Clwity rwtrakn rAThb8r. 11026TT
The Christie Archive Trust
AnwwJal Rewrt NnatK¢al Statements
forth8 Year EThJ8d 31 Aug￿1 2tr25
WESTCOTTS
ACCQUMTAMr*
IU51NÉSS AtsviS¢*S

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Contents Icontlnugd)
Rele￿￿ AdmknLstrabve Delals
2to3
Exarninerfs RerK*1
Statement offina￿la1 AcMe8
Notes to the Finarwl Statemerts
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The Christie ArGhive Tn￿*
Reference and Mmlnlstratlve Detalls
Tru•t•
Jamos Prithard
John MaUo%Ydn
NvJg1 James Wc418n
Chafity R•9lstratlon NumbBr 1102677
Principal Offi¢•
At Hthrside
67 Terra
T¢xquay
TQI 1DP
Ind•p•r￿t Ex•mlnar
Ihlest(otts ISWI LLP
47 8(MrttM)rt SIT8et
11SQ
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The Christie Archivè Trusl
Truslees. Report
The tnjstees pre58nt thg ann￿￿ *ith the financaa statements ofthe Chanty for the >*ar
end￿ 31 August 2025.
ObJ•¢tivM •cti¥ities
ObJ¢¢ts •nd•lms
The main wrwk8e of the Charity to prolect ￿ F¥pserve Ihe aTthTr18s of Agatha ChrisI8 ar￿ the
literary herltage assoaated wilh the same Irm Ihe educat￿ atyj bwfft of lh8 Publ￿ aThJ th8 nknn.
Publie b•n•fft
In pLanning for th8 Far. th8 Truste8s k•pt kn nwnd thg Chanty Conwnission
guidan¢* on wblic benefit
The trus188s confirm that ty have DJryk8d the ￿￿￿r￿ntS of sKtN)n 17 of the Charits¢s Act
2011 to have due regard tr* benefft by the Chanty Cunrni55ion for
ENJland and Wales.
Flnon¢lal re¥
During the lear tharity ITh￿1¢ lot4ing £25.589121r24: £8.3981.
Expendth totsw £22,62612024.. £22.1211.
As at 31 August 2025 unresthct•J r8serves at £91.167 12024: £88.2041.
Polky r•sor
The Trustees meet regulaty (xThK18r the level of reseNe8 n8*Jad to cover antiapated lulure
ewditure. Th8y conshy￿ that the ￿rrent K8vel oftysep¥es is adewat•.
Going concgm
After maknng appyopriate ewuirie&, the TNstees ha¥e a reascm8tA8 expectstion that the Charity ha5
adequate re50urc8S to conbr#* in operationd 8￿Sten￿ for the foreseeab￿ ftlttJ￿. For ttw5 toason,
they cx)ntsnu8 to ai*)pt Ihè g(rfr￿ Conc￿ bèsi8 in wEpari￿ lh8 finarKial statements. Further detaiL8
arding th8 adoplx)n of Ihe wirKJ oyKern ba￿S can be fwThY in th8 *x¥)untiNJ Wri8S.
Nature ofgov8ming do¢um¢ftt
The Christi8 Tru51 ffj govemed by a Trust Lkny dated 1 De￿ntsT 2W3 a5 amended by
supplemental Deed datsd 22 FetKuary 2(KJ4. 11 15 registered wrilh th? Chwity c￿MiSsion (number
11026771.
Th8 manag81T￿rt of the Charity the reswMs*AIIty of the TTU5tees wh) are 81ectwJ wpted
und8r the terrns of the Tnjst deed.

Thè Chrfstle Archlve Trust
TTustsg5' Report (contlnued)
Statement of Trustees. R8sponslbi1011•s
The trustees arè reSFK)nS￿8 for preparing ts tnÈ5t88s' repMMI arKJ ts fiTrar￿i￿ statements ts)
ac¢c*dance with th8 Uniied ￿ngdorn Accwnting Stwthrd8 {United Kiwkni G8nerally ALYXPted
Accounting Pra6￿ce) and law and reg￿th"On$.
The law applicable to charities requires th8 ￿SleeS trJ prep3rp financsal ststements for financial
year which give 8 tnje and far of the state of affairs of Ih8 tharrty aTha of th8 inwming resourcts
and ap￿1¢a￿On of resour￿ dth8 d￿rIty for Ihat pwl. In wepariry these finanrja statements, the
trustees are required to."
Se￿Ct $uitaA8 accountirvJ arK1 kn apr￿ Ih8m conststw)ty.
obs8rv8 tha motfwjls and wirKaples in lh8 Chaiil*s s(￿..
makejudgefflenls and e5tirnates Ij￿ are reasonab￿ and wud*iL
state wh8th8r a[P(thb￿ a¢(￿ntry standard5 hwe been fdlow8d. 5ubi&ct to any matsrial
departures di8dosed exrAained in the fina[￿￿ stat￿￿." and
p￿pare the financial ststernents ￿ the wr¥J ￿Cern bssi5 unkss it i8 inapprowale to P￿SL￿ne
that lh& tharity ￿11 1X￿tinU8 in Lw1￿55.
Th8 Iruste85 a￿ restw)nsible for keeFary woper (gr￿8 that dis(*)se with reasona￿e
sccuracy at any line Ihe financiJ of the dwnty and enatAe Ihem to ensure trat the fin8nual
staternents cornpty the Charities Act 2011. Ihe char￿e$ (Accounts aryj ReFX)rtsl Rew18￿n$
2(M)8, and th8 prowsths ol the c0nstibjtK￿. Th8 trustees a￿ resp￿ble for safeguarding th8
assets of the charity and hence ts lakiThJ rea50nabl8 St￿$ for pY8vention and deteG*cffi of fraud
oth8r iff8gulariti8&
The trusiees are responsible for the manienarKe arKI integnty of th8 (XTV)rate and thn8nual
infO￿atrIn included on the tharitable companls ￿bsite. LegLsktion gwemirwJ the p￿paratIOn arKI
di8seminats)n Offina￿al statements may differfrom in 0therjurisdKtsr￿.
29 Jun 2026
The annual rep)rt ¥￿8 8rvov8d ty Ihe irustees d Ihe rlwity on ................
behaff ty.
and s¥￿￿J on rfs

The Christie Archive Twst
Independent ExamineVs R•port to the trustees of The Chrlstle Archive Trust
I report to the trnslees on my axamimkn ￿ the ￿nts of ￿ Chnsb8 Trust for 5wr
endtyj 31 August 2025.
Respon5rbilities and bo$1$ of r•wt
As thg charity trnstee5 of Thè Christhe Arthi¥e Trust Jyxb we respwbb8 for prEparal¥y) cl lh8
acAxJunts in arA￿Kdar￿e I￿1h the re4uirements rrfthe Chwrbes Pd 3)111ts A£t'l.
I r8POrt in reS￿¢t of my 8xamination of the Tl* Chrtstie Arthive Tru5f$ &￿nts CA ￿led oul under
seci¥)n 145 of th¥ 2011 Aca and in G8rrwng tyjt my examination I h8¥8 fc4k)**d all the arplicab
Diredions gwen by the Charity Comrr*&s*)n ur¥J8r section 145(5Xbl of the Act.
Indopend•nt ststeThTht
I have o)mpleted my exarniTration. l 0￿fim7 Ihal ￿ material mallers have come to rny attenuon In
conne¢b"on with th8 examinab.on givirvJ me cause io b*¥e thal in any matthia r8spert
1. 8cwJnting r•¢0￿$ we not kept in resW otThe CM"sb"e AJthNe Tn￿ a5 required by sect
130 of the Act.. or
3. the at￿nts th) not wth lh8 ￿J￿nti￿) req￿rements corK8miw¥J ts Icrn and contsnt of
accounts Set out in the ch￿l￿eS (Acts￿[￿ ar#J Rw)rtsl Regulati￿5 2(X)8 other than any
r8quirem8vt that Ihtr acx)xJntS gNe a Irue aThl lar Trat a matter cOrns￿er8d 8s part
of an indyryjent examlnabon.
I have no COn￿M$ have com8 acrD55 Th) other matters n conn8CtiM %Wth the eXa￿nat￿n to
vthith attention shoukl be drawn n Ihi5 rgport ￿ o￿ler to 8naL48 a PTW ￿der$￿TraIng of Ihe
accounts to be re￿he￿.
Calhefflne Wlliam5 FCA DCI
Independent Examiner
Westcots ISWI LLP
47 8outpNI Street
Barnstr￿&
EX31 1SQ

The Christie Archive Trust
Statement of Flnancial Actlvlties for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Tolal
2025
Total
2024
Income and Endovm*rts from:
Chanlable activty8S
Investm&￿ inco
25.222
367
25,222
Totsl irKt*))e
25.589
25.589
8.398
Expendlture on-.
Charitable acovrf
122.6261
rL.626
122.1211
Total 8xpenditu
22.626
22.626
22.121
N8t IncCrfr￿(exPerM1itUreI
13.7231
N8t movern8nt in fuTrts
113.7231
R•Gon¢lr*llon olfvnds
Total f￿￿1$ br￿￿1 foThvard
101.927
Totsl fonv8rd
13
91.167
91,167
88.204
The fu￿15 brEak￿lM for 2024 i8 in 13.
The notes ￿ paw 7 to 12 fom) an integral F49rt of Ih85e finarvid stat￿1$.
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The Chrlstle Archiv8 Twst
(Regi$tratlon number: 1102677)
Balance Sheol as at 31 August 2025
25
Curr•nt assets
Debtors
Cash at bank and in
10
11
2.511
91.372
92
95,263
95.355
93,883
.716
Crpditorn: Pmounts falling duo withln on• y
12
7.151
91,167
88.204
Funds ofthe charity:
Unr•strl¢led Incorne fi￿d%
Unrestrictwj lunds
91,167
Total fvndg
13
91.167
88,204
. I slate￿ntS on page5 5 to 12 aFVD¥•J by ￿ In*. aThl lor issue on
.. and signed on their behalf by.
The notes Gffi 7 to 12 kn an intèJa wt ￿lhoSe finanrad stat￿￿n

Thè Chrlstle Archive Trust
Notes to the Financial Statemènts for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
1 *zcounting poll¢l¢s
stat•mont of comphanc•
The finanlyal 5tstements have I￿n prEparEd ￿ ac￿rdanCe wilh the sermj £dition of the Charrties
Statement ol Rerommend8d P￿ce iwed in Orknber 2019. the Financial Rawlmg Stsndaryj
applicab￿ ￿ tha United Kirydrmn and Rewthic of I￿￿9nd IFRS 1￿2} arK1 the Ch8ribe5 Act 2011.
Basls of preparatlon
The ChristiÈ Archive Trust meets definitN)n of a pubSc benefii ￿tity uTYJer FRS 102. The accounts
lfinanoal statements) have been weparwJ under th8 historical (Jjst conven1w)￿ with I￿rnS recogni5ed
at cost or transa(thon value unless otlwii8e staled in the rekvant rntelsl to these at(￿unts. The
fin8nL¥al ststwnents are wepar8d in sterfing lh8 funC￿nal ujrrerry of tho charity.
Going ¢on¢em
The trnsl88s con5idw that there are material unc*t￿ntieS aLwyJt the ch3fiWs abilty to o)ntinu8 as
going conc8rn.
Incorne and •ndowm•nts
In¥•$thignt Incorno
Di￿￿endS are rwnised ￿ce th8 divthThJ ha5 been ded*ed n0lihxbr￿ has been recwved of
the divklend du8.
Chatlt&ble actlwlll•s
l incorne is recognised (mr* ￿ Chathy has enbdement to il vs that the incorn•
11 b8 and the an￿Unt of irm rece￿￿ can be measured relW.
Expenditurn
AJI exp8nditure is rec(*jnL￿ Or￿ th8r8 is a or ¢￿Structive (*Jlytion lo Ihal expenditur8, it 15
probable 58tUetn8nt 15 required the arnourrt (an be measJJTEd rdiatAy. costs are aNrKated to
the apF4icatrAe 8xper¥Jiiure headiro that agjregate similar o)sts to that category. WhEre wsts ¢Annot
be direcuy attnbuied to partular headings they have been allcKated a ba&s CDnSiStent with the
use of resourc85, Wth central staff cosis alkx3ted on the bas¢5 of time spent, ar¥J depreciation
d)ar9Ès al￿￿￿ted ￿ lh8 FwJb"on ￿ the asset's use. Other sw?[￿ LY>sts a￿ alkx*J based on th8
5Ptead of Stsff costs.
Charttable activilles
CharitatAe expènditure compris85 those costs ir￿urred by the d)arity in the delNery of its 8Ctivities
and 58MC8s for its b8nefiuari8s. It indu¢J•s o)sts that can be allorat8d dir8dy to such acbmtles
and those costs of aa iTrJ*e¢t nature n8rAssary to suprAyt them.
Support Costs
Support ¢osts i￿ude central lunLton$ have been allLxAknY io a(XMty cost L￿gC￿leS on a ba$1$
consistent the use of re50WC8s. fDr example. (y)sts by Iljy areas, or
capit8, 5tsff costs by the tim8 Spent and otter (x)sts by tr￿1r usagp.

The Christie Arthive Trust
Notes to the Financlal Statements for the Year End•d 31 August 2025
(continued)
Taxatlon
The chanty i8 considered to Pas5 the tests set out in Paragraph 1 6 of the FinaKe Art 2010
and therefo￿ it meets th8 definit￿ of a tharitatrAe ￿ffipanY for UK rxlrrKrdti(￿ lax purposes.
Accordingly. Ihe charity is poient'aly exempt Irom taxation in respect of in¢orne or capital gains
receNed within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the CorrAKth"on Tax Act 2D10 w S8Ction
256 of Ihe TaxatH)n of Chargeable Gains Act 1932. to the exteni Ihat swh income or gains are
applied 8x￿51¥*1Y to ¢thwilable purposes.
cash and cash equbvalonts
Cash and cash equw8￿nts cornprise Lzsh on rAH deposits. and other short-temi highly
liquid investsments that are re*lity coywewith lo a kTh)wn amount of osh and suLieLI to an
InS￿n￿¢8rrt risk of value.
Fund $tructure
Unrestricted incomè ￿ndS are 98￿ra[ fvrvjs that are av*ble for use at Iwstees dIs(xe￿n in
further￿￿￿ of the ¢*J"ecbves of the tharity.
Financlal Instrurnents
Cla$sfflc81ion
Financial assets arKI f•)anoal liatr*"lth"es ar8 r8Lryni5eil the tharity b￿M&S a party to 1he
¢ontractual prowsv)ns of the instrurnenL
Finanaal liaknltbes afid equty instruments are da5sthed lo th8 sub5tanc6 of the (￿traC[ual
arrangements entered into. An ￿Ulty 1nstnJr￿nt 15 any ts)nlract that 8¥WJen￿ a res￿lUa1 interest in
the as5els of the thartty after deduthng all of its labiloies.
Recognilion andM￿s￿r•m*rtt
l financial assets and liabilib8s are ￿￿allY mfrasured at transacbm price linduding tran5a¢tion
costs). except fo¢ those finarKaa as58ts dassified as at la￿ vahje Ihrwgh profft or 105s, whith a
in￿alty measjred at fair value IwhK* no￿nalty tranwtion wice exduding transaction costs).
nles5 ts arrangwent con$bttJtes a fmanang transaction. If an arrang8ment ¢L￿$￿tU￿8 a finanang
transaction, th8 finanoal asset or financhgl fkgbilty 15 MtraSU￿ at Ihe present value of fiJtur8
payThents d￿COUnted at a market rats of intefest fora similar debt wthrrEnt.
Financial assets and liats'litTr85 we ￿trY offsei in Ihe 5taternent of finwKaal when. and only
when there exists a begaly enforceable nghl to set off the reCogn￿d amounts and th8 charity interts
either b) setue C￿ a net basis. rm to realise the asset and s&tlle th8 liaNty sinwttaneously.
Financial assets are dereo)gnised kn arnl only al the ￿tr￿jaI fghts to Ihe cash ffowE
from the finanoal asset expwe or are setmed. bl the charTty transfers to another party substsnti811y all
of the risks and reward5 of owneTthp of the financaal asset. or ¢1 the ctharity. d85Pite haviTrg ￿tain*
some. but not 4. ￿￿fficant risks aryj of ry*nwsh'p. ha5 transferred wntrrA of Ihe asset
another party.
F￿anCIal are dorecrynised onty ￿en ￿lgabon speufi8d in the witract is discharged,
cance18d or expir85.
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The Christie Axchive Trusl
Notes to the Financial Ststsments for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
(continued)
Unrestrl*d
fvnds
Total
2025
Roya￿eS
25,222
25.222
nds
Total
2024
Roya
8,398
8.398
3 Inv•stment Incorno
fvnds
General
Total
2025
Other Inte￿$t receNabl8
367
367
fund$
Total
2025
Charitable activitses
17.739
4,887
17,739
4.887
22,626
funds
Goneral
Totsl
2024
Charitat4e acfj.vit
k)cated suppNI tX¥S
15.438
6,683
15,438
6.683
22,121
22.121

The Chrlstle Archlve Trusl
NotOS to th8 Financlal Statsments for tho Year Ended 31 August 2025
(continued)
5 Anatysls of support eosts
Total
2025
Total
2024
Bank charges
Accountancy fees
Legal and professp￿1 feés
12251
1.170
3,942
4.887
225
4.390
6,683
6 Trust••s r¢rnun¢ratlon and oxp•nses
d￿rir￿ the year.
No trust￿ have ￿¢￿Ved wy r*mbJr5ed exFenses from th8 thathy ¢kniry Ihe y88r.
7 Slaff costs
Ouriry th8 ￿r, ￿ ch￿lty in￿ryed payroll costs of £Nil I2￿24.. £NII. M) empkw r8cervEd
erncAurn8nts ol than ££￿.0[KI during lh8 J
8 Independent exarnknBrfs wemuneratlon
2025
Ex8minalion olthe tknanual Statem
1.170
4,390
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Thg Chrlstle Archlve Trust
Notes to tho Flnanclal Statemonts for the Year Ended 31 ￿gUSt 2025
(continued)
9 Taxatlon
10 D•btorg
2025
2024
Trdde d8btLK5
2.511
92
11 Cash and cash ¢qul¥alents
2025
2024
Cash at b8nk
91.372
95.263
12 Creditors: amounts falllng due wilhin on• y
2025
2024
AcLYuals
2.716
7.151
13 Fund•
Balan¢6 at 1
September In¢omlng R•sour¢•$
8alanGe at
31 August
2025
Unrestrict￿ fvnds
Gen8ft1
ngfal Fund8
25,589
122,626
91,167
at 1
Balan¢+ at
31 August
InGomlnq
G8n•rnl
G￿Tal
101.
122.121
88204
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## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 (continued)** 

## **14 Analysis of net assets between funds** 

|**14 Analysis of net assets between funds**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**||**Total funds**|
||**funds**||**at 31 August**|
||**General**||**2025**|
||**£**||**£**|
|Current assets|93,883||93,883|
|Current liabilities|(2,716)||(2,716)|
|Total net assets|91,167||91,167|
||**Unrestricted**||**Total funds**|
||**funds**||**at 31 August**|
||**General**||**2024**|
||**£**||**£**|
|Current assets|95,355||95,355|
|Current liabilities|(7,151)||(7,151)|
|Total net assets|88,204||88,204|



## **15 Related party transactions** 

During the year the charity was paid costs totalling £3,942 (2024: £2,068) to Wollens, a firm of solicitors in which Nigel Wollen is a consultant. 

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