## **KELMSCOT CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED**
**5 APRIL 2025**
Shakespeare Martineau LLP No 1 Colmore Square Birmingham B4 6AA
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**Kelmscot Charitable Trust Accounts For The Year Ended 5 April 2025**
## **TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORT AT 5 APRIL 2025**
The Trustees present their Annual Report, together with the receipts and payments accounts for the year ended 5 April 2025
## **Legal and Administrative Details**
The Charity was established by a Trust Deed dated 17 May 2001.
The Charitable Registration Number is 1088018.
The Trustees who have served during the year are:
Mrs Camilla Frances Parker Cunningham Mrs Virginia Margaret Boulton Ms Verity Laura Kirby (died 12th August 2025)
The administration is carried out by the Trust Solicitors and this is also the principal office for enquiries:
Shakespeare Martineau LLP No 1 Colmore Square Birmingham B4 6AA
Investment Advisors during the year
Quilter Cheviot 8th Floor Two Snowhill Birmingham B4 6GA
## **Governance and Management**
The Trust was established by Mrs Doreen Murray Green by way of a Trust Deed dated 17 May 2001. Decisions are made by the Trustees jointly in light of advice sought and obtained from the Trust Solicitors and Stockbrokers. Investment policy and banking arrangements are kept under ongoing review with recognition of the necessity for diversification and control of risk management. For example, the Trustees have accounts with Coutts and the mandate is that all cheques must be signed by a minimum of two Trustees.
The Trustees are all mature business people. Should a requirement arise in the future for new Trustees, a planned induction programme would be put in place. Communications and items of information from the Charity Commission are passed on to the Trustees as appropriate in order to keep them up to date.
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## **TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORT AT 5 APRIL 2025**
All matters of policy and management of the Charity are determined by annual meetings of the Trustees and correspondence carried out throughout the year, as required.
## **Objectives and Activities**
The Trustees confirm they are fully aware of the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Trust's aims and objectives by providing donations to various charities and individuals.
The Trustees are able to make grants to whomever they wish. However, in line with the wishes of Mrs Doreen Murray Green, they favour making grants to the inhabitants of Wombourne and the surrounding district who are in need of housing or who were denied a good education through no fault of their own.
When suitable beneficiaries meeting the above requirements are not identified, the Trustees review applications from charities, who are invited to make applications and, from these applications, the Trustees select charities which the Trustees feel could benefit from additional funding. Applications for funding from individuals are also considered. The Trust Solicitor is always available by letter and/or telephone to give information and advice.
During the year ended 5 April 2025 the Trustees' continued to assist a Wombourne special needs Charity by covering the cost of a new boiler. They also continued to provide quarterly distributions to another local Wombourne children's charity to meet rental committments on their building, out of which services to children and their families are being provided. The Charity also provided funds for a local school and also continued their committment to benefit the Wombourne community and surrounding area with donations to local foodbanks.
## **Achievements and Performance**
The Trust, in the year ended 5 April 2025, gave financial assistance to charities, organisations and individuals totalling £22,678
## **Financial Review**
The Trustees continually review the performance of the Trust's Investments and their expenditure, balancing the latter against the need to keep capital balances. Full details of all bank balances are reviewed at the annual meetings of the Trustees and are continually monitored by the Trust Solicitors.
## **Investment Policy**
The Trustees' Policy on investment is that no one asset should represent more than 10% of the overall Trust Fund in order to maintain flexibility in case of the need for diversification. The investments should generally be marketable. The investment policy is medium risk over the long term. There are ethical investment constraints namely no investment within tobacco stocks or manufacturers of controversal weapons (cluster munitions and nuclear warheads). The Trustees have adopted an investment policy utilising the following benchmarks:-
|**Medium Risk Investment Strategy**
UK Government Bonds
UK Corporate Bonds
**Fixed Interest**
UK
Overseas
**Total Equities**
**Alternatives (incl. Property)**
Cash|**Benchmark Indices**
iBoxx £ UK Gilts
IBoxx Sterling Corporates
MSCI UK IMI
MSCI AC World Ex UK
Bank of England Base
50% iBoxx £ Gilt 1-5 years / 50% MSCI AC
WorldIndex*|12.00%
5.50%
**Asset**|17.50%
70.00%
10.00%
2.50%
**Allocation**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||25.00%
45.00%||
|||||
||||100%|
Additionally, the Investment Portfolio is under regular review with the Trust Investment Managers to ensure ongoing diversification with good income yields and prospects of capital appreciation.
## **Reserves Policy**
The Trustees have set a Reserves Policy which requires that reserves be maintained at a level which ensures that the Charity's core activity could continue during a period of unforeseen difficulty, that a proportion of reserves be maintained in a readily realisable form and the calculation of the required level of reserves is an integral part of the Charity's planning, budget and forecast cycle.
The Reserves Policy takes into account risks associated with each stream of income and expenditure being different from that budgeted, planned activity levels and the Charity's commitments.
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## **TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORT AT 5 APRIL 2025**
## **Public Benefit**
The Trustees have considered the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on "Charities and Public Benefit".
## **Plans for the Future**
The Trustees continue to seek to identify organisations and individuals in the Wombourne area who could benefit from financial assistance from the Charity but have been able do identify a core group of 5 local organisations within the Wombourne area who the Trustees hope to continue supporting.
## **Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities**
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and receipts and payments accounts.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and enable them to ensure that Financial Statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the Trust Deed. They are responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions
## **Review of Major Risks:**
The Trustees confirm that the major risks to which the charity is exposed, as identified by the Trustees, have been reviewed and systems have been established to mitigate those risks.
## **Approved by the Trustees and Signed By:**
## **Mrs Camilla Frances Parker Cunningham, Trustee**
## **Mrs Virginia Margaret Boulton, Trustee**
Dated
2025
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## **Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 5 April 2025**
|**2024**
**£**
**Receipts**
**Income Receipts**
26,313
Dividends and Interest on Investments Investments
218
Accrued Interest Receivable/ -Payable
Deposit Interest
266
Coutts Business Reserve Account (gross)
59
Quilter USD Income Account
19
Quilter Euro Income Account
761
Quilter GBP Income Account
-
Shakespeares Client Account (gross)
27,637
**Asset and Investment Receipts**
929,641
Proceeds of Disposals of Investments
117
Net Foreign Exchange Receipts
3,028
Equalisation Payments
0
Cash for Fractions
100
Quilter Ex Gratia Payment
932,886
**960,522**
**Total Incoming Resources**
**Expenditure on Charitable Activities**
932,505
**Investments Purchased**
**Donations**
2,421
Donations 2022/23
21,010
Donations 2023/24
Donations 2024/25
23,431
**Governance Costs**
16,285
ShakespeareMartineau Administration Charges 2022/23
3,257
VAT
25,291
ShakespeareMartineau Administration Charges 2023/24
5,058
VAT
-
ShakespeareMartineau Administration Charges 2024/25
-
VAT
5,240
Quilter Cheviot Investment Management Fees
1,048
VAT
20
-
Quilter Cheviout Admin Charge
488
Coutts Banking and Overdraft Fees
500
Sally Reeves Independent Examiner Fee 23/24
**Adjustments**
151
Foreign Exchange Losses
57,298
**Less**
671
Donations Unpaid 22/23
9,510
Donations Unpaid 23/24
-
Accrued ShakespeareMartineau Fees
500
Accrued Sally Reeves Independent Examiner Fee
4.21
Accrued Fees Quilter
10,685
**1,002,548**
**Net Expenditure for the Year**
42,026
-
**Net Receipts for the Year**
52,663
**Total Bank and Client Account Balance as at 5 April 2024**
**10,637**
**Total Bank and Client Account Balances as at 5 April 2025**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds and**
**Total Funds**|**2025**
**£**
28.34
-
-
-
-
28,200.00
-
6.65
-
-
4,510.00
18,168.00
-
-
4,449.00
889.80
20,988.50
4,197.70
16.40
-
20.00
502.17
1,000.00
0.21
-
-
-
-
-|**2025**
**£**
29,139.18
-
83.62
28.34
**Unrestricted**
**Funds and**
**Total Funds**|
|---|---|---|
|||**29,251.14**
**28,206.65**|
|||**57,457.79**
**2,500.00**
**22,678.00**
**32,063.78**
**-**|
|||**57,241.78**|
|||**216.01**
10,636.71|
|||**10,852.72**
**£**|
All income and expenditure relates to continuing activities.
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## **Statements of Assets and Liabilities Report at 5 April 2025**
|**2024**
**£**
**Investments (at cost)**
883,319
Market Value 5 April 2025: £885,951
**Cash at Banks and In Hand**
3,373
Quilter GBP Capital Account
0
Quilter GBP Income Account
-
Quilter USD Capital Account
5
Quilter USD Income Account
-
Quilter Euro Capital Account
671
5,000
Coutts Current Account
1,588
Coutts Business Reserve Account
-
Accrued Dividends Not Received in the Year
-
Cash in transit
**893,955**
**Liabilities: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
671
Donations approved but not paid 22/23
Donations approved but not paid 23/24
9,510
Donations approved but not paid in the year
500
Sally Reeves Independent Examiner Fee 24/25
-
Shakespeare Martineau fees accrued but not paid
**10,681**
883,275
**Unrestricted Funds of the Funds of the Charity**
These Financial Statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on the
Shakespeares Client Account|**2025**
**£**
884.15
-
-
-
-
670.59
5,000.00
4,297.98
-
-
5,000.00
500.00
-|**2025**
**£**
859,876.24
**10,852.72**|
|---|---|---|
|||**870,728.96**
**£**
5,500.00|
|||**5,500.00**
**£**|
|||**865,228.96**
**£**
2025|
**Mrs Camilla Frances Parker Cunningham, Trustee**
**Mrs Virginia Margaret Boulton, Trustee**
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## **Notes to the Acounts for the Year Ended 5 April 2025**
## **1. Accounting Policies**
## **1.1 Fund Accounting**
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.
## **1.2 Related Parties**
Verity Kirby died 12th August 2025 and was acting as a Professional Trustee for the Charity and was a Partner of Shakespeare Martineau LLP up until her death. Shakespeare Martineau LLP has charged the Charity professional fees for admnistration services of £25,186 (2024 £30,348)
## **1.3 Trustees' Remuneration and Expenses**
No remuneration was paid to the Trustees and no expenses were paid to or on behalf of any Trustees for the period 2025 or the prior period 2024.
## **1.4 Staff Cost**
The Charity has no employees for the periods 2024 and 2025
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|**Income**|**Receipts**|**£**|||29,119.13|20.05|**29,139.18**
**£**||**-**
**£**||||**29,139.18**
**£**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Accumulated**|**Dividends**|**£**|||||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**|||||||||
|**Market Value**
**Unrealised**|**05-Apr-25**
**Gain/Loss**|**£**
**£**|||885,951
26,074.76||**885,951.00**
**£**
**26,074.76**
**£**||**Less Accumulated Dividends**||||**Net Receipts**|||||
|**Book Value**|**05-Apr-25**|**£**|||859,876.24||**859,876.24**
**£**|||||||||||
|**Nominal**|**05-Apr-25**||||802,491.927|||||||||||||
|**Profit/Loss**||**£**||1,658.74|605.52|-|**2,264.25**
**£**|||||||||||
|**Proceeds**||**£**||19,000.00|9,200.00||**28,200.00**
**£**|||||||||||
|**Cost of Sales**||**£**||17,341.26|8,594.48|-|**25,935.75**
**£**|||||||||||
|**Purchase**|**Cost/ Adj**|**£**|2,493.35||||**2,493.35**
**£**|||||||||||
|**Nominal**|**Bought/Sold**||2,196.837|16,183.986|8,020.924|||||||||||||
||||P|S|S|||||||||||||
|**Book Value**|**06-Apr-24**|**£**|883,318.64|||-|**883,318.64**
**£**|||||||||||
|**Description**|||Quilter Investors Ltd QC Global Inc & Growth Fund Units|||Samsung Electronica Co Gdr Each Rep 25 Com Stk KRWqoo (Reg S)|Totals|Notes|A = Accumulated Dividend|C = Capitalisation/Reorganiation|D = Demerger|E = Equalisation|F = Fraction|P = Purchase|R = Redemption|S = Sale|T = Transfer|
|**Nominal**|**06-Apr-23**||824,500.00|||5||||||||||||
**Kelmscot Charitable Trust Accounts For The Year Ended 5 April 2025**
|**Date**
**Detail**
Kingsway Church
Wombourne High School
WINGS March 2024
WINGS June/September 2024
WINGS December 2025
Kingsway Church
WINGS March 2025
High Flyers
**TOTAL DONATIONS**
Gravel Hill Surgery 23/24
**Note**
**High Flyers, August 2023 - October 2023 arrears provided in 2023/24 Accounts**
**DONATIONS**
**DONATIONS PLEDGED BUT NOT PAID**|**Paid in 2024/25**
**Amount**
**£**
1,260.00
1,500.00
1,750.00
3,500.00
1,750.00
2,000.00
1,750.00
9,168.00|
|---|---|
||**22,678.00**
**£**|
||5,000.00|
||**5,000.00**
**£**|
||**27,678.00**
**£**
**i**
**670.59**|
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## **Kelmscot Charitable Trust Accounts For The Year Ended 5 April 2025 SCHEDULE OF CUMULATIVE DONATIONS PLEDGED**
|**Organisation/Individual**
Abbeyfield Society
2016/17
Acorn Childrens' Hospice
2002/03
2008/09
Acorns Childrens' Hospice - Worcs Project
2002/03
Acorns Childrens' Hospice - Worcs Project
2003/04
Air Ambulance
2023/24
Allens Croft Early Years Foundation
2002/03
Alzheimer's Society
2011/12
Birmingham Childrens' Hospital
2002/03
2003/04
2005/06
Birmingham Institute for the Deaf
2003/04
Birmingham Mencap
2003/04
Blakeley Heath County Primary School
2002/03
2009/10
Blundell's School
2003/04
Breakthrough Breast Cancer
2002/03
2005/06
Breast Cancer Campaign
2002/03
Cherry Trees Special School
2002/03
2009/10
Christie Hospital
2006/07
County Holdings for Inner City Kids
2003/04
**Balance Carried Forward**
**Distribution**
**Period**|**£**
500.00
1,000.00
|**£**
1,000.00
1,500.00
2,500.00
2,000.00
500.00
1,500.00
4,000.00
500.00
1,000.00
1,500.00
500.00
3,000.00
500.00
2,500.00
4,000.00
1,000.00|
|---|---|---|
||1,500.00
1,000.00||
||1,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00||
||500.00
1,000.00||
||1,000.00
2,000.00||
||500.00
2,000.00||
||||
|||**27,500.00**|
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**Kelmscot Charitable Trust Accounts For The Year Ended 5 April 2025 SCHEDULE OF CUMULATIVE DONATIONS PLEDGED**
|**Balance Brought Forward**
DEC - Tsunami Appeal
2004/05
DEC - Asia Earthquake Appeal
2005/06
Deafblind UK
2002/03
Dreamakers
2009/10
The Ear Foundation
2003/04
EDT
2018/19
Endometriosis Trust
2006/07
The Extra Care Charitable Trust
2003/04
2005/06
2011/12
Foundation for Conductive Education
2002/03
2005/06
2008/09
2009/10
Fuel Bank Foundation
2022/23
Gravel Hill Surgery , Wombourne
The Guide Dogs for the Blind
2003/04
2008/09
2009/10
2019/20
Happy Days
2006/07
2009/10
Harvest Trust
2002/03
2003/04
High Flyers
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
Hope House The Banbury Childrens Hospice
2004/05
2005/06
Independent Age
2009/10
**Balance Carried Forward**|**£**
2,000.00
1,000.00|**£**
**27,500.00**
3,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
500.00
1,000.00
500.00
3,650.00
4,000.00
1,000.00
5,000.00
10,000.00
2,000.00
1,500.00
27,856.27
3,000.00
1,000.00|
|---|---|---|
||500.00
1,000.00
2,150.00||
||1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00||
||6,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00||
||1,000.00
1,000.00||
||1,000.00
500.00||
||1,564.71
2,682.36
2,682.36
2,682.36
2,682.36
894.12
1,000.00
4,500.00
9,168.00
2,000.00
1,000.00||
||||
|||**93,506.27**|
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**Kelmscot Charitable Trust Accounts For The Year Ended 5 April 2025 SCHEDULE OF CUMULATIVE DONATIONS PLEDGED**
|**Balance Brought Forward**
2008/09
2008/09
2018/19
2019/20
2022/23
2023/24
202345
Leonard Cheshire Disability
2016/17
Lifelites
2009/10
Lymph Vision Ltd
2022/23
Robert Lock
2012/13
2013/14
The Lost Gardens of Heligan
2002/03
MacMillan Cancer Support
2009/10
Midlands Air Ambulance
2016/17
2017/18
Mucopolysaccharide Diseases Society
2002/03
National Missing Persons Helpline
2003/04
NCH
2003/04
NICE
2016/17
NSPCC
2002/03
Mrs Sandra Pickett
2011/12
2008/09
Ludlow Ward
2005/06
High Dependency Unit
2005/06
Sunfield Childrens Home
2005/06
Motability
2005/06
Groundwork in Wolverhampton
2006/07
QE College
2009/10
Queen's College
2002/03
Rainbow Centre
2002/03
**Balance Carried Forward**
Katharine House Hospice
Kingsway Church
Princess Royal Trust
Rupert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic & District Hospital
Independent Age, West|**£**
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
2,760.00
2,000.00|**£**
**93,506.27**
1,000.00
1,000.00
7,760.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
895.00
12,111.55
1,000.00
1,000.00
3,500.00
500.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,500.00
3,000.00
9,500.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00|
|---|---|---|
||8,026.00
4,085.55||
||1,000.00
2,500.00||
||2,500.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
1,000.00
1,000.00||
||||
|||**145,272.82**|
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## **Kelmscot Charitable Trust Accounts For The Year Ended 5 April 2025 SCHEDULE OF CUMULATIVE DONATIONS PLEDGED**
|**Balance Brought Forward**
Royaly Voluntary Service
2018/19
Royal Wolverhampton Trust
2019/20
The Sequel Trust
2003/04
2009/10
Sightsavers
2009/10
Special Olympics
2002/03
St Anthony's Cheshire Home
2002/03
St Basil's
2002/03
2008/09
2009/10
St Benedicts Biscop C of E School
2002/03
2006/07
2011/12
2012/13
2016/17
St Giles Hospice
2009/10
St Mungos
2009/10
South Staffordshire Council for Voluntary Service
2002/03
South Staffordshire First Responders
2013/14
Starlight Childrens' Foundation
2003/04
Stratford-Upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls
2002/03
Support Staffordshire
2013/14
Support Dogs
2021/22
The Venerable Bede Church Hall
2002/03
VSO
2002/03
Westfield Community Primary School Wombourne
2002/03
2021/22
**Balance Carried Forward**|**£**
**£**
**145,272.82**
1,000.00
2,000.00
500.00
1,000.00
1,500.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
3,000.00
500.00
500.00
1,500.00
2,500.00
1,000.00
6,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
2,378.63
1,000.00
500.00
3,500.00
500.00
5,000.00
500.00
500.00
29,277.00
29,777.00|
|---|---|
||**207,928.45**|
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## **Kelmscot Charitable Trust Accounts For The Year Ended 5 April 2025 SCHEDULE OF CUMULATIVE DONATIONS PLEDGED**
|**Balance Brought Forward**
WINGS
2013/14
2014/15
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2023/25
Wolverhampton Grammar School
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2008/09
2014/15
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
Wolverhampton Girls High School
2013/14
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
The Wolverhampton NHS Trust Charity
2012/13
2016/17
Wombourne Children's Centre
2011/12
The Wombourne Games Trust
2011/12
Wombourne & Kinver Adult Education Centre
2011/12
Wombourne (Formerly Ounsdale) High School
2002/03
2011/12
Abbiss Schoolwear
2022/23
2023/24
Wombourne Village Hall
2022/23
WRVS New Cross Hospital
2012/13
**Total Cumulative Donations**|**£**
2,500.00
1,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
13,380.24
14,400.00
15,660.00
16,584.00
17,364.00
18,288.00
37,512.75
8,170.00
12,679.95
13,059.90
13,155.00
13,529.00
14,392.80
12,857.00
4,556.69|**£**
**207,928.45**
45,500.00
225,589.33
2,361.05
1,500.00
500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
3,750.00
100.00
500.00|
|---|---|---|
||850.00
133.45
358.45
1,019.15||
||500.00
1,000.00||
||500.00
1,500.00
250.00
1,500.00||
||||
|||**490,728.83**
**£**|
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