**Hor�cultural Therapy Trust** **No. 1147927** ## **Hor�cultural Therapy Trust** ## **Annual Report and Accounts 31 July 2023** C:\Users\pau\Documents\HTT\Hor�cultural Therapy Trust\Chairmans AGM report 2023\HTT Annual Report and Accounts July 2023v3.docx P a g e | 1 | 1 P a g e | 1 | 1 **Hor�cultural Therapy Trust** **No. 1147927** ## **CONTENTS** |Legal and administra�ve informa�on|3-4| |---|---| |Chair’s annual report|5-6| |Statement of fnancial ac�vi�es|7| |Summary of Grants and Dona�ons|8| |Statement of assets and liabili�es (Balance sheet)|9| |Income & expenditure|10| |Independent examiners report|11| |Acceptance of annual report and accounts|12| C:\Users\pau\Documents\HTT\Hor�cultural Therapy Trust\Chairmans AGM report 2023\HTT Annual Report and Accounts July 2023v3.docx P a g e | 2 **Hor�cultural Therapy Trust** **No. 1147927** ## **Hor�cultural Therapy Trust** Charity Registered No: **1147927** Registered Office: Hor�cultural Therapy Trust 8 Earl’s Acre Plymouth PL3 4HL Website: h�p://www.hor�cultural-therapy-trust.org/ Trustees: J Maskall (Chair) K Parker P Keller J Kleinot Treasurer: T Steenhagen Independent Examiner: T Archman Bankers: The Coopera�ve Bank plc C:\Users\pau\Documents\HTT\Hor�cultural Therapy Trust\Chairmans AGM report 2023\HTT Annual Report and Accounts July 2023v3.docx P a g e | 3 **Hor�cultural Therapy Trust** **No. 1147927** ## Hor�cultural Therapy Trust 8 Earl’s Acre, Plymouth, PL3 4HL Tel: 01752 659339 Email: deb@hor�cultural-therapy-trust.org Website: horticultural-therapy-trust.org/ ## **Other names** NONE ## **Governing document** TRUST DEED DATED 08 JUN 2012 ## **Area of benefit** NO INFORMATION RECORDED ## **Organisation type** STANDARD REGISTRATION ## **Registration history** 03 JULY 2012 REGISTERED ## **Charitable objects** THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN DEVON AND CORNWALL. TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORK AND RECREATION. ## **Classification** ## **What** - EDUCATION / TRAINING - THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR SAVING OF LIVES - DISABILITY - THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY - ENVIRONMENT / CONSERVATION / HERITAGE ## **Who** - CHILDREN / YOUNG PEOPLE - ELDERLY / OLD PEOPLE - PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ## **How** - PROVIDES BUILDINGS / FACILITIES / OPEN SPACE - PROVIDES SERVICES ## **Where it operates:** DEVON AND PLYMOUTH CITY C:\Users\pau\Documents\HTT\Hor�cultural Therapy Trust\Chairmans AGM report 2023\HTT Annual Report and Accounts July 2023v3.docx P a g e | 4 | 4 P a g e | 4 | 4 **Hor�cultural Therapy Trust** **No. 1147927** # **Hor�cultural Therapy Trust (HTT)** # **Chair’s Annual Report** # **With contribu�ons from Deb Hoskin and Tonny Steenhagen** ## **AGM, October 12th 2023** Another HTT year of many successes, while this year facing much change within HTT amongst the rise in mental health needs and cost of living crisis, affec�ng more people as the year has gone on, and stresses all chari�es face to keep going in the changing financial climate. HTT would like to greatly thank all its many funders, without whom we wouldn’t be able to benefit so many people so well as feedback shows us. HTT are grateful to be going into our 12[th] year and with some good strengths and learnings as we develop constantly to meet growing needs. In November 2022 HTT welcomed Martha Thorne as therapeu�c gardening support worker staff to join project manager Deb Hoskin for the Wednesday and Thursday 'Gardening for Growth' sessions. With Dennis Trewin re�ring fully in Feb 2023. HTT would like to thank Dennis, co-founder of HTT with Deb Hoskin in July 2012, for ten years of genuine care and hard effort to cocreate HTT and keep HTT thriving. Over these years HTT will have supported around 500 par�cipants of all ages and backgrounds. HTT celebrated its 11[th] year in July 2023. 'Gardening for Growth' has gone from strength to strength, and has con�nued again addi�onally on Fridays, with Shareen Smith as therapeu�c gardening support worker staff alongside Deb Hoskin. This past 12 months it has supported 14 new par�cipants, alongside the longer term 16 par�cipants, as part of the growing community at HTT allotment garden haven. Totalling 30 par�cipants, plus five new volunteers, alongside the two volunteers Kate and Sheila who've been with us since the beginning. Two volunteers have le� to prepare for further educa�on in occupa�onal therapy, and as a support worker, others moved on into employment, each supported by HTT to develop as they have supported par�cipants as garden therapy volunteer support. We as always are grateful to our volunteers and Trustees. Two long term trustees, our Chair John Maskall and Kate Parker, will be stepping down at the next AGM, and two new trustees are already looking to be of help with their par�cular skills. HTT has been in transi�on this year with many changes , including increasing needs with mental health services overstretched, so we have all had to be crea�ve while keeping our ethos at core , always listening to par�cipants, the experts through experience , who are central to the HTT community, HTT being par�cipant led. HTT has become a point of crisis support more o�en, working alongside many more organisa�ons such as Devon Mind, Gi�ed Women, ODILS, all together thirteen organisa�ons newly, and very much s�ll a main signposted service by Social Prescribers. This has helped HTT to maintain and grow its grassroots service to C:\Users\pau\Documents\HTT\Hor�cultural Therapy Trust\Chairmans AGM report 2023\HTT Annual Report and Accounts July 2023v3.docx P a g e | 5 **No. 1147927** ## **Hor�cultural Therapy Trust** Plymouth and the wider community, for people of varied backgrounds and cultures to come together as a community in a safe social garden space and find recoveries and healing. With two staff daily now and at least one volunteer daily we are able to meet increased needs and facilitate improved wellbeing for more par�cipants per session, as well as running the extra day. HTT know this also lessens the load on the NHS. HTT would like to greatly thank all our various funders throughout July 22 to July 23, without whom HTT would not be able to offer what it does in such benefit to so many. The Hands to Soil-Project of Hope, running on Tuesdays weekly par�cularly with asylum seekers and refugees, though any can join in the other HTT days if over 18, as have five par�cipants. Tuesdays have supported 19 young people aged 16 to 19 years, from all over the world, e.g. Syria, Malaysia, Kuwait, Bangladesh, together and thirteen adults from Syria, Iran, Sudan, Afghanistan, Brazil. A total of 32 par�cipants. Thank you to the Na�onal Lo�ery Community Fund for funding this project and towards Fridays. The staff member for this project is Angel, a refugee from El Salvador who was able to find full �me employment following this role, which had been a step on the employment ladder, and has led to his independence here in the UK, while developing his skills and apprecia�ng what he brought to sessions towards others and HTT. Another achievement in HTT’s aim to support reaching poten�als and learning together across the whole team from par�cipants to trustees. With this funding HTT were able to buy resources to collect an addi�onal 6,500 litres of water and learn together towards care of soil; with healthier soil, core to life, and water saving, we were able to grow 3 �mes as much food this year! Food was taken home by par�cipants and plans for next year are to grow more food yet again, and create a cookery project with Keyham Green Places community centre (KGP), without pressure (as not beneficial to improved mental health) but with enthusiasm, learning and, sharing peer skills together. Excess food was shared with Provide Plymouth and KGP emergency food bank, through which par�cipants have felt improved sense of worth and belonging through helping those in food poverty and in this cost of living crisis, and also receiving much needed healthy free food themselves. Also with due awareness to Climate Change resilience, all these ways are suppor�ng much in considera�on to drought and flood, degrada�on of soils, and also suppor�ng mental health resilience by being able to make a difference and care for a small part of the Earth at HTT gardens. At HTT, wildlife, plants and trees are all part of the HTT community. Our session work constantly has a founda�on towards crea�on of biodiverse areas and safeguarding local biodiversity. People, land and wildlife thriving together. It has been recognised by par�cipants as a posi�ve experience towards greater benefits for all sessions to have been at HTT over these four days weekly, contribu�ng to the growing thriving community of HTT. In May 2023 HTT also invited Blooming Well to garden an area of HTT a morning weekly, a project run by the Mustard Tree (NHS) suppor�ng those who have cancer, and some have con�nued onto HTT. This will con�nue over the next HTT year. Also Improving Lives Plymouth con�nue their allotment project as part of HTT’s gardens again with par�cipa�on at HTT. This will con�nue over the next year. Total par�cipa�on this year has been 74 people. Including par�cipants of Improving Lives Plymouth and Blooming Well, has been another 32 par�cipants, bringing the total benefi�ng from shared community at HTT to 106 par�cipants. C:\Users\pau\Documents\HTT\Hor�cultural Therapy Trust\Chairmans AGM report 2023\HTT Annual Report and Accounts July 2023v3.docx P a g e | 6 **No. 1147927** ## **Hor�cultural Therapy Trust** ## **2022-23 Accounts Statement** reduced by 10K compared to last year - while maintaining the same level of staffing /wages expense - the total income for the year has also been reduced by 11.5K. As a consequence, like last year, HTT has operated this year again at a deficit: 12.5K. This is mainly due to reduced grant/dona�ons income (-23.5%) but also core funding con�nues to gradually reduce and misc. income is slowly reducing too. Inevitably, this means the charity has had to rely more on its reserves. Despite this apparent 'loss' the balance sheet s�ll looks rela�vely healthy for a Charity of the size of HTT - see graphic below. As a Charity HTT doesn't have to generate profits for others like shareholders. Instead it can absorb 'losses' for a few years, as long as this doesn't affect the cash flow posi�on. As men�oned in all previous reports, there is never room to become complacent. However, from the above it should be clear that securing grants/dona�ons will need to be given extra / con�nued priority next year. Congratula�ons to all on another successful year. ## _**Tonny Steenhagen - Bookkeeper/Treasurer**_ report informa�on and all the staff's dedicated work in helping the people we work with, for Swi� in helping to raise funds, to the trustees, volunteers and all involved with the running of the charity and its projects and especially to those we work with – Thank you! A list of the grants received for this year and the accounts follow. We are very grateful for the funding received which has enabled us to con�nue our work and also provided sufficient funds carried forward to ensure we can con�nue into the next year. from former years. The charity has seen considerable change this year with the re�rement of one of its founder members, Dennis Trewin, who will be sadly missed. Nevertheless HTT con�nues to make a big difference in the lives of those we help. Thank you to all of you for helping those in need. _**John Maskall (Chair)**_ C:\Users\pau\Documents\HTT\Hor�cultural Therapy Trust\Chairmans AGM report 2023\HTT Annual Report and Accounts July 2023v3.docx P a g e | 7 Horticultural Therapy Trust No. 1147927 Horticultural Therapy Trust Transaction Detail By Account August 2022 through Juty 2023 Num Nam• Amount 0510B12022 173 OSOPJ2022 174 OYOW2022 175 090812022 176 1110812022 OW0912022 184 OS11012022 178 2S11112022 180 2311212022 181 2310112023 182 1510212023 186 2010212023 189 2010212023 1￿1 0110312023 188 0210612023 191 2710712023 192 2710712023 193 2710712023 194 Naiional AJl(rtment ... 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Improvir¥J LNes Pty.,, Norman Famlly TnJ$l MrP MrF Peam Trust 2.Cffi.00 1.C*JO CNJ 4.Cth).C4) 3.089.00 1.COJ.00 200.00 1.500.00 9.456.00 1CK).00 150.00 67.00 N).00 800.00 1.￿.00 1&1.00 2.947,31 Tolal Grants and Dwlth$ 28.775.31 TOTAL 28.775.31 C:IUserslpaulDocumentslHmHorkncultural Therapy Trustlchairmans AGM report 2023IHTT Annual Report and Accounts July 2023v3.docx Horticultural Therapy Trust No. 1147927 Horticultural Therapy Trust UK Balance Sheet- Prev Year Comparison As at 31 July 2023 31 Jul 23 31 Jul 22 £ Change °/0 Change ASSETS Fixed Assets Facility Construction Furniture and Fixtures Vehicles 3,787.80 1,824.80 0.00 5.049.80 2,432.80 4,913.00 12,395.60 -1.262.00 -608.00 4,913.00 -25.0 /0 -25.00/0 -100.0% Total Fixed Assets 5,612.60 -6,783.00 -54.70 Other Assets other Assets 309.82 412.82 -103.00 -25.0 % Total Other Assets 309.82 412.82 -103.00 -25.00/0 Current Assets Accounts Receivable Jobs 462.54 883.65 421.11 47.70 Total Accounts Receivable 462.54 883.65 421.11 47.7% Cash at bank and in hand cO￿perative Bank Petty Cash Savings Total Cash at bank and in hand 16,636.60 0.00 15,302.68 26,071.57 0.22 15,216.78 -9,434.97 -0.22 85.90 -36.2 % lordVPN CoThr 0.6 fo 31,939.28 41,288.57 -9,349.29 -22.6 % Total Current Assets 32,401.82 42,172.22 -9,770.40 -23.2 % Current Liabilities Accounts Payable Accounts Payable Total Accounts Payable 1,663.12 1,663.12 5,707.38 5,707.38 4,044.26 4,044.26 -70.9 % -70.9 % Total Current Liabilities 1,663.12 5,707.38 4,044.26 -70.9 % NET CURRENT ASSETS 30,738.70 36,464.84 -5,726.14 -15.70/0 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIA.. 36,661.12 36,661.12 49,273.26 -12,612.14 49,273.26 -12,612.14 -25.6 % NET ASSETS -25.60/0 Capital and Reserves Retained Earnings Profit for the Year Total 49,273.26 60,593.85 -11,320.59 -12,612.14 -11.320.59 -1,291.55 36,661.12 49.273.26 -12.612.14 -18.7 /. -25.60/0 C:IUserslpaulDocumentslHmHorkncultural Therapy Trustlchairmans AGM report 2023IHTT Annual Report and Accounts July 2023v3.docx Horticultural Therapy Trust No. 1147927 Horticultural Therapy Trust Profit & Loss Prev Year Comparison August 2022 through July 2023 Aug'22- Jul 23 Aug'21 - Jul 22 e Chango % Chango Oidinary InGom•lExpen$tr Income Bank Interest Éarnèd orb Project Income Grant5 Donthtlons Othei incom 85.9) 3.946 79 28.775 31 1.751.(XJ 5.01 5.902 95 37.60Y 85 2.e09.00 80.89 -1.956 16 -8.834 54 58.00 1.814.6% -33 1% -23.5% -32.9% Total Income 34.559.00 46.128.81 -11.567.81 -25.1% Gross Profft 34.559.LYJ 46,128.81 -11.567.81 -25.1% Expfrrbse Art Materials Aw•rd$ and Grants ¢ommi$8ion Building mat¢rio1 $xp¢nsfr hob50n trust Building material •xpenu. Tothi BuildiThg matorial expfynso Dopro¢iation Expo1180 Garden Expense wills trust Garden Expense- Other 63.42 720.00 163.12 4.949.10 -99.70 4.229.10 -61.1% 5.5% 0.00 1.372.04 3.089.07 1.147.24 -3.089.07 224.80 -100.0% 19.6% 1.372.04 4.238.31 -2.864.27 -67.6 1.973.00 3.496.00 -1.523.00 43.6 0.00 4,460.06 4.460.( 495.24 1,480.53 1,975.77 495.24 2.979.53 2.484.29 -100.0% 201.3% Total Gardot) Exwnstr 125.7% Insurance Expens• Meals and Ent&rtainrnent Mis¢ellaneous ExD$nso 928.87 276.73 134.15 1.e70.09 241.40 187.74 -741.22 35.33 -53.59 NÈrdWNloThnEiitd -28.5 Office Expell5e Advertising Cl8arbing Cot)sumablas 0.00 0.00 0.00 253.02 32.23 59.96 -253.02 -32.23 -59.96 -100.0% -100.0% -100.0% Total Office Expense Postage and Dalivery Printing and Reproduction Rent and Ratss R&pairs and Maintonon¢8 Small Tools and Equipm8nt Telephone I Internei Training & Education Travel and Meetings Tiavel 345.21 -345.21 -100.0% 0.00 38.41 709.76 193.79 780.64 299.68 720.00 31.01 178.09 674.80 661.94 202 11 396 57 983.24 -31.01 -139.e8 -100.0% -78.4% 5.2% -70.7% 286.3% -24.4% -26.8% 468.15 578.$3 -96.89 -263.24 819.89 1.057.14 -237.25 -22.4% Total Travel alld Meetings Vvhicle Expfrn5e Wago Tothi Exponse 819.89 1.057.14 -237.25 -22.4% 234.00 33,446.70 113.05 35.884.71 120.95 -2,438.01 107.0% .8% 47,171.14 57.447.40 -10,276.26 -17.9% Net Ordinary Incorn -12,612.14 -11.320.59 -1.291.55 -11.4% Total -12,612.14 -11,320.59 -1,291.55 -11.4% C:IUserslpaulDocumentslHmHorkncultural Therapy Trustlchairmans AGM report 2023IHTT Annual Report and Accounts July 2023v3.docx Page | 10 Horticultural Therapy Trust No. 1147927 I can confirm that I have examined the accounts, without carrying out an audit, from the books and records of the charity and information and explanations as provided by the designated book keeper. Signed and agreed bv ........................... . Date: .. Job role: Re5pectlve responslblllties of directors and examlner The charIt￿S trustees are responsible for the preparation of the a¢ctsunts_ They consSder that an audit is not required for thi5 year lunder section 43121 of the Charitles Act 1993 (the 1993 Act) and that an In¢J@pendent examination Ss needed. It is my responsibllSty to: Examine the accounts lunder section 43121 of the Charity's Act 1993 Ithe 1993 Act). To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charities Commissioners lunder section 4317llbl of the Act. To state whether p3rricular matiers have Come to my attention, C:IUserslpaulDocumentslHmHorkncultural Therapy Trustlchairmans AGM report 2023IHTT Annual Report and Accounts July 2023v3.docx **No. 1147927** ## **Hor�cultural Therapy Trust** ## **Acceptance of Annual Report and Accounts** ## **Format of Accounts** For the year ending 31[st] July 2023 the company was en�tled to exemp�on under sec�on 477 (2) of the Companies Act 2006. No members have required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in ques�on in accordance with sec�on 476 of the Companies Act 2006. The directors acknowledge their responsibili�es for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accoun�ng periods and prepara�on of the accounts. These accounts have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small Companies regime. **The above report and accounts have been agreed by the board of trustees and signed as accurate statement on their behalf by the Chair:** Date: 12[th] October 2023 **Signed** John Maskall Trustee / Chair C:\Users\pau\Documents\HTT\Hor�cultural Therapy Trust\Chairmans AGM report 2023\HTT Annual Report and Accounts July 2023v3.docx P a g e | 12