Cknitynumber.. 212989
Brafntrte ind BocklME Publlc Gardens
ur4AiIDITED ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR KNDED 31112n123
PrÈpired By:
M H A¢counlanoy
rhv Crnft
Windwr tir¢4n
Cockfield
Bury St Edmund$
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Br¥intr¢e 4nd Botkkng Publlt Gardens
FINAfictAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3J11212O23
TRUSTEES
Alrtn Pa￿e
Jan)e6 Beitty
Bdinda Littler
StEphEn Bockett
Vones8a S2lltom4uro
Mark Cornoll
Tolly PritCh￿d
Susan Pettwe¢
DrVlll¢e E8de
REGISTKRKD OFFICE
Holmes & Hills
Bocklng End
]Jr•intre¢
CM7 9AJ
CHAIUTY NUMBER
212989
ACCOUNTANTS
M H AceouTht4n¢y
Thr Croft
Windsororeon
Co¢kfidd
ljury StEdmwid8
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Brwlntret Bo¢kingPubll¢ Gardeni
ACCOiINTS
FOR THE YEAR xf4DED 311A212•23
CONTENrs
R¢port of the Tru5tses
Indep¢nd¢nt Ex￿rtiner's Stht¢ment
Aecollnian¢'8 R¢port
stst¢mcnt of Findnciol Activlties
Ba12n¢¢ Sheet
Notes to the Accoutti8
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Derall¢d Stat¢ment of FlnhLKhl Adtvitie5
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Bralntr<t #nd Bo¢klng Pllblle GardÈtt$
FOR THE YKAR ENDED 31112ll023
TRUSTEESI RXTrORT
Thc twstttswesent ihdrreport ￿ 4cwunts for tho yw ¢md¢d 3111212023
PRINCIPAL ACTIVTIKES
Th¢ prhwlpal activity of the ch￿lty iu th¢y¢arund¢rrevECW W28 to provlth gkrden8 forthe bett¥fit of th¢ local community ￿ 1$ th¢roforo deemed
to be acting forthe public benefit. .
STRUCTUBK GOVERNANCE AND MANACEMENT
The Chority was ¢5t&blished by 8 tN8tdeed d&*d 16 N0￿mber 1888. This wo$ 14t¢rAm¢nded on the 4 Octobet 2005, 1 Jun¢ 2006. 3 Auguat 2010.
7 Jun¢ 2011 and 7 F¢bruary2012.
APPOINTMEI NT AND TRAINING OF TRUSTEES
Whenevor th¢ oe¢d tD Appoint a new ttwsleo *ri¥o5, wc wfi8Ld¢r suitable candida*s from recornmondalioJJ8 and ￿[son41 knowl¢dg¢ aThd mHk¢ a
ssk¢lion, We advise the lrteoming Trnsleo of the responlibililiei and l¢gAI obligations of bein8 a TnL&leo.
FINANCIAL POSITION AND RESKRVES
Tho ov¢roll 1098 wff¢r¢d by the Charity for the year w•8 £2,302 (2022 £24.0881. Thi8 ini¢ude$ tbe accounting ￿jUstM￿nI for thprecidtion on tho
IMp￿v¢￿ents to Propetty and th• rItt￿ on inves¢menrs for the yeor of £6,946 ¢ompJr¢d 10 InveBtmellt lo￿9 iti 2022 of£16,541. A84in this y¢ur
ther¢ wots In incr18￿ in energy ¢o$i$ whi¢h h13 ¢ontributcd to Ihc IOBS P081tion of tho Charity.
Tb¢ Ch8rity ha5 avuiloblo re$erve$ at thE Bala￿¢ Shccl dal¢ of£183,71512022 £186,017).
The TrJst¢e& ar¢ of th• opinion thatthe TnLBt hal o J¢¢urn fin9n¢Salpo6ldoll and6Dougb reserves to meet its operat￿8 E¢livili¢8.
RISKMANAGEMENT
Tho Tnth5 caTh cottfimi tha¢ th¢y b•v• ¢onJidered rDAjorriskn whidi may ari¥0 ana io thoir opinion. no sigDifLealltri¥k¥ Bro for¢¥¢¢D atth¢ d8t¢ of
thls report
INDEPENDAKf EXAMINER
Th¢ Ind¢pcThdant Bx*miner 1$ Mrs MArthts R Hardy MAAT, a partner of M H Accountancy.
Thereport wa$ P￿P5￿d in aCCDrdunce with the special provisions witbin Part IS of theComp•n1¢9 A¢1 2006.
Tbis rcportwas dpprovttd by the BoArd of Tw$ie¢8 on 1810412024
Alan PayJ¢
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Bralntr¢e 4nd Botklng Publi¢ Ggrdex$
IM)EPFNDENT EXAMINERIS STATEMENT
FOR THX YEARENDED 3111212023
INDEpEf4DENT EXAMll¥ER'S REPORT TO THE TRUST£ES OFBRAINTBIE AND BOCKING PUBLIC GARDENS
Ir¢porton the accounts ofthB ¢ornpany for tbe year ended 3111ZQ023 .
RESPKCTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES AND UATrJINER
Th¢ tN81¥es IwhD gro also th¢ diTtctors of Ibe eomppny for tbe pury0s¢8 of company lrtwl are responsible for thc preparalion of th¢ aecourtts. Tho
IN%tees eojJsid¢r thHt att audit is UDt required for thi$ under 8ectson 144PI of the Chariti¢% Act 2011 (th9 2011 Act) and th4t an independent
¢xaminadon is neede<L
The chftrltys gros8 did not exceed £250,000 and I Am quAiincd to und¢rthkt th¢ ¢XAmiDatioJ by bÈiD8 a qualified tnEmbEr of AAT.
Having sot15ficd myvlf ihit the ctwity IB not 8ubject to An audlt widor wmpany IAW And 1$ ¢ligible Ind¢p¢ndcnt ￿arnin&110#, it 18 my
responsibility to..
- ¢xamiM th¢ a¢¢thuttts widor 8eLtton 145 of the 2011 Aot.
- follow th¢ procedures iald in ihe gen¢rnl DiTeclion8 8iven by tht ChaTIty Commiiilon undw 6cc410Th 14515Xb) of thc 201 l Act; 8Ld
- stalo wh¢therpartituiJr rnntlers h8V¢ to my attention.
BASIS ofi INDEPENDENT ExA￿NERs STATEMENT
My Ex￿)7￿0t10n carricd oui In accor(18n¢e with scnornl Directiony ¥iv¢ll by the Charity Commi$&ion. An examinulion includés a reviow ofihè
arcounting records kopt by th# ch4rity and a comparison of tho PTe%ent¢d witli Iho$e Ti¢ords. 11 Also tncludos ronsid¥r&tion of uny¥ual
itoms Ord￿l0&ur¢S trA th# accounts, 8e¢king ¢xplRnalions from you Hs INBlui cO￿eming mottw8,
The procedur¢8 undertak¢n do u0¢ providtt ail the evlden4o that would be r¢quir¢d Ill on audit, and c0tt8equ¢Thtly no opinion i¥ 8iveD a8 w whDth¢r
the accounts pr¢g¢nt a.true atjd hirview" and the repDrt 1$ Ilmit¢d to th05c matter8 sel out in th¢ statemont bclow.

BrAlntre¢ and Bo¢klNg Pubjlt Gardexs
IND￿Er4DENT EXAMINERtS STATEMENT
FOR TIKE YEAR ENDED 3111212023
INDXPEfiDENT EXAMINERS STATEMENr
Inconn¢dion with Th)y ex¥nIn￿l0￿ no matlerbas to my att¢ntion.'
(l) whLch 8IW¢8 me reasonable eaux to bdi¢v¢ tbat in ally material re¥pe¢tthg Lwuirem¢nts'.
. to k¢Ep accounliThB re¢ord8 in accord8nee with $￿tion 386 of the Companie8 A¢t2006; and
- to prepare accounts whtrh aGrord with tho accountitig rtcords. comply with thu ￿￿OUntIng requircmellts of settioTh 396 of the Companies A¢t
2006 and with the mcthods wiuciplo5 of the Statemettt of R¢commended Prod1￿. A¢coullthig Hnd Reporting by CJJatiti¢S
havenot b¢¢n tll¢t: or
(21 lo whioh, kn my opinltsn, attention should bc drAw￿ irl ordertD ¢nable a properuttdtrstlnding of a¢couDra to b¢ r¢4¢h¢d
Dllte..
0910¥ /z+
M H ACco￿ta￿¢Y
Th¢ Croft
WlndsDrGreell
Cockfici4
Bury St Edmunds
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01284827054
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Bralntree And Bocklng Pubjte GIr￿e￿S
StateDwit ofFlnallclsl Activltle5
ror theyur ended 311121202]
2023
2022
Unrestrieted Re5trktsd
fundi
runds
Totwl
rtrlol
IDcomt
Incomo from s¢￿rated Sjnds
Donations and I¥¥￿1¢S
Income froTnlnv¢5tments
Totsi Jn¢omt ¢nthiwments
Expen1¢$
Costs of g¢n¢rnting fiujth
Bxpendityr¢ on Charitable &clivi¢i¢s
TotAI Kxpen5ei
Net g4ins OJL Invtitm¢nts
N¢tYh¢orne
44,396
44,396
14.600
58,996
47,804
14,800
62.604
58,996
61.298
61,298
61298
8tf,fj92
61
98 86.692
(2,302)
12.302) (24,088)
Gilm￿(lO81¢1) on rviluattfytt of nxod aM¢its
Nrt moveth¢ntln funds:
Net In¢oJn¢ for the year
Total fiJrtd% brought forword
fuhdo ¢arrled f•rw*rd
12,302)
186,017
183 715
(2.302) B4,088)
186,Q17 2JO,105
183 715 186,017
This slalem¢ni of fIr￿cial 8clivilie8 includ¢1 all gain8 8nd loBies re00￿18¢d In tho yMr. All i[K0￿ and expendltut# d¢riY¢ from
¢ontthuitiu a¢dvlrS¢6
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Bt•ill¢rte Bo¢klagPublic GAr(IrD5
BALANCE SHEET AT 31n2n023
2023
2022
Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Tansibl¢ a58cts
18.284
20,806
CURRENT ASSETS
JnVcstm￿ts
Cash atbaok And inbgnd
161,761
9.063
170,824
5,393
J54,8J3
18,202
173,L775
7.924
CREDITORS: Amounts fAlllng withln oneyexr
NXT CURRENT ASS£TS
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABJLITIES
165.431
183.715
165,JJJ
186,017
CAPITAL AND RESER
Unre¥trltted thndi
General fvnd
183,715
183,715
18&017
JI6,QJ7
For th¢ y¢Jr ¢ndlng 3111212023 the ¢omptsnyw48 ¢ntitlcd lo ￿mPtIon unders¢Ctlon 477 of ih¢ Comp•Dies Act 2006 relatlng 10 8m411 comp￿￿5.
The membcLY h8v¢ not r<quired the company to oblain uydit in a¢rordanc¢ with section 476 of the Compottlett AOL 2006,
Th¢ dircrlors acknowlod¥o th¢iT responsibilitios for Mmplying with IhL4 rLqui￿￿¢llts of dJ¢ Acl with rcBPCCt to 2tt0uttllnK retords 4Trd thB
wepBration of
Thes¢ account8 hav¢b¢¢n prep￿ed in ll¢¢OTdance with the provision8 ippliclblo to ￿mpatIl¢S 5ubJectto the $mo11 ¢oropAni¢8 r¢8lm
ApproY4d by the board oftruthu on 18104n024 &lgntd on thelr behAir
by
Al•M PHym¢
TNgle(t
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Br*ltt¢rff BDckinKPubll¢ GardeD
NOTES TO THE ACCOtrt
FOR THE YKAR KNDED 31112r2023
I, ACCOUNTING POLICIES
II. BA8ts Of Aetountlllg
Th¢ a￿oll￿￿ have b¢¢nprtpor¢dundcr iho historical Eostconv¢ntlon.
The iccount& hBv¢ been prepared itt att4)rd4n¢¢ wilh FRSI02-The Fin8neial Koportill8 Standard hpplicllble inth¢ UKBnd Republi¢ of Jrel8thd ittd
thc Comp8nie8 Act2006 4nd the￿quErQMenls orth¢ SIR1¢￿￿t of REcommended Praetiee, Accounting and RtportiDB by CharitS¢9.
Ib. Ill￿MIng R080urt
All in¢Lirning resources am included OTh IILV Sljtement of Financi41 A¢iivili¢5 whcn the charity IB le8811y entill¢d to the illcome and tho amouni ¢8rt
be quin¢ifi¥d with re88onable aecurocy.
1¢. Rcsourcos Expertd¢d
BxpcndltyT¢ IB accounted for tyn In w¢ruals b4sis and been clwlfl¢d und¢r heading4 thit aggregate dll eo8t rclut¢d to th¢ cal¢gory. Whoro
cost$ Lannoi b¢ dlreDtly oltribllted to partioulw hoadiny Ih¢y hav¢ been ttllooatcd to 2Ctlvlile$ on u bo8i8 consistent with lh¢ u$¢ ufrcBOUW¢6.
Id. Altocallnn And Apportlonmèttt OICoJts
All co¥t¥ r¢J•te 10 thv iin8ie activity of the chtsdt4blo wmpaDy And are Tecoglli8ed aceorthn81y.
It. FuDd AuollnllThi
U[￿3￿CtOd I￿ndS can bo uscd in •¢¢ordJn¢¢ with the charithble objectives attb¢dTicrnilon •f tILe tThs1¢48.
Re3tri¢tsd thnds cRn only be used forpartie￿IVrOs￿¢led PUTposg¥ withitl the ebi￿ts of the ¢hwity. R¢4tsi¢i1008 Afi$4 wh¢n Bpe¥ifigd by the doj
¢rwh¢n 8re rAlsed for particularrestricted PUTpo$e¥.
De5i8lllltedt)Jnds Ire s¢t a5id# bythe th￿teeS out of untestricted llenernl fimds forth¢ 8p¢¢ifi¢ thMr¢pury)DSt8 orprnjKts.
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Br4lntr¢e and Bocklng Publ1¢ Garde]
2. DIREcfoRS AND EMPLOYEES
Particulors of ¢mployecs {inchLdiThg director8} ar¢ thovrn bolow..
Brnploy¢e costs durins th¢ y¢aT amounted to:
2023
2022
W8g¢u and salaries
6,333
6,333
7,400
7.400
The llverage weekiynumb¢r8 of cmployees durin8 the yearwere 18 follow8..
2123
2022
Jyo.
kfanllg¢m¢nt and thini8tratio
3. EMPLOYEES
2023
No.
2022
Avprag¢ number of employ
4. TANCIBLE FIXED ASSffS
Improvemonti
¢0 Prop¢rty
Tot
Cost
At0110112023
At 3111212023
Doprttlthtlon
At 0110112023
Forthe y¢ar
At31112Q023
N¢t Book Amounts
At 3111V2023
46,190
46,190
46,190
46,190
2J,324
25,324
27,906
27,906
182B4
20,866
18,284
20,866
At 3111212022
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BTalntree4nd Borking Pllbllc Gardens
5. CtJRRENT ASSETINVESTMErfrs
2013
2022
Listed itivestm¢nts. UK
161,761
J54,813
154,813
. CREDn'oRS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE ITrITHIN YEAR
2023
2022
Trad¢ orndiloTS
Taxation And aoDi41 ¥¢¢urity
Other¢r¢diio
3.016
2360
7,924
7.924
7. UNRESThICTED FUNDS
Brought ltt¢omln¢ Outgothi Tr•M8f•rs
forwArd ruour¢H Ye￿￿r¢0*
Cgrrled
forward
(￿￿er￿ fjJThd
186,017
186.017
58,997
61.299
183,715
183715
& RESTIUCTED FUNDS
Brought Incomlng Outgolng TrAn8ft
forward resollrc¢& resources
Carrlod
forwArd
9. RELATED PARTYTRANSACTIONS
Th¢r¢ w¢r¢ no ￿lat¢d P￿rtY tr4ns&¢tions in th¢ yw.
No Trustee received 4ndrvJnuneTAtion dyTin8 tb¢ year in theirrolepurely 9£ atrustse.
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Bralntree #nd Bocklng Pllb]i¢ G*Td¢n¥
IncomyJJgRe3ources
ror the y￿r endEd 3111212023
2023
2012
Incomlllg ruour¢es
Incomlngresollrtts from generated funds
IntO￿ts
Friend8 of the pubilc gardon$
B¢qu
Oth¢r donetLiJn5
Grants
lftaid
Spoll$or5hip 1filt￿
Llttl¢ l¢gs day
Family doy lopon Air cinem41 liv¢ ov￿ts
Christmas draw
Mu8lG fesuval
Cl899ic ¢grshow
T¢tuJiJ
Misr¢llaneouB
Donation8 post
4.gJo
JO.700
3JS)
2,50
J.243
8.8QO
1,359
380
3.888
4,710
4,818
2,40J
J,SOJ
955
6,551
2.691
1.86S
2,120
7,000
9,421
3210
2228
44.396
47,804
44,396
47,804
Jllvestm¢llt Ancome
coff￿ 8hop r¢ntal income
14,600
11,800
14,600
14,800
14.600
14,&00
58,996
62.604
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BrAilltrtr Bo¢kSng PDbUc Ggrdeny
Expcll9Q¥
for the yehr ¢nded3V1212023
2023
2022
Exptll
Costs of generlting fundi
Ch4rlt#ble Aetlviti¢s
Exp¢n4¢s attribut¢d to tiutdraistD8 events
Rates water
Insuranee
HcatAnd liBht
GordertlDg
h(aintenarJc¢ and equipm¢nt
Self employed w4rden
W￿d¢Th 88lary
A¢oountan¢y fec8
Independent examiDatlon
Websito costs
Bank cbarges
Sundry ¢xpons
Deprcciatiort
(Proflt) ILo88 on oth¢r inve#tmpnt8
2,401
1,710
2,990
14.079
28,675
4.293
4.000
2J33
870
660
2,289
5,216
964
3.299
9,912
24,436
13,370
7,400
702
870
PJ8
4P
433
2,5J2
1,363
2,582
61298
86,092
61,298
86.692
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