## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/07/2022 Period start date To 30/06/2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: The Farmschool** ## **Charity registration number:1161991** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The Farmschool is a charity dedicated**
**to promoting and advancing awareness**
**in everyone but particularly 10-18 year**
**old school children of where their food**
**comes from, how it is produced and**
**how farmers preserve the environment**| |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|**Delivering a programme for Key Stage 4**
**(14-16 year old students) to help bring to**
**life the topics of provenance, food**
**labelling, assurance standards, primary**
**production and sustainability.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes, they have**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| ||SORP reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**We apply for grants when required to**
**help us deliver specific programmes.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**The majority of our beneficiaries have**
**never visited a farm before. We**
**endeavour to enrich their lives through**
**experiencing and exploring the role of**
**the countryside**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Our qualified beekeepers deliver our bee**
**programme. Trustee and Chair Ian**
**Pigott is present to oversee each visit.**
**All of our administration is delivered by**
**a volunteer**| Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|**Interest has continued to grow. We**
**have delivered our programme in house**
**and also volunteered elsewhere sharing**
**our expertise.**
**This year has given us the confidence to**
**seek out more volunteers and budget**
**for a part time member of staff to help**
**deliver our programme further our**
**reach.**
**We have had visits from a number of**
**schools from underserved**
**backgrounds. Many of whom are now**
**pursuing a career in farming and**
**environmental services. We have**
**continued to adviser other charities and**
**farming organisations on the**
**importance of a ground based**
**knowledge of green space, habitats,**
**biophilia and food production.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Outcomes have been exceeded. More**
**impactful delivery. Advising others of**
**the importance of the space within**
**which our charity operates.**
**Reconnecting young people with the**
**outdoors, food and farming**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**None**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We have delivered more charitable work**
**without charge. Therefore our cash**
**position is strong.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves have been held as we are still**
**recruiting (having struggled to find an**
**appropriate member to join our team)**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**40958**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **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|| |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|**Being able to service the demand for**
**our service**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|| |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|**Expertise in education, food trends,**
**retail, and agriculture.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **The Trustees have been kept updated of the charities performance and targets.** Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any Para 1.51 related parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Farmschool| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1161991| |Charity’s principal address|The Farmschool
Annables Farm
Kinsbourne Green
Harpenden
Herts| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Ian Pigott|||| ||Susan Siddall|||| ||Victoria Harris|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **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)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Ian Pigott|| ||
Chair|| ||04/07/24|| ||04/07/24|| |**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**The Farmschool**||**1161991**||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
7/1/2021|**To**
Period end date
6/30/2022||| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**
school receipts
**290**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**290**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**A1 Receipts**
school receipts
**290**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**290**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**290**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**290**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |school receipts|**290**|**-**|**-**|**290**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**290**
|**-**|**-**|**290**|**-**| |**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 290**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**290**|| ||||||| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||| |||**-**|**-**|**290**|**-**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**(see table).**|||||||||||| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **||**290**||**-**||**-**||**290**||**-**|| ## **A3 Payments** |**A3 Payments**||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**|||| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**|||| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**|||| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||||||||||| |**_Total payments_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|**290**||**-**||**-**||**290**||**-**|| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**25,228**||**15,000**||**-**||**40,228**||**27,254**|| |**_Cash funds this year end_ **|**25,958**||**15,000**||**-**||**40,958**||**40,288**|| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**|**to nearest £**
**25,958**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**15,000**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**25,958**|**15,000**|**-**| ## **B2 Other monetary assets** ## **B3 Investment assets** **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees ||||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**_Total cash funds_**||**25,958**||**15,000**||**-**|| ||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||OK||OK||OK|| ||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**||**Endowment**|| ||||**funds**||**funds**||**funds**|| ||**Details**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||||**-**||**-**|| ||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**||**When due**|| ||**Details**||**liability relates**||**(optional)**||**(optional)**|| ||||||**-**|||| ||||||**-**|||| ||||||**-**|||| ||||||**-**|||| ||||||**-**|||| Date of approval Signature Print Name ian Pigott 04.07.24