2025-03-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period From Period start date T Period end date 01 April 2024 o 31 March 2025

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Fertile Roots Foundation Other names charity is known by Fertile Roots Registered charity number (if any) 1167460

Charity's principal address Unit 4a Winford Business Park

Chew Road Winford Postcode: BS408HJ Bristol

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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|||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Dates acted if not for whole|Name of person (or body) entitled| |Trustee name|Office (if any)| |year|to|appoint|trustee|(if any)| |1 Mr Evan Lewis|Chair| |2 Mr Harry Barton|Treasurer| |3 Ms Hattie Wells|Secretary| |4|[Mr Joshua Risso-]| |Gill| |5| |6| |7| |8| |9| |10| |11| |12| |13| |14| |15| |16| |17| |18| |19| |20|

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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

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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

Type of governing document

Constitution

• (eg. trust deed, constitution)

Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Appointed by existing Trustees

• (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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

1. 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; (b) the promotion of sustainable means of achieving economic growth and Summary of the objects of the regeneration. charity set out in its 2. To advance the education of the public in subjects relating to governing document 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 disseminated to the public at large.

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Besides monitoring and maintenance of the various crops and trees planted in the previous years the charity can report no new initiatives. No monies were raised and, besides website costs, none were spent. 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

Nothing to report. This charity is effectively dormant. Summary of the main 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 ~~a~~ 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 ~~S—~~

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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 01-Apr-24 31-Mar-25 ~~rr a ee~~ Section A Receipts and payments

		Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds	Restricted		Endowment 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 £		to the nearest £	to the nearest £
	A1 Receipts
	Input from Director	170		-	-					170		-	-
				-	-		-	-		-		-	-
		-		-	-		-	-		-		-	-
		-		-	-		-	-		-		-	-
		-		-	-		-	-		-		-	-
		-		-	-		-	-		-		-	-
		-		-	-		-	-		-		-	-
		-		-	-		-	-		-		-	-
	Sub total(Gross income for AR)	170		-	-		-	-		170		-	-
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 170 - - 170 - ~~——————~~
	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 - A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total [ - ] - - - - ~~—~~ Total payments ~~——=—~~ 180 - - 180 - Net of receipts/(payments) - 10 - - - 10 - A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 12 - - 12 - Cash funds this year end ~~SS~~ 2 ~~S55~~ - 2 - ~~=~~

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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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	2 - - - - - - - - 2 - - UK bank balance brought forward Total cash funds ~~—====>~~
	(agree balances with receipts and payments	(agree balances with receipts and payments
	account(s))		OK	OK		OK
			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	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~is~~
			Fund to which	Amount due		When due
	Details		liability relates	(optional)		(optional)
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities CCXX R2 accounts (SS)	- - - - - Date of approval 23-Jan-26 Print Name HarryBarton Signature 2 ~~——~~