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COMPANY NUMBER: 07523792 (ENGLAND & WALES) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1144976

SCOTSWOOD NATURAL COMMUNITY GARDEN LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

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Contents

Trustees Annual Report page 3-24 Independent Examiners Report page 25 Statement of Financial Activities page 26 Balance Sheet page 27 Notes to Accounts page 29-42

The Trustees are pleased to present their annual Directors’ report together with financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2022, which are also prepared to meet the requirements for a Directors’ report and accounts for Companies Act purposes.

The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable to the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

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Chair’s Comments:

Reading this report fills me with huge pride at the wide range of activities that the staff and volunteers continue to deliver to the Scotswood Community. It would be easy to forget that all of this work has been completed as society emerged from covid restrictions and while the garden embarked on an ambitious rebuilding of the Garden House.

Please take the time to read the whole report as it really does capture the fantastic work that the charity does.

I have been involved with the Garden for over 10 years now and that has given me the opportunity to witness the growth of activities delivered by Karen and the team. I remember the start of our first Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award group. In 2023 we expect to see our first Gold Award recipients head off to Buckingham Palace to receive their awards. I recall the beginnings of the Forest School programme and am delighted to see how that has flourished. The evidence of its success is confirmed by the research carried out by the Breeze project. It has been exciting to see the garden improve in recent years. It now feels much more connected.

I have also been impressed by the growth of Sticky Business and excited at the new opportunities for plant sales now that we have access to greenhouse and polytunnel facilities. Anyone who has attended our Open Days over the last 10 years cannot have failed to notice the changes to the diversity of people now enjoying all that the charity has to offer. You will see from the report that staff and volunteers are involved in an Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Review. We have a lot to be proud of, but we want to do more to welcome a diverse range of people to the garden as visitors, volunteers, staff and trustees.

Chris Francis, Chair

Company Information

Company Number: 07523792 (England and Wales)

Status: The Company is limited by guarantee. In the event of winding-up, the maximum amount required to be contributed by each member is £1

Charity Registration Number: 1144976

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Address: Scotswood Natural Community Garden, John Marley Centre, Yewcroft Avenue, Scotswood, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE15 6TU

Patrons

Ed Tyler and Rob Higgins

Trustees/Directors at 31[st] March 2022

Christopher Francis Chair Stephanie Cole Deputy Chair Miles Henderson Treasurer Vanessa Cutter Secretary Chris Warburton- Brown Appointed 26/01/2022 Victoria Whincup Stepped down 08/12/2021 Alice Holliday Stepped down 30/06/2021

2021/22 Staff

2021/22 Staff
Karen Dobson Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Farah Kurji Development Manager
Claire Forman Business Development Officer
Ann Stafford Office & Finance Administrator
Harriet Menter Education Manager
Rosie Tyson Education Officer
Nicky Sargeant Play & Youth Manager
Amber Cooperthwaite Youth Worker
Susan Byrnes Youth Worker
Michaela Wate Youth Worker
Luke Bailey Lead Detached Youth Worker
Caroline Roach Youth Worker
Alice Holliday Detached Youth Worker
Nikita Wetherson Youth Work Assistant - Kickstart Placement
Leanne Defty Older People’s Services Manager & Wellbeing Officer
Jenny Hopper Older People’s Garden Officer
Sean Clay Garden & Community Manager & Garden Officer
Mike Whatmore Plant Nursery Garden Officer
Claire Metcalfe Plant Nursery Garden Assistant
DylanMackell Garden Assistant - Kickstart Placement
Sam Atkinson Garden Assistant - Kickstart Placement
Andrew Downey Garden Assistant

We also employ a number of sessional staff for volunteer, youth and education sessions.

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Scotswood Natural Community Garden was established

Mission

To inspire and promote learning about nature, the environment and sustainable living whilst having a positive impact on people’s health & wellbeing.

Values

Strategic Objectives

Core Strands of Work 2021/22

It’s been another busy year at the Garden and fantastic to be back outside delivering mostly face to face work and seeing the Garden being used by our community again. The Garden has gone from strength to strength and this year has seen us expanding our staff team, starting new projects and partnerships and developing work which will strengthen the organisation and make us more equitable, inclusive and sustainable in the longer term.

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Eco Building Project

Anyone who has visited us at the Garden House will know that we have needed additional indoor space for many years. We are very pleased and relieved that the new building project has made progress this year after considerable covid-related delays and setbacks. We have been working closely with Eco Architect Henry Amos, from Brightblue Studio in North Shields, to finalise the design and ensure that the relevant permissions are in place. We were delighted to be awarded planning permission in December 2021 which was shortly followed by an office and kitchen move into rented space at the John Marley Centre where we’ll be while construction is taking place until we can move into the new building in September 2023. Fundraising for the building is ongoing to respond to global price hikes but we are very grateful to our funders at NE LEP Local Growth Fund , Tudor Trust and others for their continued support and flexibility through what has been a long and sometimes frustrating process. The new building will triple our indoor space and will provide much needed classroom, volunteer meeting space, a new training kitchen, storage and office facilities allowing us to further develop our work and start new projects that we don’t currently have space for. The building has been designed with permaculture principles and environmental sustainability at its heart. Videos based on Architect’s drawings are on our Youtube Channel and updates posted on social media.

Stills taken from video of new building

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Review

2021 has brought renewed determination to ensure that as an organisation, we are as inclusive and welcoming as we can be. In partnership with West End Refugee Service, we have embarked on a process of review and training with a view to making long lasting improvements and embed anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices across all our work, communications and structures. We have started a process of training and internal self assessment and have been lucky to have worked with consultant Ngozi Lyn Cole who will continue to provide training, guidance and support over the coming year. Huge thanks to Lloyds Bank Foundation for their support and for funding the review. This work with Ngozi will result in a renewed EDI strategy and yearly action plan implemented by a working group, regular training for staff and mutual peer support with West End Refugee Service (WERS). We are also in the process of becoming a designated ‘Garden of Sanctuary’.

Environmental Impact Review

As an organisation we are reviewing how we can minimise our negative impact and maximise our positive impact on the environment. We have formed a working group and are revisiting the One Planet Principles, working through the framework suggested by - - BioRegional. https://www.bioregional.com/one planet living/

Communities Looking After Wildlife in Scotswood Project

In August 2021, we were delighted to be awarded a grant of £249,400 from the Green Recovery Challenge Fund which is being delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with Natural England and the Environment Agency. Communities Looking After Wildlife in Scotswood started in September 2021 and brings together all of our core strands of work into one project which aims to improve wellbeing and knowledge of the natural environment through deeper connection to nature. By the end of the project people who use the Garden will have taken action to protect wildlife through regular participation in nature based activities, environmental education workshops, conservation volunteering and

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training. The funding has allowed us to improve habitats supporting UK Biodiversity Action Plan protected species and work with new partners including the fantastic West End Refugee Service (WERS), Environmental Records Information Centre NE (ERIC) and Marie Curie Hospice. 5 full time equivalent jobs have been retained and we have created two new posts for young people through the Kickstart scheme, three new part time posts at the Garden and two part time Linkworker posts at WERS to provide information and support for adults and children seeking sanctuary to participate in the Garden’s activities. 114 WERS clients have enjoyed coming to our regular groups and a further 49 people have come to outreach sessions. Regular participants include 2 older people who are participating in our Elderberries programme, 13 new volunteers, 99 adults and children who have come to our community events or joined our youth groups. In addition, we have delivered 5 nature based sessions at WERS Garden as a way to build a connection with nature and our staff in a familiar setting before people come to the Garden.

Volunteering & Training Programme

Garden Volunteer Team

We must start by thanking all of our incredible volunteers who have given their time, skills and energy to make the Garden such a special place. April 2021 saw us once again reopening after having to close the garden during the COVID lockdown. Volunteer sessions restarted with 6 shorter sessions for small groups every week, with social distancing in place. These sessions have grown slowly in size over the year as restrictions have eased. We were really happy to once again be able to welcome new volunteers to the garden team in June 2021, having had to keep the team a closed group since the first COVID lockdown.

Amid all the restrictions and challenges brought by the pandemic, our amazing volunteer team have worked so hard over the last year to keep the garden looking beautiful, ensure it remains a haven for local wildlife and is ever more productive with fruit and veg. We have worked with 80

volunteers this year (a new record we think!) who have contributed over 4500 hours to the garden. We are truly grateful for all their generous support. The new paths in the veg garden area were completed this year; they look fantastic and have made the area much more accessible. Our volunteer team also helped transform the old butterfly garden into a new growing area and base for the Early Explorers group. In March 2022, willow worker and former trustee Ruth Thompson came to work on our many willow structures around the garden to restore and repair these where needed. Volunteers enjoyed a great day learning how to create and repair simple willow structures.

We were proud to be awarded our 16th Community Green Flag Award in 2021, testament once again to the dedication and skill of our garden volunteers.

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2021 also saw the start of an exciting new project for the garden team with the opening of our

community plant nursery, based in the John Marley Centre. Mike Whatmore joined the team in November 2021 to run the plant nursery and brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the role. The nursery will focus on growing pollinator friendly perennials, lots of which will be distributed for free to local schools, groups and residents

as well as going into our own garden. We are aiming to increase and diversify the pollinator friendly planting in the garden and across the whole local area, while also generating some income for the garden. Mike and the volunteer team have been busy putting a new cover on the large polytunnel, getting

the glasshouses back up and running, sowing seeds and growing on many thousands of plants. The new nursery project has been funded by the Green Recovery Challenge Fund and Your Homes Newcastle.

In March 2022 we also welcomed two new staff members to the garden team, Dylan Mackell and Sam Atkinson, who joined on the government's Kickstart Scheme for 6 months. Sam and Dylan have settled into the garden team really well and it has been a great opportunity to work with two local young people, helping them gain experience in the outdoor sector.

Growing Together

Our adult volunteering programme, Growing Together, is now into its sixth year. The success and development of this

project owes a huge amount to Lloyds Bank Foundation, who have supported this work since its first year back in 2016. This year substantial support for Growing Together has also come from The Green Recovery Challenge Fund and The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund.

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In 2021 we further strengthened our partnership work with West End Refugee Service (WERS). Our supported volunteer sessions for asylum seekers and refugees from WERS skillsmatch programme were established with the help of a grant from the Curtin PARP Fund at the Community Foundation of Tyne and Wear , which finished in November 2021. The Green Recovery Challenge Fund grant then allowed WERS to employ a link worker to help the people they support to access all the different projects at the garden. Welcoming new asylum seekers and refugees into the volunteer team has brought valuable new energy and skills to the garden, and we are really pleased to develop this partnership.

In the autumn of 2021 ten of our volunteer team completed accredited First Aid training; Volunteers were really pleased to add some new skills to their CV but we hope they won't have to use these skills any time soon!

Long term evaluation of our Growing Together project shows that nearly all our volunteers report increased confidence, physical activity and wellbeing, better connectedness to nature, more social connections and improved skills after attending the sessions for 3 months or more.

Next Year and Beyond…..

Establishing our new plant nursery is a big focus of our work in 2022/23. We are also planning major habitat improvement work in the garden in the winter of 2022 to improve the natural forage for garden birds and work to deepen and repair the large pond at the centre of the garden. Our staff and volunteer team will be trained in 3 different wildlife identification workshops over the summer of 2022 to help us to monitor and record the wildlife living in the garden.

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Older People’s Services

For many of our older garden users, the effects of the pandemic were still very much being felt this year. Feelings of anxiety about socialising were juggled with a desire to get life back to normal and so our Older People’s Services programme continued to offer a bespoke approach to the delivery of our projects. All of our learning and adaptations over the pandemic also allowed us to create covid-safe spaces to inspire confidence in returning to group, face to face activities which has been essential to improving wellbeing in our older community.

In November 2021, we were really pleased to welcome a new member of staff, Jenny Hopper, to our Older People’s Services team. Jenny has brought a wealth of experience, skills and creativity to her role. She works across the Older People’s Services programme supporting participants, building relationships with local accommodation schemes and coming up with exciting new nature-based activities. Welcome Jenny!

Our current Older People’s Services offer includes:

Elderberries

Gardening for Dementia

Partnership with Marie Curie - The Good Life Project

Elderberries

From April until summer 2021, delivery was still based around covid safety and offering bespoke opportunities to connect with nature. A big thank you to the Kellett Fund at the Community Foundation for once again supporting our Elderberries programme and understanding the need for continuing a mixed approach to delivery of the project. 7 people benefitted from some form of remote or bespoke support from us, ranging from short term interventions to more complex longer term needs. Examples of support given

include: 1-1 volunteering, care home visits, contact over Christmas, bereavement support and emergency responses to the need for food and debt advice. This was invaluable and meant that we

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were able to provide consistency and a reliable source of support at what has been some difficult times for our participants.

The Kellett Fund also supported the development of a new group at the garden in August 2021 which have been fondly named the ‘Late Bloomers’. 13 people have been involved in this group for older women interested in gardening and learning new skills. They have decided that they would like to learn to grow cut flowers and how to arrange them so that they can donate bouquets to Marie Curie. We’re really looking forward to seeing them bloom!

Support from the Green Recovery Challenge Fund, Hadrian Trust and the Kellett Fund over the year has enabled our popular nature-based workshops to return and the continuation of our supported volunteering sessions. This work is the ‘bread and butter’ of the Elderberries programme and we’ve had another successful year welcoming our older community into the

garden to learn, work, socialise and be creative. They have told us that these opportunities have been even more important to them after the pandemic as they are able to feel useful again and connected to people and nature.

In the garden, 17 Elderberries volunteers have contributed nearly 1500 hours of their time to maintain and improve the space for all who visit. They have enthusiastically got involved with everything from apple juicing to scything and willow maintenance to fruit picking. Thank you Elderberries! Our nature-based workshops have continued to be popular, seeing 37 people attend one either at the garden or on one of our outreach programmes at YHN accommodation schemes. They have been focussing on increasing their knowledge and skills around making improvements for wildlife and have taken part in a wide range of activities as part of this. We have saved seeds, planted up pollinator friendly pots, bulb planting, made

seed bombs, enjoyed a more sustainable Christmas and so much more!

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Across the whole of our Elderberries programme, all participants reported improved knowledge and skills around the natural world and said that they had learned new things about sustainable living that they will carry on into their everyday lives.

Gardening for Dementia

Due to the vulnerability of this group of people and the continuing restrictions on care settings, we are unfortunately yet to welcome this group back to the garden. However, we are starting to see some positive steps forward. We were able to visit our friends at the Bradbury Centre in December 2021 to deliver our popular Christmas crafts as an outreach session. This was the first time since March 2020 that we had worked face to face with some of our Gardening for Dementia group and it felt like a bit of a breakthrough moment! In January 2022, we also started to support people with young-onset dementia (YOD) to join our main volunteer team. This has been an important opportunity for one participant in particular who has had a very early dementia diagnosis and had to give up their job as a gardener.

The Active Communities Fund at the People’s Health

Trust funds this project and they have been very supportive and flexible as uncertainty around covid is still a major barrier for this group. We have worked with just 12 people as a result this year, but with the support of Active Communities, we’re looking forward to a much busier summer.

The Good Life Project

Working in partnership with our local Marie Curie Hospice in Elswick, we aim to support the staff and volunteers at Marie Curie to use horticulture and

nature-based activities as part of their programme of therapies. In September 2021, we hosted and delivered some bespoke training for four staff/volunteers from Marie Curie, looking at the theories behind why having a connection with the natural world is good for you, using adapted tools and equipment to make gardening easier and adapting tasks for different needs.

Infection control is still strict in the hospice environment, which has made it hard to work face to face with any patients, however in January 2022 we trialled working virtually from their new garden space to deliver therapeutic sessions over zoom. We were also fortunate enough to be able to invite a very poorly gentleman for a look around our garden and support him to feel connected to nature and useful again. In some feedback from Marie Curie staff about this bespoke session, we were told:

This work has been supported by The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust and Green Recovery Challenge Fund .

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Older People’s Services next year and beyond…

In the coming year, we are looking to build new partnerships to increase our nature-based offer further and create new opportunities for our community of older people. We hope to be completely back to normal after the isolation of the pandemic, but in our own chaos of new building work and different spaces. We’ll work together with our groups to make sure this time isn’t too unsettling and the whole programme is still delivered as planned. We’re hoping that the summer will bring our Gardening for Dementia group back fully and we plan to celebrate the contributions our older people’s community make to the garden and everyone who enjoys it.

Education & Training

The education team has been as busy as ever. We have been working with staff at West End Refugee Service (WERS) to look at how we can better support children and young people who are refugees and asylum seekers. We have joined

the Schools of Sanctuary network and hosted a meeting of staff from schools who are going through the process of gaining recognition as schools of sanctuary. We have also started developing a new programme of school visits to support these schools. We ran two campfire cooking sessions at WERS, and helped them come up with a flexible fire pit design that allows them to continue to use the space for different activities.

School Visits

From April 2021 until the end of March 2021 we ran 90 school visits for 1030 different children and 222 different adults. 100% of school staff agreed or strongly agreed that the children enjoyed their visits and learnt something new about wildlife.

We started this year getting back on our feet after the second lockdown. We caught up on postponed sessions and continued to run half day sessions for up to 15 children. Throughout the past year, Rainbird sent a group of children weekly, with every child from Year 1-6 visiting us over the course of the year. We also ran two blocks of forest school sessions for Year 4 children from St Bede’s.

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Summer 2021 remained quieter than usual in terms of school visits. Some schools were reluctant to use coaches, so it was mainly our very local schools who visited us. Inevitably

some sessions were also cancelled due to covid but we did our best to rearrange those where possible. Thanks to our garden volunteers, we were also able to provide fire circle benches to three schools.

In the summer term, Rosie completed her online Nature Connectedness training course with the University of Derby. This is now a planned element in all school visits.

It is also worth mentioning that the springboard boxes, which were developed in the previous year, have been a huge hit with the children. Children use them during the planned play time of school visits to the garden. The most popular box has been the potions box, with children mixing their own combinations of herbs to create potions, food and magic spells. We’ve also added a box based around dyeing fabric which has gone down well with older children.

Feedback from teachers and children

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Breeze Project:

We continued to run our 4 year project working with 5 local schools and Newcastle University to explore how forest school sessions can be used to support children and young people who struggle in school. Following the second lockdown in 2021, the schools continued to find ways to deliver forest schools despite the disruption and restrictions caused by Covid. The freedom and chances to socialise with others were especially valued by parents, teachers and children following on from the second period of lockdown and school closure.

Funding for this stage of the project ended in August 2021 and we started the next phase of the project, supporting the existing schools to continue to run forest schools, and working with 3 new schools (Canning Street Primary, River Tyne Multi Academy Trust and St Lawrence’s Primary) who are interested in using forest schools to support mental wellbeing.

We provided forest school training to 6 staff from the new schools, as well as 3 from the existing schools. Many of the schools in the network used the garden for their sessions, whilst others made use of school grounds, and green areas closer to school.

We also carried on sharing our work with others to demonstrate how forest school can be

used in this way. We presented at the British Education Research Association conference (online) and wrote a chapter in a book on wellbeing in the digital age. Lucy Tiplady our partner at Newcastle University is currently writing up the final report on the whole project which we hope to publish by July 2022, but the draft report shows that the project had significant impact across 4 areas: Overcoming anxieties and achieving success; Relationships and social skills (supported through opportunities to

play); Behaviour and emotional regulation; and Connection with nature and environment.

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“The substantial evidence obtained before the pandemic demonstrated the outcomes that could be achieved for children and young people through a regular and long-term FS intervention; this was particularly the case in relation to children experiencing an improvement in their emotional wellbeing” (Lucy Tiplady Draft Report)

Forest School Training

We have been busier than ever with forest school training, delivered by Harriet Menter, Susan Byrne and Kay Stott. We started 3 new level 3 courses during this year, and completed another. One of these was delivered at Kirkley Hall woodland centre which we have been scouting as an alternative venue to use during the planned building work. We also ran two level 1 courses at the garden and another at Kirkley Hall which was commissioned by Education Partnership North East for their nursery nurse lecturers and assessors. Feedback from the courses continues to be very positive:

During 2021/2022 we hosted a student on placement from Sunderland University B.Ed. programme, and Umara Shahid joined the team as a sessional worker, and Jose Muando and Rosalind Beaumont joined as education volunteers. We also delivered training on fire lighting and fire safety for staff at Cramlington Village Primary, hosted Denton Youth Project for 3 sessions over the summer, and ran 2 forest school taster sessions for Newcastle Young Carers. In the autumn term, at short notice, we ran workshops on outdoor learning for all the first year B.Ed. students from Northumbria University focussing on simple, practical ways to teach the National Curriculum outdoors.

Youth & Play Programme

Our youth and play offer includes:

Early Explorers - pre-school exploration Nature Rangers - 6-9yrs Adventure Rangers - 10-13yrs Nightshades Rangers - 13-18yrs Art, Music & Movement Garden - inclusive family creativity Scotswood Street Rangers - Detached youth work

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The previous challenges of Covid resulted in some changes to the way we engage with families and young people, and some of those changes we made have been positive and stayed with us - although we are of course delighted to be delivering a full programme of opportunities at the garden once again.

Henry Smith Charity kindly gave us flexible support to continue our core Play & Youth offer, securing hours for our Play & Youth Manager. The Community Foundation of Tyne and Wear also generously contributed to employing our Play & Youth Manager to coordinate and develop our offer and be the Designated Safeguarding Officer. Our youth groups continue to value youth voice and our groups have been involved in Newcastle City Council’s ‘No Child Left Behind’ consultation contributing to an 8 year plan for Children’s & Young People’s Services in the city. The insights and comments have also really helped us think about some changes we would like to make to our sessions

We started the year with a ‘Festival of Friendship’. Sadly, covid restrictions in April 2021 meant that this had to be a ‘remote’ social event, hosted on our Facebook page but with lots of interactive projects designed by our youth members: local people and members of our groups completed the sentence ‘Friendship is…’ on labels that were tied to ‘Billy the Friendship Tree’, and we created a beautiful jigsaw puzzle of pieces decorated with thoughts, pictures and poems of what friendship means to people. Our Adventure Rangers worked with community artist and filmmaker John Quinn on a zoom based film exploring friendship which were also shared as part of our Festival of Friendship.

Our successful partnership with Well Newcastle Gateshead Fund and Bluestone Consortium continued to deliver creative and developmental outdoor activities for pre-school and home school children up to the age of 8 with their families; Tudor Trust provided match funding through a Covid Emergency grant.

This funding, along with the hard work of our volunteers has seen us move to a new base in the Butterfly Garden, and The Wood Hub CIC kindly created a beautiful mud kitchen and storage for us from reclaimed wood and the children have been busy making exciting mud creations and planting flowers and vegetables in their new space.

Newcastle City Council's Arts Connect project continued to work with us to deliver Art & Music Garden, an inclusive group for families enabling children with disabilities to create and play alongside their siblings, friends and neighbours. A Covid Recovery Grant from Public Health England enabled us to offer an extended

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summer programme including aerial & trapeze, photography, music and theatre with BalletLORENT.

Our long running relationship with BBC Children in Need keeps our Nature Rangers busy on Saturday mornings, learning about nature and wildlife, exploring friendship and community and getting active with fun and games. Sadly our Christmas trip to the theatre was cancelled at short notice due to Covid, but they have made up for it with trips to Northern Stage and the

Alphabetti Theatre since.

BBC Children in Need also enables us to deliver our Scotswood Street Rangers initiative, taking detached youth work out to young people on our local streets and parks, reaching young people who do not normally access garden based sessions. Our detached youth workers also completed training to offer C-Card and M-Card schemes, enabling young people to access sexual health and period products. Rotary Club of Newcastle upon Tyne kindly donated cinema tickets and other trips included trampolining and SafetyWorks.

A partnership with British Cycling enabled us to deliver mountain biking sessions in Denton Dene, which was very popular, and led on to us hosting free ‘Start to Ride’ sessions for local

families.

Our Nightshade Rangers applied for a Happy & Healthy grant from NE Youth which enabled them to learn to open canoe on the River Tyne; they completed 3 day trips of journeying from Hexham to Tynemouth, exploring the varying environment and wildlife along the way.

Rotary Club of Newcastle upon Tyne also supported our Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award group to complete training and a 4 day expedition along the River Tweed with Simonside Outdoors under challenging conditions - low water levels and a head wind meant that the team had to really pull together and work hard! We are incredibly proud of the 6 young people who all passed with flying colours and gave a really entertaining and insightful presentation to friends, family and supporters in September 2021.

One measure of our success has been that we have reluctantly had to introduce a waiting list for Nature Rangers and Adventure Rangers groups so that we can keep adult to child ratios safe and ensure that we are prioritising local children who have the greatest need for our services.

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Next year and beyond…

Our new Nightshades members are forming a new Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award group, with Expedition training and assessments planned for July 2022. The existing Gold group is finishing off their last sections, so we hope to present some Gold awards in 2022!

Our Nightshades are also contributing to the One Planet Living environmental review. And we look forward to training from ERIC about how to identify and record species found at the garden; some of our Nightshades plan to use this for the volunteering section of the DofE Award.The Scotswood Street Rangers are taking part in the region-wide Hadrian’s Wall Challenge organised by NE Youth.The Beelines Project, organised by Urban Green will provide opportunities for our younger Nature Rangers and Early Explorers to learn about the important role our bees play as pollinators.We also look forward to hosting a Mini Pride event delivered by Curious Arts, and strong continuing partnership with Arts Connect to deliver Art & Music Garden.Secure funding from Heritage Lottery Green Recovery Challenge Fund ensures that all of our weekly Play & Youth opportunities will continue throughout the coming financial year.

Sticky Business

Sticky Business has really bounced back after the restrictions imposed by the pandemic selling an impressive 1747 items of preserves, juice, cordial and honey over the year making £5708. We continued to supply The Honey Tree and took on Ernie as a new stockist in Oct 21 who included our Chuckleberry Jam in their 'local heroes' Christmas hampers. We had 2 stalls at the fabulous Whitley Bay Fiesta and are grateful to our friends who organise the Fiesta for their continued support and to our loyal customers who returned to buy new items and gave us lovely feedback.

Our most popular jam this year was Summer Fruit with 134 jars sold and Glutney Chutney was by far our customers’ favourite chutney with 87 jars sold.

Claire has been as creative as ever developing new flavours which proved a hit with stockists and customers. Chuckleberry Jam, Strawberry & Gooseberry Jam, Jostaberry & Juniper Jam

and Red Onion and Redcurrant relish all had excellent feedback and will become regular items on our stalls next year

We made 30 jars of Summer Fruit Jam to give to the volunteers for Volunteers Week. These were labelled

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with a special label with the Volunteers Week branding.

Next year and beyond

Claire will continue to develop and improve recipes throughout the year working on lowering the sugar content. She’ll continue to work closely with the garden team, so that we can plan to grow even more of our own produce in the garden for Sticky Business.

Outreach, Community & Events

Spring Fun Day, Apple Day and Scotswood Winter Wonderland are back!

It’s been wonderful to have welcomed people back in the Garden for 3 community fun days this year. 630 adults and children came and gave fantastic feedback. It was great to see the Garden being used by so many diverse people - online events last year were just not the same. Apple Day in October 2021 saw people enjoying apple pizza, tasting homemade apple juice and lots more apple based games and activities.

Our famous Scotswood winter wonderland was back in December bigger and better than ever. The Garden looked stunning with 12 trees decorated with recycled decorations, carol singers, a garden trail ending with people making gifts to

the planet, Santa's grotto and elf workshop, marshmallow toasting and mince pies. Thanks to Nicky for her creativity and curating the

event and to our volunteers who gave their time to make it such a special day for everyone.

Our wildlife-themed spring open day was a great success with free food provided by The Samosa Sisters, our famous cake stall, an art workshop run by the Baltic, the Baltic Art bus, pea shoot planting workshop, bird making and our very own Scotwood Birdle game!

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SCOTSWOOD NATURAL GARDEN LIMITED (A Company Limited by Guarantee) ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

Financial Review

The financial statements show the state of the finances and activity during the last year.

Principle sources of funds

Our main sources of funding are governmental, trust funds and increasingly earned income from services.

Funders

We are very grateful for support from all our funders - they include:

Reserves Policy and Investment Performance

The trustee's policy is to maintain reserves to ensure that in the event of a funding shortfall the project can continue for at least six months. The Management Committee sanctioned future use of the reserve to enable the continuation of project work while continuing to seek funding. The trustees confirm that the accounts comply with current statutory requirements, the governing document and the

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Statement of Recommended Practice on Accounting and Reporting by Charities (2005 edition).

Bank

Scotswood Natural Community Garden Limited banks with the Cooperative Bank, P.O. Box 250, Delf House, Southway, Skelmersdale, WN8 6WT.

Accountants

The Independent Examiner is:

Michelle Wright Connected Voice Business Services One Strawberry Lane Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4BX

Structure, Governance and Management

The charity was an unincorporated registered charity (date of registration 30 May 2000), governed by a constitution adopted 16 December 1999 as amended 9 March 2000. On 1[st ] April, 2012 the charity was incorporated into a company limited by guarantee. It is managed by a Management Committee which consists of the Trustees and is attended by the CEO and Administrator. Meetings are held quarterly.

Appointment of Trustees

Trustees are elected by the membership at the Annual General Meeting. The management committee may also appoint 1/3[rd ] co-opted members. A third of trustees retire from office at the end of the Annual General Meeting following their election/appointment.

All new trustees are given an induction pack detailing the charity's constitution, strategic plans, recent annual report and accounts, Charity Commission Leaflet - CC3 (a). Trustees are advised of training on their responsibilities at the Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service.

Decision Making Process

The CEO sends a quarterly report of activities to the Management Committee. Decisions and actions are recommended and taken at this meeting.

Risks and Risk Management

The charity is dependent on grant funding for most of its income; this presents a considerable risk. The charity has a strategy in place to source alternative sustainable sources of income to reduce this risk.

Trustees' Responsibilities

Law applicable to charities in England & Wales/Scotland/Northern Ireland requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the charity's financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the

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ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

end of the year. In preparing financial statements giving a true and fair view, the trustees should follow best practice and:

The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ascertain the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with (applicable law, regulations and trust deed). They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees have compiled with the duty in Section 17/5 of the 2011 Charities Act to have due regard to guidance published by the Charities Commission with regard to public benefit statements.

Small Company Provisions

This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions for small companies under Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small entities.

Christopher Francis: Chair

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…………………………………. On behalf of the Trustees

3/30/2023 Date: …………………………

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SCOTSWOOD NATURAL COMMUNITY GARDEN LIMITED

(A company limited by guarantee)

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES

For the year ended 31 March 2022

I report on the financial statements of Scotswood Natural Community Garden Limited for the year ended 31 March 2022, which are set out on pages 26 to 42.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity's trustees (who are also directors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a Fellow of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners.

Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to:

Basis of independent examiner's statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with 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 seeking 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 no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner's statement

In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Michelle Wright Connected Voice Business Services One Strawberry Lane Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4BX

3/30/2023 Date:

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SCOTSWOOD NATURAL COMMUNITY GARDEN LIMITED

(A company limited by guarantee)

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

(INCLUDING SUMMARY INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)

For the year ended 31 March 2022

6
7
8
Other trading activities
9
10
Expenditure on:
11
Total funds carried forward
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Notes
Total income
Donations and legacies
Income from:
Investments
Charitable activities
Grants and contracts
Capital grants
Operation of the charity
Total expenditure
Net income/(expenditure)
Transfers between funds
Net income/(expenditure) and net
movement of funds
Charitable activities		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
5,336
14,021
-
58,173
39
77,570
68,749
68,749
8,821
91,927
100,748
171,046
271,794		 Restricted
Funds
£
4,717
392,533
103,174
-
-
500,423
398,099
398,099
102,324
( 91,927 )
10,397
63,992
74,389		 Total
2022
£
10,053
406,554
103,174
58,173
39
577,993
466,848
466,848
111,145
-
111,145
235,038
346,183		 Total
2021
£
3,122
460,786
-
20,786
724
485,418
397,585
397,585
87,833
-
87,833
147,205
235,038

The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities

The notes on pages 29 to 42 form an integral part of these accounts.

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SCOTSWOOD NATURAL COMMUNITY GARDEN LIMITED

(A company limited by guarantee)

Charity Number 1144976 Company Number 07523792

BALANCE SHEET

As at 31 March 2022

Fixed assets
Tangible assets
18
Total fixed assets
Current assets
Debtors
19
Cash at bank and in hand
20
Total current assets
Creditors:amounts falling due within
one year
21
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Total net assets or liabilities
Funds of the charity
Unrestricted income funds
Restricted income funds
Total funds
Notes		 £
86,824
339,324
426,148
( 171,891 )		 Total
2022
£
91,927
91,927
254,257
346,183
346,183
271,794
74,389
346,183		 £
22,678
362,932
385,610
( 153,573 )		 Total
2021
£
3,001
3,001
232,037
235,038
235,038
171,046
63,992
235,038

The company was entitled to an exemption from audit under s477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act with the respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP.

The notes on pages 29 to 42 form an integral part of these accounts.

3/30/2023 These financial statements were approved by the Board on: and are signed on its behalf by: Miles Henderson Treasurer

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SCOTSWOOD NATURAL COMMUNITY GARDEN LIMITED

(A company limited by guarantee)

Charity Number 1144976 Company Number 07523792

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Cash flows from operating activities
Net movement in funds
Depreciation
Deduct interest income shown in investing activities
Decrease (increase) in debtors
Increase (decrease) in creditors
Net cash from operating activities
Cash flow from investing activities
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
Sale of property, plant and equipment
Interest received
Net cash used in investing activities
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at start of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year		 2022
£
111,145
3,002
( 39 )
( 64,146 )
18,318
68,280
( 91,927 )
-
39
( 91,888)
( 23,608 )
362,932
339,324		 2021
£
87,833
3,079
( 724 )
9,106
71,258
170,552
-
-
724
724
205,341
157,591
362,932

The notes on pages 29 to 42 form an integral part of these accounts.

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SCOTSWOOD NATURAL COMMUNITY GARDEN LIMITED

(A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 March 2022

1 Accounting Policies

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

2 Basis of accounting

2.1 Basis of preparation

These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.

The accounts 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) (effective 1 January 2015) – Charities SORP (FRS 102), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.

Scotswood Natural Community Garden Limited meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.

2.2 Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis

The charity reported total unrestricted funds at the year end of £271,794 and has already secured a significant amount of funding for the current year.

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. In making their assessment the trustees have reviewed and considered relevant information, including their annual budget and future cash flows. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the trustees have revised their forecasts to take into account measures that they can take with the current resources available to mitigate the impact of the current adverse conditions. The trustees are of the view that the immediate future of the charity for the next 12 months is secure and that on this basis the charity is a going concern.

3 Income

3.1 Recognition of income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the resources, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met, it is more likely than not that the resources will be received and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliably.

3.2 Offsetting

There has been no offsetting of assets and liabilities, or income and expenses, unless required or permitted by FRS102 SORP or FRS102.

3.3 Grants and donations

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.

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

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 March 2022

3.4 Donated goods and services

Donated goods are measured at fair value (the amount for which the asset could be exchanged) unless impractical to do so.

Donated services and facilities are included in the SoFA when received at the value of the gift to the charity provided that the value of the gift can be measured reliably. Donated services and facilities that are consumed immediately are recognised as income with the equivalent amount recognised as an expense under the appropriate heading in the SoFA.

3.5 Volunteer help

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

3.6 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.

3.7 Income from membership subscriptions

Membership subscriptions received in the nature of a gift are recognised in donations and legacies.

Membership subscriptions which gives a member the right to buy services or other benefits are recognised as income earned from the provision of goods and services as income from charitable activities.

3.8 Investment gains and losses

This includes any realised or unrealised gains or losses on the sale of investment and any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year.

3.9 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 charities' work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.

4 Expenditure and liabilities

4.1 Liability recognition

Liabilities are recognised when it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.

4.2 Charitable activities

Expenditure on charitable activities includes the costs of garden projects, education projects, youth projects and other activities undertaken to further the purposes of the charity and their associated support costs.

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(A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 March 2022

4.3 Governance and support costs

Support costs have been allocated between governance cost and other support. Governance costs comprise all costs involving public accountability of the charity and its compliance with regulation and good practice.

Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

4.4 Irrecoverable VAT

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.

4.5 Creditors

The charity has creditors which are measured at settlement amounts less any trade discounts.

4.6 Provisions for liabilities

A liability is measured on recognition at its historical cost and then subsequently measured at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at the reporting date.

5 Assets

5.1 Tangible fixed assets for use by the charity

Individual fixed assets costing £1,000 or more are capitalised at cost and are depreciated over their estimated useful economic lives on a straight line basis as follows:

Garden sculptures 10% Straight line
Garden structures 10% Straight line
Tools and equipment 25% Straight line
Office equipment 25% Straight line

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(A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Analysis of income
6
Donations and legacies
Donations and gifts
7
Charitable activities
Income from grants
Health Trust
Awards for All
Bailey Thomas
BBC Children in Need
Best Summer Ever
British Foreign School Society
Charities Aid Foundation
Community Foundation T & W
Covid-19 Response Grant
Curtin PARP
George and Peggy Trust
Foundation
Cooperative Foundation
D'Oyly Carte
The Froebel Trust
Grass Roots - Covid 19
Hadrian Trust
Heritage Lottery Fund
HMRC Job Retention Scheme
High Sheriff Award
Henry Smith
Kellett Fund
Lloyds -Bank Foundation
Newcastle City Council
Postcode Local Trust
Power to Change, Trade Up
Rise-Satellite Club Funding
Sub Total		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
5,336
5,336
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,134
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,134		 Designated
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Restricted
Funds
£
4,717
4,717
-
-
15,000
59,423
-
-
-
6,930
-
-
-
10,000
3,037
2,500
2,880
-
6,103
47,700
-
-
119,022
16,500
33,934
-
-
-
1,576
324,605		 Total
2022
£
10,053
10,053
-
-
15,000
59,423
-
-
-
6,930
-
-
-
10,000
3,037
2,500
2,880
-
6,103
47,700
4,134
-
119,022
16,500
33,934
-
-
-
1,576
328,738		 Total
2021
£
3,122
3,122
3,400
3,000
-
17,582
2,390
2,500
8,500
-
10,400
3,742
3,000
5,000
48,011
1,000
8,001
2,052
5,000
-
38,827
981
66,278
8,133
27,345
1,000
4,500
32,540
4,810
307,992

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(A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Analysis of incomecontinued
7
Charitable activitiescontinued
Brought forward
The National Lottery
The Swire Charitable Trust
True Colours Trust
Foundation
Tudor Trust
UK Youth
YHN
NE Youth Limited
Well Newcastle
Willan Charitable Trust
Other small grants
Other income
8
Capital grant income
North East LEP
Power to Change
Community Foundation T & W
Neighbourly Foundation
Other small grants
9
Other trading activities
Produce sales
School visits
Other visits and hire of facilities
Internal Quality Assurance
Income generation
OCN charges
10 Income from investments
Bank interest		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
4,134
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,832
-
-
1,500
4,555
14,021
-
-
-
-
-
-
7,942
710
1,122
5,361
-
43,039
58,173
39
39		 Designated
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Restricted
Funds
£
324,605
-
-
-
28,957
20,415
-
1,000
-
9,423
5,000
2,650
483
392,533
81,210
11,000
1,000
5,000
4,964
103,174
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total
2022
£
328,738
-
-
-
28,957
20,415
-
1,000
3,832
9,423
5,000
4,150
5,038
406,554
81,210
11,000
1,000
5,000
4,964
103,174
7,942
710
1,122
5,361
-
43,039
58,173
39
39		 Total
2021
£
307,992
42,547
1,042
5,300
19,710
48,500
11,000
-
-
13,305
4,000
3,224
4,166
460,786
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,186
1,060
-
5,730
150
12,660
20,786
724
724

Income was £577,993 (2021: £485,417) of which £77,570 was unrestricted or designated (2021: £118,848) and £500,423 was restricted (2021: £366,569)

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SCOTSWOOD NATURAL COMMUNITY GARDEN LIMITED

(A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities

11 Charitable activities
Direct costs
Project staff salaries
Project staff other costs
Activities
Event costs
Garden materials
Garden equipment
Vehicle hire
Other Project Costs
Food
Project Office/Admin Costs
Project Service User Costs
Membership
Support costs
Support staff salaries
Support staff other costs
Volunteer Costs
Office costs
Establishment costs
Repairs and renewals
New Building Costs
Professional fees
Insurance
Sundry
Depreciation
Governance costs
Trustee Meeting Costs
Independent examiner's fees
for reporting on the accounts		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
4,102
1,271
1,191
111
216
-
-
13,299
1,786
2,201
697
21,610
456
-
4,703
6,181
5,860
-
1,664
( 82 )
( 1,117 )
3,002
-
1,597
68,749		 Designated
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Restricted
Funds
£
292,132
4,911
6,667
1,227
10,066
1,363
2,640
4,679
2,990
26,669
2,716
2,209
102
150
10,701
4,135
5,112
-
13,447
6,177
-
-
8
-
398,099		 Total
2022
£
296,234
6,182
7,858
1,338
10,282
1,363
2,640
17,978
4,776
28,870
3,413
-
23,819
558
150
15,404
10,316
10,972
-
15,110
6,096
( 1,117 )
3,002
8
1,597
466,848		 Total
2021
£
206,538
9,565
15,039
1,737
5,170
3,655
285
-
3,225
-
-
2,846
47,113
-
-
6,777
9,901
13,207
13,197
50,312
3,620
854
3,079
-
1,465
397,585

Expenditure on charitable activities was £466,848 (2021: £397,584) of which £68,749 was unrestricted or designated (2021: £71,977) and £398,099 was restricted (2021: £325,607).

12 Fees for examination of the acco Unrestricted Funds

Independent examiner's fees for reporting on the accounts
Other accountancy services paid to the examiner		 2022
£
1,597
1,504
3,101		 2021
£
1,452
1,988
3,440

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SCOTSWOOD NATURAL COMMUNITY GARDEN LIMITED

(A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 March 2022

13 Analysis of staff costs, and the cost of key management personnel

Social security costs
Pension costs (defined contribution pension plan)
Salaries and wages		 2022
£
288,255
19,161
11,915
319,331		 2021
£
228,193
15,264
10,112
253,569

No employee received remuneration above £60,000 (2021: nil)

The key management personnel of the charity, comprise the trustees and the part time CEO. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £35,877 (2021: £34,629).

14 Staff numbers

The average monthly head count was 16 staff (2021: 16 staff) and the average monthly number of full-time equivalent employees during the year were as follows:

Fundraising
Charitable activities
The parts of the charity in which the employee's work		 2022
Number
0.3
9.2
9.5		 2021
Number
0.3
9.2
9.5

15 Transactions with trustees

None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity.

Trustees' expenses

No trustee expenses have been incurred in the year.

Transaction(s) with related parties

There has been no related party transactions in the reporting period.

16 Defined contribution pension scheme

The charitable company contributes to individual private staff pension schemes.

The employer's pension costs represent contributions payable by the charity to the fund and amount to £11,915 (2021: £10,112). There was £2,045 outstanding as at 31 March 2022 (2021: £1,598).

17 Corporation Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or section 252 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objectives.

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SCOTSWOOD NATURAL COMMUNITY GARDEN LIMITED

(A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 March 2022

18 Tangible fixed assets
Cost
Balance brought forward
Additions
Disposals
Balance carried forward
Depreciation
Basis
Rate
Balance brought forward
Depreciation charge for year
Disposals
Balance carried forward
Net book value
Brought forward
Carried forward
Cost
Balance brought forward
Additions
Disposals
Balance carried forward
Depreciation
Basis
Rate
Balance brought forward
Depreciation charge for year
Disposals
Balance carried forward
Net book value
Brought forward
Carried forward		 Garden
sculpture
£
16,830
-
-
16,830
SL
10%
15,147
1,683
-
16,830
1,683
-		 Garden
structures
£
13,956
-
-
13,956
SL
10%
12,638
1,318
-
13,956
1,318
-		 Tools and
equipment
£
2,819
-
-
2,819
SL
25%
2,819
-
-
2,819
-
-
Property
Extension
£
-
91,927
-
91,927
-
-
-
-
-
91,927		 Office
equipment
£
14,705
-
-
14,705
SL
25%
14,705
-
-
14,705
-
-
Sub
Total
£
48,310
-
-
48,310
45,309
3,001
-
48,310
3,001
-		 Sub
Total
£
48,310
-
-
48,310
45,309
3,001
-
48,310
3,001
-
Total
£
48,310
91,927
-
140,237
45,309
3,001
-
48,310
3,001
91,927

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SCOTSWOOD NATURAL COMMUNITY GARDEN LIMITED

(A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 March 2022

19 Debtors and prepayments (receivable within 1 year)

20 Cash at bank and in hand
Short term cash deposits
Bank current account
Cash in hand
21 Creditors and accruals (payable Unrestricted Funds
Accrued income
Salary holding account
Other accruals
Pension
Independent examination of accoun
Deferred income
Trade creditors
Trade debtors
Other creditors
Accruals		 2022
£
16,438
20,694
49,692
86,824
2022
£
222,005
117,268
50
339,324
2022
£
50,259
2,045
1,597
-
117,990
-
171,891		 2021
£
5,100
17,578
-
22,678
2021
£
281,966
80,806
160
362,932
2021
£
15,536
1,598
1,452
-
133,585
1,402
153,573

22 Deferred income

Deferred income comprises of advance payments from grants that relate to future periods

Amount deferred in year
Amount released to income earned
from charitable activities
Balance carried forward
Balance brought forward		 2022
£
133,585
( 133,585 )
117,990
117,990		 2021
£
133,585
( 133,585 )
133,585
133,585

23 Events after the end of the reporting period

No events (not requiring adjustment to the accounts) have occurred after the end of the reporting period but before the accounts are authorised which relate to conditions that arose after the end of the reporting period.

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SCOTSWOOD NATURAL COMMUNITY GARDEN LIMITED

(A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Analysis of movements in unrestricted funds For the year ended 31 March 2022

Unrestricted funds
General unrestricted fund
Designated funds
Tudor Trust
Fixed asset fund
New building
Totals
For the year ended 31 March 2021
Unrestricted funds
General unrestricted fund
Designated funds
Tudor Trust
Fixed asset fund
Totals		 Fund
balances
brought
forward
£
186,343
572
3,001
-
189,916
Fund
balances
brought
forward
£
177,522
572
6,080
184,174		 Incoming
resources
£
77,570
-
-
-
77,570
Incoming
resources
£
77,570
-
-
77,570		 Resources
expended
£
( 65,176 )
( 572 )
( 3,001 )
-
( 68,749)
Resources
expended
£
( 68,749 )
-
( 3,079 )
( 71,828)		 Transfers
£
-
-
-
91,927
91,927
Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-		 Fund
balances
carried
forward
£
198,737
-
-
91,927
290,664
Fund
balances
carried
forward
£
186,343
572
3,001
189,916

Purpose of unrestricted funds

General unrestricted fund The 'free reserves' after allowing for designated funds Designated funds Tudor Trust This is designated to contribute towards Core Costs Fixed asset fund This represents the balance of the fixed asset value that appears on the accounts.

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SCOTSWOOD NATURAL COMMUNITY GARDEN LIMITED

(A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 March 2022

24 Analysis of charitable funds continued

Analysis of movement in restricted funds

For the year ended 31 March 2022

For the year ended 31 March 2022
Restricted funds
Bailey Thomas
Asian
Wellesley Charitable Foundation
Curtin PARP
Heritage Lottery
Tudor Trust - Wellbeing
Tudor Trust
Trust House
Willan Charitable Trust
Other Small Grants
New Build
Totals
Best Summer Ever
D'Oyly Carte - Marie Curie
Power to Change, Colours
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Ward Committee
UK Youth
Cooperative Foundation
Hadrian Trust
Rise-Satellite Club Funding
Newcastle University
The Froebel Trust
Active Communities Peoples Health
Ballinger Charitable Trust
Well Newcastle
True Colours Trust
Henry Smith
Kellett Fund
BBC Children in Need
Community Foundation T & W		 Fund
balances
brought
forward
£
2,987
-
1,097
5,604
971
-
734
3,215
2,677
4,169
919
1,025
2,155
12,106
-
643
11,372
196
1,268
-
500
-
-
1,460
2,012
4,132
3,296
1,457
-
-
63,992		 Incoming
resources
£
-
15,000
-
34,477
-
6,930
-
10,000
-
3,037
2,520
2,880
6,103
119,037
47,727
16,503
33,934
-
1,921
2,000
1,500
43,934
28,957
-
-
9,423
5,000
-
6,367
103,174
500,423		 Resources
expended
£
( 2,987 )
( 7,894 )
( 478 )
( 27,529 )
( 657 )
( 6,791 )
-
( 13,215 )
( 2,463 )
( 7,224 )
( 3,029 )
( 3,905 )
( 6,801 )
( 125,684 )
( 47,612 )
( 16,709 )
( 42,174 )
-
( 2,071 )
( 919 )
( 1,778 )
( 35,512 )
( 17,029 )
( 1,380 )
( 1,960 )
( 12,948 )
( 6,261 )
-
( 3,086 )
-
(398,099)		 Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
( 91,927 )
(91,927)		 Fund
balances
carried
forward
£
-
7,106
619
12,552
313
139
734
0
214
( 18 )
409
( 1 )
1,457
5,458
115
437
3,132
196
1,118
1,081
222
8,422
11,929
80
51
607
2,036
1,457
3,281
11,247
74,390

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SCOTSWOOD NATURAL COMMUNITY GARDEN LIMITED

(A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Analysis of movement in restricted funds

For the year ended 31 March 2021

For the year ended 31 March 2021
Restricted funds
Sub Total
The Swire Charitable Trust
Rise-Satellite Club Funding
Ncle City Council Cohesion Fund
Northumbria Water
Postcode Local Trust
Active Communities Peoples Health
Awards for All
Ballinger Charitable Trust
BBC Children in Need
BBC Children in Need
Best Summer Ever
British Foreign School Society
Charities Aid Foundation CAF -Covid
Community Foundation T & W
Asian
Hadrian Trust
Power to Change, Trade Up
Power to Change, Colours
Wellesley Charitable Foundation
Ward Hadaway
Covid-19 Response Grant
Curtin PARP
Community Led Local Development
Cooperative Foundation
D'Oyly Carte - Marie Curie
Doyly Carte
The Froebel Trust
Grass Roots - Covid 19
Henry Smith
Kellett Fund
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Lloyds Bank Foundation- Covid 19
Lottery Older People
Lottery Growing Together
Newcastle University
Morrisons Foundation
George & Peggy Trust
Lottery Education		 Fund
balances
brought
forward
£
87
4,200
1,097
344
-
-
828
-
1,000
151
2,080
2,273
589
-
-
3,818
381
1,096
-
621
-
337
( 6,278 )
2,216
( 4,656 )
-
-
-
-
6,293
-
2,455
423
-
-
-
662
20,017		 Incoming
resources
£
3,400
3,000
-
14,750
2,832
2,390
2,500
8,500
-
3,000
1,042
5,000
-
10,400
3,742
-
48,011
-
1,000
8,001
2,052
5,000
66,278
8,133
20,000
7,345
7,904
14,032
20,611
-
1,000
-
4,500
12,783
19,757
4,810
-
311,773		 Resources
expended
£
( 500 )
( 7,200 )
-
( 9,491 )
( 2,832 )
( 1,419 )
( 3,328 )
( 8,500 )
( 266 )
( 3,151 )
( 3,122 )
( 4,058 )
( 589 )
( 10,400 )
( 1,064 )
( 3,818 )
( 44,223 )
( 1,096 )
( 81 )
( 7,597 )
( 2,052 )
( 3,182 )
( 47,894 )
( 9,706 )
( 3,973 )
( 7,345 )
( 7,904 )
( 14,032 )
( 20,611 )
( 6,293 )
( 1,000 )
( 2,455 )
( 4,923 )
( 12,783 )
( 19,561 )
( 3,542 )
( 662 )
(280,655)		 Fund
balances
carried
forward
£
2,987
-
1,097
5,604
-
971
-
-
734
-
-
3,215
-
-
2,677
-
4,169
-
919
1,025
-
2,155
12,106
643
11,372
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
196
1,268
-
51,135

DocuSign Envelope ID: C6D243FF-7643-46D6-A521-C0C5E12BA1E8

SCOTSWOOD NATURAL COMMUNITY GARDEN LIMITED

(A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 March 2022

24 Analysis of charitable funds continued

Restricted funds
Brought forward
Tudor Trust - Wellbeing
Willan Charitable Trust
Totals
True Colours Trust
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Skipton Building Society
UK Youth
Well Newcastle
Ward Committee		 Fund
balances
brought
forward
£
20,017
500
-
-
682
424
931
-
476
23,030		 Incoming
resources
£
311,773
-
500
5,300
19,710
11,000
13,305
4,000
981
366,569		 Resources
expended
£
( 280,655 )
( 500 )
-
( 3,840 )
( 20,392 )
( 9,412 )
( 10,104 )
( 704 )
-
(325,607)		 Fund
balances
carried
forward
£
51,135
-
500
1,460
-
2,012
4,132
3,296
1,457
63,992

Purpose of major restricted funds

Restricted funds represent income resources used for a specific purpose within the charity as identified by the donor

Active Communities Peoples Health Gardening for Dementia Bailey Thomas - Growing Together Volunteer Programme Ballinger Charitable Trust - Gardening for Dementia BBC Children in Need - Detached Youth Work Programme Best Summer Ever - Summer youth & play programmes British Foreign School Society - BREEZE Forest School Programme Community Foundation T & W - Youth Asian - Elderberries Older People's Prgramme Wellesley Charitable Foundation - BREEZE Forest School Programme Ward Hadaway - BREEZE Forest School Programme Curtin Parp - Refugee & Asylum Seeker, volunteer match programme Community Led Local Development - Growing Together Programme Cooperative Foundation - Youth Work Programme Doyly Carte - Older People Programme, partnership work with Marie Curie The Froebel Trust - BREEZE Forest School Programme Hadrian Trust - Nature Rangers, youth work programme Henry Smith - Nightshades Youth Group Heritage Lottery - Environmental renewal, contribution to several programmes Kellett Fund - Elderberries Older People's Prgramme Lloyds Bank Foundation - Growing Together Programme

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SCOTSWOOD NATURAL COMMUNITY GARDEN LIMITED

(A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31 March 2022

24 Analysis of charitable funds continued

Purpose of major restricted funds continued

Power to Change, Trade Up Rise-Satellite Club Funding Newcastle University Skipton Building Society Tudor Trust - Wellbeing True Colours Trust UK Youth Well Newcastle Willan Charitable Trust Ward Committee North East LEP Power to Change Community Foundation Neighbourly Spacehive

Transfers between funds

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Between unrestricted and restricted funds

Reason for transfer
Asset purchased from capital funds to be
depreciated over 40 years		 Amount
£
91,927

25 Capital commitments

As at 31 March 2022, the charity had no capital commitments (2021 -£nil)

26 Analysis of net assets between funds

Cash at bank and in hand
Other net current assets/
(liabilities)
Tangible fixed assets		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
91,927
264,935
( 85,067 )
271,794		 Designated
Funds
-
-
-
-		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
74,389
-
74,389		 Total
2022
£
91,927
339,324
( 85,067 )
346,183		 Total
2021
£
3,001
362,932
( 130,895 )
235,038