## Trustees’ annual report for the period Period start date 0 1 0 4 2 0 Period end date 3 1 0 3 2 1 Charity name Charity No 1 1 6 1 5 9 1 (if any) Grow Cardiff ## Objectives and Activities ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |**Summary of the purposes of**
**thecharity as set out in its**
**governingdocument**|Para 1.17|The objects of Grow Cardiff are:| |||To promote, for the benefit of the inhabitants| |||of Cardiff and the surrounding area, the
provision of facilities for recreation or other
leisure time occupation of individuals who
have need of such facilities by reason of their| |||youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial| |||hardship or social and economic circumstances| |||or for the public at large in the interests of
social welfare and with the object of
improving the condition of life of the said| |||inhabitants, in particular by the provision of a| |||community garden and other local food
initiatives, land and community growing| |||projects and the provision of opportunities for| |||growing and volunteering| |**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|- Supporting community gardens (Riverside
Community Garden Project)
- Delivery of social prescribing to therapeutic
community garden schemes in partnership
with local health care providers (The Grow
Well project)
- Education of children, young people and
families in community growing (Sow Some
Sunshine / Let’s Grow Together)
- Mentoring and consultancy: sharing our
expertise with others
- Development and sustainability of Grow
Cardiff| |**Statement confirming whether**
**thetrustees have had regard**
**to the guidance issued by the**
**Charity Commission on public**
**benefit**|Para 1.18|The trustees have had full regard of the
Charity Commissions guidance on public
benefit| Charity Accounts templates – Trustees’ annual report for the period 2020 - 2021 ## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP
reference||
| |---|---|---|---| |**Policy on grant making**|Para 1.38|NA: Grow Cardiff is not a grant making
organisation|| |**Policy on social investment**
**includingprogram related**
**investment**|Para 1.38|NA|| |**Contribution made by**
**volunteers**|Para 1.38|Everyone who participates in a Grow Cardiff
garden, project or workshop is regarded as a
‘volunteer’. Over the last year Grow Cardiff
supported:
1000 school children to volunteer
100 adults to volunteer in community gardens
10 trustees to volunteer on the board of
trustees
Volunteers contribute to the planning,
design, creation, on-going activity, harvesting,
organization of every Grow Cardiff project.
We value co-production and aim for
volunteers’ values and desires to be at the
heart of every project. Volunteers from the
projects help review and set the aims and
objectives of each project as well as
contributing to the overall strategic values,
aims and objectives of the charity.|| Charity Accounts templates – Trustees’ annual report for the period 2020 - 2021 2 of 8 ## Achievements and Performance ||SORP
reference|||
| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Summary of the main**
**achievementsof the charity,**
**identifying the difference the**
**charity’s work has made to the**
**circumstances of its**
**beneficiaries and any wider**
**benefitsto society as a whole.**|Para 1.20|1.
2.
3.|Despite the introduction of lockdown in
March 2020, Grow Cardiff has continued
to use community gardening as a tool to
support local people across the city – a
vital source of support for people through
the pandemic. Indeed the scope of the
charity’s work has increased this year as
current projects have developed and new
projects begun.
Supporting community gardens:Grow
Cardiff has continued to support Riverside
Community garden volunteers and
enabled them to re-open as soon as Covid
regulations allowed. The project has a
particular focus on organic/permaculture
practices and supporting local people’s
mental health. Volunteers have told us
that the garden has been a lifeline during
the pandemic. The garden achieved Green
Flag status this year.
Supporting Social prescribing to
therapeutic community gardens through
the Grow Well project:Staff continued to
engage local people by posting out ‘grow
from home kits’ to over 250 local people
and delivering grow bag kits and veg plug
plants to 100 local people. This project
evolved into the ‘Growing Companions’
project which continues to support very
vulnerable and isolated individuals. The
gardens re-opened as soon as regulations
allowed and immediately began working
with local people experiencing mental,
physical health difficulties and isolation.
The project became a Bevan Exemplar
and a pilot for a new site is underway in
Riverside. Two sites were awarded Green
Flag status.
Education:Thanks to funding from the
Moondance Foundation, the charity has
been able to employ a Schools
Engagement Officer to deliver growing
packages to children in hub schools,
facilitated through on-line videos,
activities and competitions during the
lockdown.Fromthe autumnwe|| Charity Accounts templates – Trustees’ annual report for the period 2020 - 2021 3 of 8 supported hundreds of children in 5 local schools to learn how to grow their own fruit and vegetables. Our partnership with Trees for Cities to deliver the Edible Playgrounds programme continues successfully 4. Mentoring & Consultancy: The charity continues to use our experience and expertise to support other charities in Cardiff, the Vale and Neath Port Talbot to develop their own community gardens. This also enables the charity to develop an unrestricted income source 5. Development and sustainability of Grow Cardiff: Notably our staff team has increased from 2 to 5 part-time members of staff this year. We are working hard to develop internal structures, policies, procedures, plans and working practices to ensure the increased organisational capacity and sustainability of the charity. This includes use of Xero to improve our financial planning. The charity has held a number of ‘away days’ with staff and trustees to review our overall development and agree key priorities for 21-22. ## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Achievements against objectives set|Para 1.41|Grow Cardiff has achieved objectives across
all our projects and beyond this has further
developed our schools and social prescribing
work, through creative and flexible working
practices borne out of the Covid-19 pandemic| |Performance of fundraising activities
against objectives set|Para 1.41|The charity has secured all funds required for
delivery and organizational objectives.
Further funding has been secured for new
performance objectives set in response to the
pandemic.| |Investment performance against
objectives|Para 1.41|NA| |Other||NA| Charity Accounts templates – Trustees’ annual report for the period 2020 - 2021 4 of 8 ## Financial Review ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of the reporting period, cash| |||balances held in bank accounts, and including| |||balances on prepaid cards, totalled £40,468,| |||being an increase of £11,885.| |Statement explaining the policy for
holding reserves stating why they
are held|Para 1.22|The nature of Grow Cardiff’s funding results| |||in income being received at unequal| |||intervals; reserves are needed to bridge the| |||gap between expenditure and the receipt of| |||income.| |||| |||The trustees have determined that the| |||unrestricted reserves held should be| |||sufficient to cover three months of salary| |||costs. However, it should be noted that| |||Restricted funds do include a significant| |||contribution towards staff costs| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Reserves constituted £40,468, including| |||£10,784 unrestricted funds. Using March 2021| |||salary as a basis, 3 months’ salary would be| |||£13,926 so the unrestricted reserves target| |||has not been achieved this year.| |Reasons for holding zero reserves|Para 1.22|NA| |||| |Details of fund materially in deficit|
Para 1.24|NA| |||| |Explanation of any uncertainties
about the charity continuing as a
goingconcern|Para 1.23|Grow Cardiff must continue to secure core| |||funding to enable organisational and strategic| |||development of the charity| |||| ## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||SORP
reference||| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| ||The charity’s principal sources of
funds (including any fundraising)|Para 1.47|-
Comic Relief/WCVA Third Sector
|| ||||Organisational Growth Grant|| ||||-
Moondance Foundation Covid-19 Relief|| ||||Grant|| ||||-
Community Foundation Wales grants|| |||||| ||Investment policy and objectives
including any social investment
policy adopted|Para 1.46|NA|| |||||| ||A description of the principal risks
facing the charity|Para 1.46|Principal risks are maintaining income sources
|| ||||and managing organisational capacity to|| ||||enable the charity to continue to grow|| ||||sustainably|| |||||| ||Charity Accounts templates – Trustees’ annual report for the period|||| 5 of 8 ## Structure, Governance and Management |Description of charity’s trusts:|SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |**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|Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)| |**Trustee selection methods**
**includingdetails 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|The board of trustees elects a person to the
board through a process of selection and
confirmation by a second trustee. Election
occurs formally during the charity’s AGM and
during the year at regular trustee meetings.
The charity advertises for trustees to join the
board widely, as and when skill or experience
is required and according to our constitution.
After election to the board, further internal
elections of the roles of Chair, Secretary and
Treasurer are completed as and when
required during board meetings.| ## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures adopted for
the induction and training of trustees|Para 1.51|All new trustees are required to complete an
induction process and are provided with the
Charity Commission’s ‘The Essential Trustee’.
Trustees must complete registration,
declaration, and Conflict of Interest forms.| |The charity’s organisational structure
and any wider network with which
the charity works|
Para 1.51|Volunteers are at the heart of our
organisation, supported by a team of part-
time staff, overseen by a Director,
accountable to a board of trustees with a
Chair. The charity works closely with the
Edible Cardiff network, Food Cardiff and the
SW Cardiff GP Cluster and social prescribing
network.| |Relationship with any related parties|Para 1.51|NA| Charity Accounts templates – Trustees’ annual report for the period 2020 - 2021 6 of 8 ## Reference and Administrative details |Charity name|Grow Cardiff| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1161591| |Charity’s principal address|460 Cowbridge Road West, Cardiff CF5 5BZ| |Names of the charitytrustees who manage the charity|Names of the charitytrustees who manage the charity|Names of the charitytrustees who manage the charity|Names of the charitytrustees who manage the charity| |---|---|---|---| |Trustee name|Office (if any)|Dates acted if
not for whole
year|Name of person (or
body) entitled to
appoint trustee (if
any)| |John Hallett|Chair|Resigned 15/05/21|| |Dr Kay Palmer|Treasurer|Resigned 01/07/21|| |Francoise Curtis|Secretary||| |Aisling Judge|||| |Sarah Griffiths||Became Chair
15/05/21|| |Angie Lorraine Lydia
Kirby|||| |Anna Rose Harris|||| |Dr Jemma Hawkins|||| |Alun Gwynne Jones||Joined board
02/12/20|| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| Charity Accounts templates – Trustees’ annual report for the period 2020 - 2021 7 of 8 ## Reference and Administrative details (cont) ## Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved Director name NA ## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |Trustee name|Dates acted if not for whole
year|| |---|---|---| |NA||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| Charity Accounts templates – Trustees’ annual report for the period 2020 - 2021 8 of 8 ## Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets held in NA this capacity Name and objects of the NA charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe NA 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 Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) Isla Horton, Director, Grow Cardiff ## Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## Other optional information Charity Accounts templates – Trustees’ annual report for the period 2020 - 2021 9 of 8 ## 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) Sarah Jane Griffiths Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair Date 27/01/2022 Charity Accounts templates – Trustees’ annual report for the period 2020 - 2021 |**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Grow Cardiff**|**1161591**||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|**01/04/2020**
Period start date|**31/03/2021**
Period end date
**To**||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**1,500**
**1,280**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**


**2,780**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,780**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**86,206**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**86,206**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**86,206**
**43,078**
**858**
**2,250**
**262**
**15,958**
**2,433**
**207**
**7,540**
**780**
**73,366**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**73,366**
**12,840**
**-**
**16,844**
**29,684**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**87,706**
**1,280**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**88,986**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**88,986**
**46,505**
**858**
**2,250**
**262**
**16,175**
**2,433**
**298**
**7,540**
**780**
**77,101**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**77,101**
**11,885**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Charitable Activities,Donations & Grants|**1,500**||||||**76,705**| |Consultancy|**1,280**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|

**2,780**||||||**76,705**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**
Salaries & National insurance
Pensions Costs
Advertising, Marketing, Website &
Communications
Insurance
Other costs of charitable activities
IT & Software costs
Travel costs
Professional & Banking Fees
Premises
**_Sub total_ **|||||||| ||||||||**76,705**| ||||||||| ||**3,427**||**43,078**||||**32,991**| ||||**858**||||**913**| ||||**2,250**||||**30**| ||||**262**||||**215**| ||**217**||**15,958**||||**24,656**| ||||**2,433**||||**1,306**| ||**91**||**207**||||**1,030**| ||||**7,540**||||**-**| ||||**780**||||**-**| ||**3,735**||**73,366**||||**61,141**| ||**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,735**
**- 955**
**-**
**11,739**
**10,784**||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| |**Gardening Machinery**|**-**||||||**4,359**| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**4,359**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**65,500**| ||||||||| ||**- 955**||**12,840**|**-**|**11,885**||**11,205**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**11,739**||**16,844**|**-**|**28,583**||**17,378**| ||**10,784**||**29,684**|**-**|**40,468**||**28,583**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 30/01/2022 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
Accounts Examination Fee
**Details**
**Details**
Cash at Bank
Optimum Card balance
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**9,632**
**1,152**
**10,784**
OK
**Unrestricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
Print N| |---|---|---| |||Stephen Parry-Langdon| |||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 30/01/2022 2 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name Grow Cardiff **members of On accounts for the year** 31[st] March, 2021 **Charity no** 1161591 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2021. - **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 understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed: Date:** 28/01/2022 **Name:** Hasan Roap **Relevant professional** ACCA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Dusty Forge, 460 Cowbridge Road West Cardiff CF5 5BZ 1 **October 2018** **IER** **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **October 2018** **IER**