2024-03-31-accounts - Fertile Roots Foundation

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

From Period start date T Period end date 01 April 2023 o 31 March 2024

Section A Reference and administration details ~~ee~~ Charity name Fertile Roots Foundation Other names charity is known by Fertile Roots Registered charity number (if any) 1167460 ~~eG~~ Charity's principal address Unit 4a Winford Business Park Chew Road Winford Postcode: BS408HJ Bristol ~~FP~~

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

	Trustee name Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
1 Mr Evan Lewis 2 Mr Harr	1 Mr Evan Lewis Chair 2 Mr HarryBarton Treasurer ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~
3 Ms Hattie Wells 4	3 Ms Hattie Wells Secretary Mr Joshua Risso-Gill ~~es~~ ~~ee~~ ~~i~~
5	5 ~~ee~~
6	6 ~~ee~~
7 8 9 10 11 12 13	7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~
14	14 ~~ee~~
15	15 ~~ee~~
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17 18 19 20	17 18 19 20 ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~ ~~ee~~
	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)

Type of adviser Name Address

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

Mr Mark Anstice

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed by existing Trustees Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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

The charity comprises the board of Trustees, all in the UK, and a Director on the ground of the first project area in Morocco.

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

To promote sustainable development for the benefit of the public by: (a) the preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment and the prudent use of resources; Summary of the objects of the (b) the promotion of sustainable means of achieving economic growth and charity set out in its governing regeneration. document
To advance the education of the public in subjects relating to sustainable development and the protection, enhancement and rehabilitation of the environment and to promote study and research in such subjects provided that the useful results of such study are

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disseminated to the public at large.

This charity is effectively dormant at the moment. Besides monitoring and maintenance of the trees planted in the previous years the charity can report no new initiatives. No monies were raised and none were spent. The only costs, those of maintaining the website, were met by the Director. Regarding Public Benefit, the Trustees are confident that the Commission’s guidance on the subject is satisfied in full. 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)

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

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

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Sadly, the foundation achieved absolutely nothing during this reporting Summary of the main period. achievements of the charity during the year

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Section E Financial review The charity does not yet have a policy on reserves. Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially There are no funds materially in deficit. in deficit ~~—~~ Further financial review details (Optional information) No monies were raised this year. The Director paid the few internet costs You may choose to include from his own pocket. 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) Henry James Barton Full name(s) Evan William Lewis Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair Treasurer Date 22 January 2025 22 January 2025

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Charity Name No (if any) FERTILE ROOTS FOUNDATION 1167460 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 1-Apr-23 31-Mar-24

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
	Unrestricted funds			Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total funds	Last year
	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Input from Director	180	180		-		180	-
				-	-	-	-
	-	-		-	-	-	-
	-	-		-	-	-	-
	-	-		-	-	-	-
	-	-		-	-	-	-
	-	-		-	-	-	-
	-	-		-	-	-	-

*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	(Gross income for AR)	180 (Gross income for AR)	-	-	180	-
- - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 180 - - 180 - A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). ~~——————~~
A3 Payments
Website hosting1yr		20	-	-	20	-
Domain registration		103	-	-	103	-
Domain subscrption		20	-	-	20	-
Labour			-	-	-	-
Materials			-	-	-	-
InternshipCourse expenses			-	-	-	-
Foreign bank charges			-	-	-	-
Domain registration(Natural-Earth)		18	-	-	18	-
Domain registration(GreenTheLand)		19	-	-	19	-
**Sub total **		180	-	-	180	-
- - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 180 - - 180 - A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) ~~—————~~
*Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end **Cash funds this year end **	- - - - - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - 12 - - 12 - ~~=====~~

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

		Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment
Categories	Details	funds	funds	funds
		to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	UK bank balance brought forward 12 - - - - - - - - 12 - - OK OK OK *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) ~~SS=~~
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment
		funds	funds	funds
	Details	to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~—__—~~
	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets	- - - - - - - - - - ~~ee~~
	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~ee~~
		Fund to which	Amount due	When due
	Details	liability relates	(optional)	(optional)
B5 Liabilities Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	- - - - - Signature Print Name HarryBarton 29-Jan-25 Date of approval ~~———s~~