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A N N U A L R E P O R T 2021

P e r m a c u l t u r e A s s o c i a t i o n ( B r i t a i n ) R e p o r t a n d f i n a n c i a l s t a t e m e n t s F o r t h e y e a r e n d e d 3 0 t h J u n e 2 0 2 1

PERMACULTURE ASSOCIATION

C O M PA N Y

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Company number 5908919

Building a network of systems thinkers with the power to create healthy cultures and ecosystems.

Charity number 1116699 (England and Wales) and SC041695 (Scotland).

Registered office and operational address: Hollybush Conservation Centre, Broad Lane, Kirkstall, Leeds, LS5 3BP

Other names the charity is known by: Permaculture Association

TRUSTEES

Trustees, who are also directors under company law, who served during the year were as follows:

Mr Graham Wood Appointed 21/11/2015 Mr Les Moore Chair Appointed 09/11/2017 Ms Jo Barker Secretary Appointed 17/11/2018 Ms Gihan Soliman Appointed 17/11/2018 Ms Scarlett Penn Appointed 17/11/2018 Mr David Hewitt Treasurer Appointed 03/12/2020 DMs Tammi Dallaston Appointed 03/12/2020 Mr Andrew De La Haye Appointed 03/12/2020 Ms Heather Elgar Appointed 03/12/2020 Mr Paul Mehew Appointed 03/12/2020 Mr Scott Moncur Appointed 03/12/2020 Ms Carla Moss Appointed 03/12/2020 Ms Rachel Phillips Appointed 03/12/2020 Mr Sammuel Yisrael Appointed 03/12/2020

COMPANY SECRETARY

Mr Andrew Goldring

KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL

Mr Andrew Goldring, Chief Executive, Ms Celia Ashman, Operations Lead, Mrs Sally-Ann Delf, Finance Coordinator.

BANKERS

Unity Trust Bank, Nine Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B1 2HB

Ecology Building Society, 7 Belton Road, Silsden, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 0EE Cooperative Bank, PO Box 25, Skelmersdale WN8 6WT Triodos Bank, Deanery Road, Bristol, BS1 5AS MetroBank, One Southampton Row, London WC1B 5HA

Independent Examiners Third Sector Accountancy Ltd, Holyoake House, Hanover Street, Manchester, M60 0AS

The trustees present their report and the examined financial statements for the year ended 30th June 2021. Included within the trustees’ report is the directors’ report as required by company law.

Reference and administrative information set out on pages 0-1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the Memorandum and Articles of Association and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: SORP applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102.

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CONTENTS

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SUMMARY
O B J E C T I V E S & A C T I V I T I E S
P u b l i c B e n e f i t
P u r p o s e a n d A i m s
A C H I E V E M E N T S &
P E R F O R M A N C E
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C h a r i t a b l e Tr a d i n g
G r a n t Fu n d e d P r o j e c t s
M e m b e r L e d A c t i v i t i e s
S u p p o r t S e r v i c e s
A l l o c a t i o n o f g r a n t s
Vo l u n t e e r s
H o w w e m e a s u r e
p e r f o r m a n c e
B e n e f i c i a r i e s
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S i g n i f i c a n t Ev e n t s
Fu n d i n g S o u r c e s
P r i n c i p a l R i s k s &
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R e s e r v e s
P L A N S F O R T H E F U T U R E
S T R U C T U R E , G O V E R N A N C E
A N D M A N A G E M E N T
R e m u n e r a t i o n p o l i c y f o r
ke y m a n a g e m e n t p e r s o n n e l
P o l i c y R e v i e w a n d R i s k
m a n a g e m e n t
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r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s o f t h e
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R E P O R T T O T H E 3 8 M E M B E R S A N D T R U S T E E S O F P E R M A C U LT U R E A S S O C I AT I O N ( B R I TA I N )

“ P e r m a c u l t u r e i s a n a p p r o a c h t o m e e t i n g h u m a n n e e d s w h i l e i n c r e a s i n g e c o s y s t e m h e a l t h .”

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S U M M A R Y

The twelve months from July 2020 to June 2021 have been both challenging and productive. We have learnt a lot and have much to celebrate.

With so many people reassessing their priorities, it seems clear that a lot more of us are keen to adopt permaculture approaches in our lives, homes and communities. This has been reflected in a growth in membership. The run up to COP26 has also been a time for society to reassess its priorities, and amongst the terrifying predictions of a hotter planet, the permaculture approach offers a practical way forward for individuals and communities that want to take action.

The global pandemic has affected members, volunteers and staff and kept many of our local and national plans up in the air. Thanks to cancelled in-person events, we used our skills to organise the first online permaculture convergence and had the biggest and most diverse attendance ever. New online monthly meetings supported members, educators and local projects which helped us stay in touch with emerging needs and opportunities. Project delivery has been affected to a small degree, but we have still managed to achieve all of our key objectives.

Which brings us to our amazing network of members and their projects and educational offerings. We have been so impressed by the creativity and dedication of members that have supported local food banks, given away surplus produce, kept services open to ensure that people

have access to outdoor activities and someone to talk to. Many permaculture businesses are thriving and recent evaluation of projects like the Apricot Centre in Devon, show just how well permaculture designed enterprises deliver on tackling climate change, increasing biodiversity and supporting people to thrive - as well as making a good living for the workers.

Our goal as a charity remains clear. We want more people to be able to do more permaculture. This is not for an ideological or dogmatic reason, but because the combination of ethical values, ecological principles and a solutions focussed design approach delivers brilliant results for people and the planet.

We are confident that a big expansion of our work is possible and necessary. We need to do some work to align our different programmes and projects, increase funds and better communicate our offer and vision and this is work that we are now undertaking. We have a great staff team, the biggest trustee team ever, and a truly brilliant membership brimming with creativity, deep ecological and technical knowledge and huge potential.

Many thanks to everyone that has helped this year. Progress has been slower than usual, for very good reasons, but much has been learnt and we are working to come out of this pandemic stronger and ready for a very exciting new phase of work in this most important decade. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.

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P U R P O S E S & A I M S

Our charitable objects as defined in our Memorandum and Articles of Association are:

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O B J E C T I V E S & A C T I V I T I E S

The trustees review the aims, objectives and activities of the charity each year as part of the Policy Governance process that was implemented in 2008. This report looks at what the charity has achieved and the outcomes of its work over the last year. The trustees report the success of each key activity and the benefits the charity has brought to those groups of people that it serves. The review also helps the trustees ensure the charity's aims, objectives and activities remain focused on its stated purposes.

P U B L I C B E N E F I T

The trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set. Our work is designed to cater for the needs of particular groups, and also to have the widest possible public benefit.

(b) to produce, publish and develop, or cause to be produced, published and developed, information on permaculture, whether in printed, electronic, or other forms such as films and broadcasts, and whether gratuitous or for sale.

3. To seek and to exercise such powers as may be incidental and conducive to the objects of the Charity.

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P U R P O S E S & A I M S

I n a d d i t i o n , w e h a v e s i x a i m s t h a t w e r e r e v i e w e d l a s t y e a r ( w i t h n o c h a n g e s m a d e ) :

To achieve these objects and aims the Permaculture Association carries out work within three broad areas of activity: Charitable Trading - services delivered for a fee; Grant Funded Projects - work carried out with support from funders and donors; and Member Led Activities - where we support members to carry out projects and activities under the umbrella of the organisation. These three areas are underpinned and supported by our Support Services and Governance work .

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CHARITABLE TRADING

Services delivered for a fee

  1. Make permaculture accessible

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  1. Accelerate learning about permaculture

  2. Grow permaculture networks

GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS

work carried out with support from funders and donors

  1. Share and develop permaculture practice

  2. Work with others to tackle key challenges

  3. Build a smart, effective, socially responsible and sustainable organisation.

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MEMBER LED ACTIVITIES

where we support members to carry out projects and activities under the umbrella of the organisation

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P U R P O S E S & A I M S

We use a range of strategies to achieve our aims and objectives, ranging from business and project planning, adoption of new technology and social engagement approaches to the use of permaculture ethics, principles and design methods. Our broad approach is well described by the broad activities set for aim 6 above “to build a smart, effective, socially responsible and sustainable organisation”:

1. Develop a regenerative culture and nurture leadership skills within every part of the organisation. Value contributions from members, staff and volunteers, and facilitate capacity building activities that enable everyone to support the development of the organisation and network.

2. Serve, value and engage members and beneficiaries through a strong focus on understanding their needs and the needs of the network.

3. Use smart feedback mechanisms and processes to ensure that strategy, planning and delivery are subject to ongoing improvement and innovation and are inclusive, participatory and adaptive.

4. Underpin financial stability through a mix of charitable trading, donations, fundraising, and good relationships within each area of work.

We measure success using a range of different indicators and proxies. These are presented quarterly via the Board Monitoring Report, which connects membership, financial, web, social media, project outputs and other data to our aims and outcomes.

A C H I E V E M E N T S & P E R F O R M A N C E

T h e c h a r i t y ' s m a i n a c t i v i t i e s , a c h i e v e m e n t s a n d p e r f o r m a n c e f o r 2 0 2 0 - 2 1 a n d w h o t h e P e r m a c u l t u r e A s s o c i a t i o n w o r k e d w i t h a r e d e s c r i b e d o n t h e f o l l o w i n g p a g e s . A l l a c t i v i t i e s a r e u n d e r t a k e n t o f u r t h e r t h e P e r m a c u l t u r e A s s o c i a t i o n’s c h a r i t a b l e p u r p o s e s f o r p u b l i c b e n e f i t .

C H A R I TA B L E T R A D I N G

C H A R I TA B L E T R A D I N G

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The Permaculture Association provides its services at what we consider to be an accessible and fair cost, with strategies to make them accessible to people on low incomes such as bursary tickets for events.

MEMBERSHIP helps us to increase education, disseminate research, support network development and engage members in the work of the charity. Membership rose to over 1900 for the first time ever due to a surge in members during the start of the lockdown period. As people spent more time at home and reflected on the need for local fresh food and self sufficiency we gained more enquiries and members. Increased interest in studying permaculture at home also increased our online visibility as a network. A new series of online calls and socials have helped to provide networking and support over the lockdown months, and provided a feedback loop to understand the needs and issues our members are tackling in the covid era.

www.permaculture.org.uk/about/join

EDUCATOR MEMBERSHIP has

been building over the past three years and now has over 100 international members. It aims to enhance the quality and reputation of permaculture education, support educators to be effective and offer much needed people care and support. The monthly online gathering continues with educators co-facilitating and presenting on areas of professional development. The first online Educators Gathering was a huge success with participants from across the world and clear demand to make this an annual event.

https://www.permaculture.org.uk/ education/join

ONLINE LEARNING helps to make

permaculture education more accessible to more people, and also to provide a consistent passive revenue stream to support further education work. We have a growing range of courses with our first course - ‘Design For Resilience: The foundations of permaculture’ - now well-established. We have secured funds for bursary places and have supported around 30 people from marginalised groups to be able to access permaculture education for the first time. With the Pebble Trust we also supported a cohort from the Highlands and Islands to attend the course. We are working with Educator members to develop further offerings and have recently launched ‘Growing Food in Small Spaces’. A percentage of income from every teacher-led course goes into a ‘Fair Shares’ pot which will be used to support work by member educators via an annual application process.

https://www.permaculture.org.uk/ education/online-courses

DIPLOMA IN APPLIED PERMACULTURE DESIGN

supports members to develop and deepen their design skills and apply them to real world projects. The Diploma Working Group has been undertaking a major system upgrade and with their support we launched our new approach to apprentice support as well as a new website with a searchable library of designs in September 2020. There are now monthly online calls and a bi-monthly newsletter. The Diploma Gathering also went online with great attendance, as did tutor training, and both of these will now continue into the future as they have demonstrated that they can make the Diploma much more accessible to more people.

https://diploma.permaculture.org.uk/

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“First of all a massive thank you to everyone that has voluntarily contributed time to the Diploma Working Group (DWG) over the last twelve months including: Jo Barker, Barry Jones, Tomas Remiarz, Joe Sallis, Les Moore, Carla Moss, Helen White, Ann Pole, Sara Steeles, Wenderlynn Bagnall, Judy Martin and Wilf Richards. Furthermore we also need to thank anyone else that contributed time to developing other aspects of the diploma system such as the Tutors Network and Senior Tutors group especially Katie Shepherd who has been running the monthly tutor meetings. We also of course must thank Cath Marsh for holding it all together in the office and all of the staff that support her and the diploma system.

Over the last year the DWG have been actively using sociocracy to organise. This has included a change in roles and the way in which we elect people to those roles, the way in which we develop proposals, take minutes and link to other stakeholders. We now have a log book keeper (Barry and then jointly Ann and Helen), a facilitator (Les, and now Carla) and operations lead (Wilf).

Our activities over the last year have included updating various diploma documents including the criteria manual, the diploma system maintenance guide and our strategic activities plan.

Tutors have become super organised and built capacity in the last year, meeting monthly, as have the Senior Tutors as well who have developed and delivered a new CPD design for all tutors. They have also delivered registration training to seven new tutors. Welcome to Arnaud Fache, Tom Henfrey, Helen Morris-Ridout, Zach Barton, Jo Holleran, Sam Woods and Liz Postlethwaite. We also have several new completed assessment level tutors including Carla Moss, Cat Dolleris and Nim Robins.

There are not only new tutors but also seven new diploma holders in 2021 too, all added to our relatively new diploma holders network. They include Carole Egner, Charlotte Synge, Fran Osborn, Kate Gathercole, Liz Postletwaite, Yannish Naik and Dominik Jais (who was the first to complete the new diploma system). The DWG have developed a new exit interview for diploma holders once they have finished to enable further feedback to the system.

Our plans for 2022 include further sociocratic developments, updating the assessment forms so they sync with the new criteria manual, developing the new foundation diploma programme (first two designs) and overseeing the transition to the new diploma system in Sept 2022.

If you want to contribute time to the development of the diploma system then there is always plenty to do and explore. Please get in touch with Cath in the office to find out more.

C H A R I TA B L E T R A D I N G

EVENTS play such a big role in supporting positive relationships and connections between members, staff and partners so when our annual in-person event was cancelled due to Covid we were curious / concerned how going online would work for the national event. After a steep learning curve we delivered a highly successful programme with over 900 registrations and some very powerful sessions and a very rich learning offer. The skills development in the team then enabled us to offer to co-host the first online European Permaculture Convergence in October 2021. With society coming to a ‘new normal’, an important area of work is to establish the new balance between online and in person events. Over the year we also supported the Northern Real Farming Conference through the advisory group and with work on a couple of smaller events that were designed to help build the real food and farming network in northern cities in conjunction with CSA UK and support from the Farming the Future fund.

OTHER

Other charitable trading has included sales of certificates, the Teachers’ Guide and the Children In Permaculture Manual.

www.permaculture.org.uk/shop

O u r c h a r i t a b l e t r a d i n g h a s p e r f o r m e d w e l l o v e r a l l w i t h i n c o m e o f £ 5 4 , 4 4 4 f r o m m e m b e r s h i p s a n d a f f i n i t y s c h e m e s a n d £ 9 3 , 9 7 6 f r o m o t h e r e d u c a t i o n a n d e v e n t s a l e s .

https://events.permaculture.org.uk

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G R A N T F U N D E D P R O J E C T S

The 52 CLIMATE ACTIONS project

has developed a permaculture orientated online climate change solutions library. It was launched in July 2019 and has had very positive reviews. We have had over 35,000 visitors to the website since it launched, and have given online talks about the site to over 2,000 people in the past year. We produce a monthly online newsletter and our current focus is on reaching new audiences, building an online community, producing a physical deck of 52 Climate Action cards and creating supporting teaching materials. We are working in partnership with Permaculture South Australia and several partners in the European Union as part of the CCC and iACT projects.

52 ACTIONS WITH CHILDREN

is a spin off from 52 Climate Actions which developed in 2020. We are working to produce a deck of simple outdoor action cards for young children and their families. We successfully ran a fundraising campaign in July 2021 to support the development of this project, and hope to have a finished product ready in time for Christmas 2022.

MOTHER NATURE PROJECT

was funded by Erasmus+. A European partnership looked at how permaculture and similar approaches can support and nurture mothers and enable them to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle as they go through the transforming process of becoming a mother. The project has produced a guidebook, a beautiful set of cards and peer-to-peer training formats. The follow up project has now been approved.

www.mothernatureproject.org

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CHILDREN IN PERMACULTURE

project has continued to promote and sell the Children in Permaculture Manual, which has enabled us to explore different possibilities and expand our networks through engagement with key stakeholders and organisations, primarily in Scotland, but also internationally through the training programme.

permaculture.org.uk/children childreninpermaculture.com

TOOLS FOR THE FUTURE (PREVIOUSLY ETHICAL LIFESTYLE TOOLKIT), is a collaboration between the Permaculture Association, the IPEN (International Permaculture Education Network) and the Ethical Consumer Research Association, funded by a successful crowdfunding campaign, which aims to provide personalised community action plans for its users. With an online toolkit and teacher / community led sessions to complement it, the toolkit will empower users towards ethical consumerism and community action. A huge focus has been diversity and inclusion especially after lockdown and the effects of the Black Lives Matter campaign, with an equity working group now feeding into all areas of project development. The Permaculture Association education lead has led this equity work package.

BLAST is a two year project supported by EU Erasmus funding. The purpose of the 2 1 BLAST partnership is to enable educators, trainers, facilitators, mentors, researchers and community champions to deliver transformative learning opportunities for citizens, communities and professionals. The Permaculture Association and IPEN are contributing to all outputs, including on equity work and the Community of Practice guides and competency frameworks. Nearing completion.

The Permaculture CoLab has worked over the last three years with funds from an anonymous donor to support the emergence of a ‘coherent and effective local to global permaculture network’. This has primarily taken the form of developing an online space where people can work together around a common vision, mission and aims. The project has been very challenging - in a positive sense. We have conducted sociocracy training and developed a series of initiatives. For a network so focussed on local land based activities, the CoLab is a leap forward and much work still needs to be done to help people to engage with it and contribute to the projects. We are taking an enterprising approach too, to make it viable over the longer term.

www.perma.earth

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ScotLAND project has been supporting Scottish permaculture projects to engage the public, and disadvantaged groups in particular. This year the Pebble Trust also supported work and we were able to host a Permaculture Design Course on the Orkney Islands. The Pebble Trust have enabled us to work with a cohort of learners from the Highlands and Islands using the new online learning platform and networking support.

scotland.permaculture.org.uk/land/about-scotland

Community Climate Coaches

(CCC) is a new project funded by the European Union via their Erasmus+ programme. The aim of the project is to establish a new vocation called Community Climate Coaches, and to support their capacity to cultivate community-led, participative approaches to resilience and regeneration. The project is developing training, toolkits, good practice guides and project examples to help and inspire the Coaches and the communities they work with. As climate change has an increasing impact on all of us, locally led community responses are becoming more and more important and Climate Coaches have an exciting role to play in creating truly resilient communities.

is another Erasmus+ Activating Community Transformation (iACT) project. The project is led by PAB with 6 other European partners. Its aim is to build up the capacity of existing and new place-based learning and demonstration centres, and facilitators and trainers based there. These centres will spread regenerative and resilient approaches and help people, communities and regional networks to achieve social, environmental and climate goals and open up pathways to sustainable lifestyles and livelihoods. The project is rooted in the work of the UK LAND network which PAB established over a decade ago. UK LAND is widely recognised as an inspiring example and has been copied in Denmark, Bulgaria, Finland, Sweden and Norway.

University of York ‘Fix Our Food’/Urban Agriculture Consortium/

Northern Real Farming Conference. We have been supporting these initiatives with seats on advisory boards, links to member projects, sessions at events and technical knowledge. They are opportunities to reach new audiences and maintain a modest link to the agricultural side of permaculture, which we hope to give more attention to in future.

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LAND project and LAND

Advisory Group. The LAND - or ‘Learning And Network Demonstration’ is about making permaculture accessible to people across the country via demonstration and learning centres. This year we have made some big steps forward with a new worker in place, a revitalised working group, monthly member meetings, a new insurance package for members, and a brilliant new map showing member projects (not just LAND Learners and Centres). Further funds have been secured and we are aiming to grow this work substantially so that we can support more member projects to be successful.

www.permaculture.org.uk/peopleprojects-places/land/map

Permaculture Scotland. This is

the Permaculture Association’s strategic network in Scotland, and its work is generally financed through an annual gathering which sadly we had to cancel again. A dedicated working group helps to run the website and oversee project activities, such as the online learning work in the Highlands and Islands. An innovation over the last year has been the development of a Holistic Decision Making approach to guide work in Scotland. The group also prepared events and information for COP26 in Glasgow. scotland.permaculture.org.uk/

Paramaethu Cymru is the

Diploma Working Group

(DWG). Provides a forum for tutors, apprentices and staff, guiding the Association’s Diploma strategy. The DWG spent a significant amount of time in the previous 2 years developing a new system that was launched in September 2020. Registrations are on track and we are supporting existing apprentices to complete their work or move to the new system by September 2022. There’s a huge amount of creativity in the Diploma network with apprentices developing designs for a wide range of home, community, farming and other contexts. The new website and design library helps to make many of them much more accessible.

Education Working Group

(EWG). Supports member led work on education and guides the Association’s education strategy and work plan. This year the EWG have continued to do curriculum development to widen the reach of permaculture, reviewed curricula in light of learning more deeply about Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and helped to plan and deliver our first online Educators meeting. Work continued on a post PDC, modular short course to support people progressing towards the diploma.

www.permaculture.org.uk/education/ education-working-group

Permaculture Association’s strategic network in Wales. This year’s plans were affected by Covid again, with the annual gathering being called off. The bulletin has continued and plans are developing for a face to face gathering in September 2022. wales.permaculture.org.uk/

diploma.permaculture.org.uk/

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“Cultures throughout the 2 6 world and throughout history that developed stable, sustainable relationships with nature did so through observation — a primary principle in permaculture.”

S U P P O R T S E R V I C E S

Behind the scenes, a small and effective team of part time staff support all of this work with a practical can-do attitude and plenty of good humour. Over the last year we have: conducted a wide range of communications tasks for grant funded projects and charitable trading activities - E-bulletins, leaflets, newsletters; developed and maintained ten websites - Knowledge base, Research Digest, Scotland, Wales, International, Research, IPC-UK, Blog, 52 Climate Actions and main site, collectively reaching an estimated 200,000+ people; posted leaflets, packs and books across the world; coped with extensive building renovations; further refined our systems, processes and online working systems; and relocated all of this to a home-working context due to Covid. Most of this work goes unseen and often unappreciated, so a huge thanks to all the staff and volunteers that have contributed to the support services work!

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A L L O C AT I O N O F G R A N T S

The Permaculture Association supports a range of UK and international member led projects, this year that has included the Himalayan Permaculture Group, Sector 39, ReAlliance, Stichting Reculture Foundation (towards work of the permaculture CoLab), PermEZone, and iACT project partners. This amounted to £63,003 over the year. See note 8 in the accounts.

V O L U N T E E R S

Volunteers make an enormous contribution to the Permaculture Association’s work. We could not achieve as much as we do without them. Volunteers work in four main areas: working groups; ambassadors; event support; and office support. With Covid keeping the office closed for most of the year and no regional or national in-person events, volunteer hours have been down significantly, but still amount to around 2 full time staff members. We will support volunteer numbers to increase again as the pandemic eases. A heartfelt thanks to all of our brilliant volunteers!

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H O W W E M E A S U R E P E R F O R M A N C E

A variety of measures are used to understand whether our work is on track within each area. Common to all are financial measures - primarily monitoring planned versus actual expenditure. We also use online surveys, participant interviews, monitoring of progress towards key milestones using gantt charts, event and workshop feedback, web analytics, monitoring numbers of apprentices, members, tutors, sales, visitors, et cetera! Data is assembled by staff for review at the quarterly planning day on the Monitoring Report, and made available as a summary each quarter to the Board. Monitoring data is linked to aims.

Fundraising.

This year we secured funds for the Community Climate Coaches, iACT and mother Nature projects, plus additional support towards 52 Climate Actions (and 52CA with Children). Our major funding effort has been to respond to the National Lottery’s Growing Great Ideas Fund, and we await news about whether we have made it to stage 2. As part of our periodic reviews we will soon be reviewing all of our current projects and programmes, deciding which to continue and then updating our fundraising strategy to ensure we focus on the areas with the greatest potential impact.

Significant factors affecting the charity in 2020-2021.

Clearly this has been another challenging year. Whilst we have responded positively to the Covid pandemic, with online learning and events and online staff working, the ongoing emotional toll of staff and family illnesses and the pressures of ongoing home schooling have affected us all to some extent. Then there are the ongoing challenges of Brexit, with reduced eligibility for EU programmes (now primarily limited to Horizon 2020) and increased bureaucracy for selling books and working with our European partners and members. We have willingly given more time to support staff well-being and made spaces for members to support each other and share together. With the escalating climate crisis and more extreme weather events having a direct impact on staff and members, there is a need to further enhance organisational resilience.

B E N E F I C I A R I E S

The Permaculture Association serves the public, its members and the wider international permaculture community. Specific projects are able to engage specific groups, for example the Scottish LAND network has been able to engage disadvantaged communities in Scotland. We can never serve everyone, but over the range of our activities we seek to ensure that a great diversity of people can be included and we are working hard to ensure that our work is more accessible - our number one priority! A group is exploring accessibility more deeply as part of our JEDI work - Justice Equity, Diversity, Inclusion.

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S I G N I F I C A N T E V E N T S

There were no significant financial events.

The Statement of Financial Activities shows a surplus on charitable trading (unrestricted) activities of £7,846. When transfers between funds are taken into account the overall surplus on charitable trading rises to £20,976, slightly up on last year’s £19,533. These numbers are shown on the Statement of Financial Activities as “Net movement in funds for the year”.

This is a good result, especially as covid restricted our activities. Income from members’ subscriptions held up well, increasing by £8,499, and there was useful recovery of administration costs and contributions to bursaries from grantfunded projects totalling £13,130. Cost savings have also been made, for example in renting premises, which has offset some increases in salaries and support costs.

Project activities are an important part of the Association’s activities, carrying out practical work and research, and helping to spread the permaculture message. They are termed restricted in the sense that the funding is for specific purposes.

Grant receipts and project costs are booked when they arise, often in different financial years. This makes for more volatility in overall annual results but over longer periods the differences will balance out. In 2020-21 there was a surplus on restricted funds of £7,324, converting into a £5,806 deficit after taking into account transfers between funds.

The combined surplus for unrestricted and restricted activities was £15,170. Cash balances in the Statement of Cash Flows and in the Balance Sheet have accordingly risen by a similar amount.

This financial resilience supports the Trustees’ opinion that the Association remains a going concern.

F U N D I N G S O U R C E S

These are detailed in the notes 3 and 4 of the accounts.

P R I N C I PA L R I S K S & U N C E R TA I N T I E S

The principal financial risk to the organisation is the uncertain funding environment in which we operate. The main steps to mitigate this are: maintaining a diverse stream of funding (earned income, donations, grants, etc); and ensuring that grant funded work adds to the core in planned, sustainable ways.

R E S E R V E S

At the end of the period the charity held total funds of £200,269. These break down as: Unrestricted £88,511 Restricted £111,758.

The reserves policy of the Association is to aim for 6 months running costs, assessed as half the core budget. Reserves are held to ensure the continuation of the Association in the event of a significant reduction in funding. This is calculated on the core budget, rather than the whole budget as there are many activities that would be undertaken by volunteer time alone, but at a slower pace, or would only take place with grant funding. Unrestricted funds are now around 80% the target six month running costs figure (approximately £110,000).

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P L A N S F O R T H E F U T U R E

We are now into the second year of our ten year strategic plan, and continue to refine this as we go. Over the next year we are working to:

Charitable Trading: continue to develop our membership offer, events, online learning and the Diploma, based on feedback from members and learners. Depending on the flow of the pandemic, offer an in person event for members and an online event with European partners.

Grant Funded Projects: continue to deliver existing projects and hone our work into a series of longer term programmes so that we can better communicate our work. Focus on building the LAND and Projects network and public member project map. Work with members and the Diversity Trust to develop our understanding and contribution to Equity Diversity and Inclusion. Work to secure major investments from a range of funders towards core programmes of work.

Member Led Activities: ensure members know how we can support them, and seek opportunities to encourage members to take the lead on a range of new areas; further develop practical support, guidance and online working platforms to enable member participation. In particular use the learning from the BLAST project to support new Communities of Practice to form. Work closely with Permaculture Scotland and Paramaethu Cymru to support events later in the year and build local networks.

Support Services: With a number of recent staff changes and maternity leave, we

will focus on ensuring all of our systems are well understood and everyone is working well together as an important foundation for other key work in the year. We will be upgrading the website and using this as an opportunity to review our knowledge management systems. This will allow us to better align web, knowledge and membership in order to provide an even richer membership offer.

Governance: continue to review policy, monitor organisational performance, and develop the next phase of our strategic development work. Complete work started on refining a process for managing the ‘pipeline’ of projects so that we can use the creativity of staff and members in a really focussed way, building towards our very ambitious ten year plan.

"The best way to predict the future is to design it."

Buckminster Fuller

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S T R U C T U R E , G O V E R N A N C E A N D M A N A G E M E N T

Recruitment, appointment and induction of new trustees is managed by the Board’s Nominations Committee. Trustees are required to be members of the Charity. Prospective board members are identified and invited to attend board meetings prior to the election process in order to meet current trustees, learn about the roles, responsibilities and the approach that we take to governance. Information is given about the general roles and responsibilities and training is offered to those that require it. Prospective trustees are then recommended (or not) by the Board during the election process, which includes online proxy voting. Election processes are detailed in full within the Memorandum and Articles of Association. Training requirements are assessed annually and support is available for trustees to attend local training courses. All members are invited to find out about and apply to become Board members via the newsletter and e-bulletin.

seeks to deliver the charity's aims described in policy 1, within the limitations as set out in policy 4. The Chief Executive manages staff through a series of quarterly planning days, supervision sessions and weekly stand up meetings. The emphasis is on staff selfmanagement, open reporting, and flexible team working using an ‘agile’ approach. Staff work within one or more teams that deliver within the areas of work set out above. Each team has an operational leader who keeps track of progress.

Member-led working groups are supported by a staff member, who ensures that they work within the limitations and towards the aims of the organisation.

Strategy, business plans and budgets are prepared by the Chief Executive in consultation with staff, volunteers, working groups, members and other stakeholders, and then given to the board for review, feedback and finally, approval. With a clear focus on specifying the four policies, and being well informed via discussion topics, progress reports and stakeholder engagement, the board is able to balance strategic direction with effective delegation.

The Board uses the ‘Policy Governance’ approach. This details four key policies that are reviewed annually: 1. Aims; 2. Board self-management; 3. Board-executive relations; and 4. Executive limitations. Policy Governance is forward facing and strategic, and provides a rigorous approach to the task of governance. In addition to reviewing the policies, Board members also undertake a series of Major and Minor discussion topics (for Board self-education), receive regular reports from the executive (that provide information detailed in policy 3), and undertake stakeholder consultation wherever possible.

The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 17th August 2006 and registered as a charity on 8th November 2006 (having first established as an unincorporated charity in 1986, and a group of committed pioneers in 1983). The company was established under a memorandum of association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its articles of association. Members of the charity guarantee to

The Board delegates day-to-day responsibility to the Chief Executive, who

as our first official Branch. The Permaculture Association is a founding member of both the European Permaculture Network and Ecolise (European network of permaculture, ecovillage and transition networks). We work informally with many other charities, networks and organisations through our funded work, at events and for occasional workshops and seminars.

contribute an amount not exceeding £10 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The total number of such guarantees at 30th June 2020 was 1900 (2019: 1450). The trustees are members of the charity but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity. All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. Expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in the notes to the accounts.

The Permaculture Association has no subsidiaries, with Permaculture Scotland and other working groups, operating as integral parts of the organisation. Paramaethu Cymru now has special status

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R E M U N E R AT I O N P O L I C Y F O R K E Y M A N A G E M E N T P E R S O N N E L

Pay for staff is in the range of £20,000 (junior) - £28,000 (senior) pro-rata. Wage levels have increased, but CEO remuneration (£30,000 pro rata) is not yet considered to reflect the post’s responsibility and the Board seeks to move towards greater remuneration once funds allow. Pay rates are set within the annual budget setting process which includes a participatory all-staff pay review.

P O L I C Y R E V I E W A N D R I S K M A N A G E M E N T

S TAT E M E N T O F R E S P O N S I B I L I T I E S O F T H E T R U S T E E S

The trustees (who are also directors of Permaculture Association (Britain) for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees’ annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable group and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The Permaculture Association maintains a risk register which is updated as part of our annual review process. The Operations Lead has reviewed existing policies and procedures. Trustees are satisfied that adequate systems and procedures are currently in place to enable the Association to work safely and effectively, within the law and following good practices.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable group and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees’ annual report has been approved by the trustees on ______ and 21/02/2022 signed on their behalf by

Les Moore Chair

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Report to the members and trustees of Permaculture Association (Britain)

I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 30 June 2021 set out on pages 40 to 64.

R E P O R T T O T H E M E M B E R S A N D T R U S T E E S O F P E R M A C U LT U R E A S S O C I AT I O N ( B R I TA I N )

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) and the Charities Act 2011. The charity trustees consider that the audit requirements of Regulation 10(1) (a) to (c) of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 do not apply. The charity is preparing accrued accounts and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

It is my responsibility to:

Basis of independent examiner’s statement

My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (the 2006 Accounts Regulations) and the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.

Independent examiner’s statement

In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

  1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:

  2. to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act, Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations (as amended) and section 130 of the Charities Act 2011

  3. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 8 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations (as amended) and the requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 of the Charities Act 2011

have not been met, or

  1. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Patrick Morrello ACA Third Sector Accountancy Limited Holyoake House Hanover Street Manchester M60 0AS

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Permaculture Association (Britain)

Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure account) for the year ended 30 June 2021

Note
Income from:
Donations and legacies
3
Charitable activities
4
Investments
5
Total income
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities:
6
Total expenditure
9
Transfer between funds
Net movement in funds for the year
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
Net income/(expenditure) for the year		 Unrestricted
funds
£
81,261
79,271
926
161,458
153,612
153,612
7,846
13,130
20,976
67,535
88,511		 Restricted
funds
£
7,610
158,976
-
166,586
159,262
159,262
7,324
(13,130)
(5,806)
117,564
111,758		 Total funds
2021
£
88,871
238,247
926
328,044
312,874
312,874
15,170
-
15,170
185,099
200,269		 Unrestricted
funds
£
77,904
100,554
1,043
179,501
154,118
154,118
25,383
(5,850)
19,533
48,002
67,535		 Restricted
funds
£
21,559
172,056
-
193,615
271,072
271,072
(77,457)
5,850
(71,607)
189,171
117,564		 Total funds
2020
£
99,463
272,610
1,043
373,116
425,190
425,190
(52,074)
-
(52,074)
237,173
185,099

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

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Permaculture Association (Britain) Company number 5908919

Balance sheet as at 30 June 2021

Note
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
15
-
Intangible assets
16
11,921
Total fixed assets
11,921
Current assets
Stock
895
Debtors
17
7,892
Cash at bank and in hand
295,416
Total current assets
304,203
Liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling
due in less than one year
18
(115,855)
Net current assets
188,348
Net assets
200,269
The funds of the charity:
Restricted income funds
20
111,758
Unrestricted income funds
21
88,511
Total charity funds
200,269
2021		 £
£
-
8,518
8,518
1,244
3,261
283,681
288,186
(111,605)
176,581
185,099
117,564
67,535
185,099
2020

For the year in question, the company was entitled to exemption from an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

These accounts are prepared in accordance with the special provisions of part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and constitute the annual accounts required by the Companies Act 2006 and are for circulation to members of the company.

Permaculture Association (Britain)

Statement of Cash Flows for the year ending 30 June 2021

Note
Cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
24
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interest, and rents from investments
Purchase of intangible fixed assets
Cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents in the year		 2021
£
18,300
926
(7,491)
(6,565)
11,735
283,681
295,416		 2020
£
(85,259)
1,043
(8,518)
(7,475)
(92,734)
376,415
283,681

The notes on pages 44 to 64 form part of these accounts.

Approved by the trustees on ________ and signed on their behalf by: 21/02/2022

Les Moore (Chair) David Hewitt (Treasurer)

Permaculture Association (Britain)

Permaculture Association (Britain)

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2021

1 Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies adopted, judgments and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:

a Basis of preparation

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 (FRS 102) issued in October 2019 - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Permaculture Association (Britain) meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note.

The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity and rounded to the nearest £ sterling.

b Judgments and estimates

The trustees have made no key judgments which have a significant effect on the accounts.

The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

c Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern.

d Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2021 (continued)

e Donated services and facilities

Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), general volunteer time is not recognised; refer to the trustees’ annual report for more information about their contribution.

On receipt, donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.

f Interest receivable

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the Bank.

g Volunteer help

The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees' annual report.

h Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of charity.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose.

Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity’s work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.

i Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings:

Income received in advance of a provision of a specified service is deferred until the criteria for income recognition are met.

Permaculture Association (Britain)

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2021 (continued)

j Foreign currency Foreign currency transactions are initially recognised by applying to the foreign currency amount the spot exchange rate between the functional currency and the foreign currency at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency at the balance sheet date are translated using the closing rate.

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2021 (continued)

Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

k Allocation of support costs

s Financial instruments

Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Support costs include back office costs, finance, personnel, payroll and governance costs which support the charity's programmes and activities. These costs have been allocated between cost of raising funds and expenditure on charitable activities. The bases on which support costs have been allocated are set out in note 7.

l Operating leases

Operating leases are leases in which the title to the assets, and the risks and rewards of ownership, remain with the lessor. Rental charges are charged on a straight line basis over the term of the lease.

m Intangible fixed assets

Intangible fixed assets are capitalised software costs for the online learning platform. Depreciation will be provided on a straight line basis over a three year period once the asset is brought into use.

n Tangible fixed assets

Individual fixed assets costing £1,000 or more are capitalised at cost.

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

t Pensions

Employees of the charity are entitled to join a defined contribution scheme. The charity’s contribution is restricted to the contributions disclosed in note 10. There were no outstanding contributions at the year end. The costs of the defined contribution scheme are included within support and governance costs and allocated to the funds of the charity using the methodology set out in note 7.

Legal status of the charity

The charity is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales and in Scotland, and has no share capital. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £10 per member of the charity. The registered office address is disclosed on page 1.

o Stock

Stock is included at the lower of cost or net realisable value. In general, cost is determined on a first in, first out basis. Net realisable value is the price at which stocks can be sold in the normal course of business after allowing for the costs of realisation. Provision is made where necessary for obsolete, slow moving, and defective stocks. Donated items of stock are recognised at fair value which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay for the items on the open market.

p Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

q Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2021 (continued)

Donations
Affinity schemes
Membership
Donations in kind
Total		 Unrestricted
£
11,641
907
60,702
8,011
81,261		 Restricted
£
7,610
-
-
-
7,610		 Total 2021
£
19,251
907
60,702
8,011
88,871		 Unrestricted
£
12,855
2,241
52,203
10,605
77,904		 Restricted
£
21,559
-
-
-
21,559		 Total 2020
£
34,414
2,241
52,203
10,605
99,463

Every year the association depends upon thousands of hours of volunteer time. Accounting standards do not permit us to assign a value to this in our accounts.

Charitable trading
Grants
Shop income and sales
Registration and tutorials
Events
Consultancy
Administration charges		 Unrestricted
£
5,032
5,473
35,956
13,198
1,400
2,120
63,179		 Restricted
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total 2021
£
5,032
5,473
35,956
13,198
1,400
2,120
63,179		 Unrestricted
£
1,604
13,506
33,945
41,742
1,148
2,031
93,976		 Restricted
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total 2020
£
1,604
13,506
33,945
41,742
1,148
2,031
93,976

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2021 (continued)

Grant funded projects
Grants
Other income
Events
Member-led projects
Grants
Other income
Events
Consultancy
Administration charges
5
Investment income
Income from bank deposits
Total income from charitable
activities		 -
4,514
-
4,514
-
1,146
10,432
-
-
11,578
79,271
Unrestricted
£
926		 143,058
-
-
143,058
5,082
7,836
3,000
-
-
15,918
158,976
Restricted
£
-		 143,058
4,514
-
147,572
5,082
8,982
13,432
-
-
27,496
238,247
Total 2021
£
926		 72
-
120
192
-
1,385
4,781
542
(322)
6,386
100,554
Unrestricted
£
1,043		 146,624
-
-
146,624
25,432
-
-
-
-
25,432
172,056
Restricted
£
-		 146,696
-
120
146,816
25,432
1,385
4,781
542
(322)
31,818
272,610
Total 2020
£
1,043

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2021 (continued)

6 Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities

Charitable
trading
£
Staff costs
69,197
Capitalisation: staff costs
(7,491)
Activities
(1,110)
Administration
14,833
Travel and subsistence
-
Grants - see note 8
-
Legal and professional
-
40,855
699
116,983
Restricted expenditure
-
Unrestricted expenditure
116,983
116,983
Support costs (see note
7)
Governance costs (see
note 7)		 Grant-funded
projects
£
65,272
-
920
1,736
-
30,479
-
38,539
659
137,605
116,398
21,207
137,605		 Member-led
projects
£
8,146
-
11,272
1,423
29
32,524
-
4,810
82
58,286
42,864
15,422
58,286		 Total 2021
£
142,615
(7,491)
11,082
17,992
29
63,003
-
84,204
1,440
312,874
159,262
153,612
312,874		 Charitable
trading
£
59,742
(8,518)
26,691
14,624
1,944
-
-
26,721
585
121,789
1,643
120,146
121,789		 Grant-
funded
projects
£
107,828
-
61,228
8,745
21,950
2,500
2,100
51,438
1,054
256,843
243,802
13,041
256,843		 Member-led
projects
£
22,964
-
2,712
642
1,197
8,548
-
10,271
224
46,558
25,627
20,931
46,558		 Total 2020
£
190,534
(8,518)
90,631
24,011
25,091
11,048
2,100
88,430
1,863
425,190
271,072
154,118
425,190

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2021 (continued)

Basis of
apportionment
Staff costs
Staff costs
Events
Staff costs
Premises Costs
Staff costs
Admin
Staff costs
Travel and subsistence
Staff costs
Exchange loss
Staff costs
Legal and professional
Staff costs
Independent Examiner
Staff costs
Board Costs
Staff costs
Allocated as follows:
Charitable trading
Grant funded projects
Member led projects		 Support
£
57,032
342
3,366
17,491
692
4,604
677
-
-
84,204
40,855
38,539
4,810
84,204		 Governance
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,440
-
1,440
699
659
82
1,440		 Total 2021
£
57,032
342
3,366
17,491
692
4,604
677
1,440
-
85,644
41,554
39,198
4,892
85,644		 Support
£
58,361
53
8,622
17,283
496
3,208
408
-
-
88,431
26,721
51,438
10,271
88,430		 Governance
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,440
422
1,862
585
1,054
224
1,863		 Total 2020
£
58,361
53
8,622
17,283
496
3,208
408
1,440
422
90,293
27,306
52,492
10,495
90,293

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2021 (continued)

8 Grants made to institutions

Name of institution
Purpose
Wycliffe Yonga
Assistance after the Kenyan floods
Himalaya Permaculture
Sector 39
ReAlliance
Permezone
Palestinian Permaculture project
9
Net income/(expenditure) for the year
This is stated after charging/(crediting):
Depreciation
Exchange differences
Independent examiner's fee
Payments to project partners of iACT - iACT is creating a good practice
guide, toolkit and competency framework to enable learning and
demonstration centres (including LAND centres) to i) scale up their local
and bioregional regenerative impacts, and ii) fulfil their potential to help
society respond to the climate and ecological emergencies.
Marda Permaculture
Educational support, curriculum development,
training, facilitation and enterprise in
permaculture
Bringing together field practitioners, policy
makers, educators, community leaders and
humanitarian and development workers
Stichting Reculture
Foundation
For work towards digital services for the
permaculture community		 2021
£
-
221
14,173
10,830
6,600
30,479
700
-
63,003
2021
£
4,088
4,604
1,440		 2020
£
402
-
8,500
-
-
-
2,146
11,048
2020
£
-
3,209
1,440
Staff costs during the year were as follows:
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs
Termination payments
Freelance staff costs
Allocated as follows:
Charitable activities
Support costs		 2021
£
137,788
-
1,101
-
53,609
192,498
135,124
57,374
192,498		 2020
£
153,513
2,800
2,717
4,954
83,326
247,310
188,949
58,361
247,310

No employees has employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2020: Nil).

The average number of staff employed during the period was 18 (2020: 17).

The key management personnel of the charity comprise the trustees, the Chief Executive, and the Chief Operating Officer. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £18,984 (2020: £23,004).

Neither the management committee nor any persons connected with them received any remuneration or reimbursed expenses during the year (2020: three trustees received a total of £422 in expenses).

Aggregate donations from related parties were £Nil (2020: £Nil).

There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no restricted donations from related parties.

The wife of the Chief Executive runs a catering business which was paid £Nil (2020: £11,113) on normal commercial terms.

Apart from the above no trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity, including guarantees, during the year (2020: nil).

12 Government grants

The government grants recognised in the accounts were as follows:

British Council
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme		 2021
£
40,627
5,032
45,659		 2020
£
-
1,604
1,604

13 Funds received as agent

During the year the charity received £163,833 from the Network for Social Change as agent for the Landworkers Alliance. No balance was held at the reporting date.

14 Corporation tax

The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within Chapter 3 of Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen in the charity.

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15 Fixed assets: tangible assets

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2021 (continued)

Cost
£
1,940
1,940
Depreciation
1,940
1,940
Net book value
-
-
16
Fixed assets: intangible assets
Cost
£
8,518
Additions
7,491
16,009
Depreciation
-
Charge for the year
4,088
4,088
Net book value
11,921
8,518
At 1 July 2020
At 30 June 2021
At 30 June 2021
At 30 June 2020
On-line learning
platform
At 30 June 2021
At 1 July 2020
Equipment
At 30 June 2021
At 30 June 2021
At 30 June 2020
At 1 July 2020
At 1 July 2020
At 30 June 2021
17
Debtors
Trade debtors
Prepayments
Gift aid receivable
18
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Other creditors and accruals
Deferred income
19
Deferred income
Event tickets sold in advance
Diploma fees sold in advance		 2021
£
281
1,742
5,869
7,892
2021
£
20,897
94,958
115,855
2021
£
507
94,451
94,958		 2020
£
357
866
2,038
3,261
2020
£
10,839
100,766
111,605
2020
£
-
100,766
100,766

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20 Analysis of movements in restricted funds

Current period

Grant funded projects
BLAST
Capacity+
Ecolise
iACT
Mother Nature
Permaculture Responds
Scotland
Pebble
Seedbed
SHED
Member-led projects
Digital Circle
IPEN
IPC Scholarship
PFP
IPES
Himalayan PG
Marda
PermEzone
Re-Alliance
Sector 39
Total
Permaculture CoLab
52 Climate Actions
Community Climate
Coaches		 Balance at
1 July 2020
£
(780)
41,248
-
-
-
-
8,718
(2,220)
4,983
5,000
8
29,784
86,741
3,938
7,311
495
1,015
380
-
512
-
13,202
3,970
30,823
117,564		 Income
£
9,440
56,900
15,414
3,117
40,628
21
19,200
3,109
-
-
-
-
147,829
1,016
-
68
-
-
3,275
120
1,360
2,082
10,836
18,757
166,586		 Expenditure
£
(12,605)
(27,118)
(7,980)
(740)
(36,706)
(7,185)
(13,671)
(889)
(9,004)
(500)
-
-
(116,398)
(9,644)
(1,600)
-
(191)
-
(227)
(582)
(710)
(15,104)
(14,806)
(42,864)
(159,262)		 Transfers
£
-
(22,520)
-
-
-
17,520
-
16,662
-
(8)
(29,784)
(18,130)
5,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,000
(13,130)		 Balance at 30
June 2021
£
(3,945)
48,510
7,434
2,377
3,922
10,356
14,247
-
12,641
4,500
-
-
100,042
310
5,711
563
824
380
3,048
50
650
180
-
11,716
111,758

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2021 (continued)

Analysis of movements in restricted funds

Comparative period
Events
Donation
Grant funded projects
BLAST
Capacity+
Ecolise
GROW
Mother Nature
Permaculture Responds
Scotland
Robertson
Pebble
Seedbed
SHED
Wales
Awards for All
Member-led projects
Digital Circle
IPEN
IPC Scholarship
PFP
IPES
Marda
Re-Alliance
Sector 39
Total
Joseph Rowntree
Charitable Trust
52 Climate Actions
Children in
Permaculture
Permaculture CoLab		 Balance at
1 July
2019
£
1,643
37
-
-
1,721
9,028
140,856
5,574
1,015
8,615
-
-
2,608
1,416
202
-
996
172,068
2,000
10,994
338
1,216
380
532
-
-
15,460
189,171		 Income
£
-
120
2,852
49,400
-
-
48,266
12,000
-
-
4,987
-
5,000
-
30,000
-
152,625
1,202
1,050
157
-
-
1,729
24,382
12,470
40,990
193,615		 Expenditure
£
(1,643)
(5,862)
(3,632)
(8,152)
(1,866)
(9,028)
(189,122)
(8,856)
(1,015)
(10,835)
(4)
(2,608)
(1,416)
(194)
(216)
(996)
(243,802)
736
(4,733)
-
(201)
-
(1,749)
(11,180)
(8,500)
(25,627)
(271,072)		 Transfers
£
-
5,705
-
-
145
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,850
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,850		 Balance at
30 June 2020
£
-
-
(780)
41,248
-
-
-
8,718
-
(2,220)
4,983
-
5,000
8
29,784
-
86,741
3,938
7,311
495
1,015
380
512
13,202
3,970
30,823
117,564

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2021 (continued)

Name of

restricted fund Description, nature and purposes of the fund Children in EU funding towards a wide range of education services for children

Permaculture BLAST The BLAST partnership will enable trainers, facilitators and community champions to deliver transformative learning opportunities for citizens, communities and professionals that engage as change-makers in the socialecological transition.

Community Climate An EU Erasmus + funded programme to train and support community leaders Coaches with the aim of inspiring locally led, community responses to climate change Ecolise Network of networks supporting and coordinating community led sustainability initiatives across Europe, including Transition, Permaculture, Ecovillages and other organisations active in this work iACT iACT is creating a good practice guide, toolkit and competency framework to enable learning and demonstration centres (including LAND centres) to i) scale up their local and bioregional regenerative impacts, and ii) fulfil their potential to help society respond to the climate and ecological emergencies. Permaculture CoLab Funding for this project from anonymous donor GROW European citizen observatory to grow soil, grow food, and grow science Information for Action The information on action for climate change project: building a website of on Climate Change - 52 simple, practical solutions to climate change that anyone anywhere can use to Climate Actions transform homes, communities and landscapes. Mother Nature Partnership project to equip professionals with adult learning tools and permaculture skills to support and empower mothers in developing, recognising and validating skills acquired through the experience of becoming mothers. Funded by Erasmus Plus. Permaculture Responds new work to provide support for local groups and projects in the face of Covid19 and the unfolding economic recession. SHED To make the permaculture network of projects, educators and practitioners and its embedded learning and practice more accessible, and support new people to engage, learn and adopt its practices and behaviours. Digital Circle For work towards digital services for the permaculture community IPEN For development of International Permaculture Education Network, case studies, website. IPC Scholarship Towards costs and bursaries for the 14th International Permaculture Convergence in Argentina PFP Development of partnerships, outreach and education for a People's Food IPES The Instituto de Permacultura de El Salvador has been supported by the Permaculture Association since 2006 and we continue to enable members to support them with donations. Marda Marda is a Palestinian permaculture farm and we continue to enable members to support them with donations.

Bringing together field practitioners, policy makers, educators, community leaders and humanitarian and development workers. Sharing skills and experiences to grow the influence and impact of regenerative development in the humanitarian field.

Re-Alliance

Educational support, curriculum development, training, facilitation and enterprise in permaculture. Works with schools, refugee agencies, individuals and communities using permaculture to transform the ethos of an entire school or community

Sector 39

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Permaculture Scotland
Paramaethu Cymru
Comparative period
Permaculture Scotland
Paramaethu Cymru
General fund
Permaculture Scotland
Paramaethu Cymru
Name of
unrestricted fund
General fund
General fund
Contingency Funds
Contingency Funds
Designated funds
Designated funds
Contingency Funds		 As at 1
July 2020
£
45,074
18,077
2,942
1,442
22,461
67,535
As at 1
July 2019
£
24,461
18,077
3,026
2,438
23,541
48,002		 Income
Expenditure
Transfers
£
£
£
160,986
(153,566)
13,130
-
-
-
343
(15)
-
129
(31)
-
472
(46)
-
161,458
(153,612)
13,130
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
£
£
£
176,504
(150,041)
(5,850)
-
-
-
2,997
(3,081)
-
-
(996)
-
2,997
(4,077)
-
179,501
(154,118)
(5,850)
Description, nature and purposes of the fund
General unrestricted funds held by the charity
A designated fund for potential close down costs
Scottish working group
Welsh working group		 As at 30 June
2021
£
65,624
18,077
3,270
1,540
22,887
88,511
As at 30 June
2020
£
45,074
18,077
2,942
1,442
22,461
67,535

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2021 (continued)

Intangible fixed assets
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Total
Comparative period
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Total		 General
fund
£
11,921
47,897
59,818
General
fund
£
45,074
45,074		 Designated
funds
£
-
22,887
22,887
Designated
funds
£
22,461
22,461		 Restricted
funds
£
-
117,564
117,564
Restricted
funds
£
117,564
117,564		 Total 2021
£
11,921
188,348
200,269
Total 2020
£
185,099
185,099

The charity's total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases is as follows

Less than one year
Less than one year		 2021
2020
£
£
4,936
4,936
4,936
4,936
Property		 2021
2020
£
£
-
-
-
-
Equipment
Net income/(expenditure) for the year
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charge
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Decrease/(increase) in stock
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities		 2021
£
15,170
4,088
(926)
349
(4,631)
4,250
18,300		 2020
£
(52,074)
-
(1,043)
193
7,563
(39,898)
(85,259)

“Permaculture gives us a toolkit for moving from a culture of fear and scarcity to one of love and abundance.”

Toby Hemenway

PERMACULTURE ASSOCIATION PERMACULTURE.ORG.UK

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