Ros Harding Charitable Trust
Trustees’ Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023
Registered Charity Number 1087005
CONTENTS
| Page | |
|---|---|
| Legal and administrative information | 1 |
| Report of the Trustees | 2 |
| Report of the independent examiner | 4 |
| Receipts and payments account | 5 |
| Statement of assets and liabilities | 6 |
| Note to the accounts | 6 |
Ros Harding Charitable Trust Legal and administrative information
Trustees
Mrs C Winterburn Mr J Cooper Mrs E Poore Mr D Colpus
Clerk to the Trustees
Mrs S Rogers
Office
15 Hurst View Road South Croydon Surrey CR2 7AJ
Independent Examiner
Mr T.P. Goodchild FAIA 15 Oaklands Gardens Kenley Surrey CR8 5DS
Bankers
Barclays plc P O Box 95 North End Croydon Surrey CR9 1RN
Solicitors
Streeter Marshall 12 Purley Parade High Street Purley Surrey CR8 2AB
Investment Managers
Rathbone Investment Management Limited 8 Finsbury Circus London EC2M 7AZ
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Ros Harding Charitable Trust
Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2023
The Trustees present their report and the accounts for the charity for the year ended 31 March 2023.
Constitution, objects and public benefit
The Ros Harding Charitable Trust is constituted under the terms of the Will of the late Ros Harding dated 6 October 1992 and is a registered charity number 1087005.
The purpose of the charity is primarily to assist with the care of the elderly and the relief of distress or hardship caused by poverty amongst the elderly. It is also to propagate the Christian Gospel amongst young people. The Trust’s activities are focused on the districts of Purley, Coulsdon and Godstone.
The Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
Organisation
The names of the trustees are set out on page 1. Trustees were appointed originally under the terms of the Will of Ros Harding. Further appointments are made, when a vacancy arises, by the trustees in office at that time. The trustees usually meet twice a year to assess grant applications and administer the Trust.
During the year the Trust continued to receive income from the Investment fund and has made grants to 31 different charities.
Grant making policy
The charity invites applications for funding from those who meet the grant criteria. Applications are considered against these criteria and major grants made are monitored by the Trustees.
Grants made during the year were as follows:
| Grants made during the year were as follows: | |
|---|---|
| £ | |
| Abbeyfield Sanderstead | 500 |
| Abbeyfield Southern Oaks, Purley | 500 |
| Access Right to Care | 1000 |
| Asthma Relief | 1000 |
| Boston Road Baptist Church | 3050 |
| Brighton Road Baptist Church | 3000 |
| Croydon Hearing Resource Centre | 1000 |
| Croydon Vision | 1000 |
| Friends of the Elderley | 1850 |
| Godstone Baptist Church | 5000 |
| Kevoirdo’s Big Love Foundation | 1500 |
| New Addington Baptist Church | 3000 |
| Old Coulsdon Centre for the Retired | 2000 |
| Old Lodge Lane Baptist Church | 5000 |
| Purley and Coulsdon Clubs for the Elderly (PACE) | 1000 |
| Purley Cross Centre | 2680 |
| Purley United Reformed Church | 2000 |
| Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People | 2000 |
| Sanderstead Neighbourhood Care/Young at Heart Club | 1000 |
| Selsdon Baptist Church | 1000 |
| Selsdon Centre for the Retired | 1800 |
| Shirley Neighbourhood Care Scheme | 2000 |
| South Croydon Day Centre Trust | 3000 |
| South Norwood and Woodside Community Association Friday Group | 2100 |
| South Norwood and Woodside Community Association Thursday Group | 1960 |
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| StChristophefs Hospice,Sydenham StMark's Church, SouthNorwood |
600 1000 |
|---|---|
| TheChangeFoundation | 500 |
| TheRyan MSTherapyCentre | 1000 |
| Upper NorwoodAssociation for CommunityCare | 1000 |
| Westbury CommunityProject | 1000 |
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Ros Harding Charitable Trust Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31 March 2023
| Year ended 31 March 2023 £ £ Receipts Interest income 641 Dividend income 57,449 Total Receipts 58,090 Payments Grants paid 55,040 Legal and professional costs 3,975 Total Payments 59,015 Net receipts / (payments) for the year -925 Balance brought forward 14,731 Balance carried forward 13,806 |
Year ended 31 March 2022 £ £ 1,060 51,389 52,449 48,520 3,614 52,134 315 14,416 14,731 |
Year ended 31 March 2022 £ £ 1,060 51,389 52,449 48,520 3,614 52,134 315 14,416 14,731 |
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| 48,520 3,614 |
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| 315 14,416 |
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| 14,731 |
All the receipts and payments during the period under review are unrestricted in nature.
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