GROW 73

ANNUA F O R 2 0 CHAIRPERSON'S STATEMENT

Our parks and green spaces are more vital to us than ever before. We all benefit from the restorative effects of being outside in nature and here in we have our own green space, Overtoun Park.

At Grow73 our vision is to establish a green hub in Overtoun Park where we can meet together with friends and neighbours and start to reverse the isolation many of us have felt during lockdown. We believe that taking part in shared outdoor growing activities can help to bring people and the community together, can help us to make new friends and to improve our health and wellbeing.

Parks are like border zones somewhere between town and country and I think we have a special emotional attachment to our local park. We need the green space that the park offers and Overtoun Park certainly benefits from our activities. Our garden and our biodiversity area have already generated a remarkable increase in biodiversity in the park. We have planted bulbs and wild flowers in the woodland area and told some of Rutherglen’s history in our heritage trail, The Ruglen Ropewalk. Our volunteers meet there every week and many of our events and activities are based in the park.

Our vision spirals out from the park with established plantings at Rutherglen Railway Station and on the Main Street, and further plantings planned for Stonelaw Road, Burnside and beyond to provide a pollinating pathway for our pollinating insects.

For the future we plan to develop three of the bowling greens in the park into a thriving community garden. A focus for volunteering activities, learning new horticultural skills, and learning how to take action to combat climate change and biodiversity loss. And mostof all by bringing people together help to make Rutherglen a great communityand a great place to live.

Chairperson GROW 73

Charity Contact Information

Charity Number: SCO48411

Principal address: 149 Dukes Road Rutherglen Glasgow G73 5AE

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Website: www.grow73.org Facebook: @Grow73 Twitter: @Grow_73 Instagram: Grow.73

Charity Trustees on Date of Approval of Trustee Annual Report

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Other trustees during the financial year covered by this report and accounts

1. (resigned April 2020) 2. (resigned April 2020) OBJECTIVES & ACTIVITIES

Grow 73’s aim is to support people of all ages and abilities who live or work in the Rutherglen & (CAMGLEN) area to grow their own produce, to learn how to lead more sustainable lives, and how to support biodiversity.

Through shared gardening activities, environmental improvements and events we aim to bring together diverse groups across the age and ethnic spectrum to support and learn from each other as well as to improve the health and wellbeing of our community and make Rutherglen the place to be!

Our charitable purposes are: To advance education in relation to gardening, local food growing, healthy eating, composting, and matters relating to the environment, biodiversity and living more sustainably.

To advance physical and mental health and wellbeing by providing improved access to the outdoor environment, promoting an active lifestyle through participation in gardening and other outdoor leisure opportunities and promoting the benefits of growing and consuming healthy food in order to help maintain or improve health.

To advance citizenship and community development (including the promotion of volunteering) through the provision of community garden spaces and by involving people who might otherwise be socially excluded in gardening, environmental improvement projects, community events and other appropriate activities which harness the skills and energy of the local community and promote community cohesion.

To advance environmental protection and improvement through establishing, coordinating, supporting and/or managing projects which are directed towards preserving and making best use of the natural environment for the benefit of the general public and, in particular, those resident in the areas in which Grow 73 operates. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Constitution The charity is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (a SCIO). It was registered in its current legal form on the 25th May 2018. It has a two- tier structure consisting of the Members and the Board of Trustees.

Trustee recruitment and appointment Trustees are recruited and appointed in accordance with the constitution. During the period covered by this report there were no changes to the Board of Trustees. ACHIEVEMENTS & PERFORMANCE

We have had a very busy and productive year...

Community Asset Transfer of Bowling Greens in Overtoun Park The Community Asset Transfer was granted in March 2019 by Council (SLC) allowing Grow 73 to progress towards securing a lease for the 3 disused bowling greens to develop as a community garden. Grow 73 received tremendous support from David Henderson of the Community Ownership Support Service (COSS) during the asset transfer process for which we are very grateful.

Work commenced on the planning application for the change of use of the land and this is still in progress. The lease of the land is subject to a successful planning application and Grow 73 securing the necessary funding to pay for a fence to separate Grow 73’s site from Overtoun Park Bowling Club’s site. As you can imagine these achievements have taken a huge amount of work - to research & collate information, attend many meetings and secure help along the way from individuals in our community. We have been very lucky to secure the expertise of individuals who have donated their expertise on a pro bono basis to support legal negotiations, the design and planning process, and contamination testing. Grow 73 is hugely thankful for this support.

The development of a large community garden within the local area will allow us to increase the community benefit we are delivering and become an example of how community gardens really can help to revive and inspire a neighbourhood.

Community Gardening We continue to develop our growing activities around the Rutherglen area and are continually working on building relationships and engaging with our community.

Overtoun Park: our small community plot is thriving with a mix of wildflowers, native hedging, roses and 2 raised beds which accommodate a mix of herbs and vegetables which park users are welcome to pick and take home. We have planted over 150 plug plants of perennial wild flowers and seeds in the park’s biodiversity area and woodland which have helped attract new species of insects to the area.

As part of the Keep Scotland Beautiful campaign we litter pick each week and over the year have collected more than 72 bags of rubbish. We have delivered over 31 volunteer social gardening sessions with an average of 15 people attending each session with more volunteers coming along as the word spreads about our informal and friendly approach.

Train station: As adopters of Rutherglen train station, which has an annual footfall of over 1 million per annum, we maintain the planters on the platform and the biodiversity area at the station entrance. Our mural about Rutherglen’s heritage at the station entrance is still attracting the attention of the commuters and was put forward for a national award by Scotrail.

“I use Rutherglen Station on my daily commute to work and would like to take the opportunity to comment on what a fantastic positive effect the mural at the entrance to the station has had on passers by. On a personal level it brought to myself a ‘Ruglen lass’ a sense of pride and achievement to belong to such a historic and instrumental Royal Burgh. I have witnessed people of all generations and walks of life stopping to take photographs and taking the opportunity to chat about the items captured within the clear and colourful mural. It advertises Rutherglen’s great heritage and brings a modern, visual and more accessible way of bringing history to life for a wider audience.I would hope to see more such innovative works being undertaken in the future and congratulate the enthusiastic community ambassadors who have enabled this to happen.",

School gardening: With the help of a fantastic group of parent helpers, we have delivered 32 weekly gardening club sessions to Burnside Primary School exploring food growing, how to tackle climate change and support biodiversity with children aged from 5 years to 12 years. Feedback from the school and the parent council, which funds the sessions, is that these activities give the children a real sense of achievement. The school was inspected during in the 2019/2020 year and received fantastic feedback about the positive impact Grow 73 is playing in supporting the school’s focus on nurturing children and outdoor learning which forms part of the Curriculum for Excellence. "Grow 73 have been an invaluable partnership for us at Burnside Primary School. Together we have built a popular grounds/gardening group which is accessed by up to 120 children across the school year. This group helps to maintain the plant life in our extensive grounds and also to look for ways to encourage wildlife into key areas. Working closely with classroom teachers has helped develop staff confidence and further embedded Eco in our school curriculum." , Former Depute Head Teacher, Burnside Primary School (now HT at Townhill Primary School, Hamilton) Mentoring: We were selected by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) to mentor a group of 12 young people from the Additional Support Need (ASN) unit of . This mentoring took place on a weekly basis over a 10 week period with the aim of designing a model garden for the school to include food growing, planting to create biodiversity and an area for therapeutic gardening. The garden model was created and presented to a jury panel, competing against models made by children from 12 other schools in the west of Scotland. To the children’s great joy (and ours), their garden model received 1st price from the RHS judges and is now eligible for funding to make it become a reality.

Training: We delivered two training sessions to 26 staff of Burnside Primary School on how to engage children in growing activities including practical elements such as preparing a raised bed for planting and seed sowing basics.

Environmental Improvements

Main street planters: Our volunteers have maintained four planters at the junction of Rutherglen Main Street and Stonelaw Road which are designed to help reduce pollution at one of Rutherglen’s pollution hotspots as part of a partnership project with South Lanarkshire Council’s Environmental Health Team, the Community Payback team, and the RHS Greening Grey Britain team. The planters have certainly helped to brighten up the area and the response from the public has been very positive.

Additionally, we were commissioned by Rutherglen and Cambuslang Housing Association to install 2 raised beds with a selection of plants to brighten up the entrance to their offices and to help tackle pollution at the same junction. Thanks to Angela Smith of the RHS for the support she gave us with these projects,.

Soil testing: One of the requirements placed on Grow 73 by SLC prior to securing a lease for the bowling greens in Overtoun Park was to have the soil tested for contamination, an issue which has been found in the area due to the legacy of the heavy metals industry. To address this issue we worked in partnership with a consultant from Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions who saw an opportunity to use our land as a live training site for over 40 staff and students from universities and councils from all over Scotland.

On the 6th June 2019, with the full support of Overtoun Park Bowling Club Members who looked after all the participants with great hospitality, a full day of on-site practical training went ahead offering a unique and practical learning experience for all those involved. The partnership was supported by the Scottish Contaminated Land Forum and South Lanarkshire Council.

"I thought the event was very well organised and informative, my SEPA colleagues and I learnt a lot from the day and it was interesting to hear from the contaminated land specialists there and also to see the kind of equipment they are using for investigations. The event will hopefully help the community in Rutherglen achieve the goal of growing food on the site." Scientist, SEPA

Community Development & Networking

Greening Camglen: We strongly believe in partnership working and in 2015 set up the Rutherglen Green Network to connect the various groups and organisations carrying out environmental projects in the area, to share resources and work together to avoid duplication of effort. In 2018, this network blossomed into the Greening Camglen partnership involving 15 partners including Healthy ‘n Happy Community Development Trust, Rutherglen & Cambuslang Housing Association, the NHS, R:Evolve Recycle, and the Rail 74 Community Rail Partnership. The group continues to meet regularly to find ways in which we can work together to tackle the big environmental issues facing our communities.

Rail 74 Community Rail Partnership (CRP): Grow 73 continues to support the activities of the Rail 74 Community Rail Partnership (CRP) which was set up in early 2016 with the aim of supporting the development and regeneration of communities along the trainline between Rutherglen and Hamilton.

Participatory budgeting: we took part in 12 meetings to help the Fernhill community to look at ways in which a pot of funding from the Corra Foundation and SLC could be used to fund projects and activities to bring benefits to the community. Our role was to help facilitate the process, to help identify good projects and initiatives to fund and ways in which Grow 73 could potentially help in the future.

Events We love our events. They are a great way for us to bring our community together, to improve connections between people and to raise awareness of the services offered by Grow 73 and other local organisations Here are just some of our event highlights from the year:-

Beat the Street: We took part as a group to do as many miles as possible walking, running, cycling around our community and came third in this category. Beat the Street was a six months community-wide programme organised by South Lanarkshire Council and Intelligent health with the aim of improving the health and wellbeing of entire towns and cities by getting people of all ages moving. It is evidence-based and leads to long term behaviour change by creating a social norm around walking and cycling. To support the initiative Grow 73 organised nature activities in the park for local people and school children.

Bag packing: Generating funds is hugely important in allowing Grow 73 to continue to deliver our activities. Tesco, our local supermarket, invited us to have a bag packing session which helped us to raise funds and our profile in the community.

Big Lunch: In June 2019, we held our 5th annual Big Lunch in Overtoun Park, a free family friendly “picnic” event open to all in the community. As always, our event received great support from the community with many local families coming along to enjoy live music from the wonderful Mairs Family Band, games, and a picnic in a much loved park.

"Thank you thank you - what a lovely event. So nice to catch up with friends and enjoy our lovely park. You are doing an amazing thing in our community we really appreciate it thank you". Events, cont...

Outdoor classroom day: For the fourth year, Grow 73 successfully delivered Empty Classroom Day for Burnside Primary School, providing 3 workshop activities to approximately 389 children. We also made over 200 pizzas with the children. A Network Rail team of 10 volunteers came to support us on the day. The feedback from the school was that children went home energised and enthused about the benefits of outdoor learning.

Bee Bars with the Brownies: Many of our activities are about helping people to learn how to support and increase biodiversity and pollinators. In this session we supported the Brownies to make 10 bee bars from recycled wood and milk bottle lids which, when finished, were placed within the community to provide a source of water for pollinating insects.

Landemer day: As part of the Greening Camglen partnership, 27 volunteers delivered workshops to 330 people of all age groups at Rutherglen’s annual traditional summer celebration. Activities were aimed at showcasing the partnership’s vision of making the towns of Rutherglen and Cambuslang greener.

Opening Day: , Grow 73’s Chairperson, organised for the second year a charity garden open day to showcase her beautiful garden, offer tea and cakes, to sell plants and jam made from the strawberries grown by pupils in the grounds of Burnside Primary School. Proceeds were donated to Grow 73 and another local charity.

Supporting events: Grow 73 participated in an event in Fernbrae Meadows which was aimed at showcasing the benefits of outdoor activity to health professionals and at an SLC event in Overtoun Park held to celebrate International literacy day.

Autumn Talk: Grow 73 showcased its activities at an Autumn Talk for Burnside Church members. This was a great opportunity for Grow 73 to talk about our projects, vision for our community and to attract new volunteers and members to our charity.

Christmas Wreaths: In December 2019, we organised and delivered a Christmas wreath making workshop which was free and open to all. Each participant made two wreaths from foraged natural materials: one to take home and one to donate to Grow 73 for sale at a local Christmas Fair to raise funds for the group. The event was hosted at the Advinia care home next to Overtoun Park and live music was played by pupils from Stonelaw High brass band.

"It was the start of christmas proper for me... very festive, welcoming & brought people together. My lovely wreath is a bonusL". Lorna

"I loved being part of the community festive spirit. Learning from the experts and novices alike, general chatter and laughter. Certainly put me in the Christmas spirit thank you". Janine

Visits: Grow 73 visited two other community gardens: Fairlie community garden & Shettleston community garden, to learn how they have developed their gardens successfully.

Recognition and Nominations

Green Plan It Award: Overall winner RHS Green Plan It 2019 Scotrail Awards: Grow 73 received a nomination for Station Adopters of the year for our work at Rutherglen Train Station. ACORP (The Association of Community Rail Partnerships): Grow 73’s mural at Rutherglen Train Station was awarded a 2nd place certificate of excellence in the category of community art scheme. Beat the Street Lanark & Rutherglen 2019 Award: Grow 73 came third in the Average Points Leader board.

Gaining Membership of the Development Trust Association In 2019, following an interview process, Grow 73 was accepted as a provisional member of the Development Trusts Association in 2019.

Thanks In the financial year 2019/2020 Grow 73 had no paid staff. All the projects and activities described have been delivered by volunteers and overseen by our voluntary Board of Trustees. We are hugely proud and appreciative of all the efforts, input and support given by our volunteers, members, trustees, partners, the whole Camglen community, and look forward to continuing this journey together.

FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

Grow 73 ended the financial year to 31st March 2020 with total funds of £20,625 (an increase from £5841 at 31st March 2019). Of this total, £14,189 are held as ‘restricted’ funds ie funds which can only be used for particular restricted purposes, restrictions normally having been specified by the donor(s), with the residual £6,436 being unrestricted.

Income Total Grow 73 income for the year amounted to £20,877. The main source of funding continues to be grant funding, supplemented by funds raised by community events and donations from other organisations and individuals.

Major sources of funding include: £9,995 from the National Lottery Awards for All programme, awarded for the development of a pollinator pathway in the G73 area.

£2625 received from the Scottish Government Community Growing Fund to cover expenses incurred whilst carrying out contamination testing at the disused bowling greens in Overtoun Park.

£1000 granted by the Big Lunch programme for the purposes of an expanded Big Lunch event during 2020.

£937 received from Burnside Primary Parent Council for the provision of a weekly Gardening Club at the school.

£800 obtained from the TKMaxx/Homesense organisation.

£500 from Burnside Community Council for the development of a small community garden, in conjunction with Burnside Primary School, at the pharmacy garden at the corner of Highburgh Drive/Stonelaw Road.

A further £5020 was raised via small donations from numerous individuals and organisations, and monies raised at various events e.g. Christmas wreath making etc. FINANCIAL OVERVIEW Expenditure Total Grow 73 expenditure for the year amounted to £6,093. The largest areas of expenditure were: £2625 for the costs of the bowling green soil contamination testing £509 towards the development of the garden area at Rutherglen Station

Remaining expenditure was related to expenses incurred during various events throughout the year (plants, soil etc.) and expenses related to the general running of Grow 73 (insurance, accountancy services etc).

Whilst the accounts do show a significant surplus income, it should be noted that much of this income was received during February and March 2020 for work Grow 73 plan to carry out from April 2020 onwards. Further details are outlined in the Financial Statement accompanying this report.

Donated Services As well as the direct financial grants and donations detailed above Grow 73 also benefited during the year from the skills and expertise of a number of organisations and individuals. These services were provided on a no charge basis.

Donated services include: - Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions – soil testing process and report : A&I Geotechnical Ltd - soil testing process : Fife Council - soil testing process – Corries Solicitors - legal advice for asset transfer - Wight Studio Architects - designs and and plans for community garden & submission to planning - Planning advice for asset transfer - SevenFive Creative - branding & website

The time, advice and services provided by the above are hugely appreciated and are estimated to have a minimum value of £20,000 to Grow 73.

Statement of the charity’s policy on reserves It is the policy of Grow 73 to maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserves, at a positive balance. From time to time funds may be restricted when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for a specific purpose.

FUTURE PLANS

Grow 73 Bee Line This is already anchored at Rutherglen train station and we have identified localities for further plantings. We plan to consolidate our partnerships with local groups and organisations along the route, create the planters and plant our pollinator plants in all their designated places. Not only lots of happy pollinating opportunities but the plants themselves will help to remove pollution from the atmosphere.

Community Garden - Overtoun Park We expect to finalise the lease with South Lanarkshire Council, and confirm the details of our planning application in 2020. The next stage will be to erect a fence between the Grow 73 site and Overtoun Park Bowling Club's site, a necessary condition of our agreement. We will then be ready to develop the growing areas, the biodiversity areas and the woodland areas.

Education All our activities aim to help increase our community’s knowledge of sustainable living and ways of increasing biodiversity. This is something we will continue to build into every activity we carry out.

Partnerships We have always approached our activities with partnership working in mind recognising the benefits of sharing resources and avoiding duplication of effort. We will continue to nurture those already established through the Greening Camglen and Rail 74 Community Rail partnerships and with organisations such as the RHS, Overtoun Park Bowling Club, Friends of Overtoun Park and the local schools, and we will seek to create new ones that can bring benefit to our community.

Events Our plans for future events will have to remain flexible because of the Covid restrictions. The safety and wellbeing of everyone is our top priority. We will keep you updated on our social media about all our future activities.

Volunteers Volunteers are at the heart of our organisation. We hope to increase the range of roles on offer to volunteers. We will continue to recruit volunteers, offer learning opportunities whenever possible and celebrate our volunteers’ achievements. FUTURE PLANS

Continued...

Board of Trustees We plan to recruit further board members with skills and knowledge to support the ongoing activities of Grow 73.

Funding Securing funding is a key challenge for Grow 73. We will continue to look for further funding from a range of different funding streams, with grants playing a key role. We plan to generate enough income to support future project management roles in order to maximise volunteering opportunities and community involvement in our activities.

COVID 19

This annual report details Grow 73 activities and finances for the year up to 31st March 2020. During the final few weeks of this period our lives, like everyone else, became dominated by Covid-19. In the period between the end of the financial year and the writing of this report we have had to learn the new language of social distancing, test and trace, and furlough.

Clearly, this has impacted hugely on our ability to deliver the various projects for which we received funding earlier in 2020. Grow 73 has, however, kept contact with our funders and secured agreement for adaptations to the various terms and conditions of our funding, to allow us to adapt to the Covid era. We have also used the time to try and push forward with the administrative side of our charity, to put us in a strong position to restart our activities as soon as it is safe to do so.

What is clear is that both now and in the future, as the Covid crisis eases (and it WILL eventually do so), many people are and will be traumatised by the illness, social isolation, and complete disruption to a previous lifestyle. Recovery will need not only strong, sensible national leadership but also strong, effective local organisations, with well led local volunteers, rooted in their communities.

At Grow 73 we are committed in our resolve to do everything we can, working in partnership with other like-minded organisations, to provide a local and effective lead in our community’s green recovery from the effects of the Covid pandemic. AND FINALLY..

We would like to thank our volunteers for all their hard work, energy and enthusiasm. We have calculated that 2887 hours of volunteer time have been spent on Grow 73 community activities over the year. What an amazing contribution to our community! Furthermore, we can see the results of all that hard work around Rutherglen: from the lovely planters on the main street, the pollinator plants at Rutherglen railway station, to the biodiversity area in Overtoun Park and the cleaner environment in the park due to our weekly litter picks.

We are extremely grateful to all our funders and to our many local supporters and appreciate your faith in our aims to grow our charity and bring lots of positive opportunities to our community. Support and encouragement from our community is absolutely essential for our continued development and capacity to keep delivering the benefits we want to deliver.

This year is going to be an exciting one for Grow 73. We feel that, despite the restrictions and uncertainties surrounding us because of Covid 19, we are going to have a productive and eventful year. People are going to need safe activities that can be carried out in the open air more than ever. In addition to giving our pollinators an essential habitat our planned Bee Line is going to make Rutherglen a lovelier place. And, after many years of planning and negotiations this will be the year when work on developing our community garden in Overtoun Park will finally go ahead.

Happy growing everyone and thanks so much for all your support.

The Grow 73 Team

Declaration Signed on behalf of the Charity Trustees

Print Name: Designation: Chairperson Date: 5th October 2020

3 Pollinator Power! species of 79 mammals different species recorded in the Our planting activity park in 2019! to encourage more biodiversity in Overtoun Park is creating a better home for local wildlife, birds and insects.. 21 Here are some different species of highlights! wildflowers identified & many more growing in the park!

18 different species of birds spotted tweeting in the 34 park! different types of insects spotted! Butterflies, bees, 3 wasps, beetles, types of funghi Records have been hoverflies! submitted to 6 UK schemes which all feed into the national biodiversity network.

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 1 APRIL 2019 TO 31 MARCH 2020

FOR

Fearless Financials Limited 674 Pollokshaws Road Glasgow G41 2QE

GROW 73

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2019 to 31 MARCH 2020

Page

Independent Examiner's Report 3

Income and Expenditure Statement 4

Balance Sheet 5

Notes to the Financial Statements 6 to 9

Detailed Income and Expenditure Statement 10

Page 2 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF GROW 73 FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2019 to 31 MARCH 2020

I report on the accounts for the period ended 31 March 2020 set out on pages four to nine.

Respective responsibilities of the management committee and examiner The management committee are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. Grow 73’s constitution states that an independent examination is required.

It is my responsibility to:

- examine the accounts to ensure that they have been prepared in accordance with general accounting principles - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of the independent examiner's report An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the group and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as officers concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ”true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner's statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements

- to keep accounting records; and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the community group. have not been met; or

(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Fearless Financials Limited 674 Pollokshaws Road Glasgow G41 2QE

Date: 5 October 2020

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL to 31 MARCH 2020

Year Period 1/4/19 25/5/18 to to 31/3/20 31/3/19 Unrestricted Restricted Total Total fund funds funds funds Notes £ £ £ £ INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Donations and legacies 3,993 15,577 19,570 2,529

Other trading activities 2 1,307 - 1,307 1,444

Total 5,300 15,577 20,877 3,973

EXPENDITURE ON Charitable activities 1,923 4,170 6,093 5,582

NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) 3,377 11,407 14,784 (1,609)

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

Total funds brought forward 3,059 2,782 5,841 7,450

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 6,436 14,189 20,625 5,841

The notes form part of these financial statements

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BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2020

2020 2019 Unrestricted Restricted Total Total fund funds funds funds Notes £ £ £ £

CURRENT ASSETS Cash at bank and in hand 6,436 14,189 20,625 5,841

NET CURRENT ASSETS 6,436 14,189 20,625 5,841

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 6,436 14,189 20,625 5,841

NET ASSETS 6,436 14,189 20,625 5,841

FUNDS 5 Unrestricted funds 6,436 3,059 Restricted funds 14,189 2,782

TOTAL FUNDS 20,625 5,841

The financial statements were approved by the Management Committee on 5th October 2020 were signed on its behalf by:

Chairperson

The notes form part of these financial statements

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2019 to 31 MARCH 2020

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements These financial statements have been prepared on the Receipts & Payments basis.

Income All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities, once Grow 73 has received the funds and it can be reliably measured.

Expenditure Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on a payments basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Fund accounting Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the Grow 73’s objectives at the discretion of the committee.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

2. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES

Period Period 1/4/19 25/5/18 to To 31/3/20 31/3/19 £ £ Gardening club 937 885 Other services 370 559

1,307 1,444

3. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

During the prior period, two Trustees, Eugenie Aroutcheff and Lynn Semple received payments of £416 each to carry out a community consultation on the proposed community garden on a sessional basis. The payments were in compliance with Grow 73’s constitution and were approved by the Grow 73 Board. In compliance with Grow 73’s constitution in relation to managing conflicts of interest, Eugenie Aroutcheff and Lynn Semple were not part of any discussions or decisions relating to this matter. There were no similar payments in the year ending 31 Match 2020.

There were no management committee' remuneration or other benefits for the periods ended 31 March 2020 or 31 March 2019.

Management Committee' expenses

Travel expenses of £106 were paid to and during the period (prior period: £43 to ). This was in relation to travel costs incurred as part of charitable activities rather than management activities.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL to 31 MARCH 2020

4. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Unrestricted Restricted Total fund funds funds £ £ £ INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Donations and grants 2,895 7,084 9,979

Other activities 1,444 - 1,444

Total 4,339 7,084 11,423

EXPENDITURE ON Charitable Activities 1,280 4,302 5,582

Total 1,280 4,302 5,582

NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) 3,059 2,782 5,841

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

Total funds brought forward - - -

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 3,059 2,782 5,841

5. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

Net movement At 1/4/19 in funds At 31/3/20 £ £ £ Unrestricted funds General fund 3,059 3,377 6,436

Restricted funds Awards for All (Pollinator Pathway) - 9,995 9,995 Big Lottery Celebrate Fund 22 (5) 17 Big Lunch Programme 340 147 (193) Burnside Community Council (pharmacy) - 500 500 CSGN - Nature Trail 104 (5) 99 National Lottery – Big Lunch 2020 - 1,000 1,000 Scotrail Station Adoption - (22) (22) Scotrail Community Rail Partnership 2,070 (509) 1,561 SLC Community Grant 243 (243) - SLC Raised Beds - 89 89 Tesco Bags of Help Funding (groundworks) 3 - 3 TKMaxx/Homesense (via Neighbourly) - 800 800

2,782 11,407 14,189

TOTAL FUNDS 5,841 14,784 20,625

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2019 to 31 MARCH 2020

5. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming Resources Movement in resources expended funds £ £ £ Unrestricted funds General fund 5,300 (1,923) 3,377

Restricted funds Awards for All (Pollinator Pathway) 9,995 - 9,995 Beat the Streets 100 (100) - Big Lottery Celebrate Fund - (5) (5) Big Lunch Programme - (193) (193) Burnside Community Council (pharmacy) 500 - 500 Community Learning exchange 204 (204) - CSGN - Nature Trail - (5) (5) National Lottery – Big Lunch 2020 1,000 - 1,000 Scotrail Station Adoption - (22) (22) Scotrail Community Rail Partnership - (509) (509) Scottish Government Community Growing Fund 2,625 (2,625) - SLC Community Grant 250 (493) (243) SLC Raised Beds 103 (14) 89 TKMaxx/ Homesense (via Neighbourly) 800 - 800

15,577 (4,170) 11,407

TOTAL FUNDS 20,877 (6,093) 14,784

Comparatives for movement in funds Net movement At 24/5/18 in funds At 31/3/19 £ £ £ Unrestricted funds General fund - 3,059 3,059

Restricted funds Big Lottery Celebrate Fund - 22 22 Big Lunch Programme - 340 340 CSGN- Nature Trail - 104 104 Scotrail Community Rail Partnership - 2,070 2,070 SLC Community Grant - 243 243 Tesco Bags of Help Funding (groundworks) - 3 3

- 2,782 2,782

TOTAL FUNDS - 5,841 5,841

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2019 to 31 MARCH 2020

5. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming Resources Movement in resources expended funds £ £ £ Unrestricted funds General fund 4,339 (3,059) 1,280

Restricted funds Big Lottery Celebrate Fund 116 (94) 22 Big Lunch Programme 713 (373) (340) CCF Development Grant 833 (833) - CSGN - Nature Trail 138 (34) 1(04) DTAS Community Consultation 154 (154) - Scotrail Community Rail Partnership 4,070 (2000) 2,070 Scottish Community Alliance 127 (127) - SLC Community Grant 460 (217) 243 Tesco Bags of Help Funding (groundworks) 473 (470) 3

7,084 (4,302) (2,782)

TOTAL FUNDS 11,423 (7,361) 4,062

6. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

There were no related party transactions for the periods ended 31 March 2020 or 31 March 2019.

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DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL to 31 MARCH 2020

Period Period 1/4/19 25/5/18 to To 31/3/20 31/3/19 £ £

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS

Donations and legacies Donations 3,484 9,498 Grants 15,474 481

18,958 9,979

Other trading activities Gardening club 937 885 Other 983 559

1,919 1,444

Total incoming resources 20,877 11,423

EXPENDITURE

Activity & event costs 3,620 783 Bank Fees 30 - Marketing - 59 Insurance 305 304 Plants and soil 824 352 Core cost - 65 Materials 360 575 Printing 251 87 Training 229 75 Governance (AGM) 136 - Travel 39 - Community consultation - 1065 Train Station Mural - 2000 Nature Trail (Tesco Bags of Help) - 217 Independent Examiner 300 -

Total resources expended 6,093 5,582

Net (expenditure)/income 14,784 5,841

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