CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WAIES CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAM) AND WALES Trustees. Annual Report for the period 0111112020 to 3111012021 Charlty name" Frlends of Gladstone Pa Charity registratlon number: 1180529 Objectives and Activities environment and bi(xJiversty of Glad&orE Park as a pkce of hjkn eccknji￿l interest in ￿artiCUlar but exdu9vety ty: . Adv￿Ing ed￿at￿￿ irto hst(wy asms crf the txirk time *xoJpath)n in tre Irt￿ rf ￿la1 wdfare with ￿jeCt rf improvirNJ the C￿xIttl￿7S ￿ life for ￿ inhatjtsrts (rf tt* area Lraisiryj with communty gnxy5 arxl ttr Lorth (f Brent C￿￿¥] During this period the FIFerFds of Gladstone Park have supported Ihese obiedtves Kfjth Ihe adiiities below. Most adivities during this period have continued to be Iwrtailed or cancelleé due to Covid restridions but as most of our actmties are outside we have been fortunate enough to continue in a limited capacity. Valli￿S guided wals through the p*ks kd by ￿ expert. This year there were walks ith a for￿$ on trees, birds. bats IxrtlertSes atthouth fewer Ihan usual and v4ith rict controls number5. Active lundrai￿g vras ￿rtaIled. t￿1 we received generous donations into a bucket left out ￿ttlIe we worked in the park Organistng regular Litter Pi(*s in the paTk *ilh mÈn*)ers of Ihe wblit continued. although Cowd WecaUti￿$ in ￿e.. The Friends of Gladstone Park also Org￿lse a weekty Garrlening (>oup ￿nsiSting of regular volunteers vtho undertake various tasks lo maintain and iffiprove the park- in particular the walled garden and the wse area. This working wp continued thfoughout although vith social diS￿clng beNig obser¥Ed. and any common I￿S being sanitised before and after use. AII INslees have had sight of the Chaiity Comrnisson's guidance on public benefit. to make sure Ihls Is taken into acctyjnt thring decAsion4naktng. Achievements and Perfomiance All Frlends of Gladstone Park actlvltles have an underfylng purpose of encourdglng people Into the park to enloy and benefrt from thig beautiful publlc space. The Gardening Group conlinued to maintain Ihe Walled G¥den in Gladstone Park along V4ith the formal rose beds outside (now refreshed V￿lti the roses purthased by FOGP). In addition to the Waled Garden, beds around the upper terrace adjacent to the Walled Garden were maintained, as well as the beds around vhjat was Ihe bovAing green. Wth ￿n￿ased time avalable Trom the y￿￿teers. FOGP improved the deadthedging around the copse to help discourage some of the anti-soraal acliNryties in this area. and seeded wldfiower area5 fems to e￿h￿ce the copse and In￿eaSe bi0dlve￿ty. Towards the end of thi5 pefiod, members of FOGP and the G*dening Group began to get involved with the Big Cty Buttertlies wopct. All fundraislng coffee momings, table days elo remalned cancemed, as caution was still 8dvi6ed even *fien lockdowns were lifted. In order lo get some income, the Gardening Group sets out a ￿ckel fi￿ donations vkndst vthing and this has meant we (2n wver cost Financial Review At the end of this period we have £921.07 in the aCc￿￿t, *thich is a healthy amounl f(￿ us and a tribute to the generous users of Gladstone Park vtho drop donations into our bucket. Only a small amount remains ring-fenced - for bluebell5. The tharity does not hold reserves as Ihere are no regular 0￿goingS over and above the annual public liability insurance wemium. Balance at 1° November 2019: £632A5 Outgoings: £991.61 Public Liability Insurance. website costs and plants for the park. Income ." £12792a There were donations from Waitrose. Amazon Smile. EasyFundraising and Thomson Reuters. We also had income from general donations and money given durirq the various events that did manag togo ahead. Bèlance as at 31- Ottober 2021: ts21.07 Structure, Governance and Management The Friends of Gladstone park is conslibjted as a CIO. govemed by a govemed by a constitiution based on the Foundation Constitution do(JJment wovided by the Charities Commisson. Under the CAtrrent conslitution, new trustees are appoinied by a vote at a propetty Ixganlsed meeting of the r￿rrent trustees. Reference and Administrative details Charity Name: The Frionds of Gladstone Park Reglstered Charity Number 118059 Charitys Princlpal Address: 106. Fleeiwood Road London NW10 1NN Names of the chorlty trustees manage the charity 1￿ce Cha Sally Long Franane Lawren Deputy Chair Seuetary Gffl Close Hazel Glenister Helen Goodsell Sylvia Gautherau Mark Cummins Tariq Dar MBE Dick Heath-Brovm 11 Paul Quinn Paul Hurst Lia Colac(ico 12 13 14 Liz Dixon MBE Chris Elsdale 15 Unld 1P Odober 2021 (Resigned) 16 17 18 19 20 Declarations The tNstees declarn that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behaw of the charl￿3 tru8tees Signature(*) Full namo(s} MIEL CLEfv)ISr Position leg Secrelary. Chair, etc) 25 o¥/IL ## **Friends of Gladstone Park Statement of Accounts 2020-2021** This statement covers the period 1[st] November 2020 to 31[st] October 2021 ## **Friends of Gladstone Park Account** Balance at 1[st] November 2020: **£632.45** ## **Outgoings : £990.61** - Public Liability Insurance - Website and email costs - Plants for the park. Mostly for the Walled Garden, but also for the beds we are beginning to refurbish outside the Stables cafe and in front of the toilet. ## **Income : £1,279.23** - Donations from Waitrose amounted to £167.00 - Donations from Amazon Smile amounted to £23.92 - We received our first donations from EasyFundraising, amounting to £45.01 - During this period we had a volunteer employed by Thomson Reuters who operated a scheme paying for their volunteering hours to the organisation concerned. We received $500.00 (£356.30) this way. - Most of the rest was down to general donations in the bucket left out while the gardening group is working or given to us during organised Letter Picks in the park. More detail of the transactions on the account are given overleaf. Balance as at 31[st] October 2021: **£921.07** ## **Friends of Gladstone Park Account Transactions** |**Date**|**Incoming**|**Outgoing**|**Description**| |---|---|---|---| |01/11/20|||Openingbalance**£632.45**| |12/11/20|£82.00||Donations from GardeningGroupbucket| |16/11/20|£27.88||Donations from EasyFundraising| |17/11/20||£245.25|Reimbursement forplants for the Walled Garden| |07/12/20|£39.00||Donations from GardeningGroupbucket| |21/12/20|£63.00||Refund from rose suppliers for roses that died after
planting.| |07/01/21|£167.00||Donation from Waitrose| |21/01/21||£326.22|Reimbursement forplants for the Walled Garden| |21/01/21||£31.03|Reimbursement for Domain Name expenses| |25/01/21|£45.00||Donations from GardeningGroupbucket| |26/01/21|£356.30||Donation from Thompson Reuters volunteeringscheme| |11/02/21|£7.22||Donation from Amazon Smile| |25/02/21|£80.00||Donations from GardeningGroupbucket| |25/03/21|£50.00||Donations from GardeningGroupbucket| |26/04/21||£78.65|Reimbursement forplants for the Walled Garden| |28/04/21|£50.00||Donations from GardeningGroupbucket| |06/05/21|£50.00||Donation received at Litter Pick| |24/05/21|£6.35||Donation from Amazon Smile| |26/05/21|£17.13||Donations from EasyFundraising| |28/05/21||£175.56|Payment for Public Liabilityinsurance| |07/06/21||£81.40|Reimbursement for plants purchased for beds in front of
the Stables cafe| |21/06/21|£15.00||Donation from F. Lawrence| |01/07/21|£22.00||Donation received at Litter Pick| |12/07/21|£50.00||Donations from GardeningGroupbucket| |16/08/21|£65.00||Donations from GardeningGroupbucket| |17/08/21|£10.35||Donation from Amazon Smile| |31/08/21|£50.00||Donations from GardeningGroupbucket| |27/09/21||£52.50|Reimbursement forplants for the Walled Garden| |19/10/21|£26.00||Donations from GardeningGroupbucket| |31/10/21|||ClosingBalance**£921.07**|