INSPERO

Registered charity 1167516 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Gardening (Food Growing), Craft, Eco Club, Bakery, Cookery & Healthy Eating Clubs. Community Garden design and development. Horticulture Therapy Club for Adults

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO HORTICULTURAL PRACTICE, CONSERVATION, DIET AND NUTRITION IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT.INCLUDING, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:· EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT FOOD AND NUTRITION; · EMPOWERING, SUPPORTING AND INSPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEAD HEALTHY LIFESTYLES BY LEARNING ABOUT FOOD AND THE INTEGRAL ROLE IT PLAYS IN THEIR LIVES SUCH AS COOKERY CLUB PROGRAMMES.· ENCOURAGING HEALTHY EATING HABITS, GREATER PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND COMMUNITY CONNECTEDNESS THROUGH OUR PROGRAMMES.· DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING COMMUNITY GARDENS AND LOVE2GROW PROGRAMMES.· PROVIDING TRAINING ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP YOUNG PEOPLE’S SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND CAPABILITIES IN HORTICULTURE, COOKERY AND NUTRITION.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £19,489 are below the stated policy target of three months of operating expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £2,961 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £24,678 to £21,717. The trustees acknowledge that programmes are popular and oversubscribed, creating a risk that they may not be able to meet local demand without securing additional funding.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Samia Calvetchair
• JACQUELINE MCCONVILLE
• RICHARD CLARK
• SONGUL ADAMS

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).