## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From Period start date To Period end date** ## **Charity name:** ## **Charity registration number:** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|For the benefit of the inhabitants of
Vauxhall and the surrounding areas to
assist in the provision and maintenance
as a public open space or park the whole
of the curtilage now known as spring
gardens, Vauxhall, for use by the local
inhabitants for their recreation and leisure
time occupation in the interests of social
welfare and so that their conditions of life
may be improved.| |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|Maintenance and improvement of the
Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, including but not
limited to: installation of park furniture,
creating and maintaining new garden
spaces, consulting on local development
projects around the gardens| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|All trustees are bound to follow the guidance
of the Charity commission as laid out in our
governing document| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **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|The FOVPG has spent the last 2 years
creating a new garden “The Small Pleasures
Garden” in a long neglected area of the park,
which had been a site of anti social
behaviour and littering for many years. In
doing so the FOVPG has restored a
neglected space and taken steps to return it
to public use.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|FOVPG held £14,330.34 in its savings
account, £23,870.52 in its current account
and Zero debt.| |
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|FOVPG holds reserves pending expenditure
on various capital projects under
consideration.| |
Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£14,330.34**| |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|**n/a**| ## **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|| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| |||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**n/a**| |---|---|---| |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**| |
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|Membership of the CIO is open to anyone who is
interested in furthering its purposes, and who, by
applying for membership, has indicated his, her
or its agreement to become a member and
acceptance of the duty of member.
There should be: Not less than**four**nor more
than**eleven**elected trustees; and one nominated
trustee (reserved for Vauxhall City Farm)| ## **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|| |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|| |Other||| |||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Friends Of Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|n/a| |
Registered charity number|1206375| |
Charity’s principal address|Studio 3
38 St Oswalds Place
London
SE11 5JE| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**
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**(if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---| ||Dr Paola Piglia|Chairperson|| ||Grace
Nicholls-Iggulden|Treasurer|| ||Dianne Lawley||| ||Laurent Batut||| ||Claire Douglas||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** **n/a** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**n/a**||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|n/a| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|n/a| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|n/a| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| |**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)** G. N-I. **Full name(s)** Grace Nicholls-Iggulden **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 23/10/25 Financial report for 2024 Current account: Income: £80,042.00 (of which £42.00 was cash donations and the rest was transferred from the deposit account) Expenditure: £79,176.00 (of which £65.60 was banking fees) Deposit account: Income: £1102.77 (interest earned) Expenditure: £80,000.00 (transferred to current account)