## THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST
**Trustees’ Report**
## **and Financial Statements**
for the year ended 31 December 2023
**Registered Charity Number 1102320**
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
## **THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **INDEX**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|**Charity information**|**1**|
|**Trustees’ report**|**2**|
|**Independent Auditor’s report**|**4**|
|**Statement of financial activities**|**7**|
|**Balance sheet**|**8**|
|**Statement of Cash Flows**|**9**|
|**Accounting policies**|**10**|
|**Notes to the financial statements**|**12**|
**THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST** FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
## **CHARITY INFORMATION**
## **Trustees**
Mr Christopher Banister Mr Huw Banister Ludlow Trust Company Limited
## **Principal office**
Ludlow Trust Company Limited Tower Wharf Cheese Lane Bristol BS2 0JJ
## **Registered charity number**
1102320
## **Independent Auditor**
Blue Spire Limited Cawley Priory South Pallant Chichester West Sussex PO19 1SY
## **Bankers and investment managers**
Coutts & Co 440 The Strand London WC2R 0QS
## **Solicitors**
TLT LLP One Redcliffe Street Bristol BS1 1TP
**Page 1**
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
## **THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT**
The trustees have pleasure in presenting their annual report for the purposes of the Charities Act 2011, together with the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” (FRS 102) in preparing the annual report and financial statements of the charity.
## **STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
The Banister Charitable Trust is a registered charity constituted under a trust deed dated 30 January 2004 and registered as a charity 25 February 2004.
The trust is controlled by the trustees (list provided on page 1). Trustees are appointed by the Trustees from time to time in accordance with sections 4.3 and 4.4 of the Trust Deed.
On agreeing to become a trustee of the charity, the trustees are thoroughly briefed by the existing co-trustees on the history of the trust, the day-to-day management, responsibilities of the trustees, the current objectives and future plans.
The charity is managed by the trustees, with all decisions taken by the trustees.
The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed. The trustees believe that by ensuring controls exist over key financial systems incorporating Coutts & Co’s systems and controls they have established effective systems to mitigate those risks.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
The charity’s objects are:
- a) to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment in the United Kingdom; and
- b) to further such other purpose or purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales in such manner as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion think fit.
The Trustees shall apply the income and, in their absolute discretion, the capital of the Trust in promoting the objects. In order to further the charity’s objects the Trustees’ apply the income and capital by making grants to charitable organisations for the public benefit. These grants are made to organisations whose core purposes meet the charity’s objects and the trustees consider in making these grants the charity is fulfilling its aims.
In determining how the charity should pursue its objects, the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit.
## **ACHIEVEMENTS, PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL REVIEW**
During the year under review the charity made grants in furtherance of the objects amounting to £3,444,982 (2022: £6,182,870). Applications must be made in writing setting out the project details and either the budgeted cost or the amount being requested. The trustees pledge funds based on the relevance to the trust’s aims and the benefit to the environment.
Overall the charity had a deficit for the year of £3,389,670 (2022 deficit: £6,052,608) before net gains on investments of £144,068 (2022 losses: £1,164,872) giving an overall decrease in funds of £3,245,602 (2022 decrease: £7,214,480).
At 31 December 2023 the charity’s total funds amounted to £674,436 with reserves a deficit of £1,256,926. The deficit on free reserves at the balance sheet date arises due to the timing of the recognition of liabilities and the transfer of funds from the endowment fund. Given the availability of the expendable endowment fund the trustees do not consider that the charity needs to maintain any significant free reserves although they recognise that such reserves will arise from time to time.
The trustees have continued their investment policy of holding funds in a mix of fixed interest securities and equities to provide income and maintain capital.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
## **THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT**
## **FUNDRAISING STANDARDS**
The charity does carry out any fundraising activities from the public with grants made from income derived from capital and capital withdrawals.
## **PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS**
The trustees intend to continue the charity’s grant-making activity in furtherance of the charity’s objects from the available funds until closure.
## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England & Wales 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 charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
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 the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR**
During the year under review the charity exceeded the threshold for audit and appointed Blue Spire Limited as auditors to the charity. Blue Spire Limited have expressed their willingness to continue as auditors to the charity for subsequent financial years.
Approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf.
Joanne Spiceley on behalf of Ludlow Trust Company Limited Trustee
17 June 2024 Date
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**THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST**
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
## **INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT**
## **Independent Auditor’s Report to the Trustees of The Banister Charitable Trust**
## **Opinion**
We have audited the financial statements of The Banister Charitable Trust (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 significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 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 incoming resources and application of resources, 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 Charities Act 2011.
## **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.
## **Conclusions relating to going concern**
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
## **Other information**
The other information comprises the information included in the trustees’ report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. 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.
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 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.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
## **THE BANISTER CHARTITABLE TRUST**
## **INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT**
## **Matters on which we are required to report by exception**
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- the information given in the financial statements is inconsistent in any material respect with the trustees’ report; or
- sufficient accounting records have not been kept; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records; 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 trustees’ responsibilities, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of financial statements which 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**
We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with regulations made under section 154 of that Act.
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 these financial statements.
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. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
Based on our understanding of the Charity and the sector in which it operates, we identified that the principal laws and regulations that directly affect the financial statements to be the Charities Act 2011. We assessed the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our procedures on the related financial statement items.
As an investment funded grantmaker there is a limitation to areas which could have a material effect on amounts or disclosures in the financial statements. Auditing standards limit the required audit procedures to identify noncompliance with these laws and regulations to enquiry of the Trustees and other management and inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence if any.
Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:
- Enquiry of those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims and any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations;
- Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation
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**THE BANISTER CHARTITABLE TRUST**
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
## **INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT**
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the FRC's website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditors/auditassurance/auditor-s-responsibilities-for-the-audit-of-the-fi/description-of-the-auditor%E2%80%99s-responsibilitiesfor.This description forms part of our auditor’s report..
## **Use of our report**
This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity’s trustees 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 trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Blue Spire Limited, Statutory Auditor
Cawley Priory South Pallant Chichester West Sussex PO19 1SY
24 June 2024 Date
_Blue Spire Limited is eligible to act as an auditor in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006._
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## **THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST**
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
|**Note**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
Donations and legacies
**1**
Investments
**2**
**Total**
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Raising funds - Investment management fees
**3**
Charitable activities
**4**
**Total**
Net gains/(losses) on investment assets
**Net income/(expenditure)**
**Transfers between funds**
**12**
**Net movement in funds**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
**12**
**Total funds carried forward**
**12**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
-
93,930
93,930
-
3,474,626
3,474,626
-
(3,380,696)
4,399,025
1,018,329
(2,275,255)
(1,256,926)|**Endowment**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-
-
8,974
-
8,974
144,068
135,094
(4,399,025)
(4,263,931)
6,195,293
1,931,362|**2023**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
-
93,930
93,930
8,974
3,474,626
3,483,600
144,068
(3,245,602)
-
(3,245,602)
3,920,038
674,436|**2022**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
-
159,495|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||159,495|
|||||40,143
6,171,960|
|||||6,212,103|
|||||(1,164,872)|
|||||(7,217,480)
-|
|||||(7,217,480)
11,137,518|
|||||3,920,038|
None of the charity's activities were acquired or discontinued during the above two financial years.
The charity has no recognised gains or losses other than those dealt with in the statement of financial activities.
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## **THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST**
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|**Note**
**FIXED ASSETS**
Investments - managed funds
**9**
**Total fixed assets**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Cash at hand and in bank
**Total current assets**
**CURRENT LIABILITIES**
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
**10**
**Net current assets/(liabilities)**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year - grants payable
**Total assets/(liabilities)**
**THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY**
**Expendable endowment funds**
**12**
**Unrestricted funds**
**12**
**Total charity funds**|**£**
**£**
-
-
1,965,711
1,965,711
1,241,275
724,436
724,436
(50,000)
674,436
1,931,362
(1,256,926)
674,436
**2023**|**£**
**£**
5,161,788
5,161,788
763,098
763,098
1,910,161
(1,147,063)
4,014,725
(94,687)
3,920,038
6,195,293
(2,275,255)
3,920,038
**2022**|**£**
**£**
5,161,788
5,161,788
763,098
763,098
1,910,161
(1,147,063)
4,014,725
(94,687)
3,920,038
6,195,293
(2,275,255)
3,920,038
**2022**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||4,014,725
(94,687)|
||||3,920,038|
||||6,195,293
(2,275,255)|
||||3,920,038|
The accompanying notes form part of the financial statements.
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the trustees and signed on their behalf:
17 June 2024 Joanne Spiceley on behalf of Ludlow Trust Company Limited Date Trustee
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## **THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST**
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
## **STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS**
|**Note**
**£**
**£**
**Net cash flow from operating activities (see below)**
(4,197,173)
**Cash flow from investing activities**
Investment income
93,930
Payments to acquire investments
(376,971)
Receipts on sale of investments
5,682,827
**Net cash flow from investing activities**
5,399,786
**Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents**
1,202,613
**Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January**
763,098
**Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December**
1,965,711
**Cash and cash equivalents consist of:**
Cash at bank and in hand
1,965,711
**Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December**
1,965,711
**Reconciliation of net income to net cash flow from operating activities**
**£**
**£**
Net income
(3,245,602)
Adjusted for:
Investment income
(93,930)
Net (gains)/losses on investments
(144,068)
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
(713,573)
(951,571)
(4,197,173)
**2023**
**2023**|**£**
**£**
(5,253,140)
159,495
(6,026,857)
10,736,170
4,868,808
(384,332)
1,147,430
763,098
763,098
763,098
**£**
**£**
(7,217,480)
(159,495)
1,164,872
958,963
1,964,340
(5,253,140)
**2022**
**2022**|**£**
**£**
(5,253,140)
159,495
(6,026,857)
10,736,170
4,868,808
(384,332)
1,147,430
763,098
763,098
763,098
**£**
**£**
(7,217,480)
(159,495)
1,164,872
958,963
1,964,340
(5,253,140)
**2022**
**2022**|
|---|---|---|
|||(5,253,140)|
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**THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST** FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
## **ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **General information, scope and basis of the financial statements**
The Banister Charitable Trust is an unincorporated charity constituted under a trust deed. The address of the principal office is given in the reference and administrative details section and the nature of the charity’s operations and principal activities are given in the trustees' report.
The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. 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 in the UK and Republic of Ireland issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value. The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity and rounded to the nearest £.
The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all years presented unless otherwise stated.
## **Incoming resources**
All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when the charity is legally entitled to the income after any performance conditions have been met, the amount can be measured reliably and it is probable that the income will be received.
Investment income is earned through holding assets for investment purposes such as shares. It includes dividends and interest. Where it is not practicable to identify investment management costs incurred within a scheme with reasonable accuracy the investment income is reported net of these costs. It is included when the amount can be measured reliably. Interest income is recognised using the effective interest method and dividend and rent income is recognised as the charity’s right to receive payment is established.
## **Resources expended**
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Expenditure is recognised where there is a legal or constructive obligation to make payments to third parties, it is probable that the settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. It is categorised under the following expenditure headings:
● Raising funds; these include investment management fees charged by the charity's investment managers
● Charitable activities; these include grants to third parties and the costs of administering the charity inclusive of governance costs
Grants payable to third parties are within the charitable objectives. Where unconditional grants are offered, this is accrued as soon as the recipient is notified of the grant, as this gives rise to a reasonable expectation that the recipient will receive the grants. Where grants are conditional relating to performance then the grant is only accrued when any unfulfilled conditions are outside of the control of the charity.
Support and governance costs are those that assist the work of the charity but do not directly represent charitable activities. They are incurred directly in support of expenditure on the objects of the charity. Governance costs are those incurred in the governance of the charity and primarily associated with the constitution and statutory requirements.
## **VAT**
The charity is not registered for VAT and is unable to recover VAT incurred. On this basis costs are recorded inclusive of VAT within the SOFA.
## **Taxation**
The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in sections 521 to 536 Income Tax Act 2007 (ITA 2007), as such no income tax is payable on the charity's activities.
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**THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST** FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
## **ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Investments**
Investments are recognised initially at fair value which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs. Subsequently, they are measured at fair value with changes recognised in ‘net gains / (losses) on investments’ in the SoFA if the shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably. Other investments are measured at cost less impairment.
Where investments are denominated in currencies other than Sterling, transactions are translated at the rate prevailing at the date of the transaction and year end values are calculated using the exchange rate prevailing at the year end.
## _Investments held in foreign currencies_
Where investment assets are held in a foreign currency they are translated at the prevailing rate at the balance sheet date and any gain/loss on exchange rate movements is included in the statement of financial activities in the other recognised gains and losses section.
## **Debtors receivable and creditors payable within one year**
Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in expenditure.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted income funds 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.
Expendable endowment funds are those which are required to be invested to produce income but which may be transferred to unrestricted funds at the discretion of the trustees in order that they may be expended in furtherance of the charity's objectives.
## **Going concern**
At the time of signing these financial statements the trustees are undertaking the process of winding down the charity for closure. No adjustments were required to these financial statements in respect of the planned closure.
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## **THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST**
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **1. Donations and legacies**
|**1. Donations and legacies**|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Legacies|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-|**Endowment**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-|**2023**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-|**Endowment**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-|**2022**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
-|
|||||||-|
## **2. Investment income**
|**2. Investment income**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
Income from investments
65,621
Interest on cash deposits
28,309
93,930
**3. Raising funds - investment management charges**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
Fees paid to investment managers
-
-|**Endowment**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-
-
**Endowment**
**Funds**
**£**
8,974
8,974|**2023**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
65,621
28,309
93,930
**2023**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
8,974
8,974|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
156,779
2,716
159,495
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-|**Endowment**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-
-
**Endowment**
**Funds**
**£**
40,143
40,143|**2022**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
156,779
2,716|
||||||159,495|
||||||**2022**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
40,143|
||||||40,143|
## **4. Charitable activities**
|Grants (see note 5)
Grants written back
Administrative services
Governance costs (see note 6)|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
3,444,982
-
27,544
2,100
3,474,626|**Endowment**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-|**2023**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
3,444,982
-
27,544
2,100
3,474,626|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
6,182,870
(50,000)
36,990
2,100
6,171,960|**Endowment**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-|**2022**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
6,182,870
(50,000)
36,990
2,100|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||6,171,960|
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## **THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST**
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **5. Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment**
|Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Trust
Avon Wildlife Trust
Yr1 2023
Avon Wildlife Trust
Yr2 2024
Beaver Trust
Becks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust
Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Cheshire Wildlife Trust: Green Booth Farm
Conservation Education & Research Trust
Cornwall Heritage Trust
Cornwall Wildlife Trust
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
Durham Wildlife Trust
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Earthwatch Europe
Embercombe Community Garden & Orchard
Fields in Trust
Friends of Ham Hill
Groundwork North
Groundwork South
Histon & Impington Green Spa
Kyle Of Sutherland Fisheries Trust
Letcombe Brook Project
London Wildlife Trust
Langdyke Countryside Trust
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Norfolk Wildlife Trust
North Wales Wildlife Trust
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
Pembrokeshire Coast Charitable Trust
Pembrokeshire Coast Charitable Trust
Pembrokeshire Coast Charitable Trust
Plantlife International - The Wild Plant Conservation Trust
Radnorshire Wildlife Trust
RSPB Abernethy Tractor Purchase
RSPB Barons Haugh
RSPB Bempton Cliffs
RSPB Cronberry Farm
RSPB Franchise Lodge
RSPB Greylake
RSPB Hassinham Marshes
RSPB Haweswater
RSPB Lynden Valley
RSPB Northward Hill
RSPB Northern Ireland
RSPB Scotland
RSPB Scotland: Movern Tree Nursery
RSPB Sedgemoor
RSPB Vyrnwy
Yr1 2023
RSPB Vyrnwy
Yr2 2024
RSPB Wales
RSPB Wallasea Island
RSPB Wast Neap, Yell, Shetland
Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust
Sheffield Wildlife Trust
_Carried forward_|**2023**
**£**
50,000
25,000
25,000
10,000
-
-
167,000
30,000
-
85,000
-
293,500
-
-
-
-
-
-
14,994
-
12,500
-
-
8,960
63,050
75,000
214,000
-
-
Yr1 2022
-
Yr2 2023
-
Yr3 2024
10,000
150,000
-
-
150,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
130,000
-
150,000
-
-
25,000
25,000
21,600
-
-
65,000
90,000
_1,890,604_|**2022**
**£**
166,330
-
-
-
36,268
20,000
-
-
19,942
390,000
27,050
-
5,000
30,000
15,732
40,000
11,500
5,000
-
50,000
-
2,000
5,000
-
-
175,000
-
25,800
10,000
10,000
10,000
-
150,000
47,700
42,088
-
50,000
135,000
46,500
90,000
30,000
50,000
-
100,000
50,000
43,000
55,000
-
-
-
22,000
39,000
-
-|
|---|---|---|
|||_2,004,910_|
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## **THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST**
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
|**5. Grants - to institutions to promote the **|**5. Grants - to institutions to promote the **|**conservation, protection **|**conservation, protection **|**and improvement of the physical and **|**and improvement of the physical and **|**and improvement of the physical and **|**natural **|**environment**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**_continued_**|||||||||
||||||**2023**|||**2022**|
||||||**£**|||**£**|
|_Brought forwad_|||||_1,890,604_|||_2,004,910_|
|Shropshire Wildlife Trust|||||278,000|||-|
|Somerset Wildlands|||||100,000|||-|
|Somerset Wildlife Trust: Avalon Marshes|||||150,000|||-|
|Somerset Wildlife Trust: The Honeygar Project|||||-|||100,000|
|South Downs National Park Trust|||||18,000|||18,000|
|Suffolk Wildlife Trust: Market Westen Fen|||||-|||198,910|
|Suffolk Wildlife Trust: Martlesham Wilds Nature||Reserve|||185,878|||-|
|Surrey Wildlife Trust|||||10,000|||10,000|
|The Heart of England Forest|||||-|||25,000|
|The Landmark Trust||||Yr1 2023|25,000|||-|
|The Landmark Trust||||Yr2 2024|25,000|||-|
|The Landmark Trust||||Yr3 2025|25,000|||-|
|The Open University (Weston Open Living|Lab)||||-|||30,000|
|The Parks Foundation|||||-|||3,000|
|The Springhead Trust Limited|||||7,500|||-|
|The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire|||||97,500|||242,000|
|The Woodland Trust|||||500,000|||-|
|The Woodland Trust: Green Farm, Thompson, Thetford|||||-|||1,000,000|
|The Woodland Trust: Snaizeholme|||||-|||1,700,000|
|The Yorshire Dales Millenium Trust|||||50,000|||-|
|West Horsley Place Trust|||||5,000|||-|
|Wilts & Berks Canal Trust|||||-|||20,000|
|Wiltshire Wildlife Trust|||||-|||510,700|
|Wilderness Foundation UK|||||77,500|||-|
|Worcestershire Wildlife Trust|||||-|||95,350|
|Worcestershire Wildlife Trust|||||-|||225,000|
||||||3,444,982|||6,182,870|
|**6. Governance Costs**|||||||||
|||||**2023**||||**2022**|
||**Unrestricted**||**Endowment**|**Total**|**Unrestricted**|**Endowment**||**Total**|
||**Funds**||**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**||**Funds**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|
|Independent auditor's fees||2,100|-|2,100|2,100||-|2,100|
|||2,100|-|2,100|2,100||-|2,100|
|**7. Examiner's and Auditor's remuneration**|||||||||
|||||**2023**||||**2022**|
||**Unrestricted**||**Endowment**|**Total**|**Unrestricted**|**Endowment**||**Total**|
||**Funds**||**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**||**Funds**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|
|Auditor's fees - audit||2,100|-|2,100|2,100||-|2,100|
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## **THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST**
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **8. Related party transactions**
Ludlow Trust Company Limited, a trustee, were paid fees for administrative services amounting to £27,544 (2022: £36,990) during the year, as shown in note 4. These fees are authorised under section 6 of the trust deed.
The charity has no employees, with all administration being carried out by the trustees.
No trustees received remuneration nor expenses in the year under review or the comparative year.
## **9. Fixed asset investments - managed funds**
|**9. Fixed asset investments - managed funds**|||
|---|---|---|
|Market value brought forward
Additions at cost
Disposals at carrying value
Gain/(Loss) on revaluation
Market value carried forward
Asset distribution:
Listed investments
Net gains/(losses) on investments:
Unrealised gain/(loss) on investments
Realised gain/(loss) on investments|**2023**
**£**
5,161,788
376,971
(5,387,620)
(151,139)
-
-
-
(151,139)
295,207
144,068|**2022**
**£**
11,035,973
6,026,857
(11,719,122)
(181,920)|
|||5,161,788|
|||5,161,788|
|||5,161,788|
|||(181,920)
(982,952)|
|||(1,164,872)|
## **10. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
|Accruals - Auditors remuneration
Accruals - management fees
Accruals - administrative services
Accruals - grants payable|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
2,100
-
5,988
1,233,187
1,241,275|**Endowment**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-|**2023**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
2,100
-
5,988
1,233,187
1,241,275|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
2,100
-
8,813
1,891,987
1,902,900|**Endowment**
**Funds**
**£**
-
7,261
-
-
7,261|**2022**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
2,100
7,261
8,813
1,891,987|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||1,910,161|
## **11. Analysis of net assets between funds**
|Fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Non-current liabilities|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
-
34,349
(1,241,275)
(50,000)
(1,256,926)|**Endowment**
**Funds**
**£**
-
1,931,362
-
-
1,931,362|**2023**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
-
1,965,711
(1,241,275)
(50,000)
674,436|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
-
(277,668)
(1,902,900)
(94,687)
(2,275,255)|**Endowment**
**Funds**
**£**
5,161,788
1,040,766
(7,261)
-
6,195,293|**2022**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
5,161,788
763,098
(1,910,161)
(94,687)|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||3,920,038|
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## **THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST**
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **12. Analysis of net movements in funds**
|Total funds brought forward
Total incoming resources
Total resources expended
Gains/(losses) on investments
Transfers between funds
Total funds carried forward|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
(2,275,255)
93,930
(3,474,626)
-
4,399,025
(1,256,926)|**Endowment**
**Funds**
**£**
6,195,293
-
(8,974)
144,068
(4,399,025)
1,931,362|**2023**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
3,920,038
93,930
(3,483,600)
144,068
-
674,436|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
(926,033)
159,495
(6,171,960)
-
4,663,243
(2,275,255)|**Endowment**
**Funds**
**£**
12,063,551
-
(40,143)
(1,164,872)
(4,663,243)
6,195,293|**2022**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
11,137,518
159,495
(6,212,103)
(1,164,872)
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||3,920,038|
The transfer of funds from the expendable endowment fund to unrestricted general fund was implemented by the trustees in order to provide resources for grant awards in furtherance of the charity's objectives as authorised by clause 2.3 of the trust deed.
## **13. Financial instruments**
The carrying amounts of the charity's financial instruments are as follows:
|_Financial assets_
Measured at fair value through net income/(expenditure):
Fixed asset investments|**2023**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-|**2022**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
5,161,788|
|---|---|---|
|||5,161,788|
The income, expense, net gains and net losses attributable to the charity's financial instruments are summarised as follows:
|_Income and expense_
Financial assets measured at fair value through net income/(expenditure)
Investment income
Investment management fees
_Net gains and losses (including changes In fair value)_
Financial assets measured at fair value through net income/(expenditure)
Net gains/(losses) on investments|**2023**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
65,621
(8,974)
56,647
144,068
144,068|**2022**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
156,779
(40,143)|
|---|---|---|
|||116,636|
|||(1,164,872)|
|||(1,164,872)|
Fixed asset investments are held at fair value with valuations obtained by reference to market prices from the appropriate stock exchange, bid prices and last traded prices where applicable.
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## **THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST**
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **14. Comparative statement of financial activities**
|**Note**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
Donations and legacies
**1**
Investments
**2**
**Total**
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Raising funds - Investment management fees
**3**
Charitable activities
**4**
**Total**
Net gains/(losses) on investment assets
**Net income/(expenditure)**
**Transfers between funds**
**12**
**Net movement in funds**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
**12**
**Total funds carried forward**
**12**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
-
159,495
159,495
-
6,171,960
6,171,960
-
(6,012,465)
4,663,243
(1,349,222)
(926,033)
(2,275,255)|**Endowment**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-
-
40,143
-
40,143
(1,164,872)
(1,205,015)
(4,663,243)
(5,868,258)
12,063,551
6,195,293|**2022**
**Total**
**Funds**
**£**
-
159,495|
|---|---|---|---|
||||159,495|
||||40,143
6,171,960|
||||6,212,103|
||||(1,164,872)|
||||(7,217,480)
-|
||||(7,217,480)
11,137,518|
||||3,920,038|
None of the charity's activities were acquired or discontinued during the above two financial years.
The charity has no recognised gains or losses other than those dealt with in the statement of financial activities.
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