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Directors' report period ended
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 30 January 2025
Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
31 January 2024
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30 January 2025
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
This report was approved by the board of directors on
And signed on behalf of the board by:
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Status: Director
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The notes form part of these financial statements
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
for the Period Ended 30 January 2025
Basis of measurement and preparation
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Activities Summary: Delivered 53 projects across prisons (8), schools (20), community spaces (9), and commercial sites (16), focusing on food-growing and wildlife-friendly gardens with cooking education. Expanded services in 2024 to include biodiversity net gain consultancy, carbon compensation, and ecological planning support in response to new BNG legislation. Community Benefit: Prisons: Enhanced prisoner rehabilitation and reduced reoffending through therapeutic gardening programs that improve transition to independent living Schools: Improved children's diets and healthy lifestyle choices through hands-on food growing and cooking education Communities: Reduced social isolation in deprived areas, particularly benefiting those affected by COVID lockdowns and cost-of-living pressures Environmental: Delivered conservation and biodiversity enhancement across partnerships while supporting businesses with cost-effective, wildlife-friendly maintenance Evidence of Impact: Therapeutic communities data shows improved prisoner coping abilities and staff morale. Increased consumption of fresh produce among participating children. Positive resident feedback on environmental improvements. Educational videos produced with Goodwick Primary School documenting community impact. Sustainability Focus: Addressing cost-of-living crisis through teaching food production skills, recipe development, and long-term knowledge transfer to support ongoing community self-sufficiency.
Our stakeholders are drawn from communities that include prisons, schools, shared space in towns and villages and commercial sites. Our maintenance contracts have generated great feedback, with our clients noting that the grounds have been better looked after, with plants and trees really thriving. This means that wildlife is being conserved and protected on ever increasing amounts of land. This has ensured more habitat havens such as bird boxes, owl boxes, insect hotels and hedgehog boxes are added into the garden designs. Stakeholders enjoy seeing more birds on the feeders or nesting in nest boxes. We have received great feedback from clients enjoying harvesting fresh produce or seeing flowers or fruit trees blossom. The increased financial pressures have meant more people are becoming interested in our community gardens as food growing hubs which incorporate a teaching delivery framework that aims to help combat social isolation and create intergenerational connections. An example would be a primary school connecting with a group of primarily older, retired individuals in some areas . We involve young people, parents and teachers in the design and creation of our gardens in schools. As our Volunteer Coordinator positions continue to expand, more school and community garden spaces are becoming accessible to more people who are clearly benefiting from an increased contact with Nature and each other.
All remuneration paid to directors has been disclosed in full in the statutory accounts and 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.
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
9 May 2025
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Joannah Sue Metcalfe
Status: Director