## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1/4/2022 Period start date To Period end date 31/3/2023** **Charity name: Northern Allotment, Leisure and Community Gardens Charity registration number: 1155968** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To further or benefit the residents of**
**Northern England without distinction of**
**sex, sexual orientation, race or of**
**political, religious or other opinions by**
**associating together the said residents**
**and the local authorities, voluntary and**
**other organisations in a common effort to**
**advance education and to provide**
**facilities in the interests of social welfare**
**for recreation leisure time occupation**
**with the objective of improving the**
**conditions of life for the residents.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**We build, maintain and create community**
**gardens for public benefit. We provide**
**courses for gardening, health and safety**
**etc. We give advice etc to similar entities.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes, trustees are informed of the**
**guidance when they join us.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference **We don’t grant** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **None** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Contribution made by Para 1.38 volunteers Please note we **We rely fully on volunteers.** can’t type in the **The majority are asylum** area on the right-> **seekers and refugees, luckily 90% of these have worked on the land in their own country or have horticulture and agriculture experience.** **Those who are not the above are ‘casual’ volunteers, they tend to turn up sporadically.** Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Community Gardens**
**We continue to aid other not-for-profit**
**community organisations in governance**
**issues, policy issues and general**
**management and organisational help,**
**this always based on community**
**gardens, allotments etc..**
**We have partnered with other not-for-**
**profit entities to extend our range and**
**geographical area.**
**We have started on a new project as a**
**result of the National Lottery grant for**
**‘Know your Neighbourhood’, this is**
**bringing more people into our flagship**
**property thus getting good networking**
**which in turn, hopefully, we will get more**
**volunteers.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**90% of these have been met, problems**
**were the current economic situation have**
**exacerbated the progress but we will**
**catch up in 2023-2024.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives|Para 1.41|**We don’t fund-raise**| |set||| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**We don’t invest yet.**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Within our forecast, just slightly less due**
**to the current economic situation.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Utility bills, office costs, insurances etc.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£3000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**No**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None at this time**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Grants**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Lack of volunteers and the current**
**economic situation.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**None**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees will be selected when and if we**
**need certain skills we do not have**
**already.**
**Only the current Trustees can**
**nominate/appoint new trustees, there no**
**other persons or bodies involved.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|| |---|---|---| |You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |||**Luckily all our trustees have been**| |||**trustees or directors before, we only have**| |Policies and procedures||**ongoing training as needs occur.**| |adopted for the induction and|Para 1.51|| |training of trustees||| |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**| |---|---|---| |You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Luckily all our trustees have been**
**trustees or directors before, we only have**
**ongoing training as needs occur.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**We have many relationships with entities**
**that have a common interest to us, need**
**help from us or we need help from them.**
**We now have a group of about 10 striving**
**for climate control, better open green**
**spaces, educating on agriculture and**
**gardening etc.**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Northern Allotment, Leisure and Community Gardens| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|None| |Registered charity number|1155968| |Charity’s principal address|48 Murrayfield, Sunderland, SR3 2EU
Registered address:
The Old rectory, The Broadway, Houghton le Spring DH4
4BB| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||David Banks|||| ||David Curtis|||| ||Lian Maltas|||| ||Laura Lynch|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name None** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**None**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for None safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |**None**||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **None** ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||David Banks|| ||
Trustee/Secretary|| ||27/01/2024|| ||27/01/2024|| **No (if any) Northern Allotment, Leisure and Community Gardens 1155968 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 4/1/2022 3/31/2023 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**
Grants
**15,280**
CommunityFoundation
**-**
Local Giving
Miscellaneous Income
**874**
Miscellaneous donations
**-**
**-**
**16,154**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 16,154**
**A3 Payments**
Website
**166**
RunningCosts
**1,845**
Admin,Postage, phone etc.
**2,034**
Capital equipment
**1,754**
Garden Projects
**19,343**
Volunteer costs
**324**
PettyCash/expenses
**1,533**
Session work/consultancy
**1,811**
Events
**1,233**
**_Sub total_ 30,043**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 30,043**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 13,889**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**5,463**
**_Cash funds this year end_ - 8,426**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
National Lottery - Reaching Communities
RC North East and Cumbria Region
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**2,842**
**15,000**
**500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18,342**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18,342**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**18,342**
**-**
**-**
**18,342**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**15,280**
**2,842**
**15,000**
**500**
**874**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**34,496**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**34,496**
**166**
**1,845**
**2,034**
**1,754**
**19,343**
**324**
**1,533**
**1,811**
**1,233**
**30,043**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,043**
**4,453**
**-**
**5,463**
**9,916**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**-**|**15,280**|**9,000**| |||**-**|**2,842**|| |||**-**|**15,000**|**8,750**| |||**-**|**500**|| |||**-**|**874**|**442**| |||**-**|**-**|**270**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**34,496**|**18,462**| |||||| |||**-**|**-**|| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**34,496**|**18,462**| |||||| |||**-**|**166**|**13**| |||**-**|**1,845**|**884**| |||**-**|**2,034**|**2,759**| |||**-**|**1,754**|**1,785**| |||**-**|**19,343**|**9,510**| |||**-**|**324**|**-**| |||**-**|**1,533**|**130**| |||**-**|**1,811**|**1,704**| |||**-**|**1,233**|**-**| |||**-**|**30,043**|**16,785**| |||||| |||**-**|**-**|| |||**-**|**-**|| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**30,043**|**16,785**| |||||| ||**18,342**|**-**|**4,453**|**1,677**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**5,463**|**3,786**| ||**18,342**|**-**|**9,916**|**5,463**| |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
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approval| ||#VALUE!|David Banks|12/1/2023| ||||| ## **Section A** ## **CHARITY COMMISSION Independent examiner's FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES report on the accounts** ## **Independent Examiner's Report** **Report to the trustees/** l, - **a , l\iarne members of**[Northern Allotment, Leisure and Community Gardens ] **On accounts for the year** 31/3/2023 **Cha�ity no** 1155968 **ended (1f any)** ~~.~~ 1 ~~__________ ____ _I~~ ____ ,_ ~~_~~ 1 _j I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 31/3/3023. - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below*) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper u er anding of the accounts to be reached. _* PI se_ \, _,1d. I te the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ , ----- **Date:** 30/1/2024 **Signed:** 1 \ **I** � _ _[__ ] __, **Name:** Vernon Stevens I **Relevant professional** IFA (Retired) **qualification(s) or body (if any):** I' ----------------------------' **Address:** 6 Silksworth Hall Drive Sunderland, SR3 2PG **IER** 1 **October 2018**