General Description of the Company’s activities and impact The Group promotes and encourages the use of local community apples to produce juice, reducing waste and educating the community by providing opportunities to use and store a valuable local natural resource. The John Motion Orchard, bequeathed to Leigh Parish Council in 2021, has been made available under licence to the Apple Press Group to provide instruction on tree pruning, orchard management and hedgerow management and to develop understanding of the countryside and the importance of preserving local and rare varieties of apple trees. During the Financial Year 2024/25 the group’s activities have benefited the community in the following ways Local residents were invited to bring their stocks of apples, which otherwise would have gone to waste, to the annual Apple Press Day (APD) where over 700 litres of apple juice was pressed. The residue pulp was delivered to a local farm for animal feed. The Apple Press Day provides, free of charge, local suppliers the opportunity to sell local produce. The group ran two courses on Apple Pruning led by an expert from the RHS The group ran a Grafting Course allowing local people to grow more trees The community were invited to a Blossom Day walk in the orchard Benches have been installed to permit local residents to spend quality time in the orchard Apples not used on the APD where delivered to Dorking Food Bank for distribution to local people. APG organise a Wassail celebration in the orchard, inviting the community to attend free of charge.

Consultation with Stake Holders The company’s stake holders are The Leigh Parish Council and the Parishioners of Leigh and residents of the local area. The Directors and members of the Company all live in the Parish and maintain and develop the orchard as prescribed by the donor and the Parish Council. The APG report 6 times a year to the community on the process and activities of the project through the local newsletter delivered to every property in the parish and welcome feedback. The APG seeks guidance from the local school and the local Nursery on how best the orchard can be developed to encourage young people to enjoy and learn from experiencing the orchard. The APG actively encourages and facilitates everyone to use and enjoy the environment seeking their views. The Biodiversity report on the orchard has been made available on the Parish website. The orchard has been formally registered as a SNCI (Site of Nature Conservation Interest) Directors Remunerations The APG is run and manged solely by volunteers.

No remuneration was received

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration