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2025-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day 01 Month 01 Year Day 31 Month 12 Year 2025 From 2025 To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Friends of Westgate Parks

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1178364

Charity's principal address 21 Whitehall Gardens

Canterbury

Postcode CT2 8BD

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
year		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
Terence Westgate Chairman
Michael Pocock Secretary
Ian Pascal Treasurer
Gill Pascal
Dick Vane-Wright
Michael Walter
Peter Blackett
Colette Baumback
Sharon Patmore

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name
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Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointment by Trustees Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Section C Objectives and activities

  1. To preserve protect and improve the Westgate Parks in Canterbury as a place of historic and ecological interest and beauty; 2. To promote conservation of the natural plant and animal life of the Summary of the objects of the Parks; charity set out in its 3. To advance the education of the public including school children in the governing document subjects of natural history and geography, and by research into the biodiversity, geomorphology and archaeology within the Parks.

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Charity Commission Guidance Notes on Public Benefit (PB1, PB2 and PB 3) have been circulated to, and read by, all of FOWPs’ Trustees. FOWP exercises due regard to this guidance in undertaking its duties and day-today activities. The two aspects of Public Benefit’ have been fulfilled to achieve compliance with the guidance i.e. that the public (to include Canterbury and District residents in general, children attending Primary schools, students attending Secondary schools and Colleges in Canterbury and District and tourists visiting Canterbury are included in the target groups for FOWP.; and that actualbenefit(value) is provided by the work undertaken by FOWP for thepublicthat it serves. Trustees derive no personal benefit from work or activities undertaken by **Summary of the main** FOWP. **activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to** FOWP operates within theWestgate Parks` consisting of Westgate these objects (include within Gardens, Toddler’s Cove, Tannery Field and Bingley Island. this section the statutory Membership of FOWP is open to any resident of Canterbury and District. declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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Section D Achievements and performance

Objective 1. – preservation, protection and enhancement of the Summary of the main Parks achievements of the charity Tasks carried out by FOWP volunteers: during the year 1. With the Physic Garden new lavender plants were purchased and planted to fill gaps in the lavender maze. Trustees and a team of volunteers continued working to remove weeds. The team also helped alongside the Council’s team to plant pollinator plants in the raised beds. Volunteer groups, including trustees, helped with litter removal on several occasions. 2. in May Trustees were involved with helping to update the Canterbury City Council’s Westgate Parks Management Plan for 2026–2030. Objective 2. – promotion of wildlife conservation Under the Memorandum of Understanding with Canterbury City Council in March 2023 the conservation tasks have been undertaken this year by Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership and FOWP volunteers. The following tasks were completed in 2024: After mowing by KSCP both wildflower meadows on Tannery Field were raked by Trustees and volunteers. Objective 3. – advancement of education and research Archaeology – A new stone plaque to point to the information board about the Roman City Wall and London Gate in the Westgate Gardens designed by FOWP Trustees was installed. Funding for the whole project was made available from the Martello Fund (administered by Kent Community Foundation – https://kentcf.org.uk/give/our-funds). Natural History – Weekly bird counts of the entire Westgate Parks were carried out by Trustee Michael Walter. As part of the Canterbury City Council Pollinator Action Plan further visits were made by a botanist, Caroline Ware, to the wildflower meadows at Tannery Field to survey the plants now established there. Since November 2024, Caroline has worked with Trustees to create an illustrated inventory of all 85 species of flowering plants identified to date. Once complete (additional surveys are ongoing), this will be posted on the charity’s website, both as a source of information for the wider public, and to provide baseline information necessary for future research by Trustees and associates on the insect pollinators and herbivores that make use of the meadows. Bingley Island Pond project – The plan to progress a revitalisation of the pond was delayed to 2026 when it is hoped that it will make progress under KCSP (as part of the new Stour Valley Restore project), with funding obtained through Canterbury City Council. Tree Trail Extension Project – Trustees drew up a plan to have a virtual tree trail covering around 20 to 25 trees which had been identified during a survey in 2024 with the help of Aidan Potts. It is hoped that a suitable form of labels for the trees would also be realised in 2026 (funding has recently been obtained from Martello). Bat walks – a bat walk in the Parks was organised for 28[th] May, and during the Riverfest event in September (see below).

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Section D Achievements and performance

Canterbury Medieval Pageant 5[th] July – Trustees and volunteers supported the annual Canterbury Medieval Pageant, setting up a gazebo for the Westgate Parks stamping station and interacting with a large number of visitors. .

Canterbury Riverfest 14[th] – 22[nd] September – Trustees were again involved with this project to further advance the education of the public. Trustees Dick Vane-Wright and Michael Walter organised a walk and talk on the Westgate Parks on 23rd September. Trustees organised Tai Chi events in the Westgate Gardens over two days, and contributed to a bat walk, as noted above. FOWP was also interacted with the public in promoting the local open spaces during that event.

Section E Financial review

FoWP constantly monitors its financial obligations and outgoings. These Brief statement of the are reported to the Trustees monthly, and at each meeting. Expenditure charity’s policy on reserves is carefully managed to ensure that sufficient reserves are maintained to cover all financial commitments.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Michael Pocock Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Secretary etc) Date

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Friends of Westgate Parks 1178364
Receipts andpayments accounts CC16a
Period start date
For the period
from
01/01/2025		 To Period end date
31/12/2025

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £		 Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £		 Restricted funds
to the nearest £		 Restricted funds
to the nearest £		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £		 Total funds
to the nearest £		 Total funds
to the nearest £		 Last year
to the nearest £

Donations		 776 - - 776 1,061
Booklet sales 70 - - 70 110
Insurance contribution 100 - - 100 100
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Sub total(Gross income for AR) 946 - - 946 1,271
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - -
Total receipts
A3 Payments
1,271

Insurance		 244 - - 244 203
Room hire - - - - 48
Website maintenace 192 - - 192 170
Physicgardenplants - - - - 204
Equipment - - - - 121
Signs - - - - 1,040
Administration 50 - - 50 105
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**Sub total ** 486 - - 486 1,891
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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**Sub total ** - -
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
1,891
460 - 620
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460 - 620

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

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Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))		 Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
6,841
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6,841
Agreement Error		 10/02/2026
Restricted funds
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
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funds
to nearest £
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Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B5 Liabilities
B3 Investment assets
B2 Other monetary assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use		 Details
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Details
Details
Signature		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
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Ian Pascal		 Endowment
funds
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Date of approval
Ian Pascal 10/02/2025

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

10/02/2026

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