## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 6 April 2020 Period start date**
**To 5 April 2021 Period end date**
**Charity name: The Bryan Robertson Trust**
## **Charity registration number: 1107276**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governingdocument|Para 1.17|**To provide financial assistance to artists**
**in the creative arts field.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The activities relating to the purpose**
**noted above are carried out by the**
**trustees in the course of determining**
**suitable beneficiaries for financial**
**assistance. The public benefit is**
**thereby served by the Trust’s**
**contribution to the enhancement of the**
**creative arts.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have regard to the Charity**
**Commission guidance on public benefit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers
Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Awards totalling £20,000 were made to**
**creative artists deemed to meet criteria**
**set by the trustees to be suitable for**
**such assistance. As noted above, it is**
**believed that encouragement of the**
**creative arts in this way has a wider**
**public benefit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
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## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Trust’s financial position**
**remained sound during the period**
**despite market volatility brought on**
**by the Covid pandemic.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Trust holds reserves for future use**
**in accordance with the Trust’s objects.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£1,039,310.**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|**Trust deed.**|
|How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated association.**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Awards are made at the discretion of the**
**trustees who are appointed for their**
**involvement and knowledge of the field**
**of creative arts.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|The Bryan Robertson Trust|
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|Other name the charityuses|N/A|
|Registered charitynumber|1107276|
|Charity’s principal address|17 A Vicarage Crescent
London
SW11 3LP|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Alison Wilding||Fullyear||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name N/A**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
|Doireann Cott
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
Doireann Cott
Administrator
30 January 2022|Doireann Cott
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
Doireann Cott
Administrator
30 January 2022||
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## **THE BRYAN ROBERTSON TRUST Charity number 1107276**
## **BALANCE SHEET**
|**Trust funds (unrestricted)**
Funds brought forward
Receipts & Payments account surplus
Increase (2020 decrease) in the value of investments
Closing funds
Represented by:
**Cash funds**
Bank balances
**Investments**
CAF Managed Portfolio Service
**Total assets**|**At 5 April**
**At 5 April**
**2021**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
866,739
1,023,876
9,360
13,467
200,743
(170,604)|
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||£1,076,842
£ 866,739|
||37,632
28,272
1,039,210
838,467|
||£1,076,842
£ 866,739|
## **Note:**
The Trust's investments are managed within the Charities Aid Foundation managed portfolio service and are included in the Balance Sheet at the year end market value. The increase in the period's market value of investments is after withdrawals from the portfolio of £34,000 (2020: withdrawals of £51,000) and investment management fees charged of £2,219.
Signed by
S.L. Chambers (Trustee)
Signed by
Alison Wilding (Trustee)
> Date: 16/03/2022
> Date: 16/03/2022
## **THE BRYAN ROBERTSON TRUST**
## **Charity number 1107276**
**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT for the period 6 April 2020 to 5 April 2021**
|**Income**
Distributions from CAF managed funds
Bank interest
**Expenditure**
Administration and sundry costs
Book publication expense
Awards made in accordance with Trust purposes
Surplus|**2021**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
34,000
51,000
5
14|
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||34,005
51,014|
||4,245
5,547
400
7,000
20,000
25,000|
||24,645
37,547|
||£ 9,360
£13,467|
## **Note**
Awards are made annually, normally in March or April. Two awards were made in the period, each of £10,000.
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRYAN ROBERTSON TRUST (Charity Number 1107276)**
I report to the Trustees on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 5 April 2021.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts under section 145 of the Act and I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
R.P. Imray Chartered Accountant (ICAEW)
6 The Old Maltings, 135 Ditton Walk Cambridge, CB5 8PY Date: 17/02/2022