2025-03-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1[st] April 2024 Period start date To Period end date

31st March 2025

Charity name: Ramsey Abbey Walled Garden CIO

Charity registration number: 1202958

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	Restoration and maintenance of a one Victorian garden. Education relating to horticulture
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	Maintaining a Walled Garden as a visitor attraction by volunteers.(items in accounts include insurance, utitlities, washing greenhouse, cutting box hedges, composts, plants seeds etc.) Monies raised from selling garden produce, preserves and plants. Income from running City and Guilds horticulture courses
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The Trustees have at all times followed Charity Commission Guidance regarding public benefit of our work.

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	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	na
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	Na
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	All our work is done by volunteers, we have no paid staff. As a result we are able to achieve our objective of maintaining this historic garden, open it to the public for local people and visitors to enjoy. Volunteers have

benefitted from learning and improving their gardening skills, health and well being from gardening and working outdoors, socialising and a sense of achievement in recreating this garden which is now a key part of Ramsey’s heritage offer. This year has seen an increase in volunteer numbers and resulting “team spirit” Other

Achievements and Performance

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Achievements and Performance	Achievements and Performance	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	In this financial year we have maintained our visitor numbers and income from our visitors. We have increased the awareness of our garden. We have made improvements in the garden such as a better system of composting, introducing raised beds for growing vegetables. This in interesting to visitors and has helped with the maintenance of the garden We have organised a number of special events which have increased visitor numbers such as “yarn bombing” in the early Spring and taking part in an Apple Day in Autumn. Cambridgeshire Adult Skills continue to use our garden to deliver City and Guld horticulture courses. The garden offers an ideal venue so learners can gain a wide variety of skills. Some learners go on to employment in the horticulture sector. The garden has also been used for a one off skills training days.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41
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Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41
Other

Financial Review

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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 The charity changed over from its
financial position at the end former status as a charitable trust to the
of the period new entity Ramsey Abbey Walled
Garden CIO during this financial year.
The funds from the old Trust were
transferred to the new CIO.
For a short time the two organisations
were running in parallel while
arrangements were made to transfer the
funds. The accounts for the CIO show a
deficit due to the fact that our most
significant of expenditure (our
insurance) was made in this part of the
year.
Over the year covered by both
organisation, there was a small surplus.
At the end of the year our assets stood
at £236,324
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 We hold reserves for the following
policy for holding reserves reasons:
stating why they are held The interest helps cover our running
costs;
To cover unexpected items of
expenditure, for example repairs to the
wall
To enable investment in future
developments such as commissioning a
garden designer to help us develop a
masterplan for future developments in
the garden
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £200,000
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22
reserves
Details of fund materially in Para 1.24
deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 None
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Income from selling our produce, preserves and plants Donations from visitors to the garden Donations from wellwishers Fees for using the garden for training etc. Occasional grants
Investment policy and objectives including any	Para 1.46

social investment policy adopted
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	Trust deed
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	Trusttes are appointed based on the skills they offer

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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	none
Other

Reference and Administrative details

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Charity name Ramsey Abbey Walled Garden CIO
Other name the charity uses Ramsey Walled Garden
Registered charity number 1202958
Charity’s principal address The Willows, Ramsey Road
Ramsey Forty Foot
Cambridgeshire
PE26 2XN
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Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
Christopher Vane Chair
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Percy
2 Mark Wilkinson Secretary
3 Jane Sills Treasurer
4 Esmund Edwards
5 Valentina Steel
6 Philip Whaites
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– 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 held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for 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) Date
	Jane Sills
	Treasurer and Head Gardener
	2ndJune 2025
	2ndJune 2025

RAMSEY ABBEY WALLED GARDEN CIO Charity number The Willows, Ramsey Road Ramsey Forty Foot, Cambs PE26 2XN [e-mail] 07973 380827

SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH 2025

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Year end 31/3/2025 INCOME EXPENDITURE
Grants 0.00 Insurance 4039.43
Produce sales, donations in garden 828.37 Water 0.00
Receipts for garden use 726.00 Electricity 629.39
Donations 1000.00 Contractors 0.00
Gift Aid 0.00 Repairs renewals 94.27
Other 0.00 Trees, plants, seeds 192.26
Consumables, general garden expen 1084.95
Capital / equipment 100.00
Web hosting/web management 626.40
total 2554.37 Office 3.50
Fundraising 0.00
interest 1114.56 Volunteers 95.10
New info panel 440.00
total 7305.30
total 3668.93
balance for year -3636.37
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Balance 31/03/2024
Current account statement Unpresented cheques Unpaid invoices Actual Natwest transferred Nationwide transferred Cambridge Counties Total at 31/3/2024	152.50 152.50 64206.18 78724.25 93241.43 236324.36
Balance 31/03/5
Current account statement	19332.00
Actual	19332.00
Liquidity account	49096.98
United Trust Bank	70000.00
Cambridge Counties	94259.01
Total at 31/3/2025	232687.99