About STAA Ltd.

STAA is a not-for-profit company responsible for the letting, management and maintenance of the historic St Anns Allotments. STAA also represents gardeners on all issues involving how the site is managed and maintained.

As a result of revenue funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Nottingham City Council, STAA has recently expanded from a small, barely-resourced organisation, to a organisation which will deliver a full tenancy and management service alongside new roles such as building local partnerships and researching and promoting the heritage of the site. Our main aims are:

to preserve the historic St Anns allotment gardens
to promote and support allotment gardening in general
to encourage the regeneration of the St Ann’s area of Nottingham
to conserve and enhance the natural environment of the gardens.

To find out more about the work we are doing, see our news page.

STAA's legal status and formal documents

The revised “Objects Clause” approved at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 28th September 2009 has now been filed at Companies House.
To satisfy another legal requirement, the Company’s Articles of Association (The rules that govern how STAA Limited is organised) have been updated to meet the requirements of The Companies Act 2006.
There is no practical difference between the previous Articles of Association and the new ones. Follow the link below if you want to view these documents.

Memorandum and Articles of Association Articles of Association of STAA Ltd

Financial Statements period ending 31 March 2009

The structure of STAA

The day to day running of STAA is carried out by eight members of staff working on areas such as tenancy issues, management of the site, the Education Project and researching the heritage and history of the site. STAA is managed by a voluntary Board of Directors who together form the Management Committee.

The Management Committee for STAA operates in a voluntary capacity. There can be up to 12 Management Committee members at any one time who each need to be proposed and seconded by Members of STAA at the AGM.

The committee meets once a month to oversee the work of STAA’s paid staff and to receive feedback from the on-going project work. Committee members are required to be familiar with the requirements of the current and on-going projects which can entail more voluntary time than the monthly meetings.

How can I become a Member of STAA?

Any gardener holding a tenancy on the St Anns Allotments can apply to be a Member of STAA, which means accepting and conforming to its Articles of Association.
Organisations holding tenancies may nominate one representative to be a STAA member. If you are interested contact STAA.