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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Archbishop’s Park Community Trust Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1191222 Charity's principal address 204
Lambeth Road London Postcode SE1 7JY
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Helen Lees | (Chair) | |||
| Tim Hollins | ||||
| Charles Lew-Gor | ||||
| David Tootill | ||||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted
Constitution
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Trustee selection methods
Appointed by trustees
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Additional governance issues (Optional information)
New trustees are inducted face to face by the Chair, the manager of the You may choose to include Charity and other trustees. They cover the history of the trust, practical additional information, where operational issues, policies, recent activities and achievements plus future relevant, about: activities and challenges. Meetings are organised three times a year plus • policies and procedures many informal sessions which deal with practical issues. The main adopted for the induction and challenge was the start of organisation’s move to a new site within the park and working with the local authority Lambeth and Guy’s and St training of trustees; Thomas’s Foundation regarding the lease arrangements. This was new • the charity’s organisational the charity’s organisational work for the charity and demands on our time were great.
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the charity’s organisational the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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The Charity continued to work with many local organisations including the Coin Street Family Centre, Roots and Shoots (Horticultural College for special needs), the London Borough of Lambeth, plus corporate entities re seeking volunteering opportunities.
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of The trust hasn’t faced many major risks, but during the year we have dealt major risks and the system with the initial practicalities of moving site and lease negotiation with the and procedures to manage local authority. Being a small organisation, such issues are dealt with them. practical “hands on” application using trustee expertise and external (pro bono) legal support.
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Section C Objectives and activities
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Promote for the benefit of the public the conservation protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of Archbishop’s Park.
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Advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment in Archbishop’s Park
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
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Promote social inclusion for the public benefit by working with people in North Lambeth who are socially excluded on the grounds of unemployment; financial hardship; youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental); substance abuse or dependency including alcohol and drugs; homelessness, or discrimination.
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To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of Archbishop’s Park.
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Delivered 46 gardening club sessions supporting local residents and vulnerable adults.
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Gardening club members had the opportunity to attend 3 x external training sessions and garden visits.
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2 x tailored work experience sessions were run for students from Roots and Shoots (horticultural college for young people with Special Educational Needs).
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
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6 x gardening sessions were run for corporate groups.
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4 x workshops were run in partnership with other organisations (including Lambeth Carers’ Hub and Wise Ram Theatre).
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8 sessions were run in collaboration with Coin Street neighbourhood Centre for over 65s.
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Nearly 200 volunteer hours were put into clearing an overgrown, abandoned area of land and turning it into a community food growing area.
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100s of bulbs and perennials were planted to improve forage for pollinators. Several areas of native hedgerow were planted and a number of habitats (eg, bug hotels) were created and improved. Roughly 800 square metres worth of space was improved overall.
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Awarded 16[th] Green Flag and London in Bloom (Gold).
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Overall, volunteers put in approx 1000 hours of time.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
We continued to rely heavily on volunteers which included those attending our weekly gardening club plus others working for corporate organisations, statutory and other voluntary organisations. It’s a mutual exchange whereby they support the infrastructure of the park by participating in basic activities such as weeding, pruning, planting and painting to more involved activities such as building hazel hurdles, creating bug hotels, pond clearance and constructing raised beds for food growing.
The volunteering relationship was mutual, allowing gain for both parties. With the Conservaation Volunteers we built a “dead hedge” to encourage wildlife and in July ran a practical session with the horticultural students from Roots and Shoots so they could develop their experience outside college which supported their advancement into work. Volunteers from the Lambeth Carers’ Hub enjoyed a break from their responsibilities by undertaking some gardening activities to support one of our gardens.
Many corporate groups provided help for completing the more physical projects such as planting up gardens which can be physically demanding for more vulnerable adults. Many also offered a financial contribution which allowed us to purchase items which cannot easily be funded by grants.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
We continued to promote social inclusion by bringing people together through a common interest in gardening. We worked mostly with people from Lambeth and Southwark, and we have conducted ongoing outreach to ensure that we reach into these diverse communities. Our referral data indicated that 56% of our group members are BAME, 46% live with a long-term disability and 29% are LGBTQ+. The majority of our group members live alone, and appreciated the opportunity to socialise with others from the local community. We have also run tailored sessions with particular groups – for example, work experience sessions for students from Roots & Shoots Horticultural College (supporting young people with Special Educational Needs). Approximately 1000 hours of volunteer time has gone into ensuring we continued to improve the park environment for everyone. We have planted hundreds of perennials and bulbs, ensured spaces remained attractive and wildlife-friendly all year round. We have created a number of new habitats, including bug hotels. Over 200 volunteer hours alone have gone into clearing an abandoned area of land and turned it into a community food growing space. This has involved clearing tonnes of brambles, building raised beds, sowing vegetables and digging a pond. We have offered a range of educational opportunities. For example, our group have visited other gardens and have undertaken training workshops. We delivered a series of workshops for clients from Lambeth Carers’ Hub including topics such as growing in a small space, and we ran a nature-based creative writing workshop in collaboration with Wise Ram Theatre and Waterloo Community Counselling. We have continued to offer our consistent and regular group sessions whilst dealing with the practicalities of moving site within the park.
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Monies are set on reserve to ensure one year of operating costs and items which can be difficult to fund via grant applications
Details of any funds materially in deficit
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Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
The main funders included the London Borough of Lambeth (5 separate funding streams), Worshipful Gardeners, Garfield Weston, City Bridge Trust, the Cicely Northcote Trust and the London Eye Community Trust.
These grants supported the practical running our weekly gardening club eg contributing to the costs of two sessional workers, providing plants and equipment, running workshops and organising visits to other gardens to enhance volunteer learning and skill development. All these helped to create and improve the gardens and park infrastructure (building wildlife areas and habitats).
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
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Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
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Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Helen Lees Full name(s) Helen Barbara Lees Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 25th March 2026
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Archbishop's Park Community Trust |
Archbishop's Park Community Trust |
Archbishop's Park Community Trust |
No: 1191222 | CC16a | |
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | |||||
| For the period from |
01/07/2024 | To | 31/08/2025 | ||
| Section A Receipts an | d payments | ||||
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
| Honey& Jam sales & small donations | 10603.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10603.67 | 7148.49 |
| Lambeth CommunityConnections | 5868.00 | 0.00 | 5868.00 | 0.00 | |
| Worshipful Gardeners | 1400.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1400.00 | 1113.63 |
| Lambeth Food Project | 500.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500.00 | 0.00 |
| Garfield Weston | 5000.00 | 0.00 | 5000.00 | 5000.00 | |
| London Eye CommunityTrust | 3359.00 | 0.00 | 3359.00 | 0.00 | |
| Lambeth Paths0 | 4079.95 | 0.00 | 4079.95 | 19460.00 | |
| CityBridge Trust | 4242.50 | 0.00 | 4242.50 | 16358.00 | |
| Lambeth ChangingLives Fund | 12110.00 | 0.00 | 12110.00 | 0.00 | |
| London Borough Of Lambeth | 3450.00 | 0.00 | 3450.00 | 2598.00 | |
| CicelyNorthcote | 3350.00 | 3350.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Arnold Clark | 500.00 | 500.00 | 0.00 | ||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
17083.62 |
37379.50 | 0.00 | 54463.12 | 51678.12 |
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Bank interest | 2767.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2767.14 | 2805.37 |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Sub total | 2767.14 |
0.00 | 0.00 | 2767.14 | 2805.37 |
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 19850.76 | 37379.50 | 0.00 | 57230.26 | 54483.49 | |
| Lambeth Food Project | 501.29 | 0.00 | 501.29 | 1357.00 | |
| SundryExpenses | 2219.65 | 0.00 | 2219.65 | 4884.21 | |
| Lambeth CommunityConnections | 4699.90 | 0.00 | 4699.90 | 4230.00 | |
| CicelyNorthcote | 4609.98 | 0.00 | 4609.98 | 0.00 | |
| Lambeth ChangingLives | 10741.42 | 0.00 | 10741.42 | 7351.98 | |
| Awards for All | 306.92 | 0.00 | 306.92 | 7951.00 | |
| BuildingStronger Communities | 9515.88 | 9515.88 | 1486.13 | ||
| CityBridge Trust | 16554.66 | 16554.66 | 1729.26 | ||
| Worshipful Gardeners | 1709.10 | 1709.10 | 0.00 | ||
| Garfield Weston | 173.51 | 173.51 | 0.00 | ||
| London Eye CommunityTrust | 0.00 | 3695.01 | 0.00 | 3695.01 | 0.00 |
| National Lottery- Gardeningmaterials | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| National Lottery- admin costs | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| National Lottery- sundryexpenditure | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Sub total | 4430.04 | 50297.28 | 0.00 | 54727.32 | 28989.58 |
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Sub total | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 4430.04 | 50297.28 | 0.00 | 54727.32 | 28989.58 | |
| 15420.72 | -12917.78 | 0.00 | 2502.94 | 25493.91 | |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 15420.72 | -12917.78 | 0.00 | 2502.94 | 25493.91 | |
| Section B Statement o | f assets and | liabilities at | the end of th | e period | |
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
Details | Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Nat West Accounts | 104276.72 | 19082.03 | 0.00 | ||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| T | otal cash funds | 104276.72 | 19082.03 | 0.00 | |
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Agreement Error | Agreement Error | OK | |
| Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| Details | Fund to which liability relates |
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| Sign | ature | Name | |||
| Date of approval |
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