## **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**
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|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.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|---|---|---|
|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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SORP reference
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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|
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|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.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|||
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|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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**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|**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**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any|Para 1.46||
|social investment policy
adopted|||
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|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**|
## **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||
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|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
1
Percy
2 Mark Wilkinson Secretary
3 Jane Sills Treasurer
4 Esmund Edwards
5 Valentina Steel
6 Philip Whaites
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
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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**|
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|**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**||
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||Jane Sills|
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Treasurer and Head Gardener|
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||2ndJune 2025|
RAMSEY ABBEY WALLED GARDEN CIO Charity number The Willows, Ramsey Road Ramsey Forty Foot, Cambs PE26 2XN info@ramseywalledgarden.org 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**||
|Bala**nce 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||