The Alligator Trust
Registered Charity 1081078 Accounts For the year ended 31st January 2024
Contents:
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Trustees
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Report of the Trustees
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Statement of Financial Activities
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Balance Sheet
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Notes to the accounts
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Independent Examiner's Report on the Accounts
Trustees
Mr L S Greig Mr J R Ford Mr D D C Monro
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The Alligator Trust
Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31st January 2024 Charity No. 1081078
Charitable Status
The Alligator Trust is a charitable trust, registered in England, and established under a Trust Deed dated 1st February 2000.
The objects of the Trust are such exclusively charitable purposes as the Trustees in their absolute discretion from time to time think fit. The Trustees must use the income and may use the capital of the Trust in promoting the objects of the Trust.
The Trustees continue to review the major risks to which the charity is exposed. Systems have been established and continue to be regularly reviewed to mitigate those risks. The Trustees have regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. Financial Review
Details of financial activities during the year are shown in the accounts on pages 3 to 6.
The Trustees acknowledge their responsibility to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Trust and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the Trust for that year. In preparing those accounts, the Trustees are required to
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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prepare accounts on a going concern basis, unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Trust will continue in its activities;
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Trust and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Charities Act 2011 and the Charities SORP. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Trust and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
By order of the Trustees Date
D D C MONRO 11/12/2024
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The Alligator Trust
Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31st January 2024
| Note Incoming resources Incoming resources from generated funds: Voluntary income: Donations and grants 2 Activities for generating funds: Interest received Total incoming resources Resources expended Charitable activities 3 Governance costs 4 Total resources expended Net incoming resources Deficit brought forward Deficit carried forward |
Unrestricted funds 2024 Total funds 2024 Total funds 2023 £ £ £ 83,997 83,997 122,307 68 68 27 |
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| 84,065 84,065 122,334 |
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| 93,221 93,221 118,761 1,515 1,515 1,393 |
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| 94,736 94,736 120,154 |
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| (10,671) (10,671) 2,180 (19,453) (19,453) (21,633) |
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| (30,124) (30,124) (19,453) |
The notes on pages 5 and 6 form part of these accounts.
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The Alligator Trust
Balance Sheet as at 31st January 2024
| Note Current assets Cash at bank and in hand Creditors Amounts falling due within one year 5 Net current assets/(liabilities) Total assets less current liabilities Deficit |
Unrestricted funds 2024 Total funds 2024 £ £ 9,836 9,836 9,836 9,836 (39,960) (39,960) (30,124) (30,124) 30,124) £( 30,124) £( 30,124) £( 30,124) £( |
2023 £ 20,507 |
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| 20,507 (39,960) |
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| (19,453) | ||
| 19,453) £( |
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| 19,453) £( |
D D C MONRO
Approved by ………………………………….on behalf of the Trustees.
11/12/2024 …………………………………….(Date)
The notes on pages 5 and 6 form part of these accounts.
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The Alligator Trust
Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st January 2024
1. Accounting convention and accounting policies
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with applicable accounting standards and also comply with the Statements of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities.
The principal accounting policies in application were as follows. Income: acccounted for on the basis of cash received during the year Expenditure: accounted for on an accruals basis. Grants: accounted for when paid.
| 2. Donations (see note 6) Individual donations Regular donations 3. Charitable Expenditure Grants and donations (see note 8) 4. Governance Costs Accountancy fees Bank charges and interest |
Unrestricted Total 2024 £ £ - - 83,997 83,997 83,997 £ 83,997 £ Unrestricted Total 2024 £ £ 93,221 93,221 93,221 £ 93,221 £ Unrestricted Total 2024 £ £ 960 960 555 555 1,515 £ 1,515 £ |
2023 £ 38,310 83,997 |
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| 122,307 £ |
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| 2023 £ 118,761 |
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| 118,761 £ |
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| 2023 £ 960 433 |
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| 1,393 £ |
| 5. Creditors Amounts falling due within one year: Loan from Mr L S Greig, a trustee Other creditors and accruals |
2024 £ 39,000 960 39,960 £ |
2023 £ 39,000 960 |
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| 39,960 £ |
The loan from Mr L S Greig is repayable from future donations to the trust.
6. Related party transactions
Donations of Nil (2023: £122,307) were received as unrestricted funds from Mr L S Greig, a trustee.
7. Accountancy
Relates to independent examination and accountancy work of £960 including VAT (2023: £960)
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The Alligator Trust
Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31st January 2024 (continued)
8. Analysis of grants and donations
| Analysis of grants and donations E Mekhtiev Tchilaeva Compassion UK Ukrainian Church Khan Do Clean Slate Solutions Elvira Ilyes Royal Marsden Cancer Charity Evangelical Alliance Eton College Greenhouse Sports Holy Trinity Brompton Pomuzu Jak Muzu The London Library The Nucleo Project Maria Louis Midweek in Mayfair National Gallery Soanes Museum Rotary - Shelter Box Piret Tatar The Resurgo Trust SM and R Trump St Simon Zelotes St Helens Church Swaziland Charitable Trust St Edmund Fund Sight and Sound Other Charitable Donations |
2024 2023 Total donated Number of grants Total donated Number of grants £ £ 3,600 12 3,100 11 19,680 24 20,496 24 356 12 308 11 10,000 1 18,800 6 3,950 21 6,810 24 2,500 1 9,450 16 5,500 10 1,200 1 720 12 720 12 400 1 3,500 2 4,750 1 2,400 12 2,700 12 8,812 1 545 1 525 1 1,200 1 11,998 5 1,200 12 1,200 12 3,000 1 3,000 1 1,750 1 1,750 1 1,000 1 5,721 5 12,549 8 600 12 550 11 2,400 12 2,400 12 6,600 12 8,050 12 300 12 300 12 300 1 300 1 1,000 1 1,000 1 50 1 10,000 1 2,941 6 |
| 93,221 191 118,761 193 |
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The Alligator Trust
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The Alligator Trust
I have examined the accounts set out on pages 3 to 6.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and independent examiner
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 s. 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act)) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts (under s. 145 of the Act);
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follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners (under s. 145(5)b of the Act);
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state whether particular matters have come to my attention;
Basis of independent examiner's statement
My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. 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.
Independent examiner's statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
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Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with s. 130 of the Act; and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act
have not been met; or
- To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
RICHARD JUNEMAN
12/12/2024
………………………………………….. ………………………… Richard Juneman FCA Date FMTV.London Adam House 7-10 Adam Street London WC2N 6AA
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