## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 9[th] January 2024 To 31[st] December 2024**
## **Charity name: Wivey Grows**
## **Charity registration number: 1206443**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|For the people of Wiveliscombe and
surrounding areas:
1. Improve Condition of life
2. Improve the natural environment
3. Provide education for public benefit|
|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|1. Providing fresh vegetables with zero
food miles
2. Coppicing of woodlands, promoting
biodiversity at all sites
3. Seed planting events for children (and
adults!)|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18||
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Some 20 volunteers have contributed to all
aspects of the work of Wivey Grows over the
year. Without our hard working volunteers
there would be no Wivey Grows.|
|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|The main work of the charity has been
growing vegetables at our plot at Langley
House. The majority of these vegetables
have gone to our “sister” charity, Wivey
Kitchen, who make meals for those in the
community who need free meals.
The coppicing work done over the winter has
allowed the opening of wheelchair
accessible paths through the Langley House
woodland for the use of the residents.
A number of seed planting events were
carried out at both Langley House and at
shows in Miverton and Wiveliscombe to
show both children and adults how to plant
and nurture seeds.|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|The objectives were largely met in terms of
vegetable production and the coppicing
project. We had hoped to run a number of
children’s events at Langley House but a
new policy from the owners prohibiting more
thanafewchildrenprohibited this.|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Wivey Grows successfully provided some
£150 worth of honey in return for donations.
There were some small donations but no
grant funding applications were deemed
necessary this year.|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A All funds are held in a “current” account|
|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|The financial position is sound with some
£1,800 available. We expect costs for 2025
to be some £500.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held to ensure the ongoing
financial stability of the charity. Grant
funding is becoming harder to obtain so we
are holding on to reserves and reducing
spending in some areas (mainly
organisationalspending suchas software)|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£1,800|
|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|The charity achieved some £200 in
donations which covered the costs of
materials for growing vegetables. This
makes it practically self sustaining (in the
short term at least)|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|N/A|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The main risk to the charity is our continued
presence at Langley House which is under
the control of the owners of the House and
they may either need the land back or sell
the House. We believe the risk is low as
relationships with the house, staff and
residents is good. We have further mitigated
this by obtaining and using a small allotment
plotin Wiveliscombe.|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||We have a single CIO run by a group of
Trustees|
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed,royalcharter)|Para 1.25|CIO 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|Advertising in the newsletter. Interview by
existing trustees. The main provisions are
laid out in the Constitution. There are no
persons with entitlement to appoint trustees|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|N/A|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|N/A|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|The charity works very closely with Wivey
Kitchen (Charity number: 1201960) providing
fresh local vegetable to supplement the food
it receives from supermarkets,etc|
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Wivey Grows|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1206443|
|Charity’s principal address|Wiveliscombe Area Community Office
Wiveliscombe House
3 The Square
Wiveliscombe
Taunton
TA4 2JT|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Dr Rosie Riley||||
||Mr Benjamin Terry
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||Mrs Nina Katherine
Benson||||
||Mr Richard George
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||Mrs Sarah Yelland||||
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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 N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/a 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**|||
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||Benjamin Terry Evans||
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Chair||
||2rdOctober 2025||
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## Wivey Grows Accounts for Year 09/01/2024 - 31/12/2024
|Income|Transfer In|5,627.41|
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|Income|Donations|0.00|
|Income|Sales|166.00|
|||**5,793.41**|
|Costs|Coordinator fees|-2,533.00|
|Costs|Cost of Sales|-72.87|
|Costs|Materials|-149.09|
|Costs|Software|-612.42|
|Costs|Allotment|-166.15|
|Costs|H&S|-16.99|
|Costs|Events|-20.00|
|Costs|Insurance|-201.19|
|Costs|Fees|-5.00|
|Costs|Design Fees|-200.00|
|||**-3,976.71**|
||Assets at year end|**1,816.70**|
Transfer of remaining Grant Funding from Wivey Cares
Honey
Licence Fee for Langley House Garden Design