FIVE A DAY GARDEN

Registered charity 1202446 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 5 A DAY

Activities are those related to providing horticultural education and horticultural therapy growing naturallygrown produce.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN HORTICULTURAL SKILLS AND PRACTICES, NATURE, AND OTHER RELATED TOPICS.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £5,539 for the year ended March 2025, with total income of £34,572 against expenditure of £29,033. The trustees consider the level of unrestricted reserves, £11,267, to be appropriate for the charity at this time. The charity holds no significant assets and relies on grants, donations, and fundraising activities for 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Glenys Diane Higginschair
• Peter Haig
• Sarah Penny Russell Brooke
• Wendy Carol Cadman
• Yvonne Redgrave BSc, MSc

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

Operates in: Reading · West Berkshire

Income and spending

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