## **Annual Report of The Gordon Rowley Foundation**
Charity number 1195533
Period 6[th] April 2024 to 5[th] April 2025
Address: The Water Tower, Wing Road, Manton, Rutland LE15 8SZ
## **Trustees**
Graham John Charles (Chairman) Colin Charles Walker (Secretary) Peter Arthurs Paul Hoxey Martin Lowry
## **Structure of the Foundation**
We are a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and our object is to advance the education for the public benefit in the subject of cacti and other succulent plants, their history, botany and cultivation.
The affairs of the CIO are managed by its trustees who serve for 3 years and may stand for re-election by the other trustees. Additional trustees can be invited to join the management team so long as they have the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.
## **Activities and objectives for the period**
The charity was registered on 16[th] August 2021.
Before the Foundation could start operations, a building was needed to house the library and the plant collection as well as to undertake the activities described above.
During this period, the recently purchased building was modified and furnished in preparation to start operations in 2026. The library was removed from storage and work commenced on creating a database and placing the books on the shelves.
## **Financial review**
There was income from Bank interest and the sale of some donated books. The main expenditure was connected with modifying and equipping the building to suit our purposes. £200k was moved into fixed term investments with Redwood Bank and The Charity Bank together with a current account opened with Metro Bank.
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**Charity Name**
**The Gordon Rowley Foundation**|
**Charity Name**
**The Gordon Rowley Foundation**|
**Charity Name**
**The Gordon Rowley Foundation**|**No (if any)**
**1195533**|**No (if any)**
**1195533**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
2nd April 2024|**To**|Period end date
1st April 2025|||
||||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**7,558**
**38**
**200**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,796**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,796**
**1,371**
**2,102**
**3,107**
**8,026**
**9,259**
**41,023**
**42,527**
**5,430**
**240**
**6,987**
**120,071**
**356,524**
**-**
**356,524**
**476,595**
**- 468,799**
**750,968**
**282,169**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**7,558**
**38**
**200**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,796**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,796**
**1,371**
**2,102**
**3,107**
**8,026**
**9,259**
**41,023**
**42,527**
**5,430**
**240**
**6,987**
**120,071**
**356,524**
**-**
**356,524**
**476,595**
**- 468,799**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Bank Interest|**7,558**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**7,558**||**17,660**|
|Donated book sales|**38**|||**38**||**105**|
|Donations|**200**|||**200**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**7,796**|||**7,796**||**17,765**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|||
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
||||**-**|**7,796**||**17,765**|
||||||||
|Council tax|**1,371**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**1,371**||**1,728**|
|Utilities: Electricity,Water,Broadband|**2,102**|||**2,102**||**5,300**|
|Kitchen equipment|**3,107**|||**3,107**||**3,000**|
|Security/Fire|**8,026**|||**8,026**||**1,200**|
|Furniture and A/V|**9,259**|||**9,259**||**80**|
|Book shelves and racking|**41,023**|||**41,023**||**-**|
|Refurbishment of water tower|**42,527**|||**42,527**||**-**|
|Libraryexpenses|**5,430**|||**5,430**||**-**|
|Labour|**240**|||**240**|||
|Curtains and blinds|**6,987**|||**6,987**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**120,071**|||**120,071**||**11,308**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
|Purchase of Water Tower|**356,524**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**356,524**|||
||**-**|||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**356,524**|||**356,524**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
||||**-**|**476,595**||**11,308**|
||||||||
||**- 468,799**|**-**|**-**|**- 468,799**||**6,457**|
|||**-**|**-**
**-**|||**-**|
||**750,968**|**-**||**750,968**||**-**|
||**282,169**|**-**|**-**|**282,169**||**6,457**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
1
08-12-25
|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|Charity Bank
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
HSBC bank account 31611682
Metro bank account 31611682
Redwood Bank|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**78,841**
**3,327**
**100,000**
**100,000**
**282,168**
Agreement Error|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
||||||
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
2
08-12-25