## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 15[th] November 2021 Period start date To Period end date 31[st] March 2023** ## **Charity name: Blossom – Health Through Activity** ## **Charity registration number: 1196575** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance education in the
Manchester area mainly but not
exclusively by providing year-round
education, workshops, learning and
provide a drop in to teach the public
how to grow their own food, care for
plants, garden maintenance,
enjoyment of nature and being
outside and have a positive impact on
health and our carbon footprint by
valuing local seasonal produce to
connect people with food in the
ground and demonstrate how to
produce cheap nutritious meals to
alleviatefood andfuelpoverty.| |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|RHS Northwest in Bloom
Weekly Green Doctor sessions
Holiday Activity Fund (HAF) 2021
HAF 2022
Weed and Feed
Eat Well Move More
YouTube cooking videos
Workshops -
Tomato Care
Growing in small spaces
Macrame
Forest Bathing
Gong Spa
Meditation and Herbal Tea
Foraging
Horticulture Centre Opening
Green Boxes
Corporate Volunteering
Social media engagement| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity|Para 1.18|The trustees have quarterly meetings to
make sure they are up to date with all
activities that are being done is in the
public benefit.| Commission on public benefit ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Blossom has a huge contribution from
volunteers listed below. Which we wouldn’t
be able to function without them.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|**RHS Northwest in Bloom**- Achieved
Level 4 Thriving
**Weekly Green Doctor sessions**
(Wednesday 1-4pm, Thursday 1-4pm,
Saturday 10am-1pm)
These sessions give volunteers a place to
come and relax with some gardening but
also to talk about their lives and any
problems / anxieties they may have.
We also had a night session to give people
who can’t come during the day to attend.
This was on a Wednesday evening 5pm -
7pm. We have 58 different volunteers
coming to the centre across the 4
sessions.
**Holiday Activity Fund (HAF) 2021**-
Blossom designed recipe books given out,
8400, each containing 16 clear and simple
to cook, one pot recipes. These were given| to HAF attendees to help people to understand about eating healthier and cooking simple recipes. **HAF 2022 - Little Green Boxes** - 750 of these were given out to children attending the summer activity at the Horticulture Centre, Wythenshawe Park. The boxes contained everything they needed to take part in the green trails across the parks. **Scheme Support Guide** - We created and designed a guide to Eating Healthy Food. We provided and delivered resources to 98 HAF schemes across Manchester. Information and advice were given at the same time as delivery. **Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate** - 47 staff members from Manchester schemes have requested to undertake the Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate **Weed and Feed** We invited 25 students from Manchester University to come along and help with weeding the horticulture centre. We gave them lunch and a chance to talk and be themselves. These were overseas students who weren’t able to go home for half term. **Eat Well Move More -** In partnership with Manchester Local Care Organisation, 10 week program working with 5 families from Benchill School. Cooking with parents with physical activity sessions for the children. **YouTube cooking videos** - We worked with a professional film maker to provide 28 cooking videos. These are easy to follow, simple recipes. These videos were to help those with poor reading skills or people who English is not their first language. **Workshops -** Train the trainer - 24 attendees over 2 days Tomato Care - 10 attendees Forest Bathing - 5 attendees Growing in small spaces - 18 attendees Macrame - 10 attendees Gong Spa - 13 attendees Meditation and Herbal Tea - 9 attendees Foraging - 15 attendees We put on the above workshops and invited the local residents to come along and join in. We have had really good feedback regarding all the workshops. **Horticulture Centre Opening** The centre belongs to Manchester City Council (MCC) and was closed for 3 years due to pandemic. Local residents were keen to see it reopen but MCC did not have the resources. We secured funding from One Manchester to employ 5 local people to open the centre to allow residents access to this wonderful resource again. Since reopening we have had 3328 visitors to the centre. **Halloween** - As part of our commitment to the Horticulture Centre we held a Halloween event with activities, face painting with soup brownies available. We provided 120 children with their face painted, 190 portions of soup and 90 brownies. **Corporate Volunteering** Corporate volunteering helps companies to give their employees the opportunity to help out in the community whilst helping their own mental health. We have had 13 different companies bringing 305 volunteers to work within the park. They have helped with all aspects of the park and not just the horticulture centre. **Social media engagement** - 570 followers on Twitter, 198 followers on Facebook, 244 followers on Instagram and 33 subscribers on YouTube. On average we gain a 5% engagement rate on Twitter, this is great as an engagement rate above 1% is considered good for small organisations. Our Facebook page has gained over 11,000 page views within the last year with 54% being from Manchester. On Instagram we have an average engagement rate of 10% per post, (a good engagement rate for Instagram is at about 3%). We have recently started using Eventbrite to facilitate workshops and events, from September we have gained 45 followers. We have made great progress in reaching our audience over social media and have clear plans on how to continue growing our digital presence. **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Barclays Bank £50,642.40
Co-Op Bank £7335.10
Petty Cash £2.40| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We have reserves so we can carry forward
our activities in the next financial year.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£57,977| |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 where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
Grants, Corporate Donations, public
donations| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Articles of Association| |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|Trustee selection method is by invitation
only.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Blossom-Health through Activity| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1196575| |Charity’s principal address|The Pavillion, Wythenshawe Park, Wythenshawe Road, M23
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Rachel Harding|Chair||| ||Sandra McNicholls|Treasurer||| ||MaryMonaghan|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **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 Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **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)** Rachel Harding **Full name(s)** Sandra McNicholls **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 9/11/2023 ||**Blossom Health Through Activity**|**Blossom Health Through Activity**|**Blossom Health Through Activity**|**1196575**|**1196575**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|15-Nov-21|**To**||31-Mar-23|| |||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||| |**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**
Grants
**39,442**
Donations
**5,722**
Fundraising+ Other
**6**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45,170**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 45,170**
**A3 Payments**
Salaries
**-**
NI & PAYE
**-**
Direct Costs
**4,143**
Nest Pension
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 4,143**
Computer Equipment
**2,808**
Other Equipment
**5,430**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 8,238**
**_Total payments_ 12,381**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 32,789**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 32,789**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||**to the nearest £**
**111,327**
**6,417**
**252**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**117,996**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**117,996**
**22,572**
**837**
**79,530**
**46**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**102,985**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**102,985**
**15,011**
**-**
**-**
**15,011**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**150,769**
**12,139**
**258**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**163,166**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**163,166**
**22,572**
**837**
**83,673**
**46**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**107,128**
**2,808**
**5,430**
**-**
**8,238**
**115,366**
**47,800**
**-**
**-**
**47,800**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |||**15,011**|**-**||**47,800**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**15,011**|**-**||**47,800**|**-**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Donation
**Details**
None
**Details**
None
**Details**
Computer Equipment
Other Equipment
**Details**
None
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**2**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2**
**-**
Agreement Error
Agreement Error
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**2,808**
**5,023**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Sandra McNicholls
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**funds**
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**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
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**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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approval| |||Sandra McNicholls|11/3/2023| ||||| ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Blossom – Health Through Activity **On accounts for the year** 31[tst] March 2023 **Charity no** 1196575 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31/03/2023** . - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) 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 in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed: Date:** 02/11/2023 **Name:** Tyler Lappage **Relevant professional** Association of Certified Chartered Accountants **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Nabarro Poole Ltd. 31 Church Road Manchester, M22 4NN **October 2018** 1 **IER** **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . **October 2018** 2 **IER**