2022-12-31-accounts - The Friends Of Cressing Temple

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Trustee name	Office (ifany)
Suzanne Lowe	Chair
Andrew Bdight	Treasurer
Jane Palmer	Membership	Secretary
David Andrews
Lesley Killin
Monika Curry

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Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity during the year			Plant, herb and honey sales continue to be our main source oftrading income. As noted above the removal of restrictions on visitors imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic allowed the value ofthese sales to increase to 614,956which is broadly back to the level achieved in 2019.
			Sales of craft items made by members and volunteers, together with
			books and DVDs raised 65,239,which built on previous increases seen
			in 2020 and 2021. We thank our team ofvolunteers for these
			achievements.
			We held our own Apple Day in October, which was attended by over 1,000people and raised f5,070, as well as driving plant and craft sales
			ofE1,368on the day. The event benefited from good weather and was
			considered to be hugely successful and enjoyed by all.
			Income from our Community Garden ofE1,187was lower than during the
			pandemic years but was similar to that received in 2019.
			The usage ofcontactless payments via SumUp and Paypal, which were
			introduced during the pandemic, continued to grow with 25%of all
			income from fundraising and trading activities being received in this way.
			During the year we installed a Payaz terminal to also facilitate contactless
			donations.
			The new WRAGS trainee who joined us in October 2021 continued her
			two-year placement, which is largely funded by ak6,000 grant from the Finnis Scott Foundation ofwhich f3,000was received in 2022.
			We continued to grow and strengthen our partnerships in the year,
			including those with Essex County Council, Trustlinks, the Cressing
			Temple Community Shed, the Braintree Beekeepers and the Essex
			Beekeeping Association, with all ofwhom we collaborated to start fund
			raising for a Natsol full access compost toilet, which will provide benefits
			for all ofthese groups that use the site.
			We also further strengthened our partnership with Abberton Rural
			Training who, along with Trustlinks, continue to support us by holding
			regular weekly gardening sessions at the site.
			A digital archiving project was initiated during the year, with the first
			phase ofcataloguing historical paper documents being completed.
			We continued to provide governance via regular committee meetings,
			with those in January held online followed by a return to meeting in
			person thereafter.
			Looking ahead to 2023, we have supplemented the fund raising with our partners mentioned above with f4,000from our Apple Day profits, which
			allowed the Natsol compost toilet to be purchased and installed in April.
			We have arranged to switch to a peat-free supplier of herbs from the start
			ofthe new year, and our main supplier of plants will move towards peat-
			free production during 2023 and 2024.

For the year to31D	e	cemb	er	2022
								YearEnded		YearEnded
								31Oec 2022		31Dec 2021
					Unrestricted		Restricted	Totai			Total
						funds	funds	funds			funds
					to the	nearest E	to the nearest E	tothenearen E		to the	nearest E
flecelpts
Essex Community Foundation							995	995
Finnls Scott Foundation							3,000	3,000			1,500
National Lottery Community				Fund							1,380
Donations						745		745			963
Membership subscriptions						360		360			315
Total Grants and Donations						1,105	3,995	5,100			4,158
Fundralslng Activities
Apple Day &Sales						5,070		5,070			98
Quiz Evening						155		155			205
Events / Workshops	/ Tours					381		381			524
Trading Activities
Plants / Herb / Honey		Sales				14,956		14,956			12,187
Community Garden	Sales					1,187		1,187			2,240
Books / DVDs / Craft		Sales				5,239		5,239			4,155
Volunteer Uniform Sales						176		176			346
Other						4		4			110
Total Receipts from	Activities					27,168		27,168			19,865
Total Receipts						28,273	3,995	32,268			24,023
Payments
Essex Community Fund Equipment							429	429
National Lottery Community				Fund	- Picnic benches						1,380
Picnic benches (top-up of			NLCF grant)								150
Co-operative Bank-	Weghouse footpath										895
ITEquipment						64		64
Tools &Equipment						210		210
Total Assets Purchased						274	429	703			2,425
Plant/Herb/Honey		cost				8,997		8,997			7,188
Volunteer costs						649		649			602
Events / Workshops		/ Tours				178		178			296
Apple Day cost						520		520
Plants & Equipment		Garden				3,918		3,918			4,549
Books / DVDs / Craft		cost				2,076		2,076			1,906
Contract worker						4,543	3,000	7,543			8,076
Office consumables						391		391			543
insurance & Professional			Fees			255		255			255
Other						211		211			171
Total Payments						22,012	3,429	25,441			26,011
Net ofreceipts/(payments)						6,261	566	6,827			(1,988)
Total Funds Brought		Forward				8,202		9,092			11,080
Total Funds Carried		Forward				14,463	1,456	15,919			9,092
Cash Funds at end ofthe			period
Bank						14,201	1,456	15,657			8,877
Cash						262		262			215
Total Funds						14,463	1,456	15,919			9,092
Signed by two			trustees		on behalf ofafi the trustees
Signature
Print Name							SUE LOWE		AN	EW8
Position							CHAIRPERSON		TREASURER