointing, induction &
training of new trustees
The charity does not use third partyfundraisers for any
of its fundraising. Local fundraising is through donations
at events and plant sales. We have not received any
complaints regarding our fund￿ls￿ng 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 refiect the community in
which HCGA is based. Trustees may join the committee
at any time as observers and are elected to the
management committee at the Annual General
Meeting. Recruitment is via adverti%ing 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 spaces through the delivery of health and
wellbeing programmes for our volunteers.
Two grants amounting to £42,500 from the Ovo
Foundation and an anonymous donor enabled us to
continue Ourv￿rk with children and young people,
extending our programmes at Phoenix Farm, increasing
the number of free school vistts to our sites and food at
the play5cheme sessions. This was very welcome by
local parents, many of whom are struggling with the
cost of living crisis. The grdnt from the Ovo foundation
enabled us to run 10 workshops, the themes of which
were chosen by volunteers although the workshops
themselves were open to volunteers and members of
the public. Topics included: birdsong identification,
natural dyeing and pruning.
Organisational structure
HCGA is run by a Management Committee 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 a 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
stskeholder review followed by a stafftrrustee away day
where priorities for the coming year are set.
Day-to-day management is devolved to the Direttor,
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 delivered 1825
hours of work to the sites we maintain engaging with 24
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Our work in Westminster expanded in the year. We
were awarded a tenderto green North Westminster
which included the refurbishment of allotrnent plots,
street planting and the creation of some cut and come
again herb beds outside Stjudes Church.
The legacy of 2 citizens science project with the Natural
History Museum last year has been the creation of a
volunteer led wildlife group with representatives from
each of our sites.
Ravenscourt Glasshouses and Phoenix Farm in White
City both achieved Outstanding in the Community
Green Flag and London in Bloom Awards. in recognFtion
of all the hard work of our staff team and volunteers.
ESG Performance
rea￿3*
As described above. the objecttves of the charty
are aligned closely with Environmental Social and
Governance stsndards. 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 work can be found on
our website and in our monthly newsletters. We offer
monthly tours of our sites to people with a professional
interest, and our Annual General Meeting is open to the
public. We are not complacent and regularly review our
operations to see howwe can improve our impact and
ensure that our board and staff team reflect the
communities in which we are based.
Communty Gardening
Throughout the year. HCGA provides volunteering
opportunities for people with all levels of ability. Our
sites include both open access, and those in which we
offer secure sessions for vulnernble people.
Our largest site is Phoenix Farm in White City, a Y• acre
peaceful oasis vlithin a very built-up area and an
important outdoor and natural resource for schools and
the ILKal 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
distinrtion 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 we had 56 volunteers who donated over 3000
hours of service.
2024125 Resources expended by
objective area
We have exclusive use of the glasshouses in
Ravenscourt Park and the walled garden which we use
extensively throughout the week to deliver a range of
school and volunteer sessions and at weekends for
workshops. This is the base for our weekly volunteer
programme which grows many of the plants that are
used at our other projects. We are also able to generate
an income through hire of the site to other local
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wellbeing sessions.
several years. This year the programme included
working in 16 dtfferent green spaces across west
London and going on 6 trips. In 2024/25 the GOTteam
volunteered over 141J) hours of service. The Get Out
There volunteer group received a Civic Honour in the
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham's 2024
Civic Honours for.. Group contribution.- Building a
stronger, safer kinder borough.
,Ill
In addition to the sites we directly manage we support
other 'Friends of, groups through loaning tools.
donating plants and sharing our expertise.
,Il'ii
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.
Our portfolio of projects expanded when the London
Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham awarded us
funding for 2 years to support the newly created
community garden in Frank Banfield Park which was
officially opened in September 2024.
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 1900
hours in 2024/25. mostly maintaining the garden to
their own high standards.
Growwell
This progrdmme targeted older more vulnerable people
who may require additional support and focused on
gardening and seasonal craft activities.
HCGA is commissioned to run bedside Gardening
sessions at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and
Northwest Middlesex Hospital.
Educational Programmes
Get Out There! and Men in Sheds
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 2024 the programme in
RBKC expanded from 7 to 14 schools and addition to
running weekly sessions HCGA were also commissioned
to survey the new schools and oversee capital works in
grounds of the new schools in the prOg￿MMe. In March
2025 we ran 3 course for school staff on teache￿ on
Godolphin Road Community Garden. one of our open
spaces, is the'he3douarters' and meeting point for our
Get Out Therel team of volunteers. This award-winning
group maintains this site 2nd also undertakes
conservation work in schools, local community
organisations, street planting and at other wildlrfe sites.
Our Get Out There progrdmme has had a very
successful year attracting 6 new regular volunteers as
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how to apply forgrantsfor school gardening and
outdoor spaces.
For the seventh year we have hosted placements for
three medical students on the Global Health
programme at Imperial College. HCGA is a member of
the London Cty Farm and Community Gardens
Association and helped with the set up and delivery of
the 26, 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 Farms & Gardens.
In addition to this, we run family sessions during the
school holidays were funded by BBC Children in Need
and the John Lyons Charity. We run activities at 4 sites
and weekly trips. In 2024 we welcomed over 400
children up to age 12. A highlight of the year was the
Harvest Festival activities at Phoenix Farm.
Our twice weekly family drop-in programme at
Phoenix Farm and holiday playschemes are part of our
on-going work to engage families in their local
environment.
The charity re￿iVeS frequent ￿quests from other
organisations who are interested in our work. or want
to make referrals to us. We held 7 Professional Tours
including 3 in Westminster last year which provided
opportunities for people to network with each other
and learn about HCGA. while walking between our key
sites
Partners this year include Wallerton and Elgin
Community Homes IWECHI, 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 WestFnin5ter Community Health
Grant in its second year
We deliver community learning programmes for Adult
Education services in Kensington & Chelsea and
Westminster including Green Walks, Thyme to Get
Together la herbal programmel and begTnner's
gardening courses.
We have a full- time Education Manager and a team of
sessional staff to deliver these programmes.
Building relationships
As a well-established local charity, we partner with
many local organisations including Urbanwise.London,
London Sports Trust and through the corporate
volunteering programme working with many local
companies. Last year we worked with 24 different
companies including Virgin Media 02 and L'oreal.
Many companies make return visits each year
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 ￿n￿striCted income.
On behalf of the London Borough of Hammersmith and
Fulham we were contracted to deliver 2 pieces of
research. one to survey local residents and groups
about improvements to the wildlife area in Ravenscourt
Park and on behalf of the education department one
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Corporate Volunteering and
Commercial Contracts
Although we encourage people to use the website, we
are avtsre that there is still a need for hard copies of
materials.
These programmes have become an integrnl part of our
operations. They are income generating and enables us
generate revenue to support our charitable acttvities.
Through them we are able to undertake largertasks
such as the mulching of the SUDS (Sustainable Urban
Drainage System) in Bridget Joyce Square and
maintenance of school wildlife gardens.
In March we undertook a large planting up of a SUDS
garden in Kings Street and are responsible for the
ongoing maintenance programme. During the yearwe
created a new maintenance gardener post to support
the expansion of this programme.
We invite people to feedback their thoughts through
ourannual volunteer survey, through use of a form on
our website and at larger events.
Our staff & volunteers
The staff team consists of 715.3 full time equivalent)
permanent employees and 15 sessional workers.
backed up by a very effective team of ambassadors who
support and representthe organisation in a voluntary
capacty.
During the yeai we worked with 24 companies
delivering 27 corporate days with 414 people.
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 a55et to the organisation. sn
October 2024 we ran a training course on Social and
Therapeutic Horticulture, delivered by an external
trainer. Several of our staff attended and we sold
remaining places to other similar organisations across
London to cover the cost of putting on the course.
HCGA 15 a small organisation. and volunteers make an
essential contribution to our work. Volunteering is also
one of the organisation's key strategies for involving
Ioc31 people from all backgrounds in their environment.
Several of these companies were based in west London
and in addition to our own sites we worked atThe
Bloom, Bridget Joyce Square, Canalside Activty Centre.
Randolph Beresford Nursery and Sullivan School.
Local building contractors provide pro bono and in kind
resources and invaluable expertise including rebuilding
of the chicken run a Phoenix Farm ensuring it is fox
proof I
We run midweek volunteering opportunities at the
community garden sites, the glasshouses in Ravenscourt
Park and at Phoenix Farm in White City. HCGA has 156
regular volunteers who delivered over 11,000 hours of
volunteer work in 2024125 in Hammersmith & Fulham
and Westminster.
Communications
Many of our midweek volunteers are disabled lincluding
people with physical impairments, long term health
conditions or mental health issues). A significant
number are self-referred and we are increasingly
receiving referrals from healthcare professionals.
We have a monthly newsletter with 900 recipients. and
regLJlarly update our website www.hc
a.or
.uk. We
promote events and activities via social media channels
Bluesky @hcgagardens. l.. HcGA￿3rden5. Our staff
members have become proficient in prodUcing￿shO
reels about their projects.
We recognise the need to provide opportunities for
volunteers to develop their skills and undertake new
challenges. We are therefore increasingly encouraging
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gain experience of working with different people.
Where appropriate. we also promote and signpost our
volunteers on to opportunities with other organisations.
Financial review
FuNtXNG SOURCES
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.
Total income for the year was £645,53512024
£511,749).
2024
We krTOW from feedback volunteers give us that they
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. We are also members of Kew Gardens and
the Roy21 Palaces Community Access schemes which
enables us to tske several groups to Vistt 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 a pro bono basis.
Grants and
Donations
Interest received
GiftAid
Project related
fees
185.216
195,131
2,035
1,823
458,284
314.795
ExpENDffURE
Total resources expended for the year were £608,305
including depreciation12024= £517,806) generating a
surplus of £37,230.
The main expenditure of the organisation is the salaries
of staff who work with Voluntee￿ 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.
Looking ahead to 2025/26
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
m2de 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 renegotiating the 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 progrdmmes,. our
contract with RBKC was renewed until 2028
•.• Look to strengthen our business planning and
to recruit new board members
HCGA has very low overheads as it does not rent office
space. When not working in the gardens, stsff members
work from home and hot desk at other organisations.
The financial position of the charity is robust. The
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham funding of
£39,¢￿ has been confirmed to continue until
September 2026. There have been no major changes in
charitable expenditure.
LEASES
Until January 2024 and we leases on Lori5 Road
Community Garden and Godolphin Garden. We are
currently operating under a licence for the13tter garden
whilst discussions regarding the long term future are
negotiated with the council. We have a 21 year lease
on the glasshouses at Ravenscourt Park until 2043.

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Reserves policy & going concern
REfpJNIN6 UP TO YX MONTHS sT￿F W COSTS AND
IIEIATED OBUGAMOtis l£llO,0001.
wOR￿NG C4HTAL FOR INO)ME FLUrnTION5 TO ALLOW FOR
The free reserves of the charity comprising the
unrestricted funds amounted to £494,24012024-.
£425,852). Net current asset5 a￿ É321,06312024-
£267,652). Subject to the retention policy discussed
below, the charity seeks to utilise all free reserves on
strategic projects during the year. Reserves are retained
with the intention of.-
srABLE CONnNUATION OF PROJEcf DEUvERY.1£30,(￿o}
The Trustees review the policy annually.
Restricted funds for delivery of specific projects
comprise current assets amounting to £28,60012024:
£59.758). The Charity seeks to utilise all restricted
reserves on the defined projects during the year.
The Trustees are of the viewthat HCGA is a going concern.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accurncy at any time
the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply 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 detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on
the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of
financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
Simon Beal
Chair
Dat
025

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Independent Examiner's Report
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE HAMMERSMITH commuN￿y GARDENS ASSOCIATION
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the company for the year ended
31° March 2025 which are set out on pages 14 to 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
20061'the 2006 Act'l.
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the
2006 Art 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,). In carrying
out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5llb)
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 qualtfied to undertake the examination because l am
member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my exarnination. I confirm that no matters have come to rny 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 lapplicable to charities preparing
their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of
Ireland IFRS 102)].
I have no concerns and have corne 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
Date

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Association
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Statement of Financial Activities for the Year
Ending 31 March 2025
IINaUDING THE INC(￿E EXPEP4DmJRe ACCOUIIT)
Year ended 31 March 2025
Unrestricted Restricted
Funds
Funds
Year ended 31 Marth 2024
Unrestricted
Restricted
Funds
Funds
Totsl
Funds
Total
Funds
Note5
Income
Grants & donations
Bank interest receivable
GiftAid
134,389
2.035
50,827
185.216
2.035
96.705
1.823
98,426
195,131
1,823
Project related fees
Total Income
458,284
594.708
458,284
645.535
314,795
413 323
314,795
511.749
50,827
98.426
Expenditure
Choritoble octivities
1526,320) 181.985) (608,3051
(419,8271
197,9791 {517,806)
Total ex
enditure
1526,320)
{81,985) {608.305)
I419￿27)
{97,979)
517.806
Net (expenditure)/income
{31.158)
37.230
(6,504)
447
[6,057)
Increase/lreductionl in
revaluation reserve
Profit on sale of f ixed assets
Transfer between funds
12,1))01
12,0001
io
Net movement in funds
Fund balances brought forward
at l April 2024
Fund balances carrled forward
at 31 March 2025
io
31.158
37230
8.504
io
425.852
59.758
485.610
434,356
59,311
493,667
io
522
425 852
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 between the net movement in funds for the year stated above and the historic cost equivalent.
The loss for the year for Companies Att purposes is the same as the net movement in funds forthe year.

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Association
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Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025
31 March 2025
31 March 2024
Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
201.777
217,958
39,140
289.423
60,771
228 706
Total cuffent assets
328,563
7,500
321,063
522.840
289,477
21,825
267,652
485,610
Creditor5.' amounts fallin
Net current assets
due within one year
Net assets
Restricted income funds
Unrestricted income funds
Revaluation reserve
General funds
io
io
io
io
28,600
59.758
494,240
425,852
494,240
S22￿40
425,852
485.610
Total charit funds
io
The attached notes on pages 16 to 23 fomi an integral part of these financial statements.
Statement by the dirertors under section 476, Companies Act 2(X)6
Forthe year ended 31 March 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from the requirement to have an audit
under section 47711} of the Companies Act 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 COMPNI4Y KEEPS AccouKllNG RE(XMIDS (￿p(y WITH SEcfK)N 386. AND
PREPAWNG WHICH GIVE A TRVE AM) F￿R VIEW OF THE STAIE OF AFFAIKS OF THE COMPMY AS AT 31 MARCH 2025 AND OF ITS
SURPLUS OR DEFlCtr FOR THE YEAR TrIEI4 ENDED IN ACCORDANCE wrtH THE REQUIREMENTS OF %CllON 396 OF THE COMPANIES Act 2006, ANO
WHICH OTHERWISE COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE Acr RELA￿￿ TO ACCC4JNT5. 50 FAJI NS APPLICPSLE TO THE COMPANY.
The accounts were approved by the management commtttee on zq J.fieryl )￿... 2025 and signed on its behalf
by..
S Beale
Director
K Wyatt FC
Director

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Association
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Statement of Cash Flows for the year ending 31
March 2025
31 March 2025
31 March 2024
Cash flow5 from l (used inl operating activities
li
58.682
17,8291
Cash flows from investing activities
Interest income
Glass house
Increase/ldecreasel in cash and cash equivalents in the
reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents atthe beginning of the year
2,035
1.823
60,897
228.706
16,006
234,712
Total cash and cash e
uivalents at the end of the
ear
289.423
228,706

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Association
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Notes to the financial statements
I ACCOUNTING POLICIES
AccouNnNG BASS
The financial statements have been prepared 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 UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 leffective l January 20151- (Charities SORP IFRS 102)),
the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 and the Companies Act 2006.
HCGA meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at
historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notels).
G￿NG CONCEB
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 tts 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 reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular
categories of income..
VOLUNTARY It4COME IS RECEIVED BY WAY OF GRAN￿, l)ONATIONS GIFtS AND IS 114QUDED IN FULL IN THE STATEMENf OF FINANCIAL Actiwn
WHEN RECEIVASIE. GRANT5, WHERE ENTITLEMENT IS NY)T CONDtrioNAL ON TrFE DEUVEffY OF A SPECIFIC PERFoRmA￿tr BY THE CHARITY, ARE RECI￿NISED
WHEN THE CHARITY BECOM￿ uNCOND￿K)NALLy ENTITLED TO THE GRAt4r.
DONATED SERVICES ANO FAQUTIES ARE INCLUDED AT THE VALUE TO ThE (HARttY WHERE TH￿ (AN BE QUATr4MRED. THE VAWE OF SER￿￿(￿5 PROVIOED BY
VOLUNTEEB5 HAS NOT BEEN 114CWOEO IN THESE AC(OUMTS.
INVESTMEWT INCOME IS INCLUDED WHEN RECENABiE.
A INCOMING RESOURCES FROM GRANTS ANO FEES, WHERE RELATED TO PERFORMANCE AND SPEQAC OEUVEIIABiES, ARE Ac￿NTED FOR AS THE CHARITY
EARNS THE RIGFtr TO CON51DERATK)N BY 175 PERFORMAPKE. THU5. GRA1￿ RECEWED IN RELATION TO ￿ECIFIED EXPENDrruRE THAT HAS NOT BEEN
INCVRRfD L5 CLASSIRED AS DEFERRED INCWC.
EXPENOITURE
Expenditure is recognised on the accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be
fully 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 artivvties and services in furtherance of its charitable objectives. It
includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such 3Ctivtties 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 independent 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 Activities on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource.
PENSIONS
Defined contribution payments are made for staff members and are recognised in the SOFA as incurred. This pension
scheme was introduced to comply with Auto Enrolment in June 2015 using the government scheme NEST. Payments
made during the year were £6,67312024: £4,935).

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Association
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TAXATION
As a charity, Hammersmith Community Gardens Association is exempt from tax on income and gains falling 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 tts charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen in the Charity during the year.
FIXED AssEfs. DEPRECIATION AND CAPITALISATION
Fixed 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 Charity from the predecessor charity on l April 2006
at a cost of £40,000 with an associated revaluation reserve of £36.0(X). The reserve is being writters off in equal annual
instalments of £2.000 over the 18 years remaining on the lease at 01 April 2006. The second Ecoshed was built using
restricted funding in 2010111 and is being depreciated over 14 years. Additions to Lingible a55ets 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
4year5
20 years
FuN4S
The Charity has two types of fund:
REsfRtcfED- RESfRlCtED FUNDS ARE SUBJECTEO TO RESTRICTK)P45 ON THEIR EXPENDITURE IMPOSED BY THE DONOR OR THROUGF4 THE TERM5
OF AN APPEAL.
UNREsfRlCtED- UNRESTRICTED FUND5 ARE AVAIiABiE FOR USE AT TrtE DISCREtION OF THE TRUSFEES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE GENERAL
oBJECnv￿ OF ThE CHARTry. UNRE5fRlCtED WNDS INIIUOE A REVAIUAMON RESERVE REPRESEKnNG THE AESTATEMENT OF INVESTMENT ASSE[5 AT
MARKET VALUts.
2 GRANTS AND DONATIONS
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
2024
2025
London Borough of Hammer5mith & Fulham
BBC Children in Need
Catholic Association
Ove Foundation
Addison Youth Club
Co-op Community FLJnd (Grow Well Project)
TFL Walks
Veolia UK
Hammersmith United Charities
Genuine Restaurants
Big Give
Liberty Global Europe
John Lyons Charity
Semble Networks- Nespresso
Westminster City Council
Peabody Foundation
Awards for a1140
48,420
48,420
36.750
9,978
4,000
25,000
25,OCKI
25,OIXI
1,794
1,794
1,987
91J)
3,152
2,996
1,524
15,000
26.136
5,056
1,987
18.784
2,021
18,784
2,021
29.698
29.698
12.940
276
12,940
14,940
9,780
th
276
Tesco
Anonymous
Other Grants and Donations
17,500
5,896
134,389
17,500
5,896
185,216
24,000
50,827
195,131

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Association
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3 PROJECT RELATED FEES
The project related fees account for 71% of the companvs income. The source of the income is as follows:
Total
2025
Totsl
2024
Educational Programmes. including school gardening and adutt education
Community Gardening Programmes
Carpordte Team Building Days
Maintenance Contracts
Health and wellbeing programmes
Local fundraising events and donations
Site Hire
Other unrestricted income
158.470
121,212
34,600
110,897
10,757
6,156
16,192
120,330
50,052
28,188
92,974
14,993
4,314
3,944
458.284
314 795
Deferred income related to project fees amounted to £Nil12024= £19.233).
4 EXPENDITURE
Total
2025
Total
2024
l al Analysis of total expenditure
Charitable activities
Support costs
Governance costs
294,528 237,246
309,065
276,493
4,712
4,067
608,305 517 806
TOTAL
Total
2025
Total
2024
bl Analysis of sUPPOrt costs:
Governance
Finance
Human resource
Information technolo
TOTAL
770
16,461
289,855
1,979
309,065
285
9,792
264,580
1,836
276,493
c) Analysis of governance costs
Total
2025
Total
2024
Independent examiner fee
Staff and support costs
Insurance
1,500
667
2,545
4,712
1,500
153
2,414
4.067
TOTAL

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Association
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5 STAFF COSTS
2025
2024
Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Staff
ensions
259,928
19.917
6,673
286518
223,635
15,980
4,935
244,550
No employee received emoluments of more than £60,OLMJ.
The average number of employees during the year (full time equivalent in brackets). was:
2025
Number
2(1.6}
2024
Number
211.6)
i(1)
General Manager and Director
Education Manager
Contracts Manager
Community Gardeners
Freelancers
iii}
2(1.6)
15
211.6)
15
The salaries of key management personnel are approved by the Staffing Sub Committee and ratified by the full Board of
Trustees.
6 TRUSTEE REMUNERATION AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
No Trustee received any remuneration, nor incurred expenses requiring reimbursement during the current or
previous year12024: nil). No Trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any
contract or transaction entered by the charity during the current or previous year12024: nil).

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7. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Leasehold
Property
Gla55house
Van
Total
Cost at i April 2024
Additions
Dis
osals
Cost at 31 March 2025
102,000
2441220
311761
377,981
102,000
21+4,220
311761
3T/,981
Accumulated depreciation at i April 2024
Depreciation provided in year
Released on disposals
Transfer from revaluation reserve
Accumulated de
reciation at i March 202
{101,998)
(30,235)
(12,211)
{27,790)
(3,9701
{160,0231
{16,1811
8)
6)
60)
Net book value at
i March 2025
201,774
201,777
Net book value at 31 March 2024
213,985
971
217,958
8 DEBTORS
Debtors are made up as follows:
2025
2024
Fees receivable
32.796
48,143
Other debtors and prepayments
6,344
39, 140
12,628
60,771
9 CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Creditors are amounts falling due within one year and are made up as foll0v￿.
2025
2024
Deferred income
Social security and other taxes
Other creditors
Accruals
19,233
1,092
1,51)0
7,500
I,soo
21,825

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Association
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10 ANALYSIS OF FUNDS
Summary of fund movements are as follows:
l April
2024
31 March
2025
31 March
2024
Income
Expendlture
Reserves
Transfers
Unrestricted Funds
Restricted Funds
425,852
59,758
594,708
50,827
1526,3201
181,9851
494,240
28,600
425,852
59,758
Total all Funds
485,610
645,535
1608,305)
522,840
485,610
The composition and changes of the individual funds are asfollov&G:
Unrestricted Funds
The composition of Unrestricted Funds at the year end and the changes during the year are as follows:
Net
Movement
31 March
2025
31 March
2024
l April 2024
General Funds
Fixed assets
Net current assets
Total unrestricted funds
217.956
207,896
425,852
116,1811
84,569
68,388
201.775
292,465
494,240
217,956
207,896
425,852
Restrirted funds
The composition of restricted Funds at the year end and the changes during the year are as foll0v￿.
Net
Movemenl
31 March
2025
31 March
2024
l April 2024
Restricted funds
Fixed assets
Current assets
Total restricted funds
28.598
28.600
59,756
59,758
59,758
131,158)
11 RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME/EXPENDITURE} TO NET CASH FLOW FROM
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
2025
2024
Net income for the reporting year las per the SOFA)
Adjustments for=
Depreciation charge
Interest
Ilncrease)IDecrease in debtors
Increasel
Decrease
in creditors
Net cash
rovided b
used in
37.230
16,0571
16.181
(2,0351
21,631
114,325
58,682
20.152
11,823}
128,892)
eratin
activities