HILLFIELDS COMMUNITY GARDEN

Registered charity 1204254 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hillfields Community Garden is a grassroots, community-led charitable organisation based in Hillfields, East Bristol. We co-design and deliver a broad range of inclusive activities, groups, and events with, by, and for local residents of all ages.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: (A) To provide facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation in particular, but not exclusively, by providing an area for use as a community garden for individuals in Hillfields, Bristol and the surrounding area, who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the condition of life of the said inhabitants. (B) To advance education for the public benefit in particular, but not exclusively, by providing opportunities for learning about nature, horticulture, the environment, and connections to healthy living and eating in Hillfields. (C) To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of the community garden and surrounding natural areas by enhancing biodiversity.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £2,470 in unrestricted reserves at the end of the financial period, which is below the stated policy aspiration of 25% of yearly operating costs. While the trustees report no current material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue, they note potential funding uncertainties for 2025 as the organization explores taking on the management of a local community centre.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Robinson
• Christine Priddis
• Ellie King · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kathryn Caldwell
• Kathy Maidment
• Rebecca Aylett
• Sian Kidd
• Sophy Teasdale

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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Shared trustees with funders

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• Ellie King — trustee here and at FEEDING BRISTOL

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Wellspring Settlement.

• Wellspring Settlement income £2.5m
• WINDMILL HILL CITY FARM LIMITED income £2.8m
• EASTSIDE COMMUNITY TRUST income £988k
• HILTINGBURY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £122k
• BARROW HILL COMMUNITY TRUST income £323k
• WINDSOR HILL WOOD income £108k

Side by side with its peers

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