Growing Together Reports & Accounts Financial Year Ending 3110812025 Contents Legal & Administrative Details Trustees Report R￿ipts & Payments Statement Asset & Liability Statement Notes to the A¢¢ounts ¢ Created using ExpensePIus Legal & Administrative Details Charity Name.. Growing Together Charity Number: 1207933 Charity Address.. Growing Together clo Sl George's Church Chesterfield Road Cambridge C84 1LN Trustees: Andrew James Wilson (Appointed 1910412024} Jeremy Jon Bickerstsffe (Appointed 19104120241 Justin David Agnes (Appointed 1910412024) Maria Berenice Jimenez Rodriguez (Appointed 11102120251 Michael John Staplehurst (Appointed 19104120241 Nicholas John Brook (Appointed 19104120241 Independent Examiner- nla Accounts are below the £25,000 threshold for independent exaMInat￿)n to be required. Trustees Report Objects of the charity FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND OPERATING WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILLHEALTH (MENTAL OR PHYSICALI, ISOLATION, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE BY THE PROVISION OF GROUP SESSIONS AND ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO REDUCE SOCIAL ISOLATION AND REBUILD CONFIDENCE. Summary of the charity's main actlvlties and achiovements To further the atM)ve objects and vision, the charity's main activities and achievements were as follows.. During th8 reporting peri¢)d we focused on running our existing three groups (see below) and improving their organisation and delivery. The reporting period represents our first full year of operation after registering as a charity in April 2024 and consequently our team was busy drawing up policy documents and implementing them across OLJr aclivilies. The Living Room is a social group that includes an art activity and runs most Thursdays during term lime. Attendance in this peri(yJ was typically 7-9 people. We experienced some disruption due to the loss of our venue in September 2024 and used a number of temporary venues over Ihe autumn, before settling into a new venue (East Bamwell Community Centre) in the Spring of 2025. Reach Boxing is a non-contsct boxing group that runs mosl Fridays. Attendan￿ during this period was typically 5-7 people. The group changed venue just prior to this reporting period and has been settled at St George's church hall since that time. Real Pizza is a Bible discussion group that meets the first and third Sunday of the month. Attendance during this period has typically been 7-9 people. We tried several venues during this period, alternating between them, bul have since setded at the Easl Bamwell Community centre.we had a special event in Seplember 2024 to ￿lebrate the fomialisation of thè charity, where the members of all our groups were invited to a Chinese banquet organised by the charity.11 was a suc￿Ssful event, with neady 30 people attending, including helpers. The trustees concluded the reporting year with a half day away in late August at which we discussed the challenges and opportunities facing the charity and some goals for the coming year. It was a positive and constructive session and brought to the fore some valuable priorities for the year ahead. In planning the activities, the Irust8es have applied the guKlan¢e on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission. Flnanclal Revlew The charity's first financial period covered 16.5 months, from registration on 19 April 2024 to the year end on 31 August 2025. During this period. the charity received total income of £18.081, comprising £8,081 in donations, a one-off £5,000 gift from the Friends of Fulboum Hospital following that charity'5 closure, and a £5,000 restricted grant from Cambridge City Council to fund a new activity group in the 2025-26 financial year. After expenditure of £6,912 or, delivering its activities, the charity carried fofward £6,169 in unrestricted funds and £5.000 in restricted funds, a position comfortably ahead of its reserves policy. Funds In Deflclt Not applicable Roserves Policy We will maintain a cash balance of £1,000 or SLrfficient to cover at least 3 months operating costs, whichever is greater. Signature This report was approved by the trustees, and is signed on their behalf by.. ML 'gr8ture Receipts & Payments Statement on4￿On* & Lq9aC nations 5.394 5,394 GIftA 573. 573 Grnnts E￿￿t Income 1 389 Bank Interest ', Ren￿1 Incom Loans RÉwvod 5.725,. S.725 ! Sole of FLX•d A¥sgts I Sale of Invfrstmgnts Totat ￿•pl3 13.IWI 18m1 i Ad￿ltIeS '. Admin 210 210 A¢vgTtiwng e8nk ¢hyryg$ Ev•niCo$ts 572 572 .' Gifts Olhèr E￿nd￿￿o ' Pr¢mi$g5 2.931 2.931 , si#ff Co*$ fy)vemance Cos15 FLx¢d ￿s$•t PurchAe88 l Loans Repaid Inve$ted t912 6J12 i Funo Tr4n8fern lrt Fund Tr4nsferB Out ! Totsi Cash Funds erwahl i Gènernl Iunregtnd￿} Go(é Grani (Restr￿d) 6.169 6.169 5.OL Asset & Liability Statement Cash Assets General IUnrnstntt&Jl king Gr*Jd Grarn (Reslncledl 6.1 6.169 SIOJ | Other Monetary Assets Aid Investment Assets ,. Propgty ' InvosimeTrl Ac¢Lwrtt• Oth•r Fixed Assets Lsnd S Building5 Mu*¢ & PA Equipnient ' Cofflpuiers & ly Fumiturp Moior Veh¢es Liabilities Loans Outsia￿l j Pe￿8￿Tr Payrnenl ¢J¥ed HMRC PAy¢r*nts (>*èd Indeper￿oni Ex9mfft￿thi FeeD Crthor Signature These accounts have been approved by Ihe trustees. and are signed on their behalf by: grAPLg44 wrtsf .gnature 2Jz Notes to the Accounts Accounting Policles The accounts have been prepared on a re￿ipts and payments basis and comprise a statement that shows the Charity's re￿ip1S and payments, a stalement tt)al summarises the charity's assets and liabilities and related notes. The accountancy profession have detemined that only accounts prepared in accordance with applicable accounting slandards presenl a 'true and fair, view and, as these receipts and payments accounts have not (and cannot) be Prepared in accordance with aGcounling standards, these accounts do not present land are not intended to presentl a 'lrue and fairf view of the charity's financial activities arKI state of affairs. General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds thal have been sel aside by the tnjstees for particular purposes. Restrided funds are donations which are to be used in accordan￿ with speufic restrictions imposed by donors,. they include donations received from appeals for specific activits'es or projects. Transactlons to Related Parties During the year the charity paid a trustee £266 towards the hire of a garage, in respect of storage Spa￿ used for charity items, and £120 towards the running costs of a vehicle owned by the trustee, used to transport goods for the charity. Both payments were approved by the other truslees, with Ihe trustee concemed declaring an interest and not taking part in the decision. Movement of Funds ,' Gènèral IUnrgsbth¢l 1308 6912 6.189. 6.912 IRestnctedl 5QOg Other During the period, the charity received a one-off donation of £5.000 from the Friends of Fulboum Hospital, made on the closure of that charity. This is induded within Other Income in the Receipts & Payments Statement. During the period, the charity received a grant of £5,000 from Cambridge City Council. This grant is restricted for the purpose of funding a new activity group, to be established and run during the 2025-26 financial year. No expenditure had been incurred against this grant by the year end, and the full £5,000 is carrted fO￿ard as a restricted fund for use in the following financial year.