2021-04-30-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 01/05/2020 To 30/04/2021

Charity name: Serenity Social & Therapeutic Horticulture

Charity registration number: 1178564

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To relieve sickness and promote and protect health within Darlington and the surrounding area through the provision of therapeutic horticulture to those with, or vulnerable to, mental health problems and to protect physical health through encouraging horticulture-related physical activity; and To provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals resident in Darlington and the surrounding area who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	Dr Satinder Sanghera spent the year training to return to General Practice after a period of ill health retirement. In doing so, she was able to look to benefit the charity in new ways whilst the charity was unable to accept clients due to the Pandemic preventing our vulnerable clients from taking any risk with social gatherings. As a direct result of her training she became aware of integrated care services and a new department within this called staff health and well-being. They sign-post NHS staff to wellbeing therapies. We explored this further and decided to link in with this organisation to provide support to clients once NHS covid guidance allowed groups to gather outside.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	yes we have regarded the guidance on public benefit

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	As already mentioned the pandemic prevented us from being able to open our charity due to restrictions on social gatherings throughout a large part of 2020, coupled with the fact that our existing client base were largely all shielding. However this time was well spent gathering information to send the charity in a new direction to help those NHS Frontline staff whilst linking in with an emerging new NHS organisation purposely designed for this. We also used this time to explore skilled volunteers who could contribute to this new service and sourced two excellent mindfulness and greencare therapy coaches as well as retaining an existing excellent tai chi instructor. This year was also spent revamping our website and updating the profiles on our volunteers. Dr Sanghera also trained to volunteer to help during the early stages of the pandemic on the helplines and had successful surgery which would eventually allow her to then embark on a training programme to re-enter general practice

	Additional information (optional)	Additional information (optional)
	You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
			as above
	Achievements against	Para 1.41
	objectives set
			as above
	Performance of fundraising
	activities against objectives	Para 1.41
	set
	Investment performance	Para 1.41
	against objectives
	Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	we’re in a good position as have spent less than £100 with a cash fund at year end of nearly £6,000.00 in the charity bank account
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	we plan to use these funds for the charity work 2021/22
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	nil
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	our overheads are relatively low for this year
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	nil
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	nil

Additional information (optional)

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	local grants
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Constitution
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	CIO
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	Every charity trustee must be ordinarily resident within the Darlington Local Authority District and its environs. There must be at least three charity trustees. If the number falls below this minimum, the remaining trustee or trustees may act only to call a meeting of the charity trustees, or appoint a new charity trustee, subject to the provisions of Clause9(2). A charity trustee appointed under this clause shall complete the term of office that would have been served by the former trustee whose position they have been appointed to fill.

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Serenity social & therapeutic horticulture
Other name the charity uses	SSTH
Registered charitynumber	1178564

	Charity’s principal address	Woodside
		North Lane
		Killerby
		Darlington DL2 3UH

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
	satinder sanghera	executive director
	mike faulkner	secretary
	rita lawson	governance officer
	sanjay patel	treasurer
	helen hobson	client support officer

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name satinder sanghera

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
none

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets held in this capacity	n/a
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of Name Address adviser

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

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

Other optional information

Declarations

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees	Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees	Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s)		Satinder Sanghera		Mike Faulkner
Position (eg	Chair / Executive Director			Secretary
Secretary, Chair, etc)
Date	30/2/21

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