AIIXANDRA PARK GREINHOUSE Alexandra Park Greenhouse Group Reglstered Charfty. number 1177523 Annual Report and Flnanclal Statement• for th• Ymr •ndod 31 March 2026 Organiubon Inforrna Trustees Annual R• Finanty•l RevM¥ Independ•nt Exam1￿8 r•pcrfl Receipts & PayThnts Acttwnt StateThnt olAss•ts & Lrabilrti&8 Not•$ to th• Ac££wnts Hath'ngs Voluntary Actson Jackson Hall Portland Plac Hastings East Sussex TN34 1QN Akundta ParkGr¢¢ohous¢ Gw Rwsttrcd Clutiry Number 1177523 Annual Report 31 March 2026 Alexandra Park Greenhouse Group Trustees, Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2026 Organisation information Name of th¢ Ch￿llty Alexandra Park Greenhouse Gruup Other names by which .4PCJC: .41exr4ndra Park CFTeenhause. Alcxandta Park the Chariry is known Communitt, Greenhouse i*gal 8tatu8 C.haritablc Incorporated I)rRan￿tion Registered charity 1177523 number Principal addre88 Postal •ddre88 45 St Helens Road. Hastings. ThT34 ?EL c/0 Ha8tings I'oluntAry Action. Jackson HAIL Portland l)lacc, Hastin￿, "IN.14 1 QNL Steyc %p¢er - Ch*ir. gppointed 12 November 2025 .Suc CharlDtte Ramage- resigned 7 August 2025 Timi)thi. C.happlc Jane Sexion - Treasurer 'eronica Pedrosa- SecretaTh'. app)inted 12 November 2025 Banket8 Natwcsr, Ha5tioRs Independent Examiner laurx Dawsnn, I"inancc Nlanagcr. ITolunraTr Action. Jacks()n Hall. l?()rtland PlacL. FIa¥[in￿.-IN34 1 QN Tru8tee8 Governance and management 'Ihc (-hanty is UPLfAiLxI under the wlei uf It) cunstitution r4istered ￿7th the C.hantt. Commission on 13th NlaTch 211114. 'Ihe ("hatiti" 5 prinupal a¢tii'its durin8the!'car c()ntinued to be the resturaiiun, maintenance. and upkeep of the .4lexandrA I)￿k Greenhouse. and makllw it ai'ailablc as a community re8ource for the suzroundlng aTea. The Trustees are the on]!, fijll i'otsng ￿￿MberS of the Chth"ty. The m¢thod5 adopted for the recruittncnt and pp0inth￿ftI of Trusrees ate as I￿"d down ￿ the constiwtson. I'rustces are ckcred on a thrcc !VAr rotation basil. Retiring Trustees are elw.ble for Tc-dcction. All T￿￿tec5 giyc thcit tinK freely tto trySttt remuner2tson was paid dunng the year. Public benefit In writsngtheir 1'n￿tee$, rew)n. the Trustees of Alexandra P2rk Greenhouse Group have ￿VeTr duc rewd to The objectives of the Charity "l oprovidc facth'ties for recreatson ot Ic15ure timeoccupY4tton bi proi'idfftg an area fot Use as a c()mmunitygarden andotheractii"lties furinth'iiduab. residinx in Hastin%s and the surrvunLling area. whn hai'e needof such facthucs b) rcason of theirlouth. agc. infmin. or disablcTncni. financial hatdship ot Social and cconomic circumstAn¢es or forthepublic at largc in the interests of %c)cial welfare andwith theobjcct o( impn)1￿£ thcconth.tion of hfcof said Anhabitants. to 2dv2nce educY4tion for pubbc benefi( in particular opp0mmit￿ for Icaming about horticulturc. AJexandr4 ￿[k Gteetthcwe CTfOUP Rwtered Chanry Number 1177523 Annual liepon 31 March ￿26 Chair's review Summary ThL restoration of the greenhouse is now complete with somc ongoM)g putt)ryng of thc windows to complctc to pt¢v¢nt watct ingre5S We have continued with the nexi stage of the greenhouse, which is operating 95 a self-fundts)g charity. uffLring space to the communiry and affordable plants for sale and for donation to viher l(Trcal wdLn rclated charitics in Ilastings #nd thc surroundin£ 2rea. Ihc li lanagement Committee is w()rkll￿ ￿ell ￿'1th respc)nsibth't)' for its own budgct set bi. the "rrnstees. It curtcndy consists of thc Horticultural t¢am, Sitc Nlanagcr and Grccnhousc C"hair. V()lunteer C(x)tdinatnr, F.vents And Social Ilanager and A Trustee mLmber. We are well placed io embrace the UP￿e￿ing interest in Fla8tings in all thin￿ Lni-ir()nmentAII}' P()Sltiv¢. Wc continuc to bulld thcsc conn¢cDons whllL Lns￿Ing that the CyrLL'nhousL' rLmairts Llf-financing into the fuDJre Achievements this past year include Propagation of plant8, (¢)i'er liw thts. )'tar) and nurruring donated plant* f()r gale, donation$ to thL L(Jtnn)uiuTh' and USL nn site and in the round bed in rhe park. WL are a chLmical fre¢ nutsen.. u4ing bin c()ntrol of PLSts where necessaTr and have bL'cn ttiallmg differ¢'nt peat fr¢.¢ ci)mp05ts. By negvotiation with the F IB(- dq)ot we now hai'c 4 large cold fr4rnes c)uiside thf fLnce far ihc nLxt Lason Lnablmg us ti) h%rd¢n off plants propcrl!. and widi'n out scope. 2 adthti()ng41 salcs bcnches ha￿'C 4llowed us to incrcase the space ai"ailAble for sale plants Mana%ement of the Bile wilh general mainienance and upgrades. New raib'ngs have been in%tallLd down the entrance pathw21, thanks to 4n L8IMMI grant (r()m Nlortisons. Il Rrcy waier fdtratiun s)'stcm has bL'cn insiallLd in the l()ng bcd. W￿(h is funcu()nmx ￿'cIL and is genL'raunx a Rreat dcal nf intercsi wilh the l(Kal communiTh'. C)ur temoi'ablc he%$ian blmd4 havl. been a great UCCC55 in shading thL XTeenhi)use during the Summer months, protLCting the plantb. and kLLping the i'olunrc'ep% and ￿'181t￿[S comfonAble. We hai'e buili xn adth'tional heated pn)pa%atii)n bL'nch to allow us io o¥ erwintLr h()useplanis within the unheAied %pace. We h21'e ini'cstLxI in two fan hLAte to both cool the greenhouse space and proi'ide low kn.cl h￿tIng during the wintLr months to support Larl!, Mnter prr)pa%auun. We have used some of the councd depot space to budd a bed for Tr()%Ning' pcrennial shNI)s fi)r Prupa￿tion. Volunteer coordination which 18 essential ro the smooth running of the grcenhouse and someiimes underappreciated. We hai'e two plant sales and propagation sessiuns a week and in the summcr 3 watcring ri)ta is rssential. Qur v()luntccr8 are an amay.inx Kyr()up and hai'e mi)rL' j()inin u* monthlj. 'lThcir brL?dth of kn{)￿.1¢,dgc and cxpencncc is exttenicl) i'aluablc, and ￿(. luck}. to ha￿'e such enthusiasm and commiunent. Enfagcment Vla 80cial media and rhe wonderful calendar of ei'cnts wkn'ch ci)ntributc to our elf-funthng And enAble us t() supwn such 45 thc I".¥st Susscx c.()lle￿ students, wh() attend f)n Nli)nd¥s'$ during thL warmer mvnths. l)lumpton College students. and i'arious ad hoc community lrtctea8ed donation5 of plants to other community group5 around Hastsflgs* with a rctail ￿.￿luC i)f 1300(I donated In ?Q?51?0?() Continued Contribution to the Park's di8play8 With our work on the round bed next to the CFfLenh(TrU%L. Thank8 'I'hc (-hanty 1$ particularli grateful to Sue Kirbi.. who stepped in as chair follo￿￿rtg the rcstgnation nf linda l)eArson. who was InSt￿ments1 in setting up the charih" and dni"ts)g thc rcs¢or#tiun f()nvard. Suc'5 Stvadi hand has Stccrcd u5 thruugh a busi" lear wknch has seen mani. changes, including thc Ios5 of one of our h4hls' sk￿ed 2nd dedicated i-olunteets. and our decision to engage a pri)fcssion31 horticulturalist for tw.o dajs a week AS a piloi project. sue herself stepped down as chw An l.Lbruat)' .liwndta Park Grttnhw Gw Registered Ch2tiry' Number 1177>23 ,Innual Report 31 Nlarch J)26 2026 and this role has been iaken on by Steve Speer. who is a tNstee. 2nd has been our sire manager for a number of years. Fundmg tlll"S (rom groups and 1ndiv￿U￿1S has C￿bled us to Swstain our progrAmmc of rc3toration and improycd facihuc%. Wc gffitl), appr¢ciatc this assistance from funds that arc incria%ingli' tlunl). %ir, Pergus Cjarrett at Hastings Nfuseum. PreFArauon for greenhouse re()PLning. March: (Jreenhouse reopening. "I a]k to L 3.4. Hosted weddinK fL'CLPti()n. .SL'ed %wAp. 'I'hri)ughuut thL year we has'e hosted a regular pop up flower stall run b}, i"oluntL'LTh from liitle (latc xrm. Future plan8 NLXt )'ear bL' our secortd nmning as a fully propagating nuTSCn,. We ate cNaluating thc way we ba]ance the use of rhL greenhouse b), our owrt i"olurtteers whde reachmg out to the wider communiti,. We are increasing and cxpanding our links with oynisxtions such as ,.ltt fft ihe l)arK Mcn'% %hcd5. ()rc C'ommunity (Fardens. Sussex (Jarden'l rust. Hastin￿ Iluscum and i'arivutTr sch(K)I And coile%L groups. We wanr io increase our xbth'ti, to donare plants ro nthLr charitiL's xnd community. groups, and wc grow iniiiatives that promote t£aminK. Participatic)n. and thc W'Lllbcin% i)f s'()luntccrs and communitt. users. WL are lookmg at a number uf eni'irunmentsl and sustainable projccts this Year, including rainwater haTresiing. sular panels, a composting toilet. bee hii"es. and $witC￿"ng from pL￿'te tc) grAnulated cork for our plant growing Oardenlng lead pllot project We realud durin9 Iho ￿Or thal our li St£￿ to sell. •lsotO SUPftyJrt olher ccffjmunty grow, w•$ low usry wYunleern To that eTrJ on • ￿•r pl¢4 proiKI. engagwvJ a tra￿￿ hOrtu￿ra14t ffor ¥ ￿tek. 10 ￿0n 4r￿ Quf Stoc* thrO￿3hOut Ihe year. ovar8•e and dK•ct fv %vlunt•ers. run P*AI *)rfEshops. aThJ énsure th•t can to tjoth r•m•n Mlf. SUIT￿￿1 and suppm the IC￿ comrnunty ThES plot • fvr*JtO fr¢m k¥••nhwM fvth. b• Flnanclal R•vl•w In Iho to 31 M•th 2028. Ch•rt¢ ￿l￿dt(I•l YKun• Lrf£16,140 £20,427.12025 £24.40S •nd £22.2481. Full ¢Jelals of rnc•ty gnd pa￿entS are ghTn ¥t•t•m•rt¥ ¢Jn 5. Snaggyw ￿rk$ on 9r•Mhow ¥•wornt￿n h•* dUry￿ th• >*•r. wd ts ¢h¥ty ha• to St In an¢J Inpro￿d f4cd*M2s •nd *rtyJnd the gfe•fihou A ioiil ol E142.3eo h•1 swnt Il%• lorm•tK)n of Ih• Chorty Pl•n8 lo compkne h r•¥lof•tttin. further the sts •nd so¢ure 01lh• grnanhou eontnut, E32.59gtJ￿v3nI￿ lor th• and £998 hebj m restrrtsd lurltsfrtyn &want8 and (k•at•)M. TW fvThJs eou•l to the estmatsd cost of ￿an5 sWI ¢yJtst8ThknJ or in dth*lopmenl 11 the ￿ar *fyJ. The ch¥￿ go••low￿ *)to • ￿81 tcrtAI f•8er¥w I￿￿j u cash bqkncml of £44,3C4)12024 £48.5881 TM Ch•W8 9oner41 rWOr￿ •t 31 2026 *•r• £10.704 •JuwAbèntto 16 months forfK••t g•Mrnl eyndttur• i • Unr•*￿t*d e>pendlure lund8 been dewTralJd. Resem• Pollcy The charty •Jcyt•J a pc4¥w 2024 h•• b••h Mi tt* fthKJ•l wJbm•fit• lor •r ended 31 M•rth 2026 The CM8rty's poly he4J ge￿ra1 i.e. ynreslrK* r￿1%*9 how not been desynwted p•rtKular pu￿￿10 cowr or*svf$ •wdAure m addltyx to any anlKwtsd d•frts, lo cowrforeaooibkn *hofl lerm rep•Y aTrJ maint•n8nc* cogts of lknnhou8• and ts OF•f•tTrJ •quwrnenl The Charty's larg81 forecaJt 9•n•r•l r•*rw b• b•h*e.., 2C#)% oflh* Tho TruJlees d•¢mion 10 de&qn*ta any p•rt olitte Charty'i Unre￿￿j fvnds Al anytTh•.' dO￿n8[￿jn sheuld be suFwrled byannual or proJ•ct budg818. Grant8 and donalwjni gh•n 114ry chllrl•bl• 011￿ Ch•rty•rn ¢Mdl•d 10 r••irKAed funds •nLI ¢)fily us•d f¢¥ thow wrpo TK• of fv Ch•rty •131 M•ffjh 3)26 and •)25 •lthn•nl• on pap S. Accountlng and reportlng rnsponslbllltles The Tru$t•es •r• responsole fty prw•rvYJ th• Tn*s' Annual Rtyort 4TrJ the ffi•rthl stste4n•nts •￿01¢•n￿ **h •wlubl8 law aTrJ Unlad AccwnknJ IUKg8rnrnlfyac••J ac0￿￿ praclKel. R•c•pt¥ •n¢J P•yTh•nl• Kcount •nd Sl•t•m•rtofAwts •fvJ Wd. ***. Accounlirvj 818ndards. whrh are prmaiity corKern•J the preaeniakn ol 8 trw aTrl ￿, do not apptyto recepts and paymen15 8ccounts are 51atemen¢5 wmmartyry I￿ m¢)wm•nt olc•sh mio ond oul of It ¢h•rty¢Jyrw)g th• fwrwl y*•r In th* Conta￿ cAsh A￿ud•S o¥•mpl• b•nk Accwnts *h8r• ¢wh b• r¢adty**hdrw*n lo pay deblj al tlw bec(#ne S4rnd ¢)n b•￿￿01￿* ¢hwW• 11 si•* Sw•r. Ch¥ S4Md Jarn Sealon. T A636 rer l ￿pOrt on the accounlj ol Par* Greenhtyjse 1>0 for th•ts4*lw month p•r*O •rthd 31 2026 We Mt th* dcwnent Th Ckn￿ are foftt* pw•p•rakn •t£ourth dwrty¥ ¢ofiMl•r th•1 ari not rwuw•J >wr uTr*v 144 ofV* ch¥1*￿ 2011 Its Cb•rl•¥ Ndl. •r¥J th•1 •n inthndeni•x•mknWW ¥ Ll B my r¥¥￿5￿1￿. to ey•mrn •mrts Undw•¢4￿ 145 ollh• Ch•rths lo follow Ihe proc*dwes la￿ drthn m th• G•Mr41 CweLlw gi￿1 Chllrty luWr 145(SMbl ol bl• CharthsNKtI, aThJ 10 Slll• p4itthl•r m•ll•rn h•%• my •it•rl*AI •yAmmAtYJn ndudo• A r•vw* ol Acco￿t￿j re¢4rd• c*arfy •Thl a dOGUm•nt¥l￿n prowntod IIKrf• 41*0 crffiMl•r•kn ol wy urbuw•I *•rns ￿ d￿0￿u￿ ￿ t Icctyjnts. and 8e8kKMJ e)van￿1)n1 fvom th• conc•mty ￿ch mattern. T￿ proc•Jures urthrta*•n do n¢X pro¥th 411 lh• o¥th¢• Ih•l *vJkJ b• r•4und iLKl¢. *h1 corNeqwttty 9￿￿n as lo th• I¢￿unI$ w•wTrl • Iru• and f8f%** •rn1 Ib to Ihc4• m•fj•rn ••t eArt •l•t•m•rt b•tr In eonn•dth my •wnm•t&)n. nomth hB¥ c•m• to myqlljrikn.. 11 gh*¥ rn• r•aw￿ble CqLry• lo tdm•that ￿ arrymalefol re8F•d Ih• to k•ep gccounlry records n 9ccordarK•*￿h sac1￿1￿ olim Chartm Act to pr¢p•r• •cc4)unM •¢¢ord •¢t￿ntry1 •rKI toc•m* tt iceounlry requY•ment¥ ol Il* Acl h•b* noi b••n mth. ly 21 to my •hO￿d (thtoenth a ur#l•r*Thlry ol tPbt Accounts to be r••ch•d. DAwwn Finance MAnayf •stvvJs Volun¢•ry A¢li)n J4ck*)fi Hall, P¢rtland ￿•¢•. H•iityi. TN31 iaN lor the 1 *•112025 31 Il•rch 2028 Imni Y•ar Prk¥rY•w 2025 y.I Furth tsrarnB )n•lon• Ewnl T¢k•l Sth• F18ni SAies 12 275 1,525 1.658 11.591 1.167 1.572 10,270 11,$91 1.107 2C(I 24.405 16.140 15.144 1,040 2.528 $25 Greenhouse Restornl Eqvpmefji & M•mkni•rK4 Horlruttur• MarketwvJ & so￿1 ¢o$t ols• Gard•nrg L•tra E4*nl cc4ts InJur•n Elect￿ty W•t•r Rat IMM￿rIt Go%*rnirK• Hosptslty EdUcal￿nI1 Reswrtel Other Prcyctyd Costs TOT*L PAYMENTS 5.145 2.407 8.116 3,598 3.598 328 389 2,2Tr) 598 1.038 73$ 246 385 85 781 401 1.038 735 246 385 65 781 158 403 70 447 447 20,427 22,248 4.607 9,n3 2,157 Net SU￿￿• l¢Jefr 14.7861 14.fA)71 5.108 14.2e81 S.705 15 7051 46429 48. Furrtl b•￿rth 114r25 J1 M•rth 2021 Pfobrymr 2025 10.074 C￿ert Accwl 38.513 No 2 Acc(uX • 31ffjY 10.C 10.1)XI Q J110Y28 704 16.429 ACCUMULATED FUND 2.157 Net Rec•Ws S,784 14 7861 31.501 15971 14.286) Al•x•ndr• pa￿ Grwnhou¥• Group Nd•4 10 th• a¢count• lor th• ywr •n¢J•d 31•t 202$ 1 op•￿n9 Pr•M1￿ & St•ff Tts Gwnhwse prtmisffi hl¢)r• to Hth'rw t•A Its 9rw) b••rt w*tt•J 4 lorvJ Iwm Kia8• to •nabl• Ihvm to r•i8• fl￿dI lor lh• r•*of•t￿ prryLt Th• ¢h•rity ￿1p￿y• Th) •l•ff 4 B•nk A¢¢ounts del￿nate*j ATrJ Iwtncaed fvnds The Tntthi have d8c•J•J In w•cai¢• to hokl • b4wc• È9,oriJ- t11.￿0 in tM •1 ATrJ Ith• rem•iniwJ cash in *2 Ac￿nt to *voK>J l•rgo numb•rs ofwn•M tranth. S R••tslct•d FundB are fund5 giY•n th•rty. to r•iirKivJns i•t ty th￿r, t￿1 within the gemrd obJ'o(ts t4 the • DMlgn•t•d FundA FuThJs arn part ofth unf•th*d furKl% ol thè Ch¥ty and lty gww•l chintable •t the th￿￿tion ol tr* Tiu#•el Tho toi*1 I￿￿• *lloc•ted to rnrf*d kW¢a• *•r• In prr4r•M r* arvoved In at the daw ol •¢¢4un