## Annual Report 2025 


**Company Number:** 07394459 

**Charity Number:** 1146209 

C **harity Address:** organicARTS West Town Farm Ide Exeter EX2 9TG 




## Contents 

OrganicARTS: Learning with the Land Objects & Mission 

## Overview & Structure of organicARTS 

- Organisational Structure 

- Trustees, Staff & Volunteers 

- Training & Policies 

Trustee Report 

## Our Year at organicARTS 

## Project Reports 2025 

- Grow 

- Create 

- Explore 

- Connect 

## Our Volunteers 

## Funding and Fundraising 

Thank You! 

Declaration 



## with the Land OrganicARTS: Learning 

OrganicARTS charitable objects are 

_to advance the education of the public in the subject of the arts, farming, rural and environmental issues._ 

Our mission is 

_to connect people to the land, themselves and each other involving them in creative farm based learning for a healthy future._ 




## Overview and Structure of organicARTS 

OrganicARTS was started in July 2004 as an unincorporated organisation, was registered as a company limited by guarantee in October 2010, and became a registered charity in March 2012. 

OrganicARTS is based at West Town Farm, a working organic farm in the village of Ide, 3km from the city centre of Exeter, Devon. 

The organisation has a dedicated, compact trustee group and a small part-time staff of 5, supported by a team of 4 self-employed contractors, and a larger pool of freelance facilitators and volunteers. 

The organisation’s site is secured by lease from West Town Farm and consists of a community garden, fire circle, outdoor seating area, office, small kitchen, pottery workshop and grain barn (meeting room and storage). 

Activities for 2025 focused on our four core areas of work: 

## GROW 

- Community Garden (twice-weekly community garden sessions) 

- Youth & Corporate Volunteering Days 

## CREATE 

- Makers Group (weekly arts for wellbeing group) 

- Public & Private Workshops 

- Exhibitions & Community Engagement 

## EXPLORE 

- School & Community Group Visits 

- Sessions for supported children and adults 

- Community Outreach 

## CONNECT 

- Fire Circles 

- Volunteer Days 




## **Trustees & Directors** 

Wendy Sanders (Co-Chair) (resigned 31 December 2025) Christine Duff (Honorary Secretary) 

Sheila Frazer (Co-Chair) (resigned 23 April 2026) 

Luci McGovern Louise Jones (appointed 30 January 2025) Philippa Kos (appointed 30 January 2025) Sarah Vincent (appointed 30 January 2025) 

## **Employed Staff** 

Sarah Richards – Co-ordinator Julie Smith – Community Garden Lead Kate James – Community Garden Assistant Megan Dowsett – Creative Facilitator Lead (resigned December 2025) Olivia Tew – Creative Facilitator Lead (appointed December 2025) Emily Nash – Makers Group Assistant (appointed December 2025) 

## **Freelance/sessional Staff** 

Rebekah Phillips – Development Lead (stepped back July 2025) Philippa Kersey – Volunteer Co-ordinator & Administration Officer Kevin Cotter – Explore Facilitator Jo Cotter – Connect/Explore Facilitator 

## **Key Volunteers** 

Christine Duff – funding support Jo Cotter – Explore/Connect /Events admin & support Kevin Cotter – Explore/IT/Finance admin & support Peter Jeffs – Create & Pottery facilitator Pat – minibus driver Dave – minibus driver Gavin - minibus driver (commenced July 2025) Ruth – Makers session support Sarah – Makers session support Trudi – Makers session support 

## **Governance, Policies & Training** 

Trustees/Directors are provided with our Trustee Handbook and Charity Commission document CC3 ‘The essential trustee: what you need to know, what you need to do’ and are given time to find out about the organisation before deciding to take up the role. We ensure trustees comply with charity law and both Trustees and staff have the opportunity to attend training relevant to their roles. Training records are kept on our IT system, along with all policies. Trustees are responsible for reviewing our policies to ensure they are upto-date and remain relevant. 




Welcome to organicARTS! 

## Trustee Report 

Throughout 2025, organicARTS has continued to deliver a full programme of activities within our core areas - Grow, Create, Explore and Connect. 

Our team of professional staff and freelance facilitators have continued to provide a varied and interesting programme supported by our dedicated and valued volunteers. 

Participants of all ages and abilities have the opportunity to flourish – learning new skills and developing old ones - in a safe and supportive environment. For many, our regular sessions are an important element of their lives: members of the community garden have stated how they look forward to spending their day with us, where they contribute valuable work to the running of the garden and its produce, explore the farm’s surroundings through the seasons, and enjoy meeting up and sharing lunch with others. 

Being a Trustee at organicARTS isn’t just about attending meetings – we’re involved in a hands-on way as well. For instance, during 2025, we’ve supported project participants during some sessions, allowing staff time to meet regularly, to develop ideas and plan future collaborations. 

## ’ What we ve been up to this year - A glance through the seasons 

There were many highlights to 2025. 

In the **New Year** , we welcomed new Trustees Philippa, Louise and Sarah, who are all familiar with the work of organicARTS through different ways. Together, they bring a wealth of knowledge, expertise and lived experience to the Board. 

In late **winter** we held a willow harvesting volunteer morning. We harvested willow to use for weaving and other projects throughout the year. The same afternoon, our Makers Group took part in Ide Village Wassail, having spent the winter months creating large willow lanterns especially for the event. 

As **spring** arrived, a whole team day for staff and trustees was organised by the Development Lead and Co-ordinator. We held discussions and explored establishing focus groups on the themes of Authenticity & Wellbeing, Finance & Funding, and Reaching Further (welcoming new groups and increasing diversity). 




Things always become busier at organicARTS as spring warms up. Supported by government Educational Access payments, we welcome an increase in visits from local schools, with children on site finding out about food and farming from our experienced Explore team and West Town Farm farmer, Kate. Our Explore and Connect teams also organise our regular family and adult seasonal celebration afternoons and evenings throughout the year. Additionally, this spring we hosted a celebration of the Food for Thought project, funded by Devon Community Foundation, which gave selected school children the opportunity to experience, in a very practical way, the journey of food from its source in our community garden, through preparation in a local cafe, to its final destination, being served to customers in the local community. 

Later in spring, our Volunteer Co-ordinator arranged for us to have a stand at Exeter Community Initiative's Volunteer Fayre, at Exeter Cathedral. This was attended by our Coordinator, Volunteer Co-ordinator, and Trustees Sarah and Christine. Each year, the fayre is a great opportunity to network and build relationships with like-minded local charities and businesses. From links made at the event, in the following months, we welcomed corporate volunteers from organisations including the Rural Payments Agency and Exeter University staff. Through connecting at the event, we also became members of Community Action Groups (CAG) Devon in 2025. CAG Devon supports and empowers community groups to act towards a more sustainable future and we’re looking forward to developing ways we can work with other CAG Devon members in the coming months. 

**Summer** saw us deliver a number of projects with other community organisations. The Makers Group offered an open session as part of Art Week Exeter and the public were invited to walk the Art Trail and stop for refreshments at the DIY Cafe. In August the Create team took their felt making skills into Exeter and ran a drop-in wet felting workshop at Exeter Quay as part of the Custom House’s Summer at the Quayside event. 

As **autumn** commenced, Trustees Luci and Sarah held an information stand at Exeter University Student Guild’s Sustainability Event, and we’ve since had students from the University’s Environmental Group volunteer their time in our community garden. In September, the community garden group held their first Harvest Celebration, supported by funding from the Norman Family Trust. This small event allowed participants to share what they love about organicARTS with family and friends. 

At the close of the year, another gathering is held for all participants, volunteers, staff and trustees – our traditional annual Christmas Dinner is prepared and served by staff and trustees, with project participants and volunteers our well-deserved guests. 




## Opportunities and Challenges 

**Funding!** In an increasingly competitive grant funding environment, we are continually looking at ways to generate income by other means, in particular to increase our unrestricted funds, which help meet our core costs - the unglamorous, but vital, running costs of any charity like ours, such as rent, electricty and secure IT systems. One way we raise these funds is by running public activities like Create’s leather making workshop held in July, and seasonal workshops and firecircles, as offered by Explore and Connect, whose facilitators kindly gift their time for these activities. Additionally, we offer our space for use by local artists – we have a fully functional pottery studio with wheels, storage space and kiln - and organisations can hire our grain barn or outside areas, including our firepit, for team days or staff training. We also welcome volunteer and participant donations, and offers of corporate sponsorship. Contact us if you are interested in this! Looking forward to 2026/27, we will be refreshing our Friends of organicARTS membership, so look out for further news on how you can support us. 

Our main fundraising and promotional event of the year is our annual Barn Dance, held in July. In a break from tradition, this year music was provided by local band The Dilly Boys and everyone brought their own picnic, instead of us providing catering. As well as the barn dance with fully licensed bar and light snacks, we started the evening with some acoustic music, creative activities and storytelling around the fire. As you may imagine, this takes a lot of planning and organisation and we are extremely grateful to everyone who volunteers their time and support, to enable us to continue putting on this popular event. 

**West Town Farm!** A major piece of news this year was hearing about the future of the land we have been based on since our creation over 20 years ago. In September, our landlord Andy Bragg, hosted an information and presentation evening to share his plans for the future of West Town Farm. As he retires from farming, West Town Farm will become part of the Fordhall Community Land Initiative, a community-owned farm based in Shropshire. As long-standing tenants of West Town Farm, we welcome the opportunities this change might provide, and hope it will give us certainty of tenure, and open up exciting possibilities for future activities and events. 

**The Team!** There have been some changes this year within our staff and Trustee team. In summer, our freelance Development Lead, Bekah, stepped back from her day-to-day involvement at organicARTS, although she still provides invaluable advice and support on an ad-hoc basis. We very much appreciate the foundations she laid for our ongoing development and her clear vision in doing so. 




We also said goodbye to our very talented Creative Facilitator Lead, Megan, in December. Made possible by National Lottery Community Fund Awards for All, new Creative Lead Olivia, and Makers Group Assistant Emily, will build on the foundations created by Megan, furthering collaborations with local artists and organisations. 

Finally, we said goodbye to Trustee and Chair, Wendy, at the end of the year. A Trustee since 2021, we thank her for her commitment to organicARTS and all the work she has done to keep things running smoothly during her time with us. 

The Trustees would like to thank everyone involved with organicARTS for their contributions throughout the year. It is a uniquely warm and welcoming place which provides each one of us with the opportunity to grow, create, explore and connect. 

Sheila Frazer 

Co-Chair of Trustees 





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## Project Reports 2024 GROW 

2025 has been a busy year for the Community Garden Group at organicARTS. The garden group takes place on Wednesdays and Fridays and we welcome about 45 people every week. 2025 was a year of collaboration with the Makers Group, who led garden participants through willow lantern making, doodling and felting amongst other things. We had a very dry spring and summer and spent a lot of our time watering crops to keep them going. We also had our very first harvest celebration, and finished another successful year with a big Christmas meal in December. 

## Winter 

Early 2025 was a cold one and we enjoyed being able to use our Grain Barn for lunch on particularly bitter days. We lit the wood burner in the grain barn using our homemade firelighters. We spent time reflecting on what keeps bringing people back to the garden and the participants wrote wonderful words around what organicARTS brings to them, from friendship and peace, to joy and safety. 

In February our willow beds were harvested during a volunteer open morning. We’re growing a variety of basketry willow (yellow, orange, green and brown stemmed) which are used in our garden and creative projects throughout the year. In early 2025 this included working with the Makers Group, putting together willow frames for lanterns for the Ide Village Wassail. 

## Spring 

Spring was very busy with new sets of hard tyres for our wheelbarrows (no more punctures!) and lots of seed sowing. After a fairly wet winter the spring was very dry and we ended up emptying our water butts by the end of April which was very unusual! We also had a very cute but not quite wanted visit from a baby rabbit who got caught in our brassica netting. He was gently caught, untwined from the netting and released into the wild. This led us to check all our rabbit fence and patch a few holes. The Makers also hosted a doodling session for us and garden participants were very engaged and drew wonderful things. 

We also helped West Town Farm’s farmer Kate with lambing: watching ewes and letting Kate know when they were in labour on our days at the farm, then feeding lambs that needed extra milk. 






Everyone thoroughly enjoyed their time with the lambs -particularly hand feeding themand watching them grow on the farm. West Town Farm also welcomed 4 little piglets in 2025, and every week as part of our afternoon walk we passed by the pigs and saw them grow. 

Our seed sowings were mainly successful and by the end of the spring we had tomatoes, courgettes, pumpkins, beans (runner and french), sunflowers, kale, beets and carrots in the ground. The garden participants were also delighted to see frogs in our new pond, and watched frogspawn develop into tadpoles and froglets over the spring- a real success for us as our aim for the pond was to attract more amphibians in the garden. 

## Summer 

The summer was very busy between harvests and the build of our second little pond by the garden shed. Participants used an old cow trough to create a sunken pond and fill it with mint, watercress and bits of wood so any animal who fell in it by mistake could get out. They also weaved willow around the edge to create a sheltered space and I am delighted to report that we had frogspawn in February 2026 which is wonderful! 

The Makers joined us again in August and led us through a felting session and participants enjoyed working with wool. We harvested swathes of currants thanks to our new netting, and the sweet peas were the most successful yet with mounds of deliciously perfumed flowers on our wildflowers area. The sweet pea flowers were harvested for our tables, and the seeds were regularly collected to be resown for next year. 







We also had a lot of success with our cherry and Italian beefsteak tomatoes- making and freezing lots of sauce, as well as slicing fresh ones for lunch. We harvested plenty of yellow courgettes, cucumbers, impressive beets and potatoes, as well as raspberries (red and golden), beans and kale. The wildflower beds were bursting with marigold and nasturtium and we did our usual butterfly survey- finding lots of painted ladies, peacocks speckled woods and cabbage white flying about the garden. 

We harvested wheelbarrows of plums from West Town Farm’s orchard and, at participants’ requests, made jam for the very first time. It was a joint effort with one team stoning the plums, and another cooking. We ended up with about 40 jars of delicious jam, made with 6kg of Victoria plums. Everyone received a jar and requested we did it again. 

## Autumn 

One of our participants started making signs for the garden and we now have clear wooden signs on each bed, and more to come- thank you Ruari! On 14 September we entered the Ide Village Show and won 13 prizes including two gold, one for the heaviest vegetable (our fantastic Marina di Chiogga pumpkin) and one for the single best prized vegetable (our red head cabbage). Cherry tomatoes, potatoes, golden and red raspberries, green cabbage, herb bouquet, onions, Chiogga, beans (Chiogga and purple French) and our plum jam all scored silver and bronze. 

2025 saw our garden group hosting their very first Harvest Celebration on the 21 September, to celebrate all our wonderful participants and their families. We had fantastic music from The Dillyboys singers Lizzie and Emily, apple pressing, a lovely stall and activities from the Makers, plus some plants, seeds and jam to five away. We welcomed 25 people and had a wonderful time. It was a real success and we’d like to have a bigger event in 2026 open to all. 




Autumn also marked the beginning of apple pressing in earnest, with participants harvesting fruits from the orchard, chopping them and pressing them with our small press. Leftover fruits were composted and any juice that wasn’t drunk straight away was frozen to make spiced apple at our Christmas dinner. We froze about 12 litres of fresh juice! 

To prepare for West Town Farm’s Halloween celebrations, our garden participants helped decorate the farm trail and made 2 wonderful scarecrows, and some giant spiderwebs using our willow and yarn. We also helped the farm harvest their pumpkins from the fields. Late autumn the farm welcomed Pandora, a piebald cob mare. She’s a popular addition to the farm animals for our garden group, and we now include a visit to Pandora on all our walks. 

## Winter 

Mid December saw us spending time harvesting greenery to make wreaths for everyone to take home, and our annual Christmas Dinner took place on Friday 19 December, our last garden day of the year. We served 60 plates of roast including meat donated by the farm, spiced cabbages, cauliflower cheese, sprouts, roasted carrots and parsnips, pigs in blankets and beetroot tartlets. This was followed by a selection of delicious desserts made by participants which included mince pies, trifle and vegan pecan pie. 

The Christmas Dinner is a wonderful way to mark the Winter Solstice and bring our activities for the year to a close. We look forward to seeing what 2026 brings! 

Julie 

Community Garden Lead 





## CREATE 

The Create team had a successful 2025, continuing to work with the Garden Group as well as the Makers, and developing connections through collaboration with other Exeter based organisations and artists. 

We were also very pleased to be awarded a 12 month National Lottery Community Fund Awards for All grant in August. Through the latter part of 2025 and into 2026, this funding is supporting our Create team to reach more groups in our local community. It also enabled our Creative Lead Megan to step back at the end of the year, leaving the creative programming and Makers Group in the capable hands of new Creative Facilitator Lead Olivia and Makers Group Assistant Emily. 

Over the course of the year, Makers participant numbers steadily increased. We operate on a donate-if-you-can basis, with donations going towards the future running of the group. Between April and December, the Makers sessions were a mix of facilitator-led and self-facilitated sessions, and included monthly drop-ins with the garden group. We’d like to thank our Create Team volunteers, Ruth, Sarah and Trudi, for all their help during 2025 in running workshops and helping to support the Makers Group sessions. 

## Create throughout the year 

In **January** we collaborated to build two large-scale lanterns to celebrate Wassail with the community of Ide in the village Orchard. Working on such a big scale was an exciting, bold (and sometimes messy!) way to work and it was magical to take them along to the Wassail event at dusk. 

In **February** the Makers developed creative, personal pocket books to use as nature diaries charting the year as it unfolds. Combining ink, printmaking, stamping and collage, it was a lovely, gentle way to begin the year. 

In **March** Makers were out and about at Zero Mile Gardens, at Emmanuel Hall in St Thomas, creating mosaic numbers for the plant beds. This was a gentle introduction to exploring new ways for the group to reach out, share our skills and connect with other communities in the city. 






In **April** the Makers set up the Dye Garden, planting seeds which we nurtured in the polytunnel, exploring dye techniques with last year’s flowers and foraged materials, and setting up a Dye-ry to record our progress over the year. In the same month, the Create team hosted a very successful Saturday workshop making Ceramic Tree Spirits, with a mention in the local paper by Judy Spiers who attended the session. 

In **May** , Makers created cyanotypes (sun prints) on paper and fabric, and took their skills to the Birdhouse Café in Pince’s Gardens to celebrate community and sunshine. 

In **June** we found ourselves at Magdalen Road Creative Street Festival, running a drop-in session, teaching people of all ages and walks of life how to make God’s Eyes - simple woven artefacts. We also set up the Art Trail for the summer, holding an open session for Art Week Exeter and inviting visitors to explore the trail (it rained... A lot!) 

In **July** the Makers kicked off their summer project, ‘Outside the Frame’. Using old picture frames as a starting point, Makers worked individually to express their place in the world. The Garden Group joined in, creating a ‘photo booth frame’ for the annual barn dance. The Create team led another Saturday workshop, working creatively with leather scraps to make purses, pouches and plant hangers. 





In **August** the DIY Craft Café took place again. Families were invited to explore the landscape through creative drawing prompts and stop for a chat and coffee with members of the Makers Group. The Create team took organicARTS out of the farm and into the city for ‘Summer on the Quayside’ – Exeter Custom House’s summer activity programme. At a friendly drop-in workshop, families and the wider community were invited to think about the importance of the wool industry on the city. Some members of the Makers Group demonstrated carding, drop-spindles and spinning wheels, and workshop participants had the opportunity to try wet-felting, and make a small piece of felted art to take home with them, as well as contribute to a larger communal felted wallhanging depicting the landscape and architecture of Exeter Quay. 

In **September** the Makers visited and celebrated their ‘Outside the Frame’ project, on display at Exeter Phoenix. The exhibition really showcased the diversity of experience and talent in the group, with powerful written reflections that demonstrated how being part of the Makers Group and being immersed in the land and nature supports mental health. Kicking off our Awards for All funding, we sat round the fire at organicARTS, exploring fibre and colour from the land through cordage, weaving and ink making. 





In **October** Create collaborated with St Sidwell’s Community Centre on a felting project reflecting how we’re supported by our outside spaces. Sessions at St Sidwell’s and organicARTS were jointly attended by groups from both organisations, and culminated in a felted wallhanging for St Sidwell’s Community Cafe. 

**November** saw the Makers in the warmth of the Grain Barn, sorting out boxes and boxes of old pottery, and creatively re-inventing them into finished pieces, some of which featured as table decorations at the Christmas Dinner. 

In **December** a significant transition took place within the Makers Group as Megan handed over facilitation to new Lead, Olivia, and Assistant, Emily, marking a shift in leadership and direction for the Create programme in 2026. The month was less about output and more about continuity — ensuring relationships, group culture and practical systems were carried forward with care. The handover created space to reflect on what the Makers Group has been, and what it might become in its next phase. 

Megan & Olivia Creative Facilitator Leads 





## EXPLORE 

The Explore Team, led by freelance session leaders Kevin and Jo, work with schools and a wide range of community groups exploring and responding to the farm and the natural environment. Sessions can include farm walks, creative storywalks, foraging for natural materials and then cooking or creating with them, creative play, seasonal celebrations and, simply but deeply, enjoying being in the natural world. 

This year we have explored with 1200 people in over 50 sessions. Sessions can range from the intimate, with 4 people attending, to larger scale conferences and public events! They always engage, inform and celebrate. 

## Our Explore Projects 

Exeter based **Pelican Project** supports adults with learning differences in a range of creative activities. We have provided a monthly session for the Pelican's Green Creators group for many years- we’ve celebrated the changing seasons, got creative with a whole range of seasonal materials and given people the space to be themselves in a supportive environment. After 7 years, this project has evolved into an organicARTS-led project, still with the support of The Pelican Project, called Time out of Time. Explore’s Kevin has been running **Time out of Time** as a pilot project in the close of 2025 and we will be watching to see how it develops in 2026. 

Another long running project, **Family Support** , provides a safe, supportive and playful environment for families with children who are either adopted or under special guardianship. We work with AdoptSouthWest and Devon County Council Social Services and run sessions during school holidays. In 2025 we’ve run 4 days of sessions for over 150 people. This year sessions have continued to be funded by the Heles Trust, with additional contributions from the families. A big thank you to Katharine Smith, who volunteers to raise the funding needed to keep this activity going. 

Our **Family Seasonal Celebrations** have developed over the year. At its heart it is very simple. Families come out to the farm each month on a Sunday afternoon when we mark the changing seasons with songs, story, food and creativity. Numbers are kept low, to around 30 , resulting in a rich and fulfilling time for all. The Explore team gift their time for these sessions, and, in doing so, have raised £250 towards organicARTS core costs during 2025. 





**Exploring the Farm** School Sessions have been taking place at organicARTS for long enough that now the first children's children are coming! We follow the seasons through the wild garlic and blossom to pumpkins and apples with specially adapted sessions to meet an individual school’s curriculum needs and an individual child's needs, leading to accessible and engaging experiences for everyone. 

This year Explore have worked with 900 children aged between 3 and 18 from 19 schools on 23 visits! 

_Teachers_ “It was a brilliant experience _said …_ for our children they were engaged throughout and got see so much” Newtown Primary 

“We had a wonderful day. Kevin was so great with the children. The organisation meant that everything ran smoothly. It was a wonderful opportunity for the class to see sustainable farming in practice. They loved every activity and we would all recommend it” St Sidwells Primary 

“Our third trip here we love it Great hands on every year. experience pitched at just the right level” Countess Wear Primary 

Alongside the Exploring the Farm sessions we concluded the successful **Food for Thought** project funded by Devon Community Foundation which started at the end of 2024. In February children from Bowhilll Primary came and harvested food from the farm, cooked it in the Shillingford Farm Cafe kitchen and then served it at a St Thomas Community Stakeholder meeting. We also hosted a conference at West Town Farm of all the groups who had received DCF funding, bringing us together to share our experiences of the Food for Thought project. 




## Opportunities and Challenges 

We have a very **positive working relationship** with Kate, West Town Farm’s farmer. We can draw upon her knowledge, and the updates on what she is doing around the farm enrich the experience of our farm explorers. We deliver 20 of her Educational Visits over the year. We also work closely with Grace, West Town Farm Manager, to ensure everything goes smoothly when our visits are taking place. 

Educational Access **funding** from Natural England covers 20 school visits in the year. However, there is a greater demand than this and schools outside of funding have to pay the full cost of the visit. One of the biggest challenges for Explore groups is the **cost of transport** to the farm, which continues to increase. For school groups, this can easily be £10 per child, which can be prohibitive for many parents. Whenever possible, we use the organicARTS minibus to support schools and enable visits to go ahead. We’re exploring funding opportunities in order to extend the support we can offer schools. Our Family Support and Time out of Time projects, generate some income through donations and sales, but also rely in part on funding, and on **gifted time** from the Explore team. 

Despite the challenges, we look forward to seeing what 2026 will bring us! 

Kevin Explore Session Leader 





## CONNECT 

Connect at organicARTS invites people to come and be part of the our community through a variety of ways. 

This might include anything from volunteering for a land-based activity, connecting with the earth, to sitting around our outdoor firepit, under the stars, connecting with each other. 

Early 2025 saw us hold our second **Willow Harvest** Volunteer session. February is a good time of year for willow harvesting and without a willing team of helpers it would be an arduous and lengthy task! Our willow beds contain several species of basketry willow which is used throughout the year in our garden and creative projects. Harvesting the willow is a real hands-on, practical activity, and perfect for keeping heart, body and soul warm on a winter’s morning! 

Our **Fireside Circles** , started in 2024, have continued on a monthly basis throughout 2025. Run by experienced Connect facilitators Jo and Bekah, these sessions are for adults only, and are based on the cycle of the year. They’re linked to the seasonal celebrations the Explore team run for family workshops and nature connection. Nature connection is strongly related to improved mental health and lower anxiety. Research indicates that 85% of adults in England report that nature boosts their happiness, with regular, meaningful engagement also fostering a greater likelihood of taking action to protect the environment. 

Our Fireside Circles allow for a deeper connection with each other, seasonal celebrations and nature in a non-judgemental space that allows individual stories to be told and heard. They give the space for everyone to reflect, be still, listen to their inner selves and get to know each other better. There is also plenty of room for play, laughter and fun together. Numbers that come to each circle vary but there is a core of 5 local people who come regularly, who have built a strong friendship through the circles. We warmly welcome new members! 


Jo Firecircle Facilitator 




## Our Volunteers 

What a great year for organicARTS with some wonderful volunteer support. 

OrganicARTS benefitted from 726 hours overall volunteered time this year! Volunteers at organicARTS range from our invaluable steadfast minibus drivers Pat and Dave (plus new driver to the team Gavin), to organised volunteer groups and staff team volunteer sessions. Dave also volunteers during sessions, between the driving, utilising his DIY skills, making trips to the tip and helping construct much needed storage space - we love Dave! 

We are also super fortunate to have the wonderful Peter Jeffs, ceramic artist and volunteer. In April, Peter volunteered his skills and time for one of our most successful ceramic workshops so far, alongside Create volunteer assistant Ruth. A wonderful day was spent making mischievous woodland spirts in the guise of the green man. Judy Spiers, local tv and journalist personality participated and gave a glowing review in the local paper. 



April also saw us at Exeter Community Initiative’s Volunteer Fayre, held at Exeter Cathedral. This is a valuable way to connect with the community around us and also provides brilliant networking opportunities. 

From this event, we secured a two day corporate volunteering experience for the Rural Payments Agency. They reached out to us to offer a team of people to come and assist with our community garden project, whilst also contributing to our charity with donations. Two very productive sessions were held in May and June. Julie, our Garden Facilitator Lead, tasked them with weeding the perennial flower beds and constructing harvested willow into functional low level borders for the beds. The weather was amazing and the 16 volunteers worked hard, meeting all their goals and beyond, laying wood chipping paths to finish it all off. Perfect! 






OrganicARTS has for some time enjoyed a positive relationship with Exeter University. So it was a lovely surprise to be contacted by the University Accommodation Team who were very keen to engage in an outdoor supportive activity before their busiest time with new students. In June their staff team of 8 came and worked the wildflower beds, and also assisted with weeding and planting. A huge amount of fun and an incredibly productive day was had by a lively group. 






Aside from the actual work achieved, volunteering with us helps inform people of the valuable work we do here with our projects and activities, it increases our connectivity with community and local engagement. Many promise to come to our annual barn dance! Volunteering isn’t just about new faces coming and going. It’s important to recognise our staff team and Trustees also regularly volunteer their time to assist at events, develop new projects and enable people to experience our site and what we do. If you come to one of our events, you’ll be greeted by volunteers, our workshops are supported by volunteers, and governance by Trustees is also all volunteered time. 

Small charities value the importance of volunteered time and the huge impact it has. Do get in touch if volunteering with us is something you are interested in. 

Philippa Volunteer Co-ordinator 


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## Funding and Fundraising 

During 2025, our income came from 

Grants 34% Donations 21% Fundraising 19% Gift aid 7.5% Earned Income fees 13% sales 2.5% use of space 2% minibus hire 1% 



Our expenditure as % of income 



## Summary of Finances 

|Summary of Finances||
|---|---|
||£|
|B/F from 2024|49525|
|Total Income 2025|72950|
|Total Expenditure 2025|73262|
|Surplus for the year|(312)|
|Balance carried forward to 2026|49213|






We’re extremely grateful to our 2025 grant funders including The Allen Lane Foundation, The Clare Milne Trust, The Norman Family Charitable Trust, The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, Hele’s Educational Trust, CAG Devon, National Lottery Community Fund, and Devon Community Foundation as well as our fundraising support in the form of the Big Give Trust and PlanAid. 

We are especially grateful to funders who understand the need for the unglamorous operational core costs to be met alongside project costs, and for grantees who support us in non-restricted funding. None of our project strands (Grow, Create, Explore and Connect) ran at a loss this year – in fact, direct project costs were 7% less than in 2024. This can be attributed partly to less expenditure on materials and expenses, and also to our Explore and Connect facilitator leads kindly gifting much of their time for running activities. Our core costs, which includes our rent, electricity, heating, minibus, IT and marketing plus office staff salaries, are vital to keeping our projects going and accounted for 45% of our total expenditure in 2025. However, this is marginally less than 2024 when it was 46%. We continue to seek ways in which we can meet these costs for a sustainable future 

Project grants have directly supported our participants to gain tangible achievements this year. For example, 2025 saw 8 of our community garden participants successfully complete their level 2 Food Hygiene course with help from The Clare Milne Trust for equipment, and the Salvation Army, who provided the course content and loaned laptops for the day. The Salvation Army also provided one-to-one support on the day to anyone who needed it. The group were extremely proud of their achievement that day. 





In 2025 our grant income decreased by 35% from the previous year (from £38687 in 2024 to £24800 in 2025). We are always exploring ways of moving away from a reliance on grant funding, for example through increased donations, fundraising and hiring our spaces to like-minded organisations. In 2025 the Grow Team provided information to our community garden participants about how their donations help keep the project going. Sharing this information resulted in an increase in their donations by 20% on 2024 levels. We run our twice weekly Community Garden and Thursday Makers Groups on a donatewhat-you-can model, and will never exclude anyone unable to contribute. Everyone is equal when they’re on their knees in the mud and rain pulling up weeds! Increased donations also means we can claim more gift aid, which in 2025 amounted to just over £5200. This is the equivalent of more than 2 1/2 months of the running costs of our Community Garden, or 4 months of our Makers Group, so it really does make a difference. 

We’ve also had a busy year fundraising through Big Give Campaigns again in 2025. Partnering with The Big Give Trust and PlanAid, we raised over £10,000 through the Christmas Challenge and Green Match Fund campaigns. Additionally, our annual barn dance raised almost £800 in unrestricted funds. As well as raising unrestricted funds, this event is an important day in our calendar, when the whole team works together to open our doors to the local community and treat them to an evening of creativity and music. 

Some income is generated through use of our spaces by like-minded community groups – in 2025 we welcomed Woodcraft Folk Elfins, St Basils Church and CAG Devon who used our facilities for outdoor learning and training sessions. At organicArts we are fortunate to have a variety of outdoor and indoor settings available to hire, these include our indoor grain barn – a quirky classroom/studio space with good wifi connection and atmospheric woodburner - and our outdoor covered firepit area, or canopy with benches and tables. 

Looking forward to 2026, we are aiming to develop the use of our pottery studio which has great facilities including 4 wheels, storage space and a kiln. In 2025 the pottery was used by a small number of local potters and artists, generating £1280. We’d also like to increase sponsorship and corporate donations during 2026, and welcome conversations with local businesses. Do get in touch if you're planning an away day, or would like to sponsor one of our projects or part of our site! 

A huge thank you to all our supporters of all sizes in 2025 

Sarah Co-ordinator 




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a massive thank you to all our Participants, Volunteers, Trustees, and Staff for being of organicARTS part 2025! throughout 

## **Declaration** 

This report was agreed by all Trustees on 23rd June 2026 

Signed Christine Duff Print C Duff (Trustee & Secretary) 




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## **ORGANICARTS** 

Trustees’ Report and Unaudited Financial Statements 

For the year ended 31 December 2025 

Company Registration Number 07394459 Charities Commission Registration Number 1146209 

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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Trustees’ report year end 31 December 2025** 

**The name of the charity** : organicarts 

**The company registration number** : 7394459 

**The Charities Commission registration number:** 1146209 

**The address of the principal office of the charity** : West Town Farm, Ide EX2 9TG 

**The names of the trustees for the charity (who are also the directors for the purposes of company legislation)** : 

Wendy Sanders – Co-Chair (resigned 31 December 2025) Sheila Frazer – Co-Chair (resigned 23 April 2026) Christine Duff Louise Jones (appointed 30 January 2025) Phillipa Kos (appointed 30 January 2025) Lucilla McGovern Sarah Vincent (appointed 30 January 2025) 

## **The name of the Company Secretary:** 

Christine Duff 

This report has been prepared in accordance with Part 8 of the Charities Act 2011 and constitutes a director’s report for the purposes of company legislation. 

## **Structure Governance and Management** 

**The nature of the governing document and how the charity is constituted** : Organicarts governing document is its Memorandum and Articles of Association. Organicarts is a company limited by guarantee with no share capital and a registered charity with the Charities Commission. 

**The methods adopted for the recruitment and appointment of new trustees:** New trustees are elected at the AGM or seconded during the year between AGMs 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

**A summary of the objects of the charity as set out in its governing document** : 

To advance the education of the public in the subject of the arts, farming, rural and environmental issues. 

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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Trustees’ report year end 31 December 2025** 

**Summary of the main activities undertaken in relation to those objects** : Activities for 2025 focused on four core areas of work: 

- GROW 

   - Community Garden (twice-weekly community garden sessions) 

   - Youth and Corporate Volunteering Days 

- CREATE 

   - Makers Group (weekly arts for wellbeing group) 

   - Public and Private Workshops 

   - Exhibitions and Community Engagement 

- EXPLORE 

   - School and Community Group Visits 

   - Sessions for supported children and adults 

   - Community Outreach 

- CONNECT 

   - Fire Circles 

   - Volunteer Days 

## **Achievements, Performance and Financial Review:** 

Please see our detailed Annual Report appended to these financial statements for full details of our activities, achievements and financial results in 2025. 

**Policy on reserves** : We aim to keep sufficient free reserves for at least three months activities, estimated has £30,000. Free reserves at 31 December 2025 amounted to £22,657 (2024: £32,915) which as fallen below the three months target, the Trustees are working on income generation to boost this back up. Whilst free reserves have fallen, restricted fund reserves have increased to £25,718 at 31 December 2025 (2024: £16,610) with most of the restrictions being for our core charitable activities. 

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime 

## **Trustees' responsibilities in relation to the financial statements** 

The trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and UK Accounting Standards. 

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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Trustees’ report year end 31 December 2025** 

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

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently 

- observe the methods and principles of the Charities SORP 

- make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent 

- state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to and departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements and 

- prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation. 

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

This report has been prepared in accordance with the Charity’s Statement of Recommended Practice: SORP (FRS102) and in accordance with the special provisions of part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to smaller entities. 

In preparing this report, the Trustees have taken advantage of the small companies exemptions provided by section 415A of the Companies Act 2006. 

The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on 23 June 2026 and signed on its behalf by: 

………………………………. Christine Duff 

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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Independent Examiner’s report Year end 31 December 2025** 

## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of organicARTS** 

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charitable company for the year ended 31 December 2025 which are set out on pages 6 to 14. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the charity’s trustees of the company (and also its directors of the company for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’). 

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention which give me cause to believe that: 

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 

2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 

3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements under section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or 

4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 

I have no concerns and 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. 

………………………………………… Glenn Redler BFP FCA GX Accountancy & Bookkeeping Services 1 Fortescue Court Fortescue Farm Thorverton Exeter EX5 5JN 

13/7/2026 

Date: ………………………. 

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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Statement of financial activities (incorporating income and expenditure) For the year ended 31 December 2025** 

|**Incoming resources**<br>**2**<br>Grants<br>Voluntary income<br>Activities in furtherance of the<br>charity’s objects<br>Activities for generating funds<br>**Total incoming resources**<br>**Charitable expenditure**<br>**3**<br>Charitable activities<br>Activities for generating funds<br>Management and administration<br>**Total resources expended**<br>**Net income/(expenditure) before**<br>**transfers**<br>**Transfers between funds**<br>**Net movement in funds**<br>**Reconciliation of funds**<br>Total funds brought forward<br>**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Restricted**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>-<br>24,800<br>24,800<br>8,705<br>12,178<br>20,883<br>12,398<br>971<br>13,369<br>4,644<br>9,254<br>13,898<br>**25,747**<br>**47,203**<br>**72,950**<br>8,669<br>34,745<br>43,414<br>1,585<br>-<br>1,585<br>24,913<br>3,350<br>28,263<br>**35,167**<br>**38,095**<br>**73,262**<br>**(9,420)**<br>**9,108**<br>**(312)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**(9,420)**<br>**9,108**<br>**(312)**<br>32,915<br>16,610<br>49,525<br>**23,495**<br>**25,718**<br>**49,213**|**2024**<br>**£**<br>38,687<br>19,818<br>3,373<br>17,386|
|---|---|---|
|||**79,264**|
|||51,040<br>1,357<br>24,550|
|||**76,947**|
|||**2,317**<br>**-**|
|||**2,317**<br>47,208|
|||**49,525**|



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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2025** 

|**Note**<br>**Tangible Fixed Assets**<br>6<br>**Current assets**<br>Debtors due within 1 year<br>7<br>Cash at bank and in hand<br>**Current liabilities**<br>Creditors due within one year<br>8<br>**Net current assets**<br>**Total assets**<br>**Represented by**<br>**Capital and reserves**<br>Unrestricted funds<br>10<br>Restricted funds<br>10<br>**Total reserves carried forward**|5,607<br>42,651|**Total**<br>**2025**<br>£<br>4,695<br>44,518<br>**49,213**<br>23,495<br>25,718<br>**49,213**|5,756<br>41,926|**Total**<br>**2024**<br>£<br>5,986<br>43,539|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||48,258<br>3,740||47,682<br>4,143||
||||||
|||||**49,525**|
|||||32,915<br>16,610|
|||||**49,525**|



For the year ending 31 December 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. 

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476. 

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

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. 

Approved by the board of directors on 23 June 2026 and signed on their behalf by: 

…………………………………… Christine Duff 

The notes on pages 8 to 14 form part of these financial statements 

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**ORGANICARTS** 

## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **1. Accounting policies** 

- a) The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2015) – (Charities SORP (FRS102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) and the Companies Act 2006. 

The address of the registered office is given in the trustees’ report on page 2. The nature of the charity’s operations and its principal activities are set out in the trustees’ report. OrganicARTS meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102 and the trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy. 

The functional and presentational currency of these financial statements is sterling. 

- b) Company Status 

The company is a company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The members of the company are the Trustees named on page 2. In the event of the company being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the company. 

- c) Voluntary income is received by way of donations and gifts and is included in full in the Statement of Financial Activities when receivable. The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included. 

- d) Income from government and other grants is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met and the amount can be measured reliably. 

- e) Other incoming resources are recognised when it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably. 

- f) Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measure reliably. Expenditure includes attributable VAT which cannot be recovered. 

Resources expended are allocated to the particular activity where the costs relates to that activity. 

- g) Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of each asset over its estimated useful life: 

   - Minibus – 20% straight line 

   - Plant and equipment – 20% straight line 

   - Leasehold improvements – straight line of the remaining term of the lease 

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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025** 

- h) General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the company and which have not been designated for other purposes. 

Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the Trustees for particular purposes. The aim and use of each designated fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements. 

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the company for particular purposes. The costs of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements. 

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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **2. Incoming resources** 

|**Grants**<br>Groundwork UK - Comic Relief<br>Big Give Trust<br>Devon Community Foundation<br>Awards for All<br>Allen Lane Foundation<br>Enterprise Development (EDP)<br>Claire Milne Trust<br>Norman Family Trust<br>The D’Oyly Carte<br>Belvedere Trust<br>Other grants<br>**Voluntary Income**<br>Donations<br>Gift aid recovered<br>**Activities for generating funds**<br>Fundraising<br>**Activities in furtherance of the**<br>**charity’s objects**<br>Fees & bookings<br>Sales<br>Use of minibus<br>Use of space<br>**TOTAL**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**<br>**Total**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>20,000<br>20,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>4,500<br>4,500<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>300<br>300<br>**-**<br>**24,800**<br>**24,800**<br>5,289<br>10,096<br>15,385<br>3,416<br>2,082<br>5,498<br>**8,705**<br>**12,178**<br>**20,883**<br>**4,644**<br>**9,254**<br>**13,898**<br>8,739<br>840<br>9,579<br>1,674<br>131<br>1,805<br>740<br>-<br>740<br>1,245<br>-<br>1,245<br>**12,398**<br>**971**<br>**13,369**<br>**25,747**<br>**47,203**<br>**72,950**|**Total**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>1,000<br>4,587<br>5,000<br>-<br>5,000<br>8,600<br>5,000<br>3,500<br>3,500<br>2,000<br>500|
|---|---|---|
|||**38,687**|
|||18,746<br>1,072|
|||**19,818**|
|||**3,373**|
|||13,547<br>416<br>1,215<br>2,208|
|||**17,386**|
|||**79,264**|



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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **3. Resources Expended** 

|**4. Staff costs and numbers**<br>Staff wages and salaries<br>Employer NI<br>Employer Pension<br>**Charitable Activities**<br>Community Garden<br>Artists/Educator fees and materials<br>Educational access<br>Minibus expenses<br>Feasibility<br>**Cost of generating funds**<br>Fundraising costs<br>**Management and Administration**<br>Administration expenses<br>Office expenses<br>Professional fees<br>Accountancy and Independent<br>Examination<br>Licences and insurance<br>Depreciation<br>**TOTAL**|£35,606<br>(2024: £32,344)<br>£      nil<br>(2024: £nil)<br>£     173<br>(2024: £143)<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**<br>**Total**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>574<br>24,090<br>24,664<br>2,433<br>7,048<br>9,481<br>5,028<br>660<br>5,688<br>634<br>2,947<br>3,581<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>**8,669**<br>**34,745**<br>**43,414**<br>**1,585**<br>**-**<br>**1,585**<br>12,903<br>1,319<br>14,222<br>6,941<br>1,123<br>8,064<br>376<br>908<br>1,284<br>1,309<br>-<br>1,309<br>2,093<br>-<br>2,093<br>1,291<br>-<br>1,291<br>**24,913**<br>**3,350**<br>**28,263**<br>**35,167**<br>**38,095**<br>**73,262**|**Total**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>22,353<br>9,261<br>8,195<br>2,596<br>8,635|
|---|---|---|
|||**51,040**|
|||**1,357**|
|||8,714<br>7,556<br>3,784<br>1,317<br>1,888<br>1,291|
|||**24,550**|
|||**76,947**|
||||



No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 

The average number of employees during the year was 4 (2024: 4) 

Nothing was reimbursed to trustees of the company in the year, for out of pocket expenses. No trustee received any remuneration in the current or preceding year. There are no related party transactions that require disclosure. 

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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **5. Taxation** 

The charitable company is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities 

## **6. Fixed Assets** 

|**Cost**<br>As at 1 January 2025<br>Additions<br>As at 31 December 2025<br>**Depreciation**<br>As at 1 January 2025<br>Charge for the year<br>As at 31 December 2025<br>**Net Book Value**<br>As at 31 December 2025<br>As at 31 December 2024|**Leasehold**<br>**Improvements**<br>**Plant &**<br>**Equipment**<br>**Minibus**<br>**Total**<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>4,921<br>2,356<br>29,700<br>36,977<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-|
|---|---|
||4,921<br>2,356<br>29,700<br>36,977|
||820<br>471<br>29,700<br>30,991<br>820<br>471<br>-<br>1,291|
||1,640<br>942<br>29,700<br>32,282|
||3,281<br>1,414<br>-<br>4,695|
||4,101<br>1,885<br>-<br>5,986|



## **7. Debtors** 

|**. Creditors**<br>Trade debtors<br>Other debtors<br>Prepayments and accrued income<br>Trade creditors<br>Taxes and social security<br>Other creditors<br>Accruals|**Total**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>3,390<br>228<br>1,989<br>5,607<br>**Total**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>-<br>999<br>-<br>2,741<br>3,740|**Total**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>3,529<br>-<br>2,227<br>5,756<br>**Total**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>250<br>416<br>180<br>3,297<br>4,143|
|---|---|---|



## **8. Creditors** 

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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **9. Analysis of net assets between funds** 

|Fixed Assets<br>Current Assets<br>Current Liabilities|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>4,695<br>-<br>4,695<br>22,249<br>26,009<br>48,258<br>(3,449)<br>(291)<br>(3,740)<br>**23,495**<br>**25,718**<br>**49,213**|
|---|---|



## **10. Movement in funds** 

|General funds<br>Designated fund (Trustees<br>Development Fund)<br>Total Unrestricted funds<br>Restricted Projects_(see_<br>_below)_<br>**Total**|**Balance**<br>**b/f**<br>**Income**<br>**Expenditure**<br>**Transfers**<br>**Balance**<br>**c/f**<br>32,915<br>25,747<br>(35,005)<br>(1,000)<br>22,657<br>-<br>-<br>(162)<br>1,000<br>838|
|---|---|
||32,915<br>25,747<br>(35,167)<br>-<br>23,495<br>16,610<br>47,203<br>(38,095)<br>-<br>25,718<br>**49,525**<br>**72,950**<br>**(73,262)**<br>**-**<br>**49,213**|



Transfers between funds represents an amount set aside by the Trustees and designated for training and development. 

|**Restricted funds**<br>Garden project<br>Makers Group<br>Comic Relief funding<br>DCF FFT<br>Hele’s Trust<br>Allen Lane funding<br>D’Oyly Carte funding<br>Norman Family funding<br>Awards for All funding<br>Pony Access<br>Farm Website<br>**TOTAL**|**Balance**<br>**b/f**<br>**Income**<br>**Expenditure**<br>**Transfers**<br>**Balance**<br>**c/f**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>5,000<br>20,726<br>(21,380)<br>-<br>4,346<br>4,114<br>1,977<br>(3,320)<br>-<br>2,771<br>1,000<br>-<br>(1,000)<br>-<br>-<br>2,200<br>-<br>(2,200)<br>-<br>-<br>1,025<br>-<br>(870)<br>-<br>155<br>145<br>-<br>(145)<br>-<br>-<br>51<br>-<br>(51)<br>-<br>-<br>731<br>4,500<br>(4,712)<br>-<br>519<br>-<br>20,000<br>(4,417)<br>-<br>15,583<br>1,844<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>1,844<br>500<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>500<br>**16,610**<br>**47,203**<br>**(38,095)**<br>**-**<br>**25,718**|
|---|---|



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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025** 

The purpose of each restricted fund is set out below: 


**----- Start of picture text -----**<br>
Fund  Nature of fund<br>Garden project  Volunteer donations toward costs of twice weekly community garden<br>group<br>Makers group  Volunteer donations towards costs of running the weekly Makers<br>sessions, a creative group using natural materials to create and learn<br>skills for health and recovery<br>Comic Relief funding  Grant funding initially received towards the Garden Project with<br>further funding in 2024 awarded toward building organisational<br>capacity<br>Devon Community  Grant received towards delivering a programme to schools focused on<br>Foundation 'Food For  harvesting, cooking and serving food<br>Thought' Project (DCF<br>FFT)<br>Hele’s Trust  Devon County Council funding for family support sessions for families<br>with children who are adopted or under special guardianship.<br>Allen Lane funding Grant funding towards the Garden Project and Makers Group<br>D’Oyly Carte funding Grant funding towards the Garden Project<br>Norman Family funding Grant funding towards the Garden Project<br>Awards for All funding Grant funding from the National Lottery Community Fund towards the<br>Makers Group, enabling the exploration of different creative<br>techniques through visits from professional arts practitioners, and to<br>develop relationships and share skills with other local organisations.<br>Pony Access  Devon County Council funding to support children with mobility<br>challenges with access to the farm<br>Farm Website  Natural England funding for development of the website in respect to<br>educational materials<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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## **ORGANICARTS** 

Trustees’ Report and Unaudited Financial Statements 

For the year ended 31 December 2025 

Company Registration Number 07394459 Charities Commission Registration Number 1146209 

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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Trustees’ report year end 31 December 2025** 

**The name of the charity** : organicarts 

**The company registration number** : 7394459 

**The Charities Commission registration number:** 1146209 

**The address of the principal office of the charity** : West Town Farm, Ide EX2 9TG 

**The names of the trustees for the charity (who are also the directors for the purposes of company legislation)** : 

Wendy Sanders – Co-Chair (resigned 31 December 2025) Sheila Frazer – Co-Chair (resigned 23 April 2026) Christine Duff Louise Jones (appointed 30 January 2025) Phillipa Kos (appointed 30 January 2025) Lucilla McGovern Sarah Vincent (appointed 30 January 2025) 

## **The name of the Company Secretary:** 

Christine Duff 

This report has been prepared in accordance with Part 8 of the Charities Act 2011 and constitutes a director’s report for the purposes of company legislation. 

## **Structure Governance and Management** 

**The nature of the governing document and how the charity is constituted** : Organicarts governing document is its Memorandum and Articles of Association. Organicarts is a company limited by guarantee with no share capital and a registered charity with the Charities Commission. 

**The methods adopted for the recruitment and appointment of new trustees:** New trustees are elected at the AGM or seconded during the year between AGMs 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

**A summary of the objects of the charity as set out in its governing document** : 

To advance the education of the public in the subject of the arts, farming, rural and environmental issues. 

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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Trustees’ report year end 31 December 2025** 

**Summary of the main activities undertaken in relation to those objects** : Activities for 2025 focused on four core areas of work: 

- GROW 

   - Community Garden (twice-weekly community garden sessions) 

   - Youth and Corporate Volunteering Days 

- CREATE 

   - Makers Group (weekly arts for wellbeing group) 

   - Public and Private Workshops 

   - Exhibitions and Community Engagement 

- EXPLORE 

   - School and Community Group Visits 

   - Sessions for supported children and adults 

   - Community Outreach 

- CONNECT 

   - Fire Circles 

   - Volunteer Days 

## **Achievements, Performance and Financial Review:** 

Please see our detailed Annual Report appended to these financial statements for full details of our activities, achievements and financial results in 2025. 

**Policy on reserves** : We aim to keep sufficient free reserves for at least three months activities, estimated has £30,000. Free reserves at 31 December 2025 amounted to £22,657 (2024: £32,915) which as fallen below the three months target, the Trustees are working on income generation to boost this back up. Whilst free reserves have fallen, restricted fund reserves have increased to £25,718 at 31 December 2025 (2024: £16,610) with most of the restrictions being for our core charitable activities. 

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime 

## **Trustees' responsibilities in relation to the financial statements** 

The trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and UK Accounting Standards. 

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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Trustees’ report year end 31 December 2025** 

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

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently 

- observe the methods and principles of the Charities SORP 

- make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent 

- state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to and departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements and 

- prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation. 

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

This report has been prepared in accordance with the Charity’s Statement of Recommended Practice: SORP (FRS102) and in accordance with the special provisions of part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to smaller entities. 

In preparing this report, the Trustees have taken advantage of the small companies exemptions provided by section 415A of the Companies Act 2006. 

The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on 23 June 2026 and signed on its behalf by: 

………………………………. Christine Duff 

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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Independent Examiner’s report Year end 31 December 2025** 

## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of organicARTS** 

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charitable company for the year ended 31 December 2025 which are set out on pages 6 to 14. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the charity’s trustees of the company (and also its directors of the company for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’). 

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention which give me cause to believe that: 

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 

2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 

3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements under section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or 

4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 

I have no concerns and 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. 

………………………………………… Glenn Redler BFP FCA GX Accountancy & Bookkeeping Services 1 Fortescue Court Fortescue Farm Thorverton Exeter EX5 5JN 

13/7/2026 

Date: ………………………. 

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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Statement of financial activities (incorporating income and expenditure) For the year ended 31 December 2025** 

|**Incoming resources**<br>**2**<br>Grants<br>Voluntary income<br>Activities in furtherance of the<br>charity’s objects<br>Activities for generating funds<br>**Total incoming resources**<br>**Charitable expenditure**<br>**3**<br>Charitable activities<br>Activities for generating funds<br>Management and administration<br>**Total resources expended**<br>**Net income/(expenditure) before**<br>**transfers**<br>**Transfers between funds**<br>**Net movement in funds**<br>**Reconciliation of funds**<br>Total funds brought forward<br>**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Restricted**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>-<br>24,800<br>24,800<br>8,705<br>12,178<br>20,883<br>12,398<br>971<br>13,369<br>4,644<br>9,254<br>13,898<br>**25,747**<br>**47,203**<br>**72,950**<br>8,669<br>34,745<br>43,414<br>1,585<br>-<br>1,585<br>24,913<br>3,350<br>28,263<br>**35,167**<br>**38,095**<br>**73,262**<br>**(9,420)**<br>**9,108**<br>**(312)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**(9,420)**<br>**9,108**<br>**(312)**<br>32,915<br>16,610<br>49,525<br>**23,495**<br>**25,718**<br>**49,213**|**2024**<br>**£**<br>38,687<br>19,818<br>3,373<br>17,386|
|---|---|---|
|||**79,264**|
|||51,040<br>1,357<br>24,550|
|||**76,947**|
|||**2,317**<br>**-**|
|||**2,317**<br>47,208|
|||**49,525**|



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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2025** 

|**Note**<br>**Tangible Fixed Assets**<br>6<br>**Current assets**<br>Debtors due within 1 year<br>7<br>Cash at bank and in hand<br>**Current liabilities**<br>Creditors due within one year<br>8<br>**Net current assets**<br>**Total assets**<br>**Represented by**<br>**Capital and reserves**<br>Unrestricted funds<br>10<br>Restricted funds<br>10<br>**Total reserves carried forward**|5,607<br>42,651|**Total**<br>**2025**<br>£<br>4,695<br>44,518<br>**49,213**<br>23,495<br>25,718<br>**49,213**|5,756<br>41,926|**Total**<br>**2024**<br>£<br>5,986<br>43,539|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||48,258<br>3,740||47,682<br>4,143||
||||||
|||||**49,525**|
|||||32,915<br>16,610|
|||||**49,525**|



For the year ending 31 December 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. 

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476. 

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

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. 

Approved by the board of directors on 23 June 2026 and signed on their behalf by: 

…………………………………… Christine Duff 

The notes on pages 8 to 14 form part of these financial statements 

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**ORGANICARTS** 

## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **1. Accounting policies** 

- a) The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2015) – (Charities SORP (FRS102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) and the Companies Act 2006. 

The address of the registered office is given in the trustees’ report on page 2. The nature of the charity’s operations and its principal activities are set out in the trustees’ report. OrganicARTS meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102 and the trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy. 

The functional and presentational currency of these financial statements is sterling. 

- b) Company Status 

The company is a company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The members of the company are the Trustees named on page 2. In the event of the company being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the company. 

- c) Voluntary income is received by way of donations and gifts and is included in full in the Statement of Financial Activities when receivable. The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included. 

- d) Income from government and other grants is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met and the amount can be measured reliably. 

- e) Other incoming resources are recognised when it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably. 

- f) Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measure reliably. Expenditure includes attributable VAT which cannot be recovered. 

Resources expended are allocated to the particular activity where the costs relates to that activity. 

- g) Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of each asset over its estimated useful life: 

   - Minibus – 20% straight line 

   - Plant and equipment – 20% straight line 

   - Leasehold improvements – straight line of the remaining term of the lease 

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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025** 

- h) General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the company and which have not been designated for other purposes. 

Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the Trustees for particular purposes. The aim and use of each designated fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements. 

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the company for particular purposes. The costs of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements. 

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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **2. Incoming resources** 

|**Grants**<br>Groundwork UK - Comic Relief<br>Big Give Trust<br>Devon Community Foundation<br>Awards for All<br>Allen Lane Foundation<br>Enterprise Development (EDP)<br>Claire Milne Trust<br>Norman Family Trust<br>The D’Oyly Carte<br>Belvedere Trust<br>Other grants<br>**Voluntary Income**<br>Donations<br>Gift aid recovered<br>**Activities for generating funds**<br>Fundraising<br>**Activities in furtherance of the**<br>**charity’s objects**<br>Fees & bookings<br>Sales<br>Use of minibus<br>Use of space<br>**TOTAL**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**<br>**Total**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>20,000<br>20,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>4,500<br>4,500<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>300<br>300<br>**-**<br>**24,800**<br>**24,800**<br>5,289<br>10,096<br>15,385<br>3,416<br>2,082<br>5,498<br>**8,705**<br>**12,178**<br>**20,883**<br>**4,644**<br>**9,254**<br>**13,898**<br>8,739<br>840<br>9,579<br>1,674<br>131<br>1,805<br>740<br>-<br>740<br>1,245<br>-<br>1,245<br>**12,398**<br>**971**<br>**13,369**<br>**25,747**<br>**47,203**<br>**72,950**|**Total**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>1,000<br>4,587<br>5,000<br>-<br>5,000<br>8,600<br>5,000<br>3,500<br>3,500<br>2,000<br>500|
|---|---|---|
|||**38,687**|
|||18,746<br>1,072|
|||**19,818**|
|||**3,373**|
|||13,547<br>416<br>1,215<br>2,208|
|||**17,386**|
|||**79,264**|



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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **3. Resources Expended** 

|**4. Staff costs and numbers**<br>Staff wages and salaries<br>Employer NI<br>Employer Pension<br>**Charitable Activities**<br>Community Garden<br>Artists/Educator fees and materials<br>Educational access<br>Minibus expenses<br>Feasibility<br>**Cost of generating funds**<br>Fundraising costs<br>**Management and Administration**<br>Administration expenses<br>Office expenses<br>Professional fees<br>Accountancy and Independent<br>Examination<br>Licences and insurance<br>Depreciation<br>**TOTAL**|£35,606<br>(2024: £32,344)<br>£      nil<br>(2024: £nil)<br>£     173<br>(2024: £143)<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**<br>**Total**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>574<br>24,090<br>24,664<br>2,433<br>7,048<br>9,481<br>5,028<br>660<br>5,688<br>634<br>2,947<br>3,581<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>**8,669**<br>**34,745**<br>**43,414**<br>**1,585**<br>**-**<br>**1,585**<br>12,903<br>1,319<br>14,222<br>6,941<br>1,123<br>8,064<br>376<br>908<br>1,284<br>1,309<br>-<br>1,309<br>2,093<br>-<br>2,093<br>1,291<br>-<br>1,291<br>**24,913**<br>**3,350**<br>**28,263**<br>**35,167**<br>**38,095**<br>**73,262**|**Total**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>22,353<br>9,261<br>8,195<br>2,596<br>8,635|
|---|---|---|
|||**51,040**|
|||**1,357**|
|||8,714<br>7,556<br>3,784<br>1,317<br>1,888<br>1,291|
|||**24,550**|
|||**76,947**|
||||



No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 

The average number of employees during the year was 4 (2024: 4) 

Nothing was reimbursed to trustees of the company in the year, for out of pocket expenses. No trustee received any remuneration in the current or preceding year. There are no related party transactions that require disclosure. 

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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **5. Taxation** 

The charitable company is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities 

## **6. Fixed Assets** 

|**Cost**<br>As at 1 January 2025<br>Additions<br>As at 31 December 2025<br>**Depreciation**<br>As at 1 January 2025<br>Charge for the year<br>As at 31 December 2025<br>**Net Book Value**<br>As at 31 December 2025<br>As at 31 December 2024|**Leasehold**<br>**Improvements**<br>**Plant &**<br>**Equipment**<br>**Minibus**<br>**Total**<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>4,921<br>2,356<br>29,700<br>36,977<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-|
|---|---|
||4,921<br>2,356<br>29,700<br>36,977|
||820<br>471<br>29,700<br>30,991<br>820<br>471<br>-<br>1,291|
||1,640<br>942<br>29,700<br>32,282|
||3,281<br>1,414<br>-<br>4,695|
||4,101<br>1,885<br>-<br>5,986|



## **7. Debtors** 

|**. Creditors**<br>Trade debtors<br>Other debtors<br>Prepayments and accrued income<br>Trade creditors<br>Taxes and social security<br>Other creditors<br>Accruals|**Total**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>3,390<br>228<br>1,989<br>5,607<br>**Total**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>-<br>999<br>-<br>2,741<br>3,740|**Total**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>3,529<br>-<br>2,227<br>5,756<br>**Total**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>250<br>416<br>180<br>3,297<br>4,143|
|---|---|---|



## **8. Creditors** 

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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **9. Analysis of net assets between funds** 

|Fixed Assets<br>Current Assets<br>Current Liabilities|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**£**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>4,695<br>-<br>4,695<br>22,249<br>26,009<br>48,258<br>(3,449)<br>(291)<br>(3,740)<br>**23,495**<br>**25,718**<br>**49,213**|
|---|---|



## **10. Movement in funds** 

|General funds<br>Designated fund (Trustees<br>Development Fund)<br>Total Unrestricted funds<br>Restricted Projects_(see_<br>_below)_<br>**Total**|**Balance**<br>**b/f**<br>**Income**<br>**Expenditure**<br>**Transfers**<br>**Balance**<br>**c/f**<br>32,915<br>25,747<br>(35,005)<br>(1,000)<br>22,657<br>-<br>-<br>(162)<br>1,000<br>838|
|---|---|
||32,915<br>25,747<br>(35,167)<br>-<br>23,495<br>16,610<br>47,203<br>(38,095)<br>-<br>25,718<br>**49,525**<br>**72,950**<br>**(73,262)**<br>**-**<br>**49,213**|



Transfers between funds represents an amount set aside by the Trustees and designated for training and development. 

|**Restricted funds**<br>Garden project<br>Makers Group<br>Comic Relief funding<br>DCF FFT<br>Hele’s Trust<br>Allen Lane funding<br>D’Oyly Carte funding<br>Norman Family funding<br>Awards for All funding<br>Pony Access<br>Farm Website<br>**TOTAL**|**Balance**<br>**b/f**<br>**Income**<br>**Expenditure**<br>**Transfers**<br>**Balance**<br>**c/f**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>5,000<br>20,726<br>(21,380)<br>-<br>4,346<br>4,114<br>1,977<br>(3,320)<br>-<br>2,771<br>1,000<br>-<br>(1,000)<br>-<br>-<br>2,200<br>-<br>(2,200)<br>-<br>-<br>1,025<br>-<br>(870)<br>-<br>155<br>145<br>-<br>(145)<br>-<br>-<br>51<br>-<br>(51)<br>-<br>-<br>731<br>4,500<br>(4,712)<br>-<br>519<br>-<br>20,000<br>(4,417)<br>-<br>15,583<br>1,844<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>1,844<br>500<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>500<br>**16,610**<br>**47,203**<br>**(38,095)**<br>**-**<br>**25,718**|
|---|---|



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## **ORGANICARTS** 

## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025** 

The purpose of each restricted fund is set out below: 


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Fund  Nature of fund<br>Garden project  Volunteer donations toward costs of twice weekly community garden<br>group<br>Makers group  Volunteer donations towards costs of running the weekly Makers<br>sessions, a creative group using natural materials to create and learn<br>skills for health and recovery<br>Comic Relief funding  Grant funding initially received towards the Garden Project with<br>further funding in 2024 awarded toward building organisational<br>capacity<br>Devon Community  Grant received towards delivering a programme to schools focused on<br>Foundation 'Food For  harvesting, cooking and serving food<br>Thought' Project (DCF<br>FFT)<br>Hele’s Trust  Devon County Council funding for family support sessions for families<br>with children who are adopted or under special guardianship.<br>Allen Lane funding Grant funding towards the Garden Project and Makers Group<br>D’Oyly Carte funding Grant funding towards the Garden Project<br>Norman Family funding Grant funding towards the Garden Project<br>Awards for All funding Grant funding from the National Lottery Community Fund towards the<br>Makers Group, enabling the exploration of different creative<br>techniques through visits from professional arts practitioners, and to<br>develop relationships and share skills with other local organisations.<br>Pony Access  Devon County Council funding to support children with mobility<br>challenges with access to the farm<br>Farm Website  Natural England funding for development of the website in respect to<br>educational materials<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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