## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From Period start date 28[th] November 2024 To Period end date 31[st] December 2025**
**Charity name: Rise Walled Garden**
## **Charity registration number: 1205930**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote for the benefit of the**
**inhabitants of East Riding and Hull and**
**the surrounding area the provision of**
**facilities for recreation or other leisure**
**time occupation of individuals who have**
**need of such facilities by reason of their**
**youth, age, infirmity 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 life of the said**
**inhabitants.**|
|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|**Our aim is to preserve and restore the**
**walled garden as an area for the use of**
**the population of East Riding and Hull.**
**In doing so, the public with benefit**
**through:**
**-Hands-on gardening activities for**
**volunteers that promote mental/physical**
**wellbeing, build social connections,**
**develop skills (in particular in organic**
**gardening).**
**-Enhancing the site for food growing**
**and biodiversity by creating areas of**
**vegetable/fruit growing and planting and**
**using regenerative horticulture**
**principles.**
**-Providing free surplus produce to local**
**charities/food banks.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees declare that they have**
**carefully reviewed and have taken into**
**account the Charity Commission’s**
**guidance on public benefit when making**
**decisions regarding the charity’s**
**activities throughout the reporting**
**period.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Not applicable**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Not applicable**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The charity has no employees – all**
**activities are carried out by volunteers.**|
|Other|||
## **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|**We have now secured an extension of**
**the lease on the garden until September**
**2029, on the same terms as before (rent**
**£300 per annum).**
**Although we are still working one day**
**per week, our average weekly volunteer**
**attendance over the year has been 8 per**
**week, compared to 6 last year. Overall,**
**we have welcomed 20 different**
**volunteers from the local community,**
**including volunteer groups from**
**Cooperation Hull.**
**The summer drought made for difficult**
**growing conditions, but with care**
**losses in the newly-planted Forest**
**Garden were <10% and these have been**
**made up from grafting of donated**
**rootstocks. Purchase of a shredder and**
**two more compost bins has increased**
**our capacity to produce mulch and**
**compost on site. A floral strip was**
**planted in November adjacent to the**
**main vegetable growing area to improve**
**biological control of insect pests.**
**In December we purchased a Barn Owl**
**nest box, now installed, to improve non-**
**toxic control of the rodents which have**
**caused considerable losses this year.**|
**We have also recently secured funding for a compost toilet to help improve volunteer facilities. Produce from the site has either been shared amongst the community volunteers, donated to local food banks, or sold to help build an income stream for the running expenses of the garden. We are now members of the Hull Food Exchange Platform, which we hope in future will streamline the use of surplus produce. Our Facebook page currently has 93 followers. The volunteers who come to the weekly sessions have expressed that the gardening activities support both their mental and physical wellbeing, and provide a welcome space for them, whilst fostering a sense of community, and pride in what they are achieving.**
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**Our key objectives this year were to:**
**-Hold weekly gardening sessions.**
**-Secure additional funding to be able to**
**develop the garden and improve the**
**experience for volunteers.**
**The trustees are in agreement that we**
**have made considerable progress**
**against these objectives for our second**
**year of operation.**|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**This year we wanted to be able to**
**secure funding to:**
**-Secure our rent for the next 3 years**
**-Improve facilities for volunteers**
**-Be able to purchase additional**
**equipment to help improve our**
**productivity.**
**We secured funding from 3 funders this**
**year that have enabled us to achieve**
**these objectives.**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**Not applicable**|
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**In this financial year our total income**
**was £4655.40 and our total expenditure**
**was £4375.63.**
**£4500.00 was raised from**
**Trusts/Foundations and £155.40 was**
**raised by our income generating**
**activities.**
**We finished our second year with a**
**surplus of £279.77 and the account**
**balance of the charity on 31st December**
**was £1605.95.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Due to the size of our charity and that**
**there are no staff employed, we do not**
**have a reserves policy yet, although we**
**are aiming to hold at least 1 year’s rent,**
**insurance and utility costs at any given**
**time (approximately £450/year).**
**At the end of this year, £356.06 of funds**
**were unrestricted and available to use**
**as reserves. Although a little lower than**
**our reserves goal, we have already paid**
**rent for next year.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£356.06**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**There are currently no uncertainties**
**about the charity continuing as a going**
**concern.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Income from sale of produce: £155.40**
**Grants from Trusts/Foundations:**
**£4500.00**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Not applicable.**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Principal risks include:**
**Reduction in volunteer time – the charity**
**is run and managed by a team of**
**dedicated trustees who are all**
**volunteers. We are looking to involve**
**more volunteers and a part-time staff**
**member to mitigate this risk.**|
Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO whose only voting members are its**
**charity trustees.**|
|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|**As described in sections 9 and 10 of the**
**constitution. There is no entitlement of**
**any particular body or person to appoint**
**any trustees.**|
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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||
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Rise Walled Garden|
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|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1205930|
|Charity’s principal address|2 Woodyard Cottages, Jubilee Lane, Rise, Hull, HU11 5BN|
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||Rohan Lewis|Secretary|||
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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 None 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)** Rohan Francis Miles LEWIS **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 5[th] March 2025
## **INCOME**
Grants
|Sir J Reckitt foundation
Bramall Foundation
Sale of Produce
TOTAL INCOME
**EXPENDITURE**
Project expenditure
Equipment >£500
Equipment <£500
Materials/Resources
Advertising
TOTAL
Overheads
Insurance
Electricity
Rent*
TOTAL
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
Excess of income over expenditure for the year
* 2 years' rent paid in 2024
**BALANCE SHEET**
Current account balance 28th November 2024
plus surplus for the year
Current account balance 31st December|£ 1,500.00
£ 3,000.00
£ 155.40
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£ 1,939.13
£ 1,139.38
£ 941.63
£ 190.00
£ 4,210.14
£ 111.72
£ 53.77
£-
£ 165.49
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£ 279.77
£ 1,326.18
£ 279.77
£ 1,605.95|
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