Tntstees. Annual Report for the period Pwi(xJ start d* Peric￿ end date From iJanuary ,2020 To 31 December ,2020 Reference and administration details Section A Charity name THE FRIENDS OF CRESSING TEMPLE Other nanes charity is known by Registered charity number (rf any) 1166431 Charity's principal addrESS 156 VWtHAM ROAD BLACK NOTLEY ESSEX CM77 8LX Names of the charlty t￿￿teeS who manage tt* charity ofkn rrfary) Name of person (or body> entiU•d Suzanne Char Andrew Bnght Jane Palmer David Andrew5 Lesley frfjllin Monika Curry Names of the trustees for the charity. rf any. (for exam* any custodian tn￿) Name Name5 and addresses of advisers (OptiMal h￿Orn￿￿> of adviser Address Name of chief executi￿ or n4•nes rf senior staff manbeT5 (Optional informalion) AB Iky 2021 Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Description of the charlty's trusts dated 4th Awjust 2015 as on 1f December 2020 (eg Lr I I dth•rJ f winstr'tutbon Iptllryi . Ela*ed at AGM Additional governance issues (0Oional infomiation) Relationship ￿ ES￿ C(xmty Councd, owners of the Cressing Site. Ref￿en￿ lettw dated 12 Matth 2016 from Heal of County Parks. You may choose to irtkmje addrtional infomiatirn, whe relevant, about policies and procedures adopted for the ind￿tIC￿ and training of trustees: . the charws {￿ganISa￿On strui*ure and a)y wider network with whith the charty works; • relationship with any related parties: Co￿ty counc￿ during the year. mw risk durwvJ year vras the ck>sure (Athe site by Essex County CounL?l from 23" Mach to 21$1 May 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. together wilh no puL* evefts being held dUrw￿ the year. These factors caused a significant red￿tIC￿ in visitor n￿•b￿S arnl the d)aiitys abilty to raise fl￿￿lS tlyough sales to ts pubh"c. In OTder to the financial succ*ssfulty appl￿d for fve gra￿. We also increased sales from our Communty Garden and diversi￿ our income by seuing craft itwns made major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. no liabilth"es. other than those tha ate covered ty insUrar￿. There is a dependerry on the voluntsry effort5 ofthe memb￿5 and officers. as well as the horticultunst empbyed by Essex c￿ Council. Section C Ob'ectives and activities Summary of the objects ofthe charity set out in its governing docwnent indudirvJ the Wdlled Garth. the Gth aThJ the Jubilee Orthard. as a Uniq￿ hithrical. social arml hOrt1￿ltural rec(xd arMJ educ*iorkg1 ay 2021 paid due to the Chaity C(xnmission on public ba)efit. The name ofthe djarity vrds chaw from Tr Frients of Cressing Temple Gardens" to Tr Friends Cres￿j Tempk". aThJ the Constrtution updated to reflect trE trustees, irrtattK)ns to provide support to the whole Cressiru Temple srte. It is the trustees, aim to embed ￿ IT￿luS￿e CAAture in the tharity's ways of woiking, that values equalty afKI dive15ty ensuring that equal opportunities ate available to all. Part of the Friend's objedTh￿S is to raise money in support of the site arK1 Summary of the man activities undertaken for the public benefft in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that tn￿tee5 have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benerrt) of t￿lUC£ from our Communty G*n intrc#￿ s*s of craft during the y&w, wrth the number of volurrtws inueasing from about 30 to 47. This provi￿1 heatth arKJ *Ellbeing beneffts to rn￿e people during a time of social and inactsvty. The volunteers nonnally attend on T• and Thursdays. Unfortun• ttw V•Ere unable to attend whilst the site was closed arml alef r&openw¥J we re*icted numbers in days to McrfKJays arKI vVedn￿ayS as in order to gNe opportunities to as many Vol￿tteerS as posstt>le. voluntee￿ play a key role in sustaining the h￿h standard of Mamtt￿anee so tssential to the pubfic's appreciation of the &te gths. Thts wblic ba)efft encompassed in the constitutK)n of the Fiiends is at the forefrorrt of the Trustees. and offi￿rS, actNity. They ai give tr*ir seNices voluntarity in the interests of the charity arKI dr￿ rK) pet50￿ fKlu(xy tkndrt from roles. The gardens in parti￿lar KKOVKle irrterest to the ktsl communty and wider soc• with hands on ex￿n￿ involvwratt, demonstrating the power of horticultwe arKI other skills to imwove peoFAe's lives. Additional details of objectives and activit￿ (Opti￿1 infornMtTh) The Fri￿￿5 of Cressing Tanple (>￿Ild ncrt C4)wate vrith￿t the generous and wiUw¥J help of volunteers. You may choose to incknle fvrther statements. where relevanc abouL A totsl of 2.173 volwrteer h(xw5 Contri￿ dwiro the year. If calculated at the minffnum wage this would am(xmt to a very valuable cofrtribution crf £18,949. policy on grarrtTn*: policy programme related investment: rn￿ntenan￿ w￿rk. to wTh)d and tool repairs, try￿gh to all the contribution made ty volunteers. AB Ilay 2021 Section D Achievements and performance Summary ofthe main achievements of the chanty during the year Plant. hert) and horw sales are our main Sour￿ of tradirrfJ income, pandemic meant that the value of Itw s* was Iwthan the diVer&￿￿j w inconE stream. which indLKled more than doubliThJ sales of produ￿ fr￿n our COMM￿￿ty Garden to Q921 and introduang sales of craft items m* by members volunteers, whth together with sales of b(x)ks and DVDS raised £2,155. We 1fr￿nk our team of volunteers for these aChlev￿nents. To ertsure the safety of volunteers when rdumaj to work in June. we reduced the numbers at each S￿l0n and Introd￿ measures for so¢ially-distancaJ workirKJ. We also secwed a micrwant frcxn the tools to minimise Sh￿ bet1￿￿ peo*, as well a5 hygiene products Two potytunnels were pwchased fr(xn grant funds. one from the Essex Communty F￿nd￿lon. the other from the Natiork31 Lottw Heritage Fund. These will allow us to progress with a projed to grow our own herbs. We also bought a frurt cage armj installaj rabbit-pn)of knang from a grant WOVKled by Braintree District Council. These items were all key to our drive to increase the prcKluctivty of the Community Garden, both during the yw atKI for the future. We re￿iVed a grant from banK the co-opwa.ve Barnk, whith will erkqble us to repla￿ the footpath around the Wellhouse in 2(Y2150 that rt will be safer and more aC￿lble to alL We participated in the Apple Day held at Easton Lodge. as we were unable to hold our (Nm event. After losing two of our three b* hives in 2019. we introduc&1 two new swarms to build our apiary bad( to thr* arKI extratknl 251bs of honey during the yeat. We irrtr¢xluced our own ￿lendar the first tKno however sales were muted due to visitor restrithns being introduced again from November. We strengthened our patr*rships with the East ￿ EnglarKI Orctsrds and Apples Projed who sUP￿rted ow for￿ rm tree planting acxoss the site: and with Historic Essex Bulld1r￿S wtm) sponsored the reprwit of "Cres5ing Temple- A Tern￿r arKI Hospitakn Manor in Essex arKI ifs Buildrys". We partr￿ed vrith Abberton Rwal Training with trE potential to provide re%)urce and capacity to assist with future FKoJects around the site. https:lfthefriendthessiWple.org We started to irNestigate dIff￿ent ways of through schemes such as Amazon Smile. Essex Lottffy arnl Easy Fundraising. We are introducing a program of courses to exte￿1 ￿ a(thIts￿ in 2021. We continued to provKle regular gov￿n￿ by movirMJ all our committee meetings online. AB IAay 2021 Section E Financial review Brief sL3tement of the charity's policy on reserves use and purp(￿ of the OrgaThsaion as defin￿1 in the Aims & Objectives opw*e meet the needs of the visitors in the event of Unforese￿ and Details of any funds materialty in deficit Further financial revi￿ del* (opt￿al informati(￿) You may choose to in( additi'onal inform*ion. wtr*re relevant about". the charity's principal Sour￿ of furKJs (includi any fundraising): how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; investment policy and objectives Ind￿1r￿j any ethical investment policy adopted. All f￿ldra￿ing is to SUPFM)rt the gardens and the Wid￿ site. and is mainly year. Braintr* Distrid C¢xm¢?1: £1.379 Essex CoMm￿ty Fourmjation: £1.602 in particular d￿nOnStrate the p)wer crf horticultu￿ other skills to improve people's lives. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees. report above. Signed on behaff of the charity's tntstees Signaturels) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) SUZANNE LOWE CHAIR TrEASURER 2ZO May 2021 AB 2021 The Friends of Cresslng Temple Registered chatity number 1166431 Receipts and payments accounts For the year to 31 December 2020 Period from 17 Mar 2019 to 31 Dec 2019 Total funds to the nearest £ Year Ended 31 Dec 2020 Totsl funds to the ￿reSt £ Unrestricted Restricted funds funds tt) thè hèarest £ to the r*arest £ Receipts National Lottery Heritsge Fund Braintree Distrirt Council Essex Community Foundation Essex Association of Local Counals Co-operative Bank Donations Membership subscriptions Total Grants and Donatlons Fundraislng Activfrties Apple Day & Sales Quiz Evening Events / Workshops / Tours Trading Activities Plants / Hert) / Honey Sales Community Garden Sales Books / DVDS / Craft Sales Volunteer Uniforni Sales Other Total Receipts from Artlvities 8.500 1.379 1.602 8,500 1.379 1.602 6,325 1,075 909 320 1.229 2,006 315 9,721 320 14.210 .981 96 405 150 388 405 150 724 7.988 2,921 2.155 235 98 14,048 7,988 2.921 2,155 235 98 14,048 15,009 1.246 616 252 18,235 Totsl Receipts 15.277 12.981 28,258 27,956 Payments National Lottery Heritsge Fund Equipment Braintree DC / Essex Community Equipment Community Garden Tools & Equipment Total Assets Purchased 3.720 2.981 3,720 2,981 206 875 7,782 24,439 1,075 875 1,081 6,701 25,514 Plant / Herb / Honey cost Volunteer costs Events / Workshops / Tours Plants & Equipment Garden Books / DVDS / Craft cost Contract worker Office consumables Insurance & Professional Fees Other Total Payments 4.714 274 253 2.203 860 4,729 332 252 225 14.923 5,522 832 253 2,789 860 8,270 369 252 225 27.154 6,491 161 300 2.270 164 5,826 123 320 396 41,565 558 586 3,541 37 12,231 Net of receipts/(payments) 354 750 1.104 (13,609) Total Funds Broutht Forward 9.627 349 9.976 23.585 Total Funds Carried FOr￿ard 9,981 1,099 11,080 9,976 Cash Funds at end of the period Bank Cash Total Funds 9,922 59 9.981 1.099 11,021 59 11.080 9,831 145 9,976 1.099 Signed by two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name Position Date of Approval SUE LOWE CHAIRPERSON AND EW BRIGHT TREASURER 22nd May 2021 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** THE FRIENDS OF CRESSING TEMPLE **members of On accounts for the year** 31 December 2020 **Charity no** 1166431 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-6 - I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2020. - **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._ **Date:** 22[nd] May 2021 **Signed: Name:** DEREK WOTTON **Relevant professional** CHARTERED MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT ACMA CGMA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 54 QUEENSBERRY AVENUE COPFORD COLCHESTER ESSEX CO6 1YN **October 2018** 1 **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** . **October 2018** 2 **IER**