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2025-04-30-accounts

Our Annual Report

2024/25

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Legal and administrative information

Charity name: Tuppenny Barn Education Limited (Company Limited by Guarantee)

Charity number: 1172846

Company registration number: 07593594 Start of financial period: 1st May 2024 End of financial period: 30th April 2025

Trustees as of 30th April 2025 (also Directors under company law):

Tracie Bangert (Chair of Board)

Carla Allen

Jonathan Clark

Adrian Pert

Helen Penfold

David Holmes

Sarah Parker-Jervis (Board Secretary)

Patrons as of 30th April 2025

Sally Taylor

Annie Guilfoyle

In this Report

The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 April 2025.

Arit Anderson

Richard Claxton GP

Gordon Roddick

Registered address:

Main Road, Southbourne, West Sussex PO10 8EZ

Date of incorporation: 6th April 2011

Governing document: Memorandum and Articles of Association

Bankers: National Westminster Bank PLC

Independent Examiner:

Independent Examiners Ltd, Unit 2, The Broadbridge Business Centre, Delling Lane, Bosham, West Sussex PO18 8NF

Contents

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Photo Raised beds in full bloom.

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CEO’s report

I am delighted to share that our core education programme has supported 1,662 young people this year, through our wide range of activities and workshops. We also welcomed two new green horticultural therapy practitioners and delivered 106 Nature Nurture sessions benefitting 16 beneficiaries. Building on successful pilots, our new programmes – Sow and Thrive and Veterans Bloom – have flourished, with funding now secured to grow both initiatives further in 2026.

We reached an important milestone in our Transforming Tuppenny campaign, with £31,794 raised during the financial year, taking the total funds raised to £142,858 and a further

£195, 000 pledged against a target of £736,166 bringing us closer to realising our vision for a new shop and community café. This will free up our facility to enable us to create more enriched learning opportunities for vulnerable young people, expand our green horticultural therapy offer and build an inclusive place for our community to enjoy.

Across the charity, there have been many other highlights worth celebrating, from the launch of our new website, to deepening partnerships, to the growing number of volunteers who continue to give their time, talent and energy to our mission. We were fortunate to be featured in the October 2024 issue of Gardens Illustrated when they highlighted 20 ‘Horticulture Heroes’

However, the environment in which we operate remains challenging. A recent Charity Commission report[1] highlights a significant financial squeeze across the sector, with the gap between income and expenditure narrowing by almost three quarters over the past two years. Charities have responded with resilience - adopting new ways of working, embracing technology, and diversifying fundraising, yet financial sustainability remains a major risk. Small charities like ours are especially vulnerable, as securing core, unrestricted, multi year funding continues to be difficult, limiting long term planning. We have also seen with the rise of AI used in fundraising this has had a significant negative impact within the charity sector. This has had a consequence of an inundation of applications to Trusts and Foundations thereby having extremely short funding windows making competition even tougher.

Despite these challenges, I feel immensely privileged to lead such an inspiring team of staff and volunteers. I am extremely grateful to our funders, patrons and supporters for continuing to believe in our work, helping us to meet the educational and wellbeing needs of vulnerable individuals, and creating an environment where people of all ages feel valued, supported and able to thrive.

As we celebrate an incredible 20 years of Tuppenny Barn and mark the honour of recognition in the New Year’s Honours List, this is a moment of immense pride for our entire community.

It is also a moment of transition. At the end of April, I will be stepping down as CEO, and the Board has begun the search for my successor who will lead the charity into its next exciting chapter. I will continue to be involved in the charity, with a particular focus on achieving our Transforming Tuppenny goal.

As I prepare to hand over the reins, I do so with confidence that Tuppenny Barn’s future is bright. With your continued belief in our mission, the charity is well placed to embrace new opportunities, deepen its impact and continue transforming lives for many years to come.

Maggie Haynes BEM, Founder & CEO

¹Charity Commission’s ‘Charity Sector Risk Assessment 2025’ report. Photo Maggie Haynes BEM, Founder & CEO

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Our vision and objectives

Our vision is to be a beacon of sustainability for the community we serve

Inspiring children and young people to grow and eat healthy, sustainable food is at the heart of what we do. Tuppenny Barn offers exciting education opportunities and experiences for children of all ages, as well as engaging and informative adult learning courses and events. We provide a nurturing and enriching environment for visitors and a place of respite and safety for participants in our 6 green therapy programmes.

We are on a mission to seed, support and share to achieve a sustainable future for all.

Our three charitable objectives are to:

◗ Provide opportunities for children to learn about growing and eating healthy sustainable food

We teach children and young people about growing fresh organic fruit, vegetables and herbs, the importance of sustainable living and the need to foster physical and emotional wellbeing. With our sustainably built education centre, on-site organic smallholding, and outdoor classroom, we are the only charity to provide this combined facility in a 50-mile radius.

As we are close to some of the most disadvantaged areas in the UK, we prioritise reaching children from disadvantaged backgrounds where food poverty, obesity and type-2 diabetes are of increasing concern. We also ensure that schools supporting young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) are encouraged to visit in the knowledge that Tuppenny Barn is accessible to all.

◗ Improve people’s mental health and wellbeing through social and therapeutic horticulture

We use gardening to bring about positive change in the lives of people in West Sussex and Hampshire living with disabilities, ill health, or who face isolation, disadvantage, or vulnerability. Naturebased interventions provide proven positive benefits including a reduction in depression, anxiety and stress and improve individuals’ physical and psychological health, communication and thinking skills.

We hold weekly Social & Therapeutic Horticulture (STH) sessions called Nurture in Nature, delivered by our qualified horticultural practitioners. Our beneficiaries are referred to us by a wide range of local NHS health professionals, including social prescribers. In 2024 we also introduced two additional programmes – Sow and Thrive and Veterans Bloom.

Photo Jane Gleeson with Sow and Thrive clients.

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◗ Encourage local community engagement and participation in organised activities and volunteering

We offer a variety of volunteering opportunities for people to get involved in Tuppenny Barn, irrespective of age or physical ability. Activities include outdoor gardening fruit picking, preparing, and preserving in our kitchen courses, events, and locally driven sustainability initiatives.

We bring people together socially in an inclusive environment that fosters a sense of belonging and encourages collective and personal achievement. We always endeavour to use local suppliers to meet our charity’s needs, and we collaborate with local like-minded organisations and help the community when the need arises.

Our CEO regularly visits and gives presentations to local community groups to raise awareness of our charity, what we do and how we provide support. We also extend an invitation to interested groups and organisations to participate in onsite ‘Tea and Tour’ learning experiences and run corporate volunteering days for local sustainability driven businesses.

Our Principles and Values

Photos Adrian Pert, Volunteer, with newly purchased industrial wood chipper (top); Liz Pendry, Education Officer, on discovery of a caterpillar (bottom).

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Green shoots moments 2024/25

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£265,314
Total income 1,662
Young people attended our 7,679
food education workshops and Hours of work our
£214,090 activities – a 5% increase on volunteers undertook working
Total expenditure the previous year for the charity.
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106
Families supported by Beneficiaries of
Nurture Nature horticulture our bumper Sunflower our Veterans Bloom green
therapy sessions undertaken Young Carers Christmas dinner therapy initiative across
for 16 clients boxes, fifth year running. 3 workshops
£31,794 7 3,500
Raised for Local Artists showcased Items made by our
Transforming Tuppenny in the 2025 jammers and textile volunteers
appeal. Emsworth Arts Trail to sell in the shop
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Covering the reporting period (1st May 2024 – 30th April 2025)

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...and more

Ride sponsorship organisers, Tracey Cotteril Op COURAGE.

Photos Dr Tim Fooks FRCGP, High Sheriff of West Sussex, visits Tuppenny Barn

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Our education programme

Inspiring future generations

During the year, our dedicated, qualified and experienced education team, ran school, nursery and college visits and school holiday events, all designed to align with and enrich relevant areas of the school curriculum. Once again, we were fully booked during the reporting period and across our Children’s Education programmes we welcomed 1,662 young people across the threshold. Primary school visits make up most of our visits, with the majority schools returning every year. Our secondary school visits always contain an element of cooking which supports the curriculum and our Fork-to-Fork workshops give students insights into seasonality and food miles.

enjoy healthy food and enriching activities during the school holidays.

We increased participation for children and schools from economically deprived areas featuring within the local Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), including SEND pupils and training for student teachers; all fully funded.

Activities included those funded by West Sussex County Council, as part of the Department for Education’s free Holiday Activities and Food Programme which enables eligible young people to

Our site visits, workshops, and experiences

Photo Sunflower Baking Session.

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Children’s Wellbeing Green Therapy Programme

Across our 3 programmes we had 572 young people attend the 50 sessions that were facilitated. Our education practitioners completed their horticulture therapy training for young people at Thrive, the lead Horticulture Therapy centre of excellence for England and Wales. They have since implemented their training in their teaching practises and have established an allocated growing bed solely for the young people on our wellbeing programmes.

Sunflowers

For young carers, Bourne Community College

Sunflowers allow young carers the time and space to focus on their own happiness and emotional wellbeing, helping them to forge strong friendships with the group.

We provide a nurturing, fun, experiential environment away from the pressures and responsibilities at home. The children learn about food, horticulture and wildlife and spend time outdoors engaging in activities like growing, cropping, cooking, arts and crafts, writing and mindfulness.

This green therapy programme has been run since September 2020 and has gained momentum in the past couple of years. The Sunflower external visits included a trip in July 2024 to Chichester Harbour to experience their Solar Boat courtesy of Chichester Harbour and their ‘Get Afloat’ fund. The Community Education Team at Pallant House Gallery organised a visit for the Sunflowers to view both the current exhibition and the permanent collection. For the majority it was their first visit to an art gallery. The Sunflowers also attended a willow weaving workshop on site facilitated by basket maker Jill Eatherden, teaching the skills of making a large Christmas willow star to take home.

Two of the boys who attended from our school had experienced difficulties in their relationships in the classroom. Although they were both having similar experiences, they were taking them out on each other which was having a huge impact on the classroom dynamic. Their teacher chose to send them both together as part of the restorative work already taking place in school and this has certainly enriched their relationship by having a shared, common purpose which was valuable. Senior Leadership Teacher Bourne College

Child A has grown in confidence – at the start of the term she was very anxious about everything and quite often teary at the start of the days. Over the term (in which she has attended Sunflowers) she has become more confident to speak out and less easily upset’.

Teacher from Bourne College

The Tuppenny Community have also embraced the annual Sunflower Christmas Dinner Box appeal that we facilitate. Each family receives a bountiful box containing all that is needed for their dinner on 25th December including turkey rolls, Christmas puddings and an individual voucher for each child. With the Sunflower families undergoing many difficult challenges throughout the year, we know this initiative is extremely well received. We are hugely grateful to the local businesses that also help and support this Christmas appeal.

Photo Natural art session.

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Poppies

Supporting primary school young people’s wellbeing

Poppies progressed from a pilot in 2023, to being a formal part of our Children and Young People wellbeing projects this reporting year. Sixteen pupils from four local primary schools attend our Poppies group. Over several months, they attend a series of workshops, specifically designed for children with higher levels of anxiety and where conflict resolution may be required. The children spend time outside and learned new skills such as cooking, strengthening their confidence and resilience in a nurturing environment.

The visits help to make them feel settled and special. They clearly loved every minute of their time with you all and enjoyed looking and learning and being outside with nature. This has led to them being less anxious and appearing happier and more confident in school.”

Testimonial from a recipient school

Cornflowers

In September 2024 we launched a new pilot initiative with Park Community School, namely Cornflowers. The Cornflower group are a group of 12 Year 8 teenagers with additional needs who are part of a Resourced provision group. They all have Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) which entitles them to tailored support as they need more help than is available through ordinary SEN support and would find it difficult to access the full school curriculum. They are taught partly in a specialist group, learning life skills alongside core education.

Their additional needs mean that they find change difficult and suffer from anxiety.

The Cornflowers have done a series of 6 visits building their confidence at Tuppenny Barn. We have offered a bespoke programme with lots of practical activities and 1:1 attention.

We’ve had a collaborative relationship with the school for over 10 years and continue to supply them with organic fruit and vegetables on a weekly basis. Park Community School is situated in an area classed as having one of the highest IMD within England and the school have 61% of their students entitled to free school meals. Previously we worked with a selection of their SEND pupils’ pre-Covid however this new pilot is targeted specifically for smaller numbers and that have EHCPs.

Photo Sunflowers having fun in a gardening session.

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The students in our Resourced Provision group find change difficult and so visiting new places and people can cause, at least, great anxiety. We were lucky to have Liz and Abi from the Education team, visit us in our environment before we met them at Tuppenny Barn.

3 As a small group, the students are fortunate to have lots of attention during et, : their sessions which they thrive on. Revisiting Tuppenny Barn on a regular basis has created an environment where the students feel safe with its familiarity and the people. They love consistency and the sessions are similarly set up but with a different focus each time we visit.

The students love to cook and our sessions link where food comes from to what they are making. This gives them a range of life skills which with continuous use has made them confident to participate. They are very keen to share their experiences with other students and staff at school to the point that others from their year group have asked if they can join us!”

The Year 8 Park Community School teacher wrote:

Thanks to the continued generous funding by the Gerald Micklem Trust towards all three Children’s Wellbeing programmes, we will continue all 3 programmes in 2026.

Photos Sunflowers exercising ‘Fork to Fork’ principle (top); Sunflowers to Chichester Harbour for Solar Boat Trip (bottom).

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Support

Adult green therapy experiences

Our therapeutic horticulture offering continued to flourish with three core programmes:

Nurture Nature

We run two weekly Nurture Nature experiences at Tuppenny Barn welcoming eight people in each group.

During the reporting period, we welcomed two new practitioners and delivered 106 sessions benefitting 16 people. This green therapy programme has now been running for 9 years consequently is well established and known within the various mental health and social prescribing networks locally.

Participants engage in a variety of food and

flower growing horticultural tasks, tailored to their preferences and abilities, as well as creative and garden-inspired crafts such as wreath and card making. The produce, flowers and crafts created are shared with our clients, with some of the produce sold in our shop, or used by our jamming group to make preserves and other edible products. Seeds sown during sessions are used by our education team for school visits and our Poppies, Sunflower and Cornflowers groups.

Building confidence and a sense of purpose

One of the clients who has been attending for several years has recently said that after several years of low mood and tearfulness she now feels back to her old self. The client would often be quite tearful in sessions especially if anyone asked how she was. Her confidence and sense of purpose have increased of late, and she now has a busy life of sport and different volunteering roles. She is also coming off anti-depressant medication because of her improved wellbeing.

The process of making beautiful products from natural materials is both absorbing and therapeutic, helping to ease stress and anxiety. Participants take pride in knowing that the food they grow, directly benefits the charity and visiting young people.

Being part of our community can be a life changing experience. We are proud to offer a safe, welcoming, and nurturing environment where people can heal, connect and discover a sense of belonging and acceptance.

I feel part of a team and enjoy being sociable with other people and talking about everyday things. This helps me with my job and interacting with my work colleagues. Coming to Tuppenny Barn has always been my favourite activity and helps me recharge. Being involved in the construction of the raised bed gave me a feeling of accomplishment.’

Nurture Nature participant

Photo Tulip bonanza grown by Veterans Bloom.

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Sow and Thrive

Thanks to funding support from Chichester District Council, West Sussex County Council, and the Hyde Charitable Trust, our Sow and Thrive green therapy horticulture course supports vulnerable adults aged 19 and over.

Designed for those with an interest in horticulture, the programme helps participants build life skills and knowledge, improve physical and mental wellbeing and for younger attendees, prepare for future employment.

“Throughout the ten weeks, [the participant] really came alive. Since finishing his first year at college, he had become rather insular. His autism means that he does not make friends easily, nor does he volunteer to put himself in social situations. However, after every Sow and Thrive session, he was full of stories about the horticulture education he was receiving (he particularly had a lot to say about pruning!) and about the staff, of whom he is now very fond. He also took the opportunity to travel more, in addition to the travel to and from Tuppenny Barn, becoming more independent and confident on his own. We are so grateful to all the staff at Tuppenny for this excellent opportunity, which worked particularly well for his individual needs.” Sow and Thrive referrer

“I have never felt part of any community before, but Tuppenny Barn has given me this feeling of being part of one.” Sow and Thrive participant

“I have been able to interact with others outside better than in the past five years and have lessened stress levels a bit more.”

Sow and Thrive participant

Growing the confidence to flourish

We ran four courses during the reporting period, which offer hands-on activities such as practical gardening, seed sowing, and plant cultivation, alongside opportunities for tea, conversation, and friendship building. These experiences create a safe, supportive environment where participants can grow in confidence and connect with others with some joining as regular Tuppenny volunteers. One attendee has now found employment after being out of work for several years. Our next workshop over 8 weeks will be in March 2026.

One young client attending our second Sow and Thrive course was initially extremely socially anxious and barely able to speak in sessions. She had recently ended a university course due to poor mental health. The Client gained much from the sessions and was very engaged in the learning, taking copious notes during theory sessions.

Over the weeks her confidence grew, and she was able to ask and answer questions in the group. Towards the end of the course, she attended a job interview and was successfully hired. She continues working in this job full time. She told us that attending the course and being accepted and welcomed gave her the confidence she needed to look for and secure a job.

Photo Sow and Thrive clients cropping.

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Veterans Bloom

Generous funding from Armed Forces Covenant Charity and Sirius Analysis enabled us to run three of our Veterans Bloom ten-week courses in the reporting period.

These bring together vulnerable female veterans, creating time and space outdoors together learning flower farming skills. Our veterans are referred by the Veterans Outreach Service, other military charities, health professionals, including social prescribers, GPs and psychiatrists, social and support workers or similar.

Veterans attending formed a strong cohesive and mutually supportive group and participants reported improvements to mood, reduced anxiety and a greater sense of routine and structure. They were keen to develop a WhatsApp support group to allow friendships to blossom and to provide a strong peer support group. One participant has even started her own growing project with Veterans. We are keen to grow the programme further in 2026.

‘I can say it has meant so very much to me personally being part of Veterans bloom I arrive rather ‘frayed around the edges’ but leave with a spring in my step ready to tackle the rest of what each week holds which I can honestly say has been very challenging.

I allow myself to be me

I arrive and it’s as if everything that’s going on in life is paused, left at the gate.

Enter Tuppenny Barn and a sense of worth, belonging encompasses me and I allow myself to be me, that it’s ok if I’m struggling, or having yet another rubbish day. I don’t have to explain or pretend which is appreciated so much, thank you doesn’t seem enough!’

Female veteran

‘I am forever indebted to Tuppenny Barn for allowing me this experience and for giving me the opportunity to gain a new network of friends’ Female veteran

Photo Veterans Bloom session.

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Community

Tuppenny Barn community

Investing in our Tuppenny Team

We continued to support our core team’s training and development. This included attendance at a Healing conference run by the International Rescue Committee hosted by Bishop Luffa School, the LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) conference and a South Downs National Park Network meeting. Staff undertook training in Growing Salad Leaves for small horticulture businesses at Trill Farm, DfE HAF training on safeguarding and booking systems, STH Practise, First Aid at Work, Using STH in Mainstream and Special Schools for Children and Young People with SEND, Prevent Measures and First Aid at Work.

Open doors to our community

We ran several events bringing together members of the Tuppenny Community as part of our charitable objective to encourage the local community in various workshops that align to our core focus. These included Cyanotype Photography, Grow Your Own Vegetables for Beginners, The Magic of Compost, Border Design, and Wild Fermentation for Beginners.

Our Patron Annie Guilfoyle also facilitated a successful fundraising Gardening Clinic Day last spring, alongside Garden Designer Amy Hannigan for keen gardeners within the community to learn from the experts.

In June 2024 we ran a successful Open Day informing the local community on who we are, showcasing our work and how they might get involved including our volunteer programme. In December 2024 the planned Christmas Market nearly didn’t go ahead due to the stormy weather and the need to dismantle the marquee normally used by our stall holders. Team Tuppenny however came to the rescue with both the polytunnel and portacabin areas being quickly repurposed, decorated and made available so the event could go ahead. We are delighted to report it was a resounding success with an increase in footfall. ‘

Photos Distribution of Christmas Dinner Box Appeal to Bourne Community College (top); Gardeners’ Question Time panel (bottom).

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Our supporters

The UK charity sector is facing a severe, multi-year financial crisis, described as a ‘perfect storm’ of rising operating costs, increased demand for services, and stagnating or falling income, according to the Charity Commission’s 2025 risk assessment. It warns that although the sector is resilient, this ‘triple threat’ of pressures is leaving many, particularly smaller organisations, on the brink of viability.

Against this backdrop we remain hugely appreciative of the support given to us by our Tuppenny Barn community which makes a significant contribution to our income.

As in previous years grants from trusts and foundations remain our highest income stream equating to over 54% of our income . We would also like to say a special thank you to our wonderful supporter, Jane Watt-Smith, who has been a regular supporter of our work now for many years and who always provides us with additional support when needed. She is a wonderful ambassador for the charity and continually encourages those that have yet to visit Tuppenny Barn to make that step.

We are also especially grateful for the continued support from our repeat funders including:

The Gerald Micklem Charitable Trust has provided funding towards our ‘Sunflowers’ programme for over 7 years and this financial year their funding enabled us to extend our ‘Poppies’ and contributed to the newly established ‘Cornflowers’ children’s wellbeing programmes. On behalf of all the beneficiaries of these 3 programmes we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for this funding.

Funding from Chichester Harbour

Conservancy FiPL enabled us to upgrade our kitchen units used for the Fork-to-Fork cooking programme for schools and colleges and purchase white goods that needed replacing. We are grateful to the Conservancy for their continued support to the charity.

6% of our annual income is from individual donations made throughout the year, which helps support all our activities and programmes.

Donor Amount
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust
(Pt2)		 5,524.20
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust
(Pt3)		 613.80
Anglian Building Projects 1,250
Chichester District Council 24,211
Chichester District Council 6,676
Chichester Harbour Conservancy FiPL 2,260
Chichester Harbour Conservancy FiPL 5,133.95
Chichester Harbour Conservancy FiPL 3,267.75
Chichester Harbour Conservancy FiPL 4,076.21
Chichester Natural History Society 500
Epigoni Trust 10,000
Fonthill Foundation 5,000
Gerald Mickelm 10,000
Gerald Mickelm 15,000
Grace Alexander 7,500
Hall and Woodhouse 2,000
Hyde Charitable Trust 6,733
Lyn Foundation 25,000
Lottery Awards for All 20,000
Margaret McEwan Trust 300
Southall Trust(Yr3 of 3) 3,000
Southern Co-operative
Wellbeing Fund		 10,000
Sirius Analysis Limited 5,000
West Sussex County Council(Pt1) 12,041.50
West Sussex County Council(Pt2) 12,041.50
Total £208,930.41

A heartfelt thanks to all our supporters to what you have helped us achieve in 2024/25.

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Our volunteers

We are privileged to have such a dedicated group of volunteers, both new and longer serving. We are deeply indebted to the time they give us, and we simply could not exist without their loyalty and commitment.

From supporting our education team, key projects and events, to tirelessly sowing, growing and nurturing our garden to jamming and making items for sale in our shop, they support every aspect of what we do at Tuppenny Barn. We are now fortunate to have a maintenance group of volunteers, who keep us in good working condition, saving the charity money that can be diverted to our core activities.

Our trustees, board secretary and patrons are also volunteers whose professional expertise and connections are invaluable in promoting and supporting our charity’s work and growth.

In 2024/25, our volunteers gave 7679 hours of their time, making a vital contribution to the charity’s achievements throughout the year and we were delighted to welcome 16 new volunteers.

‘When I think of why I volunteer at Tuppenny Barn I always come back to it being for the people I meet there. Besides all the environmental aspects of the charity, the contribution I can make personally, working with like-minded people, gives me a huge sense of accomplishment. The delicious homemade refreshments that we are given is also a motivation!. Tuppenny Volunteer

Photos Marie the gardener (top); Mike Tibble, Practitioner and gardening volunteer, trimming the hornbeam hedge (bottom).

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Lo ~~ok~~ ing to the future

Transforming Tuppenny

We appointed a new project manager during the period, Peter Beckett. With his help we continue to bridge the funding gap (£342,991.73) for a dedicated community café and shop at Tuppenny Barn, essential to supporting the charity’s long term financial resilience and sustainability.

We’d like to say a big thank you for all the contributions and pledges of support so far and particular thanks to the Bernard Sunley Foundation by increasing their pledge by £40,000 to £90,000 overall last year. Our facility will:

We are delighted that Transforming Tuppenny has been warmly received by the local community and that both West Sussex County Council and Chichester District Council are keen to collaborate with us to help bring this opportunity to life.

our funding goal. We will be supported by Grain, a bespoke, ethical architectural practice that specialises in the use of natural low-carbon materials, to create another green build that complements our education centre, with its straw bale walls, air source heat pump and cedar tiled roof. The new build will use side installation panels filled with wood pulp providing excellent thermal properties, innovative photovoltaic glass to convert light into energy for externally covered areas and a green living roof.

We have taken the opportunity, considering the challenging funding climate, to re-look at our design to make cost reductions where possible but without compromising the overall integrity of the building and its sustainability aims.

Whilst the fundraising environment remains challenging, we are committed to bridging our funding gap and will continue to explore avenues for grants and donations from trusts and foundations alongside our fundraising events planned for 2026.

Fundraising Target

Total build budget: £650,000

Costs already incurred: £86,327.43

Restated total build budget (as at 2nd Dec 2025): £736,327.43

Funds raised to date (at the point of publication): £393,335.70*

*Includes funds banked plus pledges

Individuals can donate via our website: www.tuppennybarn.co.uk

We have also identified a new main contractor who is primed to start the build once we achieve

Photo Visualisation of our proposed new green build adjacent to our Education Centre.

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Consolidation and building on our strengths

Green Therapy

Both Sow and Thrive and Veterans Bloom commenced in 2024 have proved immensely successful experiences which made a real and positive difference to the vulnerable clients we serve. We are running a fifth Sow and Thrive course this March with funding from West Sussex County Council and an aspiration to continue with additional courses, funding permitting, supporting those considered the most vulnerable in our community, in line with our charity objectives.

As this report goes to publication, we can confirm that we have recently received confirmation of a grant from the Armed Forces Covenant Trust Hidden Voices scheme to continue our work with the Veterans Bloom beneficiaries. Analysing the feedback from our previous courses, there was an overwhelming desire for this project to occur more frequently as the beneficiaries felt it had such positive outcomes in their individual lives. Accordingly, we have re-started the programme but on a weekly basis over 9 months. During this period, we hope to take the group to other local flower farmers to support their learning in cut flower skills.

Education

It is known that Childhood obesity in the UK is heavily linked to deprivation, with children in the most deprived areas over twice as likely to be obese (29.2%–30.2% in Year 6) compared to the least deprived (13%–13.1%). Overall, 1 in 7 households with children (15%) struggles to afford food, while 31% of children are living in poverty.

Key statistics on child obesity and deprivation

Key statistics on food poverty and nutrition

Impact and Trends

Photo Pupils looking at borage with Abi, our Senior Education Officer.

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The Transforming Tuppenny building now becomes an urgent priority if we are to increase our capacity to facilitate more food education trips to site.

Sustainability

With these statistics it is a sharp reminder that our Food Education programme provides an essential role to visiting schools and colleges, particularly those in the most deprived areas that we have locally.

With another fully booked education programme for the forthcoming academic year, three green therapy programmes running for our young people in the form of Sunflowers, Poppies, and Cornflowers, we will continue to meet the needs of our main charitable objective of food education. Close monitoring and evaluation of all these activities ensures that we can deliver an efficient, nurturing, and productive space for our young people. We are also keenly aware that due to a fully booked programme we are at capacity due to the space required. We acknowledge that we could be offering more schools an opportunity to experience our food education programmes.

Tuppenny Barn is committed to creating a positive impact for our communities and the environment, while inspiring others to join us in building a fairer society and a more sustainable future. In 2024, we took part in the FuturePlus bootcamp in partnership with Chichester District Council, becoming one of 12 inaugural organisations to participate and achieve accreditation. Throughout this process, we reviewed our sustainability performance and identified further opportunities to improve. We continue this journey and educate others on how they also can be part of this important climate change pathway and address societal challenges.

We remain committed to working with businesses that share our sustainability values and to supporting local producers and small enterprises, helping to keep the pound local. We procure green energy, avoid single use plastics, and continue to explore new ways to minimise waste. We also seek every opportunity to increase biodiversity across our site. These principles and practices are woven throughout our education programmes.

We will continue to enhance our sustainability measures and performance across all areas of our charity’s work.

Photos STH Shed (top); radishes from the field (bottom).

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How we are structured, governed, and managed

Constitution

Tuppenny Barn Education Limited (“the charity”) is a charitable company limited by guarantee incorporated on 6th April 2011 with no share capital and registered as a charity on 3rd May 2017. The objects and powers of the charity are set out in its Articles of Association.

Recruitment and appointment of trustees

The Board of Trustees provide the strategic leadership for the charity. All members give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. The board meets bi-monthly, and the CEO and the directors of Tuppenny Barn Organics also attend the meetings.

Trustee selection is based on whether an individual has either specific qualifications or life skills that will benefit the charity. Examples include experience in education, business or running a charitable organisation. Trustees are offered external training on their legal responsibilities.

Organisational structure

Employees

Staff members are recruited for specific skills, such as education, fundraising, horticulture, or administration. However, of equal importance is belief in our core charity values and an interest in sustainability. The CEO, with input from the Board of Trustees, makes all recruitment decisions and all staff that supervise children, and vulnerable adults are subject to DBS vetting.

Volunteers

Volunteers at Tuppenny Barn continue to supplement the work of the salaried staff, like most other small charities. The charity could not continue to operate as it does today without this vital support. The number of volunteers continues to increase and during the reporting period there were approximately 50 regular members amongst a total of 85.

based, engaging in various trading activities to support the charity. The shop and former VegBag scheme are part of these activities. After 16 years of operating the VegBag scheme, we took the difficult decision to cease this operation in 2024 as it was no longer economically sustainable. Our customers can continue to purchase locally grown, sustainable produce through our shop and we remain the largest provider of organic fruit and vegetables for our local community.

Managing risk

The charity’s trustees have reviewed, and continue to keep under review, all the major risks to which the charity is exposed, including compliance with legislation and protecting the Health and Safety of staff, volunteers, participants, and visitors to Tuppenny Barn.

The trustees and management also undertake a full and robust review of all financial and business risks. We conduct risk assessments for all public-attended events at Tuppenny Barn. In addition, visiting schools have a mandate to produce their own risk assessments guided by Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF).

Providing a public benefit

The charity’s trustees acknowledge that the charity complies with section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 regarding providing a public benefit. The charity’s trustees have also referred to the guidance in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on Public Benefit when reviewing the aims and objectives and in planning future activities. In particular, the charity’s trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives they have set. The charity’s trustees ensure that these activities are carried out for the public benefit by delivering services that are valued by the people the charity supports and enable those with responsibility in the sector to develop and adopt best practice, thereby promoting a transparent and efficiently managed charity that engenders public confidence and trust.

Relationships

The charity received donations from its trading subsidiary, Tuppenny Barn Organics Limited (TBO). This sister organisation seed funded the charity and manages the organic smallholding where the charity is

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Financial Review

The financial year ending 30th April 2025 was a successful one in terms of funding received with £265,314 banked.

Expenditure for the financial year totalled £214,090 resulting in a surplus of £51,224.

Total funds levels increased from an opening balance of £439,779 to a closing balance of £491,003, £403,806 which were unrestricted. £67,197 are exclusively connected to the Transforming Tuppenny capital appeal.

Net Current Assets increased from £90,292 to £149,916 across the same time frame.

Reserves Policy

A Reserves Policy was adopted in May 24 and forms part of the charity’s annually reviewed Financial Management Policy.

Taking into account the current fundraising and economic climate the charity aims to hold 4 months in reserves.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011 and the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The trustees confirm that, to the best of their knowledge, there is no information relevant to the Independent Examination of which the Examiner is unaware. The trustees also confirm that they have taken all necessary steps to ensure that they themselves are aware of all relevant financial information and that this information has been communicated to the Examiner.

Presented and approved by the Board of Trustees at a meeting held on 19th January 2026 and signed on their behalf.

Trustees‘ responsibility in relation to the financial statements.

The Charity trustees are responsible for preparing a trustees‘ Annual Report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Policies). The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the Charity trustees to prepare financial statements for each year which gives a true and fair view of the situation of the Charity and of the incoming resources and applicable resources of the Charity for the period in preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to:

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Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Tuppenny Barn Education Limited for the year ended 30th April 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees of the charitable company (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the charitable company are not required to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”). In carrying out my examination, I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that:

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.

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