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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 1 4 2025 31 3 2026
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Other names charity is known by FoGB Registered charity number (if any) 1200401
Friends of Great Berry
0Charity's principal address 6 West Hook 0 Langdon Hills Essex Postcode SS16 6SR
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Ann Allen | Chair | |||
| Julie Hills | Treasurer | |||
| Victoria Jackson | Secretary | |||
| LesleyTabner | ||||
| Donna Rodriguez | ||||
| CareyTheobald |
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Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
CIO
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Elected
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
For the benefit of the inhabitants of Great Berry and the surrounding area (“the area of benefit”) to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving their conditions of life for the inhabitants of the area of benefit in particular but not exclusively by the conservation, promotion, support, assistance and improvement of Great Berry Open Space.
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Planting, watering, weeding, pruning the flower beds and associated areas withing Great Berry Open Space.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
In the past 12 months we have picked up numerous bags of litter, planted hundreds of bulbs, plants and herbs, lots of donated plants and tidied our community rock snake. We have pruned overhanging branches and brambles, swept up leaf litter from the car park, cleared brambles, planted 2,000 crocus bulbs, (and weren’t they fantastic in February and March,) and added more bulbs to our two tulip hearts. We also started a wildlife hedge along the path behind the church, added more fruit trees to our orchard and of course, our biggest project two benches and slate in the Sensory Garden and two benches and two large planters at the shops. We also encouraged the council to dig the pnd deeper, with better slopes, all paid for by Froglife. The list is endless.
Unfortunately we haven't had a visits from the Youth Offending team or the Community Payback team this year. Bureaucratic changes !.
We have laughed, groaned, raged, and once again, made two more things – friends and “a difference”.
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Section E Financial review
No policy Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially None in deficit
Section F Other optional information
None
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Ann Allen Julie Hills Julie Hills Full name(s) Ann Allen Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 13 April 2026
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Friends of Great Berry 1200401 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/04/2025 31/03/2026
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
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| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 384 20 404 - - - 404 - - 117 - - - 117 - - - 117 287 - - 287 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ 1,125 1,125 - - - 1,125 1,512 1,370 864 1,160 313 41 100 - 5,360 - - - 5,360 - 4,235 - - - 4,235 |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 1,125 384 20 - - - - - 1,529 - - - 1,529 1,512 1,370 864 1,160 117 313 41 100 - - 5,477 - - - 5,477 - 3,948 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Grants Just Giving |
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| 384 | - | |||||
| Interest from SavingAccount | 20 | - | ||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
404 | - | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Sub total | - | - | ||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| Benches | - | - | ||||
| Benches install | - | - | ||||
| Raised beds | ||||||
| Plants | ||||||
| Sundries | 117 | |||||
| Soil/Soil improvers/labour | ||||||
| Tools | - | |||||
| Landscaping | - | - | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 117 | - | ||||
| 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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| 287 | - 4,235 | - | - 3,948 | - | ||
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| 287 | - 4,235 | - | - 3,948 | - |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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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 CCXX R2 accounts (SS) |
Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Current Savings Cash Details Details Tools and Equipment Tools and Equipment from previous year Details Julie Hills Signature Ann Allen 2 |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - 57 - 2,035 - 3 - 2,095 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 41 Restricted 900 - - - - - - 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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| Current value (optional) |
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| 600 | |||
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| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| 25/04/2026 | |||
| 25/04/2026 | |||
| 11/06/2026 |
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