Annual Report – Covering Period 01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021
Charity address: 7 Eldon St, Reading, RG1 4EA Charity Type: Charitable Incorporated Organisation Charity Number: 1187238
Trustees:
Nichola Jeanne Ebbern Chair Richard Charles Parkinson Treasurer Daisy Coates Michael Robert Turner Secretary Jonathan Bartlett Sim
Charity Structure and Governance
Our small charity is run by five trustees who manage all aspects of our charitable purpose from design and planning of the gardens, organising volunteer events to clear and plant the gardens and fundraising.
Should we need to recruit additional trustees, these would be from the local community. We would determine the particular skill set we require, advertise the position through our social media platforms requesting CVs to be submitted. Where we had multiple suitable candidates, we would undertake a formal interview process to select the individual most suited to our skills gap and charitable aims.
Charity Objectives
For the public benefit the conservation, preservation protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment, in particular through the maintenance of the King George V Memorial Gardens (also known as (Eldon Square Community Gardens) located within the Eldon Square Conservation Area, Reading with the aim of enhancing the history and heritage of the designed landscape of Eldon Square, raising awareness of its local and national importance, promoting biodiversity within the gardens and conserving the gardens as a place for exercise, recreation and leisure for the benefit of the local community and visitors.
Eldon Square Gardens Community Group: Registered Charity No. 1187238
Activities for the year
Our activities this year have been limited to general maintenance with little new planting. This has been due to a shortage of volunteers and trustees time. Planting was done using donated plants so no cost to the charity
Unfortunately we suffered some vandalism and some plants were destroyed along with one of the cherry trees planted we had previously planted.
We again completed the spring bird watch to enable us to track the bird life in the garden year on year and saw some increased activity.
Achievements
As a result of our activities, we had flower beds and enhanced borders which provided colour and habitat for local wildlife two from early spring through to late summer.
We have had more positive feedback about this achievement from the local users of the gardens which has included that the space is brighter, more accessible, and colourful. We now need to try and build on this,
Financial Review
No funds have been raised in this financial year as no new planting costs were incurred and the charity had the tools necessary to perform the required maintenance.
The charity has not yet had the option of building reserves. As the position changes it is our intention to build a reserve that would enable planting and maintenance to be maintained for a period of 6 months and will also allow us to build towards long term plans, for example providing additional seating and setting aside an area as a sensory garden.
The reserve will also be beneficial when applying for grants that require match funding.
Declaration
The trustees declare that have approved the trustees’ report above.
Eldon Square Gardens Community Group: Registered Charity No. 1187238
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees.
Michael Robert Turner: Secretary
Richard Charles Parkinson: Treasurer
Dated: 30/10/2024
Eldon Square Gardens Community Group: Registered Charity No. 1187238
| Eldon Square Gardens Community Group | Eldon Square Gardens Community Group | Eldon Square Gardens Community Group | 1187238 | |||||
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | ||||||||
| For the period from |
Period start date | To | Period end date | |||||
| 01/01/2023 | 31/12/2023 | |||||||
| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds | Endowment funds |
Total funds | |||||
| to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | |||||
| A1 Receipts | ||||||||
| 24-04-2023 Amazon Giving | 5 | - | - | 5 | ||||
| 19-05-2023 Amazon Giving | 13 | - | - | 13 | ||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| Sub total_(Gross income for AR) _ | 19 |
- | - | 19 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - | |||||
| - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - | |||||
| Sub total | - 0 |
- 0 | - 0 | - | ||||
| **Total receipts ** | 19 |
- 0 | - 0 | 19 | ||||
| A3 Payments | ||||||||
| 09/03/2023. Zurich Insurance | 249 | - | - | 249 | ||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
| **Sub total ** | 249 |
- | - | 249 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases,(see table) |
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| - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - | |||||
| - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - | |||||
| **Sub total ** | - 0 |
- 0 | - 0 | - | ||||
| **Totalpayments ** | 249 |
- 0 | - 0 | 249 | ||||
| **Net of receipts/(payments) ** | - 230 |
- | - | - 230 |
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| A5 Transfers between funds | - 0 | - | - | - | ||||
| A6 Cash funds lastyear end | - 0 | - | - | - | ||||
| **Cash funds thisyear end ** | - 230 |
- | - | - 230 |
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | ||||||||
| Categories | Details | Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds | |||||
| to nearest £ | to nearest £ | |||||||
| B1 Cash funds | 362 | - | ||||||
| - | - |
CCXX R accounts (SS)1
29/10/2024
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| Total cash funds | 362 | - | ||||||
| (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) | Agreement Error | |||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds | |||||||
| Details | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | ||||||
| B2 Other monetary assets | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | |||||||
| - | - | |||||||
| - | - | |||||||
| - | - | |||||||
| - | - | |||||||
| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | ||||||
| B3 Investment assets | - | |||||||
| - | ||||||||
| - | ||||||||
| - | ||||||||
| - | ||||||||
| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | ||||||
| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
Rotavator | Unrestricted funds | - | |||||
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| Details | Fund to which liability relates |
Amount due (optional) |
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| B5 Liabilities | - | |||||||
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Print Name | ||||||
| Richard Charles Parkinson | ||||||||
CCXX R accounts (SS)2
29/10/2024
2
CC16a
Last year to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - 0 - 0 - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - 0 - - - - Endowment funds to nearest £ - -
CCXX R accounts (SS)3
29/10/2024
3
- OK Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional)
Date of approval
31/10/2024
CCXX R accounts (SS)4
29/10/2024
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