## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From April 1[st] 2024 Period start date To March 31[st] 2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: NURTURENATURE**
## **Charity registration number: 1182363**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|a)
**The advancement of health**
both mental and physical, for the
public beneft, by providing access
to and actvites in a healing garden
b)
**The relief of those in need by**
**reason of health youth, age, ill**
**health, disability, fnancial**
**hardship or other disadvantage**
c)
**The promoton and**
**advancement of educaton for the**
**public beneft**|
|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|The object of the CIO is to be a healing garden
that promotes health and wellbeing for the
local community including individuals with
chronic physical and/or mental illness and life
limitng conditons, To this end, the CIO
provides a healing garden for individuals
principally but not exclusively in Shefeld,
Barnsley and the wider South Yorkshire region.
There is a wide body of evidence that tme
spent either passively or actvely in
nature/gardens has a benefcial efect on
physical and mental health. For example,
reports from large natonal organisatons like
the Kings Fund, RHS and MIND confrm the
beneft of gardens and gardening for physical
and mental health and well being.
Users have the opportunity to simply sit in the
garden which has been planted in line with
good practce for healing gardens or partcipate
more actvely by gardening themselves or
engaging in events taking place in the garden
which are in keepingwith the CIO’s stated|
|||purposes of the advancement of health and
relief of those in need by reason of ill health
and/or disability. The CIO will provide, for the
public beneft, space for mental rest and
refecton or hortcultural or other actvites
promotng recuperaton from symptoms of
chronic ill health, including long COVID
**The promoton and advancement of educaton**
**for the public beneft,**is by organizing small
scale workshops and courses, such as
mindfulness courses, writng for health,
propagaton courses. Such actvites may also
include creatve workshops in arts and crafs
and other such actvites organised by outside
experts and practtoners on subjects and
actvites known to further enhance general
well being, in chronically ill or disabled people
as well as the general public maximising the
beneft of partcipatng in educaton by utlising
the additonal benefts of green care per se.|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Nothing in this consttuton shall authorise an
applicaton of the property of the CIO for the
purposes which are not charitable in
accordance with [secton 7 of the Charites and
Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005] and
[secton 2 of the Charites Act (Northern
Ireland) 2008].|
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SORP reference **No grants made** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **No social investment** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The local Rotary club with whom**
**NurtureNature has close liaison has a small**
**group of volunteers who help in the summer**
**months when they are able. There are also a**
**number of volunteers who help with ake**
**making and tea and cofee for events. In**
**additon volunteers help out at open days and**
**plant sales**|
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## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|**The charity operates on a small scale**
**providing mindfulness, creative writing**
**and craft based workshops that are**
**beneficial to the participants in keeping**
**with the purposes of the charity as set**
**out in its governing document. The**
**workshops take place in a dedicated**
**space in the garden which has a**
**covering allowing the garden to be used**
**even in the event of inclement weather.**
**By running the workshops in the garden**
**the benefit to health and wellbeing for**
**the individual participants is enhanced**
**because of the benefit to physical and**
**mental health of greenspace per se.**
**Because the workshops are run outside**
**they only take place in the**
**spring/summer months. During the**
**spring/summer of 2024 NurtureNature**
**held workshops on Mindfulness,**
**Creative Writing, and crafts. Payment for**
**the workshops is on an “as you can**
**afford” basis with NurtureNature**
**subsidising all places to an extent but**
**paying in full for those who are on low**
**income. All workshops are formally**
**evaluated including asking about what**|
**the participants got out of the workshop. All the evaluations have been very positive highlighting the benefit that participating in such events has for the individuals from the local community who take part. A small local Christian group uses the garden regularly for meditation and reflection. In addition open days were held where the garden was open to visitors and a plant sale was held. Visitors are encouraged to explore the garden and take time to sit and enjoy its peace and calm A plant sale is held at the same time as the Open Day selling plants from the small nursery we run and this is an important source of income for NurtureNature. Local garden groups and the Rotary come and visit the garden interested in its healing potential as well as its horticultural aspects. All of these visitor groups make a voluntary donation to NurtureNature. Access to the garden for individuals or groups is not charged for as the garden is a community resource aimed at providing a healing environment for those visiting it but voluntary donations are accepted and go towards subsidising workshops. A significant event in the summer of 2024 was a further poetry reading by Jackie Kay a well known Scottish poet who was the Scottish Makar (the equivalent of the English Poet Laureate). In 2024 Carol Ann Duffy the former Poet Laureate also provided poetry readings at the same event. Both poets gave their services for free so that we could use the poetry reading as a fund raiser for the charity. The event proved extremely popular and raised over £500 for NurtureNature. As well as raising funds for the charity the event was an excellent awareness raising event bringing the existence of the charity to the attention of members of the local**
**community.**
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
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## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**See financial statement**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22||
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Funding through plant sales is an important**
**source of funds. The poetry reading which is**
**set to become an annual event is also a source**
**of income.**
**Suitable grants are the other principal source**
**of funding for events/garden development.**
**The gardener is funded through a regular**
**monthly donaton.**
**Visitor groups to the garden usually also make**
**a voluntary donaton.**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
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|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**The charity is controlled by its governing**
**document in the form of a consttuton of**
**an incorporated charity**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Incorporated charity**|
|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|**Nominaton and electon by existng trustees.**|
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|NurtureNature|
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|Other name the charity uses|NURTURENATURE Healing Garden|
|Registered charity number|1182363|
|Charity’s principal address|Staton House
Finkle Street Lane
Wortley
Shefeld
S35 7DH|
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||Helena Davies|Chair|||
||Svava Bjarnason||||
||Doris Stubbs||||
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||Frances Parkinson||||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
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
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## **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**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** HELENA DAVIES
**Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
4/2/2026
## **Nurture Nature Financial Activities**
## **April 2024 - March 2025**
## **Total**
|**Income**
**Donations and legacies**
**Event Income**
**Plant Sales**
**Total Income**
**Cost of Sales**
**Event Costs**
**Gardening Services**
**Plant Materials**
**Total Cost of Sales**
**Total**
**Expenditures**
**Depreciation**
**Insurances**
**Other Professional Services**
**Software**
**Total Expenditures**
**Net Operating Income**
**Net Income/(Expenditure)**|**Apr 2024 - Mar 2025**
**Apr 2023 - Mar 2024**
**(PY)**
14,929.95
14,685.00
1,335.00
1,186.82
368.90
617.10
**£ 16,633.85 £ 16,488.92**
601.20
652.10
14,400.00
14,400.00
1,973.72
**£ 15,001.20 £ 17,025.82**
**£ 1,632.65 -£ 536.90**
1,837.00
1,837.00
359.95
322.17
0.00
2,620.00
415.20
355.20
**£ 2,612.15 £ 5,134.37**
**-£ 979.50 -£ 5,671.27**
**-£ 979.50 -£ 5,671.27**|
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