## **Annual Report – Covering Period 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024** 

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 extremely limited with no new planting. This has been due to a shortage of volunteers and trustees time. 

Due to lack of time and resources it has been decided to close the charity before the end of calendar year 2025. This will be done after autumn bulb planting for which we will use our remaining funds. 

## **Achievements** 

Nothing notable this year though our previous  work still enhances the gardens. 

## **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. 

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees. 


Eldon Square Gardens Community Group: Registered Charity No. 1187238 



Michael Robert Turner: Secretary 


Richard Charles Parkinson: Treasurer 

Dated: 11/10/2025 

Eldon Square Gardens Community Group: Registered Charity No. 1187238 



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|Signed by one or two trustees on behalf<br>of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||
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## Date of approval 

11/10/2025 

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