MANCHESTER URBAN DIGGERS C.I.C.

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
12014832 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 May 2023

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 June 2022

End date: 31 May 2023

MANCHESTER URBAN DIGGERS C.I.C.

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 May 2023

Balance sheet
Additional notes
Balance sheet notes
Community Interest Report

MANCHESTER URBAN DIGGERS C.I.C.

Balance sheet

As at 31 May 2023

Notes 2023 2022


£

£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets: 3 4,911 5,310
Total fixed assets: 4,911 5,310
Current assets
Debtors: 4 620 23,498
Cash at bank and in hand: 12,683 42,192
Total current assets: 13,303 65,690
Prepayments and accrued income: 224 354
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 5 ( 13,292 ) ( 8,030 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 235 58,014
Total assets less current liabilities: 5,146 63,324
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year: 6 ( 11,535 ) ( 19,428 )
Provision for liabilities: ( 2,295 ) ( 898 )
Accruals and deferred income: ( 16,570 ) ( 31,603 )
Total net assets (liabilities): (25,254) 11,395
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: (25,254) 11,395
Total members' funds: ( 25,254) 11,395

The notes form part of these financial statements

MANCHESTER URBAN DIGGERS C.I.C.

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 May 2023 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors 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 and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The directors have chosen not to file a copy of the company's profit and loss account.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 8 March 2024
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Samuel Payne
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

MANCHESTER URBAN DIGGERS C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 May 2023

  • 1. Accounting policies

    Basis of measurement and preparation

    These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 1A (Small Entities) of Financial Reporting Standard 102

MANCHESTER URBAN DIGGERS C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 May 2023

  • 2. Employees

    2023 2022
    Average number of employees during the period 6 9

MANCHESTER URBAN DIGGERS C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 May 2023

3. Tangible assets

Land & buildings Plant & machinery Fixtures & fittings Office equipment Motor vehicles Total
Cost £ £ £ £ £ £
At 1 June 2022 2,787 3,423 542 3,250 10,002
Additions 1,315 0 0 0 1,315
Disposals
Revaluations
Transfers
At 31 May 2023 4,102 3,423 542 3,250 11,317
Depreciation
At 1 June 2022 1,673 1,150 447 1,422 4,692
Charge for year 820 342 95 457 1,714
On disposals
Other adjustments
At 31 May 2023 2,493 1,492 542 1,879 6,406
Net book value
At 31 May 2023 1,609 1,931 0 1,371 4,911
At 31 May 2022 1,114 2,273 95 1,828 5,310

MANCHESTER URBAN DIGGERS C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 May 2023

4. Debtors

2023 2022
£ £
Trade debtors 620 23,498
Total 620 23,498

MANCHESTER URBAN DIGGERS C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 May 2023

5. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2023 2022
£ £
Taxation and social security 13,292 8,030
Total 13,292 8,030

MANCHESTER URBAN DIGGERS C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 May 2023

6. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year note

2023 2022
£ £
Bank loans and overdrafts 11,535 19,428
Total 11,535 19,428

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

MANCHESTER URBAN DIGGERS C.I.C.

Company Number: 12014832 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 May 2023

Company activities and impact

We are community market gardeners who are looking to create a food system change in Manchester by providing hyper local, organically grown fresh produce to the local community whom many are currently experiencing food poverty in Manchester. Our goal is to create a network of small food producing gardens around GM which we hope will help alleviate these problems. At the same time & equally as important is our involvement with the community. We offer the space to the local community to host workshops, events, volunteer sessions, social prescribing sessions (horticultural therapy), with benefits including improving community cohesiveness, improving mental health, decreasing social isolation & community upskilling & education. We aim to make each garden we create self-sustainable - any money made goes back into the garden to help it grow and flourish.We have already been successful with this model. For the past 7 years we have been developing Platt Fields Market Garden (PFMG), a garden based on Platt Fields Park in Fallowfield. PFMG is a grassroots green infrastructure project that developed slowly with the help of dedicated volunteers. Over the 7 years we transformed an old disused bowling green (that otherwise would be costing the council to maintain) to a thriving market garden which hosts community events, fresh cooked food, a cafe, and various community initiatives such as a mushroom growing cooperative (Myco), Queer Roots Collective (QRC) who provide space for queer nature loving folk to gather, and a refugee and friends programme ‘Stronger Roots’ as well as 2 forest schools and the local NHS Recovery Pathways service.We :- maintain over an acre of park land that would otherwise be disused and costly to maintain for the council;- log over 400 hours per week in volunteer hours;- attract many additional people to the park to buy loose veg - fresh local produce which has been organically grown;- run a monthly Farmer’s Market with local food producers which attracts many people from the community;- get comments every week telling us how lovely the garden is and how proud they are of us and to live in an area which has a community garden like ours;- are a welcome and safe space for people from all backgrounds - we aim to improve community cohesion with the commonality of food which includes our Stronger Roots programme where every Thursday local refugees and asylum seekers socialise with other members of our communities in a wholesome green space;- run workshops to educate people about growing food, making compost, the benefits of growing etc.;- offer a space for people in the community to come and experiment with their ideas such as brewing beer from hops & fruit, creating pickles, chutneys, growing flowers etc.;- run wellbeing gardening sessions in collaboration with the NHS and housing associations with people who suffer from mental health problems such as social isolation, anxiety & depression;We have also developed our MUD Kitchen to deliver an on site hot food offering to feed all of our volunteers and the public and have a sustainable eco friendly catering service so local organisations have an environmentally conscious option for catering events.Our design and build offering has also developed and we now deliver workshops, design and build services and consultation to other community groups looking to develop their own food growing projects. This has resulted in multiple new growing spaces developing in Manchester with our help.We are also working in partnership with the Manchester Education Trust at The East Manchester Academy to create a new community garden and have been successful in securing a Green Spaces grant from Greater Manchester Environment Fund to replicate the amazing work done at Platt Fields Market Garden in an educational setting.

Consultation with stakeholders

We held our yearly AGM with community members, volunteers and partner organisations. Feedback from stakeholders requested longer opening hours, a cafe offer, increased programmes for local asylum seekers and refugees which we have all carried out and implemented.We are part of a partnership governance board with Manchester City Council to regularly discuss the development of our Platt Fields Market Garden site. We talk regularly to the Platt Field Park team to update them on any major works we plan to carry out and any events we plan to host. We also talk regularly to other Manchester City Council staff such as the Parks Programming manager.We have talked to local councillors & updated them on our projects.We frequently consult the Friends of Platt Field Park group to update them on our progress over the past year, attend AGMs and regularly partner with them and other park partners such as Platt Hall and Incredible Edible.

Directors' remuneration

There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed.

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration has been made.

This report was approved by the board of directors on
8 March 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Samuel Payne
Status: Director