NEW MILTON
COMMUNITY
GARDEN
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Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 31•t December 2024

New Milton Community Garden
CONTENTS OF THE ACCOUNTS
for the year ended 31st December 2024
Trustees, Annual Report
Income & Expenditure Account
Balance Sheet
Notes to the Accounts
Independent Examiner's Report

Trustees. Annual Report
For the period ended 31 December 2024
This Report has b￿n compiled by the Trustees of the New Milton Communty
Garden in accordance with our Constitution and in compliance wrth the regulations
as set out by the Charities Commission.
Trustees:
Julia Stamper (Resigned Odober 2024)
Angela Jackson (Adopted as Chair October 2024)
Steve Sinyard
Alan Watson
Paul Brockman (Resigned April 2024)
Jane Bara (Adopted October 2024)
Charity Number:
1202782
Registered Office:
4 Ellingham Road, Barton on Sea,
New Milton, BH25 7RB
Financial Examiner: Terry Smrth, Terence L. Smith & Co.,
36a Station Road, New Milton, BH25 6JX
Objects:
The objects of the CEO are to provide facilities for recreation or other leisure time
occupation by providing an area for use as a communty garden for individuals in the
New Milton Parish who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age or
disablement. financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the
public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the
condition of lrfe of the said inhabitants.

Overview and Activities
Following on from our End-of-year 2023 Annual Report, with New Milton Town
Council requesting we suspend all work due to a new housing development being
built next to the garden, and until such time as a boundary fence could be erected,
we were therefore unable to progress very much during 2024. However, we continued
to have regular Trustee and Team Meetings to plan the next phase.
During April, Paul Brockman decided to resign as a Trustee due to work commitments.
Also at that time, it was decided to put together a Joint Statement with New MI￿On
Town Council to send to our funders and stakeholders, explaining the delay in work
and why we would be unable to open in 2024. The aim was that we would be able to
recommence work in November 2024 with an opening of Spring 2025. The statement
was circulated publicly. We also sent the statement to our funders who needed to be
updated as each had a date when the funding was to be used by. The funders
responded positively and we are able to keep the grants with the proviso they be used
during 2025.
In July 2024, we became concemed about the lack of maintenance in the garden with
the whips that were planted in November 2023 being without water during the dry
summer spells. The grass had grown considerably. In September of 2024, some of
the team and volunteers were granted aC￿sS to the garden to maintain the whips and
strim some of the grass, and a number of visits were made.
The developers had unfortunately damaged part of the back paths due to services
being installed when they commenced building. and we were Con￿rned we would
lose part of the garden due to the boundary shifting. We were assured that everything
would be put back to how it was before and we would not lose any land. This we can
confirm was completed at the end of 2024 with the paths being repaired, the boundary
fence erected, and our New Milton Town Council water tap released for our use.
The Town Council had planned to build a path around the field next to the garden in
the latter part of 2024 but this was rescheduled for 2025 and will give easier access
to the garden from the car park.
During the late Summer, Julia Stamper, decided to step down as Chair of the
Community Garden due to ill health, and resigned in October 2024. The Charity
Commission was infonned and Steve Sinyard, the Communty Garden Treasurer's
address, replaced Julia's as the main point of contact. Angela Jackson took over as

Temporary Chair and appointed full Chair at the Team Meeting on 31 October and
unanimously adopted. The Charty Commission was infomied and our entry updated.
Volunteer Project Managers, and Volunteer Team Members. posters were circulated
widely in late Autumn in the hope we would be able to appoint new people and be
ready once we could regain access to the garden at the end of 2024.
We were delighted to announce in November 2024, that Linda Wood would be joining
us as Volunteer Project Manager.
A request was made to New Milton Men's Shed at the latter part of 2024 to help with
completing the gazebo with trellising and benches which was agreed with work to
commence in 2025.
The Community Garden Trustees and Team are very much looking forward to
opening in the Spring of 2025.
List of maln grants & donations
No new grants were applied for in 2024. We received a donation from CPRE
Hampshire for tree supports for the whips planted in 2023.
Donations of shrubs, plants and garden equipment were received from members of
the public.
Financial review and reserves policy
The net decrease in funds for the year ended 31 December 2024 was £1,652 (2023:
increase of £34,406) resulting in unrestricted reserves of £32,754 to cary forward.
The Trustees. Annual Report was approved at the Trustees meetlng on 8 April
2024.
Signed on behalf of
charity's trustees
Signature:

New Milton Community Garden
for the year ended 31st December 2024
Proflt & Loss Account
Notes
2024
2023
Income
Donations
Sponsorshlp
Interest
Total
330
36.492
238
23
36,515
Expenses
Hard Landscaplng dep￿cIatIOn
Tools depreciation
Tree Support depn.
Sundry Tools
Plants
Plant sundries
Sundry Materials
Trees
Tree Supports
Insurance
Prlntlng & Statlonery
Advertising
Meetlngs
Accountlng costs
Other costs
Total
1,682
999
28
157
56
114
131
157
120
411
3C
25
2,109
1220
IncreasellDecreasel in Funds
11,652)

New Milton Community Garden
as at 31st December 2024
Balance Sheet
Notes
2024
2023
Flxed Assets
12.825
14.283
Cash
20.229
26.102
Total Assets
33,054
40,385
Creditor5
5,679
Accruals
Accum.Proflts bl
Accum. Profits clyear
{1,6521
32.754
34,406
34,406
Accum. Funds
33,054
40,385
Report & Accounts apwoved at 0urTrU5te￿ Meetln8 on 8th Aprll 2025
SS8ned on behalf of the charlty's trustees
Chalrman

New Milton Community Garden
Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st December 2024
Accounting Policies
Basi5 01 Prèparntion
The financial statements of the charltable organisation. which is a publlc benefit entfty
under FRS 102. have been prepared In accordance wth the Charities SORP IFRS 1021.
Accountlng and Reportlng by Charftles= Ststement of Recommended Practlce applicable
in the UK and Republlc of Ireland IFRS 102) (effective l January 20151,, Financial Reporting
Standard 102 'and The Financial Reporting Stsndard applicable In the UK and Republic of
Ireland.. The financial 5tsternent5 have been prepared under the hlstorlcal cost
conventlon with the exceptTron of Investments whlch are induded at market value.
There are no moterial uncertainties about the charivs abllity to contlnue as a goln8 concem.
Income
All Income is recognised as expenditure as soon 35 the chaiity has entitlement to the
fund5. it15 proboble that the income will be ￿cefved and the amount can be measured
reliibly.
Expendltur•
Liabilities are recognlsed as soon as there Is a legal constructlve obltgation committing
the charlty to the expenditure. All expendlture Is accounted for on an accruals basi5 and
has been classified under heading5 that aggregate all costs related to the category.
Charitable expenditure comprises of those costs incurred by the charity In the delivery
of its activities and services foi its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be
allocated directly to Such actmties and those costs of an indirert nature necessary to
SUPPQrt them.
Stock
The charity does not Intend to carry stock of plants or materials. Materials purchased
will be for a 5pectfic purpose and thus used. In the event there Is a surplus the materlals
will be either retumed for credit or held for future works at zero cost.
Staff
The charlty does not employ, nor intends to employ, any staff. All the people working for
It, including the Trustees, are volunteers. Only pre-agreed expenses wlll be reimbursed.

New Milton Community Garden
Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st December 2024
Accountlng Policies - continued
Tanglblo Flxed Assets
Individual fixed assets are initially recorded at cost, less Subsequent accumulated depreciatlon
and Impairment.
Depreclation 15 provided at the followin8 annual rdtes Sn order to write off each asset over Its
estimated useful life.
Hard landscaping
Soft landscaping
10 years straight line
- 2 years Strai8ht line
Income
All Income from all sources Is unrestrfcted.
3 Trustees, remuneratlon, benefft5 and expenses
There were on trustees, remuneration. benefrts or expenses paid for the year ended 31
December 2024 nor for the year ended 31 December 2023.
Employees
The average monthty number of empbyees was Nll for the years ended 31 tlecember 2024
and 2023.
Flxed assets
Hard & soft
F•ndseaplng
cosr
At l December 2023
15,309
224
Additions
At 31 December 2024
15,533
DEPREaAlloN
At l December 2023
1,026
1.682
2,708
Charge for year
At 31 December 2023
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2024
12.825
At 31 December Z023
14.283

NEW MILTON COMMUNITY GARDEN
Ind•p•nd•nt ExamIne￿$ Report to th• Trustees of New Willon Communty Ganlen
I report on the accounts of tl* Trust for year ended 3111 December 2024 which are set out on the
attached.
RgJpoGUvo r•sponslbllltl•8 ollnot•M •nd •xamln•r
The chanty's trustees are responsible for the preparat￿7 of the accounts. The ¢harity's trLtstees
consider that an audjt is not required for this yew lunder sectM)n 14412) of the Charity Act 20111th8
2011 Act) and that an independent examinalron is required.
It Ss my responsibilty to..
examine the ￿¢￿nts {under section 145 of the 2011 Act).
to lollow the procedures laid dtrwn In tho General Directrons giien by the Charity CommisS￿ft
(under se¢Jon 145151{b) ol the 2011 Act). and
to stste whether particular matters have come to my attent￿n
Basls of Ind•pendont •x•mln•V• r•port
My examination was ¢arri•Y out in accoTdan¢o wth the General Directions gNen by the Charity
Commlssioner5. An examination includes a re¥￿W of the ax0Un￿ng records kept by the charity and a
comparison of the accoun14 kyosented with those records. It also indudos ￿nsIderat￿n of any unusual
Items or dlsclosures in the arxounls. and seeking explan*ons from you as trustees concerning any
such matters. The prC￿dure9 undertaken do not provide all the evtdence that would bg required in an
au¢Jil, and ¢onsequenlJy no ffj.nlon Is gNen as to whetrw the accounts present a 'true and fair vlew.
and the report w limited to those matters aet ￿Jt in Ihe staternent belvw.
Ind•p•nd•nt •x•mln•rf• •tst•m•nt
In connection with ry oxamlnation no matter ha6 coma to ny attent￿n:.
whkh gives me reasonable rAuse to belreve that in any material respect the requirements to
prepare account$ wh￿h accord with the accountsng Tecords and ￿MPty with the a¢￿unting
requirements of the 2011 Act have not been
to which. in my opinion, attenkn Should be drawn in order to enable a proper under8t8nding
of the accounts to be w¢hed.
Terenc& L Smrth CA
38a Ststlon R￿￿
New Mllton
Hamp8hlrn
BH25 6JX
10 Aprll 2025