## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 January 2024 Period start date To 1 October 2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Dartmouth Green Partnerships** ## **Charity registration number: 1164582** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote horticulture and floriculture**
**for public benefit by providing floral**
**displays and planting in places visible to**
**the public, and through conservation of**
**the environment and community**
**involvement, educating people in**
**ecological sustainability.**| |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|**We used the community greenhouse to**
**grow plants and to save and store them**
**over winter. We reused our bulbs where**
**possible, or gave them away and we**
**divided and reused plants. We recycled**
**waste material creating our own**
**compost. We held educational and fund**
**raising events including school children**
**growing sunflowers and Brownies**
**planting our hanging baskets. We**
**encouraged wildlife by limiting grass**
**cutting in May, and hedge cutting from**
**May to August, providing bird feeders**
**and nesting boxes and bee friendly**
**planting in the community garden. We**
**maintained several green spaces around**
**the town for other organisations as well**
**as our community garden.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Grant applications are generally made**
**for capital works.**| |---|---|---| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Our volunteers look after the community**
**greenhouse and garden and the displays**
**we create for the public. Planting,**
**watering and weeding takes place in the**
**growing season. Volunteers participate**
**in educational and fund raising**
**activities.**| |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|**In 2024 we won awards which recognise**
**the high standard of our work - Silver**
**Gilt in the Royal Horticultural Society’s**
**South West in Bloom awards for our**
**town category and the Green Flag**
**Community Award by Keep Britain Today**
**for the Community Garden.**
**We are working with Dartmouth Town**
**Council on entering the RHS awards**
**next year, and will enter the Green Flag.**
**We produced educational guidance for**
**volunteers on different aspects of**
**planting and working in the greenhouse.**
**We recorded our extensive contribution**
**to sustainability in Dartmouth.**
**Our work caring for green spaces and**
**creating planting displays contributes to**
**the economy of Dartmouth, the quality of**
**the environment and the wellbeing of**
**residents and visitors.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Successful grant applications were**
**made for sustainable water collection**
**and solar generated electricity and for**
**the renovation and replanting of the**
**neglected Island Bed.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The financial position was secure with**
**our main displays in troughs and**
**containers sponsored, and by grants**
**and holding fund raising events.**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Funds are held to cover the greenhouse**
**against damage.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£10,000**| |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|**Our funds come mainly through local**
**individuals and businesses which**
**sponsor our displays, small grants from**
**local authorities and others and fund**
**raising events.**| |---|---|---| |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|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s

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Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution document**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**DGP is a Charitable Incorporated**
**Organisation with voting members**| |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|**Potential trustees are discussed by**
**members based on the value of their**
**expertise and what they can contribute.**
**They are approached by invitation and**
**are asked to sign a trustee code of**
**conduct and are voted in by members.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Most of our trustees are also working**
**volunteers who learn new skills by**
**helping us on work days.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**DGP is run by its members and works**
**independently but in the context of other**
**relevant organisations in the town,**
**offering advice on the planting,**
**maintenance and protection of green**
**spaces.**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**We have a good relationship with the**
**local council, our landlord, and often**
**work with the grounds team, sharing**
**expertise and plants.**| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Dartmouth Green Partnerships| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Dartmouth in Bloom| |Registered charity number|1164582| |Charity’s principal address|C/o Dartmouth Visitor Centre, Mayor’s Avenue, Dartmouth
TQ6 9YY| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
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Alison Rogers|Chair
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-ordinator|Chair to Jan 2025|| ||Kathryn
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Stansfield|Secretary|Secretary except
Jan 2025|| ||Vanessa Gay
De Galleani|Treasurer
Interim Chair|Treasurer to July
2025 Interim Chair
Jan-June 2025
Trustee to Oct 2025|| ||Richard Cooke||Until June 2025|| ||Rob Lyon||Until June 2025|| ||Katherine Ann
Holgate|Chair of Trustees|Chair from July -
September 2025
Trustee until
October 2025|| ||Deborah
Caroline Morris||Until September
2025|| ||Jonathan
Walker
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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** &9naturn(sl Full namelsl ISTFvE￿ PEeA Position leg l ￿EAs￿lE Se¢relary. Chair, etcl SEC£ErfftRy ## **DARTMOUTH GREEN PARTNERSHIPS** **ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** **Charity Registration Number 1164582** ## **DARTMOUTH GREEN PARTNERSHIPS** ## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** |**CONTENTS**|**PAGES**| |---|---| |TRUSTEES' REPORT|**1**| |INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT|**2**| |SCHEDULE OF RECEIPTS|**3**| |RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT|**4**| |NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS|**5**| ## **DARTMOUTH GREEN PARTNERSHIPS** ## **TRUSTEES' REPORT** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** The Charity is constituted by Trust Deed dated 26 November 2015 and is a registered charity. The Charity is currently unincorporated and was formed to manage DGP (Dartmouth in Bloom); the address is: c/o Dartmouth Visitor Centre The Engine House Mayors Avenue Dartmouth Devon TQ6 9YY The trustees and executive committee for the year were: Debbie Morris Robert Michael Lyon (Chair of Trustees) Tessa de Galleani (Resigned 11 June 2025) Professor Richard William Ingram Cooke Kathy Stansfield Stevie Rogers Katherine Holgate Jonathan W Gilland Steven Perrin (Appointed 12 June 2025) Dartmouth Green Partnerships has a team of volunteers who create floral displays for Dartmouth through the seasons and help maintain public planted spaces. It provides advice and assistance to other organisations working to improve green spaces in the town and works with schools, young people's groups and older people. It has raised funds to build the Dartmouth Community Greenhouse to grow plants. Signed on Behalf of the Trustees' ## STEVEN PERRIN ............................................................................... TREASURER - STEVEN PERRIN Approved by the Trustees' on ## 08 OcTObER 2025 and signed on its behalf. Page 1 ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH GREEN PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** I report on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 December 2024, which are set out on pages 3 to 5. ## **Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Independent** The Charity's Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Charity's Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year, under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011, (The Charities Act), and that an independent examination has been requested. It is my responsibility: 1) to examine the accounts under section 145 of The Charities Act 2) to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission, (under Section 145(5)(b) of The Charities Act), and 3) 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 and seeking explanations from the Charity's Trustees concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all of the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do not present an audit opinion on the accounts. ## **Independent Examiner's Statement** In connection with my examination, no matters have come to my attention: 1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements: to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 130 of the Charities Act; or to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records have not been met; or 2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn, in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ## J ROWE-JONES 20 FEbRUARY 2025 J ROWE-JONES ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED ACCOUNTANTS & TAXATION ADVISORS 62 Seymour Drive DARTMOUTH Devon TQ6 9GE Page 2 ## **DARTMOUTH GREEN PARTNERSHIPS** ## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** |**RECEIPTS**
Pedestals, Troughs, Baskets
Grants and Donations
HMRC Gift Aid
**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|**2024**
**£**
**13,173.28**
**2,085.00**
**3,226.44**
**18,484.72**|**2023**
**£**
**14,188.92**
**2,768.00**
**0.00**
**16,956.92**| |---|---|---| The notes on pages 5 form part of these financial statements. Page 3 ## **DARTMOUTH GREEN PARTNERSHIPS** ## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** |**RECEIPTS**
Receipts (see page 3)
**PAYMENTS**
Plants and Compost
Market Stall Hire
Insurance
Printing
Office Expenses
IT and Software
Equipment Expensed
Advertising & Marketing
Professional Services
Accountancy Fee
Bank Fees
Travel & Accommodation
**TOTAL PAYMENTS**
**SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) FOR THE YEAR**
Other Receipts (see page 3)
**TOTAL RECEIPTS**
**OTHER PAYMENTS**
GREENHOUSE
Fixtures and Fittings
**TOTAL OTHER PAYMENTS**
**NET (DEFICIT)/SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR**
**MOVEMENT OF FUNDS**
Opening Cash Balance
Add/(Less) Movement in the year
Closing Cash Balance||**2024**
**£**
**18,484.72**
**9,327.58**
**625.00**
**551.73**
**0.00**
**1.25**
**472.80**
**816.60**
**50.00**
**3,865.80**
**475.00**
**4.03**
**470.44**
**16,660.23**
**1,824.49**
**0.00**
**1,824.49**
**0.00**
**0.00**
**0.00**
**1,824.49**
**10,616.32**
**1,824.49**
**12,440.81**||**2023**
**£**
**16,956.92**
**9,919.78**
**275.00**
**533.40**
**310.97**
**154.16**
**458.80**
**1,633.83**
**50.00**
**3,423.40**
**425.00**
**4.16**
**299.76**
**17,488.26**
**(531.34)**
**0.00**
**(531.34)**
**7,061.00**
**500.00**
**7,561.00**
**(8,092.34)**
**18,708.66**
**(8,092.34)**
**10,616.32**| |---|---|---|---|---| Page 4 ## **DARTMOUTH GREEN PARTNERSHIPS** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** ## **1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES** ## **Basis of accounting** The receipts and payments account has been drawn up as a summary of the receipts and payments made during the year by the charity. Amounts are included as received by the charity or as payments are made. The accounts and the balance sheet do not include accruals and prepayments in respect of income or expenses. The receipts and payments account and the balance sheet has been prepared following the guidance for accounting for small charities issued by the Charities Commission. ## **2 Statement of Assets and Liabilities** |**3 **|**Bank and Cash Balances**
CO-OP - COMMUNITY DIRECTPLUS ACCOUNT
PAYPAL
**Total Assets**
Brought Forward:
Noticeboard
Bowsers
Shed, Greenhouse and Small Tools
Planters, Troughs and Hanging Baskets
Bowser plus Engine
Gazebo
Additions:
Gazebo
Cost Carried Forward
**GREENHOUSE**
Cost Brought Forward
Additions during year:
Wiring for Greenhouse
Cabin Container
Plumbing for Greenhouse
Cost Carried Forward
**Total Carried Forward**|**2024**
**12,440.81**
**0.00**
**12,440.81**
**600**
**1,200**
**3,900**
**14,039**
**1,261**
**500**
**0**
**21,500**
**79,778**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**79,778**
**101,278**|**2023**
**10,616.32**
**0.00**
**10,616.32**
**600**
**1,200**
**3,900**
**14,039**
**1,261**
**0**
**500**
**21,500**
**72,717**
**1,500**
**4,680**
**881**
**79,778**
**101,278**| |---|---|---|---| Page 5