HAM AND PETERSHAM ASSOCIATION AND AMENITIES GROUP TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY 2025 TO 31 DECEMBER 2025
The Trustees present their report plus the financial statements for the period 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE GROUP
The Ham and Petersham Association and Amenities Group is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (registered charity number 1192741) was created on 10 December 2020 and is governed by a Constitution dated 29 October 2020. It was set up to take forward the work of the Ham Amenities Group (registered charity number 286101) and the Ham and Petersham Association, an unincorporated association. Ham Amenities Group was formally dissolved by the Charity Commission on 28 February 2022 after it had transferred the title of the Gate House Garden to HPA&AG.
TRUSTEES at 31 December 2025
| Geoff Bond | Chair |
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| Dave Butcher | |
| Charles Doe | |
| Pauline Gizejewski | Honorary Treasurer |
| Sarah Griffiths | |
| Linda Holland | |
| David Jowers | Honorary Secretary |
| Jean Loveland | |
| David Williams | Vice-Chair |
Trustees are normally appointed by the Group’s members at the Annual General Meeting, although members or the trustees may at any time decide to appoint a new charity trustee subject to the number of trustees not exceeding 15.
CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES AND PUBLIC BENEFIT
The charitable objects of the Group may be summarised to:
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campaign to preserve and enhance Ham and Petersham's historic character, unique features and amenities
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promote high standards in planning, building and landscaping in or affecting Ham and Petersham
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protect the quality of life, balancing the interests of residents, business and visitors
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encourage civic pride, an active interest in Ham and Petersham and its community, and to provide a focus for members to meet and socialise.
In carrying out its work to make Ham and Petersham a better place in which to live, work and visit, the Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty to have due regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on providing public benefit.
ACTIVITIES OF THE GROUP
The charity has a busy programme of activity. We organised a very successful Ham Fair event, raising £4622 for grants to local groups to help build a happier, healthier local area. We have run volunteer environmental events at Ham Pond and the historic Avenues, and we are responsible for funding a professional gardener to work with volunteers maintaining the Gate House Garden, tucked into the corner of Ham Common opposite the Hand and Flower pub. We organised a very successful talk on Ham Lands, and we have taken an active role interacting with the council and other groups to make sure development in the area is in keeping with the semi-rural style of Ham and Petersham.
In particular, as part of the Friends of Ham Parade group of local organizations, we have made some lovely improvements to Ham Parade and its Green. FoHP positioned fourteen olive trees outside the shops on the west side of the Parade, helping to brighten the area for residents and visitors alike, and improved the Green by installing a new bench for everyone to enjoy, a local information lectern, colourful flowers in the herb wheel, and a new flower box, provided Christmas illuminations, and repainted the green utility boxes to remove the unsightly graffiti which has appeared over the years.
Ham and Petersham Association and Amenities Group is a Charitable Incorporated Organization Charity number: 1192741
FINANCIAL REVIEW FOR THE YEAR
The Charity received applications from local bodies to support their work and a series of Grants were agreed by the Committee to the total value of £4450 as follows:
St Richards Church and Primary School £1500 Ham and Petersham Sea Scouts £500 St Thomas Aquinas Church - Table Tennis Table £540 Cassell Hospital £1910 There was also expenditure of £1737 on environmental work as follows: Repairs, Ham Pond, Ham Parade £384 Insurance and expenses £569 Gate House Garden £784
In association with L B Richmond-upon-Thames, Ham Parade benefited from expenditure of £13548.
There was also expenditure of £1737 on environmental work as follows:
Our figures show an overall deficit of £4852 this year. The Income from Subscriptions and Donations was £13429 and £220 was received from the sale of the Matchless Vale book.
The Charity ran Ham Fair in June 2025. This showed receipts of £21891 and expenditure of £17269.
The Trustees spent £747 on the organisation of the AGM and other meetings.
RESERVES POLICY
The Charity will hold reserves of a minimum £10,000 to cover 6 – 9 months budgeted operating expenditure that can deal with fluctuations in income and provide adequate working capital. Funds are also held to support the running of Ham Fair, Ham Open Gardens and to respond to grant applications and ongoing projects.
Total funds held at 31 December 2025 were £33905.
The Trustees are satisfied that the Group's financial reserves are sufficient for it to continue at its current level of activities.
RISK MANAGEMENT
The major risks to which the Group is exposed, as identified by the Trustees, have been reviewed during the year and the Trustees are satisfied that action has been taken where appropriate to manage those risks.
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER
Julia Bailey is the Independent Examiner of the Group's finances.
STATEMENT OF THE TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial reporting period which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Group and of the income and expenditure for the period then ended. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently, make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent, and prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Group will continue in business. The Trustees have responsibility for maintaining proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the Group and enable it to ensure that the financial statements comply with charity regulations. The Trustees also have responsibility for safeguarding the assets of the Group and for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
MEMBERSHIP
| RSHIP | |
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| Members @ 1 January 2025 | 326 |
| Joined in 2025 | 11 |
| Resigned or did not renew in 2025 | 41 |
| Members @ 1 January 2026 | 296 |
Of the 20 local non-member attendees to HOG24 offered 2024 complimentary membership, only 3 renewed their membership in 2025.
By Order of the Trustees
David Jowers, Honorary Secretary, April 2026
Ham and Petersham Association and Amenities Group is a Charitable Incorporated Organization Charity number: 1192741
HAM AND PETERSHAM ASSOCIATION AND AMENITIES GROUP Charitable Incorporated Organization Charity number: 1192741 Receipts and Payments for the year 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025
| RECEIPTS Subscriptions Donation & Grants (Note 1) Events Ham Open Gardens Matchless Vale sales, sundries Ham Fair PAYMENTS Printing, postage, stationery, subscriptions Environmental work (Note 2) Donations and Gifts (Note 3) Events (Note 4) Web site, sundries Committee expenses Barrister Fees Ham Fair Ham Open Gardens (Note 5) NET OF RECEIPTS / (PAYMENTS) IN YEAR ACCUMULATED CASH FUNDS STATEMENT Cash Funds brought forward at 1st January 2025 Net Receipt / (Payment) in year Funds originally held on behalf of Neighbourhood Forum (Note 6) Cash Funds at 31 December 2025 |
2025 £ 2,716.71 10,712.42 3,183.05 - 220.00 21,891.23 38,723.41 (2,029.53) (1,736.34) (17,998.37) (3,694.98) (100.00) (747.16) - (17,268.85) - (43,575.23) (4,851.82) £ 38,756.97 (4,851.82) - 33,905.15 £ |
£ £ 3,305.00 7,228.58 2,835.76 20,290.55 67.85 16,240.95 49,968.69 (2,564.12) (1,337.20) (22,780.95) (2,559.15) (343.73) (491.60) (3,600.00) (11,079.06) (1,852.90) (46,608.71) 3,359.98 £ 44,472.99 3,359.98 (9,076.00) 38,756.97 £ 2024 |
£ £ 3,305.00 7,228.58 2,835.76 20,290.55 67.85 16,240.95 49,968.69 (2,564.12) (1,337.20) (22,780.95) (2,559.15) (343.73) (491.60) (3,600.00) (11,079.06) (1,852.90) (46,608.71) 3,359.98 £ 44,472.99 3,359.98 (9,076.00) 38,756.97 £ 2024 |
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| 3,359.98 £ |
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| 44,472.99 3,359.98 (9,076.00) |
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| 38,756.97 £ |
The attached notes overleaf form part of these accounts
Pauline Gizejewski - Hon Treasurer
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE HAM AND PETERSHAM ASSOCIATION AND AMENITIES GROUP
I have completed my examination. I confirm 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 accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Julia L.H. Bailey (ICAEW Retired)
Hon Independent Examiner 20 March 2026
The Ham and Petersham Association and Amenities Group is a Charitable Incorporated Organization. Charity number 1192741
HAM AND PETERSHAM ASSOCIATION AND AMENITIES GROUP Charitable Incorporated Organization Charity number: 1192741 Notes to Accounts 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025
| Note 1. Donations Received Private Donation Ham Pond Neighbourhood Forum Filming Companies (various) RHP - LBRUT - Ham Parade Planters RHP - Ham Parade Lectern & Bench |
2025 £ - - 452.42 1250.00 3010.00 6000.00 10712.42 |
2024 £ 500.00 728.58 - 6000.00 - - |
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| 7228.58 |
In addition to the above there was an RHP donation of £3185 to purchase gazebos for Ham Fair. This donation and expense is included in Ham Fair Receipts and Payments respectively.
Note 2. Environmental Work
| Clear-up Expenses Oak post repairs and loppers Insurance and expenses Ham Pond Gate House Garden Friends of Ham Parade Note 3. Donations and Gifts St Richards Church and Primary School Ham and Petersham Sea Scouts St Thomas Aquinas Church - Table Tennis Table Cassell Hospital Ham SOS Home Start L.B. Richmond Pond work Petersham Common - Trough HPAAG with L B Richmond (see Note 1) : Ham Parade - Pots Ham Parade Lectern Ham Parade Planters Ham Parade Christmas Tree / Lights Ham Parade bench Note 4. Events Summer Party expenses Christmas Party expenses Expenses for entertaining Note: 5. Ham Open Gardens Programme design and printing expenses Tea expenses Admin expenses |
- 94.34 569.00 150.00 783.69 139.31 1736.34 1500.00 500.00 540.00 1909.51 - - - - 3000.00 1610.00 6369.36 1169.50 1400.00 17998.37 2108.14 1586.84 - 3694.98 - - - 0.00 |
84.50 - 553.30 - 699.40 - |
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| 1337.20 | ||
| - 500.00 1465.95 - 6375.00 7000.00 5000.00 1000.00 - - - 1440.00 - |
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| 22780.95 | ||
| 1366.36 1040 152.79 |
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| 2559.15 | ||
| 1160.00 211.71 481.19 |
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| 1852.90 |
Note: 6 Funds Held on Behalf of Petersham Forum (2023/24) - £9076.00
In 2023, HPAAG, a charitable incorporated organisation, agreed to receive grant money awarded to Ham and Petersham Neighbourhood Forum ("Forum"). The grantor, a not for profit nationwide organisation "Locality", requested / agreed that HPAAG hold the grant on behalf of Forum as Locality needed to deposit the grant with a registered Charity. The grant application, acceptance, and arrangement was managed directly between Forum and Locality.
The Ham and Petersham Association and Amenities Group is a Charitable Incorporated Organization. Charity number 1192741