COMMUNITY WELLBEING GARDEN

Registered charity 1212007 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PETWORTH COMMUNITY GARDEN C.I.C., PETWORTH'S COMMUNITY WELLBEING GARDEN

An accessible therapeutic wellbeing garden, located in the rural town of Petworth, West Sussex offering social and therapeutic horticulture for individuals experiencing economic hardship, social isolation, disability, physical and mental ill health and social disadvantage. Home to inclusive, friendly and non-judgmental groups for people of all ages and abilities.

Objects

THE OBJECT[S] OF THE CIO ARE]1) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIALHARDSHIP OR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE BY SUPPORTING PEOPLE IN THE PETWORTH AREAAND WEST SUSSEX, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY WELLBEING GARDEN PROVIDINGTHERAPEUTIC HORTICULTURE, ACCESSIBLE RURAL CRAFTS, SEASONAL FOOD GROWING AND HARVEST SHARING,AND PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE SUPPORT FOR THOSE WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND THEIR CARERS;2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMINGSOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTINGTHEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY CREATING INCLUSIVE, NON JUDGEMENTAL, ACCESSIBLE PROJECTSWHERE ALL CAN THRIVE TOGETHER, REDUCING ISOLATION, IMPROVING PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ANDSELF-ESTEEM, AND SUPPORTING INTEGRATION INTO THE WIDER COMMUNITY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, ORPARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIALHARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCYINCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNICORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL ORSKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOESNOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDERREHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).(3) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OFTHE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND FOLLOWING THEPRINCIPLES OF PERMACULTURE, ORGANIC, NO-DIG, LOW-CARBON, WILDLIFE GARDENING.(4) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF LOW CARBON GARDENING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND BYPROVIDING TRAINING AND SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSFERABLE SKILLS TOWARDS THEWORKPLACE.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chichester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity was incorporated in February 2025 and reported a net income of £57,207 for the period, resulting in total funds carried forward of £57,207. The trustees confirm that the financial statements comply with statutory requirements and the Charities SORP, with no matters coming to the examiner's attention that would hinder understanding of the accounts.

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 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Reaching Communities — “Thank you to the National Lottery Reaching Communities and the Henry Smith Charity for their vital and valued support throughout 2020.” (source page)
• Henry Smith Charity — “Thank you to the National Lottery Reaching Communities and the Henry Smith Charity for their vital and valued support throughout 2020.” (source page)
• Hyde Community Anchor Fund — “We are very grateful to Hyde Community Anchor Fund for supporting our Learn & Grow Tuesday group from August 2017 to July 2018.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Harvey Silvermanchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Philip Marsh M.Sc.
• Caroline Blake
• David Burden BEM
• John Robbins
• Maureen King
• Stephen Casebow

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

Operates in: West Sussex

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PATCHWORKING GARDEN PROJECT.

• THE PATCHWORKING GARDEN PROJECT income £54k
• WARDENS TRUST income £138k
• CULTIVATING CHANGE income £84k
• SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY GARDENS income £134k
• THE GROWING SPACE (WINCANTON) LIMITED income £61k
• FARNCOMBE COMMUNITY GARDEN income £64k

Side by side with its peers

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