CROVT ANNUAL REPORT 2t]23-2tJ24 cRoFT,OR6,VK ## OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES The charity’s main objectives are specifically restricted to the alleviation and relief of poverty, hardship and distress. The charity supports people to improve wellbeing and quality of life through community and skills building, both for residents and visitors. Emphasis is on growing and cooking food, managing a small holding and therapeutic support. In achieving those objectives during the year, the charity continued to offer a safe and stable home environment in which residents worked together on our smallholding. Our range of therapeutic activities, both current & planned, is based around our 5 pillars of wellbeing: food, nature, animal therapy, creative activities & talking therapies. Low income disproportionately correlates to poor nutritional choices, & community-based cooking has an evidenced positive impact on food choices, budgeting & acts as a Lifestyle Motivator. NIH therapeutic evidence shows community gardening improves & maintains the wellbeing of individuals with positive effects on selfesteem, socialisation, confidence & behaviour. Stroking animals is scientifically proven to reduce human blood pressure by 10%, reducing stress, preventing cardiovascular disease, strokes, aneurysms & anxiety. Creative community-led micro-enterprises are evidenced to empower communities to drive & invest in their own social care, increasing financial, marketing & sales skills alongside social cohesion & confidence. ## OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES The charity’s main objectives are specifically restricted to the alleviation and relief of poverty, hardship and distress. The charity supports people to improve wellbeing and quality of life through community and skills building, both for residents and visitors. Emphasis is on growing and cooking food, managing a small holding and therapeutic support. In achieving those objectives during the year, the charity continued to offer a safe and stable home environment in which residents worked together on our smallholding. ## REVIEW Croft is a charity supporting people in recovery from trauma, couched within a therapeutic social system of shared farming & craftsmanship. We offer the most vulnerable in Norfolk a place to recover, rehabilitate, reclaim their independence & form positive community connections that extend beyond our farm walls. At Croft we are developing a programme of intensive, traumainformed support for people who come & live with us, typically for a period of up to two years. We also offer shorter stays helping traumatised people gain the skills, confidence & networks needed to thrive independently in the community. We currently offer supported accommodation plus talking therapies with trauma informed therapists & phycologists & the use of horticultural therapy from the outset. We have trialled the use of domestic therapy animals (a therapy dog, two cats and several chickens are on site) and are looking to expand this further to include goats, sheep, donkeys etc. We are also looking to develop & introduce a series of ‘crofting’ micro enterprises with our residents & partner services to develop skills, confidence & community-led wellbeing. ## THE TRUSTEES CARRIED OUT THE FOLLOWING CHANGES: Following our 2022/23 official review we explored various models & completed a theory of change exercise to look at embedding trauma informed practice & the 5 pillars of wellbeing (food, nature, animal therapy, creative activities & talking therapies) into our provision. Since developing our Theory of Change & implementing our new model we have: - Developed and implemented a 5 ways of wellbeing evaluation model with residents and users. - Fully refurbished 3 rooms, the kitchen & a new washup equipment room to meet commercial food hygiene standards. - Worked with Breckland Council to regain approval as a provider of services. - Welcomed 1 new resident & undertaken several ‘get to know us’ taster days with another individual, with a view to becoming a resident in 2024/25. - Begun establishing service provider partnerships. - Tested social enterprise opportunities making salves, oils & soaps from flowers & herbs grown on site. ## HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR: Over the 3 years prior to the closure of our residential units for refurbishment we remained at capacity (6 residents) & supported 14 residents to successfully move into permanent accommodation. In 2021/22 alone we worked with 10 residents & enabled 6 successful transitions back into society, delivered a 12 step onsite Recovery Programme, woodworking workshops, smallholding animal workshops. In 2023/24 we are proud that, as a community, we have created 50 accessible, raised vegetable beds, pressed 200+ litres of apple juice & produced 80 jars of jam & chutney. Since reopening in January 2024, we had 1 new resident join us, plus began a series of taster days with another potential resident. Both individuals have accessed weekly cooking and gardening classes, oneto-one therapeutic support, group sessions, weaving and embroidery workshops and support to access local activities including yoga, singing and crafting. ## OUR THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: We would like to thank our board and volunteers (Mark, Dan, Clem) for their tireless work over the year. We would like to thank our residents for their feedback in helping us shape our residential service. We would like to thank Bridget for her continued support for our residents, bringing her trained therapy dog to our table, and for caring deeply that the Charity, and the people we support, thrive. We would also like to thank Jane Peel for the excellent onsite horticultural sessions she has delivered with the residents and Annie Blunt for her continued interest in what we are doing and support to us in developing our therapeutic offer and trauma informed approach? We would also like to thank our landlord for her continued support and generous financial investment in helping the charity achieve its aims with very limited funds and high level of repair needed to our site and the buildings within it. We believe in ensuring those we serve are represented at every level of decision making & our female-led Board of 7 has lived experience (direct or via a family member) of mental health issues, drug & alcohol addiction, the criminal justice system, domestic violence, living in poverty, living with a long-term health condition, severe vision impairment, neurodivergence, LGBTQIA+ & coming from a working class background. Julie Eason (Co-Chair): Julie founded The Fundraisers & co-founded The Arts Fundraisers, has previously worked as a Director of Fundraising for National Charities, in the UK Cabinet Office, DCLG, & as director of housing for the New South Wales Government. She has won a Charity Times Award & a Government Excellence in Delivery award for her work. Georgie Finn (Co-Chair): Norfolk local & a visual artist, exhibiting as part of the East Anglian 4PRINTmakers, with a BA in Ceramics from Central St martins & MA in children’s book illustration. Mary Lawson (Vice Chair): a local retired school administrator. Yvonne O’Connor (Treasurer): Managing Director of Framptons Accounting Services & qualified accountant. Hannah Travers (Trustee – Fundraising): former Director of Fundraising, & nominated Young Fundraiser of the Year, who set up her own consultancy & co-founded The Arts Fundraisers, with an 80%+ bid success rate for arts clients. Pea Crabtree (Trustee Comms): Artist, Printmaker, Fundraiser and Graphic Designer with long term experience of working inside the VCS and in creative career and side hustle experiences throughout his working life. Tim Mellows (Trustee): a volunteer at Croft for over 10 years & Deacon of Hope Church, Norfolk. ## OUR FUTURE PLANS: The board held our first strategy day to look at the challenges and opportunities for the charity in the year ahead. Croft has reached a crucial tipping point and over the next 12 months we aim to: BRIDGE THE GAP and, following a fallow year, unlock further funding for the next 2 years which will enable us to demonstrate the impact of our new model. We realise that we can’t rely on volunteers alone & therefore we aim to GROW OUR TEAM to pay for a parttime General Manager with a therapeutic background, a part-time Project Manager & Social Enterprise lead. We believe in sharing resources & that we are stronger together. To maximise our resources & reach we will also invest time in exploring partnerships to work with other local charities supporting vulnerable people & offer our site to their clients for therapeutic work. EXPAND OUR OFFER AND UPGRADE OUR ACCOMMODATION TO PROVIDE CREATIVE AND THERAPEUTIC COURSES We wish to convert our barn into an arts and therapeutic center from which we can run classes, support groups and creative courses for our residents, and the wider community – explicitly targeting people who are vulnerable or isolated and impacted by trauma. using our fabulous grounds, gardens & orchard to take that well-trodden (& dug) road to mental wellbeing, & (iii) animal therapy with a range of farm animals, exploring the therapeutic benefit of animals as well as using their eggs, wool & milk to help build micro enterprises. BUILD SUSTAINABLE LIVES FOR ALL by investing in the tools & time to support our community to harvest & develop the fresh produce from our land, & animals, & use them & traditional crafts associated with crofts including weaving, dying fabric, cooking, baking, arts etc to create a range of micro enterprises including a micro farm shop & from the gate produce. These micro enterprises will give our residents skills for work, in establishing micro enterprises & independent living, & build self-esteem & entrepreneurial experience. This model will also create an income stream to reinvest in the growth of Croft & our offer, reducing our reliance on grants & donations TRANSFORM OUR OFFER with: (i) access to exceptional, trauma informed psychologists & therapists, for individual & group sessions as needed, (ii) horticultural therapy “I came to Croft to help me begin to build skills for independence as well as learning to develop tools to overcome my anxiety and childhood trauma. My relationships with family have broken down and I need a tranquil place to begin my recovery journey but at the same time to build resilience.” SB The Charity Registration Number is :. 1178610 Croft Report and Accounts 30 April 2024 Croft- Ststement of Flnan¢Sal AclSvStSes for the year ended 30 Aprfl 2024 Statement of FinancialActivities for the year ended 30 April 2024 SORP Ref cU￿è￿t yèar Currènt yaar Current yèar Unrestrictèd Re8trict Endo%wi8nt Funds Funds Fund8 Currènt yèar Total Funds Prforyèar Total Fund8 2024 2024 2024 2023 Income & Endov4ments from: Vcluntary Income aritable activities 1nVv￿ent income A1 30,762 30,762 46.805 A4 Total incowne 30,762 30,762 46,805 Expondltur6 on.. aritable activit'es vemance c(￿ts other costs B2 B2 13,827 33,827 54,175 Total expgnditutg 33,827 33,827 54,175 èxpandhur6 forthe year 13,0651 13,0651 17,3701 Transfers botween funds Net income aftgrtiansf9r8 A- 13,065 13,0651 17,3701 Not movement in fund8 13,0651 13,0651 (7,3701 Roconciliation of fund8'.- Total funds brought forward 2,095 2,095 9,465 Total funds ¢alri￿1 fowward 970 The'SORP Ref indicated above Isthe classficalion of income set out In trE Icrn)al SORP docUm￿ts. As required by paragraph 4.60 of the SORP. the brought fotward and cJried f¢￿18rd funds above have been ￿rE£d to the Balan￿ Sh*t Al acl*ities daive trcm c(￿￿nuing opwat.ons the notes attached on pagos & 8 fo￿ an intggral part ofth88e accounts Croft- Batance Sheet as at 30 April 2024 SORP Notes Ref 2024 2023 Flxed assets Tangible assets A2 822 1,096 Current assets Debtors Cash at bank and in hand B2 B4 17 999 Total current assets 17 999 Credltors: amounts falllng due ￿thIn one year C1 1.809 Nel current IllaLillltlesVas$ets 11,7921 999 The total net Illabllltles of the charltyllassets of the charlty 970 2,095 The total net Illabllltles of the charltyyas8ets of the charlty are funded by the funds of the charlty, as follows'.- Restrlcted funds Restricted Fixed Asset FurKts D2 Unr88trlcted Funds Unrestrlcted Revenue FurKts D3 19701 9,465 19701 970 9.465 Total chartty funds 9.465 The'SORP Ref indrated atove is the cLqssificaty"on of Balance Sheet rtems as set out in the formal SORP documents. As required by paragraph 4.60 of the SORP, the broughtfotward 8fKI carr￿1 forward funds atrA)ve have been agreed to the SOFA. The Trustees aCkM￿edge their reswnsibilities for Complyirg wrth the requirements of charty legislation with reS￿¢t to accounting records and the piepatation of accounts Ms J Eason Chalr Approved by the board of trustees on 11th February 2025 the notes attached on pages & 8 form an Integral part of these accounts Croft Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 30 Aprll 2024 1 A¢¢ountlnu poll¢l•s Policies relating to the production of the accounts. Basis Df prgparation and accounting convontion The arcounls have been prepared on the acc￿alS bass. underthe h￿l0￿Cal convenliDn. and in arcordance with the Financial Rtrportlno Standard 102. ltrfftrc*lva 1$1 January 20161 and'FRS 102 SORP Islalemanl of Re¢ommended PB¢ts¢e for A¢couDling and Reporting by Chanlie8) 201518$ amended bythe Bulletin i$sJed in February 20161 published bythe Charity commis￿0￿ in England & Wales ICCEWI .effective January 2016, (The SORPI, and In accordancè wrth all applicable law in the charitysjurisdidion of regi*alion. Gofjnu CO￿•M At the time of appromng the accounts. the Trustee8 have reasonable expe¢talion that the Charity ha$ adequate re￿r¢e9 lo continue In operational existen￿ for the foreseeable fvlure. Thus the Trustees tymlinue lo adopt the going concem bass of accounting n prepanng the acwunls. Rostrictèd and Unrèstrictèd Funds Unrestricted funds are a￿lIable tts spènd on actikYlie8 that fvrther any of the purposes of charity. De￿gnated funds are unrestncted funds of the tharilywhich the Iruslees have deuded at their discretion to sel aside lo use for a specthc purpose. Restncted funds are donations %%hich the donor has specified are to be solely used for parti￿lar areas ofthe allties work or for sperAfic artistic projects b￿n9 undertaken bythe charity. Signifficant judgèments, key assumptions estimates The preparation ofthe accounts In CDnfomily with generally accepted accounting prini¥ples requires management lo make estimates and as*mplioDs that affe¢t the reported amounts of assets and labilrties and disclosure of ¢onling¢nl assets and liabilrfties al the dale of the acounls and the rèported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual ￿s￿lIS may differ from these eslirnates The key estirnales and assumptions used In the* financial slalements are set out in the accoLnting policies notes induded the additional policy notes within these attounts such as for deprerAation. Poli¢i¢s reiaing in¢omo re¢ognition. ncDmB recognition Incorne. whether from exchange or non exchange Iransaclions, Is recognised ￿ the statement of finanual acti4Aties ISOFAI on a re￿iVable bags. ￿tten a transaction or other event results in an increase In the charity s assets or a reduction in its liabih'lies and only when the charity has legal entitlement. the income is probable and can be measured reliably. Incorne gJbject to tetrns and conditions which must be met before the charity is Entitled lo the re￿)UrCeS is not recDgThsed unli tha ¢undthDns havtr been met. All inctyme is accounted ftr gro$8, before deducting any rekted fees or cos Croft Notes to the AccoLtnts for tha year ended 30 Aprll 2024 Accounting for dBfBtTBd incomB W ineome reteived in advante ere terms and conditions relating to income have not been tnet or UnCerta￿ltY e￿51$ as towhether the charity can meet any terms or ronditions olherMse %%ithin its control, inwme is not recognised but is deferred as a liabih'ly until ￿ is probable that the lems ur conditions itnposed can be met. Any grant that is subject lo perfOr[￿an￿[￿lat2d conditions rewved in advance of delivering the goods and serwces required by that CDndilion, Dr is subjed tD unmel condiliDns wholly outside the control of the re(¥pienl tharily. is aGwuntEd for as a Ilabllily and shown on the balanca shatrl as deftrrrtd income. Deftrrrtd incomt Is wlea*d to Income in tt)& reportino period in which the performaD¢trrelaled or other condilw)n8 that limit rewgnilion ale met. en incorne from a grant or donation has not been recognised due lo the conditions apply￿19 lo the gift not being wholly %ithin the iy)nlrol of the recipient GhariLy, it is disclosed as a conlingenl asset rfreceipl of the grant or donation is probable once those GondthDns are mel. Tere litne rdated conditions are imposed or implied by a fiJnder, therTr the income is apportioned lo the lime peri￿s concemed, and, where applicable, is accounted for as a liabilly and thown on the balance sheet as defetred income. en grants are re￿1Ve￿ in advance Df the expenditure on the adiwty funded bythem, bul there are no specffic tirne relaltrct Conditions. then the in¢ome is not dtfetred. Any condilw)D that allows for the recovery by the donor of any un8wend8d part of a grant doe8 not prevent r8cognilion of the r¢¢rre ¢oncemed, bul a liability lo any repayrnenl Is re¢¢gnised when repayment becomes probable. Policie5 relating to expenditure on goDds and sormcos PrO￿dedt0 the Ch￿lty. Recognition of liabilitifjs and oxpenditwg A liability, and the related expenditure. is re￿gnised when a legal or construclr4e obligation exists as a result of a past tvent. and %vhen il Is mora likelythan not that a ttsnsfer of e¢onoml¢ btntfitswill ba rt4ulrtd in settlement. and %vhen th8 amount of the oblioalion ¢an be m88sured or reliably estimated. Liabilities frotn fiJlure funding COThtnilrnenls and consltuctive obligations. inGluding perfomiance rdated 9ranls. where the timing ￿lfve amount of the futrure expenditure required to settle the Obligatio￿ are uncertain, gNe Trse lo a promsion ￿ the acwunts, whith is rewewed al the accounting year end. The promsion Ys increased to refied any increases in liabilit￿$, and Is dtcwased by tha ulilisallon of any proM4on wrthin the pedod. and revtr*d if any prowsion is no h)nger required. These movements 8re charged or credited lo the respective fvnds and a¢tivtie8 to 4thi¢h the pro￿1￿9n relate8. Croft Notes to the AccoLtnts for the year ended 30 Aprll 2024 Inancial instwments ineluding tash bank balante$ The charity has ele￿ed to apply the pro￿1$10￿$ of Section 11 'Basic Financial Inst￿MentS, and Se￿10￿ 12 fiher Financk?I Instrument Issut$' of FRS 10210 all flnandal instruments. Finanoal instruments are recognised when the Charity bewmes party lo the ¢onlra¢tual pwsions of the Instrum￿1. Financial assets are offset, with the nel presented in the accounts when there is a legally enforaeable right to sel off the rewgnised arnounts and there is an intention lo selde on a net bass orto realise the asset and settle the liability smu11aneously. Ba￿¢ finantial assat$ Ba*¢ financial assets. which iftdude trade and other re¢eroables and ¢ash and bank balan¢es, are Initially measured al transaction pnce induding transaction ts)sts Impairment of finanLyal assets Financial assets, olherthan those held at fairvalue through income and expenditure, are assessed forthe indicat￿$ of impairment al eath reporting end date. Finanoal assets are inpaired where there is objedive ewdence that, as a result of one or more Bvenls that o¢cutrEd af¢er the initial recognition Df the financial asset, lfvtr estimated fvture cash fiows have been affecaed. If an asset is irnpaired, the irnpairmenl loas islhe difference between the earrying arn￿nI and the present val￿e of the estimated cash discounted al the asset's original eftedive interest rate. The irnpairrnenl loss is recognhsed in net incomellexpenditurel forthe year. there is a decrease ￿ the irnpairtnenl loss arising frorn an event Dccurring afterthe itnpawment was recDgnised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is wch that the CUr￿n1 amount does not eKGeed what the ¢arryno aM￿ThI would have been. had the Impainnent not pre￿o￿￿Y been recognised. The impainneDI reversal is recognised In nel iD¢omelleKpenditurel forthe year. 2 Crethtots: effi(￿ntS falling flu•within one year 2024 2023 Creditors Accnjals PAYE, NIC VAT and otherlaxes other Greditors 1.809 1.809 3 In¢ome Exp¢ndiiure a¢¢oun¢ suTrwMry 2024 2023 At 1 May 2023 Transfers in for the year Loss aflertax for tha year 2.095 9,465 13.0851 17.3701 At 30 April 2024 19701 2,095