Let's Get Growing Ltd.
Annual Report and Unaudited F5nancial Statements
1 December 2023 to 30 November 2024

Let's Get Growing Ltd.
Company Information
Directors
Mrs Eileen Ewen
Mrs Elizabeth Hume
Ms Nuala O'Brien
Dr. Ruth Briel
Secretsry
Katrina Padmore
Company Number
7287776
Charity Registratlon Number 1172662
Registered Office
Steel Farm Cottage
Steel
Hexham
Northumberland
NE47 OLG
Bankers
The Co-operative Bank
PO Box 250
Delf House
Skelmersdale
WN8 6wr

Let's Get Growing Ltd.
Contents
Page
Directors, Report
Statement of Financial Activities
Balance Sheet and Directors. Statements
Notes to the Financial Ststements
10
Detailed income and expenditure account

Let's Get Growing Ltd.
Directors, Report
l December 2023- 30 November 2024
The Directors present their report and the financial statements for 1 December 2023 to 30 November 2024
Objectives and activities
Purposes
The purposes of Let's Gel Growing, as set out in our Articles of Association are.'_
To assist in the treatment and care of persons suffering from physical and mental illness of any
description or in need of rehabilitation as a result of such illness, in Hexham and the surrounding areas,
by the provision of Iherapeutic gardening and horticulture.
To advan￿ the education of the public, in particular, but not exclusively. young people in the subject of
horticulture and related practices.
We have referred to the guidan￿ contained in the Charity Commission's general guKlance on public benefit
when setting our aims and objectives and in planning our future activities.
Activities
In the financial year ending 30 November 2024, Let's Get Growing provided the following services:.
Our regular twi￿ weekly gardening therapy sessions at Minsteracres Pea￿ Garden (working with adults
aged 20 - 80+ yrs experiencing a range of mental and physical health difficulties, including depression,
anxiety, PTSD, bi-polar disorder, dementia and mild leaming difficulties) remained open throughout the
period.and well-b
Additional one-off therapeutic garden workshops for a range of groups of all ages, including addicts in
recovery. homeless people, carers, refugees and asylum seekers were expanded to include more
groups.
Achievements and Perforniance
Our gardening theRpy sessions thrived. with significant benefits for participants who attended. reflected
in feedback from both Ihem and their carerslfamilies.
We continued to focus on supporting mental health and well-being, and promoting personal self-esteem
and social confidence, wrth new participants joining us very successfully after having been significantly
isolated at home through mental ill-health.
We also continued to support people with dementia through to the latter stages of their illness, which we
feel is a particular strength of the proJect, which successfully provides mental stimulation. physical
exercise and fn'endship which might otherwise be absent for these participants.
We On￿ again combined a small subsidised veg box scheme, open to those attending gardening
sessions, with selling produce to the Angel Inn in Corbridge. desprte a tricky growing year in the Peace
Garden as a con￿quen￿ of the weather condrtions. in particular a very cold late spring.
As well as outings to bwheelbirks, we again used funds to put on some special barbeque lunches in the
garden, including salads made with garden produce and puddings using our own home-grown fruit.

These were a great Suc￿sS and offered an ex￿lIent way to provide a treat in a familiar environment
where we could comfortably meet everyone's support needs.
We hosted a very successful summer open day in the garden, which was a great way to show people
what we do. Participant-led drama and singing provided entertainment and we all enjoyed tea and cake
together.
We ran an increased number of additional one-off sessions in the garden for a range of other beneficiary
groups of all ages, from children to adults. F￿dback from these sessions was very positive and heart1
warming. This work requires imagination, skill and flexibility. as these diverse and sometimes challenging
groups often require a high level of support.
All of this was made possible by a skilled and commrtted team of staff and volunteers. A solid long-
standing volunteer group was boosted by an additional volunteer during the course of the year. As well
as formal volunteer meetings to explore safeguarding and the needs of individual participants in depth,
there is always an informal Spa￿ before gardening sessions, when volunteers can chat and raise
cOn￿rnS. In addition, the co-ordinators continued to provide one-to-one time for each volunteer to
discuss how they are getting along and any further guidan￿ or training needed.
We continued to prioritise teaching organic growing skills and planting to create bio4iversity.
The whole garden, including the extensive ornamental areas, were lovingly maintained to provide a
beautiful, therapeutic spa￿, not just for those attending gardening therapy sessions, bL5t also for the
local community at large.
Inspired by the challenging weather through 2024, we began the prO￿sS of fundraising for a new large
polytunnel to provide a year-round growing and work Spa￿ whatever the weather conditions outside.
This was kick-started by a sponsored walk with the whole gardening group, which raised a fantsstic
£2,000. We also plan to create a new large full-height raised bed to enable those wrth mobilrty issues to
enjoy gardening with ease.
In addition to our websrte, we maintained an ongoing instagram presence, with participants, volunteers
and staff able to share photos of memorable moments in and around the garden, capturing something
of the diversity and humour of what happens here. We appreciate the ability this provides to stay
connected with all our friends and supporters.
Financial review
The principal income sources for Let's Get Growing are from participant contributions for regular gardening
therapy sessions, produ￿ sales and addrtional one-off therapeutic workshops, as well as from funding from
charitable trusts and private donations. The breakdown by percentsge of all our income sources in this
accounting pertod is shown bebw.
INCOME SOURCE
Participant contributions
Produce sales
Additional one-off workshops
Private donations and GiftAid
Charitable grants
50
31

We are grateful to Boundary Lane Wind Farm and the National Lottery Community Fund for Charitable funding.
We are also very grateful forthe generosity of individual one-off and regular donors. Especial thanks to all these,
including two of our volunteerteam who raised £578, plus £136 GiftAid through JustGiving, in doing a sponsored
microlight flight.
We remain committed to providing free or subsidised pla￿5 to those who can benefrt from the project. but who
are unable to access statutory funding and do not have pnvate means. Mostly this seems to be those with mental
health difficulties who are living on benefits and are not eligible for a personal budget. We anticipate that we
shall therefore require some charitable funding into the future to accommodate this aim, as well as to support
the work of the organisation as a whole.
At the end of the reporting period, Let's Get Growing carried forward £36,130 restricted charitable funding
allocated to the Minsteracres gardening therapy project, to be spent during the next financial year.
Structure, Governance and Management
The organisation is a charitable company limrted by guarantee, incorporated on 17 June 2010 and registered as
a charity on 20 April 2017. The company was established under a Memorandum of Association which
established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association.
In the event of the company being wound up members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £10.
There are currently four directors on the board. The directors of the company are also charity trustees for the
purposes of charity law and, under the company's Articles, are known as members of the Management
Committee. Under the reqU1￿MentS of the Memorandum and Articles of Association, one third of the members
of the Management Committee must retire at each Annual General Meeting and may stand for reelection if
desired.
The Management Committee seeks to ensure that the needs of this group are appropriately reflected through
the diversity of the trustee body, which now includes a retired head teacher, retired social worker, retired
communi(xtions manager and retired psychiatrist.
All members of the Management Committee give their time voluntarily and receive no benefrts from
the charity.
The directors who served during the year are as stated below.'-
Mrs Eileen EvRn
Ms Nuala O'Brien
Mrs Elizabeth Hume Dr. Ruth Briel
This ￿portwaS approved by the Board on .......................... 2025 and signed on its behalf by
Elizabeth Hume
Eileen Ewen
Chair
Director

Let's Get Growing Ltd.
Statement of Financial Activities
From 1 December 2023 to 30 November 2024
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
202312024
202212023
INCOME
5,125
73,771
78,896
70,174
Direct expenditure
5,603
478
58,521
15,250
64,124
14,772
60,537
9.637
Administrative Expenses
Building Costs
6,693
6,693
6,265
478
8,557
8.079
3,372
Creditors: amounts falllng due
within one year
Unpaid wages
Net income
478
8,557
8,079
3,372
Funds blf as at 1 Dec 2023
1,794
27,572
29,366
25,994
Total funds carrled forward
1,316
36,129
37,445
29,366

Let's Get Growing Ltd.
Balance Sheet as at 30 November 2024
202312024
202212023
Current assets
Bank Current Account
37,446
25,994
Total current assets
37.446
25,994
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year
Total net assets
37,446
25,994
Capitsl and reserves
202312024
202212023
Called up share capital
Income and expenditure
account
37.446
25,994
Total members funds
37,446
25,994
Directors, Statements
For the accounting period ended 30 November 2023, the company was entitled to exemption from audit under
section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordan￿ with section 476 of the
Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to
accounting records and for the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared in accordan￿ with the micr(>entty provisions and deSivered in accordan
with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
Elizabeth Hume
Chair
Eileen Ewen
Director

Let's Get Growing Ltd.
Notes to the financial statements
For the period 1 December 2023 to 30 November 2024
Accounting policies
Accounting convention
The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost cL)nvention and in accordance with
applicable accounting standards, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller
Entities 2015.
Turnover
Tumover represents the total Invol￿ value, excluding value added tax, of sales made during the year
and derives from the provision of seniices falling within the company's ordinary activities, wholly
undertaken within the UK.
Company limited by guarantse
The company is limited by guarantee. Every member of the Company undertakes to contribute such
amount as may be required (not ex￿edIng £10) to the Company's assets if it should be wound up
while they are a member, or within one year after ￿aSIng lo be a member, for payment of the
Company's debts and liabilities contracted before ceasing to be a member, and of the costs, charges
and expenses of winding up, and for the adjustment of the rights of the contributories among
themselves. If the Company is wound up or dissolved and after all its debts and liabilities have been
satisfied there remains any property it shall nol be paid to, or distributed among the members of the
Company, but shall be given or transferred to some other Company or charities having similar objects
which prohibrt the distribution of its income and propety, directly or indirectly, by way of dividend,
bonus or othe￿iSe by way of profrt, to members of the Company
Controlling interest
In the opinion of the directors the company is under no controlling interest.

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Levs Get Growing Ltd.
Detailed income and expenditure account for the period 1 December 2023 to 30 November 2024
Income
1 Dec 2023 - 30 Nov 2024
Restricted Unrestricted
Total
Grants:
Boundary Lane Wind Farm
National Lottery Community Fund
Total Grants
Donatlons
Participant contributlons
Produce sales:
Veg box scheme
Other produce sales
Total Produce sales
Garden project fees
Bulldlng rental
Sundry
GIftAid
TOTAL INCOME
5,000.00
19,550.00
24,550.00
5,687.24
38,933.10
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
24550.00
5,687.24
38,933.10
1,103.00
1,981.63
3,084.63
0.00
440.00
96.78
979.53
73,771.28
0.00
0.00
0.00
5,125.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
5,125.00
1,103.00
1,981.63
3,084.63
5,125.00
440.00
96.78
979.53
78,896.28
Expendlturo
Dlrect Expendlture:
Project management fees
Garden materlals
Partlcipant transport
Partlclpant outlngslBBQ's
Project management fees refund
45,353.59
6,603.35
6,381.00
283.25
0.00
58,521.19
4,180.03
622.59
0.00
0.00
800.00
5.602.62
49,533.62
7,125.94
6,381.00
283.25
800.00
64123.81
Administration Expenses
Admlnlaccountlng fees
Prlntlng
StationerylPostage
Companles House
Insurancè
Webslts
Sundry
5,719.40
0.00
142.74
34.00
661.40
135.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
5.719.40
0.00
142.74
661.40
135.00
0.00
6,692.54
70.816.35
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
65,213.73
5,602.62
Credltors: amounts falllng due wlthln one yèar
0.00
0.00
0.00
Retslned surplus from perfod
8,557.55
477.62
8,079.93
Funds bif as at 1 Dec 2023
27,572.11
1,793.67
29,365.78
Total funds carried fofward
36.129.66
1,316.05
37,445.71
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