## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 05/07/2024 To 04/07/2025** 

**Charity name: The Lois Cumbers Charitable Foundation Charity registration number: 1058148** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To hold the capital and income upon trust to<br>apply the income and all or such parts of the<br>capital at such time or times and in such a<br>manner to or for the benefit of such<br>exclusively charitable objects and purposes<br>in any part of the world as the Trustees may<br>in their absolute discretion think fit.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|In furtherance of the charity’s objects for the<br>public benefit the trustees provide grants.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|In determining the charity’s activities, the<br>trustees have had regard to the Charity<br>Commission’s guidance on public benefit.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

SORP reference Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment Para 1.38 including program related investment Contribution made by Para 1.38 volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|During the year under review the charity<br>made grants to the following charities<br>totalling £32,098.<br>•<br>The Childrens Society<br>•<br>The Maritime Heritage Trust|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other 

## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|In addition to the free reserves the charity<br>has bank balances of £25,732 (2024:<br>£21,885)<br>and<br>investments<br>valued<br>at<br>£618,759 within the expendable endowment<br>fund which can be released to support the<br>activities of the charity.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Trustees pursue a policy of maintaining<br>a free reserve available to be spent in the<br>furtherance of the charity’s objectives as<br>well as covering future needs, opportunities,<br>contingencies and risks.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|At the end of the reporting period the charity<br>had free reserves of £13,962 (2024:<br>£19,279).|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|No funds in deficit|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other||Expendable endowment funds are those<br>which are required to be invested to produce<br>income, but which may be transferred to<br>unrestricted funds at the discretion of the<br>trustees in order that they may be expended<br>in furtherance of the charity’s objectives.<br>Unrestricted income funds are available for<br>use at the discretion of the trustees in<br>furtherance of the general objectives of the<br>charity and which have not been designated<br>for other purposes.|



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Trust deed dated 04 July 1996|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?|Para 1.25|Trust|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or bodyentitled|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed by the trustees from<br>time to time.|



|to appoint one or more<br>trustees|||
|---|---|---|
|**Additional information (optional)**<br>Youmay choose toincludefurtherstatementswhererelevant about:|||
|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51|No trustee received any remuneration or<br>was reimbursed any expenses in the year<br>under review.<br>Ludlow Trust Company was paid £5,561<br>(2024: £4,501) for trust administration and<br>cash management fees during the year<br>under review.  These fees are authorised<br>under clause 14 of the trust deed.|
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|The Lois Cumbers Charitable Foundation|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1058148|
|Charity’s principal address|Ludlow Trust Co Ltd<br>Tower Wharf<br>Cheese Lane<br>BRISTOL<br>BS2 0JJ|



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3|**Trustee name**<br> Ludlow Trust<br>CompanyLimited<br> <br>|**Office (if any)**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved<br>**Director name**<br>Gary St John Collins<br>Walter Duncan Coxon<br>Ali Reza Sarikhani<br>Ziba Christina Sakine<br>Sarikhani<br>Christopher Ian Thurlow<br>Matthew John Wickers<br>John Stephen Dennis<br>(Resigned 25/10/2024)||||||
||**Director name**||||||
||Gary St John Collins||||||
||Walter Duncan Coxon||||||
||Ali Reza Sarikhani||||||
||Ziba Christina Sakine<br>Sarikhani||||||
||Christopher Ian Thurlow||||||
||Matthew John Wickers||||||
||John Stephen Dennis||(Resigned 25/10/2024)||||



Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets<br>held in this capacity|N/A|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own assets|N/A|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of adviser**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**Investment Managers**|NatWest|2nd Floor, Trinity Quay II, Avon Street,<br>PO Box 3138, Bristol, BS2 2DH|
|**Bankers**|NatWest|2nd Floor, Trinity Quay II, Avon Street,<br>PO Box 3138, Bristol, BS2 2DH|
|**Accountants**|Charter Tax Consulting<br>Limited|8th Floor, 1 Southampton Street, London<br>WC2R 0LR|
|**Independent Examiner**|Katie Wilson|Blue Spire Limited, Cawley Priory, South<br>Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1SY|



**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

~~_~~ **Other optional information** 

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## **Declarations** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Chris Thurlow **Position (eg Secretary,** On behalf of Ludlow Trust **Chair, etc)** ~~—e~~ Company Ltd (Trustee) ~~e—~~ **Date** 06 March 2026 ~~|~~ 

|**The Lois Cumbers Charitable Foundation**|**The Lois Cumbers Charitable Foundation**|**The Lois Cumbers Charitable Foundation**|**1058148**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||
|**For the period**<br>**from**|05/07/2024<br>Period start date|**To**|04/07/2025<br>Period end date|



## **CC16a** 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**||
|---|---|
|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**Last year**||
|**to the nearest      £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**||
|Income from investments<br>**11,953**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**11,953**<br>**18,077**<br>Interest received<br>**1,431**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,431**<br>**1,350**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_**13,384**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**13,384**<br>**19,427**<br>~~———=—~~||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>Sale of investments<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**264,343**<br>**264,343**<br>**582,966**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>~~**_Sub total_**~~**-**<br>**-**<br>**264,343**<br>**264,343**<br>**582,966**<br>**_Total receipts_                  13,384**<br>**-**<br>**264,343**<br>**277,727**<br>**602,393**<br>~~SSS515~~||
|**A3 Payments**||
|Grants Awarded<br>**32,098**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**32,098**<br>**30,927**<br>Investment Manager Fees<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,914**<br>**2,914**<br>**2,748**<br>Trust Administration Fees<br>**5,508**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,508**<br>**4,455**<br>Cash Management Charges<br>**52**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**52**<br>**46**<br>AccountancyFee<br>**600**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**600**<br>**-**<br>Independent Examiners fee<br>**180**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**180**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                     38,438**<br>**-**<br>**2,914**<br>**41,352**<br>**38,176**<br>~~=—=====~~||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**<br>Investmentpurchases<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**237,845**<br>**237,845**<br>**577,017**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**-**<br>**237,845**<br>**237,845**<br>**577,017**<br>**_Total payments_**<br>**38,438**<br>**-**<br>**240,759**<br>**279,197**<br>**615,193**<br>~~——_—————————~~||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**-               25,054**<br>**-                    23,584**<br>**-                 1,470**<br>**-              12,800**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**19,737**<br>**-               19,737**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**19,279**<br>**21,885**<br>**41,164**<br>**53,964**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**<br>**13,962**<br>**-                    25,732**<br>**39,694**<br>**41,164**<br>~~SSS=~~||



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

06/03/2026 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

||||**Unrestricted**<br>**Restricted**|**Endowment**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**<br>**funds**|**funds**||
||||**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||
|**B1 Cash funds**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**25,732**<br>**13,962**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**13,962**<br>**-**<br>**25,732**<br>Capital account<br>Income account<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>~~Se=~~|||||
||(agree balances with receipts and payments|(agree balances with receipts and payments||||
||account(s))||OK<br>OK|OK||
||||**Unrestricted**<br>**Restricted**|**Endowment**||
||||**funds**<br>**funds**|**funds**||
||**Details**||**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>~~—__~~|||||
||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**||
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Endowment**<br>**-**<br>**618,759**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Investment portfolio<br>~~===>~~|||||
||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>~~ql~~|||||
||||**Fund to which**<br>**Amount due**|**When due**||
|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|**liability relates**<br>**(optional)**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Date of<br>approval<br>Print Name<br>Chris Thurlow on behalf of Ludlow<br>Trust CompanyLtd(Trustee)<br>Signature<br>**Details**<br>2<br>06/03/2026<br>06 March 2026<br>~~—~~|||||



## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The Lois Cumbers Charitable Foundation** 

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 04 July 2025 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). 

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 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 Act. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the 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. 

Katie Wilson FCA Blue Spire Limited Cawley Priory South Pallant Chichester West Sussex PO19 1SY 

06 March 2026 Date 

