## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 04 2020 31 03 2021 **From To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Widnes Growing Together **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1167587 **Charity's principal address** 5 Lockett Road Widnes **Postcode WA8 6SL** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Andrea Wall|Chair||| ||Phil Harris|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** |**Name**|**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**| |---|---| |Andrea Wall|| |Phil Harris|| ||| **TAR** March **2012** 1 **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) Section B Structure, governance and management Description of the charity’s trusts** CIO – Foundation Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by trustees Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** ## **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** **TAR** March **2012** 2 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS WIDNES AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF AN ALLOTMENT AND COMMUNITY **Summary of the objects of the** GROWING SITE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY **charity set out in its** REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC **governing document** AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE LIFE OF SAID INHABITANT. Bringing back a piece of derelict land into use by various groups and individuals as allotments plots and a community garden. The first site is in full use and each plot is being used by groups or individuals. There are plans to expand on the concept of this first site to provide further growing spaces within Widnes. The trustees have read the guidance on public benefit and have taken regard of the Charity Commissions guidance in all aspects of the **Summary of the main** charities activities. **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)** **TAR** March **2012** 3 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 **TAR** March **2012** 4 Section D Achievements and performance A mixture of ages now use the Allotments & Community Garden site. **Summary of the main** The whole site is fully accessible and the land is back in use as allotment **achievements of the charity** plots and community garden, with communal facilities. **during the year** Unfortunately due to Covid restrictions we were unable to operate for most of the year. **TAR** March **2012** 5 Section D Achievements and performance TAR Mar¢h 2012 ## **Section E** ## **Financial review** We do not have a policy **Brief statement of the** **charity’s policy on reserves** ## **Details of any funds materially 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** P. Harris **Signature(s)** A. Wall Phil Harris **Full name(s)** Andrea Wall **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 07/04/21 **TAR** March **2012** 7 ||**Widnes Growing Together**
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**from**|01/04/2020|**To**||| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
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_AR)_|**0**||**-**||**3000**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
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**-**| ||**160**|**5411**|**-**||| ||**160**|**5411**|**-**||**5571**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 07/01/2020 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories **
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Marie Wall
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