Friends of Great Berry Registered charity 1200401
Saturday 13 April 2024
Chair’s report
As this is our second AGM, I just want to say how impressed and amazed I am by the amount of work you have put in over the past 34 months.
In the past 12 months we have picked up numerous bags of litter, planted hundreds of bulbs, plants and herbs, another 4 fruit trees and two commemorative trees.
We have pruned overhanging branches and brambles, swept up leaf litter from the car park, cleared brambles created a dino-garden, more raised beds, planted with flowers.
That was all physical hard work. In addition we've used our brains and raised £4,165, nearly £2K is allocated to our second conversation bench and planter, the rest is donations and quiz night proceeds and will be spent on more flowers and plants.
Two major projects were completed in the very early part of our financial year – the Sensory Garden – well done to Vicky for her idea and making it happen, and the same for our animal trail.
We only had a couple of visits from the Community Payback team but they did get the Christmas tree bed cleared, and then we planted the donated tree. Thank you Julie. The Youth Offending team and their supervisor Paul have made a few visits, keeping Beech Hall path clear of soggy leaves, thank you Paul.
We have laughed, groaned, raged, and once again, made two more things – friends and “a difference”.
Thank you to you all for being.
Current Account 2023-2024
£4,165.62 -£6,865.14
| £4,165.62 -£6,865.14 | ||
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| Invoice | ||
| Date | Item | IncomeExpenditure |
| 4/1/2024 | 2022-23 Year end balance | |
| 5/11/2023 | Just Giving | £146.95 |
| 4/24/2023 | Plants - Various | -£582.03 |
| 5/2/2023 | Just Giving | £29.23 |
| 5/9/2023 | BGC | £50.00 |
| 5/9/2023 | Just Giving | £266.76 |
| 5/11/2023 | Amazon & Travis P | -£290.85 |
| 5/17/2023 | Direct to BBC S G | -£3,247.92 |
| 5/22/2023 | Just Giving | £91.21 |
| 5/30/2023 | Just Giving | £110.43 |
| 6/5/2023 | Just Giving | £97.90 |
| 6/8/2023 | Various - see invoice | -£723.30 |
| 6/9/2023 | Inky Fingers - book printing | -£60.00 |
| 6/12/2023 | Just Giving - Hairdressers | £146.95 |
| 6/16/2023 | BBC Bench install | -£520.00 |
| 7/3/2023 | Just Giving | £38.64 |
| 7/12/2023 | Essex Micro Grant | £500.00 |
| 7/25/2023 | Just Giving | £219.49 |
| 7/25/2023 | Various/Parker bulbs | -£157.63 |
| 7/26/2023 | Bug spray / plants | -£45.20 |
| 8/2/2023 | Just Giving | £4.70 |
| 8/2/2023 | Birch Airfeld (Compost) | -£216.00 |
| 8/2/2023 | Silverton Aggregates | -£264.00 |
| 8/8/2023 | Just Giving | £1.19 |
| 9/11/2023 | Various - see invoice | -£131.90 |
| 9/25/2023 | Great Berry Quiz | £1.00 |
| 9/25/2023 | GB Pavilion Fundraiser | £277.00 |
| 11/16/2023 | GB winter hanging baskets | £100.00 |
| 11/20/2023 | hanging baskets/raspberries | -£200.99 |
Current Account 2023-2024
| 11/21/2023 | Just Giving | £5.97 | |
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| 12/4/2023 | Just Giving | £19.42 | |
| 12/10/2023 | plants & bulbs | -£55.85 | |
| 12/11/2023 | raspberry canes & bulbs | -£143.74 | |
| 1/22/2024 | Just Giving | £62.35 | |
| 1/23/2024 | Just Giving | £15.43 | |
| 1/25/2024 | V Slater | £25.00 | |
| 2/21/2024 | Fowler Smith & Jones | £1,956.00 | |
| 3/10/2024 | trees / plaques/bulbs | -£225.73 |
Friends of Great Berry Friends of Great Berry 1200401 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/04/2023 31/03/2024
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
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| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - 278 50 1,110 1,438 - - - 1,438 - - - - - - - - 300 300 - - - 300 1,138 - - 1,138 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ 500 1,956 25 100 - - - 147 2,728 - - - 2,728 216 264 892 60 520 1,304 3,248 190 - 6,694 - - - 6,694 - 3,966 - 4,524 558 |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ 500 1,956 25 100 278 50 1,110 147 4,166 - - - 4,166 216 264 892 60 520 1,304 3,248 190 300 6,994 - - - 6,994 - 2,828 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Essex Micro Grant Compost Fowler Smith & Jones - Benches |
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500 | - | ||
| - | 1,956 | - | ||||
| V Slater - Hi-Viz | - | 25 | - | |||
| G B Residents - HangingBaskets | - | 100 | - | |||
| GB Fundraiser | 278 | 278 | - | |||
| BGC | 50 | 50 | - | |||
| Justgiving | 1,110 | 1,110 | - | |||
| G B Hairdressers | 147 | - | ||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
1,438 | 4,166 | - | |||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Sub total | - | - | - | |||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| - | 4,166 | - | ||||
| Compost | - | - - - - - - - - - - |
216 | - | ||
| Transport for compost | - | 264 | - | |||
| General Landscaping | - | 892 | - | |||
| Booklet Printing | - | 60 | - | |||
| Bench Install | - | 520 | - | |||
| Plants | - | 1,304 | - | |||
| SensoryGarden LandscapingBBC | - | 3,248 | - | |||
| Tools | - | 190 | - | |||
| Sundries | 300 | 300 | - | |||
| **Sub total ** | 300 | 6,994 | - | |||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | - | |||
| 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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| - | 6,994 | - | ||||
| 1,138 | - 3,966 | - | - 2,828 |
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| - | - | - - |
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| - | 4,524 | 4,524 | - | |||
| 1,138 | 558 | - | 1,696 | - |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
02/06/2026
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| 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 | |
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| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Current Ac Savings Ac Cash Details Details Tools and Equipment Tools and Equipment from previous year Details Julie Hills Signature Ann Allen |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - 19 - 4,181 - - - 4,200 Agreement Error Agreement Error Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - Restricted 577 Restricted 248 - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Ann Allen Julie Hills |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Date of approval |
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| Ann Allen | Ann Allen | 29 May 2026 | |
| Julie Hills | Julie Hills | 29 May 2026 |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
02/06/2026
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