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The charity's trustees are responsible for preparing financial statements that comply with legal requirements.
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended).
Governance · Policy statement · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 23
The charity has a policy to maintain reserves for unexpected costs such as repairs and equipment replacement.
Hitchin Community Gardens needs reserves to: Meet any contractual liabilities should the organisation have to close Meet unexpected costs like repairs to the pavilion To replace equipment as it wears out
Strategic · Policy statement · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 20
The charity has a Project Manager role that includes seeking new markets and funding to address financial shortfalls.
Part of the purpose of this role, which has become subsumed into the Project Manager role with a proportionate increase in hours, is to seek new markets and new funding to address future known and unknown financial shortfalls
Operational · Commitment statement · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 20
The charity's unrestricted reserves are earmarked for the continuation of its Community Outreach role.
A large proportion of our unrestricted reserves is earmarked for the continuation of our Community Outreach role which allows us to reach more beneficiaries and provide more wide-ranging services to address the needs of our community.
Operational · Commitment statement · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 20
The charity's reserves at the end of August 2025 were £55,760, representing 52% of turnover.
Reserves at 31st August 2025 are £55,760 of which £22,425 are restricted. £55,760 represents 52% of turnover.
Financial · Metric statement · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 20
Hitchin Community Gardens aims to maintain reserves between 18% and 58% of turnover.
Hitchin Community Garden’s reserves policy states that reserves should be between 18% and 58% of turnover.
Strategic · Policy statement · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 20
The charity's unrestricted funds totalled £55,760 at the end of August 2025.
Total Funds Carried Forward 33702.56 22057.51 0 55760
Financial · Metric statement · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 15
The charity received £20,000 from North Herts District Council as a Prosperity Grant.
North Herts District Council (Prosperity Grant) - £20,000
Financial · Funding statement · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 17
The charity's financial stability has been bolstered, raising its profile locally through the work of Project Managers.
Having bolstered our financial stability and raised our profile locally, thanks to sterling work by our Project Managers, we looked at how we could increase the benefits that we could provide to people and nature in the wider Rec, creating some lasting improvements on the ground.
Strategic · Observational claim · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 11
The charity secured £20K funding from the National Lottery Community Fund for Ransoms Meadows project.
Thanks to favourable feedback all round we were able to secure £20K of funding from the National Lottery Community Fund which will be used to install large swathes of wetland wildflower meadow, carry out tree and shrub planting, and build benches and habitat towers.
Financial · Observational claim · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 11
The charity received substantial grant income of £34,457 from various sources.
This year grant income increased substantially to £34,457, up from £4,152 last year. We are grateful for the support received from ASDA (£1,000), Herts Community Foundation (HCF) (£11,573), Herts County Council (£384), Neighbourly Community Trust (£1,500) and North Herts Council (£20,000).
Financial · Observational claim · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 10
The charity's main expenditure is on salaries for five part-time staff members, totaling £48,426.
Our main expenditure is on salaries for the five part-time members of staff, with wages totalling £48,426.
Financial · Observational claim · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 10
The charity received a £10,000 grant to be spent predominantly in the following financial year.
This takes our reserves to £55,760, which is 52% of annual turnover, and within our reserves policy parameters of 18-58%. These reserves are important to ensure the charity can withstand financial risks such as loss of clients, long-term staff sickness or (and we hope this is never needed) the winding up of the charity if circumstances required it.
Financial · Observational claim · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 10
The Pavilion is rented out for community and private events at a rate of £8-12 per hour.
At the equivalent of £8-12/hour for community or private hire, the pavilion is very good value.
Operational · Observational claim · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 9
The charity's reserves are at £55,760, which is within the policy parameters of 18-58%.
This takes our reserves to £55,760, which is 52% of annual turnover, and within our reserves policy parameters of 18-58%. These reserves are important to ensure the charity can withstand financial risks such as loss of clients, long-term staff sickness or (and we hope this is never needed) the winding up of the charity if circumstances required it.
Financial · Observational claim · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 10
The charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £9,880 after a previous deficit.
The financial year to 31 August 2025 ended with a surplus of £9,880, after the small deficit of £6,540 in 2023-24.
Financial · Observational claim · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 10
Participants in Man Made Meals reported a significant increase in their cooking confidence after the course.
After the course all the men reported a significant rise in their confidence level in cooking, mostly from 2/6 at the start to 5/6 at the end (on a scale of 1-6 where 6 is very confident).
Service · Observational claim · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 8
The Man Made Meals project received over £5000 from a Crowdfunder and match funding.
our Man Made Meals Crowdfunder was a huge success raising over £5000 including match funding we secured from the Aviva Community Fund.
Financial · Funding statement · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 8
The Triangle Garden's Man Made Meals project aims to boost men’s confidence in cooking.
This year saw the launch of our Man Made Meals cookery project – aiming for ’confidence in the kitchen for men’
Service · Policy statement · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 8
The Triangle Garden hosted a variety of community events in the past year, including workshops and fêtes.
Each year we put on a number of workshops and community events to engage and connect people with the natural world, spread the word about what we do, and raise funds for our work .
Service · Observational claim · From Hitchin Community Gardens — annual report and accounts, year ending 31 August 2025, page 7