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Reference and Administrative Details
Chief Executive
Bankers
Tony Leach (left 31 August 2024)
CAF Bank Limited
Executive Director
25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4JQ
Ed Stannard (from 1 September 2024)
President
Shawbrook Bank Limited
Lutea House, Warley Hill Business Park, The Drive, Great Warley, Essex, CM13 3BE
Mike Fitt OBE
Board of Trustees
About the Charity
Registered in England & Wales
Nigel Thorne (Chair) Chloe Kane (Vice Chair) Bernie Watson (Honorary Treasurer) Kate Brown Natalie Daniels Ulrika Hogberg Oliver Jones Dr Ian Mell Dolly Oladini (left 22 May 2025)
Independent Examiner
Olayinka Tomori
Longmeade Consult Limited The Old Rectory, Springhead Road, Northfleet, Kent, DA11 8HN
Trading Name: Parks for London
Registered Company No: 8561415 Registered Charity No: 1156063
Registered office: Capel Manor College, Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, EN1 4RQ Correspondence address: Parks for London, PO Box 77664, London, SE6 9RQ
www.parksforlondon.org.uk www.linktr.ee/parksforlondon info@parksforlondon.org.uk
LinkedIn: Parks for London Instagram: @parksforlondon Bluesky: @parksforlondon.org.uk
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Report of the Trustees For the year ending 31 March 2025
The trustees, who are also directors of the Charity, present their report with the financial statements of the Charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Second edition effective 1 January 2019).
Structure, Governance, and Management
Governing document
London Parks and Green Spaces Forum (“the Charity”) is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association. The Charity trades as Parks for London.
The Charity has adopted the Charity Code of Governance for smaller charities. Each of the seven principles are addressed by the Board in rotation. During the year ended 31 March 2025, trustees discussed the following principles: Organisational purpose, Equality, diversity & Inclusion openness and accountability and Decision making, risk and control.
Recruitment and appointment of new trustees
The Board of trustees is made up of a minimum of five and a maximum of fifteen trustees. As of 31 March 2025, there were nine trustees.
Induction, training, and ongoing support of trustees
New trustees undergo an induction programme to brief them on their obligations under charity and company law and the Charity’s governing documents being the Memorandum and Articles of Association. Trustees are made aware of the Charity’s decision-making processes and its financial performance; and provided with resources including NCVO’s trustee guide, Parks for London Trustee Induction Pack, and the current annual report and business plan. The Chair acts as a source of information and guidance.
Trustees are offered training and personal development opportunities during their tenure. A trustee skills audit was conducted in 2022 and will be reviewed in 2025 to assess training needs and inform future appointments.
Organisational structure
The Board of Trustees governs the Charity. The Board meets every three months in March, June (combined with a strategic review and updating session), September and December.
Related parties
The trustees confirm that there were no transactions with related parties during the year.
Risk management
The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the Charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud or error.
The trustees review new and significant risks that the Charity might face at each quarterly Board meeting, additionally the assessment and management of risk is integrated into the annual strategic and business planning process. The Board comprehensively reviewed the risk register in June 2025 with reference to the Charity Governance Code Principle 4 – Decision making, risk, and control guidance.
The Charity’s main income is derived from annual voluntary partnership contributions from its supporters; we therefore endeavour to deliver a high quality, flexible, and valuable service, and our performance is measured annually.
The Board takes strategic responsibility for the Charity whilst the day-to-day running of the Charity is the responsibility of the Executive Director.
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Objectives, Activities, and Achievements
Public benefit
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commissions’ general guidance on public benefit and that the activities carried out by the Charity during the period were all undertaken to further the Charity’s objects. A detailed explanation is given under Activities and Achievements below.
Objectives
The Charity was set up with the following objectives:
To provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving the conditions of life of the public by the improvement of parks and green open spaces in Greater London. In furtherance of this, the charity will provide an umbrella group for other interested organisations.
Activities and Achievements
The last financial year was one of change for the organisation, following the retirement of Chief Executive, Tony Leach in September 2025. This allowed us to take a step back to reevaluate and improve, not only the way we work and what we deliver, but how we can more effectively communicate our role, and collaborate and engage with external strategic level networks and partners. This review has helped us to set the tone and direction for the charity as it enters a new and exciting chapter, both internally and externally.
The appointment of the new Executive Director, Ed Stannard, provided a great opportunity to rework our Vision and Mission into a new simpler and more easily articulated format, encapsulating our work and what we look to achieve for the sector, into three overarching pillars: Connect, Support, and Advocate.
Our Vision
Our Mission
Instead of rearticulating our role, we have defined five key areas that we care about: People People, Access and inclusion, Resilience, Quality, and Skills (PARQS), around which we will build our body of work as we look forwards. A ccess & inclusion During the year the overarching pillars and new vision, mission, have been introduced into our internal and external Resilience communications, as well as the way we organise structure ourselves internally. Following the dissolution of the London Parks Benchmarking Group in September Quality 2024, we took over their associated network, relaunching it as the Green Space Operations Network, as well as the accompanying Discuss email platform helping us to expand Skills our offering to supporters.
a connected and valued green space sector, delivering for people and the environment
to connect, support, and advocate for those who own, manage, and maintain London’s parks and green spaces
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We are pleased to report our activities in the year around our newly defined pillars, as follows:
Connect
The Heads of Park Services network met four times in the year, and provided a valuable forum for round table discussions, information sharing, and troubleshooting.
The Independent Green Spaces Managers Network met three times, bringing together representatives from parks trusts, Business Improvement Districts, commons conservators, the NHS, housing associations, and other land managers operating independently of local authorities.
We launched and ran two meetings of the Green Space Operations Network, the new network that succeeds the London Parks Benchmarking Group’s operationally focussed meetings and provides a platform for parks staff and managers to share innovation and inspiration as well as troubleshoot operational issues.
The Discuss interactive email platform that we also acquired from the London Parks Benchmarking Group now connects over 160 green space managers across Greater London, and significant work has already been undertaken to integrate it into the Parks for London tech ecosystem, iron out complexities and issues and create a seamless and more intuitive user experience for those engaging. We are thankful to the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists for the pro-bono support they provided, to improve and update the hosting arrangements for the platform.
Support
We received funding from Defra to support an update and redesign of our Integrated Weed Management Reference Guide and supplementary templates. The funding will also enable us to make it freely available nationally. We are pleased to have been working with the Amenity Forum and Kersten UK on the update, which will be launched in June 2025.
Through our Women’s Safety in Parks Action Group, progress was also made on the development of an Environmental Visual Evaluation (EVE) tool to allow peer and stakeholder assessment of green spaces through the lens of safety of women and girls. The EVE has been trialled by several boroughs and feedback is being actioned ahead of a launch in mid-2025.
We published Good Parks for London 2024 , our latest biennial assessment of how borough parks services are performing against the ten Good Parks criteria. This edition, which focussed on Collaborative Solutions, features 11 case studies from London and beyond, highlighting innovative, collaborative approaches to some of the sector’s most pressing challenges.
We unveiled a refreshed visual identity for Parks for London, marking a new chapter for the organisation. The new branding features a bright and optimistic colour palette that breaks away from sector clichés, a distinctive suite of icons and graphic elements, and a modernised logo that brings greater flexibility across formats. The chosen fonts lend a personable yet professional tone, and the unified aesthetic now runs through our reports, newsletters, social media, and beyond.
We assembled a cohort of 17 staff members from environmental and built environment NGOs for an active bystander training session delivered by Protection Approaches and funded by the Mayor of London. Organisations involved included GiGL, Future of London, Royal Parks, TCV (The Conservation Volunteers), and London Wildlife Trust.
Advocate
In October, we launched the 2024 edition of the Good Parks for London report. The biennial publication celebrates the amazing work that London boroughs and other land managers do to maintain and develop London’s parks and green spaces.
The aim of the reports is to promote good practice, raise quality standards and help lobby to protect park budgets and resources. The reports also assess how London borough parks services perform against the Good Parks criteria and showcase exemplary work in ten key areas.
In a year where we saw incredible improvements across the board, special recognition goes to Brent, Croydon, Haringey, and Wandsworth for their significant improvements since our last assessment in 2022, demonstrating their dedication and commitment to improving their parks services and green spaces, and congratulations to Lewisham, Hackney, and Lambeth, the top three performing boroughs of 2024. The report production and launch was kindly sponsored by WSP.
Following the launch we wrote to all boroughs to share specific feedback on their submissions, whilst also detailing their engagement with Parks for London over the last four years, to highlight the range of supporter benefits available to them and their colleagues and encourage greater uptake.
We continued to work closely with sector partners including the London Green Space Skills Hub, CPRE London, London Tree Officers Association, the Horticulture and Landscape Institute Apprenticeship Trailblazer groups, the Amenity Forum, Greater London Authority (GLA), London Sport, National Park City, Midlands Parks Forum, London Parks Benchmarking Group, and the More Natural Capital Coalition.
Parks for London also represent the sector at various meetings and events throughout the year: The Royal Parks Guild’s apprentice’s discovery day, the Royal Parks Winter Reception, London Parks and Gardens Trust summer reception, London GI Partnership and, MHCLG’s Parks Working Group.
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Looking forward
In 2025–26 we are planning an ambitious programme of network meetings and events as we look to embed the new Green Space Operations Network into the Parks for London ecosystem.
We are exploring how to renew and refresh our role as a Centre for Excellence, both as a mechanism for increasing the support to our core stakeholders, and as a vehicle for engaging with audiences that are not as familiar with us.
We will continue to influence, convene, and speak out on behalf of the sector to help our supporters understand, adapt, and initiate strategies and plans to achieve these goals, as well as use our voice to fly the flag, lobby, and advocate to Government and other political stakeholders.
Skills remain a core issue for the sector, and our supporters, and we are identifying opportunities for increasing support in this area.
We will also consider how we can better collaborate with other cities across the UK and Europe, to bring the best of London to a wider audience, whilst bringing the best exemplars and practice from outside to benefit London’s green space sector.
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Financial Review
Results for the year
As described above, the trustees undertook activities during the year in accordance with its charitable objectives, which generated a general funds net income of £14,046 (2024: net expenditure of £43,656) and restricted fund net expenditure of £4,999 (2024: net expenditure of £5,177). These resulted in general funds of £71,282 and restricted funds of £5,001 carried forward into the next financial year.
Principal funding sources
The principal sources of unrestricted funding during the year were through Partnership Contributions from land owners and managers, with 29 Boroughs, or their grounds maintenance contractors supporting the Charity, in addition to major and independent landowners and managers (including housing associations and the NHS), grounds maintenance contractors supporting independently, and other green space sector bodies involved with land management and training. Furthermore, the Trustees are pleased to report that an NHS Foundation Trust and a new grounds maintenance contractor joined the Parks for London community during the year. The Trustees are very grateful to all the organisations who support us, a full list of which can be found on our website. Total Partnership Contributions in the year were £185,120 (2024: £178,125).
Reserves policy
The trustees of the Charity review the reserves policy of the Charity each year in June. The Board has agreed to hold unrestricted general funds covering between three- and six-months’ planned core expenditure and statutory redundancy costs, which equates to: £73,040 to £128,930, as of June 2025. The fund amounts to £71,282 (2024: £57,236).
Funds in deficit
There are no funds in deficit.
Investment policy and objectives
The trustees have the authority to invest the charity’s assets as they deem fit. Deposits not immediately required in current accounts of £40,000 are held with Shawbrook Bank Limited. The account generated income of £1,229 (2024: £479).
Funds held as custodian for others
The Charity did not hold funds within this year for others, following the dissolution of the London Parks Benchmarking Group in 2024.
Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities
The trustees (who are also directors of London Parks and Green Spaces Forum for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
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, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that year. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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a. select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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b. observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
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c. make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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d. state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charitable company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to 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.
Approved by the Trustees on 25 June 2025 and signed on their behalf by:
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Nigel Thorne (Chair & Trustee) Date: 25 June 2025
- e. prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.
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Independent Examiner’s Report
to the Trustees of London Parks and Green Spaces Forum
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charitable company for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the Charity’s trustees of the charitable company (and its Directors 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 charitable 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 matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
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a. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
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b. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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c. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of 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
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d. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (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.
Olayinka Tomori ACA DChA
Date: 7 July 2025
Longmeade Consult Ltd The Old Rectory Springhead Road Northfleet Kent, DA11 8HN
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Statement of Financial Activities
For the year ending 31 March 2025
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2024/25 2023/24
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
£ (see note 9) £ £
£
Income and Endowments
Donations and legacies 3,381 - 3,381 72
Investment Income (see note 1,229 - 1,229 479
2)
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Partnership Contributions 185,120 185,120 178,125
(see note 3)
Income from charitable 15,309 - 15,309 8,365
activities
Trees Call to Action grant - - - 6,250
Total income and endowments 205,039 - 205,039 193,291
Expenditure
Charitable activities (see 190,993 4,999 195,992 242,124
note 4)
Total expenditure 190,993 4,999 195,992 242,124
Net income/(expenditure)
14,046 (4,999) 9,047 (48,833)
before transfers
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 57,236 10,000 67,236 116,069
Total funds carried forward 71,282 5,001 76,283 67,236
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All activities are continuing.
The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.
There are no recognised gains or losses other than those shown above in the Statement of Financial Activities.
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Balance Sheet
As at 31 March 2025
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2024/25 2023/24
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
£ (see note 9) (As at 31 March (As at 31 March
£ 2025) 2024)
£ £
Current assets
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Debtors (see note 7) 35,452 35,452 26,468
Cash at bank 96,256 5,001 101,257 90,659
Subtotal 131,708 5,001 136,709 117,127
Creditors
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Amounts falling due 60,426 60,426 49,891
within one year
(see note 8)
Net current assets 71,282 5,001 76,283 67,236
Net assets 71,282 5,001 76,283 67,236
Unrestricted funds
General (see note 9) 61,283 61,283 57,236
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Designated (see note 9) 9,999 9,999
Restricted funds
Grants (see note 9) - 5,001 5,001 10,000
Total funds 71,282 5,001 76,283 67,236
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The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2025
The trustees have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for:
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a. ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006; and
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b. preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements so far as applicable to the charitable company.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 25 June 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:
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Nigel Thorne Chair & Trustee
Date: 25 June 2025
Bernie Watson Honorary Treasurer & Trustee
Date: 25 June 2025
The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.
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Notes to the Account
For the year ending 31 March 2025
1. Accounting Policies
Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable to the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Second edition effective 1 January 2019) and the Companies Act 2006.
Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical costs or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes.
The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.
Preparation of accounts on a going concern basis
The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties about the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.
The trustees have considered the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern. Due consideration has been given to assessing future income and expenditure including cash flow. The trustees believe that the level of reserves and prudence will ensure the charity will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Income
All income is included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income, receipt is probable, and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. Gifts in kind are included in income at their estimated monetary value; staff time gifted by third party organisations is not included in the accounts. Where gifts in kind are received by way of vouchers, the face value of such vouchers is included in incoming resources.
Expenditure
Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings, they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Support costs have been allocated between governance costs and other support. Governance costs comprise all costs involving public accountability of the charity and its compliance with regulation and good practice.
Irrecoverable VAT is included with the category of expense to which it relates.
Tangible fixed assets
The company owns no fixed assets, other than laptop computers which are expensed on acquisition or replacement.
Taxation
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. Designated funds are unrestricted funds set aside by the Trustees for a specific purpose.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor.
Creditors and provisions
Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
Pensions
The charity contributes to pensions for its employees. Employees may elect to take their pension contribution as salary. The pension costs charged in the financial statements represent the contribution payable by the charity and the employee during the year.
Statement of cash flows
As a small charity, the charity is exempt from the requirement to produce a Statement of Cash Flows.
2. Investment Income
| 2024/25 £ |
2023/24 £ |
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| Bank account interest(£) |
1,229 | 479 |
3. Partnership Contributions
| 2024/25 £ |
2023/24 £ |
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| Amounts receivable from supporters(£) |
185,120 | 178,125 |
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4. Expenditure
2024 comparative
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2024/25 2023/24 2023/24
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total Charitable activities Unrestricted Restricted Total
Charitable activities
£ £ £ £ £ £ £
Staff costs (see note 5) 167,434 167,434 208,377 Staff costs (see note 5) 203,200 5,177 208,377
Consultancy & other fees 4,999 4,999 3,763 Consultancy & other fees 3,763 3,763
Support costs Support costs
Payroll administration 690 690 792 Payroll administration 792 - 792
HR – outsourced service 5,248 5,248 4,242 HR – outsourced service 4,242 - 4,242
Travel 3,591 3,591 2,666 Travel 2,666 - 2,666
Telecoms 1,657 1,657 1,566 Telecoms 1,566 - 1,566
Website costs 162 162 162 Website costs 162 - 162
Office supplies & furniture 608 608 682 Office supplies & furniture 682 - 682
Home workers allowance 1,124 1,124 1,322 Home workers allowance 1,322 - 1,322
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Meeting costs 1,149 1,149 1,013 Meeting costs 1,013 1,013
Events - - 6,463 Events 6,463 - 6,463
Staff accommodation costs 171 171 878 Staff accommodation costs 878 - 878
IT (hardware & software) 1,183 1,183 437 IT (hardware & software) 437 - 437
IT outsourced service 492 492 744 IT outsourced service 744 - 744
Staff training 142 142 2,043 Staff training 2,043 - 2,043
Insurance 1,070 1,070 897 Insurance 897 - 897
Marketing & Comms 91 91 625 Marketing & Comms 625 - 625
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Subscriptions & memberships 3,413 3,413 3,355 Subscriptions & memberships 3,355 3,355
Recruitment costs 829 829 - Recruitment costs - - -
Sundry costs 443 443 764 Sundry costs 764 - 764
Subtotal 189,497 4,999 194,496 240,791 Subtotal 231,851 8,940 240,791
Governance costs Governance costs
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Independent examination fee 1,380 1,380 1,260 Independent examination fee 1,260 1,260
Trustee resources, training, and 60 - 60 60 Trustee resources, training, and 60 - 60
memberships memberships
Annual Return to Companies House 56 - 56 13 Annual Return to Companies House 13 - 13
Subtotal 1,496 - 1,496 1,333 Subtotal 1,333 - 1,333
Total expenditure 190,993 4,999 195,992 242,124 Total expenditure 233,184 8,940 242,124
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are not required by Defra to hold it as a restricted fund. The funds will be fully expended in 2025–26 and the designated fund closed.
9. Movement of Funds
5. Staff Costs
6. Transactions with Trustees
| 5. Staff Costs | 6. Transactions with |
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| 2024/25 £ 2023/24 £ |
Trustees No trustees received any remuneration in |
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| Gross wages and salaries 142,902 163,161 |
the year either for their work as trustees or for providing other services (2024: |
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| Employer’s National Insurance 10,223 11,311 Employer’s pension costs 14,309 33,905 Total 167,434 208,377 |
none). 7. Debtors 2024/25 £ 2023/24 £ |
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| The average number of employees in the year was four (2024: five). |
Partnership contributions 34,950 24,390 |
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| No employee had remuneration (excluding employer pension and national insurance |
Other debtors 502 2,078 Total 35,452 26,468 |
Unrestricted funds
Designated fund: We received funding from Defra to update and relaunch our Integrated Weed Management Reference Guide and accompanying documents and make it nationally available. This funding was received in 2024–25, however the activities will take place at the beginning of 2025–26, we have therefore set up a designated fund for this purpose as we
Restricted Funds
GLA – Centre for Excellence (CfE) grant: The grant closed in 2022–23. Funds have been carried forward, with permission from the GLA, to cover the costs of the external impact evaluators. The final payment will be made in 2025–26.
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As at 31 Income Expenditure As at 31
March 2024 £ £ March 2025
£ £
Unrestricted funds
General funds 57,236 195,040 (190,993) 61,283
Designated fund - 9,999 - 9,999
Subtotal 57,236 205,039 (190,993) 71,282
Restricted funds
GLA – CfE grant 10,000 - (4,999) 5,001
Subtotal 10,000 (4,999) 5,001
Total 67,236 205,039 (195,992) 76,283
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No employee had remuneration (excluding employer pension and national insurance contributions) over £60,000 in the year (2024: none).
8. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
| As at 31 March 2024 £ 57,236 - |
Income £ 195,040 9,999 |
Expenditure £ (190,993) - |
As at 31 March 2025 £ 61,283 9,999 |
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| Unrestricted funds General funds Designated fund |
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| The key management personnel were the Chief Executive (up to 31 August 2024) and the Executive Director (from 1 September 2024). The Chief Executive received employment benefits (which consists of gross salary, employer pension and National Insurance contributions) of £23,743 (2024: £76,819) until his departure on 31 August 2024. The Executive Director received £35,221 from his commencement date of 1 September 2024 to 31 March 2025. |
8. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year 2024/25 £ 2023/24 £ Independent examination fee 1,380 1,260 Staff salaries and expenses 569 1,010 Other taxes and social security 4,968 4,563 Other creditors 209 13 Deferred income 53,300 43,045 Total 60,426 49,891 |
Subtotal | 57,236 | 205,039 | (190,993) | 71,282 | ||
| Restricted funds GLA – CfEgrant |
10,000 | - | (4,999) | 5,001 | ||||
| Subtotal | 10,000 | (4,999) | 5,001 | |||||
| Total | 67,236 | 205,039 | (195,992) | 76,283 | ||||
| 2024/25 £ |
2023/24 £ |
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| 2024 comparative movement | in funds | |||||||
| Independent examination fee Staff salaries and expenses Other taxes and social security Other creditors Deferred income |
1,380 569 4,968 209 53,300 |
1,260 1,010 4,563 13 43,045 |
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| As at 31 March 2023 £ |
Income £ |
Expenditure £ |
As at 31 March 2024 £ |
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| Unrestricted funds General funds |
57,236 | 195,040 | (190,993) | 61,283 | ||||
| Subtotal | 57,236 | 205,0139 | (190,993) | 71,282 | ||||
| Total | 60,426 | 49,891 | Restricted funds GLA – CfE grant GLA London Urban Forest Plan grant Trees Call to Actiongrant |
10,000 5,177 - |
- - 3,763 |
- (5,177) (3,763) |
10,000 - - |
|
| Subtotal | 15,177 | 3,763 | (8,940) | 10,000 | ||||
| Total | 116,069 | 193,291 | (242,124) | 67,236 |
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10. Comparative Statement of Financial Activities (2024)
| Activities (2024) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | ||||
| Unrestricted £ |
Restricted (see note 9) £ |
Total £ |
||
| Income and Endowments | ||||
| Investment Income (see note 2) | 479 | - | 479 | |
| Partnership Contributions (see note 3) |
178,125 | 178,125 | ||
| Other charitable income | 8,437 | 8,437 | ||
| GLA – CfE grant | - | - | - | |
| Trees Call to Action grant | 2,487 | 3,763 | 6,250 | |
| Gifts in kind | - | - | - | |
| Total income and endowments | 189,528 | 3,763 | 193,291 | |
| Expenditures Charitable activities(see note 4) |
233,184 | 8,940 | 242,124 | |
| Total expenditures | 233,184 | 8,940 | 242,124 | |
| Net income/(expenditure) before transfers |
Net income/(expenditure) | (43,656) | (5,177) | (48,833) |
| Reconciliation of funds | ||||
| Total funds brought forward | 100,892 | 15,177 | 116,069 | |
| Total funds carried forward | 57,236 | 10,000 | 67,236 |
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