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2022-03-31-accounts

Company no. 02114442 Charity no. 297091

St. Werburghs City Farm Report and Unaudited Financial Statements

31 March 2022

St. Werburghs City Farm

Reference and administrative details

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Company number 02114442
Charity number 297091
Registered office and Watercress Road
operational address St. Werburghs
Bristol
BS2 9YJ
Trustees Trustees, who are also directors under company law, who served during
the year and up to the date of this report were as follows:
Jacqueline Barker
Jonathan Brockwell
Joseph Hughes appointed 30 September 2021
Judith English resigned 25 May 2021
Ben Harris resigned 23 May 2022
Anna Kendall resigned 30 September 2021
Ash Meakins Chair
Maurice McCartney resigned 23 May 2022
Partheeban Navaratnam resigned 19 April 2021
Lisa Pascoe
Laura Tyley appointed 30 September 2021
Key staff R Ashton 18-25 & Wellbeing Manager
A Bowsher Conservation & Volunteer Manager
J Clynewood Director (Job Share)
S Flint Supported Training Manager
K Halford Director (Job Share)
B Lambert Estates and Livestock Manager
F McDonald Office Manager
R Fry Child & Youth Manager (Job Share)
L Emerson Child & Youth Manager (Job Share)
A Morrow Child
&
Youth
Manager		 (resigned 31
December 2021)
I Patrick Operational Manager (Child & Youth)
J Santamaria Operational Manager (Marketing & Comms)
A Lee Propagation Place Manager (Maternity leave
30 November 2021)
C Breseid Propagation Place Manager (Maternity cover 2
November 2021)
A Ausra Operational Manager (Sites appointed 8 March
2022)
Bankers HSBC Bank PLC Ecology Building Society
27 Gloucester Road North 7 Belton Road
Filton Silsden, Keighley
Bristol West Yorkshire
BS7 0SQ BD20 0EE

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Investment managers Epworth Investment Management Limited
9 Bonhill Street
London
EC2A 4PE
Insurers Royal & Sun Alliance
c/o Arthur J Gallagher (UK) Limited
Spectrum Building
7th Floor
55 Blythswood Street
Glasgow
G2 7AT
Independent Godfrey Wilson Limited
examiners Chartered accountants and statutory auditors
5th Floor Mariner House
62 Prince Street
Bristol
BS1 4QD

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Who we are

The Farm is finalising our new Vision and Objectives which will launch in early 2023. Until then, we will continue to work to our existing Vison statement:

Our vision is to inspire and educate happy, healthy communities through green spaces, local food, and each other.

Using a two-acre Small-holding, one-acre Community Garden, 2.5-acre Boiling Wells Conservation Site and 13 acres of Community Allotments (home to Propagation Place), we connect people from all walks of life to the story of land, food and nature.

Using a two-acre small holding, a one-acre community garden, a 2.5-acre conservation site and 13 acres of community allotments, we offer targeted community services that equip people with knowledge, skills, and confidence, and provide green sites accessible to all.

Our aims are to:

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Overview of the year from the Chair of the Board of Trustees

The past year has been one of flexibility, creativity and change. As we emerged from COVID restrictions, the Farm team, like the wider community, adapted to shifting parameters, always putting the health and safety of our beneficiaries and local residents at the forefront. The Farm team’s dedication, passion, and innovation ensured that we could continue to offer a range of transformational services and green spaces for those that needed them most. We know these services are transformational due to the feedback we receive from the people accessing them including the following quotes:

At the same time, we have also progressed a number of organisational priorities including:

Equity and Diversity – we have continued to implement the recommendations of the Equity Report and take further steps to make the Farm more accessible and welcoming to people from all communities by:

Strategy Development - Undertaking a Community Advocacy project, with the guidance of Dr. Addy Adelaine, to ensure greater diversity of voice, and lived experience, are heard and reflected within our decision making and future development. Key outcomes of this process include:

Apprenticeship project - Launching our first Apprenticeship programme for 2 people, seeking to remove barriers to working in the horticultural sector, and employing 6 young people on 6-month placements through the Kickstart initiative.

Re-launching our Events - Relaunching our events programme to raise unrestricted funds, whilst seeking to increase engagement of our diverse community.

Health and Wellbeing - Developing partnerships with Windmill Hill City Farm, Lawrence Weston community Farm and Hartcliffe City Farm to submit and secure funding to deliver similar health and wellbeing activities.

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Looking to the future - Undertaking prefeasibility activities to determine what is in and out of scope for the redevelopment of the office, community building, café and playground site in view of increasing income generation whilst maximising our social impact. We have also consulted with staff and beneficiaries through a Livestock Review to identity the future role of animals at the Farm.

Over the past two years, we have learnt a lot about our organisation, our community and ourselves as individuals. The most significant learnings will feed into our work as we move forward, including:

Without a doubt, our staff are our biggest asset, and I would like to extend heart-felt thanks for their hard work, compassion, and spirit over the past year. We would like to extend a warm welcome to our new recruits, including: Celia Briseid, Simon Day, Bethany Hamilton-Allotey, Dominic Knight, Hazel Begum, Maria Barroso, Mo McManus, Shay Snape and Leighanne Bailey. We have been honoured to have been able to work with Huw Meredith, Jenifer Hurley, Phileighda Finch, Peter Murphy and Elsie Bradley Middle through the Kickstart programme. We also welcome back Alison Benning and Lucy White. We have welcomed two new trustees to our Board: Laura Tyley and Joe Hughes. We would like to take this opportunity to say good luck to Ali Lee who has gone on maternity leave, goodbye to our incredible Child and Youth Manager Anna Morrow, and our brilliant 18-25 & Wellbeing Manager Bex Ashton, and thank you to Anna Kendall and Jude English, who stepped down from the Board of Trustees after years of service.

Lastly, as a charity we rely on the support of our donors and funders. Every donation we receive enables us to offer targeted activities for those most in need and maintain our green spaces for people and wildlife. Thank you to everyone that has put a donation into the collection bin on the Farm, everyone who has touched our new tap to donate machines and all those who give monthly (www.localgiving.org/charity/swcityfarm/).

We are so grateful! Thank you

Ash Meakins

Ash Meakins, Chair of the Board of Trustees

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Our Impact 2021-22

St Werburghs City Farm inspires and educates communities. We engage over 60,000 people each year and deliver carefully designed programmes that build skills and knowledge, and increase wellbeing and self-esteem.

Using a two-acre Small-holding, one-acre Community Garden, 2.5-acre Boiling Wells Conservation Site and 13 acres of Community Allotments (home to the Propagation Place), we connect people from all walks of life to the story of land, food and nature.

Over the past year, the Farm has engaged 1,136 target beneficiaries, 3,647 in-direct beneficiaries and 63,000 visitors/customers as follows:

Project Target
Beneficiaries		 Impact areas Secondary beneficiaries
Supported
Training		 21 clients • Connecting people to each
other & their community
• Increasing self-esteem,
confidence, and wellbeing
• Gaining skills in gardening &
animal husbandry		 42
indirect
beneficiaries
as
family members (1:2)
1,000 customers eating local
food
grown
by
Target
beneficiaries
Propagation
Place		 48 volunteers • Connecting people to each
other & their community
• Increasing self-esteem,
confidence and wellbeing
• Increasing knowledge and
understanding of growing		 2,000
customers
buying
plants
grown
by
target
beneficiaries
96
indirect
beneficiaries
as
family members (1:2)
Child &
Youth		 406 participants • Increasing self-esteem,
confidence, and wellbeing
• Feeling less isolated and/or
lonely
• Having fun outdoors
• Connecting people to each
other & their community		 1,624 indirect beneficiaries as
family
members
and
other
students (1:4)
Volunteer
&
Wellbeing		 98 participants • Connecting people to nature
• Connecting people to each
other & their community
• Increasing self-esteem,
confidence, and wellbeing
• Feeling less isolated and/or
lonely		 Up to 60,000 using our sites
each
year,
which
are
maintained and cared for by
our volunteers
196 indirect beneficiaries as
family members (1:2)
Community
and
Inclusion		 563 direct
beneficiaries		 • Connecting people to each
other & their community
• Increasing self-esteem,
confidence, and wellbeing
• Feeling less isolated and/or
lonely		 1,689 residents connected to
each other and other services
(1:3)
Total 1,136 direct beneficiaries, and
3,647 indirect beneficiaries (as family members and other students)
63,000 customers and visitors benefiting from the activities of our target beneficiaries

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Based on our strategic priorities, we have set three key impact priorities for 2021/22, which we have measured out impact against.

Impact Priority 1: People have increased connections, skills, and health and wellbeing

All of our activities seek to increase people’s health and wellbeing through greater community connections; improve opportunities, skills and experience; and increase enjoyment, access, and time outdoors with nature. The quotes below demonstrate this:

“When I came to the Farm my confidence was down here (pointing to the floor) and now it is up here (to the sky).” Adult beneficiary

“ For some of our students this experience has been transformative.” Teacher

“I’ve benefitted so much from this course. I feel that offering it exclusively to 18–25-year-olds removed my anxiety about being the youngest there by far, which is usually the case for conservation volunteering. I’ve had the opportunity to make some wonderful new friends and really feel part of something too!” 18-25 Beneficiary

“Being able to share what I've been going through in my life has been a big asset. It has helped me to feel understood.” Propagation Place Volunteer

We have engaged, supported and empowered 1,031 people through health and wellbeing, training and learning and play opportunities

Impact Priority 2: People have greater access and awareness of local, seasonal food

Our two-acre small holding is home to sheep, goats, pigs, ducks and chickens and the award-winning City Farm Café. During the year we produced over 450kg of Farm reared meat including sausages and bacon, and approximately 1,500 chicken and duck eggs. These were all sold locally to residents and restaurants. The Community Garden, Boiling Wells and Propagation Place are used by our Green Care team and adult volunteers to grow vegetables to sell to the City Farm Café or other local restaurants/shops, share with beneficiaries and use as fresh ingredients for cooking activities. Young people attending livestock placements have developed knowledge about where their food comes from and grown in confidence working with animals.

“When he started cooking his face lit up. He's like a different person when he comes here. His teachers are lining up to come and see how different he is when he's in the kitchen.” Teacher

“Thank you so much for our wonderful visit, we all really loved being at the farm. The children were so engaged and loved all the interactions with the animals and opportunities to feed them, hold the eggs stroke the chicks and even watch the goat being milked! Amazing, thank you.” Teacher

We have hand-sown, grown and sent 100,000 vegetable plug plants to over 2,000 Propagation Place customers across the UK

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“I want to come here for a full day to spend more time with the animals.” Supported Farming Client

Impact Priority 3: People have more access and ownership of local green spaces

We welcome more than 60,000 annual visitors to the Farm site, the playground, and our Community Garden on Mina Road. Over the past year, we have relaunched our events and are trialling open days at Boiling Wells, a 2.5-acre conservation site nestled in a tranquil woodland valley just three minutes’ walk from the Farm site. With wild green spaces, a terraced orchard, soft fruit bushes, native trees, and a nearby stream, it is an oasis in the heart of the city.

“She is currently struggling in school and she has benefited so much from coming to the Farm.” Teacher

“I enjoy the fresh air and garden surroundings. I think that having this experience at PP is very beneficial to my health.” Propagation Place Volunteer

“(Coming to the Farm…) gives me access to physical activity and bigger green space. It helps me build community a bit but I am only here for a couple of hours a week. It is nice to meet up with other people on a regular basis.” Volunteer

Our Community Garden, Farm and playground, are open to the public 7 days a week and we continue to offer seasonal open days to Boiling Wells

Supported Training

Overview of Service

The Farm's Supported Training unit supports 21 adults with learning disabilities and mobility impairments to take part in horticulture and animal care placements and provides accredited training. For 50 weeks of the year, we run sessions 5 days a week for groups of 6 adults supporting them to grow vegetables and look after the animals at the Farm. Covid-19 dramatically changed the way we deliver our services due to the health vulnerabilities and anxiety levels of many of our service users. Working in the garden and with animals has a greatly beneficial effect on wellbeing so it has increased their confidence and lessened anxiety levels. They are also re gaining independence and lost

social skills. Their return to the sessions has enabled them to continue to increase their knowledge and understanding of animals and growing, whereas before they were limited in what they could do at home.

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Impact highlights from 2021-22

Service user story

One participant, in particular, returned after lockdown notably distressed by the time away. Her anxiety was at a previously unseen peak and there were many behaviours demonstrating the decline in her mental health. She often requested to hold animals and it became apparent that when given time to be with the chicks (the smallest animals on the Farm), her behaviour changed dramatically. When focusing her attention on the most vulnerable animals, being able to hold them and talk to them, she quietened the many conversations she had been holding with seen and unseen beings. She was then more able to respond to gentle instructions about how to engage with the animals and was utterly present in her attentions. Her calm was paramount in these moments. It is now a scheduled part of her day to spend time with the chicks, that she requests and looks forward to. As the turkeys grow and develop, she is not able to hold them in the same way which has affected the positive impact this interaction previously had. However, she has been able to set aside her wish to hold them and, by sitting still and quietly, has learnt to let them approach her and find comfort in their calmness and confidence with her. Such is her gentle presence that they respond positively to her conversations with them. The chicks voluntarily sit on her legs and lap, allowing her to eventually stroke them. Their relationship with each other is changing and she is patiently adapting. It will be interesting to see how their interactions evolve as the animals grow. The turkey chicks will hopefully continue to be tamer and more accessible as a result.

“I love coming here. Looking forward to being back next week.”

Propagation Place

Overview of Service

Propagation Place is a community growing space, propagation poly-tunnel and fledgling community business that has been developed as a collaboration between St Werburghs City Farm and Ashley Vale Allotment Association and managed by local volunteers. The aim of the project is to remove barriers to social inclusion and employment and improve health and wellbeing of local adults experiencing disadvantage. The project grew out of recommendations in the Farm’s Food Strategy based on community consultation and launched in April 2016 with two-year investment from the People's Health Trust. Over the following three years the project engaged over 240 volunteers in transforming a dilapidated site into a community garden, setting up a propagation poly-tunnel and raising vegetable and herb seedlings for sale online and to local residents. We now run three volunteer sessions per week primarily focussed on lessening social isolation, supporting mental health and wellbeing and building community whilst providing excellent practical horticultural education.

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Impact highlights from 2021-22

Service Impact

To the question, "Do you feel that volunteering at PP contributes to your overall happiness, health and wellbeing? If so, could you give us a little detail?", Volunteers answered:

Child and Youth

Overview of Service

Our Child and Youth Project offers a range of curriculum-linked educational sessions, alternative curriculum placements and outdoor play and learning activities. All of our activities seek to build young people’s interest in the natural world, foster greater resilience and self-esteem and increase their capability for education and personal development. The different activities include:

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Service user story

Early in the 10 week program of session I was leading with Bristol MET, T. was very withdrawn, pale, with sores on her face and anxious about many things (from her clothing getting dirty to doing the 'wrong thing'). However, over the course of the 10 weeks I don't think she missed a single session and she slowly became more outspoken, her skin improved and she at times became the person who would volunteer to go first with a new activity. I observed that she especially found her confidence with animals, from being nervous around them early on she developed a great calm and patience which meant she often wanted to stay with them longer than most of the others in the group.

And their reaction to her was also calm, so she was often able to feed, groom and hold even the more tricky animals. During this time she also learned skills, such as using an axe to chop wood, a flint and steel to light a fire and use of a knife for whittling. All of which she was nervous about initially, but after realizing she had the ability to master she gained greater confidence. T. was a pleasure to work with. Teachers said her increased confidence was also observed within school.

'Without your provision, we will be unable to meet the needs of this child as outlined in her Education, Health and Care plan.' Senior Inclusion Officer, Bristol City Council.

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Volunteer and Wellbeing

Overview of Service

The Volunteer & Wellbeing programme engages and supports adults (18+) in a variety of land management, conservation, gardening and cooking and health and wellbeing activities. The project targets activities at people experiencing disadvantage, including people with mental ill health (anxiety and depression), those who identify as isolated or lonely, people with learning and physical disabilities, and those that are in recovery etc. During 2021-22, 82% of beneficiaries identified as being affected by mental ill health or drug/ alcohol use issues. Many people attend the sessions to develop a sense of community and many friendships have been forged. People often take the skills they have learnt during the sessions, such as making wood storage and composting bays.

Impact highlights from 2021-22

Service user story

D. only recently started volunteering at the Farm. He was invited in for a cuppa, alongside his key worker, to have a chat with staff and see what kind over environment we offer. He was initially unsure if he wanted to get involved, despite the fact that he told us he had no friends and wanted to be more active. He also had no confidence in using tools, which potentially made him feel uncomfortable about attending. After several sessions, D. has fitted extremely well and has quickly become a confident and well liked member of the group. He has worked closely with a couple other volunteers, who have taken him under their wings and have said how much they like D. His confidence has increased dramatically and he has taken the initiative to secure another voluntary role at a charity

"Since being at the Farm I have learnt how to communicate properly with others.”

A. has progressed from project beneficiary to lead volunteer, to being offered paid work within the project. Using the skills and experienced he gained within the project, he has secured a 6 month placement at Embercombe to further his skills in this kind of outdoor work seeking to pursue his career in their field.

“A safe space to be myself, the chance to be in nature and have that as a regular part of my week. Meeting fellow like-minded young people. Opportunity to learn some crafts and outdoor skills.”

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Community and Inclusion

Overview of Service

Following recommendations in our Equity Project, we ran a Community Advocacy Project during 2021-22 in which 11 people with diverse lived experience were recruited and supported to learn about the Farm and establish a genuine relationship that would contribute towards meaningful decisionmaking and change. The purpose of the Advocate Group was:

Over the course of the year, we also developed a range of partnerships and collaborations that seek to remove barriers to participation and increase engagement of people currently underrepresented in our services. This support ranges from:

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Impact highlights from 2021-22

Houria CIC – Over the year, Houria have cooked and sold hundreds of Friday Feasts, run a number of open-access events at Boiling Wells (for up to 100 people) and beyond and catered at private events. All of these catering activities have enabled volunteer opportunities, paid employment and onthe-job training for 17 women they serve, ‘our Sisters’. They have brought together members of the wider volunteer network to cook alongside the Sisters, celebrating their cuisine and skills and encouraging Befriending and greater integration. They have also invited women's groups to come and feast with them, creating connections across our communities. Quotes include:

Bristol Mind Green Spaces Project - Collaborating on structured nature connection, cooking and English language lessons for 55 refugees. One woman who attended the project regularly said that it is the only project she attends. She loves sitting in nature with us and it improved her wellbeing, moreover she feels happy during her stay as she is not particular happy with her accommodation and neighbours.

Changing Your Mindsets - Offering Free Space for a St Paul’s rooted youth group to meet up weekly to support approximately 15 young adults from Black and Asian heritage backgrounds gain life skills, help with career options and their mental health and wellbeing.

Queer Space Bristol - Offering Free Space to deliver 2 outdoor wellbeing sessions for 16 people. Queer Space Bristol seeks to address the lack of LGBTQIA+ spaces for the community which are essential in providing a safe, inclusive space to be; activities that seek to support participants mental, emotional and physical wellbeing. Having a space where LGBTQIA+ people can simply exist in their own skin and experience, without judgment or pressure is in itself enormously beneficial and important.

One beneficiary said: " I felt so relaxed and calm by the end of the session. It's so beautiful here and just to sit round a fire in the company of other queer people feels amazing."

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The MAZI Project - Empowering disadvantaged young people through food by hosting multiple cooking classes and events that open young people up to different cultures or their own. Over the year the Farm has offered Free Space to the MAZI Project benefiting 27 young people.

Mothers for Mothers - Supporting 37 people (16 mothers and 24 children) affected by perinatal illness. Feedback from their Free Space visit included:

TALO community is a women-led social enterprise run by highly skilled Somali women. Over the year we worked together, offering our sites and staff to run family fun days attracting around 30 women and children from Bristol’s Somali Community.

The Hawthorne Project - Offering Free Space for a project that supports 10 women in recovery who are struggling with their mental health, to hold their Christmas Party.

Equity Review

In October 2019, we launched a 12-month exploration into the barriers to participation for people from diverse communities having identified that the Farm’s service users, staff and trustees did not reflect the diversity of the local community. The resulting Equity Report was publicly launched in January 2021 and is available to read in full at www.swcityfarm.co.uk/about/blog/2021/02/15/our-equity-projectand-progress/. The recommendations within the Equity Report and its’ supporting documents were compiled into an Equity Action Plan, to ensure that no recommendations were overlooked. As part of our commitment to valuing and increasing diversity and inclusion at all levels of our organisation, we will be publishing our equality and diversity data for our staff, trustees and adult project participants on an annual basis. Below is a summary of the key successes and challenges shared in November 2021.

Successes

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Challenges

Looking forward to 2022-23

The past two years has brought with it unprecedented challenges. Covid-19 highlighted social inequalities that exist in our community, resulting in growing demand for already oversubscribed services. Our commitment to addressing structural inequality within our own organisation has never been more of a priority. The publication of our Equity Report in October 2020 was the first step along this path, which was reinforced by learning through the Community Advocacy Project undertaken throughout 2021. We continue to weave change and challenge into our work.

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As the world emerges from the pandemic, we are plunged into further uncertainties with war breaking out in Europe. As well as the emotional toll this has on our staff and beneficiaries, we are seeing increasing prices for gas, electricity, oil and other products that the Farm relies on. Like many other organisations, we are faced with increasing costs to run our services which surpasses the income we generate through our charitable activities. At the same time, we are experiencing severe competition for trust and foundation funding. Despite this, we know that much of the work we do is not delivered elsewhere within our community, or in the same way as us. We also believe we are ‘leading’ in some areas of our work, namely our Equity and Advocacy work within a small-scale urban farming and community food growing setting. We know we can build on this work, acting as a beacon to others, and further demonstrating the need for our services. As such we believe that with our new Vision and Objectives, which will launch during 2022-23, we will be well positioned to compete for grants and secure unrestricted income moving forward.

We have set ourselves a conservative in-year fundraising target to support our service delivery and priority aims. Even if we achieve this target, and taking our restricted funds into consideration, we are predicting a reduction on our unrestricted, undesignated funds during 2022-23. As such, we are not seeking to expand our business or grow our staffing team in-year, instead, we want to consolidate our services, ensuring that we deliver quality and impactful activities for:

Alongside the delivery of our regular services, over the coming year we will focus our work on:

1. Finding creative solutions to service delivery – the Farm’s team are passionate, bright and adaptable people. We plan on running a series of consultation exercises to generate new and sustainable ideas to meet the needs of our community. We may need to hold difficult conversations and challenge the ‘norm’. Our world is no longer as it was, so this is our chance to get creative with how we adapt including identifying new social enterprises or changing the way we deliver current services;

2. Continuing to remove barriers to participation - we will continue to implement the recommendations of the Equity Report including commissioning two bespoke Equity and Diversity trainings from Cocao Stephens. The result of our actions and partnerships will see greater engagement of people from protected characteristics in all areas of our work, with the goal of this diversity being reflected in our staffing team and decision makers;

3. Better demonstrate our impact in view of increasing our onsite and online donations, including a targeted monthly donor campaign. This will directly link the work we do to the support local people give, increasing peoples sense of ownership to our sites and pride in our work. We want to nurture relationships with local donors, building their support from one off donations into monthly donors, with the long-term view of people supporting us with legacies and memory gifts; and

4. Increase our unrestricted income t hrough existing and new opportunities such maximising site hire opportunities, developing a community fundraising proposal, implementing our events proposal, pursuing sponsors for specific projects and launching the online gardening course.

Finance

The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the Memorandum and Articles of Association and the Statement of Recommended Practice – Accounting and Reporting by Charities.

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The Farm's total incoming resources for 2021-22 were £519,214. Total expenditure was £665,434. Net gains on investments were -£4,042. Including funds carried forward, the Farm's total funds are £598,534, of which £352,367 a tangible fixed assets (capital buildings) and £66,276 are restricted funds which will support service delivery in 2022-23. Excluding these funds, the Farm ends the year with £179,891 unrestricted funds which comprises of:

Need for future funds

As outlined in the table below, the Farm’s total funds have decreased from £748,796 (2021) to £598,534 (2022), and are forecasted to decrease further in the year ending 31 March 2023. This is due to the planned investment of unrestricted, undesignated funds towards the delivery of much needed services as our community rebuilds after Covid-19 and the cost of living crisis.

Based on the needs presenting within our target audiences, and the fact that this need is only likely to increase over the next 12 months, the Trustees have prepared to invest up to £25,000 of surplus general funds over 2022-23. This is to ensure that our core services can continue to operate so that our community is supported, our sites are well maintained and accessible, and we continue to support the growth of our social enterprises. This will likely result in the next financial year of 2022-23 ending with a deficit, however this will be carefully managed by the Trustees, ensuring that we fulfil our charitable objectives at a time when our services are needed more than ever before.

Unrealised gains and losses

It is the policy of the trustees to invest funds on medium and short-term deposits and review these investments periodically. At the end of the year the Farm had £57,120 (a net loss of -£4,042) invested in the Epworth Affirmative Fixed Interest Fund for Charities, £80,544 in the Ecology Building Society, and the remaining funds are maintained in our current account to manage the day-to-day business.

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Income model

Prior to Covid-19, the income model for the organisation was reasonably balanced between trust and foundation grants, generated income such as commissioned services, fees, sales, and fundraising events. However, as a result of lockdown restrictions and the need to put the health of our beneficiaries and staff first, we have not reintroduced all of our income generating or community fundraising activities, nor have we sought to fill our fee paying services to maximum capacity. As such, we are not yet realising the same level of income from fundraising events, shop sales, site hire etc. Instead, our income model for 2021-22 is split as follows:

Monthly Donors/Members

Over the year, we have been supported by 63 members (totalling £2,462), 14 monthly donors (totalling £2,040 including Gift Aid), several one-off online donations (totalling £8,156 including Gift Aid), £3,769 from people using our tap-to-donate machine and £5,109 from visitor donations, and other extremely kind donors. Thank you to every single one of you for your generous support.

Thank you

The trustees are very grateful to all those listed below who have supported the work of the charity this year. Without their trust in the Farm and their generous, financial support, we would not have the capacity to support our clients, participate proactively in our community and grow for the future.

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Trusts and foundations Matrix Causes Fund Action Funder Peter Sowerby Foundation Amazon Community Foundation Persimmon Homes Building Futures Bailey Thomas Portishead Nautical Trust Bannister Charitable Trust Postcode Local Trust BBC Children in Need Power to Change Bristol City Council Quartet Community Foundation Bristol Community Health Trust Royal Horticultural Society Charites Aid Foundation Shed (Necessity Grant) Denman Charitable Trust Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Donors and sponsors Ernest Cook Trust Adam Powell Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation Bevan Brittan LLP Finnis Scott Foundation Bristol University Hubbub Foundation Jenny Parnell John James Bristol Foundation Wessex Water The Lark Trust Richard Lambert

Volunteers, members, consultants and staff

We would like to say an extra special thank you to:

To you all, a big, warm thank you for your energy, enthusiasm, and continued commitment to making the Farm an inspiring and caring place.

Statement of responsibilities of the trustees

The trustees (who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

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Report of the trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the income and expenditure of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees confirm that to the best of their knowledge there is no information relevant to the audit of which the independent examiners are unaware. The trustees also confirm that they have taken all necessary steps to ensure that they themselves are aware of all relevant examination information and that this information has been communicated to the independent examiners.

Members of the charity guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The trustees are members of the charity but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.

Independent examiners

Godfrey Wilson Limited were re-appointed as independent examiners to the charitable company during the year and have expressed their willingness to continue in that capacity.

Approved by the trustees on 25 July 2022 and signed on their behalf by

Joseph Hughes Treasurer

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Independent examiner's report

To the trustees of

St. Werburghs City Farm

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of St. Werburghs City Farm (the charitable company) for the year ended 31 March 2022, which are set out on pages 23 to 44.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charitable company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the charitable company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charitable company's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

Since the charitable company’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), which is one of the listed bodies.

Godfrey Wilson Limited also provides payroll services to the charitable company. I confirm that as a member of the ICAEW I am subject to the FRC’s Revised Ethical Standard 2016, which I have applied with respect to this engagement.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Date: 25 July 2022 Rob Wilson FCA Member of the ICAEW

For and on behalf of: Godfrey Wilson Limited Chartered accountants and statutory auditors 5th Floor Mariner House 62 Prince Street Bristol, BS1 4QD

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Statement of financial activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account)

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Restricted Unrestricted
Note
£
£
Income from:
Donations and legacies
3
-
21,586
Charitable activities
4
255,910
191,370
Other trading activities
5
-
48,266
Investments
-
2,082
Total income
255,910
263,304
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
180
4,000
Charitable activities
252,730
408,524
Total expenditure
7
252,910
412,524
Net gains / (losses) on investments
-
(4,042)
Net income / (expenditure)
3,000
(153,262)
Transfers between funds
-
-
Net movement in funds
8
3,000
(153,262)
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
63,276
685,520
Total funds carried forward
66,276
532,258		 2022
Total
£
21,586
447,280
48,266
2,082
519,214
4,180
661,254
665,434
(4,042)
(150,262)
-
(150,262)
748,796
598,534		 2021
Total
£
13,516
583,007
19,174
436
616,133
6,324
602,498
608,822
(2,738)
4,573
-
4,573
744,223
748,796

All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above. Movements in funds are disclosed in Note 19 to the accounts.

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Balance sheet

As at 31 March 2022

Note
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
11
Investments
12
Current assets
Stock
13
Debtors
14
Cash at bank and in hand
Liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due within 1 year
15
Net current assets
Net assets
18
Funds
19
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds
Designated funds
Capital fund
General funds
Total charity funds		 £
7,193
17,428
205,430
230,051
(41,004)		 2022
£
352,367
57,120
409,487
189,047
598,534
66,276
120,236
352,367
59,655
598,534		 2021
£
376,990
61,162
438,152
4,330
38,955
325,542
368,827
(58,183)
310,644
748,796
63,276
165,236
376,990
143,294
748,796

The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) relating to the audit of the financial statements for the year by virtue of section 477(2), and that no member or members have requested an audit pursuant to section 476 of the Act.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.

Approved by the trustees on 25 July 2022 and signed on their behalf by

Joseph Hughes Treasurer

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Statement of cash flows

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Net movement in funds
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges
Loss on disposal of fixed assets
(Gains) / losses on investments
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Decrease / (increase) in stock
Decrease / (increase) in debtors
Increase / (decrease) in creditors
Net cash provided by / (used in) operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Net cash provided by / (used in) investing activities
Net cash provided in / (used in) financing activities
Increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents in the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year		 2022
£
(150,262)
24,623
-
4,042
(2,082)
(2,863)
21,527
(17,179)
(122,194)
2,082
-
2,082
-
(120,112)
325,542
205,430		 2021
£
4,573
27,429
-
2,738
(436)
(2,828)
(20,476)
637
11,637
436
-
436
-
12,073
313,469
325,542

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

1. Accounting policies

a) Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities in preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

St. Werburghs City Farm meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes.

b) Going concern basis of accounting

The accounts have been prepared on the assumption that the charity is able to continue as a going concern, which the trustees consider appropriate having regard to the current level of unrestricted reserves. There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

c) Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the items of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from the government and other grants, whether 'capital' grants or 'revenue' grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.

For legacies, entitlement is taken as the earlier of the date on which either: the charity is aware that probate has been granted, the estate has been finalised and notification has been made by the executors to the Trust that a distribution will be made, or when a distribution is received from the estate. Receipt of a legacy, in whole or in part, is only considered probably when the amount can be measured reliably and the charity has been notified of the executor's intention to make a distribution. Where legacies have been notified to the charity, or the charity is aware of the granting of probate, and the criteria for income recognition have been met, then the legacy is treated as a contingent asset and disclosed if material.

Income received in advance of the provision of services is deferred until criteria for income recognition are met.

d) Donated services and facilities

Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item, is probable and the economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), general volunteer time is not recognised.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

1. Accounting policies (continued)

d) Donated services and facilities (continued)

On receipt, donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.

e) Interest receivable

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity: this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.

f) Funds accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of the charity. Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose. Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particularly areas of the charity's work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.

Restricted funds for the purpose of purchasing or constructing fixed assets are transferred to unrestricted funds if the restriction has been discharged by the purchase or construction of the asset.

g) Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.

h) Allocation of support costs

Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. These costs have all been allocated to charitable activities.

i) Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life. The depreciation rates in use are as follows:

Farm buildings 10 years straight line
Plant and equipment 10 years straight line
Motor vehicles 4 years straight line
Land and buildings 25 years straight line

Items of equipment are capitalised where the purchase price exceeds £500.

No depreciation is provided on freehold land.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

1. Accounting policies (continued)

i) Tangible fixed assets (continued)

For capital items funded by restricted grants, if the restriction was discharged by the purchase or construction of the asset, the funds are transferred to unrestricted funds.

j) Stock

Stock is included at the lower of cost or net realisable value. Donated items of stock are recognised at fair value which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay for the items on the open market.

k) Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

l) Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

m) Creditors

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

n) Financial instruments

The trust only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently recognised at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

o) Pension costs

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for its employees. There are no further liabilities other than that already recognised in the SOFA.

p) Accounting estimates and key judgements

In the application of the charity's accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

1. Accounting policies (continued)

p) Accounting estimates and key judgements (continued)

The key sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements are described below.

Depreciation

As described in note 1i to the financial statements, depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life.

2. Prior period comparatives

2.
Prior period comparatives
Income from:
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
Other trading activities
Investments
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Total expenditure
Net gains / (losses) on investments
Net income / (expenditure)
Transfers between funds
Net movements in funds
3.
Income from donations and legacies
Restricted
£
Voluntary donations
-		 Restricted
£
-
377,461
-
-
377,461
3,562
360,785
364,347
-
13,114
-
13,114
£
21,586
Unrestricted		 £
13,516
205,546
19,174
436
238,672
2,762
241,713
244,475
(2,738)
(8,541)
-
(8,541)
2022
Total
£
21,586
Unrestricted		 2021
Total
£
13,516
583,007
19,174
436
616,133
6,324
602,498
608,822
(2,738)
4,573
-
4,573
2021
Total
£
13,516

All income from donations and legacies was unrestricted in the prior year.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

4. Income from charitable activities

Income from charitable activities
Grants > £10,000:
Bailey Thomas
Bannister Charitable Trust
BBC Children in Need
BCC Local Restrictions
BCC Impact Fund (the Network Project)
Bristol Community Health Trust
Ernest Cook Trust
Peter Sowerby
Royal Horticultural Society
Shed Necessity Future Farm
Grants < £10,000
Total grant income
Kickstarter
Supported training placements
Horticultural and farm sales
Workshops		 Restricted
£
13,400
10,000
45,649
13,334
28,016
19,145
14,951
23,413
15,000
10,000
63,002
255,910
-
-
-
-
255,910		 £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7,026
7,026
27,290
44,340
65,252
47,462
191,370
Unrestricted		 2022
Total
£
13,400
10,000
45,649
13,334
28,016
19,145
14,951
23,413
15,000
10,000
70,028
262,936
27,290
44,340
65,252
47,462
447,280

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Prior year comparative
Grants > £10,000:
Bannister Charitable Trust
BBC Children in Need
BCC - Retail, Hospitality & Leisure
BCC - Impact Fund (the Network Project)
BCC - Local Restrictions
CAF Resilience
Co-op Foundation Building Connections
Council Corona Grant
Covid Support Fund
HMRC Furlough
John James Foundation
Postcode Local Trust
Power to Change
Power to Change Community Business Renewal
Shed Necessity
Shed Necessity Future Farm
Grants < £10,000
Total grant income
Supported training placements
Horticultural and farm sales
Workshops		 Restricted
£
10,000
14,147
16,476
56,855
13,672
28,302
32,336
10,000
35,364
-
10,000
18,087
24,050
19,999
24,000
15,000
49,173
377,461
-
-
-
377,461		 £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
84,189
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
84,189
45,542
48,956
26,859
205,546
Unrestricted		 2021
Total
£
10,000
14,147
16,476
56,855
13,672
28,302
32,336
10,000
35,364
84,189
10,000
18,087
24,050
19,999
24,000
15,000
49,173
461,650
45,542
48,956
26,859
583,007

5. Income from other trading activities

Memberships
Fundraising events
Shop sales
Café rent and service charge
Site hire
Allotments		 Restricted
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 £
2,462
-
1,789
9,958
19,732
14,325
48,266
Unrestricted		 2022
Total
£
2,462
-
1,789
9,958
19,732
14,325
48,266		 2021
Total
£
2,405
91
-
1,685
1,091
13,902
19,174

All income from other trading activities was unrestricted in the prior year.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

6. Government grants

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

7. Total expenditure

Total expenditure
Staff costs (note 9)
Recruitment and training
Events and fundraising costs
Advertising
Printing, postage and stationery
Equipment hire
Computer expenses
Telephone
Consultancy, legal and professional
Accountancy fees
Sundry expenses
Rent and rates
Heat and light
Insurance
Repairs and maintenance
Travel
Health and safety
Bad debts
Volunteer and trustee expenses
Depreciation
Activity and project costs		 Raising funds
£
-
-
210
3,970
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,180		 Charitable
activities
£
457,934
8,592
-
-
15,129
1,815
10,927
4,249
31,436
5,694
4,398
15,744
8,872
6,317
27,307
349
4,796
(600)
2,508
24,623
31,164
661,254		 2022 Total
£
457,934
8,592
210
3,970
15,129
1,815
10,927
4,249
31,436
5,694
4,398
15,744
8,872
6,317
27,307
349
4,796
(600)
2,508
24,623
31,164
665,434		 Prior year comparative
Raising funds
Charitable
activities
-
414,359
-
7,410
(90)
-
6,414
-
-
15,383
-
788
-
8,213
-
4,105
-
15,493
-
4,881
-
2,114
-
8,251
-
6,000
-
8,976
-
43,865
-
686
-
4,328
-
(100)
-
418
-
27,429
-
29,899
6,324
602,498		 2021 Total
£
414,359
7,410
(90)
6,414
15,383
788
8,213
4,105
15,493
4,881
2,114
8,251
6,000
8,976
43,865
686
4,328
(100)
418
27,429
29,899
608,822

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

8. Net movement in funds

This is stated after charging:

Depreciation
Trustees' remuneration
Trustees' reimbursed expenses
Auditors' remuneration:
▪Independent examination (including VAT)
▪Other services (including VAT)		 2022
£
24,623
Nil
-
1,860
3,834		 2021
£
27,429
Nil
-
1,770
1,922

9. Staff costs and numbers

Staff costs were as follows:

Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Pension costs
Freelance staff		 2022
£
399,192
20,886
11,351
26,505
457,934		 2021
£
368,225
15,529
9,887
20,718
414,359

No employee earned more than £60,000 during the current or prior year.

The key management personnel of the charitable company comprise the Trustees, the Directors and the Director Maternity Cover. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel were £71,458 (2020: £68,531).

Average head count (FTE) 2022
No.
17.00		 2021
No.
16.00

10. Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

11. Tangible fixed assets

Cost
At 1 April 2021
Disposals in year
Additions in year
At 31 March 2022
Depreciation
At 1 April 2021
On disposal
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2022
Net book value
At 31 March 2022
At 31 March 2021
12. Investments
Market value at 1 April 2021
Unrealised gains / (losses)
Market value at 31 March 2022
Historical cost:
At 31 March 2022
13. Stock
Livestock, deadstock and feed		 Farm
buildings
112,351
-
-
112,351
67,806
-
8,422
76,228
36,123
44,545		 Land and
buildings
405,022
-
-
405,022
72,577
-
16,201
88,778
316,244
332,445
2022
£
61,162
(4,042)
57,120
49,925
2022
£
7,193		 Total
£
517,373
-
-
517,373
140,383
-
24,623
165,006
352,367
376,990
2021
£
63,900
(2,738)
61,162
49,925
2021
£
4,330

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

14. Debtors

Trade debtors
Prepayments
Accrued income
Other debtors
15. Creditors: amounts due within 1 year
Trade creditors
Accruals
Deferred income (see note 16)
Other taxation and social security
Pension control account
Other creditors
16. Deferred income
At 1 April 2021
Deferred during the year
Released during the year
At 31 March 2022		 2022
£
8,499
6,367
2,500
62
17,428
2022
£
4,283
9,118
20,358
-
-
7,245
41,004
2022
£
26,086
20,358
(26,086)
20,358		 2021
£
290
1,502
36,646
517
38,955
2021
£
6,114
17,378
26,086
4,665
-
3,940
58,183
2021
£
18,211
26,086
(18,211)
26,086

Deferred income relates to income taken in advance for allotments and propagation place.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

17. Financial instruments

Financial instruments
Financial assets measured at fair value:
Investments
Financial assets measured at amortised cost:
Cash at hand
Trade debtors
Accrued income
Other debtors
Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost:
Trade creditors
Accruals
Other creditors		 2022
£
57,120
205,430
8,499
2,500
62
216,491
4,283
9,118
7,245
20,646		 2021
£
61,162
325,542
290
36,646
517
362,995
6,114
17,378
3,940
27,432

18. Analysis of net assets between funds

Tangible fixed assets
Investments
Current assets
Current liabilities
Net assets at 31 March 2022
Prior year comparative
Tangible fixed assets
Investments
Current assets
Current liabilities
Net assets at 31 March 2021		 £
-
-
66,276
-
66,276
£
-
-
63,276
-
63,276
Restricted
funds
Restricted
funds		 £
352,367
57,120
163,775
(41,004)
532,258
£
376,990
61,162
305,551
(58,183)
685,520
Unrestricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds		 Total
funds
£
352,367
57,120
230,051
(41,004)
598,534
Total
funds
£
376,990
61,162
368,827
(58,183)
748,796

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

19. Movements in funds
Restricted funds
Action Funder
Amazon Comm Fridge
Bailey Thomas
Bannister Charitable Trust
BBC Children in Need
BCC - Covid (SF&GC)
BCC - HAF Summer
BCC - HAF Winter
Bristol Community Health Trust
Denman Trust
Ernest Cook Trust
Finnis Scott
Hubbub Comm Fridge
John James Foundation
Kickstart Training
The Lark Trust
Matrix Causes Fund
Persimmon Homes Building Futures
Peter Sowerby
Portishead Nautical Trust
Postcode Local Trust
Power to Change
Royal Horticultural Society
Shed Necessity
Shed Necessity Future Farm
Total restricted funds
Quartet - Helen Moss Grassroots
BCC - Impact Fund (Small Grant)
BCC - Impact Fund (the Network
Project)
BCC - Holiday Youth
BCC - Local Restrictions
Power to Change Community
Business Renewal
BCC - Retail, Hospitality & Leisure
Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation
BCC - Youth Sector Support		 At 1 April
2021
£
-
-
-
-
(1,120)
5,569
-
-
-
1,800
-
10,250
4,502
-
-
-
-
2,825
-
-
10,000
-
1,924
70
3,633
-
1,151
300
729
10,522
609
-
6,927
3,585
63,276		 Income
£
2,970
5,000
13,400
10,000
45,649
8,000
3,285
860
262
-
5,625
28,016
13,334
5,000
19,145
5,000
14,951
-
7,500
3,000
-
9,000
3,500
-
-
23,413
-
-
-
4,000
-
15,000
-
10,000
255,910		 £
£
£
(2,970)
-
-
-
-
5,000
(13,400)
-
-
(10,000)
-
-
(44,529)
-
-
(13,569)
-
-
(3,285)
-
-
(860)
-
-
(262)
-
-
(1,800)
-
-
(5,625)
-
-
(38,266)
-
-
-
(17,836)
-
-
-
-
5,000
(10,266)
-
8,879
(5,000)
-
-
-
-
14,951
(2,825)
-
-
-
-
7,500
-
-
3,000
(10,000)
-
-
(6,172)
-
2,828
(5,424)
-
-
(70)
-
-
(3,633)
-
-
(19,072)
-
4,341
(1,151)
-
-
(300)
-
-
(729)
-
-
(10,522)
-
4,000
(609)
-
-
(4,223)
-
10,777
(6,927)
-
-
(13,585)
-
-
(252,910)
-
66,276
Transfers
between funds
Expenditure
At 31 March
2022

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St. Werburghs City Farm

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

19. Movements in funds (continued)

Restricted funds brought forward
Designated funds:
Three month operational reserve
Total designated funds
Capital fund
General funds
Total unrestricted funds
Total funds
Estate infrastructure, Farm Fair &
grant bridging
Unrestricted funds		 63,276
90,236
75,000
165,236
376,990
143,293
685,519
748,795		 255,910
-
-
-
-
263,304
263,304
519,214		 (252,910)
-
-
-
(24,623)
(391,942)
(416,565)
(669,475)		 -
-
(45,000)
(45,000)
-
45,000
-
-		 66,276
90,236
30,000
120,236
352,367
59,655
532,258
598,534

Purposes of restricted funds Action Funder

Funding to extend the Rewild Child Project, delivering child and youth activities that build connections, foster friendships and promote skills development.

Amazon Comm Fridge

Funding for activities that support children to reach their potential, including creating a positive environment and developing skills.

Bailey Thomas

Funding to adapt our Supported Farming and Green Care activities to ensure that adults with care and support needs can continue to participate and thrive despite Covid-19 restrictions.

Bannister Charitable Trust

Funding to engage and equip people with land management skills including creating wildlife habitats, learning plant identification, growing and harvesting vegetables, bee keeping and managing a herb garden.

BBC Children in Need

Covid-19 Next Steps Programme – 18 months funding towards our Rewild Child Project which offers activities for children from low income families who are isolated as a result of Covid-19.

BCC - Retail, Hospitality & Leisure

Retail, Hospitality & Leisure Grant – Funding to support business costs for the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors.

BCC - Covid (SF&GC)

Funding to enable Covid-19 adaptions of the Supported Farming and Green Care activities to ensure that adults with care and support needs can continue to participate and thrive.

BCC - HAF Summer

Delivery of Outdoor and Forest School youth activities during the summer holidays.

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St. Werburghs City Farm

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

**19. ** Movements in funds (continued)
BCC - HAF Winter Delivery of Outdoor and Forest School youth activities during the
Christmas holidays.
BCC - Holiday Youth Holiday Activity and Food programme – Funding towards free-to-
access Easter holiday activities and food for school age children
(4 – 16) who receive benefits-related free school meals.
Bristol City Council - Impact Fund Collaborative capacity building and community development in
(the Network Project) East Central Bristol in partnership with Barton Hill Settlement,
Somali Resource Centre and Wellspring Healthy Living Centre.
Bristol City Council - Impact Fund Funds to run Craft and Cooking activities that reduce inequality
(Small Grant) and disadvantage, promoting greater health and wellbeing.
BCC - Local Restrictions Local
Restrictions
Support
Grant
–
Funding
to
support
business/services that closed or were restricted due to Covid-19.
BCC - Youth Sector Support Funding to deliver youth activities as part of our Rewild Child
Project delivering therapeutic, seasonal and land-based activities
with children and young people.
Bristol Community Health Trust Funding towards co-design partnerships for outdoor-focused
health
and
wellbeing
activities
for
adults
currently
underrepresented in outdoor activity and the Farm’s services.
Denman Trust Funding to deliver vital nature connection interventions targeting
18-25 year olds who identify as lonely or marginalised.
Ernest Cook Trust Funding to employ an Outdoor Learning Officer to deliver
activities that build the resilience of inner-city children.
Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation Funding for a Youth Officer to engage young people in vocational
activities
whilst
researching
apprenticeship
development
opportunities.
Finnis Scott Funding towards the employment and support of a Horticultural
Apprentice.
Hubbub Comm Fridge Funding to launch a Community Fridge in collaboration with
Houria CIC.
John James Foundation Funding to offer Horticulture and Animal Care placements to
adults
with
learning
disabilities
during
a
period
of
Project
Development.
Kickstart Training Training budget for young people employed though the Kickstart
Scheme.

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St. Werburghs City Farm

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

19. Movements in funds (continued) Lark Trust Funding towards the delivery of therapeutic outdoor activities for adults with poor mental health. Matrix Causes Fund Funds to develop an green woodwork workshop to engage and train local people who identify as having poor mental health. Persimmon Homes Building Futures Funding to engage young people struggling with anxiety in outdoor practical activities. Peter Sowerby Funding to adapt our Supported Farming and Green Care activities to ensure that adults with care and support needs can continue to participate and thrive despite Covid-19 restrictions. Portishead Nautical Trust Funding to provide therapeutic and seasonal activities to disadvantaged and marginalised young people. Postcode Local Trust Funding to create an accessible pollinator picnic area. Power to Change 2 year funding towards growing a community propagation business that improves volunteer health and wellbeing and reinvests in green space through seedling sales. Power to Change Community Funding towards our core costs to allow the Director and Senior Business Renewal Management time to focus on re-calibrating our sites & services post Covid. Quartet - Helen Moss Grassroots A grant accepted by the Network on behalf of Hafla to support Fund community cohesion activities. Royal Horticultural Society Funding towards the employment and support of Horticultural Apprentices. Shed Necessity Funding to research and develop an apprenticeship programme. Shed Necessity Future Farm Funding to cover staff resources and consultancy costs to develop and embed a sustainable and equitable strategy and theory of change that showcases the future vision of a city farm.

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St. Werburghs City Farm

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

19. Movements in funds (continued)

Purposes of designated funds

Three month operational reserve

Designated funds comprises ring-fenced operational reserves equivalent to at least three months' 'running costs' or £75,000, whichever is the greater. In the event of the Farm needing to close, these funds could cover operational costs incurred while winding up the charity, including redundancy payments, relocation of the animals and professional fees. The calculation of essential running costs is based on core and central services and not time-specific projects including one-off capital investment. However, due to the uncertainty of Covid-19, the trustees have agreed to leave the operational reserves the same as 2019-20 at £90,236 for three months.

Estate infrastructure, Farm Fair & grant

A further amount of £30,000 has been assigned which is ring-fenced for priority areas including:

• Estates and Infrastructure costs such as emergency repairs, health and safety actions, capital development etc.;

• Grant/Income Bridging to sustain the delivery of core services when funding/projected income ceases, falls or is delayed; and

Purposes of unrestricted funds

Capital fund

The capital fund represents the net book value of assets held. The majority of assets are funded from restricted grants which are transferred to unrestricted once the restriction has been discharged. This fund includes the Boiling Wells kitchen and the Connection Centre discharged from restricted funds on construction.

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St. Werburghs City Farm

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

19. Movements in funds (continued)

Prior year comparative
Restricted funds
Bannister Charitable Trust
BBC Children in Need
BCC - Retail, Hospitality & Leisure
BCC - Holiday Youth
BCC - Local Restrictions
CAF Corona Grant
CAF Resilience
Clothworkers
Co-op Foundation - Space to Connect
Council Corona Grant
Covid Support Fund
David Solomon Charitable Trust
D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation
Groundworks UK
John James Foundation
The Lark Trust
Marks and Spencers
Matrix Causes Fund
Moto
Nisbet Trust
Persimmon Homes Building Futures
Portishead Nautical Trust
Postcode Local Trust
Power to Change
Quartet Coronavirus Response Fund
School for Social Entrepreneurs
Shed Necessity
St James's Place
Tesco - Bags of Help programme
Total restricted funds
Shed Necessity Future Farm
BCC - Impact Fund (Small Grant)
BCC - Impact Fund (the Network
Project)
Quartet Helen Moss Grassroots Fund
Power to Change Community
Business Renewal
Co-op Foundation - Building
Connections
Medlock Charitable Trust
Neighbourly Community Fund
The Leonard Laity Stoate Charitable
Trust		 At 1 April
2020
£
-
-
-
-
(383)
12,748
-
-
-
-
166
7,975
-
-
-
3,000
-
-
-
-
-
(201)
3,996
2,000
1,000
-
6,582
-
-
-
7,087
1,680
-
609
844
-
-
1,059
2,000
50,162		 Income
£
10,000
14,147
16,476
1,800
7,500
56,855
13,672
2,421
28,302
7,000
32,336
-
10,000
35,364
900
-
4,852
500
10,000
4,000
1,000
800
-
-
-
400
-
6,000
3,000
18,087
24,050
19,999
5,000
-
4,000
24,000
15,000
-
-
377,461		 £
£
£
(10,000)
-
-
(15,267)
-
(1,120)
(10,907)
5,569
-
1,800
(7,117)
-
-
(59,353)
-
10,250
(9,170)
-
4,502
(2,421)
-
-
(28,302)
-
-
(7,000)
-
-
(32,502)
-
-
(7,975)
-
-
(10,000)
-
-
(35,364)
-
-
(900)
-
-
(3,000)
-
-
(2,027)
-
2,825
(500)
-
-
-
-
10,000
(2,076)
-
1,924
(1,000)
-
-
(599)
-
-
(3,926)
-
70
(2,000)
-
-
(1,000)
-
-
(400)
-
-
(6,582)
-
-
(2,367)
-
3,633
(1,849)
-
1,151
(17,787)
-
300
(30,408)
-
729
(11,157)
-
10,522
(5,000)
-
-
-
609
(4,844)
-
-
(17,073)
-
6,927
(11,415)
-
3,585
(1,059)
-
-
(2,000)
-
-
(364,347)
-
63,276
At 31 March
2021
Expenditure
Transfers
between funds		 £
£
£
(10,000)
-
-
(15,267)
-
(1,120)
(10,907)
5,569
-
1,800
(7,117)
-
-
(59,353)
-
10,250
(9,170)
-
4,502
(2,421)
-
-
(28,302)
-
-
(7,000)
-
-
(32,502)
-
-
(7,975)
-
-
(10,000)
-
-
(35,364)
-
-
(900)
-
-
(3,000)
-
-
(2,027)
-
2,825
(500)
-
-
-
-
10,000
(2,076)
-
1,924
(1,000)
-
-
(599)
-
-
(3,926)
-
70
(2,000)
-
-
(1,000)
-
-
(400)
-
-
(6,582)
-
-
(2,367)
-
3,633
(1,849)
-
1,151
(17,787)
-
300
(30,408)
-
729
(11,157)
-
10,522
(5,000)
-
-
-
609
(4,844)
-
-
(17,073)
-
6,927
(11,415)
-
3,585
(1,059)
-
-
(2,000)
-
-
(364,347)
-
63,276
At 31 March
2021
Expenditure
Transfers
between funds
63,276

43

St. Werburghs City Farm

Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

19. Movements in funds (continued)

Designated funds:
Total designated funds
Capital fund
General funds
Total unrestricted funds
Total funds
Three month operational reserve
Estate infrastructure, farm fair and
grant bridging
Unrestricted funds		 90,236
50,000
140,236
404,419
149,406
694,061
744,223		 -
-
-
-
235,934
235,934
613,395		 -
-
-
(27,429)
(217,046)
(244,475)
(608,822)		 -
25,000
25,000
-
(25,000)
-
-		 90,236
75,000
165,236
376,990
143,294
685,520
748,796

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