## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/04/2023 Period start date To 31/03/2024 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 distributing them 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|We planted 4 additional community
orchards (150 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 6
additional local schools. Training and
demonstrations were also provided to
improve the children’s knowledge.
Constructed 4 community gardens to assist
residents in growing sustainable food their
communities.|
**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**|
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## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|£6,070 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.|
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## **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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||Ryan Simpson||||
||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)**
|**Type of**
**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 CIO**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCORPORATING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
||**Unrestricted £**|**Restricted £**|**Total Funds £**|
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|**BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD 31 MARCH 2023**|||**14,493.14**|
|**INCOMING RESOURCES (Donations & Grants)**||||
|Amazon Europe Cor|73.48||73.48|
|Berkshire Community Foundation Grant|1,000.00||1,000.00|
|Better LTD SW F Better Points|76.76||76.76|
|Charities Aid Foundation Grant|150.00||150.00|
|Reading Lottery Ticket Sales|95.50||95.50|
|Interest Acrued On Capital|68.08||68.08|
|Local Giving Grant|1,147.61||1,147.61|
|Charity Trust grants|4,058.24||4,058.24|
|Postcode Society T Society Trust|7,940.00||7,940.00|
|Crowd Funder Grant|115.83||115.83|
|Easy Fundraisng|24.04||24.04|
|Shinfield Baptist Church Donation|513.50||513.50|
|Winnersh Parish Council Donation|150.00||150.00|
|2Heads Design Donation|4,153.00||4,153.00|
|**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES**|**19,566.04**||**19,566.04**|
|**RESOURCES EXPENDED (Charitable Activities)**||||
|Charity Account Fees|16.50||16.50|
|Insurance (ECCLESIASTICAL)|268.01||268.01|
|Fruit Trees From Frank P Matthews|1,498.05||1,498.05|
|Cattle Fence and Site Prep|9,474.00||9,474.00|
|Local Giving Fees|180.00||180.00|
|Shipping Containers (Storage)|5,040.00||5,040.00|
|Promotional materials|390.00||390.00|
|British Hardwood Tree Nursery|1,956.02||1,956.02|
|Timber, Tools, Sheds and consumables|5,604.76||5,604.76|
|Legal fees (Blandy & Blandy)|3,561.87||3,561.87|
|**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**|**27,989.21**||**27,989.21**|
|**NET INCOME / EXPENDITURE**|**(8,423.17)**||**(8,423.17)**|
|**BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD 31 MARCH 2024**|**6,069.97**||**6,069.97**|