2021-03-31-accounts - Hackney Tree People

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Tree Musketeers/ Hackney Community Tree Nursery[1]

AGM 2021 Saturday 7th August

Tree Nursery: 13.30 for 14.15 start

Chair: Cllr Caroline Woodley

Agenda

Welcome & introductions
Apologies Decision required: to note apologies
Minutes from previous AGM Decision required: to agree the minutes
Matters Arising -

Matters arising from AGM/ Annual report AGM 2021 not otherwise covered on the agenda

Conflict of interest declaration Decision required: to note any conflicts
Annual Reports
a. Trustees Report
b. Annual Accounts
c. Annual Report on Tree Planting and Tree Care
d. Mediator’s Report (David Walker)

Followed by Q&A.

Decision required: to approve the reports

Composition of Trustees[2]

The Constitution requires that one-third of current Trustees, plus any co-options during the last year, must stand down.

Sarah Lo, Annie Chipchase, Jim Lowe and Eugene Clerkin are standing down this year. They may be re-elected.

The Constitution requires a board of at least five trustees. This means that the AGM must elect a minimum of four trustees.

Nominations for trustees closed on 20[th] July and have been received for the following: Annie Chipchase; Jim Lowe; Olivia Kilmartin; Sarah Lo

Voting will be by secret (including mail-in) ballot. Tellers will be appointed prior to the meeting.

Decision required: to elect the Trustees for 2020/21[3]

1 Registered charity: Hackney Tree People

2 See policy on Recruitment of Trustees for further information

3 The new trustees will decide on roles and responsibilities at their first meeting.

AGM of the Tree Musketeers

Report of the Trustees

It has been a challenging year[4] for the TMs and for the trustees of the charity.

Tree planting

Over the winter of 2020/21 the TMs planted a large number of trees across Hackney’s parks including 93 grown in the tree nursery and 102 flowering Sakura trees as part of the Sakura Cherry Tree Project by the Japanese Embassy.

We planted across 10 parks and green spaces in Hackney including London Fields, where we have not planted in some years. This site now has 15 new trees and an enthusiastic team of local residents caring for them on Sunday mornings.

The Sakura Cherry Tree Project trees were planted on Daubeney Fields (58) and Springfield Park (44) with the help of Hackney Council staff and councillors. The agreement with London Borough of Hackney (LBH) is that these trees, like all of the others we plant, will receive two years of aftercare from the TMs.

A huge thank you to Russell Miller for coordinating the mammoth tree planting this year. With the added strain of Covid-19 adding complications to operations, the sheer number of trees planted and people engaged was an impressive feat!

Covid-19 meant that risk assessments and briefings had to be revised, social distancing had to be observed, tools had to be disinfected, and contact details taken of all attendees. We had one reported case of infection (acquired before our planting event) which was relayed immediately to all volunteers who had attended that session. To our knowledge, no-one became infected from that or any other TMs session.

Given the added complications to our planting operations we can be proud of the number of trees planted and the number of volunteers who were safely engaged in activities.

Tree care and watering

Tree care in the past year took on a sense of urgency because of the summer was very dry and very hot and we had to deal with Covid restrictions. We responded by decentralising our watering teams and having one co-ordinator for each park who worked with small teams of volunteers who observed social distancing. Because we had more volunteers, as a result of people staying at home, we found that this meant we were more effective at watering in parks than in previous years!

Our watering practice is to prioritise trees that were planted the previous winter, then trees planted the winter before, and then other trees that may be struggling. We now have volunteers who know and recognise the trees that need to be prioritised for watering. This is a process where co-ordinators provide information about the park and and the trees during watering sessions and help volunteers to develop a relationship with the green space and maybe even the tree.

In the spring we did orchard pruning sessions at the tree nursery and in Millfields Park. We also did some sessions weeding, and mulching around trees and replacing guards where necessary.

We continue to work closely with Council staff in the parks and together we all keep an eye on the health of the trees and identify which of them need attention.

Governance

4 The last AGM was in May 2020, “The last year” actually refers to the last fifteen months.

There have been some tensions among core TM volunteers in the last year. The previous Chair (Christine Kings) stepped down in September 2020 and further resignations, including the Secretary (John Godley) and Treasurer (Anne Sheedy), followed later that year. The board has since been in flux, with further resignations of Keone Wales, Shelagh Taylor and Esther Adelman in Spring 2021.

The issues have been complicated, made even worse by the pandemic, which has isolated people and strained relationships through having to have meetings and discussions on Zoom. In February 2021, the board enlisted the services of a mediator to help repair relationships. All affected volunteers were offered the opportunity to contact the mediator and many did. The mediator's report will be circulated as soon as it’s ready.

The board was inquorate for just over a week until James (Jim) Lowe, Annie Chipchase and Felicity (Flee) Jones joined the board.

There have been some key elements of good governance that have been put in place over the past few months. These include:

A Membership policy which sets out the basis for membership and the responsibilities of members
A Code of Conduct which sets out the behaviours expected from trustees
A Trustee Recruitment Policy to ensure fair and transparent elections
A Finance Policy (draft)

Strategic Direction

Since the last AGM three interactive strategy sessions were set up in the spring and early summer of 2020 and, although they were done on Zoom, they were well attended and expertly managed using a combination of tools, including breakout “rooms” and “sticky notes”. At a time when most people were isolating at home, these sessions brought us together in a dynamic manner which produced numerous ideas and much excitement for our future development.

The results of our strategy sessions were pulled together into a draft strategy document in the summer of 2020. Unfortunately, because of subsequent internal problems and a second Covid lockdown this part of our project has not progressed.

General Meetings

We will resume regular General Meetings for the coordination of operations and keeping members and volunteers up to date on TM activities. We hope that this will give all Tree Musketeers an opportunity to contribute to the running of the organisation. Following the general meetings subcommittees can be formed to carry out certain operations in a focused manner.

Thanks

We would like to thank everyone who has given their time since the last AGM whether it has been on co-ordinating tree planting, tree watering and other park activities; running the tree nursery; welcoming and supporting new volunteers; managing the forest garden and bee hives; driving and maintaining Goupi (our electric vehicle); responding to potential volunteers and managing our contact lists; preparing and sending out the newsletter; managing, and reporting on, the finances; pulling together the calendar and setting up sales; developing the website; liaising with the council and partner organisations; conflict resolution initiatives; organising our strategy sessions; drafting policies and other documents; mending our wheelbarrows and building our shed; leading on our Covid response.

There is a huge amount of work involved in keeping the TMs functioning (much more could be listed...) and, if you've helped make it work, you have our thanks!

Annie, Eugene, Jim, Marcelo and Sarah Trustees July 2021

AGM of the Tree Musketeers

Tree Nursery Report

The Tree Nursery was a busy place throughout the year, as usual, benefitting the hard work of numerous volunteers giving their time and expertise. Activities involved in raising and nurturing trees for planting out in Hackney’s Parks and open spaces are numerous and varied, as are those of managing the site to ensure access and maintaining its value for wildlife. An added element of our work during the long hot weather of 2020, apart from almost non-stop watering, involved moving trees into shaded areas to protect them from the unrelenting heat of the sun.

During the year, we acquired a new shed, courtesy of the council, which was erected and fitted out with shelving by Jim and Flee. This is used for the storage of pots and equipment close to the potting-on area. Jim also undertook major, much-needed, construction work: a shelter providing shelves for timber storage and cover for our trolleys and wheelbarrows, reducing their exposure to the elements. The compost bays, which have seen years of service, were also rebuilt. A new compost bay in the potting-up area was thrown in for good measure. The installation of work benches in both polytunnels and a misting system in the propagation polytunnel now enables us to propagate trees from seed so that we can grow a greater diversity of species.

As if we didn’t have enough to do, we took on management of the adjacent site (‘next door’ as we refer to it). A number of specimen trees grow there and it is a favoured spot for the foxes.

During the year, some income came from workshops held by Hackney Herbal and the Community Apothecary and it is hoped these will continue. Students with Hackney Ark continued to visit during half-term breaks, and again, put in a lot of hard work, which we very much appreciate.

The Tree Nursery was awarded the Green Flag Community Award. This award now has a greater emphasis on biodiversity and sustainability which is what we aim for. BBC Countryfile did some filming on the site, providing good publicity; trees are now high on the agenda as climate change becomes more evident. We sold fifteen trees to Made from Scratch, who were landscaping Shacklewell Primary School and a number of trees and fruit bushes to Clapton Commons to plant in the garden surrounding Liberty Hall.

With Covid restricting us to six volunteers in a session we quickly moved from sessions on Tuesdays, Fridays and the last Saturday of the month to opening every day of the week. This allowed us to have the same number of volunteers (or more!) across seven days. We implemented Covid-safe precautions and directed new volunteers to watering teams in the parks. Since the middle of May, with the lifting of some restrictions, we have opened the tree nursery on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with a Moth Club on Friday mornings at 7.00.

At the end of the year all was looking good and a big thanks to all our volunteers and their help in keeping it that way.

Beekeeping

The increasing disability of our most experienced beekeeper, Tim, made things a little tricky, but was compensated for by the energy of co-beekeeper, Keone. He explored candlemaking and Keone's Krazy Kandles became something of an internet hit. His mead was another addition to our product repertoire. Alas, Keone left us in July 2021 and will be missed not only in beekeeping but for his genial and always gay presence at the tree nursery.

We continued to experiment with a modification of Warré hive design which invites the bees to control the size and number of hive entrances. The resulting behaviour is teaching us something about their needs.

Forest Garden

We've been making slow and steady progress with setting up the herbaceous layer. It has been

exciting and intriguing to see the herbaceous plantings establishing themselves between the trees and bushes, or in some cases failing to -- every success or failure tells us something. We're also lucky to have mushroom enthusiast Marcelo experimenting with winecups, oysters and shiitake.

Local project Overgrow East made a generous donation of plants which they had bought before they were forced to vacate their site. The Solomon's Seal is doing especially well in the shade of the walnut and we hope to have some shoots to eat next spring.

TREE PLANTING IN DETAIL DURING WINTER 2020/2021

The tables below summarise: 1) the species and number of trees planted; and 2) the number of trees planted at each site. See the green panel for information about the numbe of volunteers.

Trees planting details by species

Species	Number
Alder	1
Apple, Crab	1
Apple, orchard	9
Aspen	6
Atlas Cedar	1
Beech	1
Birch, Downy	5
Birch, Silver	16
Broad Leaved cockspur	2
Cherry (Colt?)	1
Cherry, Beni Yutaka	30
Cherry, Bird	2
Cherry, Great White	35
Cherry, orchard	1
Cherry, wild	5
Cherry, Yoshino	36
Chestnut, Horse	1
Chestnut, Indian	2
Coastal Redwood	1

Species	Number
Goat Willow	1
Hawthorn	1
Hornbeam	1
Korean Thuja	1
Maple, Field	2
Maple, Norway	1
Maple, Sycamore	1
Oak	13
Oak, Mirbeck's hybrid	1
Oak, Turkey	1
Oak, Holm	1
Ohio Buckeye	1
Pear, orchard	3
Poplar, native	2
Rowan	2
Rowan, Japanese	1
Scot's Pine	5
Western Red Cedar	1
Whitebeam	1

Trees planting details by site

Site	Trees Planted	Volunteers (approx)
Abney Park Cemetery LNR	2	Because of Covid-19, a
London Fields	15	statement of volunteer
Daubeney Fields	58	~~numbers would not be a~~ true reflection of the many
Hackney Downs	19	people willing and wanting
Hackney Marshes (Main Marsh)	5	~~to help with our activities.~~ In order to comply with
Mabley Green	12	social distancing
Millfields North	11	~~regulations, we were~~ obliged to limit severely the
Millfields South	5	number of people present ~~i Ad~~
Springfield Park	44	~~at any one ste. ttenance~~ was controlled by
Well Street Common	24	compulsory pre-booking for ~~h t~~
Total	195 trees	~~eac even.~~

AGM of the Tree Musketeers

Annual Report on Tree Planting and Tree Care

TREE CARE

Tree care can mean different work for different seasons. It is in early spring after bud burst and into late summer that we need to water the young trees, especially in the first two years following planting. As well as watering trees, we monitor the health of the tree throughout the year and look out broken branches, disease, or tree guards that may need adjustment or re-securing. Formative pruning (the process of shaping a tree when it is young) is also part of the tree care, as is orchard pruning. We carried out several big mulch days, involving GoodGym and a large number of volunteers, and several pruning sessions. The demands of all of this have increased because every year we keep planting more trees!

When new volunteers make contact we offer them choice as to the green spaces they'd like to work in and the tree care work they'd like to do.

TREE PLANTING

195 trees were planted in winter 2020/21. These were small standards, many grown in the Tree Nursery.

101 of these were flowering cherry trees (Sakura) planted on Daubeney Fields and in Springfield Park over 8 days. This was part of a programme initiated by the Japanese Embassy that supplied trees to a number of councils. We planted 36 Yoshino cherries, 35 Great White and 30 Beni Yutaka. Springfield Park and Daubeney Fields are going to be spring destinations for cherry blossom for the next 40 years!

There was planting in Millfields (North and South) over two days. Trees were also planted on Hackney Downs, Well Street Common and London Fields, each over a two-day period. This was our first planting visit to London Fields for some years.

Hackney Downs

Trees have been watered every 7-14 days involving fifteen volunteers, eight of whom are new. It is a large area and the new trees are well spread around the site. All trees have survived to date. In summer 2020, we had relatively few new trees (only 4 to water) so we had opportunity to focus on the previous year's planting. There were several trees that struggled. One foxglove tree was struggling and then 'adopted' by a volunteer. This tree is now showing really healthy leaves. It has been watered fortnightly during 2021. This is an example of a tree in trouble and then restored to health through some intensive tree care.

We have recently set up a WhatsApp group and there are a number of volunteers who joined in the past year who will soon be able to lead tree care sessions.

So far, all nineteen new trees planted in winter 2020, are thriving well. This includes 6 birch trees, 2 rowan, 1 scots pine, 1 hawthorn, 1 whitebeam, 1 field maple, 2 buckeye, 1 bird cherry and 1 wild cherry, and in the north boundary 1 large field maple and a hornbeam planted in the mature London plane avenue. Volunteer days included a session adjusting tree guards, and 2 tree trails where more experienced volunteers organised a walk looking at newly planted trees in our care.

Well Street Common

Trees have been watered regularly, usually fortnightly . Since the purchase of the electric transport the vehicle was used frequently to water trees here and this has greatly eased the amount of volunteer work involved in tree watering.

There has been a significant increase in the number of local volunteers partly helped by setting up a. WhatsApp group. All new trees there are thriving with no failures to date.

Twenty-four trees have been planted in the last year including; 6 young birches planted between the group of scots pines with the idea of creating a Caledonian effect. A bird cherry planted in the SE area where two trees planted in the past have failed. A Turkey oak (a memorial tree) and an oak, both standard size, are doing well. Four fruit trees (two apple and two pears) planted in the orchard area are all doing well. An oak from the central area needed to be transferred as it was too close to another planted tree; it was moved to the NE area and this has been watered as a priority because of the amount of root exposed in the transplanting. To date it looks well.

At WSC, there has been improvement in the facilities for watering. Mary, very kindly, continues to allow us to use the trolley in her back garden and her water. We do now have better access to the 'manhole' facility to draw water, and thanks to Jim, for making a tool to making lifting the lid easier.

Millfields North and South

We planted sixteen new trees, including a memorial tree, over two days in the winter of 2020/21 in North and South Millfields. These included a poplar, crabapple, cherry, Mirbeck’s oak, Indian chestnut, cedar, European alder, Japanese rowan, native black poplar, Korean thuja, scots pines, and Broadleaf cockspur. All new trees are doing well.

In spring we pruned the orchard trees over two days and organised another session to weed around the trees and replace the tree guards.

Watering sessions are happening regularly with two teams on Tuesday evenings and Wednesday mornings.

London Fields

Tree care has flourished in this space where a group of new volunteers has become active in getting the trees watered fortnightly, usually on Sunday mornings. We worked with the Council and now have a space for the trolley in their yard. All trees are doing well and there is good energy and enthusiasm in this team.

New tree planting included eight new fruit trees which were added to the orchard (planted several years before in the north part of the park), five cherry trees in an avenue close to the lido, and 2 oak trees planted in the east side, one a memorial tree.

Daubeney Fields

Fifty-eight Sakura flowering cherry trees were planted last winter across the fields. In a remarkable development there are now two teams managing the watering and tree care here. A number of different local groups came together and we were able to help set up a team to cover the 'red” patch on Tuesdays and the 'blue' patch on Thursdays with overlapping volunteers. This brought together “the Daubeney fields forever”, the bumps club (skating group), and the staff at the Hackney Marshes adventure playgroup who kindly has agreed for us to store the trolley. Some teams prefer to cart the water in large bags in a barrow and we were able to facilitate the purchase of these. All with the aim of getting trees watered!

Mabley Green

An avenue of ten oak trees was planted last winter together with a sycamore and Norway maple.

Springfield Park

Avenues of flowering cherry Sakura trees were planted over the winter of 2020/21. In total fortyfour trees were planted.

St John's Churchyard

Five trees (2 great white Cherries, 2 native black poplars and a horse chestnut) were planted in winter 2019 and these are watered at least monthly. All are thriving! Seven volunteers are involved in this tree care.

Clissold Park

A number of oak and poplar trees planted in winter 2019 are watered regularly and doing well.

Abney Park Cemetery

Two trees were planted in 2020/21 including a coastal redwood and Western red cedar.

Main Marsh

Five aspens were planted in 2020/21.

Hackney Tree People CIO

(working names Tree Musketeers and Hackney Community Tree Nursery) Registered Charity Number (E & W) 1168716

Annual Accounts for the Year Ending 31st March 2021

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The Mayor of Hackney joined Tree Musketeers in planting flowering cherry trees as part of the Sakura project iniitiated by the Japanese Embassy.
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HACKNEY TREE PEOPLE CIO Registered Charity Number (E & W) - 1168716

ANNUAL ACCOUNTS for the Year Ending 31st March 2021

Objects

The objects of Hackney Tree People CIO are:

1) for the public benefit, to promote improvement of the physical and natural environment, and public health, in particular but not exclusively by the growing, care and conservation of trees, and other activities related to trees, mainly but not exclusively in the London Borough of Hackney;
2) to advance education of the public in these activities;
3) to advance social welfare by promoting recreational and leisure time involvement of the public in these activities.

Governance

Hackney Tree People CIO is governed by its Board of Trustees. There are currently six trustees which include the following officers: Chair; Deputy Chair; Secretary; Treasurer. Board Meetings take place approximately every 12 weeks.

In accordance with rule 13 (2) of its constitution stating that at the annual general meeting of the members of the CIO one third of the charity trustees shall retire from office, the three longest serving trustees did resign at the AGM in 2019. All indicated their willingness to continue with their duties and were re-elected.

Register of Trustees of Hackney Tree People t/a the Tree Musketeers 4.4.2020 to 22.7.2021

Date of becoming a trustee	Full name	Date ceased to be a Trustee
10.8.2016	William Eugene Clerkin
25.11.2019	Francisco Marcelo Herrera White
21.04.2020	Annie Chipchase
21.04.2020	James Lowe
27.9.2020	Sarah Lo
7.8.2021	Olivia Kilmartin
Trustees who resigned, 1.4.2020 to 22.7.2021
10.8.2016	Marie Leahy	10.5.2020
10.8.2016	Michael John Trier	28.6.2020
6.9.2016	Christine Kings	3.9.2020
10.5.2020	John Godley	30.11.2020
10.5.2020	Anne Sheedy	12.12.2020
10.5.2020	Keone Wales	7.4.2021
10.8.2016	Shelagh MaryMargaret Taylor	13.4.2021
27.9.2020	Esther Adelman	13.4.2021

Membership

Membership of the CIO is open to anyone who is interested in furthering its purposes, and who, by applying for membership, has indicated their agreement to become a member and acceptance of the duty of members. Only individuals are eligible to be members of the charity.

We are duly General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant. Our mailing list is hosted by Mailchimp. Volunteers can subscribe and unsubscribe at eepurl.com/cPBbUf (case-sensitive). The privacy policy of Mailchimp is at https://mailchimp.com/legal/

HACKNEY TREE PEOPLE CIO Registered Charity Number (E & W) - 1168716

ANNUAL ACCOUNTS for the Year Ending 31st March 2021 Treasurer’s Report

The Hackney Tree People’s accounts are presented on a receipts and payments basis, as permitted by the Charity Commission.

At the end of the financial year on 31st March 2021, the Total Net Assets of the Group as detailed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities had fallen to £27,754 (compared to £31,974 the previous year).

The Receipts and Payments Accounts for the year show that payments exceeded receipts by £4,220 (the previous year showed receipts exceeding payments by £14,069).

Total receipts were £27,615 including funding & grants (£15,000), donations & tree sponsorship (£10,049), hire of site (£400), sale of honey products (£291), sale of trees & plants (£1,490), sale of printed goods (£153), online sales (£208) and other income (£24). This compared with £27,709 in 2020 including funding & grants (£24,599), donations & sponsorship (£423), fees received for courses & hire of site (£575), sale of honey (£305), sale of trees & plants (£1,149), sale of printed goods (£263), and other income (£395).

Total expenditure was £31,835 (£13,640 in the previous year). Direct costs included fees paid to event and walk leaders and for tuition (£8,550), beekeeping (£115), hardware (£608), growing consumables (£562), printing (£184) and website hosting (£15). Overheads included all other general expenditure (£4,453) and purchase of equipment (£17,348).

Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

The law applicable to charities in England & Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

a) select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
b) observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
c) make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
d) state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
e) prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.

The trustees are responsible for keeping sufficient accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'.

HACKNEY TREE PEOPLE CIO Registered Charity Number (E & W) - 1168716

Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Hackney Tree People CIO for the year ended 31 March 2021

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Hackney Tree People CIO (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2021.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity 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 charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

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

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
the accounts do not accord with those records.

Signed ____ Date ___ 22/11/2021 John O’Brien MSc, FCCA, FCIE Employee of Community Accounting Plus

Hackney Trees Calendar 2021 was produced independently; the aims being for it to be affordable by as many people as possible while also breaking even. Some copies were sold online, the proceeds going direct to TMs. This amount was offset against the cost of production. 160 copies were donated to two local charities. The remaining profit of £400 was paid to TMs as a donation. We achieved a 31 per cent return on the outlay.

All 1,200 copies of the calendar were sold or otherwise distributed, and we received very supportive comments from many recipients. Thanks to all concerned with the production, distribution and publicity and to everyone who purchased it.

“Thank you warmly... In these days of Covid worry and confusion, pure human kindness has never been more important in our lives.”

“It is a truly excellent result and I respect the time that everyone gave to the publication.”

“T. and A. have special memories of the June tree as they first met beneath it at a picnic.

“I live in New Zealand... My 93-year-old Dad was born in Hackney; he was over the moon with the calendar and reminisced over the parks etc.”

HACKNEY TREE PEOPLE CIO Registered Charity Number (E & W) - 1168716

Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31st March 2021

	2021	2020
	£	£
CASH ASSETS
Cash at Bank	27,471	31,717
Cash in Hand (see note 1)	283	257
Total Cash Assets	27,754	31,974
OTHER MONETARY ASSETS
Debtors & Prepayments - Insurance	73	190
ASSETS RETAINED FOR THE CHARITY’S OWN	USE
Goupil G3 electric truck; purchased 28/04/2020	15,600
LIABILITIES
Creditors - Independent Examination Fee	-420	-420

Approved on behalf of the Trustees on 7 August 2021

Cllr Caroline Woodley - AGM Chair

Annie Chipchase - Acting Treasurer

Note 1: Cash in Hand is the balance of the Tree Nursery petty cash account.

HACKNEY TREE PEOPLE CIO Registered Charity Number (E & W) - 1168716

Receipts and Payments Account: Receipts

	2021 £	2021 £	2020 £	2020 £
Net Assets brought forward (see note 2)		31,974		17,905
RECEIPTS Funding and Grants Receipts from Members and Supporters: Donations Tree Sponsorship Fees Received: Planning and Running Courses Hire of Equipment and Site Arboricultural Services Sales: Publications: Hackney Trees Calendar Abney Trees & Woodland (reprint) T-shirts Tree Nursery Produce: Honey and Beeswax Fruit Bushes and Herbs Trees and Shrubs Plants Other Income: Miscellaneous Sales & Receipts Total Receipts Less Total Payments (see next page) Net (Payments) / Receipts for the Year Net Assets at 1st April 2020	9,749 300 0 400 0 50 0 103 291 102 1,338 50	15,000 10,049 400 153 1,781 232 27,615 31,835 (4,220) 31,974	363 60 0 575 0 0 22 241 305 79 1,070 0	24,599 423 575 263 1,454 395
				27,709
				13,640 14,069 17,905
Net Assets at 31st March 2021 (see note 2)		27,754		31,974

Note 2: Net Assets include the Tree Nursery petty cash account balance.

HACKNEY TREE PEOPLE CIO Registered Charity Number (E & W) - 1168716

Receipts and Payments Account: Payments

2021 £ PAYMENTS (see note 3) DIRECT COSTS: Fees Paid for Activities: Event & Walk Leaders and Tuition 8,550 Catering Fees 0 Growing Consumables and Accessories: Trees and Shrubs 0 Beekeeping Materials and Maintenance 115 Hardware Goods 608 Horticultural Supplies 562 Protective Clothing (PPE) 0 Growing sundries 0 Publication and Publicity Printing and Expenses: Publications Printing 184 Photo Processing 0 Publicity (including T-shirts) 15 Total Direct Costs OVERHEADS: Office, Postage and Telephone 19 Accounting 420 Event Catering Consumables 0 Volunteer Refreshments & Consumables 153 Maintenance of Tools & Equipment 789 Maintenance of Site 629 Independent Examiner’s Fees 0 Library and Affiliations 85 Insurance 876 Security and Safety 1,260 Sundries 35 Website (see note 3) 187 Purchase of Equipment 17,348 Total Overheads Total Payments for the Year	2021 £ 8,550 1,285 199 10,034 21,801 31,835	2020 £ 7,525 810 229 213 138 1,429 143 503 45 0 1,003 100 1 100 91 361 (incl) 0 0 218 2 318 90 321	2020 £ 8,335 2,655 1,048
			12,038

			1,602
			13,640

Note 3: 2021 Website Hosting and Maintenance is payable in alternate years.

Contact Us

Email

trees@treemusketeers.org.uk

Website treemusketeers.org.uk

Phone 020 8985 5008

Instagram @TM_Hackney

Twitter @TM_Hackney

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Hackney Tree People CIO

(working names Tree Musketeers and Hackney Community Tree Nursery) Registered Charity Number (E & W) 1168716

Annual Accounts for the Year Ending 31st March 2021

HACKNEY TREE PEOPLE CIO Registered Charity Number (E & W) - 1168716

Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Hackney Tree People CIO for the year ended 31 March 2021

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Hackney Tree People CIO (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2021.

Responsibilities and basis of report

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

Independent examiner’s statement

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

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
the accounts do not accord with those records.

Signed ____ Date ___ 22/11/2021 John O’Brien MSc, FCCA, FCIE Employee of Community Accounting Plus

“Thank you warmly... In these days of Covid worry and confusion, pure human kindness has never been more important in our lives.”

“It is a truly excellent result and I respect the time that everyone gave to the publication.”

“T. and A. have special memories of the June tree as they first met beneath it at a picnic.

“I live in New Zealand... My 93-year-old Dad was born in Hackney; he was over the moon with the calendar and reminisced over the parks etc.”

Contact Us

Email

trees@treemusketeers.org.uk

Website treemusketeers.org.uk

Phone 020 8985 5008

Instagram @TM_Hackney

Twitter @TM_Hackney

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