## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1/4/2024 Period start date To Period end date 31/3/2025**
**Charity name: Northern Allotment, Leisure and Community Gardens**
## **Charity registration number: 1155968**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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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||
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|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|**We rely fully on volunteers. The majority**
**were asylum seekers and refugees.**
**However, many have been ‘removed’ to**
**other places, we are lucky if we get 2**
**per week.**
**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.**|
## **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.**|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
se|Para 1.41|**We don’t fund-raise**|
|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|**£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.**|
|---|---|---|
|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**|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Northern Allotment, Leisure and Community Gardens|
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|Other name the charity uses|None|
|Registered charity number|1155968|
|Charity’s principal address|48 Murrayfield, Sunderland, SR3 2EU
Registered address:
Kepier Hall, Church Street, Houghton le Spring DH4 4DN|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||David Banks||||
||David Curtis||||
||Lian Maltas||Resigned 21stOctober
2024||
||Laura Lynch||Resigned 21stJune 2024||
||William Alan
Younger||From 21stOctober 2024||
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## – 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**||
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|**None**|||
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## **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**|
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|**None**|||
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**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)**||
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|**Date**22/09/2025|22/09/2025|
||**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 ~~|||01/04/2024
Period start date
~~ee~~||**To**
~~ee~~|||31/03/2025
Period end date||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||||
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|||**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|**-**||**8,256**||**-**|**-**||**8,256**||**20,641**||
|The National LotteryCommunityFund|**-**||||**-**|**-**||**-**||**9,100**||
|Donations|**3,182**||||**-**|**-**||**3,182**||**183**||
|Misc income|**62**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**62**||**389**||
|Othergrants|**7,450**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**7,450**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_(Gross income for_
_AR)_
**10,694**||**8,256**||**-**|**-**||**18,950**||**30,313**||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**10,694**
**8,256**
**-**
**18,950**
**30,313**
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|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||
|Website|**523**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**523**||**151**||
|RunningCosts|**546**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**546**||**3,477**||
|Admin,Postage, phone etc.|**1,931**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,931**||**160**||
|Capital equipment|**798**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**798**||**1,514**||
|Garden Projects|**4,378**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**4,378**||**12,066**||
|Volunteer costs|**217**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**217**||**262**||
|PettyCash/expenses|**261**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**261**||**2,279**||
|Session work/consultancy|**1,571**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,571**||**1,320**||
|Events|**16,284**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**16,284**||**10,827**||
|**_Sub total_ **|**26,509**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**26,509**||**32,056**||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**26,509**
**-**
**-**
**26,509**
**32,056**
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**- 15,815**
**8,256**
**-**
**- 7,559**
**- 1,743**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**8,175**
**- -**
**8,175**
**-**
**- 7,640**
**8,256**
**- 616**
**- 1,743**
~~=====>~~||||||||||**- 1,743**
**-**
**-**
**- 1,743**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
22/09/2025
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**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Categories Details funds funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds - - - - - - - - -** _**Total cash funds**_ **-** ~~===~~ (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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -** ~~—_——~~ **Fund to which Current value Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional) B3 Investment assets - - - - - - - - - -** ~~7~~ **Fund to which Current value Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional) B4 Assets retained for the - - charity’s own use - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -** ~~iss~~ **Fund to which Amount due When due Details liability relates (optional) (optional) B5 Liabilities - - - - -** Signed by one or two trustees on Date of behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name approval David Banks 21/09/2025 ~~———~~ CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2 22/09/2025