Plants and Minds

Registered charity 900325 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHERRY TREE NURSERY, CHESTNUT NURSERY, SHELTERED WORK OPPORTUNITIES PROJECT, SWOP

Plants and Minds uses horticulture to offer realistic supportive meaningful pressure-free work rehabilitation to adults with severe and enduring mental illness. We aim to restore confidence, self-esteem and dignity while providing security and stability by having no time limit to attendance.We endeavour to reduce stigma and discrimination by increasing public awareness of mental illness

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £87,430 for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds. Free reserves stood at £330,000, which the trustees consider satisfactory as it represents a little under four months' total running costs. The charity is not dependent on a single funding source, relying on plant sales, service level agreements, and donations.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Plants and Minds (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/03/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Deborah Susan Jarmey
• Dr David Whitty
• Keilah Towers
• VICTOR WILLIAMS

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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