TRUSTEES, ANNVAL REPORT . FOR THE ENDED YEAR MARCH 3121124 PENNINE LAN COMMUNI Charltable Incorpornted 0￿¥￿1$9110n reglstered In England: 1169862 PENNINE LANCASHIRE COMMUNITY FARM (a Charitable Incorporated Organisation 1169862) ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 312024 INDEX Chairfs FOr￿Ord 2 Ad￿￿niStrativ8 infomiation 3 4 Trusl8es' and DirBCtors' rewt 4- 10 IndeFeTrJent examinerfs r•p)rt 11 Statement of financAal aL*vities 12 Balar￿ shg•t 13 Notes lo the finanaal Statem￿ 14-21 P£NNtNE LANCASHtRE COMMUNITY FARM CHAIR'S FOREWORD FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 312024 Chal￿$ Forv*onl W•ll, y••r w•'v• had hef• ￿ PLCF h•wrwJ •n9•g•d *ith 1250 poopkn on ovw 30 dthrent ¥rt•s. Many of our •c4ivrti•s ￿¥• ethtinu•d tr￿? last y••r, h•d quit• 4 f•w new on•$ too. Th• Wldftmr M•adt)w at 81acko h•$ flourish•d with 44 drffer•nl n•w $perAes of flora founo ￿1ft9 id•nlffi•d durin9 our many visits with volunteors. The For•ging Hedge has been planted up 8n¢J h8$ giv•n a notiCe8￿e In￿ea￿ in the numb•r ol visiting birds. Our thanks ffjusl go to Paul and visrting th• srte ¢h•¢king th• wildlif•, not to M•nt￿ tyiThJ skills lik• Whing. Th• Frn8h Food Initiatlv• has gone In>m thngth to $tr•ngth, vo h•v• b•on abl• to donat• ov•r 3 lon8 olfr•sh food and 480 •99$10 local fotsdbanks. W• h￿* olso w•n ourvolunteers al Marth Str•¢t ysing som• of th• haNest to prnpthrtr m*als for 8 drffefent groups under lh• Cookin9 with lQndMss project. Thanks musl go to t•am at Ouf G•rden Able site for all Ih•ir hard WO￿ planting, •xl•nd ourlocé produthon to th• Mar¢h Slr••l $rt•. W• hav• conlinu•d ourwort wrth kKal schools prowding n41urfrbas•d STEM aclivbti•s ￿lIe ie*¢hing b8$i¢ growng skill$ and lh• b•n•fits of h•atttrty eating. Our thanks ots to Rulh f¢f h•r honl work in d•livwiThJ a ￿￿$$ful piopct. Anoth•r gr•8t succ•ss was Brrtish SoerKe 2023 wh•n VA sp•nt tA))ti V*rth marry (*Ildr￿ and adults t•aching about ¢h• important rol& trees play in our very existence and th¢ b•n•fits thoy bn'ng to Ihe envimm•nt. Our 9r•t•ful thanks go to H•l•n and Ruth who researched and d•lN•r•d this mosl infomiative proje(*. RO￿ S￿M8 to hav• t8k8n on the mantle ol'ctynmunty Ch•f wthlng with the ladies of th• kul ¢ommunity and volunt••rs to products a wde r8nge ol produLI5, ranging from biscurts to chulney to 2 course meals using our own home grown produ￿. Everybody connected vnth t￿ F8mi h•$ had th• opportunty to swnple Icty)d frc*n 8¢rnss drflerenl cultures, whic* has b••n vary well received. Thank5 90 lo Ran• •ftd thè t•am for m*(ing al thi5 ha￿n. Thanks also to Aaron, Maddie, Jakera and Razio hard in th• ba¢*ground supwt¢ng the l¢am and tha volunteeTr. And go 1¢ th• fulur•, w• will fae• challer#Jes as luThling is b•comiNJ mor• and more drffir>Jli to find, Ixrt l kntyl that •v•rybo connected wilh PLCF wll pull together and w• will ¢ontmu• lo fiourish. And finally I y￿Uld like to thar* th• Boord ofTrustees. staff and volwrteers. wTtIK*Lrt th•m and their c1￿MitMent w• ￿oUld not b• whefe we are today. Barbarn Tr•nch•r- Chalrp•rnon PEiyf4iNE LANCASHIRE COMMUNTfY FARM TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE ENDED YEAR MARCH 3121ll4 TRUSTEES Ms 8ea Foster Mr Rithard Hoy Mr David ￿n￿e5 Mrs Jane Ih*od Mts Reba Roy PAr5 Rubina Walker Mr Pèt•r Farnll Mrs kn"ndsay Imlliams Mrs Juh• Mrs Janel Turbrtt OFFICE HOLDERS Chair Mrs Bafabafa Tr•rKh•r TreaSu￿r Mr Phillip Smrth Secretary MrAndr•w Hrtchon KEY STAFF Finance Mona9•r Clwk Operations Manag•r Th¢m8s wfA*Aon REGISTERED ADORE88 Eco Communty Hub Bumley Lanc•shir• 8812 ODU INDEPENDENT EXAMINER8 & ACCOUNTANTS Stacy Mason FCCA HGA Acctyjnlants & F￿￿)¢1•1 Consurtartts Ltd cal￿#m Stre•l. Hyd•, SK14 4EH BANKERS Ctrowr•iiv• ba￿ P Sk•lmorsdale PO Box 250 PENNINE IANCASHIRE COMMUNITY FARM TRUST£ES' ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE ENDED YEAR K4RCH 3121)24 Th• trLbStees preseni thèir 8nMal report togeth•rwrth the finarKi81 stalemerrts of the tharty for the per*xl •nded March 312024. REPORnNG FRAMEWORK Th& finan￿al 3tsl•m•nts eompty with th• Chanli•s Ad 2011. th• Charity's conslithon, and Accounting and Reporting ty Charilie& statèment ol R￿QMM&nd*d PrxtKe a￿￿bI• to chanties prepann9 their ￿lunt5 irt a¢xudance with th• Finanrjal R•porting Standard •pplieabl• in the UK and R¥pUbl￿ of lTrland IFRS1021 (effe￿.¥• 1 Jantsary 20191. r4f¢rnd to as thts Charilies SORP {FRS 102113xond •drtion- Ortober 20191. OBJECTIVES AND AcnMTIE8 Charft*bl• •bJ•ci• The Objec*N￿ ol th• Charity are.. al To adv8n¢& th• •ducab'on (primari￿ but r￿t exdusiv•tyl olthe reswjtints ol Easl La￿1$hir• li th• ¥•as of agri¢uttur•. cons•rvation, r￿unIry lrfe and r•lat•d subjecls. bl To provide I￿}11t¢e5 for rnu•8lion and other l•i8ur•-lime c¢(￿P￿10n In the inlerests of xdal weWar• through the mlslon of a¢tiviti•s and open spac• with Ihe objeca of inproving the condrtK)ns of Irf• for the said inhabitants, parlKul8tty those Wt￿ hav• n•ed by rgason olth•lr youth, ag•. infmirty or {*s*>￿ty, POV•rty or ￿1•1 or •concrt rAroJnsthncM. In ord•rto d•lN•r th•s• obJ'•ca1v￿, ha￿ a of pro5•**tiith fwJ$ on thrw ar•ts.' • Soaal Indusi¢)n Education ACTIVITIES REPQRT Ov•r the fina￿al y•af 2023 to 2tr24, ov•r 12SO p•opl• efig09•d in our aclivrt* •¢roM JO dllfvrwnt •ll•• in Buml•y and Pendl•, givlng n•arty 30,¢JOO hourn tsf Ih•if tim•, r•pre￿ntIfi9 a valu• of £1.4 mllllon lo local communJts•s and savinos to publk fund$, •sp•ei81fy thos• $iNggling whth the tt)sl-of-INing uisis arHI food irwurity. Work￿ wth 92 oth•rO￿nI*lll•n*, goma ohl fri•nd$ •nd som• f•c•$, rKludiNJ fund•fS, ¢4)unc411, communty organisations, Co￿)rat* partners, schools, colleg*s, lamiers, doctor4 •nd talenled artiuns across East Lancashir•. Wo began offèring garden design •s part of our Gard•n A¢tlon s•NKes. designing three mor• ¢ommuntty green spa￿S -'IL.I2 '. for othtrr orgAnisations. foKJtraP oui [￿Of PLLF Trllknir*i rr* _¥09 ￿￿O￿T4£￿j ALwosf iflM£OIrfL* i ro ftrL ,..,, rthtso PURPOS6 1 THCLi&trlT ()￿LD roecJeR AG141 '£ l￿￿E rr We continued to run our core programm8s wfiilg also cc*nplvJting our Community Coppl¢ing proioet, 8nt1 our new Community R•S￿r¢h pilo( ¢xpanding our Country*id• Pro9rnmm* vnth our Edible Hedg¢row proi•ct and our Frw4h Food 1nlt1ati￿ vnth our Cooking with Kindn•s8 prohct. All of this resurted in a gr•8l•r degre• of inlér-communty inlegr41ion. peO￿e from drfY•rnnt ba¢*grounds. faith$ and nationalities ¢oming togeth•r lo enjoy vthat wo have to off¢r. G•n•rnl Update and C•l•brntlon• Our Eco£omrnunlty Hub has become a ¥￿Art ¥ThJ engaging S￿¢# for all drflerent communty acttvities throu9hoLrt Ihe sgasons Alongside our regular progranMM•s. but our kitchen realty got a vth*out in 2023 to 2024 with our'cooktng wlth Kindn•ss" projects, hosts'ng ¥ monthty communty meo1 *¥￿ month. Irma￿ th• amount of English as • se￿n￿ Languag• iesoLI ¢ourn•i w• host. as well as Living W￿1 Clin1￿ to hdp th0￿ struggle accw45in9 htsal￿re, and $p8o81ised gfeen PENNINE LANCASHIRE COMMUMTY FARM TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE ENDED YEAR MARCH 312024 workshops on copp￿ng and wooth¥orking as well as crynrnunty r¢s••r¢h vnth thfr help of Manch•ster Metropolitsn University. Our wort vrith P*diham Gr••n Prlm•ry School was cefebraled wilh a vtsrt from HRH Duch•M of York. This year, instead ol one big trip, ￿ toc& 55 volunt••rs on our s•¢ond •ea•ide outing to SLAnn•s, and 47 women from local BAME communiti•s to RHS Brid9èWat•r. Our Christmas party was a real ¢ommunity affair. ￿9k￿rt ty our volunteers for our voluntears, ￿th the h•lp of Health and Soo•1 Care 51udènts from 8umley College, ￿th 59 P￿P￿tr onjoying a hom•4ooked thre• ¢ourn• m•al ullng produG• grnwn h•r• at th• eommunlty farnil Project Updat•• fof 23124 CORE PROGRAMMES Growlng Into EThpl?ym•nt Our Gr¢)wing into Employmont programm• builds p￿p10 confidenra and wellhing through ecTrtherapy ￿1¢1• takin9 them thNgh diffw8nt trnining and work experi￿￿ ol ro•l.workl G•fd•n Actlon 98rdèning jobs lo the end ol getting back Into empbymenl or lurther volunteenng This y•8r". Eeo Th•rnpy- ￿ •ngag8d 237 p•opl• •t rlsk of l•ol•tlon or struggling with Ih•ir ptysul, m•ntal N •conomk wellboing tJu• lo multipl• la¢tors in 538 or••n actlvlty M*•lon& Trnlnlng Ind E¢lu¢•tlon- ￿ •ng99at1962 p•opl• In dlr•ct •duc•tlon ortrnlnlno in ov•r 480 ￿##10n1. Employm•nt •nd Lonq t•rni Volunt•trlng. Jupport•d 14 p•opl• Into op•n •mploym•nt And 78 Into long4•rn1 ¥olunt••tlng. The Gard•n A¢tlon TMM gav? 29 p•opl• with ¢ompl•x n••ds It￿ o portunity lo qain real %bfjrk •xpan•ne•, providing gaiden servic•s to feal life custom•f5 and build419 th•ir $kill$ •nd ¢t)nffid•ne• tchvafds mrAfmg inlo O￿n •mpl¢ym•nl. Communlty Enqag•rn•nt Progrnrnm• Our Chilli Club ond communty •ng8g•m•nt programTh prov￿85 the k>cal community in Stoneyholmt wth It)w ¢o$19rwng SP4¢•. to gr••n $pg¢• as w•ll As fr•• ￿￿v￿leS and trips. Thi5 yg•r'. 109 p•opl• r•nt•d rws•d b•d• for onty £2 a year •# of our Chlill Club ¢ommunity •llotm•nt *eh•m•. e held $6 ¢ommunity •n9ag•m•nt Mulgns. induding ourc¥aft dub and new Creative Lives 5e55ion5. 94rd•n workshops ant1 commun ty consutt81ion m•tstings. Floristry a brt hrt! (S￿ righti. We ran 30 communlty •v•nts induding meetings. m•81s and trips hostad 30 ESOL cla8••• (English speaking for other Lqnguagesl, *t- t•nd•d by 20 p•oph. ,Ji Grubby G•t Grubby ¢Jyt of S¢hool provid•s fr••, fun gmn actFvity sessions throughout the school holidays on M8rch Street COrMI￿ty Gardeng. as ¥•YII as tnps ¢)ut lo ¢xJr p8rtn¥r fam. This year. Wts hèlped 101 ehildrnn 1ts8m aboul nature, 8s well as improwng Iheir physical and emotional wellbeing and make new friends. ran 32 Get Gwbby holld•y club •8tsion8 ab)ut things lth• f8miirKJ. nature, bushcraft skills and STEM ac#Nrfies. PENNINE LANcAS￿RE COMMUNrrY FARM TRI:.STEES' ANNUAL REPORT VOR THE ENDED I'EAR MARCH 3121Tr24 Grnwlng Mlnds Our Growng Minds programme provid•$ s¢hools rKI collègès With b&spoke leaming experieneès. erthfrr on their srtes or ours subfftcl to their pref- erence. Th8 **ekty ￿tiViti0$ ar6 desHJned with thè needs of the school and stud•nts in mind and tailored their currKulum if d•sired. Typically, the stssions cover gardening, forest sthool, n8turn and environmentsl •du¢ation. They are also m•an$ for Ihe school to upgrade their outdoor spacos tha￿$ to the rtyular maintènance and sult•tion prOv￿ad ty tyjr town. Thi$ y•ar. •ng#g8d 17 •¢hool• and coll•ges. 630 chlldr•n, ran 121 ￿1$1￿n# and crealed or •nhancad 9 School gr••n •p•c•• with the h•lp of th• Garden Action Tg•m. Our Mobl1• F•mi returned. giving ehi dren and yiyJng people acr0$5 our partner 8dwl¥ • uniqué up ejoso and personal ¢xp•ii- •rhc• of livest￿￿ and the opportunty for Q&A Ih • rnal famor. We offered 28 work •xp•rf•nM plaum•nt• lo *ud•nts ol IM abl￿110$. Fr••h Food Inlll*tlv• Th• Fr*sh Food Inth'otiv• l•a¢h•s p•opl• how to grow Ihtsir own food, to cook il, ond Y￿$ th• fr•sh ducè to provid• communrty and food bank thjn tlons. Sinco it b8cam• fulty op•ralional In May 2021. the project h43 donated 0￿r 3 tonn•• ol fr••h frult •nd v•g•tabl••. •• w•ll •• 480 •99s In 2023-2024 •lon•. This y•8r. Our fr•3h Iruit and v•g1)•n•ffted 790 p•opl• through the local food bank5 we with in Bumhy and Pendle induding Communty Gr c•ry, Otr•m Ttrwn, Ag• UK 4nd P•Thll• Food For All. We held 60 fhop, Cook and Ear ••ulon• teaching people to Masonal p(od¢x•, in four drffer•nt languages, induding iTrJividuals with eompl•x n•ed8. We t•U9ht $3 volunt••r• to grow frult and V•g•tabl••, vthh 17 d•di¢•t•d Indlvldu•l• t•klng on rol•s In our Growlng Team. worked wlh 10 Ot￿r organi$ab'on8. Jharing aboul gU#tainabl• food produth"on. ran 16 communrty ￿¢￿Ing wth ￿ndneSS. meals for plop￿ at risk of $0(i81 isolatK)n and food ins￿￿nty. induding our Chri$tm#s m•al. County•ld• Prn9rnmm•: sh•pI￿rI.# y￿r, Wlld Thlng•, edlbl• H•dg•- our"S￿ph￿￿'s Year 8clivities have long been o highli9ht ol ￿8t we off•r. but from starting our IAfjbd Things meadow restor8t￿n proiect in May 2021. fundod by and in ￿rtI￿rnhip wth F•ming In Pmlected Landxgw, we hav further dpveloped our countrystd¢ gng¥gwii•nt actNlti•s vrith Ouf Edible Hedgerow project. eftharKing an •xisting a￿ent hodgtsrtr￿ al our partner faffli by planting more d￿er8e speaes designed lo increase ￿'0￿1Ver$ity as ￿11 as natural fwd sources for anNnals and humans a5 VMII •$ grean *YJothvothing malerials. PENNINE LANCASHIRE COMMUNITY FARM TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE ENDED I'EAR MARCH 312024 Th•se proj¢cts wer• so successful we ￿r• fortunate enough lo have our fvnding extended, allo￿n9 us to put in sethg to make Ihe proj•ci rnoo accessible to people with mobilty igsu•s, will) plans for the future induding all-terrain Veh￿9$ for u50 01 peopkry disabilities. c•lebration ever￿, outdoor art And mindlulnes$ sessions in additional lo scything and environmental adivrtl•3, *rbcour•ging an Oven brnadef range of p•opl to 9•t involv•d and get th• b•nefrt of onneciin9 Wrth nature ond the bè8utifvl lan¢J$cw of For•st of Btrthand. This ye*r, 88 p•opl• visrted or porticipthd dir¢etly in our W)Id Thing5 andor Ediblo Hedg•ftrw project, SWNng. plgnttno tr•es. l•ilrvJ hedgerow and n￿all￿19 gates over 40 *••¥li)ns. fft *x¥ ran g 1•ffikn1)9 5•6sion•. whw• SO p•opl• got an insido loc& into th• wortd of sh•¢p laming. from muthing oul to bottl￿00dl￿d Lqmbj. INDepENDENT AND PILOT PROJECTS Communlty Copplc• Install8lion 01 our communty eoppr• and r•pl•¢ino 15% of our r•M•d bed or ed9lng wilh woven h8z•I or ￿ad ed9iNJ was ¢￿pI•l¢d, moving us further our sustainability wL4. th rnn 12 °coppl¢lng° uHlon* wth t￿ help of incr•dible people •t Gr••TrM>od Twgos. who laught 101 p•opl• th• ￿nrAp￿S of lh• Anci•nl nJT•I ernft of wood weavin9. Long t•ffli. this profftct will •veryon• W*￿ uws Marth Streel Ccffimunty G•rd•ns. •s the coppic• it r•dLK• pollution, Indutjing noiv po114rtion, forthose in Ihe n•orby ¢¢>Mmunty And 4thool• •nd prov￿• a lUtsn•b￿ wre• of m•t•rials fwgwd•n mainlenonce, furnl crafts and som• d•11￿9 h•z•lnuts vrfl th••ththl W• havts Wn lucky enough to b••n fund•d by tho British So•rKe Association through their communty programm• to *rJrkshw both during British S￿'er￿* Vh•k and thrnugh tm se￿￿$, this y•8f psloied our Communty R•sear¢h proj•* kK&ing to our cunmunitws to find out ￿at Ihey thought WAS imFKxlant about do and what we should do more of, whil8 •180 I￿rning mor• attywl the ￿1￿ce of r•searth. We ran 6 community I•￿reh •v•nts with the Np of Alina H4iMs 8nd her l•am Irtsm Manch•sier M•trowlrt8n Univ•rsty. Involving 110 p•opl• from group5 trat1rtionally exduded from or under-represenl•d within srAence, with 10Vh f4•11nq that taking part Imprn¥•d thelr w•llbeing. "l jyst W3h•d we h•d morts tsme 1¢ •xplJr¥ our id•8s' said onè participAnt,' "I n•veT thought l tr)ubJ do ¥cienc•l" com•nlod anothtrr. SPECIFIC GROUPS AND CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT S•rvic• L•¥•b A9v•em•nt* l G*rd•n A¢lloTr Wa continued to monage Th• Good Llfe for P•ndl• Leiwr• Trust a sm811 thernpethK horticyiture projecl, alongside our Gard•nAbl site at Hodge House Allotments in Nelson, amplfymg Quf 8bilty to grwfresh Produ￿ and posit¢'ve impact comb8ttiThJ food Ins￿rty. d¢veloped thet Part at Hodge Htrjse in 8r8dley 114ar(I thrThryh (Kff Garden Adiwt te￿ mlo Brndley Food Ganl•ft. sessions on f¢J)d growng in p8rtnership wth Hodgo House Commynrty Centre and In-situ. Our Gardèn Adion team continued the nexi pha5¢ 01 WO￿ on the CL)nmunrty gmn spac• at Tmm IOSE ￿adquart•r$. another local organisation d8d>ed to provhlry sottal opportunit￿$ and adivit*s for people with d15th.￿lieS. PENNINE LA,YCASHIRE COMMUNITI. rAR%ITRLSTEES' A%NbAL REPORT FOR THE ENDED YEAR MARCH 3121J24 Edu¢•lional Placements We ￿1COmèd 16 modieal students onto work placements ta gAm•r real worfd experignce ol working wlh diver5• communities, as well a5 4 OrKup•tion•l Th•r•py ¥tud•nts who complet- ed prtsjtsds ins1411ing an uocycled outdoor s•at- In9 area and 8 sensory pa1￿&Y for dfflarentty abl•d visitors to OLFr Eo) Hub. We provided work experiéncè to 28 studer)t• from lo￿1 high ￿￿001*, Crnv•n Coll•4• And th• Princ•s' Trust 30 young p•opl• 8trug- gling to •ng•9• wlth traditional •ducation*l x•tting$ from Trnlning201KJ anrt 92 Hè•lth •nd Social Car• •nd 8Lr¥in••• Admln •tud•nts Irom Burnley Coll•o•. Corpor•th Engag•m•nt Volunt••rn from Chubb Fir• and &¢ui?ty U 8&Q. Asd* and Cad•nt worted alongsi¢Je our volunteef5 on •Qivrties ¥$ ¢i¥tsrs• a8 $it• d•ara1￿￿. garden constru¢Aion and h•iping with our childr•n's aetivitias, donating suppli•s and equipmenl as well as their time CASE STUDIES fvlariy ol tsui ¥olunl•*r$ $liu99le 4r• al cisk of $wo1 isola11￿ lJecauS* ol dI¥*bili￿.0s, htr*lth cond$t￿n9 and olh•r thallenging lil• circurn51ances. He￿ ar• som• ol Ih•if $lon•s. A l• In his 20• and h•* many h••lth condition& In¢lyding Down• *yndrom•, Autl•m and s•v•r• l•arnlng dI￿bIlita•S. H• commutes Irom an hour *way wth his car• work•rjust so h• can ccrfne to the larm every week and has d¢*n• for n•aty S years bev cau$& thi$ is on• of th• f•w plae•$ ￿ can eom• Ih8t lels him join in vthh Ihe nature ac*'vrti•s hts lov•$ dèsprt• his Ilisabilities and be- in9 1)Ofv¥èrbal. A èAPéfll)l)c6$ major dips in MO(￿ Iho1¢ is any chan9* ifi his lifts. bul c￿1n9 lo thé lafm makes him happy h• looks fO￿ard to his d￿$ here, espeoalty doing th• rwding and 40sng th• wha•￿arrOW. D l• In h•r S0• and I1¥￿ In Buml•y. Sh• ha$1•8min9 4rffKultw, •uti$m and has I￿•nty lost her Irf• p4rtnef. C¢)ming lo th• ciJm- munty fami was a lrf•lin• for D 8ft•r her partner passed ￿Y." she was lO￿ty. anxious #nd Siruggling to managa things. She was Also v•ry n•Thous about talking to people she didnl know. Sh* l¢v•$ 9ort•ning, plants and animals. Coming to the farm h•lp$ 18k• her mind off Ihings, staff have helped gel other h•* Ih•t sh• h8dn't baen able to accass on her own from her GP or sotyal sefyices, and D hag l¢X$ of n•w p•opl• at lh• lami. In"•d new things and feels like she bebng5 here. Sh• thinks hèrc0mmunlcat￿n ski113 h8v* impmv•d 8101 and $4y* sh• b49 m8de g lot nl pw.ious fripndships Ihrough voliJntvring here over the past ye8r M IS In h•r 40• and Enqllsh Is h•r Hcond languag•. Sh• us•d to do 8 lot of gardening and wes studying English but has Struggled wth her heatth. m¢•ning shè has n••d•d multi￿8 operations, lives with chronic pain and is unabl• to Walk very far even wth a 3tirA. M also $in¢¢ d&v¢loped anxi•ty And d•pression. She comes to Ihe fann to join in ￿th cooking meals for communty events and thMn9 rafts vthh the women's 9roup. Shè says rt holps h•r Just to get out of the house and be able to t81k to people about what she is going through who ynd•rstsnd. t5 cl .1 Q, PLCF FUTURE PLANS CO￿ goals lor the year 2024 to 2025 to￿ling food i security, upgrading our flagship Marth Street Communty G'arden si¢e and focusing on building linancAal su*ainabil through trade ￿latIOnShipS so can continue to lulfil our Chaiitab￿ ot4el#ives lor the good of lh* disa¢Jvantaged communities in East La￿ashIre, using OthdcMK space to Dnng people together io hnd ccfflmon ground forthe cornmon gooa. PENNINE LANCASHIRE COMMUNITY TrARM'fRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE ENDED I'EAR MARCH JI 2024 FINANCIAL REVIEW Ovèrvi•w This year our lon9.te￿ funding a9reem•nt with the Nat￿nal Lottery cTh to an ¢nd. r•duong ouf incc*me from tnjsts and 9rant-making bodies and placing incrg$sing pmssure on fUndrai￿￿j from nth¥ 50urc•$ 8nd through trading activrtRs. We did managa to Increase our trading income through a vari&ty of serv￿ Level Agreemen1$. r￿tr￿ts Imth sd)ools and colleges. foom hirn ty 32% on the pmious y•ar, and we secured addrtional furKling Ihrough $c*y￿ •mting aThJ new funders. Thg year 2024 10 2025 will require signrfKant irKrna> •$ In lunt1r8tsing from drflerent sources and feducarvJ •xtran•wb c4sts through donatic*is in kind oth8r m•ans. Thi$ ytraf w• had a surplus on urnstrKted funds, btrfore ts#nsf•rs. of £18.646, and after1￿$1•r$ of £18,822. Rlsk man•g•m•nt We have considered the risk$ l•tyng th• charty, financialty and othem'se, tyjr and wocedurej and pul in pla￿ appro iale poli￿¢$ lo mitlg•t• tho$• risk$. irtluding the continsjing rya¢é d th• Cost of Lwing and d￿al8 cri￿$. Prlncipal funding SOU￿•• Over Ihe lasl year we havè bèon •Xtr•M•￿ grntelul for the lafg• nwib•r of In(hp•rK1￿t frjnding ago￿•5 that h¥v• $upport•d And abled the work ol Pennine L&nca$hire Communty Fam. Induding Lottery, Postc4)de Locol TNst, Crnatsv• Lives, Green Dr•#ms, L8ncashir6 MINO, Lancashire County Courvl. Chn$tal, Pthv•r to Chang•, Famiing in Prolecl•d L8ndseap6$, Asda, B&Q, 8nd British So'enct W••k and the Br￿Sh so.¢￿ ASS￿allOn. Wthout the 5upporl of th•s& org8nisations, would nol be abl* to provide key Penninè LariGashir$ Cwnmunity Fa￿1 sér¥ths ar￿ n)any Ihar&5 ace ifj *a¢h afid è¥W Ctnè. We have grown our trade-based income through provision of SLAS, contracts wth sthools and oth•r •ducalional institutions, Indud- ing work placements and green leaming ￿¥sIons, gafd•nin9 sthwus, rocfft hire, and managing oth•r organisations, green spK•$. Inv•itm•nt pollcy Ind r•vlthv We do not have any long-t?rm inv•strn•nts. Any swtyus frjnds arn placod on dewt 8 UK d•ariThJ bankljl as appropn'gt•. As Trustees we have consid•red wh41 th• •pprow• l•v•l olfrv rns•rv•s {unr•stri(a•d fvnds not In￿st•d ￿ frx•d assets or oth•r- se desiqnaledl th• Ch*nty should h•v•. W• hAv• s•1 th• of having six month$ owrnting eosis plu$ Sulficieni r•soure•s to m8•1 the c03t5 01 wnding UP lh• Ch8rrty if lh￿ was n•cessary lindudirvJ £1CW) tMrtls r*￿•r11rans￿r ol the EcoH*Jb building), whi¢* would giv• a fiourn of cÈ126,$80 based on the 2023124 budq•t Th• frn• r•s•rv•8 al the year•end wern £151.016. Cost of Uvln9 Crf*5• Th¢ ¢ost-of-living crisis contin￿3 to put a¢Jthtion41 pr•ssurns on Ihe dwrity. partitiJ14ty with risitvJ energy Pri￿ #nd more people n•eding its help than •ver befr*•. Ov•r the n•xt y•ar. IM Bo4rd LrfTfUStoes V*ill conlinue to monitor rn$pond lo any fin*naal Implb- CAtions resuhing. STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE AND AIANP4GEhlENT Gowmlng Docum•nt The Charity is a Charitabh I￿rporated organisat￿n and is gO￿ned ty its ¢onstitthion d•t•d Odober 24th 2018. th• d8t• of its rngls tration wth the Charity C¢ynmission for England •nd Wal•s. M•mb•rnhlp M•mb•rship ¢8 open lo individuals who ar• interest- ed in lurthwing th• work of tho Chanty and havg Pa￿ any annual $ubsrJipts'on as laid down by the EyeculNe. Membw5 over thè ag• of 18 a￿ referr&J a# full m•mb•rs and h•vg ono vola oach. Memb•rn ijndftr the age of 18 are rel•rffjd tn A8 iijnior m8 bofs and do not have 4 voto. Membership is also open to any cknrporat¢ or uninporpfftted assoei8tiop. wh.irb. is interested in fiNlhenng the vrtrk gf the Charity •ftd has paid ary annual subknryV.iAn aftd a* refe￿d +0 as member organisations. M¢mb8r organisations appoint a Pi?ser,tatrrfe lo atttnd mee&ingS aid vote. PENNINE LANCASHIRE COMMUMTY 'AKM'FRUSTEbS' ANNUAL RLPUR'I. FOR THE ENDED YEAR MARCH 3121124 Appolntm•nt of Trustse The Tru5te•s, who arè known collectNety as the Ex¢¢utiv¢ ¢thnmrtte•, are appoinled 8nnualty ty the members at the annual gen•ral mgèting as follows." . I he honorary officers.. cnair, Secretary and Treasurer. - Befv￿en four and ten other Irust8•S. In addrtion. th• Executive Committee C{￿0P1 up to thrn• addrtional tnjstees Wt￿ hrgld ¢ffie• until the next AGM. Thi$ is Ihè common prathce to allow for effective meeling5, hmvèr. there is Th) limit to the nwnber oftrust••s a CIO may appoint. Tru•tse induetion •nd tr•lnlng All trustees are supported In the following mann•r. . On joining as a truslee all twst••s r￿1¥0 an upt(Hlale IndUdH￿ prtk indudino essential d1￿ments lik• business plan, constitution. l•t*st ￿COunts, minutes ol last trf)ard m¢•ting èt¢. . All Irustaes arè •neour8ged to attend a range ol trust•• trnining pn)Vh1e b••n don• • Not 811 the terms and c4)nditi'ons of th• 9r4nl h•v• bwi rn￿. induding the intrjm'ng of •xp8ndrtur• ar￿ tho grant Condit￿nI ar• such that unspenl granl must h r•fund•d EMp•ndltur• •nd Irr•cov•rabl• VAT Exp•ndrtur• Is r•cogniud once there is a legal cf tr)n*fU¢M otyigatK*n to m&ke a payment to a thir(1 p•ty, rt is probgble that thè settlement wll be required and th• #mount d th• oblytion can be measured reliabty. Exp•ndilur• is dassffied under the foll¢)wn9 8ctivty headings.. 'Costs of rai$ing funds induding thos• a$s￿lated fvndraising thiti•s. monaging inv•stm•nts aiKI commeru•l trading by tho $ub3idi•ry ¢¢mpany. Charitable activities co31¥ of und•rt8king th• vK)rk of the charity. The charity is nol rggi51ered lor VAT and ￿nn¢￿ I￿4)yer ary inpui tax tharye(l. Costs #r• stal•d ir*rJusive of VAT were th¥Tg•d. All0￿*10n of support costs Support costs are those lurKtioM whth •ssi4t t￿ work of the tharity eiiher by supptsrting th• d•lN•ry of tharilable activilios or by supporiing the 9?n¢r•ti¢n of funds. Th•y ir￿ude property ￿$13, bath-0ffi¢o fundions, slAff costs and professional f••$ and ar• &llo¢ated 10 ¢haritabla 8xp•n•i numb•r Charrtabie AdrninistratKm 10 10 18 PEIYNIIYE LANCASHtRE COMMUNITY FARM NOTLS TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEN"TS FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCHJI J)24 7 NET IMCOMING RESOURCES AFfER TRANSFERS 2024 2023 TTh￿ Is Slated after ChargingiicrethTrngl Accountsnvinaepenaeni ex￿ine¢S lees Report Accouniary Deprecrdtb)n cttarged on assets Twstees, remunerakncrf) & exr*nses 110 1.6•0 • TANGIBLE FIXED ASSErs Plaiit & Comm•Jnty IAa¢hln•ry G•rd•n Equlwi*rt V•n￿l•S Bulldlng Total C*yJt As al ApfM 12023 Addrtions 183.920 68.247 5.115 5.128 262,410 0￿￿)$315 As al Marth 312024 183.920 68.247 5.115 5.128 262.410 D•pr•clalbon As èt 12023 59.219 3,497 3.556 73 292 PrOV￿ed thswsa As at March 31 2024 7.020 59.219 3.497 73.292 M•t 8aok Vilu• As at March 312024 1•9111 As al March 312023 170.K 9.028 1.618 189118 2024 2023 • DE8TOAS Income receivab 11.$ 2,160 5.243 prepa￿ts 10 CREDITORS lallng du• *llhkn •n• y••r cruals 10.753 19,210 S4)cFal securtty and other taxes 115.7 19210 19 PE',¥NINE LANCASHtRE COMMLTNITI" FARM NO'I'ES'TO THE FINANCIAL S"I'A"I"EMEN"TS FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 3121ll4 11 STATEMENT OF FUNDS Gener* TU 332.010 37.761 149.4271 132.0111 2.640 1• 160 340 134 24 i(¢cxslanstal gi*1 ¥JckStsfl grani 12.97• fJ.TQi) 1799 rT* .94) [102.nll 175.616 {19 160 122.8DI 64,Y5 1192.794 24•7• 2938 135606 J•J.? Exp•raYw• T1￿hr* III&W2•14 LL4tety. fOP.a&i Q2.5241 14 B&0 5.245 14 9451 11.9051 ¥,Q11 CFL. Freth FWJ In 13 rth)J 12TOI crm 12.7241 129)) Fl. l•ry￿d CFL. 71• 9.171 Fie5n Fi￿0 4319 iQ,LTh If0.t In Ptoleciell 10 166 {10,1661 o.i•ttJ (T.oopJ LCC Fenye 1.091 Tt*X* Ttusi 44,614 PQ 9BPi WEA 12071 ÉSF Se 4e W*5t 16.249 182 T941 IT4 14 122W¢ 24 24.*7• 20 PENNINE LANCASHIRE COMMUTrilTY FARM NO'I'ES I'O THE TrINANC5AL STATEMEh"TS FOR THE YEAR LNDED MARCH 31 X124 11 STATEMENT OF FUNDS Icontinu•d) Transfern The trnstees have reviewèd Ihè balanc*s brouohl foThArd on ￿$Iricted fvtrnds and where Ihe tèms and eontjitions of the fvnds have boon Tht •nd thèrè are no conb"nuing obligabons or resln'cbons the fvnds have b••n r&le8sed to unrestricted fijnds by mèans oltranslers. thjring the ￿Or Th• Big Lottèry - Reathing Communibes financed th? PU￿a$• ol fix•d assèts and a transfer to unrestn'cted fvnds has been made to •¢ts)unt forthis. R¢•triot•d lund Big Lottery- Reaching Communiti•S T¢)wards Sl&p Progr8mm• and Gol L)ubby Ojt Ofs￿O01 Proj• British Sci•ne• Assouabon Brits"sh SCb•ncè week 2024. Green Dreams Tow8fds proj•dcosts 22r23. Programme of Eco Therapy oL*wti•s tyry•t•d knwards adults disabilitie5. Towards ueative acli¥ibes tts f*dU￿ lon•lin• Postcod• n•ighbouthood thkst Cr•abv• Ltv•$ Th•s•fvnd$¥r••x￿¢1￿d to b• utili5ed in 2024r25 12 ANALYSIS OF COMPANY NET ASSETS BEIVEEN FUNDS Unr•*trlct•d R••trkt•d Fun Fund• Tot•1 FIVKI b*l•n¢•• •tl4•rth 312024 •rn rnpY8•nt•dty.'. Tangible fixed aggets Curr¥nt ass•ts 189.118 189.111 185.391 15.7531 358 756 24,979 210,370 1IS,753 383 735 Curr¢nt liabilits"¢8 Fundb•l•n¢•• •tM•r¢h 312023 *rn r•*w•rtl•dty.'. Tangible fixed asmts Current assets 189. 118 189,111 293,030 170.226 122,804 Cufrenl liabilities (19.210) 340, 134 9,210) 462 938 122,804 13 TAXATlCh A$ a CIO. th• th8rity is •fib.￿ad to d8im annual •xemption from UK corporabon t•x. 14 CAprrAL COMMITMENTS There were no capital commitments authorimd •nd ¢onl8¢i•J br 81th• •nd ofthe year12021 £Nill. 15 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS There wefe no rel8t&d paty transathons Ihat are required to be disdosed in eitheryear. 21