2023-12-31-accounts - The Foyle Foundation

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THE FOYLE FOUNDATION FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

THE FOYLE FOUNDATION

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

CONTENTS	PAGES
Company information	1 - 3
Report of the Trustees	4 - 8
Independent auditor’s report	9
Statement of financial activities	13
Balance sheet	14
Statement of Cash Flows	15
Notes to the accounts	16 - 25

THE FOYLE FOUNDATION

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

Trustees Michael Smith Sir Peter Duffell Roy Amlot, KC James Korner Dame Vikki Heywood DBE Jane Ellison Chief executive and company secretary David Hall Address and registered office Rugby Chambers 2 Rugby Street London WC1N 3QU Registered company number 4006216 (England and Wales) Registered charity number 1081766 Accountants Haysmacintyre LLP 10 Queen Street Place London EC4R 1AG Independent auditor Forvis Mazars LLP 2nd Floor 6 Sutton Plaza Sutton Court Road Sutton Surrey SM1 4FS Bankers C Hoare & Co 37 Fleet Street London EC4P 4DQ

Bankers

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COMPANY INFORMATION (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

Investment managers

Rathbone Investment Management Limited George House, 50 George Square Glasgow G2 1EH Veritas Asset Management LLP 90 Long Acre London WC2E 9RA Stewart Emerging Markets Fund – Stewart Investors 23 St Andrews Square Edinburgh EH2 1BB Artemis Investment Management LLP Cassini House 57 St James’s Street London SW1A 1LD TB Evenlode Fund C/O Bailey Fund Services Limited 64 St James’s Street Nottingham NG1 6PS

Magellan Global Fund MLC Centre Level 6 19 Martin Place Sydney NSW 2000 Australia

JP Morgan Private Bank 1 Knightsbridge London SW1X 7LX

Montanaro UK Income Fund - Montanaro 53 Threadneedle Street London, EC2E 8AR

BMO Global Equities Fund - BMO PO Box 9040 Chelmsford, Essex CM99 2XH

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COMPANY INFORMATION (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

Investment portfolio advisers Stanhope Consulting 35 Portman Square London W1H 6LR Property managers George Eckert 66A High Street East Finchley London Jones Norris Adams Ltd 40 Lady Somerset Road London NW5 1TU Legal advisers Withers LLP 20 Old Bailey London EC4M 7AN

THE FOYLE FOUNDATION

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

The Trustees present their Report and Financial Statements of the Foundation for the year ended 31 December 2023 and confirm that they comply with current statutory requirements and the requirements of the Foundation’s governing documents.

History and Legal Status

The Foundation was formed to implement the charitable provisions of the will of the late Mrs C A L Batty who died on 8 June 1999. The Foundation is a charity constituted as a company limited by guarantee and its governing documents are its Memorandum and Articles of Association. The Foundation's full name, address, company and charity numbers and addresses of its auditor, bankers, legal advisers, investment and property managers are shown on pages 1 to 3.

Since the accounting date, The Foundation had announced its intention to wind down its operations and close down with effect from 31 December 2025, as detailed on the Foundation website.

Governance and Management

The Board of Trustees during the year under review and up to the date of this report were:

Michael Smith Sir Peter Duffell Roy Amlot KC James Korner Dame Vikki Heywood DBE Jane Ellison

New trustees are appointed by the Board, based upon the skills and experience required to manage the Foundation. An Induction Pack for new trustees has been devised by the Chairman and Chief Executive of the Foundation. New trustees receive this Induction Pack and then attend a briefing meeting with the Chief Executive before attending their first Board meeting. Ongoing training for trustees is arranged on an ad-hoc basis as a need is identified.

The Foundation operates independently of any other charity or organisation and is managed from premises in Rugby Street, London, WC1. The Trustees are directly responsible for the management of the Foundation and meet six to seven times per year to approve grants, review policy, supervise investment performance and other matters. An annual strategic review also takes place. The Foundation’s day-to-day business is conducted by the Chief Executive under the supervision of the Chairman. A core staff team of five assist the Chief Executive in the administration of the Foundation. Applications are scrutinised by the Chief Executive and the staff team, which reports and makes recommendations to the Trustees for their approval.

Setting Pay

The Board of Trustees reviews the salary of the CEO annually. The Chairman informs the CEO of the Board decision regarding remuneration. All staff salaries are also reviewed annually with changes recommended by the CEO. The Board discuss these recommendations and make decisions which the CEO communicates to the individual staff members. As part of its performance review, the Board considers awarding annual staff bonuses on a discretionary basis.

Grant Making Objectives and Activities

The Foundation's objects are the promotion of such charitable purposes as the Trustees may determine from time to time, in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. There are no specific restrictions imposed on the Trustees as to how they may implement the objectives of the Foundation.

The Trustees’ policy for the year ended 31 December 2023 was to support charities registered in the United Kingdom. State-funded secondary and primary schools are eligible but applications from individuals and unregistered organisations will generally not be supported.

It is aimed to process all applications within four months of being received, with the exception of large capital applications which may take longer as these are only reviewed by Trustees at an Autumn and Spring Meetings each year.

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

Grant Making Objectives and Activities (continued)

The Foundation's grant-making policy is as follows:

The Main Grants Scheme supports charities operating in the Arts and Learning sectors which meet the criteria as described in the Guidelines for Applicants. Grants awarded range from £10,000 to a maximum of £500,000, with the majority of grants awarded being below £50,000. Occasionally, capital projects of national or regional importance may receive a higher grant after discussion with the Foundation.

Within the Learning remit, The Foyle School Libraries Programme is a major initiative designed to support primary Schools, in the main, to improve reading ability and literacy. Grants awarded are between £2,000 and £10,000 per School. In addition, the Foundation operates a Small Grants Scheme which awards core and project funding to small and local charities.

Public Benefit

The Foundation exists and operates for public benefit. Its grant making programme benefits UK registered charities enabling them to carry out their work for public benefit. All Trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. Any expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in note 7 to the accounts.

The open grants programme is designed to be responsive to the direct needs of charities and their beneficiaries and to help make a difference to their work. The Foundation takes pride in funding activities which experience difficulty in attracting support or where there are few other sources of funding. Generally, in carrying out the work of the Foundation, the Trustees have paid regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission.

Arts – Main Grants Scheme

The Foundation seeks applications that make a strong case for support in either the performing or visual arts. Its aims are to sustain and help make the arts more accessible by developing new audiences, projects for young people, supporting tours, festivals and arts educational projects, to encourage new work and support young emerging artists. Building and infrastructure projects to modernise, re-equip and improve environmental efficiency of existing venues are also considered. However, community arts activity is generally supported through the Small Grants Scheme.

Learning – Main Grants Scheme

The Foundation’s main areas for support are: libraries, museums, archives, universities and special educational needs. State funded Schools and Special Schools are supported, principally but not exclusively, through the Foyle School Libraries Programme which is a major programme to promote improved literacy. Citizenship, esteem building, training, skills acquisition to aid employment, early learning projects or playgroups are not generally considered.

Small Grants Scheme

This supports smaller charities in the UK, especially those working at local community level in any field, across a wide range of activities. Grants of up to £10,000 are awarded to charities with an annual turnover of less than £150,000 per annum which can demonstrate that a small grant will make a difference to their work.

Achievements and Performance

Within the Main Grants Scheme 470 new grant applications were received during the year. In addition, there were 365 School Library applications and 581 Small Grants Scheme applications. 230 applications were brought forward from the previous year and 269 applications were carried forward at the end of the year to be presented at the next Board meeting in 2024.

The Trustees met 5 times during the year to consider grant applications. The Trustees approved 247 new Main Grants, 206 school library and 248 Small Grants totalling £20,169,724 in value (which include £7,500,000 of legacy grants), some grants will be paid out over 2023 2024 and 2025.

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

Achievements and Performance (continued)

A total of 585 grant payments were made which amounted to £10,913,825. Of the grants paid out 131 were Arts related totalling £4,791,500. There were 71 Learning related totalling £3,724,100 and 178 School Library grants. totalling £1,119,325 and 205 were Small Grants totalling £1,278,900. Details of all grants paid out are listed on the Foundation’s website. The Foundation has made financial commitments to support a number of organisations in the future subject to specific terms and conditions being met these are included in grant accruals.

The Foundation encourages applications from outside London and the Southeast and consequently the number of grant applications from the English regions, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland continued to rise and the amount in grants to these areas has also increased.

Financial Review

During the year the Foundation generated total income from investments and properties £1,352,439 compared to £1,336,532 in 2022. Total expenditure was £21,175,261 (2022 - £11,711,128) and 99% (2022 - 96%) was spent directly on charitable activities.

The net movement on funds of the Charity after gain on investments was a decrease of £18,552,462 (2022: decrease of £14,085,632) with the result that the Charity’s funds at 31 December 2023 amounted to £26,398,687 (2022: £44,951,149).

This was largely the result of planned expenditure being in excess of income and also grants accruals.

Investment Policy and Performance

The assets of the Foundation comprise a warehouse property (sold in April 2023), quoted investments and cash, all of which are professionally managed by specialist advisers on behalf of the Trustees, who also receive investment and asset allocation advice from Stanhope Consulting. No fund-raising activities have been undertaken, nor are any anticipated.

In the first three quarters of 2023 some gains were realised when raising cash from investment sales to finance the forward 2024 cashflow requirement as planned expenditure will be in excess of income given the increased grant-making of the Foundation.

During the financial year, the value of the quoted investments decreased from £39,750,227 to £24,590,640. This decline is attributable to the disposal of investments managed by Rathbones.

Reserves Policy

The assets that make up the Foundation’s funds are unrestricted and accordingly they are also available as the general reserves. In addition to careful planning of the cash flow, so as to meet both grant commitments payable in the year and the administration expenditure the Foundation maintain a replenishing cash reserve of up to £10m to cover anticipated grant commitments over a 12-month rolling period. As at 31 December 2023 the charity had financial commitments in relation to grants totalling £165,000 to be paid in 2024 and £3,825,000 to be paid in 2025 and £150,000 payable in 2026.

Risk Assessment

The Trustees have considered the risks faced by the Foundation and have put in place monitoring systems to manage them. In addition, the Chief Executive undertakes an annual in-depth risk assessment exercise for consideration of the Trustees following which the Foundation amends its systems as necessary.

THE FOYLE FOUNDATION

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

Risk Assessment continued

The Foundation maintains insurance policies to cover the principal areas of risk:

Security
Employment issues
IT and Disaster recovery
Grants Management
Financial Risk
Budgetary Control
• Fraud

Plans for the Future

The Foundation’s objectives remain to support charitable activities across the UK. The Foundation intends to increase its general grants budget to £11.41m in 2024 from £10.88m in 2023. In January 2024 the Foundation announced the long planned for closure of its grant making programmes by December 2025, following which it will wind up. The website has been updated with the cut off dates for final applications to each of its grant making schemes. In addition to its normal grant making, the Foundation will fund a series of important strategic legacy projects in 2024 and 2025 as part of its spend down.

The Foundation first reduced and then sold its entire equity portfolio between Autumn 2023 and early 2024. Its remaining assets comprise a quarterly reducing Bond Fund and cash.

As part of its budgetary considerations for the next 2 years, in addition to normal annual administration expenditure the Foundation has budgeted for additional closure related costs of £450,000 in 2025 to cover redundancy and other wind down costs.

Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities

Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare Financial Statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Foundation and of its income and expenditure for the financial year. In preparing those Financial Statements the Trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
observe the principles and methods of the Charities SORP;
make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the charity will continue in operation;
state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the accounts.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Foundation and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Foundation and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

Statement of Disclosure to Auditor

a) So far as the Trustees are aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Foundation’s auditors are unaware, and
b) The Trustees have taken all the steps required in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Foundation’s auditors are aware of that information.

In preparing this report, the trustees have taken advantage of the small companies’ exemptions provided by section 415A of the Companies Act 2006.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Michael Smith - Chairman of the Board Dated: 24 September 2024

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF

THE FOYLE FOUNDATION

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of The Foyle Foundation (the ‘charity’) for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the charity’s affairs as at 31 December 2023 and of its income and expenditure for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Emphasis of matter – basis of preparation

We draw attention to note 1.c in the financial statements which explains that the trustees intend to wind down the charity and therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern as described in note 1.c. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the Trustees’ Report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF

THE FOYLE FOUNDATION (continued)

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

the information given in the Report of the Trustees which includes the Directors’ Report prepared for the purposes of company law, for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the Directors’ Report included within the Report of the Trustees has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In light of the knowledge and understanding of the charity and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Directors’ Report included within the Report of the Trustees.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

adequate and proper accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
certain disclosures of trustees’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of Trustees

As explained more fully in the Statement of the Trustees’ Responsibilities set out on page 7, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of the financial statements.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud.

Based on our understanding of the charity and its industry, we considered that non-compliance with the following laws and regulations might have a material effect on the financial statements: employment regulation, health and safety regulation and anti-money laundering regulation.

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF

THE FOYLE FOUNDATION (continued)

To help us identify instances of non-compliance with these laws and regulations, and in identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect to non-compliance, our procedures included, but were not limited to:

Inquiring of management and, where appropriate, those charged with governance, as to whether the charity is in compliance with laws and regulations, and discussing their policies and procedures regarding compliance with laws and regulations;
Inspecting correspondence, if any, with relevant licensing or regulatory authorities;
Communicating identified laws and regulations to the engagement team and remaining alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout our audit; and
Considering the risk of acts by the charity which were contrary to applicable laws and regulations, including fraud.

We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct effect on the preparation of the financial statements, such as tax legislation, pension legislation, the Companies Act 2006, the Charities Act 2011 and the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice.

In addition, we evaluated the trustees’ and management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements, including the risk of management override of controls, and determined that the principal risks related to posting manual journal entries to manipulate financial performance, management bias through judgements and assumptions in significant accounting estimates, income recognition (which we pinpointed to the cut-off assertion), and significant one-off or unusual transactions.

Our audit procedures in relation to fraud included but were not limited to:

Making enquiries of the trustees and management on whether they had knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud;
Gaining an understanding of the internal controls established to mitigate risks related to fraud;
Discussing amongst the engagement team the risks of fraud; and
Addressing the risks of fraud through management override of controls by performing journal entry testing.

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the primary responsibility for the prevention and detection of irregularities including fraud rests with management. As with any audit, there remained a risk of nondetection of irregularities, as these may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations or the override of internal controls.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF

THE FOYLE FOUNDATION (continued)

Use of the audit report

This report is made solely to the charity’s members as a body in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s members as a body for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Signed:

Nicola Wakefield

(Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Forvis Mazars LLP

Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor

6 Sutton Plaza, Sutton Court Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 4FS

Date: 29 October 2024

THE FOYLE FOUNDATION

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (incorporating Income and Expenditure Account)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

			2023		2022
	Note	£	£	£	£
Income and endowments from:
Investments:
Investments and interest	2		1,312,147		1,249,985
Property portfolio			40,292		86,547
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Total			1,352,439		1,336,532
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Expenditure on:
Raising funds:
Investment management costs		288,520		495,128
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			(288,520)		(495,128)
Charitable activities	3		(20,886,741)		(11,216,000)
			---------------------		---------------------
Total			(21,175,261)		(11,711,128)
			---------------------		---------------------
Net gains/(losses) on investments
Realised gains/(losses)	11	185,580		(1,964,958)
Unrealised gains/(losses) on quoted investments	11	279,780		(2,441,078)
Realised gain on investment property	10	805,000		-
Unrealised gain on investment property	10	-		695,000
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			1,270,360		(3,711,036)
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NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS IN YEAR			(18,552,462)		(14,085,632)
Reconciliation of funds:
Funds brought forward			44,951,149		59,036,781
			----------------------		----------------------
FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD	16		26,398,687		44,951,149
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The notes on pages 16 to 25 form an integral part of these accounts.

Company number: 4006216

THE FOYLE FOUNDATION

BALANCE SHEET

AT 31 DECEMBER 2023

			2023		2022
	Note	£	£	£	£
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets	9		42,573		44,447
Investments
Investment property	10		-		1,595,000
Quoted investments	11		24,590,640		39,750,227
			-----------------------		-----------------------
			24,633,213		41,389,674
Current assets
Debtors	13	392,918		356,336
Cash at bank and in hand	14	14,505,342		6,932,105
		--------------------		--------------------
		14,898,260		7,288,441
Creditors: Amounts falling due within
one year	15	(13,132,786)		(3,726,966)
		---------------------		---------------------
Net current assets			1,765,474		3,561,475
			----------------------		----------------------
Net assets			26,398,687		44,951,149
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Unrestricted funds
General fund	16		26,398,687		39,896,755
Revaluation reserve	16		-		5,054,394
			----------------------		----------------------
Total funds			26,398,687		44,951,149
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These financial statements have been prepared in the accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime.

The accounts were approved and authorised for issue by the Board on 24 September 2024

Michael Smith - Trustee

James Korner - Trustee

The notes on pages 16 to 25 form an integral part of these accounts

THE FOYLE FOUNDATION

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

	2023		2022
		£
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net cash used in operating activities (note 17)	(11,556,878)		(9,598,317)
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interest and rent from investments	1,324,227		1,249,985
Purchase of fixed assets	-		(3,810)
Purchase of investments	(5,052,838)		(12,302,207)
Proceeds from sale of investments – quoted	20,458,726		17,718,248
Proceeds from sale of investment property	2,400,000		-
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Total	19,130,115		6,662,216
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Change in cash equivalents in the year	7,573,237		(2,936,101)
Cash and cash equivalents
At the beginning of the year	6,932,105		9,868,206
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At the end of the year (see note 14)	14,505,342		6,932,105
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Analysis of changes in net debt

	At 1 January		At 31 December
	2023	Cashflow	2023
	£	£	£
Cash and cash equivalents	6,932,105	7,573,237	14,505,342
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	6,932,105	7,573,237	14,505,342
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THE FOYLE FOUNDATION

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The principal accounting policies adopted, judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of financial statements is as follows:

a. Basis of Accounting

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable to the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) – (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

The Foyle Foundation meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).

b. Company status

The charity is a company limited by guarantee. For the year under review, the members of the company were Michael Smith, Sir Peter Duffell, Roy Amlot, James Korner, Dame Vikki Heywood and Jane Ellison. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £10 per member.

c. Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis

In January 2024 the Foundation announced the closure of its grant making programmes by December 2025 following which it will wind up. These financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern. No material adjustments arose as a result of ceasing to apply the going concern basis.

d. Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are held at cost less accumulated depreciation.

Expenditure on tangible assets of an enduring nature in excess of £1,000 is capitalised.

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life:

Leasehold improvements - over two years Office furniture and equipment - 25% on reducing balance Computer equipment - 25% on reducing balance

e. Investment properties

Investment properties are included at market value as disclosed under Note 10. The properties are valued annually. The SOFA includes the net gains and losses arising on revaluations and disposals in the year.

f. Investments

Investments are stated at market value at the balance sheet date. The SOFA includes the net gains and losses arising on revaluations and disposals throughout the year.

THE FOYLE FOUNDATION

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

g. Funds

The different funds are defined as follows:

Unrestricted funds are those funds available to the charity for its general purposes.

It is the policy of the Trustees to retain in unrestricted funds, amounts which in their judgement, can help to mitigate the short term effects of income volatility and to retain funds to generate sufficient income to meet current and future operational activities of the charity.

h.

Income recognition

This comprises investment and other income. All income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income can be measured reliably.

Investment income is credited to income when it is receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank. Dividends are recognised once the dividend has been declared and notification has been received of the dividend due.

i.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of obligation can be measured reliably.

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred, inclusive of VAT, which cannot be recovered.

Charitable activities comprise mainly of the provision of grants given for the purposes of arts, education and as part of the small grants scheme. Grants payable are payments made to third parties in the furtherance of the charitable objects of the charity. In the case of an unconditional grant offer this is accrued once the recipient has been notified of the grant award. The notification gives the recipient a reasonable expectation that they will receive the grant. Grants awards that are subject to the recipient fulfilling performance conditions are only accrued when the recipient has been notified of the grant and any remaining unfulfilled condition attaching to that grant is outside the control of the recipient.

Support costs have been allocated to charitable activities. Governance activities comprise organisational administration and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements. Costs include direct costs of external audit, legal fees and other professional advice.

j. Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

k. Investment gains and losses

All gains and losses are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities as they arise. Realised gains and losses on investments are calculated as the difference between sales proceeds and opening market value (purchase date if later). Unrealised gains and losses are calculated as the difference between the market value at the year end and the opening market value (or purchase date if later).

l. Pension Scheme

Pension payments are made to a Company Pension scheme with The Peoples Pension with the exception of the CEO where a payment is made directly to his personal pension plan .

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

m. Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand includes bank accounts, cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

n. Debtors

Other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

o. Significant judgments and sources estimation uncertainty

In the view of the Trustees in applying the accounting policies adopted, no judgements were required that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements nor do any estimates or assumptions made carry a significant risk of material adjustment in the next financial year.

p. Financial instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.

2. INVESTMENT INCOME AND INTEREST


INVESTMENT INCOME AND INTEREST	2023	2022
	£	£
Income from quoted investments	1,058,129	1,236,504
Interest received	254,018	13,481
	---------------------	---------------------
	1,312,147	1,249,985
Property portfolio income	40,292	86,547
	--------------------	--------------------
	1,352,439	1,336,532
	==========	==========

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

3.	ANALYSIS OF CHARITABLE EXPENDITURE	ANALYSIS OF CHARITABLE EXPENDITURE	ANALYSIS OF CHARITABLE EXPENDITURE		2023	2022
					£	£
	Charitable donations:
	Paid in the year				10,913,825	9,154,300
	Grants returned in the year				-	(5,000)
	Accruals brought forward				(3,648,500)	(2,136,950)
	Accruals carried forward				13,034,399	3,648,500
					--------------------	--------------------
					20,299,724	10,660,850
	Support costs (note 4)				533,069	514,552
	Governance costs (note 5)				53,948	40,598
					--------------------	--------------------
					20,886,741	11,216,000
					==========	==========
	Charitable expenditure – analysed as follows:
			Support	Governance	2023	2022
		Grants	Costs	Costs	Total	Total
		£	£	£	£	£
	Arts	8,056,299	211,558	21,410	8,289,267	5,652,003
	Learning	10,702,525	281,047	28,443	11,012,015	4,458,005
	Small grants	1,540,900	40,464	4,095	1,585,459	1,105,992
		---------------------	-------------------	----------------	---------------------	---------------------
		20,299,724	533,069	53,948	20,886,741	11,216,000
		===========	=========	========	==========	==========
4.	SUPPORT COSTS				2023	2022
					£	£
	Staff costs (including pension)				432,897	411,269
	Rent				36,000	36,000
	Rates, service charges and insurance				19,667	20,895
	Communication costs				3,170	2,363
	Equipment maintenance and	computer support			28,912	31,384
	Office services				9,680	9,249
	Bank charges				869	894
	Depreciation				1,874	2,498
					------------------	------------------
					533,069	514,552
					=========	=========
5.	GOVERNANCE COSTS				2023	2022
					£	£
	Trustees’ expenses				5,672	3,879
	Accountancy fees				12,372	11,758
	Auditor’s remuneration				22,337	19,861
	Legal and professional fees				13,567	5,100
					----------------	----------------
					53,948	40,598
					========	=========

THE FOYLE FOUNDATION

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

NET EXPENDITURE	2023	2022
	£	£
Net expenditure is stated after charging:
Trustees’ expenses	5,672	3,879
Depreciation	1,874	2,498
Auditor’s remuneration	22,337	19,861
Operating lease rentals-other operating leases	36,000	36,000
	=======	=======

7. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES

The six Trustees received no remuneration during the year (nor in the previous period) but were reimbursed £5,672 for travel and out of pocket expenses (2022: £3,879).

STAFF WAGES	2023	2022
	£	£
Wages	372,720	346,955
Social security costs	42,545	41,956
Pension costs	22,632	27,358
Employment allowance	(5,000)	(5,000)
	-----------------	-----------------
	432,897	411,269
	=========	=========
	Number	Number
Average number of employees was 7 and equivalent to 4.6 on a full-time
basis (2022: 4.6 on a full time basis):
Administration	7	7
	======	=====
The number of employees whose emoluments exceeded £60,000 for the year	were:
£70,001 - £80,000	1	1
£140,001 - £150,000	1	1
	======	=====

Salaries and benefits paid to key management personnel was £235,833 (2022: £226,460).

The pension contribution to the highest paid employee was £12,500 (2022: £12,500).

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS		Office
	Leasehold	furniture and	Computer
	improvements	Equipment	Equipment	Total
	£	£	£	£
Cost
At 1 January 2023	89,092	86,160	62,306	237,558
Additions	-	-	-	-
	______	______	_	_
At 31 December 2023	89,092	86,160	62,306	237,558
	---------------	---------------	---------------	-----------------
Depreciation
At 1 January 2023	89,092	47,920	56,099	193,111
Charge for the year	-	323	1,551	1,874
	---------------	---------------	---------------	------------------
At 31 December 2023	89,092	48,243	57,650	194,985
	---------------	---------------	---------------	-------------------
Net Book Value
At 31 December 2023	-	37,917	4,656	42,573
	========	========	========	=======
At 31 December 2022	-	38,240	6,207	44,447
	========	========	========	=======

Included in office furniture and equipment are paintings, prints, photographs and lithographs at a cost of £36,948 which have not been depreciated as the Trustees are of the opinion that they will maintain their value.

10. INVESTMENT PROPERTIES

	2023	2022
	£	£
Investment value brought forward	1,595,000	900,000
Revaluation gain	-	695,000
Gain on disposal	805,000	-
Disposal	(2,400,000)	-
	-----------------	-----------------
Investment value carried forward	-	1,595,000
	=========	=========

The investment property was disposed of in the yeared end 31 December 2023 for £2,400,000.

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

11.	QUOTED INVESTMENTS	2023	2022
		£	£
	Market value at 1 January 2022	39,750,227	50,065,692
	Additions at cost	5,052,838	12,302,207
	Disposal proceeds	(20,458,726)	(17,718,248)
	Realised gains / (losses) on sales	185,580	(1,964,958)
	Investment managers’ fees	(219,059)	(493,388)
	Unrealised gains / (losses) on revaluation	279,780	(2,441,078)
		----------------------	----------------------
	Market value at 31 December 2023	24,590,640	39,750,227
		===========	===========
	Analysis of investments by type:
	Investments inside the UK
	Listed unit trusts	24,590,640	32,816,923
	Quoted shares	-	4,690,248
		----------------------	----------------------
		24,590,640	37,507,171
	Investments outside the UK (managed by overseas Fund
	Managers)	-	2,243,056
		----------------------	----------------------
		24,590,640	39,750,227
		===========	===========
12.	FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS	2023	2022
		£	£
	Financial assets measured by fair value	24,590,640	39,750,227
		==========	==========
	Financial assets measured by amortised cost	72	72
		==========	==========
	Financial liabilities measured by amortised cost	800	7,872
		==========	==========

Financial assets measured by fair value include quoted investments and investment properties.

Financial assets measured at amortised cost include Other Debtors.

Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost include Other Creditors.

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

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||||| |---|---|---|---| |13.|DEBTORS|2023|2022| |£|£| |Other debtors|72|72| |Prepayments and accrued income|392,846|356,264| |-----------------|-----------------| |392,918|356,336| |========|========| |14.|CASH AT BANK AND IN HAND|2023|2022| |£|£| |Cash in hand|-|11| |Cash at Bank|14,505,342|6,932,094| |--------------------|--------------------| |14,505,342|6,932,105| |==========|==========| |15.|CREDITORS: amounts falling due within one year|2023|2022| |£|£| |Accrued grants to charities|13,034,399|3,648,500| |Other taxes and social security|16,830|698| |Other creditors and deferred income|800|7,872| |Accrued expenses|80,757|69,896| |------------------|------------------| |13,132,786|3,726,966| |==== =====|========|

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16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

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||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |At|At| |1 January|Income|Expenditure/|31 December| |2023|Losses|Transfers|2023| |£|£|£|£|£| |Unrestricted funds:| |General fund|39,896,755|1,352,439|(19,904,901)|5,054,394|26,398,687| |Revaluation reserve|5,054,394|-|-|(5,054,394)|-| |----------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------| |44,951,149|1,352,439|(19,904,901)|-|26,398,687|

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The revaluation reserve represents the difference between the historic cost of investment property and their current market (fair) value.

THE FOYLE FOUNDATION

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

RECONCILIATION OF NET EXPENDITURE TO
NET CASH OUTFLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES	2023	2022
	£	£
Net (expenditure) for the reporting period (as per the statement
of financial activities)	(18,552,462)	(14,085,632)
Depreciation charges	1,874	2,498
Investment (gains) / losses	(465,360)	4,406,036
Investment managers fees	219,059	493,388
Dividends, interest and rent for investments	(1,312,147)	(1,249,985)
Revaluation of property	-	(695,000)
Property disposal gain	(805,000)
(Increase) / decrease in debtors	(48,662)	37,646
Increase in creditors	9,405,820	1,492,732
	---------------------	---------------------
Net cash used in operating activities	(11,556,878)	(9,598,317)
	==========	==========

18. LEASE COMMITMENTS At 31 December 2023, The Foundation was committed to making the following payments under noncancellable operating leases:

	cancellable operating leases:
		2023	2022
		£	£
	Operating leases payments due within the next year	30,000	30,000
	Operating leases payments due between two to five years	30,000	60,000
		=======	=======
19.	LARGE GRANTS PAYABLE IN THE YEAR
	Material grants above £75,000 payable in the year were as follows:.
		2023
		£
	Anna Freud London	75,000
	Capital Theatres	200,000
	Cathedral Church of St Peter	150,000
	Imperial War Museum	150,000
	KH Theatre Ltd	85,000
	Liberdade Community Development Trust	75,000
	Mansfield and Sutton Astronomical Society	100,000
	PACE Theatre Company	150,000
	Pitlochry Festival Theatre	110,000
	RHCA Royal Hospital Chelsea Appeal	140,000
	Royal College of Music	75,000
	Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation	250,000
	Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Trust	100,000
	Seamab	75,000
	St Bartholomew's Heritage	200,000
	The Foundling Museum	500,000
	The National Gallery	1,000,000
	The Poetry Society	75,000
	The Queen's Hall	75,000
	The Royal Shakespeare Company	78,000
	The University of Manchester	100,000

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

20. RELATED PARTIES

Trustees of the Foyle Foundation are also trustees of the following organisations which were awarded grants by The Foyle Foundation during the year. There were no balances outstanding at 31 December 2023 in respect of these grants.

ese grants.
	Grant	awarded
	2023	2022
	£	£
Earls Court Youth Clubs	-	10,000
Royal National Theatre	1,500,000	-
	------------	------------
	1,500,000	10,000
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