Annual Report to the Charities Commission YEAR ENDING 31" MARCH 2025 PEARCE COGGAN Company Reg No: 09341479 Charities Reg No: 1189417 THE PEARCE COGGAN FOUNDATION TRUSTEE DIREoR5. REPORT AND UNAUDrrED FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 The Pearce Coggan Foundatlon l Green Farm. Churth Lane. Shadoxhurst. Kent TN26 ILS
THE PEARCE COGGAN FOUNDATION la company Ilmited by guardntee) LEGAL AND ADMINlSfRATIVE INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 315[ MARCH 2025 The Pearce Co8gan Foundation is a charltable company. Ilmited by guarantee, incorporated on 4 December 2014, and registered as a charity on 11 May 2020. The company was established under a Memorandum of A£sociation which estsblished the objects and powers of the charitable company and is govemed under its Article5 of Asgxiation. In the event of the company being wound up members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £10 The trustees when complete consist of at least 3 persons. The is not a maximum number of trustees, and the trustees may at any time appoint a trustee to fill a vacancy or as an additional trustee who 15 eligible and pemiitted to do so. The Chairperson shall seNe for a temi of 3 years and may be reappointed for successive 3-year temis {Current Mr R Crowley). Trustee Direttors Robert Crowley (Chairman) Martin Richmond-coggan MaryAnn Richmond-coggan Rebetta Lee Registered Office Green Fann Church Lane Shadoxhurst Kent TN26 ILS Company Re8. No. 09341479 Charitles Reg. No 1189417 Bankers HSBC 39 High Street Ashford Kent TN24 8TG
THE PEARCE COGGAN FOUNDAMON la company limited by guarantee) TRUSTEE DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31- MARCH 2025 The compary was fOrnd in December 2014 and was registered as a charity with the CharFty Commission on 11 May 2020. The company is constituted under a Memorandum and Articles of Association and is limited by guarantee. It VRS formed with two purposes: to promote for the benefft of the inhabitants of London and the sOUth*ast of England by providing an area for use as a community garden and other activrties and facilities for CreatIOn or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their yOLrth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the Interests of Social welfare and with the object of improving the condltk)n of life of the said inhabitants. to promote ft)r the benefft of the public the conservationi protertion and improvement of the physical and natural environment of the ancient woodlands and Wealden meadow5 around Shadoxhursr by en8a8in8 with organisations. such as wildlife and conservation charities on landscape scale conservation. We help and Inspi people who mi8ht otherwise find it dFfficult to do 50 to get outside, get active and connect with nature. We also work to conserve and enhance the local meadows and ancient woodland. All our activities are built on four priorities- o Getting outdoors. Getting active. o Getting to know where your food comes from. Getting in touch with nature. WÈ do this through several actNities includin8: Outdoor Family Camping o Attivf(ies around the Wildlife Community Garden Our Ecokids program o Supporting vulnerable volunteers Working with other local charities and not-for-profft organisations These actNlties and the development of supporting infrastructure are funded from donations from the owners of Green Farm and other member5 of the public. local fund-raising attivities and grants from other charitable or8anisations. It is the trustees. objectNe that a significant proportion of the operational fundin8 requirements will be met by donating the surplus from the commercial activities at Green Fèrm. The Pearce CoEgan Foundation 15 located at Green Fann in Shadoxhurst. The company has a lease agreÈment with tho Owne of Green Fami to lease the land used by the tomp&ny for the Wildlif Community Garden for a peppercorn. The agreement also allows the company to use any other parts of Green Farm to deliver its charitsble purpose free of charge. We revtew our aims. objectives, and activities each year. This review looks ot what we have achieved and the outcomes of our work in the 12 months to 31 March 2025. We have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Coinmission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aim and objettives in planning our future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned a¢tNitie5 will contribute to the aims and objectives they set out.
THE PEARCE COGGAN FOUNDAMON la company limited by guarantee) BUSINESS REVIEW AND FUTURE PROSPECTS 2024-25 was a year of significant change. In particukr. we stsrted a relationship with Dandelion rime. a Maidstone based charity Icc#: 11366131- Dandelion Time IDTI is a nature-based charity that grves early support to children who've suffered from trdumatic experiences such as domestic abuse and neglect. We help them overcome their emotional and behavioural issues to build self*steem and confidence. and cope better at home. at school and in Itfe. DT'S purrk)se is tightly aligned with our charttabie objectives. During the year. DT therapists have been running sessions at Green Farm on Wednesdays. using the Potting shed in the Community Garden, the space in the woodland at Fairyland and meeting the farni animals around the farm. We are plannin8 to build a 60 sq. metre Community Room durin8 2025-26whKh will be used by DT three days a weeL significantly increasing the impatt that can be achieved throuEh, what will become, their Ashford base. DT will rent this space on a part-time basis from PCF. Outdoor Camplng Our Outdoor Fami Comping programme uses our relationship the Outdoor People based in Hackney to dellver 5-day weeks forfamily camping in Fairyland, the woodland at Green Fami. These camps are expensive to set up and run with each week costing nearly £io.orxi. This includes the costs associated with recruiting tsmilies into the program, mini-bus hire, travel for the less well- off families, food for the week etc. Unable to get grants. this year. we decided that PCF should fund the majortty of the program and we ran a week at the end of May 2024. Community Garden The Wildlife Community Vegetable Garden is a key resource ofthe Pearce Coggan Foundation and a core aspect of our work. We provide educational experiences and work placements for local children and offer volunteering opportunities for people who are seeking to manage mental health issues. reduce stress or spend more tlme outdoor5. The garden was created in 2015 from a 0.24 hectare10.6 acres) rough piece of familand. leased o peppercorn rent from Green Fann. It was initialFy cleared by the fam's pigs and has been developed wlth wildlife in mind; we never use chemicals on land. During the year, Shelly Woodcock was the Garden Manager, working with our new part-time gardener, Nerys. Shelly has brought a dIffent dynamic to the garden and instigated a full .ntrdr policy. This fits perfectly with the PCF and Gen Fam philosophies of "working in hanOnY wtth nattjre" Every time a spade or fork turns over the soil. it is harniing the soil in 3 ways: it exposes precious carbon to the air which Oxidises and 8ocs off as carbon dioxide- wt exposes arTrd lose¥ molsture, and it disrupts the biology, breaking up fungal webs. hanning barteria and cuttin8 up womis. Not diggin8 makes a significant contribution to soil health and carbon sequestration. The Marlise Meuter greenhouse. which was bought with a number of donation5 in 2023, has proven its worth, not only as a Spa for growing but also a 8reat locatv)n for the weekly pop-up in inclement weather. We have been fortunate enough to build a strong relationshlp wwth a Iordl Community Servlce tearn who, for Several years, have brough a Small group on payback 10 the garden each week. Tnls h35 been a v31uable resource fr)r the garden and is direct in line with our charitsble purpose.
ThE P&4RCE COGGAN FOUNDATION la company limited by guarantee) Through0 the year our staff and volunteers help us to grow a range of produce, which we sell to Green Farm Spa & Retreats and, for donation5. at a weekty pop-up shop to rdise much-needed funds. Produce and the popup shop donations together raised £3,812 during the year IFY23.. £2.825). Our ability to provide volunteerin8 Opportunities 15 important to us and we have a few volunteer5 who come regularly. WWOOFers (World-wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) who stay at fjen Farm and volunteer both on the fam and in the8arden, and ofcourse the regular Community Service. During the year, we have had the following volunteer artivity in the garden.- Volunteer people-days: 267 (Ff24: 2301. delrrfering 1,169 volunteer hours IFY24: 1.0321 School Vlslts Visits by year groups from local primary schools is becoming a focus for us with the pupils spending their time out on the farm and in the garden. In the garden. they learn about edible plants, propagation and pollination, fftting in with their curriculum. In FY25. we had three visits from local primary schools totalling 50 pupils. This is a program that we are developing. Pop up Stall I Coffee The company started a weekly veEetable stall in May 2020 to encourage visitors to come to the Community Garden. Run entirely by volunteers. this has become a regular weekly event for the local community aTbd has buiFt up a small but commttted visitor base who enjoy coffee and cake and a chat. The donations gwen each week are useful sourcè of additional income. We continue to average between 8 and 12 visitor5 each week, sometimes more. This 15 an important weekly socialising activrty for those who do come. The popup currendy meets in the Marlise Meuter greenhouse which limits our ability to grow the event and does provide Some constraints on our ability to Use it for its proper purpose- growing plants. This event will move into the new Community Room durin8 FY26, which will provide a much better home. ECOKids Aut¥Jmn 2022 saw the stsrt of our new ECOKid5 progrnm with Jenny Ramsay leading regular weekly nature-focused actNities for pre-school children during tem times. The participants. with their mother5/carers Spend about 2 hours at Green Farm. in the Community Garden and in Fairyland with a dIffefit nature theme each week, dirertly fitting our objectives of getting kids outdoors and in touth with nature. During FY25, over the five 5-week temis, we had a total of 43 children participating {FY24= 381. We also run extra events in school half-temis that can include slightly older childn. During FY25 we ran two of these events IFY24:51 with a totsl of 34 child participants IFY24.' 531. The proceeds from running these events go to Jenny- PCF is willin8 to fund free or discounted places to low-income families. Famlty Events We opened the garden during the year to two. large family events: an Easter-Egg Trail in April and a Teddy-Bear< Picnic in July. Both events were free of charge, and each brought well over 150 visitor families to the garden. The Easter Eggs and the Teddy Bears We hidden around the garden and In Fairyland, encourasins vi)itors to be walking in nature.
THE PEARCE COGGAN FOUNDATION la company limlted by guarantee) Conservation While most of PCF artivities have been focused on the first of our chaiitabfe purposes. helping and inspiring people who might otheThvise find it difficult to do so to Bet outside. get attive and connect with nature. we are wn5CiOU5 that we have a second Purpose which can be pardphrnsed as working in CollaratIon with others to improve biodNersity on a landscape scale. Green Farm has been c105ety involved with Kent Wildlife Trust (Kwf) forover 15 year5 including commissioning a SUTvey of the blodiversity of all the meadows, swn50ring an appntICe and the creation of an annual nature calendar forthe Aslrford Meadows Project that included Green Farm. created an Upper Beult Farn)er Cluster in 2019. The largest tributsry of the Upper Beult run5 at the bottom of Fairyland and Green FarmlPCF trne inaugural members. Since then, we have been workin8 Wlth the cluster on various biodiversity projects includin8 improving habttats for Nightingales & Turtle Doves. In 2021. Southeast Rivers Trust (SERT) came to us with a project forthe improvement of the water quality in the Beult. The Beult is the only clay valley rlver in Kent and is a designated SSSI (Site of special Scientific Interestl from Marden, 7 miles downstream from Green Fami to its junction wlth the Medway. The work will include naturtrbased solutions to flood the bottom of Fairyland, includirE Leaky-woody Dams. blocking the strearn itself and digging scrapes to hold water. This work will be done in 2015 and will provide an intorne strearn for PCF. Future Prospert5 The owners of Green Farm are committed to funding the company to the extent necessary so that it can carry out its purwses without having to rety on grants to meet its operational expenses. The chartty will seek grants to support the fvnding of capitsl infrastructure projects. As the commercial acrivtfies at Green Farm become profitsble, these will generate the funds required: in the meantime, any shortfall is BNen as private donations by the owners of Green Fann. The Trustees are cOnfent that this fvnding model is sustainable. We have declded that we wll convert an existing store into the . metre Cnmmunity Room that we have been planning. This is instead of building a new buildinB for which we have achieved plannin8 consent. Dandelion fime will rent the facilty 3 days a week and they will give PCF £15.IXX) advanced rent to help fund the build. This room will proVe an exciting new faciltty for both charities, 8iving a warm. dry space for School visits, the Week pop-up coffee shop and for Dandelion rime to deliver their counselling sessions. This 11 provide a significant revenue stream for PCF once the DT advance has been wound down. The 8eult resilience project will be constructed durin8 2025, deepening our relationship with and SERT and providing an excitin8 new habitat for wetland flora and fauna, and a 5-year revenue stre8m for PCF.
THE PEARCE COGGAN FOUNDATION la company limited by guarantee) FINANCIAL REVIEW General The Trustee Directors are responsible for preparirE the Trustee Directors. port and the financial statements in accordan with applicable law and United Kingdom Accountine standards Iunited Kingdom Generalty Accepted Accounting Practice). Company law requires the directors to ppare financial ststements for each financial yèar. Under company law the Trustee Directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fairvEw of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements the Trustee Directors are required to: select suitable accounting policies and then applythem consistently; observe the methods and principles in the CharTties SORP- make judgements and accounting estimates that a reasonable and prudent,- and prepare the financial statements on the goin8 cofirn basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in operation. The Trustee Dirthrs are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with asonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial ststements comply wtth the Company's Act 2LI)6. They are ako respxjnsible for safe8uarding the assets ofthe company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. In preparing this report the Trustee Directors have taken advantage of the small companies. exemptions provided by seaion 41SA of the Companies Act 2CKJ6. Thi% port was approved by the Directors on 11 November 2025 and signed on their behalf bv= Mr M Richmond-coggan Trustee Director
THE PEARCE COGGAN FOUNDATION la company limited ty guarantee) Income Statement for the year to 31st Marth 2025 Iame PITr Irmne Produce sales Pop-up Shop Donatlons PCF Donation Income - M&M PCF Dollatlon Incorne - O)rpowates PCF Donaiion lThcome - Other PCF Progrd m Income SouthernWaterlSERT Gift Aid Re1% Gra nts recel¥td Trtal InrThne L249L 15631X) £ 120.QJ £ Q470.(K) £ L16S.39 £ 7.520.32 £ LIIO.53 £ 48224 £ 2.[.( É 7.l) Z(65. 26,WO.( 3.928.16 960. 7.391.25 DI rett Costs staff Costs Omlce Costs Bank Interest Paid Bank Fees Audlt & AccountsnLvfees Insuran AdrtlslnA & OrketIn General Expenses Entertalnment Legal Expertse$ maintenan &RepaiF5 T(tsl Exwses 8.8TI.16 £ 35.14859 £ 34.00 £ 73.45 £ 737 £ I50.) £ 6527 f 33.IXI £ 44 £ 14625 £ 3658 £ 180.00 £ +¥795ts7 £ 1.443.26 36,432.tt1 37.84 69.66 IL64 161.38 42.(Kl 18.60 3.r7.17 4L283S5 Su Al É Depreciatlon Ewen5e Yrtal Extrxxdmry Exp* 6.137.81 E U7Si £ 7.485.13 7AB&13 e NetAssets Notes to the Income Statement l. Personal donations to the comparry totalled £25.848 IFY24.' £30.728). £22.120 {FY24: £26.8001 was donated by the owners of Green Farm.
THE PEARCE COGGAN FOUNDATION (a tompany limited by guarantee) Balance Sheet at 31" Marth 2024 PCF. FY2024 Hmed P4sets Tarbgible Assets Trtal FlxedAsseL% 41824.87 £ 47,923.Cg 4123[19 Cash at bank and in hand 476.69 £ 476ffj9 É 150.72 IYJ.72 Accounts Paya ble Accruals PAYE & NIC Pavable Pensions Corttrol ECC*ids holding account Total Cyetht. arnrmmtsfalllry oneyear 6317.52 f n5.(WJ 87&01 £ .08 £ 140.(M) £ 8WAI 4 47.50 L62625 781.41 117.21 30350 376.63 Net Cuwrert Assets abllft 792 £ 527.35 Totsl Assets less llErt Liailitle5 50A4 Crethtor5'. amrAuts fall" afterm(¥ethan DireLtors Loa ns 42.ts7.79 £ 7.79 £ $4,778.88 Net Assets Ca "tsl aThl Reserves Curont Year surplus Retained Surplus Total CapSts1 Resetrves L252.40 -£ 6.328.44 £ 6.864.27 535.83 Notes to the Balance Sheet l. Accounts payable included £6.737 due to Outdoor People as our contribution to the 2024 camping program 2. Creditors falling due after MO than one year represents interest free long-term loan5 made by the owners of Green Farm to fund the company Sin it started in December 2014 until it achieved charitable status in May 2020 plus recent support beyond their Gift Aid limits.
THE PEARCE COGGAN FOUNDATION la company limited by guarantee) io INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEE DIRECTORS I F)ort on the financial ststements of the company for the year ended 31 March 2023 which are set out above. Respeetivo respon$ibilities of the Trustee Dlrector5 and Ern[ner The Trustees who are also the dirertors of the company for the purKM)se5 of company law, are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements. The Trustee Directors consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144121 of the Charities Att 2011 (the Act and Part 16 of the Companie5 Act 2006 and that an independent examination is needed. Having satisfied myself that the company is not subject to audtt under charity or company13w and is ellglble for independent examination. r( is my responsibility to- examlne the financial ststements under section 145 of the Att; follow the procedures laid down in the general Direction5 given by the Chartty Commlssion under section 14515llbl of the Art: and State whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basls of Independent examinerfs report My examination was carried out in accordance wtth the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination include5 a review of the accounting records kept by the company and comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes wnsideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial Statements and seeking explanations from you as the Trustee Dirertors CanrnIng any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no oplnion is 8Nen as to whether the financial statements present a 'true and fair viev and the report Is limtted to those matter5 set out in the statement below. Independent examlner's statement I have completed my Èxamination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention In connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that, in any material respect: the accounting record5 were not kept soundly {as Vuld be required in accordan with sertion 130 of the Charities Artl- or thè accounts did not accord wfch the accounting records. I have no wncerns and ht wme air053 no other mouer5 In connectlortr wlth the examination to --which attention shoutdWrawn.iA th1vepol-tOeFhib1e a•roper understanding of thf" accounts to be reached. Signed: A PA Business SeThkes 7 Tlxjmlea Shford. ( TN23 3JX Tel.. 01£iJ fA5483 Dated-