## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 06/04/2022 Period start date To 05/04/2023 Period end date** **Charity name: BARNWOOD N2** ## **Charity registration number: 1185051** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Our object is “to provide and maintain an
open space to be known as ‘Barnwood’ for
the benefit of the inhabitants of East
Finchley and Barnet and to be used as an
area for recreation and other leisure time
occupations, as a meeting area or place for
community events and for any other lawful
purpose and for the general benefit of the
community, in the interests of social
welfare, and with the object of improving
the condition of life of the said inhabitants.”| |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|Barnwood continued to open to the general
public on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays
– the remaining days are allocated to use
by “sheltered” groups and maintenance.
Wednesdays are devoted to groups from
Newstead – Barnet’s Social Services Child
and Families Support Unit, with a 0-6 year-
olds (+parents) group in the mornings and
a more formal Nursery group in the
afternoons.
The Harington Schemes continue to use
the site on Monday or Thursdays with
groups of up to 12 Interns learning life skills
and gardening/landscaping – this year saw
another 250 (donated) tree whips planted in
and around.
N2 MumsSpeak again held 4 sessions with
guest speakers in the open air.
Last years successful Over 55’s (now
known as The Silver Birches) project was
expanded this year with a 12 week
programme of craft/forest school activities
for TWO groups of 12 people (separate
report is available) This was such a
success that some of the combined groups
continue to meet on Tuesdays on a more
informal basis.
Public events included :-| |||May – as part of The City Nature Challenge
– a day of identifying bugs/birds and
flowers on site.
August – an open day showcasing arts+
crafts from the Silver Birchers –
music,cooking and children’s activities –
this was organised and hosted by the Silver
Birches Group !
October – Saw our now famous
Halloween/Samhain celebrations with
spooky crafts and fresh Pumpkin Soup
cooked outdoors.
February – Saw a very well attended event
to celebrate Tu Bishvat where we planted
an avenue of Rowan trees and shared food
and Jewish culture.
We continue to build our reputation as a
friendly, welcoming and safe space for
groups as well as individuals to spend time
in natural surroundings. The continued
cooperation with other local service
providers helps!| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Charity Trustees confirm that they
have complied with their duty to have due
regard to the guidance on public benefit
published by the Charity Commission in
exercising their powers or duties.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
Para 1.38
Policy on social investment
including program related
investment
Para 1.38
Contribution made by
volunteers
Other
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**Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Local people now feel a sense of
ownership and belonging which has been a
great boost to their mental and physical
wellbeing. There are lots of individual
cases where we can really see the change
in people’s confidence and self esteem as
a result of their interaction.
We must not forget the improvement to the
Environment itself and the wildlife in and
around the site.
We cooperate with several London/national
organisations which has two way benefits
for nature and our visitors.
It must be noted that there is another
positive...there have been NO incidences
of vandalism or antisocial behaviour so far
observed.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|In our last financial year (2022/23) ending 5
April 2023, Barnwood N2 received
donations of £539 from individuals and
groups, which was our core income for the
year. We obtained no grants for new
initiatives and focused on implementing our
Silver Birch project, for which we received
funding from the Barnet Council at the end
of the previous financial year (2021/22).
Our total income in the last financial year
was £559.
Barnwood N2's expenditure paid out of
unrestricted funds in the last financial year
stood at £1,078, with payments made
primarily to organise community events,
renew the insurance policy and maintain
our forest garden so that it continued to be
safe for everyone to use. From a restricted
fund, dedicated to the Silver Birch project,
£6,760 was spent, which brought our total
payments in 2022/23 to £7,838.
At year end, we registered a balance of
£13,032 in the Barnwood N2 bank account,
of which £10,145 was unrestricted funds
and £2,887 was restricted to the ongoing
Silver Birch project.
It is our policy that unrestricted funds not
designated for a specific use should be
maintained at a level which will ensure that
in the event of a drop in funding the Charity
will be able to continue its activities.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|No reserves currently held and reserves
policy will be reviewed in the next financial
year.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|None.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|No creditors / regular financial
commitments in case we fold.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None.| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|None.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.47 |Investment policy and|| |---|---| |objectives including any|| |social investment policy|Para 1.46| |adopted|| |A description of the principal|| |risks facing the charity|Para 1.46| |Other|| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Apart from first charity trustees, every
trustee must be appointed for a term of 3
years by a resolution passed at an
appropriate convened meeting of the
charity trustees.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
p-arties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|BARNWOOD N2| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|BARNWOOD| |Registered charity number|1185051| |Charity’s principal address|c/o D. BEAMISH
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||LEO SMITH|CHAIR|WHOLE|| ||DINAH BEAMISH|SECRETARY|WHOLE|| ||ELIZABETH
JAMES|TREASURER|WHOLE|| ||AVRA PLOUMI –
ARCHER||WHOLE|| ||ALISON MOORE||WHOLE|| ||NATAN LEVY||WHOLE|| ||RACHEL ELTON||Until 04.04.2022|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **None.** ## **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)** LEO STANLEY SMITH **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** CHAIR **Date** 28/03/2024 |**Barnwood N2**|||**1185051**|| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|06-Apr-22|**To**|05-Apr-23|| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Grants and Donations|**539**||**-**||**-**||**539**||**414**| |Silver Birches|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**9,740**| |Other|**20**||**-**||**-**||**20**||**8**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**559**||**-**||**-**||**559**||**10,162**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**10,162**| ||||||||||| |CommunityEvents|**418**||||||||**257**| |Website/Publicity|**12**||||||||**40**| |Printing/Stationery/Postage|**13**||||||||**45**| |Training|**30**||||||||**10**| |Insurance|**323**||||||||**361**| |Equipment|**32**||||||||**296**| |Bank Charges|**72**||||||||**97**| |Silver Birches|**-**||||||||**93**| |Maintenance|**178**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**1,078**||||||||**1,199**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**1,199**| ||||||||||| ||**- 519**||||||||**8,963**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**10,664**||||||||| ||**10,145**||||||||**8,963**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 28/02/2024 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**10,145**
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**-**
**10,145**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**2,887**
**-**
**-**
**2,887**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||OK| ||||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**Current value**
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**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due**
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