Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 1/4/2023 Period start date To Period end date 31/3/2024 Charity name: Northern Allotment, Leisure and Community Gardens
Charity registration number: 1155968
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference | ||
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| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Policy on grant making | Para 1.38 | We don’t grant |
| Policy on social investment including program related investment |
Para 1.38 | None |
| Contribution made by volunteers |
Para 1.38 Please note we can’t type in the area on the right-> |
We rely fully on volunteers. The majority are asylum 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. |
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| Other |
Achievements and Performance
| SORP reference | ||
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| 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 continued on a 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 2024-2025. |
| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | We don’t fund-raise |
| Para 1.41 | We don’t invest yet. |
Investment performance against objectives 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 | £4000 |
| 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) 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. |
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| 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 6 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 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)
| Type of adviser Name Address |
Type of adviser Name Address |
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) | Signature(s) |
|---|---|
| Full name(s) | Full name(s)David Banks |
| Position (eg Secretary, | Trustee/Secretary |
| Chair, etc) | |
| Date07/01/2025 | 07/01/2025 |
| Charity Name | No (if any) | No (if any) | ||||||||||
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| Northern Allotment, Leisure and Community Gardens | 1155968 | |||||||||||
| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | |||||||||||
| For the period from ~~ee~~ |
01/04/2023 Period start date ~~ee~~ |
To ~~ee~~ |
31/03/2024 Period end date |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Endowment | Total funds | Last year | |||||||
| to the nearest £ |
to the nearest | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | ||||||
| A1 Receipts | ||||||||||||
| The National Lottery Community Fund – Know Your Neighbourhood Fund |
- | 20,641 | - | - | - | 20,641 | - | |||||
| The National LotteryCommunityFund | - | 9,100 | - | - | - | 9,100 | 15,000 | |||||
| Donations | 183 | - | - | - | - | 183 | ||||||
| Misc income | 389 | - | - | - | - | 389 | 874 | |||||
| Othergrants | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18,622 | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
(Gross income for AR) 572 |
29,741 | - | - | - | 30,313 | 34,496 | |||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 572 29,741 - 30,313 34,496 ~~——————~~ |
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| A3 Payments | ||||||||||||
| Website | 151 | - | - | - | - | 151 | 166 | |||||
| RunningCosts | 3,477 | - | - | - | - | 3,477 | 1,845 | |||||
| Admin,Postage, phone etc. | 160 | - | - | - | - | 160 | 2,034 | |||||
| Capital equipment | 1,514 | - | - | - | - | 1,514 | 1,754 | |||||
| Garden Projects | 12,066 | - | - | - | - | 12,066 | 19,343 | |||||
| Volunteer costs | 262 | - | - | - | - | 262 | 324 | |||||
| PettyCash/expenses | 2,279 | - | - | - | - | 2,279 | 1,533 | |||||
| Session work/consultancy | 1,320 | - | - | - | - | 1,320 | 1,811 | |||||
| Events | 10,827 | - | - | - | - | 10,827 | 1,233 | |||||
| **Sub total ** | 32,056 | - | - | - | - | 32,056 | 30,043 | |||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 32,056 - - 32,056 30,043 ~~——————~~ |
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| Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
- 31,484 29,741 - - 1,743 - - - 9,918 - - - 21,566 29,741 - 8,175 ~~===~~ |
- - 1,743 - - - - - 8,175 |
- - 1,743 - 8,175 |
- - 1,743 4,453 - - 9,918 - - 8,175 4,453 ~~==>~~ |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
06/01/2025
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Details Total cash funds B1 Cash funds ~~_—===~~ |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Details Total cash funds B1 Cash funds ~~_—===~~ |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Details Total cash funds B1 Cash funds ~~_—===~~ |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Details Total cash funds B1 Cash funds ~~_—===~~ |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Details Total cash funds B1 Cash funds ~~_—===~~ |
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| (agree balances with receipts and payments | (agree balances with receipts and payments | |||
| account(s)) | Agreement Error Agreement Error |
OK | ||
| Unrestricted Restricted |
Endowment | |||
| funds funds |
funds | |||
| Details | to nearest £ to nearest £ |
to nearest £ | ||
| B2 Other monetary assets | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~—=——~~ |
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| Details | Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) |
Current value (optional) |
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| B3 Investment assets | - - - - - - - - - - ~~ee~~ |
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| Details | Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) |
Current value (optional) |
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| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~iss~~ |
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| Fund to which Amount due |
When due | |||
| Details | liability relates (optional) |
(optional) | ||
| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities CCXX R2 accounts (SS) |
- - - - - Date of approval 20/12/2024 Print Name David Banks Signature 2 06/01/2025 ~~———~~ |
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Report Roport to tho trust•1 m•mb•rn of Northern Allotrnent, Leisure and Community Gardens On accounts for th• year ended 31 March 2024 Charlty no (If any) 1155968 S•t out on pag8• (rernbe, I report to the trustees on my examination of th8 acGount8 of th6 above charity fthe Trusf) for tho year ended R•8ponslbllltles and A8 the charlty trustees of the Trust, you are responslble for the preparation bas18 of rnport of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charltle8 Act 2011 fthe A). I report In re8ped of my examination crf the Tru8f8 accounts carrfed oul under 8eLon 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examlnation, I have followed the applicable DireclK)n8 given by the Charity CoMmi10n under 88caion 145(5)(b) of tha Acl. I have completed my examination. I confim that no materlal matter8 have come to my attention (other than that di6c1088d below ') in connectlon with the examination whith gi m• cau88 to bolleve that In, ary material Ind8pend?nt oxamlnerfs Statsmont aCcnting r•cord8 were ncrt ketA in accrydance with 8•Ctlon 130 of theAGtc th• accounts do ncl accord the accourfng records I have no with the e peru ncem8 and have c(xne ac¥og8 no othèr mattar8 In connectlon ion to whlch attention 8hould be drawn In order to enable ing of the accounts to be reached. 8 wvrds in the brackets rf they do not appty. Slgn•d: Nam•: Vemon Stevens Rolovant prof•8•lonal quallflcatlonls) or body ¢11 any): IFA (Retired) Addr•M: 6 Sllk8WOrth Hall Drive sunderlal SR3 2PG IER Octobor 2018
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