## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **Period start date:** From 01 April 2023 **To Period end date:** 31 March 2024 **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 alleviate food and fuel
poverty.| |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) 2023
on behalf of MCC

Hosting weekly Walking Group

Eat Well Move More

Manchester Adut Education
Services MAES - How to cook
courses.

Growing workshop at Factory
International
Workshops -

Tomato Care

Orchid Care

Growing in small spaces

Forest Bathing

Gong Spa

Meditation and Herbal Tea

Foraging

Aroma Stones

Chilli Growing Workshop

Age Friendly Network cooking
workshop| |Statement confirming|Para 1.18|The trustees have quarterly meetings to| |whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit||make sure they are up to date with all
activities that are being done is in the 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; we wouldn’t be
able to deliver all we offer without their
support.| |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|**Volunteer Hours**
4206
**Visitors to Horticultural Centre**
12,724
**RHS Northwest in Bloom**- Achieved
Level 5 Outstanding
**Weekly Green Doctor sessions**
Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
1 to 4pm.
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 have 58 different volunteers coming to
the centre across the 3 sessions.
**Holiday Activity Fund (HAF) 2023**
On behalf of Manchester City Council
Blossom delivered 4 workshops with
activities for 100 children in the
Horticultural Centre. The children were
provided with a healthy lunch.| **Big Spring Clean-up** Blossom hosted Manchester City Council staff volunteers who donated 20 hours of their time to clean up activities. Positive action, pride in the community! **Wednesday Walking Group** Wednesday Walking Group – approx. 12 attendances each from the walking group Gentle exercise, enjoying green spaces, social time and new friendships. Always followed by a lovely cup of tea and biscuits from Liz, Blossom’s volunteer coordinator. **Eat Well Move More -** In partnership with Manchester Local Care Organisation, we delivered 2 x 10-week program working with families from Haveley Hey School and The Willows. Cooking with the parents and physical activity sessions for the children. **Manchester Adult Education Services - MAES** Blossom has delivered 2 x 6 weeks ‘How to cook’ courses in the community. 14 Attendees, all of whom were offered the option of a free online Level 2 Food Hygiene course. **Cooking with Fuel Reducing Appliances** 12 Cooking on a budget workshops using fuel saving appliances were delivered in the community, each participant was given either an air fryer or a slow cooker and a larder bag containing store cupboard ingredients. 120 families benefitted from this programme. **Workshops – Tomato Care** - 15 attendees. **Orchid Care** - 15 attendees **Tropical Plant Care** – 10 attendees **Forest Bathing** - 10 attendees. **Growing in small spaces** - 18 attendees **Gong Spa** - 30 attendees **Meditation and Herbal Tea** - 9 attendees **Foraging** - 15 attendees **Herbal First Aid** - 10 attendees **Aroma Stones** - 5 attendees **Introduction to food growing** - 15 attendees. **Halloween** - Eco craft activities for 105 children Blossom staff delivered most workshops in the park, when required specialist practitioners were engaged. The workshops were advertised on social media, on Eventbrite and in the park; the local residents were encouraged to come along and join in. We have had really good feedback regarding all the workshops. **Horticulture Centre – new accessible path installation** The centre belongs to the people of Manchester and is maintained by Manchester City Council (MCC) Enjoyed by thousands of visitors to the park each year. We secured Green Spaces funding to install a new accessible path throughout the Horticultural Centre allowing people with mobility issues full access to this wonderful facility. **Visitors to Horticultural Centre** 2344 **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 11 different companies delivering 1521 volunteer hours of work within the park. They have helped with all aspects of the park and not just the horticulture centre. **New defibrillator** Blossom was successful in a funding bid to install a new defibrillator sited on the pavilion building next to the tennis courts. The defibrillator is on the regional network system so that local health professionals will be aware of its existence. **Growing in the Community workshops**  2 workshops delivered on behalf of Manchester City Council South Neighbourhood team in community spaces. 15 attendees to each.  Factory International  Community Connector event for Climate Change. Bloomtown - Experience the joy of Blossom |||in the City with the National Trust
Bridgewater.
Blossom hosted a visit for the Bridgewater
project in February to explore our parallel
aims to support nature in the city. As a
consequence, Wythenshawe Park is in
their Bloomtown guide.
**Cooking in the Community Workshops**

Diabetes event at Benchill
Community Centre in collaboration
with the NHS.

12 cooking sessions using fuel
reducing appliances delivered at
community venues across
Wythenshawe. 10 attendees per
session each receiving a free fuel
reducing appliance and a larder bag
with basic store cupboard
ingredients.

Cooking session delivered to Age
Friendly Network using a fuel
reducing appliance.
**Green Space Funding event at**
**Manchester Museum 14th March 2024**
Blossom attended the celebration event
with Andy Burnham and lots of other
successful Green activists to celebrate
achievements and share stories and test
ideas for future greening and protecting
biodiversity.
**The Firs Manchester University Plant**
**Science Department**.
Blossom met with senior staff from the Firs,
here at the Horticultural Centre to discuss
the idea for a member of our horticultural
staff (‘cross pollinator’) to work across the
two sites. MU are planning on pursuing
Botanical Garden Status. Discussions are
ongoing.
**Social Prescribing**
The Big Life group (BeWell) has funded a
15 places for referrals to Blossom.
**Social media engagement**–
570 followers on x (formerly Twitter)
517 followers on Facebook| |---|---|---| 244 followers on Instagram 54 subscribers on YouTube We use Eventbrite to facilitate workshops and events. 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|Blossom continues to apply for funding
monthly. £77,246 was brought in from
grants, donations, fundraising and other.| |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 £129.84
Co-Op Bank £35,360.37
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|£35,492.61| |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 Pavilion, Wythenshawe Park, Wythenshawe Rd, M23
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Rachel Harding|Chair||| ||Sandra McNicholls|Treasurer||| ||MaryMonaghan|Trustee||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**||| |---|---|---| |||| ||Sandra McNicholls|Rachel Harding| |||| ||Treasurer|Chair| **Date** ||**Blossom Health Through Activity**|**1196575**| |---|---|---| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|| **pay CC16a** 1-Apr-23 31-Mar-24 **To** **For the period from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**
Grants
**56,314**
Donations
**17,390**
Fundraising+ Other
**3,542**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**77,246**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 77,246**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||||**56,314**
**17,390**
**3,542**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**77,246**|**150,769**| |||||**12,139**| |||||**258**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**163,166**| |||||| ||||**-**
**-**
**-**|| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**|**77,246**|**163,166**| |**A3 Payments**
Salaries
**45,943**
NI & PAYE
**3,828**
Direct Costs
**36,451**
Pension contributions
**1,454**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 87,676**
Computer equipment
Other Equipment
**1,342**
**_Sub total_ 1,342**
**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||**45,943**
**3,828**
**36,451**
**1,454**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**87,676**|**22,572**| |||||**837**| |||||**83,673**| |||||**46**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**107,128**| |||||| ||||**-**
**1,342**
**1,342**|**2,808**| |||||**5,430**| |||||**8,238**| |||||| ||||**89,018**|**115,366**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**|**- 11,772**
**-**
**35,490**|**47,800**| ||**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**||**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**
2023 Computer Equipment
2023 Other Equipment
2023 Mobile Sink - Correction
2024 Display Panels
2024 Mobile Sink
**Details**
None
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**2**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**2,808**
**5,023**
**407**
**864**
**478**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Sandra McNicholls
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**1,800**| ||||**3,000**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Sandra McNicholls|7/15/2024| ||||| ## **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 2024 **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 **31/03/2024** . - **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._ **Date:** 15/07/2024 **Signed:** Tyler Lappage **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**