2025-03-31-accounts - And Sow To Grow

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 15 July 2024 To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1162075

And Sow to Grow

Charity's principal address And Sow to Grow

Reading’s Lane Stanton Postcode IP31 2FH

Names of the charity trustees 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 (ifany)
V. Stuart	Chair	Whole	ASTG
C.Steel		Whole
S.Steel		Whole
A.Scott-Davies		Whole

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Forest Schools	Tina Chapman	Activities Suffolk
DM wood management	Dave Harding	DM arboriculture

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

Trust

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

By fellow trustees upon application

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Child/vulnerable people protection Equal opportunities Health & Safety Charity constitution

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Work with local community groups and schools as well as local and regional charities/councils
training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational Our main concern is A. retention of trustees structure and any wider B. Lack of funding to continue our niche offer network with which the charity C. Loss of building through vandalism works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

Working with students with disabilities to develop skills and confidence to move to self-employment. We also work with schools to encourage grow your own fruit and veg, local colleges and community The woods are used for people with end-of-life illness to spend time and people from care homes are also welcomed to spend time here either sitting and enjoying the views or doing a spot of gardening.

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To provide free or subsidised training and experiences in woodland school/ forest school activities including foraging, den building and craft activities.

We also have events and social get togethers for many older local community members in a woodland setting.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

We were delighted to receive the sum of £2000 from the A. Williams charity based in Bury St Edmunds to help replace the old roof and make good an existing building as an outdoor education/event space.

We also had a delightful circus event here for many of our students who learnt many new skills and had fun too.

The Summer saw a number of community events leaning towards the older residents of the area.

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Section E Financial review

The reserves are kept in a treasurer account with two signatures. It can Brief statement of the only be used for projects or running costs agreed by the trustees. charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

We are seeking another trustee, perhaps two, to stabilise the charity organisation from falling to three members.

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Allan

Full name(s) Allan Scott-Davies Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Secretary etc)

Date 26/12/2025

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And Sow to Grow	And Sow to Grow	And Sow to Grow	No (if any)
Receipts andpayments accounts
For the period from	15/07/2024 Period start date	To	31/03/2025 Period end date

CC16a

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 24 12 168 2,000 - - - - 2,204 - - - 2,204 51 120 200 668 41 1,052 51 891 40 3,115 - - - 3,115 - 911 - 3,531 2,620	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 24 12 168 2,000 - - - - 2,204 - - - 2,204 51 120 200 668 41 1,052 51 891 40 3,115 - - - 3,115 - 911	Last year to the nearest £
ourse fee	24
course fee	12
refund	168
A Wiliams Charity	2,000
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	2,204				-

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Total receipts* A3 Payments
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Electric BG	51				-
Lakeland Ltd	120				-
Pumpout	200				-
Digger hire	668				-
Electric BG	41				-
Roofingsheets	1,052				-
Electric BG	51				-
Clarkes of Walsham	891				-
Electric BG	40				-
**Sub total **	3,115				-

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
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	- 911	-	-	- 911	-
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	3,531	-	-	3,531	-
	2,620	-	-	2,620	-

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Signature Allan Details Details Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 2,620 - - - - - 2,620 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name A Scott-Davies	Endowment funds to nearest £
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		OK
		Endowment funds to nearest £
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		Current value (optional)
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		Date of approval
Allan	A Scott-Davies	26/12/2025

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

26/12/2025