## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01 Jan 2021 To 31 Dec 2021** **Charity name: The Paradise Co-operative** **Charity registration number: 1159176** ## **Objectives and Activities** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
Summary of the purposes Para 1.17 The charity has two combined
of the charity as set out objectives
in its governing 1. To promote and provide for the
document benefit of the community, facilities for
education and other leisure time
occupation with the object of
improving the quality of life of the
public at large.
2. To advance the education of the
public at large in agriculture,
horticulture, animal husbandry
protection and improvement of the
natural environment, through best
environmental practice including the
use of no chemicals and minimal use of
machinery
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and Community
1.19
activities in relation to We expanded into Greenwood working
those purposes for the events and held drop-in sessions lead
public benefit, in by two enthusiasts from our
particular, the activities, community. These brought in new
projects or services people with interests other than food
identified in the growing.
accounts.
We continued to support Duke of
Edinburgh through running a small-
scale volunteering scheme over the
autumn and winter of 2020/1 and built
up the scale of that for the 2021/2
seasons. The latter was also involved
parents and with a lack of local
opportunities was well attended with
around a dozen DofE volunteers each
weekend.
Education with local schools
Our Paradise Learning programme
provides curriculum based, outdoor
learning opportunities to local schools.
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Unfortunately, it continued to be impacted by lockdowns, Tiers, and school COVID policies for a large part of the spring and summer term. Our existing Head of Education moved on to a new role and was replaced in time for the start of the 2021/22 academic year. We began the autumn term with five local schools taking up a total of six memberships. The Paradise Learning programme welcomed approximately 600 children between September and December. Teachers taking part in the schools programme are able to observe and take part in high-quality, outdoor learning experiences. This supports teachers professional development and empowers them to take learning outside of the classroom. **Forest School** Forest School at Paradise Cooperative continued throughout 2021, led by our experienced Forest School practitioner. Different classes (EYFS and KS1) visited, with children attending in blocks of 6 weeks. In total 180 children were able to attend across the year for Forest School sessions. **Wildlife Regeneration** Due to reduced numbers of visitors to the site across the year, Dobbins Field was given the chance to rest. Certain areas, which had in previous years been overused, were allowed to regrow and ‘rewild’. As the site began to be used more often from September 2021, we thought carefully about how to balance the needs of the site with the needs of our visitors. To this end, we developed education spaces and protected certain areas of the field by adding low fences and clearer pathways. We will continue to carefully assess the impact of site use on biodiversity and make adaptations where needed to allow both local wildlife and our local community to flourish. ## **Workshops** _Green wood working was the subject of a variety of workshops in 2021 from external experts. This was supported by open volunteer sessions twice a week where those that attended the workshops tried to pass on their_ **----- Start of picture text -----**
knowledge..
Statement confirming Para 1.18 Trustees have read the guidance
whether the trustees issued by the Charity Commission on
have had regard to the public benefit
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference **Workshops** _A series of greenwood working workshops were held in 2021_ Summary of the main _including pole lathe and spoon_ Para 1.20 achievements of the _carving. We also had members_ charity, identifying the _attend external courses and bring_ difference the charity’s _back their skills on- site to the_ work has made to the _community._ circumstances of its beneficiaries and any **Education with local schools** wider benefits to society 5 local primary schools participated in as a whole. the Paradise Learning programme in 2021. Across the autumn term, approximately 600 pupils attended. As well as this, at least 50 teachers/school support staff attended the site. ## **Forest School** Approximately 180 pupils and 20 teachers/support staff visited for Forest School sessions. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **----- Start of picture text -----**
Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of
fundraising activities Para 1.41
against objectives set
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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## **Financial Review** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 The Charity continues to work towards
financial position at the a sustainable operating model through
end of the period charging for education course to cover
the costs of operating them and
maintaining the field site for the wider
community. School lock-downs have
made that very challenging.
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 Cash reserves are held for planned
policy for holding projects, planned maintenance and to
reserves stating why they buffer for timing differences in income
are held and expenditure.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 Cash balance at the end of the year
was £21,052
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 N/A
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24 N/A
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 The Charity remains dependant on a
uncertainties about the single field site held under an
charity continuing as a agreement with the Ministry of Justice
going concern and on being able to generate income
from school education course. At the
time of writing, the pandemic makes
delivering education courses extremely
difficult. If this continues well in 2021
the charity faces an uncertain future
and may have to dramatically
reconsider what it offers to manage
costs.
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds Para 1.47
(including any
fundraising)
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the Para 1.46
principal risks facing the
charity
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Constitution
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 CIO
constituted?
(e.g. unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 Appointment by existing trustees
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
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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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A conflicts of interest register
has been introduced for all
Policies and procedures trustees in 2020/21
adopted for the induction Para 1.51
and training of trustees
The charity’s
organisational structure Para 1.51
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity name The Paradise Co-operative
Other name the charity
uses
Registered charity 1159176
number
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Charity’s principal 5 Tranmere Road, SW18 3QH
address
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Scott Thompson
2 Brendan Conway
3 Jonathan Sertin Chair
4 Joanne Osborne
5 Rosemary Scott
6 Andrew Allen
7 Ian Ody Treasurer Until Dec 2021
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name n/a** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **----- Start of picture text -----**
Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole
year
n/a
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**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for 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 Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **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)** Scott Thompson **Full name(s)** Jonathan Sertin **Position (eg** Trustee Trustee **Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** 21/08/2022 ## The Paradise Co-Operative ## Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees ## For the year ended 31 December 2021 ## Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Act and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, - to follow the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the - Act, and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention ## Basis of independent examiner’s statement My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, with the seeking of explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. ## Independent examiner’s statement In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or • the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 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. 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. Peter Ellington FAIA Triple Bottom Line Accounting Limited The Enterprise Centre University of East Anglia Norwich Norfolk NR4 7TJ 19 July 2022 ## **The Paradise Co-operative Receipts and Payments Accounts For the Year Ending 31[st ] December 2021** |**Incoming Resources**
Paradise Wild - Holiday clubs
LFF Rent
Other Donations
Donations- Site hire
Donation Trustees
Donations Schools 2019/2020
Donations Schools 2020/2021
Donations Schools 2021/2022
Grant
Woodworking
Workshops
Total Incoming Resources
**Direct Charitable Expenses**
Admin
Accountancy
Garden
Infrastructure
Insurance
Plants
Running costs
Salaries|**2021**
**General**
**2021**
**Restricted**
**2021 Total**
**2020**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
6,879
6,879 7,840
4,152 - 4,152 4,840
- - -
150 - 150
2,236 2,236 1,628
-
- 3,300
240
240 2,710
1,575
1,575
-
13,323 13,323
840 - 840 1,620
- - 181| |---|---| ||13,836 15,559 29,395 22,119| ||335 - 335 1,224
551 - 551
-
- 6,055 6,055 26
2,619 - 2,619 2,944
579 - 579 -
180 - 180
139 - 139 1,182
9,999 - 9,999 12,713| |WIid Child|||-|5,032| |---|---|---|---|---| |Miscellaneous|25|-|25|| |Schools 2018/19|||-|500| |Schools 2019/20|||-|6,177| |Schools 2020/21|3,043||3,043|360| |Schools 2021/2022|1,157||1,157|| |Woodworking||-|-|1,163| |Workshops||-|-|530| |Total Charitable Expenditure|18,628|6,055|24,683|31,851| |||||| |**Net lncome/(Outgoing) Resources for**|**(4,792) **|**9,503**|**4,712**|**(9,732)**| |**the year**||||| |Balances brought forward as 1st January|13,001|8,129|21,130|30,862| |||||| |**Balances brought forward 31st**|**8,208**|**17,632**|**25,841**|**21,130**| |**December**||||| |**The Paradise Co-operative Statements of Assets and**|||**Liabilities**|| |**For the Year Ending 31stDecember 2020**||||| |**Assets retained for the charity's**|||**2021**|**2020**| |**own use**||||| |Generator||||320| |Pig Infrastructure|||N/A|378| |Small Trailer||||720| |Stihl Chainsaw||||648| |Polytunnels||||2,520| |Yurt & woodburner||||4,500| |Outdoor Craft Shelter
Wodworking Tools
**Current Assets**
Bank Current Account
Bank Deposit Account
Cash in Hand
**Current Liabilities**
Creditors and accruals
Deposits
Net Current Assets
**Cash Funds**
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds|430
200| |---|---| ||- 9,716
25,840 21,052
-| ||25,840 21,052
- -
- -| ||- -
**25,840 21,052**
8,208 13,001
17,632 8,129| ||25,840 21,130| ## The Paradise Co-Operative ## Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees ## For the year ended 31 December 2021 ## Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Act and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, - to follow the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the - Act, and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention ## Basis of independent examiner’s statement My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, with the seeking of explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. ## Independent examiner’s statement In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or • the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 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. 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. Peter Ellington FAIA Triple Bottom Line Accounting Limited The Enterprise Centre University of East Anglia Norwich Norfolk NR4 7TJ 19 July 2022 ## **The Paradise Co-operative Receipts and Payments Accounts For the Year Ending 31[st ] December 2021** |**Incoming Resources**
Paradise Wild - Holiday clubs
LFF Rent
Other Donations
Donations- Site hire
Donation Trustees
Donations Schools 2019/2020
Donations Schools 2020/2021
Donations Schools 2021/2022
Grant
Woodworking
Workshops
Total Incoming Resources
**Direct Charitable Expenses**
Admin
Accountancy
Garden
Infrastructure
Insurance
Plants
Running costs
Salaries|**2021**
**General**
**2021**
**Restricted**
**2021 Total**
**2020**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
6,879
6,879 7,840
4,152 - 4,152 4,840
- - -
150 - 150
2,236 2,236 1,628
-
- 3,300
240
240 2,710
1,575
1,575
-
13,323 13,323
840 - 840 1,620
- - 181| |---|---| ||13,836 15,559 29,395 22,119| ||335 - 335 1,224
551 - 551
-
- 6,055 6,055 26
2,619 - 2,619 2,944
579 - 579 -
180 - 180
139 - 139 1,182
9,999 - 9,999 12,713| |WIid Child|||-|5,032| |---|---|---|---|---| |Miscellaneous|25|-|25|| |Schools 2018/19|||-|500| |Schools 2019/20|||-|6,177| |Schools 2020/21|3,043||3,043|360| |Schools 2021/2022|1,157||1,157|| |Woodworking||-|-|1,163| |Workshops||-|-|530| |Total Charitable Expenditure|18,628|6,055|24,683|31,851| |||||| |**Net lncome/(Outgoing) Resources for**|**(4,792) **|**9,503**|**4,712**|**(9,732)**| |**the year**||||| |Balances brought forward as 1st January|13,001|8,129|21,130|30,862| |||||| |**Balances brought forward 31st**|**8,208**|**17,632**|**25,841**|**21,130**| |**December**||||| |**The Paradise Co-operative Statements of Assets and**|||**Liabilities**|| |**For the Year Ending 31stDecember 2020**||||| |**Assets retained for the charity's**|||**2021**|**2020**| |**own use**||||| |Generator||||320| |Pig Infrastructure|||N/A|378| |Small Trailer||||720| |Stihl Chainsaw||||648| |Polytunnels||||2,520| |Yurt & woodburner||||4,500| |Outdoor Craft Shelter
Wodworking Tools
**Current Assets**
Bank Current Account
Bank Deposit Account
Cash in Hand
**Current Liabilities**
Creditors and accruals
Deposits
Net Current Assets
**Cash Funds**
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds|430
200| |---|---| ||- 9,716
25,840 21,052
-| ||25,840 21,052
- -
- -| ||- -
**25,840 21,052**
8,208 13,001
17,632 8,129| ||25,840 21,130|