## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 06/07/2020 Period start date To 31/03/2021 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Freely Fruity**
## **Charity registration number: 1190266**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To relieve poverty amongst individuals in food
poverty through growing fruit trees and edible
plants and distributingthem to food banks.|
|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|Purchase and propagation of fruit trees.
Acquisition of fruit plants and bushes.
Including all relevant material and tools
required to plant them into the community.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have followed guidance
issued by the charity commission on public
benefit. All of our projects directly and
indirectly benefit local communities.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|We do not currently make grants to other
charities.|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|We currently do not have any social
investment or program related investment.|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Our charity is wholly run by volunteers. No
financial or other compensation is provided
to volunteers. They help in projects freely
and are of incredible importance to our
values.|
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## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|In our first year we grew and provided 1.5
tonnes of organic produce to local
foodbanks and charitable organisations.
This provided vulnerable people with
access to fresh food that would otherwise
would not be possible.
We also planted 3 community orchards
(206 fruit trees) on public land; which will
provide local residents with free fruit for
many years to come.
We went in and planted fruit trees into 12
local schools. Training and demonstrations
were also provided to improve the
children’s knowledge.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|£9,411 in credit in accounts.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity sets a minimum of £5,000 to
ensure we are able to carry out our function
in the community for 1 year.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£5,000 included in figure above|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Freely Fruity currently relies on grants form
other organisations and donations from the
public.|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|N/A|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The principal risk facing the charity is
funding ceasing. We have recruited
additional volunteers to ensure this doesn’t
happen.|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||N/A|
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Full 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 the first charity trustees, every
trustee must be appointed [for a term of
[three] years] by a resolution passed at a
properly convened meeting of the charity
trustees.|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|The charity trustees will make available to
each new charity trustee, on or before his
or her first appointment:
(a) a copy of the current version of this
constitution; and
(b) a copy of the CIO’s latest Trustees’
Annual Report and statement of accounts.|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|N/A|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|N/A|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Freely Fruity|
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|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1190266|
|Charity’s principal address|4 Sindlesham Farm Cottages
Mill Lane
Wokingham
RG41 5DH|
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||Matthew Knight||||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name N/A**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
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## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**N/A**
## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|||
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||Ryan Simpson|Matthew James Knight|
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Chair|Trustee|
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**FREELY FRUITY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|**Total Funds**|
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||**Note**|Funds £|Funds £||
|**Incoming Resources**|||||
|**_Voluntary Income: donations and_**|||||
|**_Grants_**|||||
|Paypal||351||**351**|
|Go Fund Me|**1**|926||**926**|
|BGL GROUP GRANT||10,412||**10,412**|
|Gamma Telecom||400||**400**|
|The Foyle Foundation||3,000||**3,000**|
|Masonic society Winnersh||1,362||**1,362**|
|West Berkshire Crematorium||4,000||**4,000**|
|Persimon Homes||1,000||**1,000**|
|The neighbourly foundation||400||**400**|
|Local giving||468||**468**|
|**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES**||**22,319**|**0**|**22,319**|
|**RESOURCES EXPENDED**|||||
|**_Charitable Activities_**|||||
|Insurance||(208)|||
|Sheds||(335)|||
|Mechanical tools||(885)|||
|Safety Clothing||(226)|||
|Irrigation||(686)|||
|Electrical installation||(450)|||
|Tools & equipment||(3,564)|||
|Compost & fertiliser||(1,354)|||
|Poly tunnel||(4,000)|||
|Trailer||(1,200)|||
|**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**||**(12,908)**|**0**|**(12,908)**|
|**NET INCOME / EXPENDITURE**||**9,411**|**0**|**9,411**|
|**FUND BALANCE CARRIED**|||||
|**FORWARD AT 31 MARCH 2021**||**9,411**|**0**|**9,411**|
## NOTES:
1: Go Fund Me account set up prior to charity status being approved. Has since been closed and fund raising activities switched to PayPal Giving Fund