**REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 1173640** **Annual report and financial statement for the year ended 30 April 2024** ## **GREEN HEALTH THAMES VALLEY** Contents of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 April 2024 - Report of the trustees - Independent Examiner’s Report - Receipts and Payments Accounts - Statement of Assets and Liabilities ## **GREEN HEALTH THAMES VALLEY** ## **Contents of the Financial Statements for the year Ended 30 April 2024** ## **1. Establishment and Purpose** A Trust Deed dated 21 January 2017 established Green Health Thames Valley (GHTV) as a Charitable Incorporated organisation (CIO). The Charity’s main purpose is to relieve sickness and protect mental health through the provision of therapeutic horticulture to those with, or vulnerable to, mental health problems. Also to protect physical health through encouraging horticulture-related physical activity and by promoting healthy eating to individuals and organisations. ## **2. Trustees and Officers** During the year the following served as trustees: Gerald Stormont Treasurer until 12-9-2023 Tricia Odell Ralph Godbold Treasurer from 12-9-2023 Claire Cullen Following Richard Byard’s resignation as chair in March 2023, trustees decided to recruit a new trustee to fill the Chair’s role, in the meantime the responsibilities would be allocated as follows: HR & policies: Tricia Odell Marketing & promotion: Claire Cullen Finance & governance: Ralph Godbold The trustees met 6 times during the year. The number of trustees may not be fewer than three. The appointment and removal of trustees is in the power of the trustees. ## **3. Address** The principal address of the charity is 12A Southview Park Marsack Street Reading RG4 5AF We deliver activities on site at The Well Centre, Dawlish Road, Reading, RG2 7SD ## **4. Independent Examiner** Chaweevan Williams FCCA Chartered Certified Accountants Verdant Accountants Limited 20-22 Wenlock Road, London N1 7GU ## **GREEN HEALTH THAMES VALLEY** ## **Contents of the Financial Statements for the year Ended 30 April 2024** ## **5. Object and Main Activity** Under its governing document, the objects of the trust are to relieve sickness and protect mental health through the provision of therapeutic horticulture. This is mainly done through the site at the garden of The Well Church in Whitley, Reading. ## **Overview of 23-24 activities:** Although the 2023-24 year brought a number of changes and many challenges, trustees are confident that we are in a strong position from which to develop our service. During this period, we made many new contacts and supporters, including the Community Engagement Team at the University of Reading. We are grateful for the help of an increasing number of volunteers who are working to support our very small team. As a result of a National Lottery Community fund grant in April, we have been able to fund a series of food nutrition workshops, as well as sessions to help our beneficiaries manage their mental health difficulties. The number of clients attending the garden has increased to 18, with an average of 12 clients attending regularly. Trustees were pleased to appoint our very experienced assistant client support worker to lead the team. Her experience and networking skills are already helping to build new community relationships. **Community Led Research Project** : In July, GHTV were awarded a research grant by the British Science Association, working in partnership with the University of Reading and Reading Voluntary Action. Led by our clients, the community project aimed to explore the link between nutrition and mental health and to identify some of the challenges when applying the theory about nutrition and mental health to their own lives. Activities included conducting one interviews with people in the local community, engaging in food nutrition workshops and follow up discussions to help apply the learning and taking part in a video to share our learning with the wider community https://greenhealththamesvalley.org.uk ii) **Surviving Winter:** As a result of two Berkshire Community Foundation grants, we were able to provide our clients with a warm space during the cold winter days, and nutritious soups at lunchtime. The soups were prepared by clients using plants from the garden and based on their knowledge of plants and nutrition. We are grateful to all funders, supporters and donors for their help during the year. ## I **mpact of our work** We have continued to gather data on numbers of clients who progress into employment, volunteering, or join educational courses. Examples of progression by our clients this year are below: - Client A who had financial problems has agreed to have help and is now learning to reduce her debt and manage her money. This is having a positive impact on her mental health. - Client B has now accepted help from the council to address hoarding issues - Client C has completed/passed a computer course – the first undertaken since leaving school - and has signed up for a follow-on course. - Client D has just been accepted for a job working with people with autism; - Client E has been volunteering at a charity shop and plans to continue this commitment ## **6. Policies:** Trustees are confident that we have all appropriate policies and these are reviewed annually. In view of the nature of the service we provide, the Safeguarding policy is regularly reviewed and updated. ## **7. Financial Review** Increased running costs and competition for funding from grant providers made 2023 – 24 a difficult year financially. Trustees took steps to reduce costs without an appreciable reduction in the service to clients and with the help and goodwill of staff and supporters the charity is now in a more stable position from which to serve its clients. ## **8. Risk Assessment** Grants from grant-making trusts and organisations form a major part of our annual income. The trustees consider that the greatest risk to the charity’s continued operation is that the availability of grant income is reduced. Should income decrease substantially the charity would have to reduce the level of its activities and services. The trustees consider that existing internal controls provide reasonable assurance regarding the risk of losses arising from dishonest activities or negligence on the part of officers or trustees. ## **9. Reserves Policy** The charity’s reserve policy sets a designated fund of £10,000, approximately 4 months running costs, to help ensure the sustainability of our service. Trustees also recommended that any agreement to significant capital developments should occur only if nine months free reserves are held, or specific designated funds are obtained. ## **10. Use of volunteers** As a small charity, volunteers make a valuable contribution towards the service that we offer. We were pleased to welcome five new volunteers during this period who helped both in the garden and with promotional and strategic support. We are grateful, also, for the help of teams from Pepsi-Cola, Thames water and Virgin Media, who have helped with garden maintenance. GREEN HEALTH THAMES VALLEY Contents of the Hnandal Statements For the year Ended 30 Aprll 2024 Trustee< responslbiiities in relatlon to the Ilnandal statements The charity trustee5 are responsible for preparing a trustees. annual report and financial statement in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards. Charity law requires the charity trustees to prepare financial ststements for each year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity. In preparing the financial ststements. the trustees are required to: select suitsble accounting policies and then apply them consistently. observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP. make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent. state whether applicable UK accounting stsndards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements. prepare the financial ststements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business. The trustees are responsible for: keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity. safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. the rnaintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the website. Approved by the trustees on 30 Au8USt 2024 and signed on thelr behalf by: Ralph Godbold Trustee I" October 2024 **Charity Name No (if any) GREEN HEALTH THAMES VALLEY 1173640** **Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1st May 2023 30th April 2024 ~~ee ee~~ **Section A Receipts and payments** **CC16a** |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |Grants||**14,400**||**4,000**||**-**||**18,400**||**30,454**| |Donations||**1,519**||**-**||**-**||**1,519**||**2,335**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|_(Gross income for AR)_|**15,919**||**4,000**||**-**||**19,919**||**32,789**| |**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_ 15,919**
**4,000**
**-**
**19,919**
**32,789**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
~~——————~~||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**||||||||||| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |Serviceprovision||**33,287**||**2,656**||**-**||**35,943**||**31,005**| |Site & facilities||**2,898**||**707**||**-**||**3,605**||**20,601**| |Governance||**636**||**-**||**-**||**636**||**1,522**| |Promotion||**445**||**-**||**-**||**445**||**379**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **||**37,266**||**3,363**||**-**||**40,629**||**53,507**| |**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_ 37,266**
**3,363**
**-**
**40,629**
**53,507**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
~~—————~~||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**- 21,347**
**637**
**-**
**- 20,710**
**- 20,718**
**400**
**- 400**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**24,926**
**1,557**
**-**
**26,483**
**47,201**
**3,979**
**1,794**
**-**
**5,773**
**26,483**
~~=====~~||||||||| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Examiner's fee
4 months rent
1 month staff salaries
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,979**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,794**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||Examiner's fee||**-**|| ||4 months rent||**-**|| ||1 month staff salaries||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |Signature|Print Name
RALPH GODBOLD|Print Name
RALPH GODBOLD|Print Name
RALPH GODBOLD|Date of
approval| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| ||RALPH GODBOLD||||