2023-03-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 04 2022 To 31 03 2023

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name THE TORRS CHARITABLE TRUST

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1048216

Charity's principal address 101 HAVANT ROAD DRAYTON PORTSMOUTH Postcode PO6 2JE

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Dr ET Roberts	Chairman	Until 31 December 2021
	Mr Graham CM Roberts	Chairman	1 January 2022 onwards	Current Trustees
	Mrs Maureen V Roberts	Secretary
	Dr Mark TM Roberts
	Ms Jane EM Roberts		20 June 2021 onwards	Current Trustees
	Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
	Name		Dates acted if not for whole year
	None

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Trust Deed dated 8 July 1995 Registered with the Charity Commission on Type of governing document 24 July 1995 (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed by existing Trustees. Trustee selection methods

• (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

1. Advancement of Christianity.

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

1. Relief of poverty, sickness and distress. Advancement of education, Christian medical work and relief.

2. Conservation of wildlife and the environment.

3. Other charitable purposes agreed by the Trustees.

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The Trustees have regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and made donations to other charities where they comply with our objectives.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

In the UK, we gave financial support to charities involved in providing holiday camps for young people, drug awareness in schools, support to families in distress because of the financial crisis and assistance to prisoners and their families in preparation for their release. We also supported a charity which runs cafes for international students, providing food, friendship and local outings.

We supported several charities which operate abroad to reduce suffering from natural disasters. These included responding to famine in East Africa and Nepal, severe floods in Pakistan and Bangladesh, and two devastating earthquakes in Turkey in December 2022. In the dry lands of Tanzania, where drought is a major problem, we supported the building of cheap but effective sand dams which make a massive difference to the livelihood of local communities, providing water and employment.

Other charities which work abroad were also given financial assistance. Funding support was given to a hub for single mums in Uganda, helping them become self-sufficient and able to provide for their children, as well as giving pastoral care to the village and beyond. We provided some funding to enable refugees in Jordan to acquire sewing machines and gain employment to help sustain themselves and their families. We continue to support a charity which improves the lives of Latin American street children through the provision of food, friendship and hygiene kits, and eventually a place to recover in a children’s home.

In conservation, we supported the work of Butterfly Conservation to reverse the decline of some of our rarer and threatened species of butterfly.

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Section E Financial review

We maintain sufficient funds in our deposit account, which allows us to Brief statement of the respond to emergency appeals and is available should there be a drop, charity’s policy on reserves perhaps temporary, in investment income. We have no other need for reserves.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

MV Roberts Signature(s) GCM Roberts Maureen Violet ROBERTS Full name(s) Graham Charles Milward ROBERTS Position (eg Secretary, Chair, CHAIR SECRETARY etc) Date 30/12/23

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THE TORRS CHARITABLE TRUST Reg No 1048216 101 Havant Road, East Cosham, Portsmouth, Hampshire Corresponding Secretary/Treasurer Mrs Maureen Roberts Tel: [phone]

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT 1st APRIL 2022 - 31st MARCH 2023

INCOME to 31st MARCH 2023 Dividends received from quoted investments Interest from COIF Charities Deposit Fund (Gross) TOTAL EXPENDITURE Expenses Grants and donations MOVEMENT OF FUNDS Balance at Lloyds Bank at 31 March 2022 Income from investments Capital receipt on closure of COIF Charities Deposit Fund Donation refunded from Hands of Love Transfer to Investment Account Donations Balance at Lloyds Bank at 31 March 2023	£ 41,965 0 41,965 £ Nil 37,691 £ 23,171 41,966 1 915 (18,000) (37,691) 10,362	Last year £ 44,056 0 44,056 Last year £ Nil 30,021

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ members of On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner Basis of independent examiner’s statement Independent examiner's statement Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:	Charity Name THE TORRS CHARITABLE TRUST	Charity Name THE TORRS CHARITABLE TRUST	Charity Name THE TORRS CHARITABLE TRUST
	31stMarch 2023	Charity no (if any)	1048216
	The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the 1993 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: • examine the accounts under section 43 of the 1993 Act, • to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 43(7)(b) of the 1993 Act, and • to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ) 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements: • to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the 1993 Act; and • to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 1993 Act have not been met ; or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. M. Mellows Date:09/01/24
			09/01/24
	MICHAEL ANTHONY MELLOWS
	CERT. ED
	103 HAVANT ROAD, DRAYTON, PORTSMOUTH PO6 2JE

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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