Eco-Friendly Garforth
Financial Statements March 2025
Eco- Friendly Garforth
Financial Statements
For the year ended 31[st] March 2025
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Table of Contents
Page Contents 3,4 Trustees’ annual report 5 Receipts & payments account 6 Statement of assets & liabilities
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Eco friendly Garforth Trustee report 24-25
Trustees names
Carol Burns (chair) Suzanne Harding Brian Flynn Scott Hennessy Gary Pierce David Swindells Walt Treloar Louise Ward (Treasurer)
Registered address 32 Derwent Avenue.Leeds LS25 1HN
Bank details Head Office: 177 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 7ER
These financial statements and trustees report cover the time period from September 2024 when we were registered as a CIO until March 2025 and therefore only cover 6 months of activity
Governance and Management
EFG is managed by a committee of between 5 and 10 trustees. The trustees have the power to
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Raise funds, receive grants and donations
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Apply for funds to carry out the work of the charity
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Co-operate with and support other charities with similar purpose
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Do anything which is lawful and necessary to achieve the purposes.
New trustees are recruited either because:
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a. vacancies have arisen or will arise
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b. existing Trustees have agreed that additional specific skills are needed. The trustees agree what skills, experience and knowledge are needed, and write it down in the form of a short job description and person specification to form the criteria for recruitment. Prospective trustees must be recommended by at least two existing members.
Trustees have a short induction similar to that given to other volunteers and are given an introductory pack with the policies of EFG
Aims and Objectives
- To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment, by any means as the trustees in their discretion shall determine.
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- To advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment, by any means as the trustees in their discretion shall determine.
Achievements
EFG developed from an initiative of Climate Action Leeds and registered as a CIO in September 2024. We are grateful to the National Lottery for funds which have allowed us to transition to independence
Our celebration event in December 2024 brought together volunteers and supported. We showed two films highlighting how different communities have responded to becoming more sustainable and also spent time consulting with local people about priorities for EFG. The need to work with young people came out as the most important issue.
Our main projects so far are:
A repair cafe , working closely with the Leeds repair cafe network, once a month with between 6 and 9 repairers and volunteers. So far we have saved over 260 items weighing about 475kg from landfill. You can find out more from our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/iwcBbIeFgcc
A community garden, we restored a piece of waste land which belongs to one of the local pubs. Over a period of 24 months, we have transformed it into a thriving sustainable garden. This merited an award from Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.
Regular activities take place there. A group of 8-10 volunteers meet each Wednesday morning to work on the garden. A variety of local groups - art and drawing groups, brownies, rainbows- have used the garden. There have been several open days and sessions for families. Additionally, individuals have used the garden facilities.
Community energy : we organised a light bulb initiative where we exchanged about 220 bulbs with a combined wattage of over 5.7kW for new bulbs with a wattage of over 1.4kW. This is a reduction of 4.3kW or 75% on energy demand. For every hour that all these bulbs are used 700g CO2e are avoided and assuming that all the bulbs replaced were half way through their life, then an estimated 3.5 tonnes CO2e are avoided.
In June 2025 we installed some off grid solar power for Garforth Allotments on the Church Lane site. We are hoping to have a short film about this to put on our YouTube channel soon.
We are now developing links with Alwoodley and Leeds Community Energy and will be working under that umbrella in the future.
Most of our funding is used for these projects.
We have a website which is a source of information and also links to other green groups in the area. Networking with other green groups in the area.
Reserve Policy
We aim to hold the equivalent of 3 months expenditure (based on last year’s costs) plus a proportion for legal costs and maintain the level of reserves from unrestricted income. The
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trustees may agree to designate some of the free reserves for a particular project or activity. They will ensure that these designated funds are spent within a reasonable period of time. This policy is reviewed at least annually.
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| STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES | STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES |
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| Current Virgin Money | 12,880.05 |
| PettyCash | 25.90 |
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| 12,905.95 |
Signed Carol Burns (Chair ) Louise Ward ( Treasurer )
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