FOREST FAiIM PEACE GARDEN Compan> Limited by Guarantee lio: 05846731 Registered Chydrity No: 1123031 ACCOUNfS FOR YEAR LJI)ED 30 JUNE 2023 Frede￿ck5 Li￿lted 106 chart￿ Aveoue IG2 7AD FOREST FARM PEACE GARDEN Conttllts of the Financial Statements for the YeAr Ended 30 Julle 2023 Dirfft0￿. (trustee8') Annual R4￿rt tndyndentExaminels R¢[ Statement of Financial Actt'viti Note8 to the A￿oUllts 8- 11 The following page does not form part of the Statutory Accounts Detsiled Statement of Financial Activities 12 FOREST FIIRM PEACE GARDEN Directors, Report (incorporatiryg the Trustees, Anllual Re￿)rt) for the Year Ended 30 June 2023 The tru8lc¢s, who are a180 dir￿t0￿ of the ¢harity for the pllrp0￿ of the Companies ACL submit their annual report and the financial statements for thc yeAr ￿ded 30 Jun¢ 2023. Full name Forest Fami Pea¢¢ Garde Registered charity number 123031 Re%lstered company number 0584673 I Reglstered address 2ts1 Floor, llford Chambety I I Chapel Road llford, FAsex IGI 2DR Directors cfrnstees) Aaron Bdgeley - Chair Jacqueiine Heam Thomas Blackburn Nigel MeveT Pam Decho Majuran S&ntbakumar- resigned l June 2022 Kok-yau Kbong- resigned 2 NoiEtp.ber 2022 Shabana Fudous- appointed 9th June 2022, resigoed 2 November 2022 Governlng document The ¢h&rity is operated und¢r thc rule5 of its memoralldum and grticles of awciation dat¢d 14 June 2006 and most recently amended 7 Novernber 2W7. It is a compAlly Itmit&l by guarantee and tberefore ]w no share capital. Overall n￿lage￿¢Tht of the charity 1$ the w￿lbility of the d1￿CtOrS (trustees) who are elected and eo-QPt under the ter￿￿ o! the Me￿ora￿dU￿ and articles of Bs8ociatiO]L Day to day project activity is managed and carried outby volLnteers attdpaid sts Publlc beneflt In shaping our objectives for the year and planning our activitie8 the ttust¢es have considered the Charity con1t￿s1on Guidance on public E¢ucfiL Bankers Co-omtivc Bank. PO Btsx 101 I, Batloott Street, Mallrbester, ME6) 4EP. Independent examlner S.G. Duker FCA Fredericks Limited C]wtered Accounlanls 106 Charter Av￿ue I]ford. Essex IG2 7AD Pag¢ I FOREST FARM PEACE GARDEN Directors, Report (colltlllued) for the Year Ended 30 June 2023 About the eh&rity Forest Fami Peace ￿dell 18 dedicated to promoting ]￿Itb and wellbeing, enviro])mental 8UStainability and butlding community throu￿ activitie8 in ll￿tU￿ At our theropeuti¢ garden. Our main obj¢ctiv¢s, set out irL the Gov¢xning Docujnent, are.. l) To pr¢s¢rve and protect the metttai and physi￿l heal'th of the wider collunullity alld IL. P&rticular those exp￿I￿oI￿g mental healtlL support needs and re￿geeS and asylum Seekers, through theptovisictn of organic gardening opporttmities, ¢onserv8tioll bas￿ activities. edu¢atiou alld one lo one supp)rt. 2) To preserve, protect, and improve the natrral envirotiment. in partieul8r through organic gardeniug? p¥rniacu1tF￿¢, cons¢Th&tioo and otyther ￿ologicallY sound practice8. 3) To foster a g¢ullinely divfflse 8nd integraied comrnunity through the elimination of di8¢rimiJLalion on the grounds of r￿e, etl)nic gender, AgG di5abiknty, sexuaI orieuthllon or religioll by promotillg actifvities to fo8tsr utLder81andillg between peopl¢ from div¢r8e ba¢knund8. Achlevement8 for the year D¢spit- tkne tact that the chaTitv lost IL8 Project MaTLag¢r iu 2022, and & pffln8DeIit replacement Director position Collkd not be fLlled until M&t- .11 2023, the c_-.2rity conF,-,..ed to provide a quatity therapeutic inleriieniior. to support mental health r¢¢ov¢ry ￿ W¢ Qll¢rged fro￿ Ihe covid-pandemic disruplions. We have runtiTrice weekly ¢ootlLerapy gard￿ day8 and a weekly general gardffl maintenance day througbout this peti0￿ as well ￿ a range of ¢ngagitig workshops and ¢vents for tIL¢ ¢0￿mu￿[ty. Ecotherapy Programme Our ecotherapy pmgramme supp)rts melltal IL¢altb [￿0Very for people experienGiug d￿ra¥S1on, anxiety. i3olatioll aud [￿0Very from mental illness or IonB-lemi physical illn6ss. Over this reporting F¢riod we supported PA total of 42 participallts on th- e¢0￿erapY prograu3m¢. W¢ 38 ref¢trals via NHS be41tb services, voluulary and 30cxal care orgaJisation5. A total of 12 new participants j0]ll￿ the programrnc, attd geven complet&J tbeir full on¥ yo&r placemeuL A fjJrth¢r 9 left th¢ progranllne or their placement was put on hold due to ill h¢alth. (htr existing teajn of 30 buddy volullteers continued to ￿ ￿tively involved providitlg ongoing 8uprth in tbe garden for OUT ecoiherapy progrdn]me. We expanded th¢ buddy t￿(￿ during this p¢riod, rec￿ltIng a fLther 10 new buddy volunteers. Evaluatlon Our 2022 end of >ear evaluation involved eonducling f(u$ groups with eeotherapy participants and buddy volunteers, a health atsd w¢llbeing surv¢y, ¢as¢ 8tudv inteThiew5 and ￿onItOriUg da￿ The results from the healtb and wcllbeing survq for ecotherdpy Partieipants indiealed that: 67 % reported that they are experieuciug I￿ 8trcss and that theiT mood had i￿PrOved 6lQ/o said they feli I¢s8 aILXiOUS 55Q/ts Sèlid "hcy ar¢ able to cope betterTrith difficulties or manage ill auisis 89Q/o said they feel le$A i$olatMJ than they dAd before 67Q/D said they felt physica]ly fitter 890/0 said they sociali8ing n]ore and Meeting new wle 720/u s&id ￿eY were more able to form posi'Aie relato2ships 940/D said ihal their confidence and self-&Steern rmproved 88 /0 reported being better able to communica£ with o'JL¢ts and work together in a group 61 /0 reported eating a more healtby diet eg fresh frnits, vegetables, Salads 67/0 said Ih¢y wrfe able lo take up new opporturrities Such as voh]nteering> employm¢ttt. trainin& ¢ommunity activities elc IOOD/o reported learning new skills and knowledge IOOO/o appreciat￿ being ill nature more aud Sp￿dIng more time outdoors Some quotes from people who FLave benefited from ttothwdpy progra]nme are.. Pag¢ 2 FOREST FARM PEACE GARDEN Directors, Report (contlllued) for the Year Ellded 30 Julle 2023 'I'nz o p£oplepersL>n and loved meeting thepeople here. I really liEed helping with the open days andI made frlendy whol'll be keepthg In touch with" "The Pence Garden rnode me become more selfthaware and trust myself and others more, li was a bi¢ like a slepping Stone, helpmg me to moveforword and tspluek up the ¢ourag£ to mak£ changaf to mysiÈuution" ' If&li less sIr￿sed, more peoceful und cap(tblfj to deal wilh lifr s that rnight once haile been difficuli." Whenp&"UcipfLttts leave theprogr&TtEc, +JL¢y asked forthei- tboughrs on the eXp￿Ience, aJ) GKampl¢ oF8real suocess story ts that of 80meone who started as e supported voluiteeT, with no pTvious ex￿rienCe of earpenlry gained an inler¢3t 8nd 8kills iu this. Once had ￿t￿p]eted their year prOgra￿Jlle rbey volu11eered to be & buddy, they are Trow doiiig a carpenty appr¢ntiec8hip al a rnajor London theatre. Events and Jvorkshops This year we continued with OUT range of educational, culinary. cr¢4tive 2nd wellbeing workshops or talks al our garden s-ssions or community ev¢nts, in¢ludillg *inler and svmmer fNit-treepnJlling. Chia jam making, wild food foraging, Jee-keeping, wreath-makiug, and yoga llLdr& As well as proTridiig a fuu group activity. the6e work8hopg a]so enable parttcipants to gain coLfjdenee 8nd new skills. in May our volunteers buddies went on a group outxng lo Kew GaTdens &8 part of the rollununiry open week. We were able to host our popular WoAd Music Day sumtnet community event again ITL June f4ttracting ov¢r 120 visitors, mauy of whom bad c4)W¢ to thegarden for the first time. We provided livemusic entertaiom¢nt from local artistg, Ral£i heAling, a sound bath CxP￿Ience ynd rdiSed money for the charity thrtru.trh plant sale8, StAlls, tea and cake alld dotsatiou8. We also held ourannual Abundance Dayy where we involve the community in ourapple h8n[￿t, making juice and selling other iten15 we have made with pmduce from the gard￿. Garden And site developulent W¢ ¢ontinued to improve the h¢rbal t¢a beds ond maiutaill OUT large fnjit or¢hard and a range of vegetable and sal&d crops in our ann￿￿ beds and p)lyiuuncL LillfotttuLately? w¢ ¢xpericnced sonw storni damage in the Sutnmer, losing two tr￿. We were able lo secure fimding for the replace￿ent of our t￿lIY1￿[mel cover that was lost 1&8t year so will be looiang forward tv growing w¢ll intD the wintrer. The garden had great help from our Monday malUtw•L￿ volutLt¢¢r8 to keep th¢ site well cared for and looktllg good. We Work￿ on ollgoiing repairs and site imwovements throughout the year. OrgAni5ationai development The charity Complet￿ their OTgallisalional review and filld tbenew mle of Director. The remaillitsg iswes raised in the review are currently being addre&qed by the board aud thos¢ who contributed are to be updatcd shortly. Parthershlps W¢ continued io lyulld upou local pattuEr3hips alld develop new lith with orgauisations that refer peDple to our ccoihcrapv service. As well as our regal￿ referra]s from liortE. East London NHS Ftsuidatitsn TnL8t we eng&gcd witb other orgalll8atiOll5 iuolbding Equalls - v/ho have provid￿ funding and help in tbe garden, Social Presoib¢rs, Colours of Redbridgc, DePart￿ent of Work and Pensions. Jnclusive con]Muniti￿ and RegroTrrth Rediridge who Eoih bring their wups to participate in our ec4)thw programme. Page 3 FOREST FARM PEACE GARDEN Directors1 Report (colltillued) for the Year Ended 30 Jwie 2023 ComJnunleatlon5 We maintainedreguiar y)sts on Our social ￿edia Faceb(xTrk page, which has incrth ÉD 1700 followers and 1600 page likes. W¢ ¢ontinue to send out regular montbly e~newsletr.os to ali subs¢Tibers. W¢ produced Th¢w t]yers about our services and activities attended various outreach events. The Director writ¢s a monthly article for &e local free newspaper. Fundintr We commellced the second year Df a grant fro￿ City Bridge Trust in Yanuary 2022 totalling £85,000. We received fiinding from NeigEbouthood Con)mu)iy ttLfr&%tructtre Levy through Redbridge Council to replace tbe polytunnel co￿. stsff *nd trnstse team There were some challges to the staff team during thi3 yeak. Dat)i¢l stran￿ernan atLd Leon QuinLan wer¢ ¢hanged from sessional gardeneTS to part time Gardeners aud Miriam Johajssoll continues in the role of part time Ecother&py Worker. In March 2023 we appointed Karell Smallwood to th¢ ll¢w part time Dire¢tor role. Risk Securing long-temi Ojnding and fjnanciai Sustslnabi￿ty continuss to be an ongoing risk facing th¢ C1￿￿ty. Grant applications for longer term funding srnaller short-tenE ￿ILdIng appli¢ations are made throughout the year, Wc continue to maintain good relationships with past and existing funder8 and produce progre8s reports on our outcimes and achkevm¢nts. We have set the ambition to buiLd U￿)n oar Unrestricted fimding reserves through more con)n]unity events and fimdrnisers and developing D￿re cotporate activity day& FthanclAI perfornillnce The charity r¢¢eived income of £53,830 (2022: £78.841) ofwhich £50.27512022.. £74. 200) was ￿tiIGte0 income grants from charitable t￿￿tS and foundAtions. ExpendiDJLY was £76.247 {2022.. £88,092). In tbe absence of a projeLt manager (Thow Director) for a llumb￿ of months fjjndrnis￿o efforts slowed. In light of tbat, aTLd the challenging f]nancial climate, trustees awd to use tbe charity r&seTh'e8 to maintsin its Op￿ationS, in anticipation of sccuring further fijndillg. Within that contgxL the trustee8 regard this as a satisfactory fillanci￿ performance for the year. The charlt) 8 po]icy on re5erYe8 Forest Fann Pea¢e Garden will hold wheneverpo￿LI)I¢ aminimU￿ reserve of thrcc mollibs, and a maximum of six months, nmning Costs ID urwtri-tcd fi￿d8. This is 10 serve 2s a s&fe.tsuard ag&in31 any unexpected shortfall or increase in expenditt￿. This report ]w bttn prepared in accordance with the sp￿la1 provi8ion8 of Part 15 of ttLe Comp8ui¢8 A¢1 2006 relating to sn￿ll rompanies. The di[￿tOrS (trustees) declare that they have approv￿ th¢ dire¢knrs' report above. Signed on behalf of the c￿￿rity'S director8 (truSt￿s)..- Signed..... Dat¢.. J. Hearn sJ3129 Page 4 tndepeDdeDt ExAmiller'8 Report to the Thutees of FOREST FARTrI PEACE GARDL For the Yeur Ended 30 June 2023 Independent examiner's report to th¢ trustees ofForest F4rn1 Pe*ce Garden ('the Compthny'} I report lo the ch&ity tNstee6 on my examination of the a¢¢ounts of the Company for the y¢&r ended 30th June 2023 on pages eight to tw¢lv¢. Respon8ibfiities bas15 of report As the oharitys tnLqtees of the Company (and also its directo￿ for the PULP08e8 of company law) you are responsible for th¢ PTeparaiion of the ac(x)unis in ￿rdance witb the requirements of the Cojnpanies Act 2(X)6 2006 ACV). Having gati8fi¢d rnysolf that the accounts o.'ttrLe Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are elig￿[ le for 1ndepend￿t¢X￿￿Inltioll, Ir¢port in respect of Lny examination of your thariry's 8owur.ts as carried out under section IL5 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Aev). In oarryiug out llty examiEa+ion I have followed th¢ Directions given by th¢ C]wity Conunission undcr s¢¢tion 145(i) (b} of the 2011 Act. tndependeTLt exAminer's statement I have compl&ed my examiaation. I confm that LO mattert have come to my attention in connwtion with the examination &ving m¢ ¢atL8e to ￿lieve.. accounting recoTd8 were not kept in ft8ped ofthe Company a8 rtiwired by 8ection 386 of tbe 2(K)6 ACL or the accounts do not Accord with those records" or the ac£ounts do not comply with the &cCo￿È]Thg rwiretnents of section 396 of the 2006 Act otber than any requir¢tU¢lll that the accoun(s give a tn￿ and fair view which is not a rn&tter con81der￿L os part of all indepcndfflt eKantnation' or the accounts hav¢ not been prepared in accordallce with the methods and principles of the S￿teMellt of RttommaLdcd Prdctice for accounting alld reporting by charities applicable to charitie8 preparing th¢ir awunts Tn accordance with the Financial Ryrting Standard applicable in ￿e LK arnd R￿UbliC of IreLalld (FRS 102). I have no concerns and hav¢ rowe ￿rOsS ao other matters in connectioll the ¢xarnitiation to which attention should be drnwD in this report in order lo enable a proper understanding of tFLe accounts to be reached s1￿Cd .. Dat¢ 19(3 IL S.G. Duker FCA Frederick5 Limited 106 Charter Avenue Iirord, Essex IG2 7AD Page 5 FOREST FARM PEACE GARDEN Statement of FinAnciAI Actlvities For the Year Ended 30 June 2023 30.06.23 30.06.22 Total Total funds nds iJllre5trieted nds Restrlcted fund$ Nota5 LYCOMING RtSOLIiCES Ineomlng resour¢e8 from g¢nerated funds Grant incoElle Donation8 a￿d sundry ineoyne 50,275 50,275 3555 74200 4,641 3,555 Total Incoming re80ur¢e8 3.555 50.275 53.830 78,841 RESOURCES EXPENDED Charitable activlties Direct charitable expeuditurc Other c05tS (9.530) (64,480) (74,010) (85,922) (2,237) (2237) (2.170) Tot41 resources expellded (9.530) (66,717) (76,24D (88,092) NET oirrGOING RESOURCES (5,975) (16,442) (22,417) (9,251) RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought fonvard 17.435 21,087 38.522 47,773 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD £11.460 £4,645 £16,105 £38,522 Th¢ notes fonnpartof th¢gefitianCI￿ statements Page 6 FOREST FARM PEACE GARDEN Blllallce Sheet Mt 30 June 2023 2023 2022 Notes FIXED ASSETS Tangibl¢ &￿ets CUEillE￿ ASSETS Debtors Cash at bank 19,013 38,873 19,013 38,873 Creditors.. Amounts falling due wtthin one year (2.908) (351) NET CURR￿ ASSETS £16.105 £38.522 TEtE FUf4DS OF THE CIi4RT Unrestricted income funds RGstri¢l¢d income fiJnds 11,460 4.645 17.435 21,087 TOTAL Fuf4DS £16,105 £38,522 The Glwitable conpany 1$ entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companie5 Art 2006 for the year ended 30 June 2023. The ttLembers hRve not required the charitaole company to obtain an audit of its financial statenents forthe year ended 30 Jun¢ 2023 in a¢¢ordan¢e with SLrtion 476 of (be Cojnpanies Act 2006. The trnstees acknowledge their r¢5ponsibilities for (a) ensuring that th¢ Gharitsble con]pany keeps accountittg recordg that cojnply with Sections 386 and 387 of ihe Companiey Act 2(KJ6 and preparing financial Statements which give a tnje and fair view of the state of affatrs of the charitsble ompauy a8 at tEL¢ end Oi each financial year and of its surp1￿8 or deficit for each ful￿¢1&1 ￿e4T in ac¢ord8n¢e with the rquirements of Se¢tions 394 and 395 alld which otherwise comply wiib th¢ rewlrem￿ts of the Compani&q Act 2¢1)6 fflatillg to fwancial siatenjents, so far &q applio&ble to the charitable company. (b) These financial 8tatement3 have b¢en pyared ID ae¢ordance with the 8pe¢iai provisions of Part 15 Of the Companies ACÉ 2006 relatAng lo stuall chakitable companies. Th¢ finall¢ial statements w¢re approved by the BOo￿ of Trusteas on behalf by.. 51311 and were signed on its N. Me>er The note6 fomi part of LTrese 6oauGial ststements Page 7 FOR£ST fiARM PEACE GARDEN Notes to the Ffinaucial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2023 ACCOUNtL¥G POLICIES Basts of accounting The fmancial statements of the Ch￿itable cojnpany, which is a public benefit ¢ntity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102)'Accoullting audR¢trting by CtLaritL&%.' StaleLnent of Re¢ommended Prnctice applicable to ch￿iE1eS preparing their aecounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable irn kne UK aad R￿Li]iG OF Ireland (FRS 1021 (effective l Jalluary 2Q19)', Fin&uGial Reporting Siandard 102 'The Financial Repi)rtiog Standard applie2ble in the UK and Republic of Lreland, and the Companies Act 2006.The financial Statements have been pTpar¢d under thc Historical Cost Conventio Statutory Informadon Forest Fatm P￿e Gardett is a private compAny and charity limited by guarantee r¢giste￿ In England and W&lek The rompany3 t¢￿t¢r￿￿Um￿r aThdrEgist￿￿ addr￿ ¢anbe foundon the company information pkge. The pr6gentAtion currency is £ 8terlin Illcomlng resourees All material iu¢oll)illg re30Vr￿S have Iwi its¢luded on the re¢eivable bagis. Resources e￿Iellded R￿QU¢¢¢S a￿ Includ￿ on ￿ aLTh1￿ bLfiS, inclusive of any VAT which &lDnot be recov¢LYd. Expenditure which is directly attnbutabIe to wific activiiies has beell included in these cost categorie6. Where cost8 attrIbUt￿le tc) more tban one activity they have apportiona acro98 the cogt categories on a b88iS Ds1S￿tWith the use of these ro4ourrLs. DepreciatlDn Depreciation is calcul¥lt￿ to Y￿Lte dovrn the ￿)St orvaluation, le3S 4Stimat&l residual value, of all tangible fixed seis over their expected useful lives on a straighi line knts. The rates applicable are.. Gard￿ equipment 33.3Yo on ¢ost Grants Total 2023 Tot81 2022 Unrestrleled Restricted He4]ry Smith cI￿lty City BridgeTntsi Tbe ClotbworrelatedtArtyiT￿I￿ts(11sdllrMg the￿. Page 11 FOREST FARM PEACE GARDEN Detailed bt4tement of Finuncial Aetsviti for the Year Lllded 30 Jull¢ 2023 2023 TotAI funds 2022 Tot fund$ Unrestricted Restricted funds funds INCOMtNG RKSOURCES Grants Donatiorns 50,275 50,275 3,555 74,200 4,641 3.555 Tot&1 illCDmJng resources £3.555 £50275 £53,830 £78,841 RESOURCES EXPENDED SalarÉes and wages costs RecruitmerLt & llli Staff training Volunteer expeDse8 Volunteer training Equipment & materia15 R¢ut and administrative supp)rt InsuTLillce Commutitc&tions & IT tndependent exarnio&tioa Sundry experLditure Ev¢nts and publicity Office 8upplie8 Supervision Pa￿Oll fee PrcTrjecl Cos Consult3J]Cy Development Costs 1,031 200 I,l72 29 50,745 2.598 1,341 142 129 156 1,750 798 1,540 732 649 718 39 51,776 2,798 2,513 171 136 820 3,250 798 1,690 732 941 811 51 59,349 5,943 1,640 585 109 3,336 4,0 724 1,106 69 213 3.317 224 790 480 5,586 664 1,5(K) 150 292 93 12 505 505 4.875 4,875 4,380 4,380 Total resources expended 9.530 66,717 76,247 88,Q92 NET OLTCOING RESOURCES Total funds brought forward (5.975) 17.435 (16,442) 21.087 (22,417) 38,522 (9,251) 47,773 TOTAL Fuf4DS CARRIED FORWARD £1 I,460 £ 4,645 £16,105 £38,522 Page 12