Financial
transparency
report
Financial
transparency
report
The
Given
Garden
November, 2024
November, 2024I want to keep this very human. I’m not a CEO in a big office whose goal is to build an empire. Currently I am in my bed, in my PJs which consist of an old bleach stained T shirt and shorts - no makeup - nothing fancy. I want to be very clear, I am not ok with money hoarding and am not at all ok with people becoming billionaires. The Given Garden will never become a multi million dollar company with a millionaire CEO. That’s not the goal. The goal is to first and foremost encourage people to try new hobbies using what they already have - a printer, paper, scissors, colours and maybe a bit of glue. We want it to be cheap, easy, relaxing and fun. We want it to be accessible.
My personal goal is for this business to help provide for my family - a comfortable normal life. That’s it. No mansions, no private jet.
The promise is that what we don’t need in order to run the given garden will be donated to charities that are making a real difference for every day people.
Hello from the CEO
Hello from the CEO
Chief Executive Officer & fOUNDER
The Given Garden
Unnur BallaThe November highlight has to be that we were able to create 20 new cozy hobby projects to launch in December. This included greeting cards, crafts, colouring pages, sticker sheets, junk journal pages and more. We were also super excited to see more people from more places around the world make good use of our products.
With Christmas just around the corner we expect to slow down new product production a bit for January and focus our efforts on starting our blog and reaching new audiences by sharing our existing products on social media.
We are so grateful to everyone who has enjoyed our cozy hobbies, posted about them on social media and tagged us.
New Month - New Products
Highlights
Highlights1
Donors
We Had
Total Donation Amount:
£2.50
A quick overview
Went To Running Costs
Of Donations
We look forward to this number going
down as the donation amount goes up.
100%
16
Cozy Hobbies
We Gave
Total Number Of Orders:
82
cozy hobbies worldwide
Europe
Scandinavia
2
North America
4Running Costs
We pay monthly for website hosting and apps.
Currently the monthly cost for webhosting and apps is £40.
This includes the monthly charge for Shopify, an app that allows us
to offer digital products and an app that allows us to customise our
website.
Website
Donations in November did not cover Website costs so no salary
was paid to the CEO and artist.
We hope this will change in the future as being able to pay a fair
wage is necessary in order to continue The Given Garden free
printable hobby project.
Salary
The Given Garden is registered as a sole trader and as such must
pay taxes by law. As our project grows we will be able to register as
an LLC so any donations not used to cover running costs will go
directly to charities.
Taxes
We use Canva to design our website, marketing images, to
assemble our products and get them ready for delivery to
customers. We pay for a monthly subscription of Canva which is
currently £10.99
OtherWhat’s Next?
We will be focusing on
growing our social media
presence, reaching new
audiences and giving away
more cozy hobbies than
ever before.
To begin with we will be
focusing on TikTok and
Facebook.
Social Media Presence
We will be offering easy
workshops for our cozy
community in our facebook
group.
To begin with themed
workshops will be offered
as PDF files with images
and instructions.
Community Workshops
We will be diversifying our
income through affiliate
marketing - focusing on
affordable hobby supplies
that pair perfectly with our
free printable hobbies. By
doing this we hope to be able
to give more of your
donations on to charities
around the world.
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Donors
We Had
Total Donation Amount:
£19.82
A quick overview
Went To Running Costs
Of Donations
We look forward to this number going
down as the donation amount goes up.
100%
9
Cozy Hobbies
We Gave
Total Number Of Orders:
52
donors worldwide
Europe
Scandinavia
1Running Costs
We pay monthly for website hosting and apps.
Currently the monthly cost for webhosting and apps is £32.
One of the apps we use charges 1% for all monthly donation
charges. The amount paid for this app varies based on the total
amount from subscribed monthly donors.
Website
Donations in October did not cover Website costs so no salary
was paid to the CEO and artist.
We hope this will change in the future as being able to pay a fair
wage is necessary in order to continue The Given Garden free
printable hobby project.
Salary
The Given Garden is registered as a sole trader and as such must
pay taxes by law. As our project grows we will be able to register as
an LLC so any donations not used to cover running costs will go
directly to charities.
Taxes
We use Canva to design our website, marketing images, to
assemble our products and get them ready for delivery to
customers. We pay for a monthly subscription of Canva which is
currently £10.99
Otherthe given garden
www.thegivengarden.com
Email
uniferballa@gmail.com
Social
@thegivengarden
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