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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +3
    • Grant maker support: +4
    Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

    AND SOW TO GROW 

    Working with students with disabilities to develop skills and confidence to move to self employment. We also work with schools to encourage grow your own fruit and veg, local colleges and communityThe woods are used for people with end of life illness to spend time and people from care homes are also welcomed to spend time here either sitting and enjoying the views or doing a spot of gardening.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
    • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k    		 Spending
    £k    		 Surplus/
    Deficit    		 Fundraising
    Cost £k    		 Total
    Funds £k    		 Unrestricted
    Funds £k    		 Mths
    Rsrvs    		 Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23*£11£10£1n/an/an/an/an/a8
    31/03/22£8£7£1n/an/an/an/an/a8
    31/03/21£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/a8
    31/03/20£13£13£0n/an/an/an/an/a8
    31/03/19£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/a5
    31/03/18£12£10£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16*£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
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    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 9 years

    www.andsowtogrow.org.uk

    andsowtogrow@hotmail.co.uk

    07443569236

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
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    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    GiG Classification
    • Other facilities management and maintenance
    How it operates
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Norfolk, Suffolk,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 8 volunteers

    Who's supporting them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    National Lottery Heritage Fund£8,300
    National Lottery Community Fund£4,600
    Suffolk Community Foundation£2,800
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months    		 To be used for
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to And Sow to Grow
    £8,300 27/06/2022
    A light to remember the fallen
    National Lottery Community Fund - Room 4 All
    £4,600 23/04/2021
    The funding will be used to purchase tables and chairs for horticultural activities. The project aims to provide a comfortable space for community activities.
    Suffolk Community Foundation - Making it real again...
    £2,800 18/02/2021
    7
    To fund 40 forest school sessions for vulnerable children.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Growing success
    £9,850 25/04/2019
    12
    The organisation will use the funding to purchase and install new toilets on the site in order to improve the facilities for people using this important community facility.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Branching out - growing confidence from sowing to eating.
    £7,621 03/05/2017
    12
    The group will purchase new resources including seating, a shed, raised beds, screening panels and posts. This will improve the facilities at the woodland site so that it can better support people ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (4)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/06/2015, number: 1162075
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    8 returns made; AR23: 6 days late, AR16: 3 days late,
    Main office

    And Sow to Grow
    Upthorpe Wood
    Stanton
    BURY ST. EDMUNDS
    IP31 2FH

    Objectives

    1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF SUSTAINABLE HORTICULTURE AND WOODLAND PRACTICE / MANAGEMENT AND THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT;2) TO PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR TRAINING, WORK AND RECREATION AND TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION; AND3)TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
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