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REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1168016

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

FOR

HANDS OF HOPE

Gibbons Mannington & Phipps LLP Chartered Accountants Landgate Chambers Rye East Sussex TN31 7LJ

HANDS OF HOPE

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

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Report of the Trustees 1 to 7
Independent Examiner's Report 8
Statement of Financial Activities 9
Balance Sheet 10
Notes to the Financial Statements 11 to 16
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 17 to 18
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HANDS OF HOPE

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 July 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Objectives and aims

Main objectives:

Supporting:

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HANDS OF HOPE

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Significant activities

Grow Cook Care Share replaced Get Growing in January 2025 with the aim of creating an umbrella programme that could incorporate our key provision for clarity of message and support the extension of our activities to "year-round" delivery incorporating our new facilities. This multifaceted programme promotes healthier and happier communities, using horticulture, cooking & nature to tackle food poverty, skills deficit and loneliness, leading to improvements in physical activity, healthy eating, education, community cohesion, skills development & social inclusion.

Food Growing & Horticulture: On site volunteering and skill sessions in organic horticulture, using heritage stock. Additionally, working in partnership to provide opportunities for organisations supporting vulnerable groups as well as producing food for local food banks.

Cooking & Nutrition: In-season Cookery delivered via Social Lunch Clubs, Schools Programme, and Skills sessions with focus on reducing food waste & teaching food preservation skills.

Natural History and the Environment: Bushcraft, Foraging, Wild Cooking, Conservation, and traditional Land Management activities promoting nature-connection for improved mental and physical health as well as teaching skills.

Partnership, Social & Community: Collaboration with organisations to broaden our reach and share resources:

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HANDS OF HOPE

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Chargeable Activities:

Public benefit

The trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.

The core foundations of Hope Farm Community Garden were built on extensive community consultations, with feedback gathered from practitioners, potential service users, existing service users and volunteers as well as external stakeholders in East Sussex and West Kent in January 2019 and July 2021.

Driven by results from these consultations, we have strategically enhanced the physical resources on-site and developed bespoke activities to meet the needs identified. We continue to undertake on-going, feedback across all programmes, ensuring responsivity to community needs, and delivery of measurable, lasting impact. We gather feedback (quantitative demographics, qualitative measures across 6 core organisational measures and user testimonies) from participants, volunteers, partners, and staff through age-appropriate questionnaires, consultations, open days, and informal conversations, using this insight to foster programme co-creation, and to align future delivery, scope and strategy.

Recent, 2025 visitor feedback was overwhelmingly enthusiastic about our provision with most quality metrics (n=19) being 85-95% positive. Encouragingly, 86-98% of respondents feel our activities -

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HANDS OF HOPE

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Charitable activities

We are strong advocates of collaboration and over the last three years have established close links with local, regional and national organisations who share our aims in support of beneficiaries. We have partnered with Involve Kent in delivering Kent Country Council's Wellbeing for 55+'s contract. We have also work in partnership with local organisations, to enable their beneficiaries and clients to access our activities including Involve Kent, Yes Futures, Groundworks Southeast, Great Dixter House & Gardens, The Glasshouse CIC, Wellbeing in the Weald, Project Rewild, The Priory Group, Mount Camphill Residential School, Rooted Community Allotment, Nourish, Warming up the Homeless, Rye Food Bank and Hawkhurst Food Bank as well as Primary, Secondary and Specialist schools throughout Rother, Hastings and West Kent. Examples of Partnerships:

The Priory - Ticehurst

Priory Hospital Ticehurst House's Highlands Unit is an acute mental health unit, providing person-centred assessment, treatment, and support for both male and female adults. Hope Farm provided a safe space for patients to get involved with organic, heritage gardening and growing as volunteers. Groups attended once a week, during 2023, men and women's groups being separated into different times of the day. Volunteers engage with a variety of activities around the site contributing to our general upkeep of the gardens, learning about organic no-dig growing techniques, and harvesting of vegetables and cut flowers which will either go to the food banks or back to the priory for patients to take with them.

Angela Smith - Lead Occupational Therapist

"To install hope that patients will recover from mental health crisis through the opportunity to have purpose, connect with nature and others and engage in an active enjoyable activity. Hands of Hope provided a lovely space where our clients didn't feel like patients, just people."

Mount Camphill is a Specialist Further Education College, which provides care, support and engaged learning for students aged 16 to 25 within a holistic environment, offering day and residential placements, 38 weeks per year. Over the 2-year Living History term, students were offered Work Experience placements as part of their transition from Mount Camphill to independent living.

Bexhill College: We have established a new, ongoing partnership with Bexhill College Media department which will continue for all new projects moving forward. During 2024, A Level media students undertook devising, documenting and recording, the outcomes for beneficiaries, partners, volunteers and staff, engaged with Living History producing a 16-minute evaluation film as part of their final exam.

Kent High Weald Partnership:

Kent High Weald Partnership is a not-for-profit organisation which aims to connect people and nature through conservation, education, and wellbeing. We developed a strong partnership during which time they were engaged in delivering a 2-day Volunteering Project building a new Pond-dipping platform, undertook a Great Crested Newt Survey, supported by Volunteers and we in turn provided their staff with training in traditional Hedgelaying and Scything.

Bumblebee Conservation Trust

The Bumblebee Conservation Trust is a science-led, UK based charity established in 2006 because of serious concerns about the 'plight of the bumblebee'. We worked actively with them to deliver multiple workshops and children's sessions providing skill-based, educational activities teaching how to undertake surveys and identify species. Additionally, they provided multiple resources to be shared with schools, families and conservation groups.

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HANDS OF HOPE

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE Fundraising activities Funders & Supporters

We are extremely grateful to the following organisations and donors for their faith and support:

Partnership and Collaboration:

We are grateful for the opportunity to provide horticulture, nature-based and corporate volunteering opportunities for:

We are also grateful to the following charities and organisations who offered support in the period:

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Financial position

As at 31 July 2025 the charity held reserves totalling £344,873 of which £86,328 is held for restricted purposes.

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HANDS OF HOPE

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Reserves policy

Our reserves are managed in line with guidance issued by the Charity Commission and ensure that we can progress the maintenance, restoration and development of our 22-acre site, deliver our community programmes as well as allowing us to operate during periods of lower income ensuring that we have reserves for unexpected events such as redundancies or any site works that require urgent attendance.

Additionally, reserves are held by the charity to enable it to progress to complete both its long-term projects and its current activities and any fluctuations in receipts and payments.

The policy is to hold 6 months of running costs to cover salaries and site running costs which support our activities, and also takes in the following:

(1) Contingency: unexpected expenditure in the event of an emergency;

(2) Cash-flow: situations where a bill has to be paid before the money to cover it has been received;

(3) Commitment: a commitment to expenditure which cannot be covered by the annual income

(4) Closure: the charity becomes financially unsustainable and has to be wound up.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a constitution and constitutes a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

Hands of Hope operates within 'Site Rules' (its governing document) and seeks to have at least five and not more than seven elected Committee members, all of whom must be eligible members, elected at the AGM.

The trustees will regularly conduct a skills audit of the Committee to review any skills gaps and trustee places available. The trustees will then decide if they need to actively recruit board members and agree on a recruitment process that is designed to attract a diverse range of candidates with the skills the charity needs, including agreeing on how and where to advertise.

The board of trustees can appoint a trustee to fill an identified skills gap at any time during the year, when there are vacancies.

Interviews may be carried out by a small panel of trustees, and each candidate will be asked similar questions to ensure a fair and objective approach.

The completed application form and feedback from the interview shall be discussed amongst the committee who will then decide on the suitability of the candidate.

The preferred candidate shall be invited to attend at least one trustee meeting as an observer and will receive further information regarding the role trustee .

The applicant will be given a trustee welcome pack .

If the applicant wishes to proceed, a vote will be taken at the next meeting.

Induction and training of new trustees

As part of the induction process, new trustees shall provide: - Proof of ID.

When joining the committee, new trustees will receive an introduction to the Site, its history, the current activities and planned activities for the future from the Chairman or Trustee. They will also be given access to the site policies and procedures, including safeguarding. They also may access copies of reports and minutes from the preceding 3 months.

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HANDS OF HOPE

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number 1168016

Principal address Hope Farm Tillingham Lane Peasmarsh Rye East Sussex TN31 6XG

Trustees J P Doran Ms S Kaskanian M I Al-Jumaili Ms S Coleman Ms A Doran Al-Jumaili (resigned 31/12/2024)

Independent Examiner

Gibbons Mannington & Phipps LLP Chartered Accountants Landgate Chambers Rye East Sussex TN31 7LJ Approved by order of the board of trustees on ............................................. 30.04.2026 and signed on its behalf by:

James Doran ....................................................... J P Doran - Trustee

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF HANDS OF HOPE

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Hands of Hope

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Hands of Hope (the Trust) for the year ended 31 July 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under Section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by Section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Joseph Greenslade FCCA

Gibbons Mannington & Phipps LLP Chartered Accountants Landgate Chambers Rye East Sussex TN31 7LJ

Date: .............................................

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HANDS OF HOPE

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
39,457
Other trading activities
3
22,112
Investment income
4
1,809
Total
63,378
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
14,657
Charitable activities
Growing
16,172
Other
22,037
Site restoration
27,827
Community
6,403
Education
3,140
Total
90,236
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
(26,858)
Transfers between funds
14
10,514
Net movement in funds
(16,344)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
274,889
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
258,545		 Restricted
funds
£
203,543
-
292
203,835
-
91,862
17,708
64,120
-
1,994
175,684
28,151
(10,514)
17,637
68,691
86,328		 2025
Total
funds
£
243,000
22,112
2,101
267,213
14,657
108,034
39,745
91,947
6,403
5,134
265,920
1,293
-
1,293
343,580
344,873		 2024
Total
funds
£
460,584
7,015
976
468,575
1,675
152,490
46,816
99,571
2,604
14,855
318,011
150,564
-
150,564
193,016
343,580

The notes form part of these financial statements

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HANDS OF HOPE

BALANCE SHEET 31 JULY 2025

Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
9
235,591
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
10
4,289
Cash at bank and in hand
49,575
53,864
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
11
(15,910)
NET CURRENT ASSETS
37,954
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES
273,545
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year
12
(15,000)
NET ASSETS
258,545
FUNDS
14
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS		 Restricted
funds
£
-
-
86,328
86,328
-
86,328
86,328
-
86,328		 2025
Total
funds
£
235,591
4,289
135,903
140,192
(15,910)
124,282
359,873
(15,000)
344,873
258,545
86,328
344,873		 2024
Total
funds
£
296,438
1,253
94,435
95,688
(21,546)
74,142
370,580
(27,000)
343,580
274,889
68,691
343,580

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on ............................................. and were signed on its behalf by:

............................................. J P Doran - Trustee

............................................. S Kaskanian - Trustee

The notes form part of these financial statements

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HANDS OF HOPE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Hands of Hope is a charitable incorporated organisation, registered in England and Wales. The charity's registered number and principle address can be found in the Report of the Trustees.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PREPARING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

INCOME

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

EXPENDITURE

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Plant and machinery - 25% on cost

Improvements to property - amortised over the life of the lease term ended June 2028

TAXATION

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

FUND ACCOUNTING

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

PENSION COSTS AND OTHER POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charity's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

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|||| |---|---|---| |3.|OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES| |2025|2024| |£|£| |Cafe and produce sales|10,271|6,415| |Room hire|563|600| |-| |Training and courses|4,611| |-| |Activity funding|6,667| |22,112|7,015| |4.|INVESTMENT INCOME| |2025|2024| |£|£| |Electricity from solar|873|-| |Deposit account interest|1,228|976| |2,101|976| |5.|INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS' REMUNERATION| |2025|2024| |£|£| |Fees payable to the charity's independent examiners for the| |independent examination of the charity's financial statements|3,000|4,041| |3,000|4,041|

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6. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 July 2025 nor for the year ended 31 July 2024.

TRUSTEES' EXPENSES

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 July 2025 nor for the year ended 31 July 2024.

7. STAFF COSTS

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|||| |---|---|---| |2025|2024| |£|£| |Wages and salaries|91,962|125,493| |Social security costs|4,700|3,754| |Other pension costs|1,905|1,832| |98,567|131,079|

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The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:

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|||| |---|---|---| |2025|2024| |Charitable activities|4|8|

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No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

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8. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted Restricted Total
fund funds funds
£ £ £
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies 64,894 395,690 460,584
-
Other trading activities 7,015 7,015
Investment income 976 - 976
Total 72,885 395,690 468,575
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds 1,439 236 1,675
Charitable activities
Growing 39,963 112,527 152,490
Other 42,567 4,249 46,816
Site restoration 60,741 38,830 99,571
Community 2,567 37 2,604
Education 4,901 9,954 14,855
Total 152,178 165,833 318,011
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) (79,293) 229,857 150,564
Transfers between funds 255,589 (255,589) -
Net movement in funds 176,296 (25,732) 150,564
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward 98,593 94,423 193,016
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 274,889 68,691 343,580
9. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Improvements
to Plant and
property machinery Totals
£ £ £
COST
At 1 August 2024 343,922 74,036 417,958
Additions 11,940 12,871 24,811
At 31 July 2025 355,862 86,907 442,769
DEPRECIATION
At 1 August 2024 79,701 41,819 121,520
Charge for year 70,509 15,149 85,658
At 31 July 2025 150,210 56,968 207,178
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 July 2025 205,652 29,939 235,591
At 31 July 2024 264,221 32,217 296,438
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

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10. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2025 2024
£ £
Trade debtors 1,368 1,253
-
Prepayments 2,921
4,289 1,253
11. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2025 2024
£ £
Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 13) 12,000 12,000
Trade creditors 1,410 6,527
Taxation and social security - 519
Other creditors 2,500 2,500
15,910 21,546
12. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR
2025 2024
£ £
Bank loans (see note 13) 15,000 27,000
13. LOANS
An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:
2025 2024
£ £
Amounts falling due within one year on demand:
Bank loans 12,000 12,000
Amounts falling due between two and five years:
Bank loans - 2-5 years 15,000 27,000
14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Net Transfers
movement between At
At 1/8/24 in funds funds 31/7/25
£ £ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 274,889 (26,858) 10,514 258,545
Restricted funds
GBBO 37,008 (8,173) (11,940) 16,895
-
Living History 30,686 (8,610) 22,076
-
National Lottery 31,683 (8,090) 23,593
- -
Get Growing (10,336) 10,336
Grow Cook Share Care - 24,064 (300) 23,764
68,691 28,151 (10,514) 86,328
TOTAL FUNDS 343,580 1,293 - 344,873
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming
Resources
resources
expended
£
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
63,378
(90,236)
Restricted funds
GBBO
21,090
(29,263)
Living History
38,403
(7,717)
National Lottery
83,749
(91,839)
Get Growing
1,999
(12,335)
Grow Cook Share Care
58,594
(34,530)
203,835
(175,684)
TOTAL FUNDS
267,213
(265,920)
Comparatives for movement in funds
Net
Transfers
movement
between
At 1/8/23
in funds
funds
£
£
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
98,593
(79,293)
255,589
Restricted funds
Restricted fund
94,423
(43,821)
(50,602)
GBBO
-
241,995
(204,987)
National Lottery
-
31,683
-
94,423
229,857
(255,589)
TOTAL FUNDS
193,016
150,564
-
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming
Resources
resources
expended
£
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
72,885
(152,178)
Restricted funds
Restricted fund
-
(43,821)
GBBO
241,995
-
Living History
70,060
(70,060)
National Lottery
83,635
(51,952)
395,690
(165,833)
TOTAL FUNDS
468,575
(318,011)		 Movement
in funds
£
(26,858)
(8,173)
30,686
(8,090)
(10,336)
24,064
28,151
1,293
At
31/7/24
£
274,889
-
37,008
31,683
68,691
343,580
Movement
in funds
£
(79,293)
(43,821)
241,995
-
31,683
229,857
150,564

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

The purposes of the restricted funds are as follows:

GBBO - Our 'Great British Build Off' is a phased project to restore and expand our historic site. The current phase includes plans to develop a new, inclusive, community kitchen, cookery school and learning centre.

Living History - This is a 2-year programme with the aim of reconnecting communities to nature, provide opportunities for training and skills in conservation, land management & traditional rural craft and conserve and protect our ancient site.

Lottery - this grant provides core funding to enable more people to access the benefits of growing, cooking, and connecting to nature.

Get Growing and Grow Cook Share Care - Grow Cook Care Share replaced Get Growing in January 2025 with the aim of creating an umbrella programme that could incorporate our key provision for clarity of message and support the extension of our activities to "year-round" delivery incorporating our new facilities. This multifaceted programme promotes healthier and happier communities, using horticulture, cooking & nature to tackle food poverty, skills deficit and loneliness, leading to improvements in physical activity, healthy eating, education, community cohesion, skills development & social inclusion

TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS

The fixed assets purchased by the charity in the year using restricted funds do not have restricted conditions attached to their usage, and as such a transfer has been made to the general funds to reflect this.

15. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

During the accounting period the charity paid BS Group Limited; a company controlled by trustees; Mr J Doran and Ms S Kaskanian, £1,053 (2024: £68,272). This related to site development expenses borne by BS Group Limited and passed on a cost value.

During the accounting period the charity received donations totalling £22,143 from trustees.

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HANDS OF HOPE

DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Donations and legacies
Donations
Grants
Other trading activities
Cafe and produce sales
Room hire
Training and courses
Activity funding
Investment income
Electricity from solar
Deposit account interest
Total incoming resources
EXPENDITURE
Raising donations and legacies
Sundries
Consultant fees
Other trading activities
Produce purchases
Cleaning
Equipment repairs and renewals
Charitable activities
Wages
Social security
Pensions
Rates and water
Light and heat
Telephone
Postage and stationery
Advertising
Sundries
Growing costs
Carried forward		 2025
£
39,456
203,544
243,000
10,271
563
4,611
6,667
22,112
873
1,228
2,101
267,213
-
12,624
12,624
2,033
-
-
2,033
91,962
4,700
1,905
110
425
-
419
604
218
7,781
108,124		 2024
£
170,575
290,009
460,584
6,415
600
-
-
7,015
-
976
976
468,575
137
-
137
589
320
629
1,538
125,493
3,754
1,832
4,277
-
103
358
3,443
1,000
12,093
152,353

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HANDS OF HOPE

DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025

Charitable activities
Brought forward
Cleaning and waste disposal
Website costs
Equipment maintenance
Education expenses
Community outreach costs
Professional fees
Donations
Uniform costs
Equipment hire
Site repairs
Improvements to property
Plant and machinery
Support costs
Finance
Bank charges
Bank interest
Human resources
Recruitment expenses
Other
Light and heat
Postage and stationery
Motor costs
Computer costs
Governance costs
Independent examiners' remuneration
Insurance
Bookkeeping
Total resources expended
Net income		 2025
£
108,124
1,124
1,239
1,579
3,011
6,403
6,390
-
-
-
17,562
70,509
15,149
231,090
427
3,000
3,427
-
-
-
3,375
5,086
8,461
3,000
-
5,285
8,285
265,920
1,293		 2024
£
152,353
578
1,220
645
14,127
2,604
1,068
1,760
1,277
17,880
20,950
66,055
8,989
289,506
116
3,000
3,116
58
517
1,580
4,932
6,055
13,084
4,041
3,796
2,735
10,572
318,011
150,564

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