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Forfar Open Garden

SC045844Registered charity from 28 July 2015
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
Previous Charity name Forfar Open Garden Scheme from 28-07-2015 to 05-09-2019
Charity Information:
Address 36 Lochside Road
Forfar
Angus
Postcode DD8 3JD
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
To advance the provision of support for those who are disadvantaged by reason of physical or mental disability in Forfar and environs to promote the medium of gardening as a healthful and therapeutic activity and to develop an educational aspect for appropriate clients to provide a locus for gardening activity in Forfar that will attract support from the community for the above aims to relieve pressure on formal parts of the health and social care systems by the provision of charitable alternatives for treatment
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
We support regular visits from local primary schools, nurseries, care homes, a home schooling group and the Change Mental Health support group growing fruit, veg and plants. Our aim is to positively impact socially isolated individuals, those with a physical, mental health disability, those with special needs through involvement in the therapeutic benefits of gardening and nature-based activities
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 28 Jul 2015
Main Operating Location: Angus
Number of Staff: 4
Number of Charity Trustees: 7
Number of Volunteers: 51-100
Purposes: "the advancement of health", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "Older People", "People with disabilities or health problems"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
28 Feb 2022 £52,684 £44,631 25 Aug 2022 Yes
28 Feb 2023 £33,889 £39,318 16 Aug 2023 Yes
28 Feb 2024 £55,239 £38,136 28 Aug 2024 Yes
28 Feb 2025 £82,133 £69,394 10 Aug 2025 Yes
28 Feb 2026 No Annual Information due by 30 Nov 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Sophie Rolfe
Kathryn Roskell
Elizabeth McLaren
Helen Robbie
Anne Callander
Alan Fraser
Maureen Wedderburn
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