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## **Annual report** 

2022/23 

Charity No. 1184386 Trustees' Report and Unaudited Accounts 30 June 2023 **Annual report - 2023** 


Avon Needs Trees 



## **Contents** 

- **1 Trustees annual report** 

   - 2 Welcome 

   - 3 Our objectives 

   - 4 Woodland creation 

   - 5 2023 Land - a year of growth 

   - 6 Trees planted in 2023 

   - 7 Impact for people 

   - 9 Volunteering 

   - 10 Our volunteers 

   - 11 Outreach 

   - 12 Financial review 

   - 13 Structure, governance and management 

- **15 Independent examiner's report** 

- **16 Statement of financial activities** 

- **16 Summary income and expenditure account** 

- **17 Balance sheet** 

- **18 Statement of cash flows** 

- **19 Notes to the accounts** 

- **27 Detailed statement of financial activities** 


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## **Trustees annual report** 

## **Reference and administrative details** 

Charity No. 1184386 

The trustees, present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 June 2023. 

## **Principal Office** 

## **Accountant** 

Office 4 Magic Bean Counters Limited 1-3 Gloucester Road Unit 7, The Old Co-op Bishopston 38 Chelsea Road Bristol Bristol BS7 8AA BS5 6AF 

## **Registered Office** 

## **Bankers** 

1-3 Gloucester Road CAF Bank Limited Bishopston 25 Kings Hill Avenue Bristol Kings Hill BS7 8AA West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ 

## **Directors and Trustees** 

The Co-operative Bank p.l.c. P.O. Box 101 1 Balloon Street Manchester M60 4EP 

The Directors of the charitable company are its P.O. Box 101 Trustees for the purposes of charity law. The 1 Balloon Street following Directors and Trustees served during the Manchester year: M60 4EP C.L. Bedford Monmouthshire Building Society T. Blanchard John Frost Square T. Castle (Resigned 29 November 2022) Newport A. Chester Gwent J. Chew NP20 1PX M. Funnell S. Hales N.J.A. Murry **Solicitors** A.G. Spittlehouse Thrings Solicitors 2 Queen Square **Key Management Personnel** Bath BA1 2HQ **Chair** M. Funnell **CEO** D. Wood 

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## **Trustees annual report** 

## **Welcome** 


## **Message from the Chair** 

After four years operating in one of the country’s most tree-depleted regions, Avon Needs Trees (ANT) has marked a step change in woodland creation over the last year. 

Founded in 2019, we have gone from one small site in Wiltshire to completing three woodland schemes last year, as well as starting the charity’s most ambitious project yet – the 113-acre Great Avon Wood five miles south of Bristol, jointly purchased with Forest of Avon Trust. Over the next few years, volunteers will help to plant and care for 40,000 trees supplied by the Woodland Trust. 

Our mission is to create permanent woodland in the Bristol-Avon river catchment to address both the causes and impacts of the climate emergency, as well create more space for nature to recover. Our charity is set on making the biggest contribution possible, doing so hand-in-hand with local communities. 

Volunteers planted 6,500 trees in just seven weeks at Great Avon Wood earlier in this reporting period. In the next reporting period ANT is aiming to plant more than double that in the fields just outside Pensford, as well as at kicking off woodland creation projects at further sites. To achieve these ambitious targets we are doubling our number of trained volunteer leaders to around 25. 

People want to see solutions to these massive challenges, they want to get involved, and they want to pass on a legacy of a more wooded landscape to future generations. That drive and enthusiasm has been inspirational. 


## **Introduction from the Chief Executive** 

As a charity we are focussed on impact. Impact for nature and climate by woodland creation at scale. Impact for people through opportunities for volunteering, education, skills development, health and wellbeing. 

ANT’s achievements wouldn’t have been possible without huge support from the public, incredible staff, funding bodies and our wide range of partners in the region and nationally. 

Donations from local people, as well as funds from Government, West of England Combined Authority and National Lottery Heritage Fund have unlocked these schemes, and we’ve enjoyed unprecedented support from all sorts of businesses too. But none of it could happen without our hundreds of volunteers planting thousands of trees in the winter months and then taking care of them throughout the summer. In total they’ve put in 5,695 hours of time, with a total value £113,900. 

Our charity created layered benefits by using our woodland creation sites to host dozens of free-to-access public events at sites across the reporting period to support natural heritage education. Events range from forest schools to bat walks, butterfly counts to wellbeing days, with groups as diverse as children’s forest schools, refugee charities and charities promoting inclusive access. 

Great Avon Wood is a game changer for the region. Over the next 50 years it is projected to lock up over 25,000 tonnes of carbon and it will slow the flow of torrential rainfall into local rivers like the Chew, reducing flood risk. And we are confident this is just the start. 

We have begun to explore how we might join schemes up across the wider landscape, creating new corridors for wildlife and mosaics of nature-rich habitat. Increasing our impact for nature and people by working at a landscape will be a key focus of the next reporting period. 


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## **Trustees annual report** 

## **Our objectives** 

Our purpose is to double woodland cover in our area by 2050 

Our mission is to tackle the climate and nature emergency by buying land to create new, permanent woodland throughout the Bristol-Avon catchment area. 

## **Our charitable objectives are:** 

i) The conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment for public benefit by the establishment and maintenance of trees, woodland and complementary habitats in such areas within the Bristol-Avon catchment area as the trustees shall determine. 

Our short- to medium-term strategic aim is to transform our ownership and funding model to build a resilient and sustainable ANT that delivers maximum possible outcomes for nature, climate and people. Our activities that deliver this aim includes: 

1. Fundraising to buy land to create new woodlands and complementary habitats and to meet our charitable objectives through the long-term conservation, protection and improvement of those habitats. ANT is evolving its model to make a greater impact by also creating woodland on land it does not own where legal mechanisms for permanence can be achieved, working in partnership with others. Fundraising activities will contribute to our objectives by facilitating long-term delivery, maintenance and protection of woodlands and complementary habitats. 

ii) To advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment including by promoting woodlands as a means for the public to learn about wider environmental issues such as: sustainability, climate change, ecology and the mitigating need for trees. 

2. Meeting ANT’s education objective through public engagement in woodland creation, conservation activities, heritage, ecology and climate change through volunteering opportunities, free-to-access education events, outreach and green skills programmes, as well as participating in research activities. 

Our long-term strategic aim is to create a financially self-sustaining ANT that works in partnership with communities to create woodlands and complementary habitats at an increasingly impactful, landscape scale across our catchment area. Fundraising for a growing and stronger ANT operating across a wider geography will maximise impact now and into the long term. 


Our organisational values guide our work and inform our organisational behaviours.  Our organisational values are: 

**Ambitious:** Our people are nimble and take opportunities, take urgent action to tackle the climate and nature emergencies, be bold in our ambition and scale 

**Reasoned:** We are thoughtful, ethical and reasoned in how we deliver our ambitions 

**Positive:** We are optimistic about the future and our ability to shape it, meeting our mission and challenges with positivity 

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## **Woodland creation** 

2023 has been a substantial year of growth for the charity, with the number of acres of land managed for nature and woodland creation increasing from 46ac across two sites, to 169ac across four sites. 

## **Our new woodlands this year:** 

In February 2023 we completed purchase of 113 acres at Publow, just south of Bristol, of what will become Great Avon Wood.  The site is jointly owned by ANT and our partners at Forest of Avon Trust and is the biggest woodland creation project on record in the West of England.  The first 6,000 of 40,000 trees were planted in spring 2023. 

We experimented with new models for woodland creation in our second woodland creation project of 2023 – Ed Woods – where over 4,000 trees were planted across 10 acres in our first ‘land partnership’ project.  Whilst on private land this new woodland will be managed by ANT and protected by a Conservation Covenant, a new legal mechanism that ensures legal permanence of the woodland without ownership. 

## **Our existing woodlands:** 

On our existing sites volunteers planted the final 1,719 trees at Hazeland completing the final phase of planting at this 10,000 tree new woodland that links with ancient woodland we maintain on site. 

The penultimate phase of planting at Pudding Brook Wood saw volunteers plant a further 2,780 trees.  The final phase of planting at this 10,000 tree new woodland will take place in winter 2024. 

## **Maximising ecological and climate** 

## **impact:** 

Delivering multi-layered benefits is central to maximising impact for climate and ecology.  Woodland creation can deliver a range of benefits to biodiversity, wildlife and natural flood management and climate resilience.  These factors were considered strongly during site selection and design this year when purchasing Great Avon Wood and in researching our next site acquisition.  This was achieved through considering Nature Recovery Networks when selecting sites, taking advice from the Environment Agency on the natural flood management potential of each site, commissioning independent ecologists to input into site design, as well as assessing site design against outcomes for climate resilience (especially soil improvement in open space land use) and food security. 

## **Plans for the future:** 

We are preparing the case for a new, larger woodland creation project for 2023/24.  The scale of this project has the potential for alternative land use within the site, and landscape-scale working in and beyond the site. 

Complementary land uses and habitats within the potential site will allow further multi-layered benefits to be identified and delivered, including climate resilience, food production and soil enhancement. 

A landscape scale project would allow for woodland connectivity and complementary habitats and land uses in a much larger area, guided by ecological processes for maximising layered benefits. 

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**2023 Land - a year of growth** Purchase of 113 acres near Publow, south of Bristol and the resulting creation of Great Avon Wood saw huge growth in ANT’s collective estate. **2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 Purchased Hazeland Purchased Pudding Purchased Brook Wood Great Avon Wood 34 acres 12 acres + Partnership at Ed Woods 123 acres** 

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## **Trees planted in 2023** 


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## **Impact for people** 

ANT’s objectives of woodland creation and conservation, and education about climate and nature, brings multi-layered benefits to individual people and the wider public. 

## **Volunteering:** 

Over 1,000 volunteers helped meet our charitable objectives, mostly through planting trees and conservation, providing and aftercare.  Specialist volunteers and trustees are heavily involved in planning woodland creation, public engagement and outreach.  We monitor skills, knowledge and wellbeing outcomes to maximise our impact. 

## **Events:** 

We ran dozens of free-to-access public events at our sites across the year to deliver, monitor and evaluate natural heritage and ecological education, knowledge and wellbeing outcomes.  Events range from forest schools to bat walks, butterfly counts to wellbeing days. 

## **Jobs and skills:** 

This year another three ANT volunteers used this experience to switch sectors and gain employment in the green economy.  In addition to the skills delivered through volunteering, this year we secured funding for a pilot Woodland Skills Programme to run in the coming year.  The programme will be a structured ‘taster’ to different skills and possible careers paths in the green economy. 

## **Outreach:** 

This year we ran an organised presence at a range of community events to ensure ANT’s opportunities are available to a wider audience.  Many of these were stalls at very localised general community events or town-wide climate-focused events.  Larger events included a tent at the Festival of Nature, South Gloucestershire Show and the Sustainable Agriculture Conference. 

Others were bespoke like a landowner event with the Forestry Commission encouraging landowners to engage in woodland creation. 

## **Equity and inclusion:** 

Inclusion is central to our cross-cutting theme of multilayered benefit delivery.  National and local government statistics concur that marginalised communities are both less likely to access high quality green space or engage with opportunities, and more likely to benefit from taking these steps. 

We monitor internal equalities information to establish how representative our direct beneficiaries are of the general population and take action to redress lack of representation.  The following communities are less likely to get involved in our activities without proactive steps: disabled people, children, older people and ethnical minorities. 

Our marketing, use of imagery and design of events has a focus on children and ethnic monitories, with most of our on-site events designed for one or both communities. 

A number of steps so far have been taken to address inclusion of disabled people and older people.  Online equivalents of on-site events are more inclusive to people with mobility issues and this year we have run some of our forest schools for SEND schoolchildren at the familiar environment of their school.  We are planning further steps including an accessibility review and events targeted at older people. 

## **Co-design with communities:** 

We embrace the principles of co-design and this year we have been working towards good practice.  This year we held a community drop-in event as a very early stage of the woodland creation process, several months before we completed on the land purchase, to directly engage local people in the design of our new woodlands. We also met with local farmers and landowners to hear their priorities and challenges with managing land for nature and used this as a starting point for landscape-scale work in future years. 

We attempt to discuss new projects of any kinds widely amongst potential beneficiaries, people who face barriers to involvement, local communities and regional stakeholders. 


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## **Future plans:** 

For the coming reporting period we are preparing for potential projects that have strong potential for continued development of impacts and benefits to people. 

Potential woodland creation projects includes creation of woodland open green space for 95% percentile EDI deprived community in south Bristol. There are strong potential outcomes for local green space, wellbeing and skills outcomes by working in depth, over time with this community. 

A potential public engagement project in the next reporting period would expand impact for people by expanding the range of volunteering opportunities available, alongside other direct actions to benefit nature and climate. 

A potential landscape scale project would offer transformational opportunities to further the education and engagement of the public in nature and climate. In 2023/24 an assessment of this potential and making plans to harness it will be a substantial project. 

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## **Trustees annual report** 

## **Outreach** 

## **29 Events** 

run, online and outdoors, which nearly 700 people signed up to. 

## **2,086** 

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## **Financial review** 

This year was the start of a period of substantial growth and change for the charity with the acquisition of Great Avon Wood at Publow. Purchase, establishment and other activities were secured through grants of over £2m from DEFRA, West of England Combined Authority, National Lottery Heritage Fund and non-cash contributions from the Woodland Trust. Most of these grants are phased over several years with fundraising for the year totalling £764,363 (2022: £219,714) as a combination of proportion of grant funds received, corporate and individual donations. Corporate giving increased slightly to £41,022 (2022: £28,216) and individual donations dipped slightly to £28,224 (2022: £46,618). In 2022 donations were secured in an intensive land purchase campaign and longer-term costs were covered by a DEFRA grant, whereas in 2023 a DEFRA grant secured the purchase and individual and corporate giving will pay for longer-term costs. This shift in the charity’s fundraising model shifted from substantial donations to secure land purchase to longer-term individual giving to support longterm establishment goals stretched individual giving targets over three years rather than three months. 

Great Avon Wood being a substantial land acquisition of 113 acres (2022: 14 acres) ANT’s personnel grew to reflect increased volunteer co-ordination (volunteer numbers doubled from 500 to over 1,000), communications, administration, finance, outreach, project management and operational management. 

Project staff were funded by WECA until the end of the establishment period at March 2025, as were a portion of core costs and core staff to support the project. This recovery of core costs was supplemented by other grants, full cost recovery from other projects and unrestricted income to meet the charity’s core costs. 

During the period additional management capacity was created, by employing an Operations Manager, to increase fundraising activities. This investment has meant further grants were secured after this reporting period, and development work on other fundraising streams (including environmental credit sale, regular giving, corporate giving and individual giving) took place this year, with the delivery phase in the coming year. 

ANT’s principal financial risks going forward is securing core costs in 2025/26 when grant funding for a portion of core costs comes to an 

end. Plans to manage this risk includes developing a range of successor projects to contribute towards core costs, as well as developing a range of non-project based income streams including commercial income, credit sales and enhanced regular, individual and corporate giving. Trustees are committed to resource allocation that facilitates both operational function and growth of fundraising. 

ANT does not currently make investments but an investment policy is programmed for the coming reporting period. ANT’s procurement policy follows the Social Value Act principles of creating secure local supply lines, climate resilience and tackling inequality. ANT is not a grantmaking body. 

## **Reserves and assets:** 

ANT’s total funds in 2023 are £1,275,198 (2022: £816,362) of which £972,070 (2022: £523,000) are fixed assets in land. Funds restricted to projects in 2023 are £837,419 (2022: £380,565). General funds are 

£292,225 (2022: £264,313). Designated reserves represent the value of fixed assets funded from unrestricted funds and stood at £145,554 (2022: £171,484). 

ANT’s reserves policy was amended in the reporting period to reflect the large scale of new projects undertaken by the charity. This policy internally designates unrestricted reserves as funds to support capital reclaim. As major projects like Great Avon Wood require upfront capital expenditure based on quarterly or annual reclaims from funders, cashflow projections indicate a number of quarters were the capital sums expended but awaiting reclaim will exceed £200,000. 

As ANT takes on new major projects in the coming year the charity will need increased working capital to run multiple projects simultaneously. Plans are in place to increase funds held to allow for this growth. 

Going concern - after making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that ANT has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. 


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## **Trustees annual report** 

## **Structure, governance and management** 

Constitution – ANT is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), formed in April 2019 and registered as a charity in July 2019. The affairs of ANT are governed by its Constitution which established the objects and powers of ANT. In the event of the charity being wound up the trustees have no liability for its debts. 

Appointment of Trustees - the governance of ANT is the responsibility of the Trustees who are appointed under the terms of the Constitution. Trustees remain in post until they retire or otherwise cease under the provisions of the Charity constitution. New Trustees are elected by the Trustees then in post after an observation period of at least three meetings, as detailed in the Trustee Policy, along with an induction learning journey and training. 

Organisational structure and decision-making policies – operational decisions are delegated by Trustees to the Chief Executive, in consultation with relevant lead Trustees for HR, safeguarding, health & safety, data protection, fundraising and public engagement and operational reports are reviewed a monthly meetings of Trustees. Policy decisions are made at Trustee monthly meetings with regular and ad hoc Trustee subgroups in operation to advise. 

Co-ordinator, Outreach Co-ordinator and Conservation & Heritage Co-ordinator. Pay arrangements of the Chief Executive are decided by the Trustees and pay arrangements for other staff are delegated to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Chair of Trustees. 

Risk Management policy – The Trustees have identified the potential risks to ANT and ranked them according to likelihood and severity. For each risk they have identified mitigation and a responsible person, and the risk register is reviewed at every regular meeting of the Trustees. 

Public Benefit - the Trustees have reviewed the Charity Commission's guidance on the requirement to report on public benefit. They are satisfied that the work of ANT, as described above, accords with its stated objects and provides tangible public benefit to an appropriate section of those who reside within ANT's area of benefit. 

The charity maintains service delivery contracts with individuals, funders and partner organisations. Other collaboration with partner organisations are informal, except for a formal collaboration agreement with Forest of Avon Trust governing the joint ownership of Great Avon Wood. 

The Chief Executive leads the staffing structure and delegates responsibilities to other members of staff as necessary. The Chief Executive manages the Operations Manager who in turn manages the Woodland Creation Manager, Finance Officer, Administrator, Communications Officer, Hazeland Co-ordinator, Land Acquisition Coordinator and Great Avon Wood Project Manager. The latter manages the Volunteer 

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## **Trustees annual report** 

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011 and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 

The law applicable to charities in England & Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the income and expenditure of the charity for that period. 

The above report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions set out in the Charities Act 2011 and in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102). 

Signed on behalf of the board 


M. Funnell Trustee 05 December 2023 

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## **Independent Examiners Report** 

## **Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Avon Needs Trees** 

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Avon Needs Trees for the year ended 30 June 2023. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). 

Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the Charity are not required to be audited under section 144 of the 2011 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's financial statements as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

As the charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of ACCA, which is one of the listed bodies. 

I have completed my examination. I can confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe: 

- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act ; or 

- the financial statements do not accord with those records; or 

- the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or 

- the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102). 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached. 


Ryan Corkery ACCA 

Magic Bean Counters Limited Unit 7, The Old Co-op 38 Chelsea Road Bristol BS5 6AF 

- 15 December 2023 

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## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Statement of Financial Ac�vi�es** 

## **for the year ended 30 June 2023** 

|**Notes**<br>**Income and endowments**<br>**from:**<br>Dona�ons and legacies<br>3<br>Charitable ac�vi�es<br>4<br>Investments<br>5<br>**Total**<br>**Expenditure on:**<br>Raising funds<br>6<br>Charitable ac�vi�es<br>7<br>Other<br>8<br>**Total**<br>Net gains on investments<br>**Net income**<br>Transfers between funds<br>**Net income before other**<br>**gains/(losses)**<br>**Other gains and losses**<br>**Net movement in funds**<br>**Reconcilia�on of funds:**<br>Total funds brought forward<br>**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>58,326<br>-<br>827|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>706,037<br>-<br>-|**Total funds**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>764,363<br>-<br>827|**Total funds**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>169,194<br>50,000<br>520|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||59,153<br>109<br>3,133<br>40,260|706,037<br>-<br>97,423<br>165,429|765,190<br>109<br>100,556<br>205,689|219,714<br>1,480<br>68,345<br>99,738|
||43,502<br>-|262,852<br>-|306,354<br>-|169,563<br>-|
||15,651<br>(13,669)|443,185<br>13,669|458,836<br>-|50,151<br>-|
||1,982|456,854|458,836|50,151|
||1,982<br>435,797|456,854<br>380,565|458,836<br>816,362|50,151<br>766,211|
||437,779|837,419|1,275,198|816,362|



## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Summary Income and Expenditure Account** 

## **for the year ended 30 June 2023** 

|Income<br>Interest and investment income<br>**Gross income for the year**<br>Expenditure<br>Interest payable<br>Deprecia�on and charges for<br>impairment of fxed assets<br>**Total expenditure for the year**<br>Net income before tax for the year<br>**Net income for the year**|**2023**<br>**£**<br>764,363<br>827<br>765,190<br>311,260<br>36<br>(4,942)<br>306,354<br>458,836<br>458,836|**2022**<br>**£**<br>219,194<br>520|
|---|---|---|
|||219,714|
|||169,563<br>-<br>-|
|||169,563|
|||50,151|
|||50,151|



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## **Avon Needs Trees Balance Sheet** 

## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Balance Sheet** 

## **at 30 June 2023** 

|**Notes**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>**Fixed assets**<br>Tangible assets<br>11<br>972,070<br>972,070<br>**Current assets**<br>Debtors<br>12<br>207,256<br>Cash at bank and in hand<br>108,800<br>316,056<br>**Creditors:**Amount falling due within one year<br>13<br>(12,928)<br>**Net current assets**<br>303,128<br>**Total assets less current liabili�es**<br>1,275,198<br>**Net assets excluding pension asset or liability**<br>1,275,198<br>**Total net assets**<br>1,275,198<br>**The funds of the charity**<br>**Restricted funds**<br>14<br>Restricted income funds<br>837,419<br>837,419<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>14<br>General funds<br>292,225<br>Designated funds<br>145,554<br>437,779<br>**Reserves**<br>14<br>**Total funds**<br>1,275,198|**2022**<br>**£**<br>523,000|
|---|---|
||523,000<br>35,343<br>269,804|
||305,147<br>(11,785)|
||293,362<br>816,362|
||816,362|
||816,362|
||380,565|
||380,565<br>264,313<br>171,484|
||435,797|
||816,362|



Approved by the board on 27 November 2023 And signed on its behalf by: 


M. Funnell Trustee 27 November 2023 

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## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## 

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## **for the year ended 30 June 2023** 

## **Components of cash and cash equivalents** 

|**Cash fows from opera�ng ac�vi�es**<br>**Net income per Statement of Financial Ac�vi�es**<br>**Adjustments for:**<br>Proft on disposal of tangible fxed assets<br>Dividends, interest and rents from investments<br>Other gains/losses<br>(Increase)/Decrease in trade and other receivables<br>Increase in trade and other payables<br>**Net cash provided by opera�ng ac�vi�es**<br>**Cash fows from inves�ng ac�vi�es**<br>Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment<br>Payments for property, plant and equipment<br>Dividends, interest and rents from investments<br>**Net cash used in inves�ng ac�vi�es**<br>**Net cash from fnancing ac�vi�es**<br>**Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents**<br>**Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year**<br>**Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year**|**2023**<br>**£**<br>458,836<br>(4,942)<br>(827)<br>-<br>(171,913)<br>1,143<br>282,297<br>30,872<br>(475,000)<br>827<br>(443,301)<br>-<br>(161,004)<br>269,804<br>108,800|**2022**<br>**£**<br>50,151<br>-<br>(520)<br>-<br>12,677<br>2,098|
|---|---|---|
|||64,406<br>-<br>(198,000)<br>520|
|||(197,480)|
||||
|||-|
||||
|||(133,074)|
|||402,878|
|||269,804|



|**mponents of cash and cash equivalents**|||
|---|---|---|
|Cash and bank balances|108,800<br>108,800|269,804|
||||
|||269,804|



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## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

## **for the year ended 30 June 2023** 

- 1 **Accoun�ng policies** 

## **Basis of prepara�on** 

Statement of Recommended Prac�ce applicable to chari�es preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Repor�ng Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effec�ve 1 January 2015) - (Chari�es SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Repor�ng Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Chari�es Act 2011. 

## **Change in basis of accoun�ng or to previous accounts** 

There has been no change to the accoun�ng policies (valua�on rules and method of accoun�ng) since last year and no changes have been made to accounts for previous years. 

## **Fund accoun�ng** 

Unrestricted funds These are available for use at the discre�on of the trustees in furtherance of the general objects of the charity. 

Designated funds These are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for par�cular purposes. Revalua�on funds These are unrestricted funds which include a revalua�on reserve represen�ng the restatement of investment assets at their market values. 

Restricted funds These are available for use subject to restric�ons imposed by the donor or through terms of an appeal. 

## **Avon Needs Trees Notes to the Accounts** 

## **Income** 

Recogni�on of Income is included in the Statement of Financial Ac�vi�es (SoFA) when the charity income becomes en�tled to, and virtually certain to receive, the income and the amount of the income can be measured with sufficient reliability. 

- Income with related Where income has related expenditure the income and related expenditure is expenditure reported gross in the SoFA. 

Dona�ons and Voluntary income received by way of grants, dona�ons and gi�s is included in the legacies the SoFA when receivable and only when the Charity has uncondi�onal en�tlement to the income. Tax reclaims on Income from tax reclaims is included in the SoFA at the same �me as the dona�ons and gi�s gi�/dona�on to which it relates. Donated services These are only included in income (with an equivalent amount in expenditure) and facili�es where the benefit to the Charity is reasonably quan�fiable, measurable and material. Volunteer help The value of any volunteer help received is not included in the accounts. Investment income This is included in the accounts when receivable. Gains/(losses) on This includes any gain or loss resul�ng from revaluing investments to market value revalua�on of fixed at the end of the year. 

assets 

Gains/(losses) on This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments. investment assets 

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## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

## **Expenditure** 

- Recogni�on of Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis. Expenditure includes any VAT which expenditure cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates. 

- Expenditure on These comprise the costs associated with a�rac�ng voluntary income, fundraising raising funds trading costs and investment management costs. 

- Expenditure on These comprise the costs incurred by the Charity in the delivery of its ac�vi�es and charitable ac�vi�es services in the furtherance of its objects, including the making of grants and governance costs. 

- Grants payable All grant expenditure is accounted for on an actual paid basis plus an accrual for grants that have been approved by the trustees at the end of the year but not yet paid. 

- Governance costs These include those costs associated with mee�ng the cons�tu�onal and statutory requirements of the Charity, including any audit/independent examina�on fees, costs linked to the strategic management of the Charity, together with a share of other administra�on costs. 

Other expenditure These are support costs not allocated to a par�cular ac�vity. 

## **Taxa�on** 

## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

## **Cash and cash equivalents** 

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturi�es of three months or less and bank overdra�s. In the statement of financial posi�on, bank overdra�s are shown within borrowings or current liabili�es. In the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents are shown net of bank overdra�s that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the company's cash management. 

## **Trade and other creditors** 

Short term creditors are measured at the transac�on price. Other creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obliga�on resul�ng from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to se�le the obliga�on can be measured or es�mated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their se�lement amount a�er allowing for any trade discounts due. 

## **Pension costs** 

pension plan under which the company pays fixed contribu�ons into a separate en�ty. Once the contribu�ons have been paid the company has no further payments obliga�ons. The contribu�ons are recognised as expenses when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the company in independently administered funds. 

The charity is exempt from corpora�on tax on its charitable ac�vi�es. 

## 

useful life: 

Freehold property 0% Held at cost 

## **Trade and other debtors** 

Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due. 

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## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

## 2 **Statement of Financial Ac�vi�es - prior year** 

|**Income and endowments from:**<br>Dona�ons and legacies<br>Charitable ac�vi�es<br>Investments<br>**Total**<br>**Expenditure on:**<br>Raising funds<br>Charitable ac�vi�es<br>Other<br>**Total**<br>**Net income**<br>Transfers between funds<br>**Net income before other**<br>**gains/(losses)**<br>**Other gains and losses:**<br>**Net movement in funds**<br>**Reconcilia�on of funds:**<br>Total funds brought forward<br>**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>45,047<br>50,000<br>520<br>95,567<br>1,480<br>2,415<br>49,049<br>52,944<br>42,623<br>(15,882)<br>26,741<br>26,741<br>409,056<br>435,797|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>124,147<br>-<br>-<br>124,147<br>-<br>65,930<br>50,689<br>116,619<br>7,528<br>15,882<br>23,410<br>23,410<br>357,155<br>380,565|**Total funds**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>169,194<br>50,000<br>520|
|---|---|---|---|
||||219,714<br>1,480<br>68,345<br>99,738|
||||169,563|
||||50,151<br>-|
||||50,151|
||||50,151<br>766,211|
||||816,362|



## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

## 3 **Income from dona�ons and legacies** 

|Individual dona�ons<br>Corporate dona�ons<br>Grants<br>4<br>**Income from charitable ac�vi�es**<br>Establishment and<br>maintenance of woodland<br>5<br>**Income from investments**<br>Bank interest|**Unrestricted**<br>**£**<br>19,630<br>21,548<br>17,148<br>58,326|**Restricted**<br>**£**<br>8,594<br>19,474<br>677,969<br>706,037<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**£**<br>827<br>827|**Total**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>28,224<br>41,022<br>695,117<br>764,363<br>**Total**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>**Total**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>827<br>827|**Total**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>46,618<br>28,216<br>94,360|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||169,194|
|||||**Total**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>50,000|
|||||50,000|
|||||**Total**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>520|
|||||520|



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## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

## 6 **Expenditure on raising funds** 

|_Costs of generatng voluntary_<br>_income_<br>Individual dona�ons<br>**Expenditure on charitable ac�vi�es**<br>_Expenditure on charitable_<br>_actvites_<br>Establishment and<br>maintenance of woodland<br>Repair and conserva�on<br>work<br>_Governance costs_<br>Independent examiner's fees<br>- current year<br>Independent examiner's fees<br>- underprovided in prior year|**Unrestricted**<br>**£**<br>1,333<br>-<br>1,800<br>-<br>3,133|**Unrestricted**<br>**£**<br>109<br>109<br>**Restricted**<br>**£**<br>94,576<br>2,847<br>-<br>-<br>97,423|**Total**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>109<br>109<br>**Total**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>95,909<br>2,847<br>1,800<br>-<br>100,556|**Total**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>1,480|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||1,480|
|||||**Total**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>63,718<br>2,347<br>1,440<br>840|
|||||68,345|



- 7 **Expenditure on charitable ac�vi�es** 

## **Avon Needs Trees Notes to the Accounts** 

- 8 **Other expenditure** 

|**Other expenditure**<br>**n Needs Trees**<br>**es to the Accounts**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Publicity and promo�on<br>Event costs<br>Other interest payable<br>Employee costs<br>Motor and travel costs<br>Premises costs<br>Amor�sa�on, deprecia�on,<br>impairment, proft/loss on<br>disposal of fxed assets<br>General administra�ve costs<br>Legal and professional costs|**Unrestricted**<br>**£**<br>188<br>57<br>36<br>37,044<br>732<br>2,186<br>(4,942)<br>4,292<br>667<br>40,260|**Restricted**<br>**£**<br>1,354<br>1,979<br>-<br>129,536<br>3,248<br>5,999<br>-<br>12,549<br>10,764<br>165,429|**Total**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>1,542<br>2,036<br>36<br>166,580<br>3,980<br>8,185<br>(4,942)<br>16,841<br>11,431<br>205,689|**Total**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>8,026<br>2,108<br>-<br>71,162<br>3,021<br>2,700<br>-<br>5,924<br>6,797|
|||||99,738|



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## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

## 6 **Expenditure on raising funds** 

|_Costs of generatng voluntary_<br>_income_<br>Individual dona�ons<br>**Expenditure on charitable ac�vi�es**<br>_Expenditure on charitable_<br>_actvites_<br>Establishment and<br>maintenance of woodland<br>Repair and conserva�on<br>work<br>_Governance costs_<br>Independent examiner's fees<br>- current year<br>Independent examiner's fees<br>- underprovided in prior year|**Unrestricted**<br>**£**<br>1,333<br>-<br>1,800<br>-<br>3,133|**Unrestricted**<br>**£**<br>109<br>109<br>**Restricted**<br>**£**<br>94,576<br>2,847<br>-<br>-<br>97,423|**Total**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>109<br>109<br>**Total**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>95,909<br>2,847<br>1,800<br>-<br>100,556|**Total**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>1,480|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||1,480|
|||||**Total**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>63,718<br>2,347<br>1,440<br>840|
|||||68,345|



- 7 **Expenditure on charitable ac�vi�es** 

## **Avon Needs Trees Notes to the Accounts** 

- 8 **Other expenditure** 

|**Other expenditure**<br>**n Needs Trees**<br>**es to the Accounts**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Publicity and promo�on<br>Event costs<br>Other interest payable<br>Employee costs<br>Motor and travel costs<br>Premises costs<br>Amor�sa�on, deprecia�on,<br>impairment, proft/loss on<br>disposal of fxed assets<br>General administra�ve costs<br>Legal and professional costs|**Unrestricted**<br>**£**<br>188<br>57<br>36<br>37,044<br>732<br>2,186<br>(4,942)<br>4,292<br>667<br>40,260|**Restricted**<br>**£**<br>1,354<br>1,979<br>-<br>129,536<br>3,248<br>5,999<br>-<br>12,549<br>10,764<br>165,429|**Total**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>1,542<br>2,036<br>36<br>166,580<br>3,980<br>8,185<br>(4,942)<br>16,841<br>11,431<br>205,689|**Total**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>8,026<br>2,108<br>-<br>71,162<br>3,021<br>2,700<br>-<br>5,924<br>6,797|
|||||99,738|



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## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

## 9 **Trustee remunera�on and expenses** 

One of the trustees received remunera�on from the charity in the current year, J. Chew was paid a total of £1,100 to run forest school sessions at one of the sites owned by the charity. No trustees received remunera�on in the previous year. 

||||**Other**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Trustee**|**Remunera�on**|**Pension**|**benefts**|
|J. Chew|1,100|-|-|



One or more of the trustees has been paid expenses in the current or prior periods. 

|One or more of the trustees has been paid|expenses in the current or prior periods.||
|---|---|---|
||**2023**|**2022**|
||**Number**|**Number**|
|Number of trustees paid expenses|2|2|
|The nature of the reimbursed expenses|All expenses are either in respect of travel or reimbursal of||
||costs expensed on behalf of the charity.||
||**£**|**£**|
|Total expenses reimbursed to trustees|872|1,467|



## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

|**Avon Needs Trees**<br>**Notes to the Accounts**|||
|---|---|---|
|10 **Staf costs**<br>Salaries and wages<br>Social security costs<br>Pension costs|**2023**<br>153,229<br>4,031<br>3,120<br>160,380|**2022**<br>57,250<br>-<br>946|
|||58,196|



## No employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000. 

## The average monthly number of full �me equivalent employees during the year was as follows: 

|Opera�ons<br>The charity operates a defned contribu�on pension scheme.<br> **Tangible fxed assets**<br>**Cost or revalua�on**<br>At 1 July 2022<br>Addi�ons<br>Disposals<br>At 30 June 2023<br>**Net book values**<br>At 30 June 2023<br>At 30 June 2022|**2023**<br>**Number**<br>8<br>8|**£**<br>523,000<br>475,000<br>(25,930)<br>972,070<br>972,070<br>523,000|**2022**<br>**Number**<br>3|
|---|---|---|---|
||||3|
||||**£**<br>523,000<br>475,000<br>(25,930)|
||||972,070|
||||972,070|
||||523,000|



## 11 

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## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

|**Avon Needs Trees**<br>**Notes to the Accounts**|||
|---|---|---|
|12 **Debtors**<br>Other debtors<br>Prepayments and accrued income<br>13 **Creditors:**<br>amounts falling due within one year<br>Trade creditors<br>Other taxes and social security<br>Other creditors<br>Accruals|**2023**<br>**£**<br>-<br>207,256<br>207,256<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>3,247<br>6,174<br>965<br>2,542<br>12,928|**2022**<br>**£**<br>2,827<br>32,516|
|||35,343|
|||**2022**<br>**£**<br>6,841<br>2,935<br>569<br>1,440|
|||11,785|



## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

## 14 **Movement in funds** 

|14 **Movement in funds**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**At 1 July**<br>**2022**<br>307,515<br>29,049<br>44,001<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>380,565<br>264,313|**Incoming**<br>**resources**<br>**(including**<br>**other**<br>**gains/losses)**<br>**£**<br>-<br>2,141<br>22,211<br>475,000<br>153,716<br>52,968<br>706,037<br>59,153|**Resources**<br>**expended**<br>**£**|**Gross**<br>**transfers**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>10,450<br>3,219<br>13,669<br>12,261|**At 30 June**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>307,515<br>2,305<br>51,968<br>475,000<br>631<br>-|
|**Restricted funds:**<br>**Restricted income funds:**<br>Hazeland - purchase<br>Hazeland - opera�on and<br>infrastructure<br>Pudding Brook Wood (nee<br>Stanley Lane) - opera�on and<br>infrastructure<br>Great Avon Woods -<br>purchase<br>Great Avon Woods -<br>opera�on and infrastructure<br>Ed Woods - tree plan�ng<br>_Total_<br>**Unrestricted funds:**<br>**General funds**||||||
||||-|||
||||(28,885)|||
||||(14,244)|||
||||-|||
||||(163,536)|||
||||(56,187)|||
||||(262,852)<br>(43,502)|||
||||||837,419|
||||||292,225|
|||||||
|**Designated funds:**<br>General funds held in land<br>_Total_<br>**Total funds**|171,484<br>171,484<br>816,362|-<br>-<br>765,190|-<br>-<br>(306,354)|(25,930)<br>(25,930)<br>-|145,554|
||||||145,554|
|||||||
||||||1,275,198|



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## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

## 16 **Reconcilia�on of net debt** 

## Purposes and restric�ons in rela�on to the funds: 

Restricted funds: Hazeland - purchase To purchase the site known as Hazeland Hazeland - opera�on and To establish and maintain the woodland at Hazeland infrastructure Pudding Brook Wood (nee To purchase the site known as Stanley Lane Stanley Lane) - opera�on and infrastructure Great Avon Woods - To purchase the site known as Publow purchase Great Avon Woods - To establish and maintain the woodland at Publow opera�on and infrastructure Ed Woods - tree plan�ng To establish a woodland at the site known as Bodden Designated funds: General funds held in land To represent value of unrestricted funds used in land purchase 

## 15 **Analysis of net assets between funds** 

|**Analysis of net assets between funds**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Fixed assets<br>Net current assets|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>145,554<br>303,128<br>448,682|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>826,516<br>-<br>826,516|**Total**<br>**£**<br>972,070<br>303,128|
||||1,275,198|



|Cash and cash equivalents<br>Net debt|**At 1 July**<br>**2022**<br>**£**|**Cash fows**<br>**£**|**At 30 June**<br>**2023**<br>**£**|
|---|---|---|---|
||269,804|(161,004)|108,800|
||269,804<br>269,804|(161,004)<br>(161,004)|108,800|
||||108,800|
|||||
|17 **Commitments**<br>**_Operatng lease commitments_**<br>Annual commitments under non-cancellable opera�ng leases are as follows:<br>**2023**<br>**Land and buildings**<br>**£**<br>Opera�ng leases with expiry date:<br>**_Pension commitments_**<br>The pension cost charge to the company<br>amounted to:<br>Unpaid contribu�ons due to the fund are<br>included in other creditors and amounted to:|**2023**<br>**Other**<br>**£**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>3,120<br>965|**2022**<br>**Land and buildings**<br>**£**|**2022**<br>**Other**<br>**£**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>946|
||||569|



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## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Detailed Statement of Financial Ac�vi�es** 

## **for the year ended 30 June 2023** 

|**Income and endowments from:**<br>Dona�ons and legacies<br>Individual dona�ons<br>Corporate dona�ons<br>Grants<br>Charitable ac�vi�es<br>Establishment and maintenance of<br>woodland<br>Investments<br>Bank interest<br>**Total income and endowments**<br>**Expenditure on:**<br>Costs of genera�ng dona�ons and<br>legacies<br>Individual dona�ons<br>**Total of expenditure on raising**<br>**funds**<br>Charitable ac�vi�es|**Unrestricte**<br>**d funds**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>19,630<br>21,548<br>17,148<br>58,326<br>-<br>-<br>827<br>827<br>59,153<br>109<br>109<br>109|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>8,594<br>19,474<br>677,969<br>706,037<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>706,037<br>-<br>-<br>-|**Total funds**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>28,224<br>41,022<br>695,117<br>764,363<br>-<br>-<br>827<br>827<br>765,190<br>109<br>109<br>109|**Total funds**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>46,618<br>28,216<br>94,360|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||169,194|
|||||50,000|
|||||50,000|
|||||520|
|||||520|
|||||219,714<br>1,480|
|||||1,480|
|||||1,480|



## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Detailed Statement of Financial Ac�vi�es** 

|Establishment and maintenance of<br>woodland<br>Repair and conserva�on work<br>Governance costs<br>Independent examiner's fees -<br>current year<br>Independent examiner's fees -<br>underprovided in prior year<br>**Total of expenditure on charitable**<br>**ac�vi�es**<br>Other expenditure<br>Publicity and promo�on<br>Event costs<br>Other interest payable<br>Employee costs<br>Salaries/wages<br>Employer's NIC<br>Pension costs<br>Staf recruitment<br>Staf training<br>Temporary staf<br>Motor and travel costs<br>Travel and subsistence<br>Premises costs<br>Rent|1,333<br>-<br>1,333<br>1,800<br>-<br>1,800<br>3,133<br>188<br>57<br>36<br>281<br>39,704<br>(4,213)<br>954<br>544<br>55<br>-<br>37,044<br>732<br>732<br>2,186|94,576<br>2,847<br>97,423<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>97,423<br>1,354<br>1,979<br>-<br>3,333<br>113,525<br>8,244<br>2,166<br>1,501<br>-<br>4,100<br>129,536<br>3,248<br>3,248<br>5,999|95,909<br>2,847<br>98,756<br>1,800<br>-<br>1,800<br>100,556<br>1,542<br>2,036<br>36<br>3,614<br>153,229<br>4,031<br>3,120<br>2,045<br>55<br>4,100<br>166,580<br>3,980<br>3,980<br>8,185|63,718<br>2,347|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||66,065|
|||||1,440<br>840|
|||||2,280|
|||||68,345<br>8,026<br>2,108<br>-|
|||||10,134|
|||||57,250<br>-<br>946<br>175<br>266<br>12,525|
|||||71,162|
|||||3,021|
|||||3,021|
|||||2,700|



**Annual report - 2023** 

Avon Needs Trees 



## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Detailed Statement of Financial Ac�vi�es** 

|General administra�ve costs,<br>including deprecia�on and<br>amor�sa�on<br>Proft on disposal of tangible<br>fxed assets<br>Equipment expensed<br>General insurances<br>Postage and couriers<br>So�ware, IT support and related<br>costs<br>Sta�onery and prin�ng<br>Sundry expenses<br>Legal and professional costs<br>Audit/Independent examina�on<br>fees<br>Other legal and professional<br>costs<br>**Total of expenditure of other costs**<br>**Total expenditure**<br>Net gains on investments<br>**Net income**<br>Transfers between funds<br>**Net income before other**<br>**gains/(losses)**<br>Other Gains|2,186<br>(4,942)<br>(10)<br>1,247<br>36<br>1,081<br>173<br>1,765<br>(650)<br>240<br>427<br>667<br>40,260<br>43,502<br>-<br>15,651<br>(13,669)<br>1,982<br>-|5,999<br>-<br>12,370<br>179<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>12,549<br>-<br>10,764<br>10,764<br>165,429<br>262,852<br>-<br>443,185<br>13,669<br>456,854<br>-|8,185<br>(4,942)<br>12,360<br>1,426<br>36<br>1,081<br>173<br>1,765<br>11,899<br>240<br>11,191<br>11,431<br>205,689<br>306,354<br>-<br>458,836<br>-<br>458,836<br>-|2,700|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||-<br>2,848<br>700<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>2,376|
|||||5,924|
|||||-<br>6,797|
|||||6,797|
||||||
|||||99,738|
|||||169,563<br>-|
|||||50,151<br>-|
|||||50,151<br>-|



## **Avon Needs Trees** 

## **Detailed Statement of Financial Ac�vi�es** 

## **Net movement in funds** 

**Reconcilia�on of funds:** Total funds brought forward **Total funds carried forward** 

|1,982<br>435,797<br>437,779|456,854<br>380,565<br>837,419|458,836<br>816,362<br>1,275,198|50,151|
|---|---|---|---|
||||766,211|
||||816,362|



**Annual report - 2023** 

Avon Needs Trees 



## **Thank you to everyone who supported us** 



Avon Needs Trees is a registered charity in England and Wales. 


Registration number: 1184386 1-3 Gloucester road, Bristol, BS7 8AA 

Avon Needs Trees 

