## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date 1 11 2019 31 10 2020 **From To** 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** Friends of Calverley Grounds 

**Other names charity is known by** n/a **Registered charity number (if any)** 1166986 

**Charity's principal address** 62 Grove Hill Road 

Tunbridge Wells Kent **Postcode TN1 1SP** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Lisa Grant|Treasurer|||
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** 

**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Constitution 

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by members at the annual general meeting Trustee selection methods 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

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

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity 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** 

For the benefit of the inhabitants of Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding area, to provide and assist in the provision of facilities for for recreation and other leisure activities in the interests of social welfare, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants of the area of benefit without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions, in particular, but not exclusively, by the preservation, promotion, support and improvement of Calverley Grounds. 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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The Friends of Calverley Grounds have ensured the public park is a place that benefits inhabitants of Tunbridge Wells by raising money and building a playground in the park, funded by residents, businesses and grants. This provides a much-needed play space for families to bring their children. 

**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)** 

The Friends of Calverley Grounds protected the future of the park by successfully spearheading a campaign against a proposed office and theatre development by the council. The development would have taken land from the park, ruined a much-loved vista and closed a large section of the park for many years which would have coincided with the coronavirus pandemic when the park was much used.  Ultimately the council abandoned plans due to the strength of feeling against it. 

The Friends of Calverley Grounds continues a programme of community gardening invigorating some under planted spaces. 

## **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. 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

The year was a difficult one for the Friends. The first 4 months of the **Summary of the main** period saw activity on two fronts. We worked alongside Tunbridge Wells **achievements of the charity** Borough Council (TWBC) Parks Dept to layout and replant the 'Dowding **during the year** Bed', a prominent herbaceous and flower bed situated at the main entrance to the Grounds. However, from early March, TWBC suspended all volunteer working parties across all its parks due to Covid restrictions. Our physical activities did not restart until the Spring of 2021. However, we were active in other ways. We held discussions , led by Kent High Weald Partnership (KHWP) and involving TWBC, about ways we could increase the diversity of plants and wildlife in Calverley Grounds. Our plans, supported by TWBC , involved the Friends applying for a grant from Sussex Lund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin. The objective was, and is, to increase biodiversity in Calverley Grounds by broadening the proportion of the park left as meadow and by rewilding some of the less well used corners of the park. We were successful in our application for a grant, however we were not able to commence the project this year. Covid restrictions permitting we will be activating the plans in 2020-21 with the Friends providing working parties to support KHWP and TWBC to initiate the project's vision. Elsewhere, on the financial front, we were able to fund the replacement and repair of some of the play equipment in Calverley Adventure Grounds (CAG), which like playgrounds in most parks, was heavily used in the second half of 2020 when playgrounds were once more officially reopened to the public. We expect our financial support of TWBC to maintain CAG to the highest standards to continue next year. 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

There is no policy in relation to reserves. 

**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** 

**Details of any funds materially** N/A **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** 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** James Kedge **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 31 August 2021 

**TAR** 

March **2012** 

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||**Friends of Calverley Grounds**|**Friends of Calverley Grounds**|**Friends of Calverley Grounds**|**Friends of Calverley Grounds**|**Friends of Calverley Grounds**|**1166986**|**1166986**||
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||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||
||**For the period**<br>**from**||11/1/20||**To**||10/31/20||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||
||**to the nearest      £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||
|Members|**120**||**-**||**-**||**120**||
|Gift Aid|**38**||**-**||**-**||**38**||
|Interest|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|<br>**158**||**-**||**-**||**158**||
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**|<br>**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
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|**_Total receipts_ **|<br>**158**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**158**||
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|**A3 Payments**|||||||||
|Planting|**21**||**-**||**-**||**21**||
|Playground repairs|**- 0**||**1,061**||**-**||**1,061**||
|Art event|**420**||**-**||**-**||**420**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
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|**_Sub total_ **|<br>**441**||**1,061**||**-**||**1,502**||
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
||**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|<br>**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||
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|**_Totalpayments_ **|<br>**441**||**1,061**||**- 0**||**1,502**||
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|**-**<br>**283**||**-**<br>**1,061**||**-**||**-**<br>**1,344**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**- 0**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Cash funds thisyear end_ **|**-**<br>**283**||**-**<br>**1,061**||**-**||**-**<br>**1,344**||
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|||||||||
|**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted funds**||
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|**B1 Cash funds**|||||**5,848**||**6,647**||
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||**_Total cash funds_**|**_Total cash funds_**|**_Total cash funds_**||**5,848**||**6,647**|**6,647**|
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|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||||**-**||**-**||
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|**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|||||||**-**||
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|**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on behalf<br>of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||
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**CC16a Last year to the nearest £ 145 37 5 - - - - - 187 - 0 - 0 187 152 - - - - - - - - 152 - 0 152 35 - - 35 Endowment funds to nearest £ - - -** 

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**-** 

OK 

**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional)** Date of approval 8/29/22 

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