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31Janu•ry 2024

Prlndp•l Offke Old Churth Road Cofwo11 Malvern WR13 6H8 Shown Ib0￿. The Threctors ofth•charltable oimpany¥é ttsTrusteesforthtWsxtsesof d4[tyl￿T. ThefolkyWl￿ Dlr•ctor$ Chrls elake Peter Key (reslyd l)2cember 10231 thrlstopher Kel IL Cljve Killick Pam McGIthi Jnny Papettas Jllly Rosser R. Llndsay W5111aTh Lynne Drew Inon.trusleel The CoQpw•tive Bank PO eox 250 Skelmer5dale WN86WT Page 2

To Festore. pr¢xnote and ¢detrffatetr•Jltk￿ (Y¢lwdsin th? parfshofColwa¥ in tyderto benefftthe naturdl en¥lronment and the local cofflnxo￿ty, ¥xlto ats%wateth# kryx}rt4n￿ rflThyltlonal xth¥dsandfruhv8rlpties both locallyand nauoftal￿ by. natural en¥tronnnL Educatln8 and enwlr¥the wthllc In knklngaftertrathnJl orcharts lry encouT them. We athieved publlc benefft throutti Ctharlty ObJeL15 as foll￿5.. Mrrtainln£and ImwOvtr•8ord￿rdso￿ned ty Colwall OrchardTrust Icon. atcohvall Vllla8e Garthn ICVGI and L￿$ Mlll Orch¥d. for both n•ttxe and for people ¢6lttr4 the 4tes. Thts IfKluded tree plantln& prunl Re#orlng ordwds In Colwall and •n¥4ron5 thrwh ad¥ic• to l￿d and wtyerty owner5, mlsti•tot removal. pruniffj bramtrAe and rep•rfn8Stod( pr￿ftree 8uar& As Part of our'TfadFtlonal Orthardsforthe Future Inltlatl¥¥ (TOHI proJec¢funded bya Familry In Proterted Landscaw IFIPLI grantfrom Malvem H#ls AON81. pl￿d s¢m 21J)trw In 18 wdMr¢tswlth eXtett￿ prunlhKat eachorchJrd.' Helpkngothefs to establish Of(Iwts, oldef ￿chardS1nd plant frutttrees In gKdtn$ wtth ¥d¥lce and ￿ onlorSwfnk trees at ¢1￿0￿￿ed Fff We pr¢y4ided educatiorn tr•inlw pr¥thl exrrttseonorchd man4rnnt Ind￿41￿ iraftln& hed8 layln& prunlngar#l tree plafttlniaThJ ff1a1ntena￿e. haNestfr8•￿frUI1lu1Cl￿& a¥J orchard rnel(ywmanagement and wildllfe. Ew&4es Indudv. ejuklng seSskX￿ tlth chlldren frcth the knal ￿lfflary tl Wifdlile Trust local Watth Groupi arbdColwaN 8eavers. Thi5 and awes and a8lass offreshlulce to tastè. Tralnln8dayonVkn on tt swof ￿•IIl1th￿ ordbards forbkndtrrttslty fof Wye Valley AONB. launa of ourwldfttywer meadow so. In Junè, ofourfounkn (Helen Stace} or•ed a ID and admlratlon sessFon°I We aso erfaBed wlththefft￿ both io(al people *￿Ilor$tO Colrf oursates of applpJu1￿, jarn.Selty chirtneyand ottwstag)Tral {e& ml#knel. P4e3

Lool vdunte5 JNe5ted applts to m•k• th? applE iUiEe to sell at our •nd ather e4ents Is¢• beh)wl, 8nd thro￿ sales in the kKal slw. A s￿l￿nteer team ako har￿s￿ frults fr￿rt our or¢hards and allotmnt pl¢Jts to MakepreSeTh￿tO5ej1. aloJwwrththelb)w ourbeehl￿AHofthbr4l$e0aWa￿neS$3bo￿thé wofk hlstory oforthartls lft the a•a. Thls year1￿ Managed to the mai)rltyofoursewo1 (and ￿￿$Ide)v￿rrts.￿•hW[8￿ts ofth¢year Irdudèd.. rswoed ffleadow walk wasopen to for $￿er￿1 weeks. thls year from I￿ 9° July. On 24" June we 8ot togethw with G￿all Cknner to ￿ld a (elebratory Meadow Pknlc at Luw Mlll Orthard.> As part of the Hereford5￿ art hArt our 'Art In the ltharrf event from 7th.15" Colwall Villap GarderL•J Apple Day ￿ 7th ortober atten￿ wlth 41X) pe of all a io¥e faml atm5phere. The orchard was replet• wlth ganes new and old, and ￿ also had Ilve muslc from a vory yo4m8 ri￿ bandl voknrteer5 lulced apples with help from members ofthe publ1¢. Tht (knard C served tsa and c Tttht•w cob (T4er+wMI Bea did • fo•rfrftrade. MI￿et0¢ Falr In De¢ernber, where ￿ sold bottles of Juke. J￿$ of Jam •nd thutney {¥￿￿ midl, On 20 January 2024. 04w 2(h) members and frleThts jolr￿ our malnfficent Outd￿ Wa5911 ilrth the w05PErt ofthe bad weather. A Ilt fTryn Walvln Gardens Inthe ￿lIage ryossed the f(etds vla th fctyaths ar￿ <ulmln)ted wlth a trf)Trfire and celebratityts at Lw Milf Ordlard. ft was also Mlepto Incl4Kle other lof31 Broups wch as members etColw411. St Jame5 Church IwhD wovldEd the tasty rake51 and Colwall CO￿ primary Sd￿ for supp4ytThg beautlfvltrlmMd apple tre•. ' COT Is run entlr by votunteers meet all ytsr wiKwxl to c0fr4￿ G¥den and to manale the ordwrdsofi 0ursltes￿d at other locat10￿aroUnd the¥lllaze. Our¥oluntrerspard¢lMe In numerous orthanl Twork Ktriities suth as hedg￿art L¥pr4dr& h￿AIn9 fruli makh)8 pr4s•Ms, and also run odu¢atlonal $9551ons for kncal scttcd thlldren. mana8#menL fina￿4, health & th and tx1￿1 adnth). The anThJal contr1t￿l¥l of Ill of Our ¥olunteus ts È&tlmated at some 82CQ hows h12023124: Volunteers mairrt*ning and re510r1￿ orchaft15: SAI INX￿5 ' See e¥enl 45ui4uldt. Pale 4

COT ended Its fina￿11{ year 31" >)24 an In¢tyne of 64.579. ex￿dthre of £44005 yletdry ao operatirygprofft of£lO,174 Id. J•wAry 21r23 wofft£16384). Our maln sources offundlftg be￿ gran￿ COG memb¥thlps, allolment fees. sale oflulce and pre5er¥e4 s of tre4 wchard athke odw Consultancy wvic4 and fvtxI￿1$Ing commuThty events. The d￿rIty ts In a Euod lth a55ets vattted at £150.658. The charlty has no debts and net •ssets l¢•sh In bank) of £7L952. We will continue th acdvltles in ourextsdng Bu51ne55 Plan> The extant plan Co￿￿n& 2019-24 is shordy to be Superse￿ by the COG Plan 202￿16. Under the 'MalDialnlng and devefopln8 Site Infra5tructurf work area. we pl• to exfend the Apple PaclTha Shed a veranda fto provlde shelter durln8 sunny weather). to Impri￿ wer tt• ordwrth and alhtments. XKI to tnstsll a poD&dlppin8 platfom. It has been a ¥ery tr)n8.term goat for COG to ¢47￿ct COWI Wllage Gard￿ ICqGI trj the footpath ne￿ork In November. COG was ftnaltygrarrted prfm15skn I￿the Publk A￿5 of Offlcer from Hthford5hlre Coundll to proceed wlth a fornial pre-or¢knconsultstv)n fora wblkfoott)ath Into CdG. Glven that mLKh of the Cha￿lIble fimds ftom psants) are not Auorarrteed and have to be re.applled each the trustees re¢otsmlse that healthy resenw are required whllst at the same tlrne 5eeklnB new opponunltlesto bmpnwetr erwk•Jnment and prrynats cw servkes. In addltlon to con￿n￿l￿wIth our exlstlnB 202>25 FIPL TOFI proJK we ey4Ct to seek al￿ apply for. other externol fvndlw to support t￿ work of the hlrlty. The 15 ￿nstItuted as • Compa￿ Ilmitvd ty 8uarantee, reOstered ￿der the Companl•s ALt& The overnin8 thxument ol th d•15 the MeM0￿m and hrtlcles of Assoclatlon e5tsbllshlng tr￿ cornpanv under a>mpany ￿￿Slat￿. Ther¢ ar¢ no re$trkthX￿ In the thxuments on the operatlon ofthe CTrwrrty or on Investrnent p0￿r5 othw than those IM￿ try Charfty Law. ty operatlon of14w all trustees Jre dlrertors under the Comp¥des kt aThl all dtrectors a￿ trustees wKler Charttles letsiation and have resp￿SIbIlIt& as such. L¥Kl•r both c¢vnpary •nd dwlty le8tslatS¢x. The tNstees are ail IndlYldu•ls. The re5ponslblllty for the manwxrrt of the th•rlty ts spllt belween trustees ¥thh auocatrd le&d responsbbilitie& The Chalr oversws the leadefship t￿￿. COT 4(krhywledys that an effectl¥e Board of trustee5 is at the core of ensurirv4 the charlty Is S￿ress￿ in achSevlng Its oblertive% Thp trustees are rÉ5ponslble for the malntenance and Iiitefftoflnformatkn Ka￿led on the cmxrfs We￿￿. The Board mustseektobe tewtswttth dth•needsofthosethat ItY)rkswlthandhasTwlthln Its member5hTp. The membershlp of the 8oard of trustees must ¢(mtath the requlred kntywle and ski115 to run the chartty. Indlvldual trustees m￿t ha su1nd￿l kM71ed8e of the role ol a ¢harfty tfustte to be able to effertlvely TTUStees ari elec￿d to th• Boxd at meeth IAGM). ThE procedufES for n¢Thlnatlon ènd elertlon are in the ￿tsdeS of A$9xlatx)n.6 Wlw? netessxy. the Ch WMI fyyult and propose to the Board the ctsoptlon of tr￿tee$ tthen AGM& F￿1 memberthlpof tl* Board ean onty be apw(wed at tht ArAd. anytlme the lInar￿lat ofthe d4rity and to enable tr￿n to ensure that the fina￿￿1 ststernents complv . wlrh Companies Art 21Th. The Trustees ¥e atso resp(ThNe for safeguardlng the assets of the charny ènd h￿￿￿￿￿1n1 reawnable stepsforthe and deteckn of fraud arxl other tsregubarlt matter serlously and attwmpts to the Issue ￿ grk¥awKE aThl fairty to e4eryone'5 S•tlsfxtlon. The &)ard received no fomial complaints dull￿the year.

No Safeguordlnglssyes y￿re to the attention ofthe Board tl ¥ear. Thi5 yèar. in furtherdMe of good gowmance and its ¢omrnitinent to Safeguarthn& all trtsstees arKI a of kad wlurrteers alm￿eted an ¢nhanod Oi5ckn Barri￿SerI￿￿ IDBS) theck, All posedl PU8LKBENFIT The trustees had reBard to the Chxty CLMnmbsion's BUIdan￿ on public ber)efit in managi￿& the xtivttles of the charity. The ab￿ rep￿t has been prepared in accorda￿£ wlth the prrykns asyllcable to companles subject to the small ￿1P￿T{S as sd (Irt In Part 15 ofthe C4Trpanle5 kt 2{￿ arrfl In xcordrn with the Charities SORP (FAS 1021. Sl8ned pn behèlf oftr Board CxLy- Llay WMI Appointed Chalr of the Dlrecttys •ndTnistees 2024 Page 6

I reporrtothe dwrltytri￿￿on m¥ex•nknthrfthe•c¢crt¥tsofCoW Orthard Tr￿tforthe year end¢d 31 January 2024w1￿th comththe statem￿ofFIn¥￿￿thW EXp￿dIt￿re As the trust¢es oftl dwrtty land alyo Its (knforthe pwpxtsofcthnpany lawl ¥(XFarnrtsponsiNe fly the HaAn8satlslled myseKthatthea¢cthHtsoftre ¢th¥lty￿¥￿re11￿redto be audr(ed L￿ler Part 16 ofthe 2CQ6 Artand are elwe for Inde￿t￿MInatkn¥ I rewt In FE5pett ofmyexamlnatloA of ￿urth￿r￿￿fj accounts as carrfed out under sectlon 145 of the Ch¥fttes Art 2011 (Vse 2011 Arfl, In carrylng out my examfnatl￿ I have fdlowed the DlrectiOFL5w¥pn tyttwchar1tyc4￿mIS$lon under secith 1451511bl of the 2011kt • ac¢ountln8 rexords were mt kert in acc1xd￿w1th sectlon 386 ofthe A¢ • the aciounts do not accord wFth thOSereL￿Td1. or than any rtqwemwtt tFAtthe accounts andfalrf vlew whkh Fs not a matter consldered as part of an 6ndepEndent •Mamlnatk)n: or • theaw>unts been pTrpared In acccKdJnce wFth tt and Of￿ Stttementof attefttlon should b• drawn In thls 1•p￿t In order to en•ble a woper unde￿0￿¥ of the &wunts to be reached. Ellzabeth Eyre FfA institute ofchèrternl Enlar#1 •)d Wa Olxabeth Eyre Umlted nkstreet Bulness Ceritr¢ 6 Bank Street Malvern Wor￿lshIrt WR14 Pa8e 7

Totyl Fund> 31ffj24 39.919 12,914 10,139 2,244 65,216 Chorltableacifvfitks 6￿7 2514 4.077 21955 6367 514 4,1)77 54.579 Investments Total: 3LF24 Charltabie a¢tfr41tles Other Totsl: 36A82 7923 40,755 8,077 48832 37,101 N•1 l•xpwthur•llhxw• Tran5fws bel￿n fijnds (14J46) 24320 10,174 16,384 (14.1461 243 10.174 16,384 (ts,146) 24320 10,174 16.384 Total fund5 bfthWfor•rnrd 128, 212.310 195.926 107,W)

2023 In¢oma 62,972 Interest and InbrJtmentin¢om 2.2414 54,579 36.482 65,216 40.755 Expendlture Depredatecffi and dwwfor 7,923 8.077 48,832 3638d Net IKthn•b•for*taxfortheyur 10,174 10.174 16,384 Page9

At 31Jarn4ry21)24 Tanglble assets li 156 156546 150.658 Cash at b￿k and Jft hJrKI 71.191 761 . 71952 44734 11,405 56.139 Amounts fvlllng due ¥Alhln ¢e yex 126 26 375 71 212,310 212,310 Tot•1 Ilet Ass•ts 222.484 Thè lundsolthtdwttv Restrittd IncomE Funds Generdl fLmds iU.504 ,650 222A84 211310 2006 rewngto smo11 compani•5. Forthe yearended 31J•)Iwy ￿24 the crffipanyw¥fflthto Éxèmpikn undtr sectknn 477 ofthe ComponlesArt XKJ6 re￿i￿t0 small c(xnr The members have notrequlredtt tsnpanytootrtn an a￿lIt Inxcorda￿￿tth se¢tkn476oft+ Companle>A¢t2L)J& R. WIIILwns Trust44 2024 P4e 10

Stement ofRe¢Th￿ Pracdceapplicalktodwllles preparfn8theiF accounts in a¢tha￿e with the Flnandal RewXt1￿51l￿I3rd app1ka1￿ kn the UKand RepubFic ot Ireland {FRS 102) (as ￿endedfOr accowitlr¥perlod5conrnth¥frm lJ•Kwry2Q191. (CharItIes￿ IFRS 10211, the FlrwrKlal Reportlng Standard apK4kable In the UK #rrfl RepJbllc of Ireland IFRS 1021 arylthecompgnles Act 2￿6. The£harity Is • Public Benefit Entrty aSt￿r￿d by FRSIDI The finarthl stateTrnts are prepared In st4rfln& whlch 1$ the noarest£L Thtre ￿51en no dw0etttheac¢￿K￿ry pdldes (Val￿ rnlesnd nthod of ¥COuntr￿ $lnce14st . the 8entral obk£ts ofthe thkn resvpsentlrqthe res¢¥temant o1kv4e5tr￿•$sets4t thelrmarkrtvaluek Rstrfrted These￿ a4Yllable forus¥ble¢¢to re#rktth Imposed bythe doTh)ror thrry4h termsofaftappeal In￿n Recornlttonof lftcome Is Ind￿d in the Ststanentof AnandalAthMes (S¢FAJ when the dwrlty bec¢xnesentitlod to, and VIrtua￿ certaln to rttefve. the In¢om• d the ofthe irKome ¢an be nwured ¥hth 5vffident re15ability. expendsture tyonatlonsand le8a¢ies Volwttsry Inccvne recelved by wayof grnnty donatlons and 8tfts Is Included Inthe SOFA Tn recerable and cthwhenthe tharity has unconthtioftal entltsementtothe income. lficome knthe SoFAatthe thne of reoipt. Tax reda(rrt%¢)n donallons andwlts Donatedservltes aveonty in ir￿on Iwith anequr¥atentamount.kn arnrtfacaitles experthurel wherethe benefit tothe Ch•ity ts reasonabiy P*ll

expenditure VATwhich canrwjtbe rec￿rt and Isrqkned aspart ofthe fundr3ts1ngtrad￿￿cOM$aftd IrNestmntnwnaynentcostk EMpendtture< Thue comwise the rosts InrxKred ty theOMrity inthe dell¥try of rts ¢harltableactl¥Wes artlth and Inthe fvrther4rte ofItsr￿eOts. Indvdins the mjklr statutory requlrementsofthecharlty, •rya￿l￿1ndependeTht ex•nlnationfees. c05ts Unked to strate81¢ marswient ofthe Charlty, othere4RrMIFture Thesè are Wcosts natalkx•tedt0•parth￿dr x11￿. The ￿￿ty￿S eNemp¢fr(#n ¢4)r￿rat1¢￿trl oTrltsdMrltable admtks. Depredatkn Is iytyldedatthe fthlr¥annuJl rthskncrOErto ¥ffneoff eath asset ￿er ItsttWmated yseful Ilfe: Hant& Mathlr•ry Other Lxd & Bulld1￿ YAStraW L Atthe tlmeofapprovk¥ Iheflnj￿5llSf8teTh￿s thetnJtttskvea rthwin•ble expe¢tstfon th•tthe Inthe awlcatlm of thetru5tees we requlred tomokeJWents •S￿MIte5 andasswnpt1orsab0utthew￿anW￿0fxSets Ilabllltfos thatarenotreadiiy . apparent from othv sowce& Theesllmates a5%ja￿lassUrnPISonS are bxed on hlstorfcal experien¢o and other fa(tor5 that areuM￿1￿tobe Artual rtsults may dfffwfrLMn th•se Thè estkTlts and unde￿Ire assumptkn5 are on ￿ On￿ng bwl& Redlslon5 to accountlng estlmatesareretognlsed Inthe perlryllnwhkhtheestlmateisrevised W￿the rwsktn affectsonlythat riod. or in the Per￿ of the re¥isn futswe wi0(& thert the fe¥tskn affeLts both currert and Page 12

sl)rt.term hlghlyllquld 1Th￿S￿￿ents wlth ¢wnal maturitsofthfee mDnths or afKI banktyerdrafts. the stateffntolflnanrJ81 bank￿￿￿Jfts are sh¢wn WTthin bOrr￿n850r(urrent lblllt185. In the demand and forni an Intsgral p8rtofthe comparfs cash fflanayft￿t. tharlty ?wwertt)blakn resultlwfTQrn a m evwrt thwlll yobabty rewlt In the transfer of fundsto ath￿ plrty and th *nount dueto setde obll8akn can be measured or estimated rellatty. Credltors8Th1 rw11￿1 4tth•lrsettlwnentamount •fttr allowlniforanytrnde dts(ounts due. The companylsa yfvate¢omp•ny Ilrnlted tr18u•r¥rteeand cwwuentydoesnotha¥e shameapltsl. Page 13

2013 7.607 32J12 39.919 Donatlons and le8xles Charitable artfvI￿ts OtherTradlng A£U¥lt Investrnents Totsl: 654 ,139 1244 2&644 42fA> 12.914 10.139 36.5n 65,216 11567 40,755 8,077 48￿32 Tolal: Net Baln on In¥estmrYt% 32A95 163a7 (3A511 20235 16.384 (3151) 20235 16,384 13A51) 20235 16,384 Retthdll•tr￿ of fvnos.. Total funds brtyJ8ht ftxward oi 12&650 63A25 195.926 212,310 Tot Oorwtionsand1*8xles Glft AJd A•fund5 General Grants prthfjded 1243 2,Z43 2,106 5.142 al￿24 35,701 Membershlp sub5crfptlons and sponsofshlpswhlch are In 5Lth5t4n thnations 1,706 Page 14

Total 2023 12914 T¢>t•l 6￿7 Totsl Total Sale oljuke and Presefft5 5T3 573 Sale offrult treu and L247 L247 3,867 Other tfad[￿ acll¥lUe5 2.716 2514 Is 10.139 Ta¢ Tot•1 202J Interest 49) Rental and Leaslrq IrKome Totsl 4,077 Pa8e IS

T*)tsl 397 2LTn 10,149 743 317 26.151 9.892 1383 286 623 L103 Investment Mana8ement Costs 10.149 743 Purthase of Ordwd prrAj￿ts Tralnlng Indepeficlent Exankn Fee Fundra151ni Costs 857 857 33.619 36A82 Tth•l 2023 4fvert151￿ and Marketln8 Investment Manawnent Costs AdmlnL%tratlon and I Purchase ot Orthard ProthKts Tralntng Independ•it Examlners F Fundrntsl￿ Costs 317 317 26.151 9,892 gA47 186 623 L103 623 29.188 IU67

Totsl Totsl 4.641 7,923 8.077 2024 2023 P¥17

TxAI Land 4 Fltllrys & At l February 2023 Add￿lOn$ At 31 January 2024 IM9n 13.755 16.751 1035 18.786 189,479 2,035 191,514 158373 11755 At l February 2023 l)epr¢C[att￿ thar8e forthe At 31 January 2024 4AIO 3.010 9.632 1214 11,846 32.933 7,923 215 At 31 January 2024 At 31 JaNary 2023 I40.￿2 9.345 7,119 11368 37 103 761 Arno￿ts fallln8 due fthln one Trnde (hdltNs 126 126 375 375 Page 38

4t31 Tranth Januwy Lug85 Mlll Land Shed Donatmjns LM WCC Defrn Pm55 WCC FlPi 20.2(kfi L249 4.434 17.7n 11.5541 {3121 (5.2951 {U3) 937 S025 43,427 Totsl 3L624 107.980 G•Mral fu•th 21955 137.101) 114.504 212 222,484 Restrl¢tedfun(ts. Luggs MIIF land LM Bdd8e Worcestershlr* Cow C•wKJI DefraAcw Cor&tr￿Th OF Nalsol disèbled actess tol Wor(e￿erShIra County CtyxKII FIPL Traditio￿1 Orchards forthe Future Inltlatlvè prol Pa8e 19

Ati At31 LuBgs bAtII Land Shed l>onak)Trs LM Brldge WCC Defra N£¢ WCC FIPL 2L760 L665 IL5YI {416) (6598) 17,769) 20,206 1,249 4.434 17,771 25540 Totsi 63825 36.572 16.3371 Gffiernl funds SOJ 131495 128,650 Totsl Fw 195,926 212 310 Total nth Axed assets Net ¢urrentassrfs At 31 Jawlry 2024 85,447 nJ26 157.273 65.211 19).658 71 222,484 i& Up lft the e¥rt ola ¥AndlnA w. ffwnberwhllst a and wlthth one yearofeea to be a n{lir￿ up. The o)mp•nyls tywrnteeandhas no Ca￿trI: thus noSkn* party a)nlrols thec(xnp•ny. Pale 20