BLACK Chartefed Accountants &.'Re8lStered Audit¢YS Company number:'N1058223 Friends,of Belfast Botanic Gardens Company Llmlted by Guarantee Tru5tees'. Report and financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2024 *AD86DU4B* 0710912024 COMPANIES HOUSE A1S Suite 5,. Ormeau House. 91-97 Ormeau Road, B.elfast BT7 ISH Telephone 028 90 322904 Facsimile: 028.90 43929.6 e-mail: office@cleaverblack':com. Philip D. BlaGk.FC& Andw B'rnll¢y FCA Johbl. C. stev￿ BS¢.FCA.(Coiishlwd) BLACK F.riend5.'of Btlfas1'8otsnl< G•rdens Co'ntents Pale Le8al and admlrilstratlvo'lnlormatiom Trustees, report Independent Examiners,. report.to the ftiembe Statgnlent of hnanclal artiiiities alance'sheet,, Notes to the financial'siatÈmerits BLACK Friends of B¢lfast Botsnlc Gardens. Leral Iftd admlnlrtr4tI￿ inforni•tlon Tru5tee5 Mr Adrlan Walsh Mlss Ann McBrlen Mr.'Frank Caddy. Ml$$ 8ri8id.McElhill Company Nuthber N1058223 C￿rIty Numbef N101251 RtB15tered Office Suite 5. Oimeau.House 91-97 Orffleau Road 8elfa5t Co..Antrim' 8T7 15H Accountants Cleaver Black. Suite S Omieau House 91.97 Ormeats Road Belfast 8ank.ers Santander PO Box 1109, Bradford BDI,5ZF Sollcltors.. BLACK TrU5T¥ESANNW4LIiEPO FrfÈr4bofBelF8rtOotsn￿GJ￿ REFEREN¢E#I40 AOMINISTrAThE DEf•JLS R•f•rnnrn orAI ¥• orm￿ts•rn prol•8sKiMI •d¥*•rn ori p•9• 1 flftartd￿ st•wmerts. ThE IRUSTEES Th•trJste8swb)yry•dthe q%np3nyrturfry IhB PBrl¢>J*w•# lolL**'. ItrN*rian PeierW815h MiMAmn ME61i•n FrnThk Cadty Mbss Bri9ld mr￿LI STrU¢TURt. GOVERNAK¢eAND MANAGEMeNT Frftndsol eett•¥t FotBnlc Gard•M Is • tharftyarnl opw•r*$49 a ¢•]mparyllthObyguwrnThtse. I￿￿mP￿1¥ ¢nanag•d by 11wdlr8ctoy8ol1￿ ¢4Jmpiny. Th• Frl•nd¥ofa•ltssl gotsnl¢ Ginlom IFOBBGI group to ITh• knvthedg• ol botary. I%?￿cUl￿JrV4nd I￿￿*I￿r8110qOtt￿O1 8811ast G#rd•ns for thg Publ￿01￿8r1l and to pwftb>t• Boll•st Bot•￿¢ Ganferw#s •¢ents• Iwhorti￿1tWaI excellenr*. tsJtBr¥ca •ju￿b¢n and pJbfjcamenity. ¢DpmffrtJt8 lh• (•n58Thai*)n, molntonanc• arnl dbv•loprn8nlol th8 Gardens. l>uli die•s aNI mDnurnersts therein. ethnce th8 ¥¥ititific ¥aluo 01 th• collettions •nd iupwilh1•rthrTh￿Thn*•l￿rlh of g•nl•MM • Mbhtyl lof ￿ki￿r• In 8•ll••idty. ACHIEVEMENT9 IND PERFORMWICE Thknwr. 20m4.li ourlNrd>wrolmwrUr• kn th• CPb•rftyCommknthn Nl M lh• KNw•m•ni rfour¢h•rfl•bl• obl•cts lor PLrtth bonofiL 11 ￿y)￿ar lty w 4• w• Mnllnu•k7promol• tr• BDknr* Gwrf•M fulfil0￿Ob￿￿j •#* ch•rftykn1￿. T1ui>ugl￿lt 202V24 ￿ hdd lac* to larA m08￿n91 afidc•nbn￿l to ety•3o*ith thosovthll •r• Inl8r•stedln th• l￿f3r0018¢1r1SI Botsnlc &TrJens *ha tr*v4W.fobtg.co.uk ￿bIll4, Fa¢*knk •xlX (fgnn•tyT￿wlvI. Wo 99B foll¢￿15 olih• FOBBG FaL•kn* paB0 4nd662 fdknws W• ffi￿X lob• lrnporlltit Inqvkkjy our about th•yrd•M •nd thli •MuF•¥ Uwl lolltrA•rn r•t*Y•l Io ¥h¥r• Ih With h¥lp ftom4xrrMerds •1 Kalnw. ￿le￿n(￿l0<¥r n￿￿b9￿0￿2lBt F8bwwy 2024. F••db*r& h•¥ bqqn ¢v•r*fi*lmlngty poll￿. Th• ￿bIll0 l￿dI 4 VW•t•rncwntollnlornthn an tr*g•rf•n•wOlh• knlwll•cUons thornln IrKludn98Trno dEiBba¥o. Cyads, F•Ms and Wpnl8lDth•QlobalNl¢dK4n• G•rdn (GI￿1. The newdesffJn h•lps Intonr*lon mtyv •osity. Th•GMG IIMllc4ntrnuu lo b••n liy*tsnt•dw*lloMl•u•tln h*n9 ts*Wn¢wdwrfl•bl• ot* Methr$C•￿BdtfjhenthuSh5￿cth vdurtoldng to 1hèfflalr*￿rtc• •ThJ pknllwfftlP• Gmcon SutthmL¥llllV b•fvThon&vrll 2023 •nd Mwrth 2024. Tha slqnog•¥AWn ItsGMC MnlrnJ•¥ tohilp w mi•towobi8¢t•lwknclng IP*knN* ol lor pubk bgn•fiL In November 2￿ wo finaltsud Ihp de51gn ol a larye IgFmif¥lgn f¢rth• •n1ran￿ lo Ihfj GMQ Th18*w a th11born￿ wol•GI with 8•if4si Clty¢oundl (6CCI and Uw•San has r•c•nltyb••n IMt*d. ThI￿1Th Inlorn￿ Iho about mwndnal pltnb. thdud1r1jg￿ffl￿8s01 plants tyc¢untythn lh• GMG. and*lsQ 15plays a map of th8 GMG and Ihe htsttiryof the sits Dn ￿chthe GMG1s loBHI8d. BLACK TRusfEUAIINUALRtPOAT ACHlevEMeNTS AND PERFOAIWICE Th• GMC o)ftbnu•s to b• oyn to lh• publl¢•v•ry d•y IM 10.OOim tts4.30pm. Wtrhirt arn￿rkIng m•mb•rn ol Iho publlc %tho walk IhrNgh11 confjnuo to ¥*mmeTht on how much ¢W IiTr• tho 8anl8n and ￿ •ro 8ble to quesuons thoy hBvq •boulth• pknll. V15itorn l¢)dudo icK•l rosldents othorn from acroM the UK 4nd Ire1w￿, 8Th1 lftt•matiunal vl$llorg. We cOn￿n￿• to h•r¥eg18•¢I$ lrnrn Ihg F4aThts In the GMG ar*J membern Wp pa¢ka9e theB• In han&nwdE erwelws bemeeft Q¢tobor and January. Thvs• s••d• ¢on1th￿ lo b•a¥altsbb lorvts6torn 19 lak• ar￿ 9thvln gard¢n h*• Ort Sth July2023. •¥thor L4nWn vL*ltod th• GMG to r•vi•w11 forhau5knn In herrnc•nty laun¢h¢d book Ih• Op•n G8rd•M0llffi•n￿. Somg qUQtè8 abtyul IhGMG8nd Ih•wrkofth• Frfends In th? alK)ut lh• eotsrd¢ G•rd•ni Includ•'. lof IhN• ¥thodo to pknts, Ih•ts ho8 b••n • lA8dmI￿ nm¥g•nt•n •ddwl lo tha 8?KaJt Bolvknl Tr l•b•lllrvJ h ￿lI1•rfUl. •due4Uon•l and lfilonn•lh•." h• frtgndty g•wd•n•rn m• Ih•i they 8pend • 91•41 of lrn• anTh•rtn4 gu•Jlon¥ Irom ¥1￿1¢￿. l th1• for rn￿•11. Th•rn Is Mrrwlhin9 abDuI • m•dldMI q•rd•n ih•l fv$dn4t•$ pwplg •rrt Ihl• l• • •• •ttr•th• ar￿1 v•l¢Jebl• •y4mpl•.' Thbwlll *gfp In ourellts￿ kn PM¥￿rI1￿¢ 8olanl¢ G•rdon$ •Dd •150•lyuth¥ th• publle abo￿ lh• locmc pknrti•*llldn GMG. On Sunday May 28th lh• ltsh Trn• Sty**. Indudlng thBlrChH5mwi, Thomu Pak¢nhom hogwttfin m•nybJokson hes). ¥lslt•d th• 9grf?ns lo IISr￿$S tts Intsrn8Ung L¥Jffectknn oftr••S. Th• touiwas by Rog Mwoll (• ￿￿red Area Managor in 8CC$ Parks Deporkn¢nll th hod Ihe Bolanlc G•￿en$ for many ywrd. Tho Frfonds group r•pr8sented on INS inl+Jrn4ihf• tour, Indudlng our mrnber Prol8ssor JonathonPlkh•r {¥tho wmpSleO the ar¢hfve ofi ￿1￿*bS¢18)vthoI8￿ the group Ihrou9h th• plneium. Th 8rnup allo vlglteo IM GMG. W• look lOr￿￿d lo a conunuin9tA•thg rel8donsNp*41h Iho Irish Treè 50¢ioty. Ai bl• end Oltho toui thay prn¥•nlod 8 T•tra¢ontron $ln¢Mo. an Augwuno Hgnry dls¢xw•ryi toth• FrknrvJ¥ W• host•d • vlllllo GMG4urfng lh• summor by • gwd•nlng 9rtyJp Irtyn Hofvod. In March 2024 th• c￿1r 9•v• an llluslr•t•d P￿￿1￿1n1 prni•nl•th>n on th• hkntoryol lh• Bol•nlc Gard•n• to lh• Wplne Garden Soc*ty Ullt•rc￿￿up. In ovr •ff¢rts to luMI •yi ob￿ of qdur•lky lh• publlc. ￿ bm9hl • f•r Tr•e Ind sh￿ts IBbgllln9 on• olour'G4idons Fc￿5 Gw. rne¢tiffj$ *llh 8CC rnanagers of lh• 98rden¥ and ourr•pr05enl•Nv•s of IIK• garyl8nlr4 $l•ff. Th• proposal vms Io pts3res9 11* instalLqtion ol mtKlom bui•nir•l 1•b￿S ty • sKJNfffanl nvmber of the fflany Interesltyiv tregs (n the Bolank Gartt8rY& r4]D8¢thn. The5• n•wIoAg 44sllng >t•ls Indudo Ihe EnglL5h nam8. lTrJhother*lmth• Laiin namg: Ihls par1￿1£* agprndatpd ty bot8nistS Bnd naturnlds as VRI as tsmany thIBrnaUunal ¥15itWs to Ihv BolAnlcGard•AJ. Thv tsbBls *8)uld 81sts I[￿￿￿? Ihp t¥)tsnkal 18r¢uty and Iho ojunty olorWI *ilh an #Cr￿10￿ nymbprlhal lin*s Ih•irpg lo mor• delalÈd irsfonnalll>n in the 8oiarri¢Ganlen5 database. such a5 tho th iéc•me inlo th¢ ond from YAthere hvas sourced. Th• narnlry louw th• •¢op¢•d b*nlc81 protowj tts Kow ar￿ olh•r bDtsnKal ir4liWIws. FollovAng cansult9￿ft. thè prnp05a1w￿ •ccepted by 8CC m￿890￿ *lth th• fvnthng bÈlnp sh4md bgtsA••Th FOBBG arl BC Over 2th) labèls hav• nwbeen •tlacMed lo trTes In lh• 8018n¢ GArd•AS aThl Isongolng fpr •xten8lw olthL8 ￿b￿rIng l•ctto lh• $hn￿$ In tho garthm plants In Troplcal Ravlne and P￿ffl HtyJs•. Th• Both￿¢ G4rd•ng Tr•• Lahlllno yol•dw85 offlclally thun¢h•d by Coufi¢Hbx Ml¢ky Murray. BCC South W¢thlftg Groiip, ai an •v•nt on 191h 0￿mblI 2023 In Botsnt GAr¢¢n& Ourffl8mbirProf•5wrJunalh￿ Pllth•r wai InvllBd lo •p•ak 8both tr•• thbdfmg at th• wenlgnd It8 ImwrtaN* Irtd n•¢rtsity • bDlank gard¢n. The Cholrand Prof•s$orJDr*than also to attond l•w*hollh• BCC Tree Str•tewon 5th O¢tober 2023 In th¢ fffJp1¢41 Ra¥int. A¢ Ihg GordeA8 FO¢￿ GrDUP fflBebr¥J￿ C￿n￿nue tornls9 the need to 9ruwto tho garf￿$. mwntaln and grdw• Ihg plant i•lleckn¥ In the gaThlo1)$ ar￿ wweryo and malnlaln the arthtevJr8lt•ofbuifthgs and rnonufffflts*lthln the g*thn5 such as thg Pth Houso ar￿ the Kehin m•morfal Sla￿0. In Novembgf 2023 V** madg o preswlthn to BCC managers ￿ howthe Frl8nd$ G￿Vp¢aN hop BCC lo do Ili5. BLACK TRUs￿ESA￿l￿UALHÉpoRr lac•mp•wllmltsdbyy4r¥nts•l A¢HIEVEMENTS ANO peRFoRwce In FebpJary2024** ztsowroletslthètèn C4unrilknon BCC Soth8eblaslfv•a Grnbp. l(xoled lolhbfvè ML15 aThl onè MP), askirvj i1￿ grnfe a presèrtlatK>n on how Fo8BG may bè ollurthei$uwJrtto BCC in ￿n$•￿In9 ar￿ dovetOPWlg 8olark GarfeThs IoTthe and proffloUn9 th• a v•lu•bkn •M•I. Th9 200thinnNe¢siry ollh• eolanic G4rfon$ ty•Jrn In 2028 il l¥ imp)rfanl that •t•tu$ ￿ th• onty botsni¢gardM In hBm Irel¥nd is rewgnisad ar#1 ￿￿ratEd. We receNed pennlsslon to addrE55 Ihe SouLh BellastARa W0[￿l￿a Gmw* at their m* Qfi 20th May2024 and 9Ne 4fi update on Ihls In ovr next fepo IA oui14s1 rnportw• meftlitift•d th• DI •'knT•mVknTrnlY g1thr•. Thl$*4Y • 5•1•¢Oon oltmi 6hNbs that Ihv nabJrnli4t John Ternplplon117*18251 h8d In hi$ garden h Cr8nmor8, M•lono Road. One memter a￿emble11 a15stof SOME gf tMes8 trees and shrubs fmni re¢xJrds of the planl collecbon Irb Ternpl•ion% 98rderL - We are pka58d to report thal duArvJ 202312024 four1rn8s have beefi pl8nle¢J at the slartofthè irnu {IJwBO of them to math th• r•tirnwm¢nt olmniw gard¢nlng •i•ffj. Addlu0￿ b• •dd•d In lh• ¢4m¢n9 Wl8. IN tem￿ ofpmmolirvJ the 9arden5 a5 a centro 0fhortx￿tu[II ex￿￿enCe. FOBBG continues lo be a m•rnbwofth8 UK 'Fiientts ol BotBnlc Gard8n5 Forum. vthosa puw lo pm¥id8 8 loNm for Ihe exchange ol Info￿natIOn and iJ885 Io Promoie tro usè. ¥alue and ffjl• of ol Boiwi¢ in Ih•ii •UPF4Jrt4nd •r4ag•rn¢nlof thw mmioft ofll r•$p•th• bol•nic 9ird•nS. Our Chwtw lh• Seuelaryolthe Fonjm thr•4￿ul 202Y14 and th15 hdps to lurtlwpmmob FoB8G and lh• 8ollasl Bot4n Gardens lo th• W&r UK and thwh lh8 Fornm ￿b5{16 11 otVO 8n&bl0s Fo88G to to the ed￿A￿onI1 and ac￿+￿•$ thJl other UK 8otsni¢ Gwthns 8Tr Involv￿ wlth helps FoB8G loqet bS•8B fvr m••Uty Il• ch•rfl•bl• obfvcls th7d•nh•r￿n9 publlc b•n• Ou•rt9 2023r24 ha¥• ptt•nded 6lAkeholder rn••tin9B. lThted by 8ella51CIty Countl gr4 QuBor*'$ Unh•rdlty Bellast ontr*llPSURGE prolod ft*th• Lo*7r 6otsnk GathTh5. Th15 Ls 8 based 50tuUon lor wbuc End OD¥imnmentsl b•nehL ra fvnd•d lffjffl EU 2020 fvndl. Wg h¥v• ￿bMIlled a plan lo BCC for th• plot Ihal thg Frfgnd$ 9r¢up h9$ been aIkncgtsd￿lhsn thg $ito andw• ￿ntinue torfwAs Ih 8CC Ih purno1• lor*ttioh w• w• Ih51 plot lofvlfill th• brfElofth? prol•d &nd to rn•ol our oh•hl•bl0 oble¢ts. FUNDIIAI8ING The Fri•￿ to rai* lund8 Irorn rnthmbernhfp Wb9￿P￿9￿. plant sth$4fi0 lol•• ol c*aml¢k Ihat•r• h4n￿M•￿e by m•mb8rn UBtng ferns IrDm Bot¥nlc Ganlens and auoeni QuBrter. Th• •r• •¢4)fflp4nL4d byan lfiform•t*>nranl 8df•il 8olank GBrdeni. Ourfn9 202Yd4 ￿ had plant salt$ at the Lord Ma￿5 Fun Day In 8•lanSc Gardens lftlAay 2023. al the Mol• FesbS4al In Aug￿*2023 and al thty A￿￿m￿ Falr In S¢pt¢mbEr 2023. W• a1$4 hold 4 5mall'p)p up. 5110 81 th8 GMG lft Juty 2023. Th8$0 planl 8aies h•lp u8 prorrl tho 8otank Garf•ns •Thl advlca ¥bout pl•Thts iovL•ltQfS toour ilalh. The Fd•Trl¥ 9rovp D)ntkiui• lo got an idmlnlslrnlfv•grnnt of£300.fmm Bell•8t Clty Couftdl. Our rnèmb•rship $ub*fption h£12 IN a sin91* m¢mb¢tshts, £20 for joint ffl•mbBrnhip and £5 larslud•nt rnemb•rnh￿. W¢ hav• Inrye•J•d our rnemb•r¥hlp lor• rwb•rolyews ty *r￿ul•b￿ r•rniin •ffor¢ats•. BLACK Tr115TEUA14NiIAlREVORTltoThthw￿> Fr1￿￿101B*1P￿$1I01a￿l¢G8th5 14omp.anyfimited bywarnnthèl Aswella$ bu$4nes5m¢etln8s. •n*nberof *Kkile¥entsllrKludlft8iardefi%lsltsandtslk51kn>utstsbitCts￿Ia￿d toyrrfeni081 Mln¥•d durfn¥lQWZ4. A¥oAy#ttendwK•satmÈetlftp.If*2023124aimparedtopiitiryears lssh#wn b¢low. 5ymmary•l•ttMd¢w o¢m¢*iinp.14¥•r•ydl•Zw Attendqqj 2011 20 19 20tyno 1020 zo Z02 zo 17 16 16" io. 22 li li li piJtORJI Alfulf PIfiIOD5 Wowlllroniinyetode¥elopawt￿biI1•ifvdwd*l Med￿ p•ystoJth•K•thekntswlodyolbot•nv. hoNivJlture Ind the hortirullvral l*8a