THE DENTONS UKMEA LLP CHARITABLE TRUST
REPORT
YEAR ENDED 30TH APRIL 2022
THE DENTONS UKMEA LLP CHARITABLE TRUST ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR ENDED 30TH APRIL 2022
1. CHARITY ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
GOVERNING INSTRUMENT: Trust Deed dated 1st September 1994 TRUSTEES: Daniel Bodle Lisa Sewell (resigned 30 April 2022) David Payton Alison Bryce (appointed 1 May 2021) Gareth Steen (appointed 1 May 2021)
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1041204 REGISTERED OFFICE: 1 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7WS BANKERS: Royal Bank of Scotland 1 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1BD
2. OVERVIEW
OBJECTS: To support smaller or less well-known charities that have a connection to our communities and practice areas, with a particular focus on small charities working to support the elderly, disabled, homelessness, offenders and their families, refugees, education and youth projects. The trust supports partners and staff taking part in official registered fund-raising activities for their own nominated charity. Donations are made at such time or times and in such manner and in such proportions as the Trustees shall from time to time and in their discretion determine in accordance with clause 4 of the Trust Deed dated 1st September 1994.
STRUCTURE:
The Dentons UKMEA LLP Charitable Trust is a small charitable trust administered entirely within the firm Dentons UK and Middle East LLP.
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POLICY: The Trustees' policy is to supply grants to deserving charitable causes by reviewing the applications received before finally determining which grants are to be made. All manner of charitable causes are considered, with preference given to charities with whom there is some sort of special connection with Dentons UK and Middle East LLP or which are local to Dentons UK and Middle East LLP offices. The Trust also supports the fundraising efforts of individual members of staff. Reserves. The income for the Trust derives from Dentons annually and the Trust does not generally enter long term commitments. Risk. The Trustees have considered the major risks which impact the work of the Trust and consider that there are controls in place to mitigate their potential effect. Appointment and Election. Historically four UK partners have been appointed as trustees at any one time, with administrative support from the CSR Manager. An additional partner from Dentons' Dublin office has been appointed as the trust began making donations to small charities in Ireland with effect from 1 May 2021. The requirement to have the UK Managing Partner or Director as a trustee was dropped with effect from 1 May 2022 Induction and Training. The induction process for any newly appointed Trustee comprises a meeting with one of the existing Trustees and CSR Manager, followed by a meeting with the other Trustees. REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT During the past year the Dentons UKMEA LLP ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF Charitable Trust has received a number of applications THE CHARITY DURING THE YEAR: and made 136 grants amounting to £173,750. Charitable grants ranged from £100 to £6,000. The Trustees approved an increase in the standard donation from £1,000 to £1,500 with effect from 1 May 2022
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FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE
CHARITY:
The Dentons UKMEA LLP Charitable Trust is funded by Dentons UK and Middle East LLP under the Gift Aid and Charitable Donations legislation. Funding is reviewed at each meeting of the Trustees.
The Trust had a balance brought forward of £154,481. Income for the year was £183,877 and expenditure £175,100 leaving a year-end balance of £163,258.
NOTES:
The accounts have been prepared on the receipts and payments basis in accordance with the Charities SORP except where noted in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
We hereby approve the attached financial statements for the year ending 30th April 2022.
Signed on behalf of the Board of Trustees on 21 February 2023.
NAME Dan Bodle Trustee
NAME David Payton Trustee
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THE DENTONS UKMEA LLP CHARITABLE TRUST
ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2022
THE DENTONS UKMEA LLP CHARITABLE TRUST RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
YEAR ENDED 30TH APRIL 2022
| 2022 | 2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Income Receipts (see Note 1) | ||||
| Donations | 150,000 | 133,500 | ||
| Gift Aid | 33,429 | 33,360 | ||
| Bank Interest | 448 | 5 | ||
| ------------- | ------------- | |||
| Total Receipts | 183,877 | 166,865 | ||
| Direct Charitable Expenditure | ||||
| Charitable Donations Made | 173,750 | 131,950 | ||
| Accountancy Fees | 1,350 | 1,260 | ||
| ------------- | ------------- | |||
| Total Expenditure | (175,100) | (133,210) | ||
| ------------- | ------------- | |||
| Net Receipts/(Expenditure) for the year | 8,777 | 33,655 | ||
| ------------- | ------------- |
Note 1 - Income sources are shown inclusive of tax recoverable but not yet received in order to give a true picture of the Trust's income for the year and to be consistent with previous years.
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THE DENTONS UKMEA LLP CHARITABLE TRUST RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
YEAR ENDED 30TH APRIL 2022
| 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Charitable Donations Made | £ |
| 999 Club | 1,000 |
| Aberdeen North Foodbank | 1,000 |
| AberNecessities Aberdeen | 1,000 |
| Action 4Youth | 1,000 |
| Afghanistan & Central Asian Association | 5,000 |
| AgeUK MK | 1,000 |
| Autism Bedfordshire | 1,000 |
| Back UP | 1,000 |
| Bede House | 1,000 |
| Birth, Baby & Beyond | 1,000 |
| Blind in Business | 1,000 |
| Breaking Barriers | 1,000 |
| Brent Centre for Young People | 1,000 |
| Bromley & Croydon Women's Aid | 1,000 |
| Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless People Dublin | 1,000 |
| Care After Prison, Dublin | 1,000 |
| CARI Foundation, Ireland | 1,000 |
| Children's Air Ambulance | 1,000 |
| Children's Hospices Across Scotland | 1,000 |
| City Escape | 1,000 |
| City Gateway | 4,000 |
| City Harvest | 3,000 |
| Clapton Common Boys Club | 1,000 |
| Clothing Solutions | 1,000 |
| Criminon | 1,000 |
| Cruse Bereavement Care | 1,000 |
| Damelza Hospice | 1,000 |
| Dementia UK | 500 |
| Depaul Homeless Shelter, Dublin | 1,000 |
| Deptford Action Group for the Elderly | 1,000 |
| Disabled Persons Housing Service (Aberdeen) | 1,000 |
| East End Community Foundation | 1,000 |
| Edinburgh Headway Group | 1,000 |
| Edinburgh Young Carers | 1,000 |
| Ellenor Hospice | 1,000 |
| Families United Network, Beds | 3,000 |
| Family Carers Ireland | 1,000 |
| FareShare Scotland | 3,000 |
| Fife Carers Centre | 1,000 |
| Finding Rhythms | 1,000 |
| Firstlove Foundation | 3,000 |
| Fresh Start Edinburgh | 2,500 |
| Glasgow Care Foundation | 3,000 |
| Glasgow No. 1 Baby & Family Support Servic | 3,000 |
| Glasgow South East Foodbank | 3,500 |
| Glasgow's Pre Loved Uniforms | 3,000 |
| Grove Adventure Playground | 1,000 |
| Hackney Foodbank | 6,500 |
| Hackney Migrant Centre | 1,000 |
| Haven Hospices | 1,000 |
| Hillhouse East Ayrshire | 1,000 |
| Home Link Family Support | 1,000 |
| Home Start Watford | 1,000 |
| Hygiene Bank | 1,000 |
| Irish Refuge Council | 1,000 |
| JBVC Foundation | 1,000 |
| Joshua Hayday Helping Hand Trust | 500 |
| Keech Hospice Care | 1,000 |
| KEEN London | 1,000 |
| Kids in Action | 1,000 |
| Kids Out MK | 3,200 |
| LauraLynn Hospice, Dublin | 1,000 |
| Little Flower penny Dinners, Dublin | 1,000 |
| London Legal Support Trust | 1,250 |
| Lord Mayor Appeal | 200 |
| Lucy Air Ambulance | 1,000 |
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THE DENTONS UKMEA LLP CHARITABLE TRUST RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
YEAR ENDED 30TH APRIL 2022
| 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Charitable Donations Made | £ |
| Marylebone Project | 1,000 |
| Mendicity, Dublin | 3,000 |
| Mypas, Scotland | 1,000 |
| North Kensington Law Centre | 1,000 |
| North London Hospice | 1,000 |
| One Parent Families | 1,000 |
| Orcadia | 1,000 |
| PACE | 1,500 |
| Peace Hospice | 1,000 |
| Peter McVerry Trust, Dublin | 2,000 |
| Positive Behaviour Support for Learning | 1,000 |
| Pregnancy Counselling & Care | 1,000 |
| Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice Gl | 1,000 |
| Princesss Alice Hospice | 1,000 |
| Prisoners Advice Service | 1,000 |
| Prisoners Education Trust | 1,000 |
| Rennie Grove Hospice | 1,000 |
| Reprieve | 1,000 |
| Richard House Children's Hospice | 1,000 |
| Ride High | 1,000 |
| Ringsend & District Response to Drugs | 1,000 |
| Ronanstown Women's Community Development Project, Dublin | 1,000 |
| Rosebery Centre | 1,000 |
| Rowan Alba | 1,000 |
| Royal Marsden Cancer Charity | 250 |
| Scottish Women's Aid | 3,000 |
| Scouts | 1,000 |
| Sheriffs and Recorders Fund (annual donation) | 3,000 |
| Spitalfields Crypt Trust | 1,000 |
| St Andrew's Hospice, Scotland | 1,000 |
| St Andrews Primary School | 1,000 |
| St Christopher's Hospice | 1,000 |
| St Francis Hospice, Dublin | 1,000 |
| St Hildas East Community Centre | 1,000 |
| St John's Hospice | 1,000 |
| St Joseph's Hospice, Hackney | 1,000 |
| St Luke's Hospice Middlesex | 1,000 |
| St margaret of Scotland Hospice | 1,000 |
| St Michael's Fellowship | 1,000 |
| St Mungo's | 1,000 |
| Street Connect, Glasgow | 1,000 |
| Suited and Booted | 1,000 |
| Sunrise Partnership | 1,000 |
| Sunshine Wishes Children's Charity | 1,000 |
| Support Through Court | 1,000 |
| Switchback | 1,000 |
| The Felix Project | 1,000 |
| The Gifted | 1,000 |
| The jenna Wilkins Foundation | 1,000 |
| The Pepper Foundation | 1,000 |
| Thomley | 1,000 |
| Tommys Childrens Charity | 250 |
| Tower Hamlets Parents Centre | 3,000 |
| WaveLength | 1,500 |
| Whalearts | 1,000 |
| Whitechapel Mission (10k) | 1,000 |
| Whitechapel Mission (annual donation) | 5,000 |
| Willen Hospice Milton Keynes | 1,100 |
| Women's Aid Ireland | 3,000 |
| Women's Trust London | 1,000 |
| Worktree | 1,000 |
| Z2K | 1,000 |
| ------------- | |
| Total | 173,750 |
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THE DENTONS UKMEA LLP CHARITABLE TRUST CASH AT BANK & IN HAND RECONCILIATION
YEAR ENDED 30TH APRIL 2022
| 2022 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Cash at bank & in hand 01 May 2021 | 1,299 | 1,004 |
| Net Receipts/(Expenditure) for the year | 8,777 | 33,655 |
| Gift aid received in the year | 51,193 | - |
| Gift aid claimable for the year, yet to be received | (33,429) | (33,360) |
| ------------- | ------------- | |
| Cash at bank & in hand 30 April 2022 | 27,839 | 1,299 |
| ------------- | ------------- |
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THE DENTONS UKMEA LLP CHARITABLE TRUST STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITES YEAR ENDED 30TH APRIL 2022
| 2022 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Assets | ||
| Cash at Bank | 27,839 | 1,300 |
| Income tax recoverable | 135,419 | 153,181 |
| Other Debtors | 10 | 10 |
| --------------- | --------------- | |
| 163,268 | 154,491 | |
| --------------- | --------------- | |
| Liabilities | - | - |
| --------------- | --------------- | |
| Net Assets | 163,268 | 154,491 |
| --------------- | --------------- |
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THE DENTONS UKMEA LLP CHARITABLE TRUST NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 30TH APRIL 2022
This page is not part of the statutory accounts but is provided in order to give additional information.
| 2022 | 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | ||
| 1 | Receipts and Payments Account | ||
| Balance at 1 May 2021 | 154,481 | 120,826 | |
| Surplus for the year | 8,777 | 33,655 | |
| ------------------ | --------------- | ||
| Balance at 30 April 2022 | 163,258 | 154,481 | |
| ------------------ | --------------- | ||
| 2 | Capital and Reserves | ||
| Trust Fund | 10 | 10 | |
| Income and expenditure account | 163,258 | 154,481 | |
| ------------------ | --------------- | ||
| 163,268 | 154,491 | ||
| ------------------ | --------------- |
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Dentons UKMEA LLP Charitable Trust
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 30 April 2022.
Responsibilities and basis of report
Dentons UKMEA LLP Charitable Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the
I report in respect of my examination of the charity s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
This report is made solely to the Charity's Trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the Charity's Trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an independent examiner's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the and the Charity's Trustees as a body, for my work or for this report.
Stephen Tanner BSc (Econ) FCA Kreston Reeves LLP Chartered Accountants London
Date: 24 February 2023
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