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Sustainable Living Initiative
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For the year ended 30 September 2019
Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements
2
For the year ended 30 September 2019
Sustainable Living Initiative
Contents Page
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Report of the Trustees
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees
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Statement of Financial Activities
5
Statement of Financial Position
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Notes to the Financial Statements
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For the year ended 30 September 2019
Sustainable Living Initiative
Report of the Trustees
The Trustees
,
who are also directors for the purposes of company law
,
have pleasure in presenting their report and the
|
financial statements for the charitable company for the year ended
30
September
2019
.
The Trustees have adopted the
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provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities
:
Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing
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their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland
(
FRS
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102
) (
effective
1
January
2015
).
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OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objectives and aims
The aim of the SLI is to improve the quality of life for individuals, communities through better health, environmental activities, and training. We do this by providing outdoor activities that are currently centered on growing fruit and vegetables, horticulture and cooking training courses, herbs, bees and forest gardening in an environmentally sensitive manner. A review of the past year, and plans for the future year are considered by the directors each year to review all key activities and the benefits they have brought to the residents of Norwich and beyond who are members of Sustainable Living Initiative, or those who have participated in training provided by the charity, or visited its website for advice. These reviews help ensure that our objectives and activities remain focused on our stated purposes and are to the benefit of the public.
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The trustees have considered the Charity Commision's guidance on public benefit, including the guidance 'public benefit: running a charity (PB2)'.
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
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Our membership number and composition of our membership has not changed much compared to previous year. However, our activities and participation of non-members in our activities have increased. We have continued to run our series of training sessions taking people right from the beginning of planning a plot through to planting, pruning and dealing with those hardy perennials - pests and diseases. We have a monthly cookery club experimenting with international culinary traditions using our home grown food. We have also run activities for schoolchildren during the holidays introducing them to the delights of nature and the magic of growing plants. And we have expanded beyond food to include workshops on candle making using our own beeswax and sessions for local artists to paint and draw pictures of our surroundings. We have had our usual regular visits from volunteers at AVIVA and the Good Gym who have grown to love our field at Marlpit. Other groups which have taken their own plots include local schoolchildren and people with mental health problems. Mitch Neville, Senior Occupational Therapist for Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust says: 'The allotment is an amazing project which has been a real lifeline to the service users who have accessed it during the past 12 months.' Our day to day work continues with members looking after their own mini plots and joining in work on communal areas which nearly always involves some delicious food to keep us going. Our future plans have taken on a real sense of urgency with the retirement of our founder Mahesh Pant planned for October 2020. We have held a number of forums to look at how we can continue to manage the project after his departure. We have come up with a new structure which will devolve the basic responsibilities to the trustees who will have teams of members to take on the necessary tasks. It is going to take very many of us to fill the enormous gap but we are determined to carry on and we believe that we can do it. We would like to thank the Tudor Trust, Dulverton Trust, Ground Work, Nielsen Brand Bank and Norfolk Garden Trust for supporting our work by providing grants and donations during October 2018 to September 2019. Our thanks also go to volunteers from AVIVA, GoodGym and Voluntary Norfolk who have helped us maintain our community gardens. Last but not least - a big thank you to all our trustees, members and volunteers whose unwavering support helps keep the organisation running.
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For the year ended 30 September 2019
Sustainable Living Initiative
Report of the Trustees Continued
Income for the year was £34,689 and the expenditure was £36,058 . Nearly three-fourth of our income came from grants and donations. The continuation of Tudor Trust's grant for core costs enabled SLI to carry out its charitable activities. Of the total expenditure, about a third was spent on staff salaries. Other major expenses were improving and maintaining the facilities in our community garden and the provision of seeds, tools, and manure to our members. As the income from our membership fees and allotment sales is far from adequate to cover our basic core costs, we will continue to rely on grants and donations to carry out our charitable activities in the foreseeable future.,
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STRUCTURE
,
GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
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Sustainable Living Initiative is a company limited by guarantee, and became a charity on 14 October 2013.
Recruitment and appointment of trustees
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The directors of the company are also the charity trustees for the purposes of charity law. All Directors give their time voluntarily, and receive no benefits from the charity. The directors are recruited from the members (some of whom are allotment plot holders as well), and are appointed at a meeting of the directors
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REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
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Sustainable Living Initiative
Charity registration number
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1154190
05472105
Company registration number
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The trustees and officers serving during the year and since the year end were as follows:
Rochelle Wilson
Mr Peter Medhurst
Jim Froud
Paul Nicholson
Steve Watson
Paul Nicholson
Mahesh Plant
Triple Bottom Line Accounting Limited
The Enterprise Centre
University of East Anglia
Norwich
Norfolk
NR4 7TJ
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5
For the year ended 30 September 2019
Sustainable Living Initiative
Report of the Trustees Continued
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Approved by the Board of Trustees and signed on its behalf by
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For the year ended 30 September 2019
Sustainable Living Initiative
Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charitable company for the year ended 30 September 2019.
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Responsibilities and basis of report
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As the charity Trustees, who are also directors for the purposes of company law, are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act'). Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
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Independent examiners statement
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I have completed my examination
.
I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination
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giving me cause to believe that in any material respect
:
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1
.
accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section
386
of the
2006
Act
;
or
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2
.
the accounts do not accord with those records
;
or
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3
.
the accounts do not comply with the requirements of section
396
of the
2006
Act other than any requirement that the
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accounts give a
'
true and fair view
'
which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination
;
or
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4
.
the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended
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Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the
|
Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland
(
FRS
102
).
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I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be
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drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached
.
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Triple Bottom Line Accounting Limited
The Enterprise Centre
University of East Anglia
Norwich
Norfolk
NR4 7TJ
04 June 2020
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For the year ended 30 September 2019
Sustainable Living Initiative
Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)
2018
2019
Income and endowments from
:
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25,770
22,200
25,000
770
2
3
4,068
4,085
-
4,085
Allotments
4
1,125
-
1,125
1,377
open days
&
allotment sales
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3,709
-
3,709
4,759
34,689
32,404
25,000
9,689
5/6
(41,203)
(33,101)
(22,114)
(10,987)
Marlpit Community Garden
(3,788)
(2,706)
-
(2,706)
Allotments
(21)
(250)
-
(250)
Gardening Training
(36,057)
(45,012)
(22,114)
(13,943)
(1,368)
(12,608)
2,886
(4,254)
Total funds brought forward
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42,698
30,090
18,051
12,039
Total funds carried forward
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7,785
20,937
28,722
30,090
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Sustainable Living Initiative
Statement of Financial Position
2019
2018
71,966
77,191
11
71,966
77,191
-
262
12
Debtors
10,219
5,741
10,219
6,003
Creditors
:
amounts falling due within one year
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(963)
(604)
13
Net current assets
9,256
5,399
Total assets less current liabilities
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81,222
82,590
Creditors
:
amounts falling due after more than one year
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(52,500)
(52,500)
14
Net assets
28,722
30,090
15
20,937
18,051
Unrestricted income funds
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15
7,785
12,039
28,722
30,090
For the year ended 30 September 2019 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
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- The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476,
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The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
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The financial statement were approved and authorised for issue by the Board and signed on its behalf by
:
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06 June 2020
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For the year ended 30 September 2019
Sustainable Living Initiative
Notes to the Financial Statements
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, except for investments which are included at market value and the revaluation of certain fixed assets and in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015)’, Financial Reporting Standard 102 the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), and the Companies Act 2006. Sustainable Living Initiative meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).
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2
.
Income from donations and legacies
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2018
2019
22,200
25,770
25,000
770
22,200
25,770
25,000
770
3
.
Income from charitable activities
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2018
2019
Allotments
4,085
4,068
Income from charitable
|
activities
|
4
.
Income earned from other activities
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2018
2019
1,377
1,125
open days & allotment sales
4,759
3,709
Other Activities
6,136
4,834
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10
For the year ended 30 September 2019
Sustainable Living Initiative
Notes to the Financial Statements Continued
5
.
Costs of charitable activities by fund type
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2018
2019
7,399
22,114
33,739
29,513
Marlpit Community Garden
2,706
-
3,788
2,706
Allotments
250
-
21
250
Gardening Training
3,588
-
7,464
3,588
Support costs
13,943
22,114
45,012
36,057
6
.
Costs of charitable activities by activity type
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2018
2019
Activities
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undertaken
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directly
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Marlpit Community Garden
33,101
3,588
29,513
41,203
Allotments
2,706
-
2,706
3,788
Gardening Training
250
-
250
21
32,469
3,588
36,057
45,012
7
.
Analysis of support costs
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2018
2019
Office Costs
Time
2,823
7,464
Governance costs
765
-
7,464
3,588
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For the year ended 30 September 2019
Sustainable Living Initiative
Notes to the Financial Statements Continued
8
.
Net income
/(
expenditure
)
for the year
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This is stated after charging
/(
crediting
):
|
2019
2018
Depreciation of owned fixed assets
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6,264
6,473
765
-
9
.
Staff costs and emoluments
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Total staff costs for the year ended
30
September
2019
were
:
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2019
2018
12,202
14,191
12,202
14,191
10
.
Comparative for the Statement of Financial Activities
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2018
Income and endowments from
:
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22,200
22,200
-
4,068
-
4,068
6,136
-
6,136
32,404
22,200
10,204
(7,892)
(37,120)
(45,012)
(45,012)
(37,120)
(7,892)
(12,608)
(14,920)
2,312
Total funds brought forward
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42,698
32,971
9,727
Total funds carried forward
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12,039
18,051
30,090
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For the year ended 30 September 2019
Sustainable Living Initiative
Notes to the Financial Statements Continued
11
.
Tangible fixed assets
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114,100
61,600
52,500
1,039
1,039
-
52,500
62,639
115,139
36,909
36,909
-
Charge for year
6,264
6,264
-
43,173
43,173
-
52,500
52,500
19,466
24,691
71,966
77,191
2019
2018
Amounts due within one year
:
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Prepayments and accrued income
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-
262
-
262
13
.
Creditors
:
amounts falling due within one year
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2019
2018
Accruals and deferred income
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963
604
963
604
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For the year ended 30 September 2019
Sustainable Living Initiative
Notes to the Financial Statements Continued
14
.
Creditors
:
amounts falling due after more than one year
|
2019
2018
52,500
52,500
52,500
52,500
The following liabilities disclosed under creditors falling due after more than one year are secured by the charity
:
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Bank loans and overdrafts
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52,500
52,500
52,500
52,500
Balance at
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01
/
10
/
2018
|
Balance at
|
30
/
09
/
2019
|
General
12,039
9,689
(13,943)
7,785
General
12,039
9,689
(13,943)
7,785
Unrestricted Funds
-
Previous year
|
Balance at
|
01
/
10
/
2017
|
Balance at
|
30
/
09
/
2018
|
General
9,727
10,204
(7,892)
12,039
General
9,727
10,204
(7,892)
12,039
Purpose of unrestricted Funds
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General
No purpose
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For the year ended 30 September 2019
Sustainable Living Initiative
Notes to the Financial Statements Continued
Balance at
|
01
/
10
/
2018
|
Balance at
|
30
/
09
/
2019
|
General
20,937
18,051
25,000
(22,114)
18,051
25,000
(22,114)
20,937
Restricted Funds
-
Previous year
|
Balance at
|
01
/
10
/
2017
|
Balance at
|
30
/
09
/
2018
|
General
18,051
32,971
22,200
(37,120)
32,971
22,200
(37,120)
18,051
Purpose of restricted funds
|
General
Community garden in Marlpit
16
.
Analysis of net assets between funds
|
Net current
|
assets
/
|
(
liabilities
)
|
Net Assets
Unrestricted funds
General
-
7,785
-
7,785
General
Restricted funds
71,966
1,471
(52,500)
20,937
General
71,966
9,256
(52,500)
28,722
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For the year ended 30 September 2019
Sustainable Living Initiative
Notes to the Financial Statements Continued
Net current
|
assets
/
|
(
liabilities
)
|
Net Assets
Unrestricted funds
General
-
12,039
-
12,039
General
Restricted funds
77,191
(6,640)
(52,500)
18,051
General
77,191
5,399
(52,500)
30,090
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