**Avon Gardens Trust**
**Annual Report and Financial Statements for the period 1 April 2021 to 30 June 2022**
## **Legal and Administrative Information**
**Status.** The Trust is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, Registered Charity No. 900377
**Trustees.** During the 15 months to 30 June 2022, the Trustees were: Gillian Clarke, Rosalind Delany, Anne Hills, Peter Hills, Alan Kempton (to 3 Oct 2021 ), Wendy Pollard, Kay Ross ( from 3 Oct 2021 ), June Shannon, Peter Shannon and Wendy Tippett.
**Registered Office:** The CREATE Centre, Smeaton Road, Bristol, BS1 6XN
**Bankers:** CAF Bank Ltd., 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4JQ and Nationwide Building Society, Kings Park Road, Moulton Park, Northampton, NN3 6NW.
## **Report of the Trustees for the period 1 April 2021 to 30 June 2022 Objectives**
## 1. Charitable Objectives
The objects of the Charity are for the public benefit:
- to promote the education of the public on matters connected with the arts and sciences of
- parks, gardens and designed landscapes
- to preserve, enhance and re-create for the education and enjoyment of the public whatever
- parks, gardens and designed landscapes that may exist or have existed in and around Avon
## 2. Public Benefit
The Trustees, confirm that they have complied with the duty in Section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit.
## **Activities**
Avon Gardens Trust has been actively involved in the protection and conservation of historic parks, gardens and designed landscapes in the Avon area. The Trust has made awards to community groups and schools. Research into all aspects of designed landscapes is encouraged by the Trust with all findings being published in its Journal.
The Trustees have actively sought to promote collaboration with owners, local authorities, educational organisations and Friends’ groups.
Information about the activities of the Trust is included in our publications.
## **Future Strategy**
The Trust intends to continue this range of activities, subject to satisfactory funding arrangements.
## **Risk and Reserves Policy**
The Trustees are satisfied that the Trust is not exposed to significant financial risks, and that its reserves provide an adequate basis for meeting expenditure that may arise.
These accounts comply with the charity’s governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and the Charity Commission’s SORP 2014 applicable to accounts prepared in accordance with the FRS102 SORP.
Approved by the Trustees on 7[th] July 2022 and signed on their behalf by:
## **Avon Gardens Trust**
## **Accounts for the period 1 April 2021 to 30 June 2022**
|**Income**
Subscriptions
Donations
Gift Aid
Advertising income
Interest
Income from garden visits
**Total Income**
**Expenditure**
Cost of garden visits
Grants
Grants to Museums
Grants to Schools
Grants to Community Groups
Grants sub-total
AGM
The Gardens Trust (membership and
insurance)
Miscellaneous
**Total Expenditure**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total cash funds brought forward
**Total cash funds carried forward**|**Total £**
1,265
512
562
0
87
2,549
**4,975**
2,488
0
1,250
554
1,804
132
911
1,067
**6,402**
**-1,427**
25,176
**23,749**|**Total (Prior Year) )**
1,165
164
230
150
86
192|
|---|---|---|
|||**1,986**|
|||0
500
100
4,510|
|||5,110
0
448
208|
|||**5,766**|
||||
|||**-3,780**|
|||28,956|
|||**25,176**|
_The Trustees have changed the financial year end from 31 March to 30 June, so these accounts cover the 15 month period from 1 April 2021 to 30 June 2022._
## The Trust has no liabilities
Stocks of publications are not included as assets, since their future sales are uncertain
These accounts have been prepared on receipts and payments basis
Total cash funds carried forward comprise £20,480 held in Nationwide savings account and £3,269 held in CAF current account
The Trustees received no remuneration from the Trust
**Signature**
**Name:** Peter Hills
**Date 1[st] November 2022**