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CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1108192

The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund Unaudited Financial Statements 5 April 2024

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The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund

Financial Statements

Year ended 5 April 2024

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Trustees' annual report 1
Independent examiner's report to the trustees 7
Statement of financial activities 8
Statement offinancial position 9
Notestothefinancialstatements 10

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The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund

Trustees' Annual Report

Year ended 5 April 2024

The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 5 April 2024.

Legal and administrative information

Registered charity name The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund
Charity registration number 1108192
Principal office Horton House
Exchange Flags
Liverpool L2 3YL
Investment Advisors Investec Wealth & Investment
The Plaza
Old Hall Street
Liverpool L3 9AB
Solicitors Brabners LLP
Horton House
Exchange Flags
Liverpool L2 3YL
Thetrustees
MrM G Brabner
MrRESGill
MrT AF
Leary
Independent Examiner Giles Mattocks
Mattocks Grindley
18 MulberryAvenue
WidnesWA8OWN

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The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund

Trustees’ Annual Report

Year ended 5 April 2024

Structure, governance and management

The declaration of trust established a general charitable trust. The Trustees do not themselves engage in charitable activities other than the making of charitable donations and monitoring and evaluating the outcomes and impacts of those donations.

The Trust was established by deed in February 2005 and given charitable status shortly thereafter. investments were transferred to the Trustees from the Executors of the late Mrs E Hodgson in the year to 5 April 2006. By her Will, Mrs Hodgson stated her residuary estate should be held upon trust “for such charitable object or objects or for such charitable purpose or purposes anywhere in the world as my Trustees in their absolute discretion select". Mrs Hodgson went on to express the wish that her Trustees should exercise that discretion "to advance the education and training (provided that it shall fall within the meaning of charitable) of law students, trainee solicitors and solicitors or other persons connected with or involved with the solicitors profession or living within or working for the benefit of or otherwise having a significant connection (to the satisfaction of my Trustees) within the County of Merseyside".

The objects of the Trust are set out in Clause 2 of the Settlement Deed which provides that the Trustees are to apply the income with a power to apply capital for such charitable object or objects or such charitable purpose or purposes according to the laws of England and Wales as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion select.

The Trustees meet three times a year to review investment performance, the progress of the Scholars and any other matters arising.

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The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund Trustees’ Annual Report (continue)

Year ended 5 April 2024

Objectives and activities

The Trustees have set up a scheme of Hodgson Law Scholars to be selected through a Selection Committee composed of academic lawyers working within the Law School of the University of Liverpool. The Committee chooses Hodgson Law Scholars each year from applicants from Colleges and Universities worldwide. However, the Trustees have decided that applications from students in EU/UK countries should generally be excluded. Scholars attend the Law School of the University of Liverpool and pursue a postgraduate degree in law (both LLM and PhD).

The Trustees wish Hodgson Law Scholars to benefit from education in Liverpool with a view to encouraging the intellectual growth of promising Law Students and nurturing close links with the Liverpoo! City Region.

A further part of the Trust's mission is to develop an active alumni programme to encourage Scholars to maintain their own network as part of a continuing benefit to the legal communities within the Liverpool City Region. The strong links established with the Law School of the University of Liverpool have created a useful dialogue.

In addition, the PhD students are strengthening ties between the University of Liverpool School of Law and legal practitioners in Liverpool and elsewhere. The awareness of the Scholars’ research amongst the legal profession indicates that the scholarship is fulfilling its objective of promoting ties between the Law School and the legal profession and is having a positive impact on both the Law School and the legal community in the city.

A website and social media are being used to enhance the benefits being gained from the Scholarships and to help interested applicants. The aim of enhancing the Scholars visibility is being achieved with prospective applicants using social media channels for information about the Hodgson Scholarships. The social media channels also facilitate an ongoing dialogue between current and past Scholars as a distinct group and encourage the Scholars to share their experiences and achievements.

During the years 2007 to 2011 a total of ten Scholars were funded, two Scholars each year and experience was gained in operating the Scholarships. During these years it became recognised that the benefits to both the Scholars and the City Region of having post-graduate students of high calibre were manifold. The availability of the scholarships enables students of a very high quality to study at University of Liverpool in preference to other universities, to the benefit of the Law School and of the Liverpool City Region.

In 2012 the Trustees reviewed the operation of the scheme in the light of global competition for the highest calibre of students, the impact of the Scholarships and the need to enhance connections and relationships with the practising profession and decided to extend the scheme ona trial basis to PhD students, normally at the rate of one per year.

PhD students are not limited to non-EU/UK countries. The objective of the PhD scheme is to fund scholars who may achieve higher profile in law and have a more substantial connection with the City Region and enhance the profile of the University Law School.

The Trustees have paid due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit in making their grants for Scholarships. The Trust's policy is to seek high calibre Scholars who may benefit from legal education in Liverpool with a view to encouraging their professional development and aspirations as well as intellectual growth and the nurturing of close links with the legal academic and professional community in the Liverpool City Region. It is a condition of Scholars' applications that they demonstrate their aspirations for their future careers including the potential benefit of their continuing relationship with the Liverpool City Region after completion of their studies.

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The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund

Trustees’ Annual Report (continued)

Year ended 5 April 2024

To date, the Trust has funded 41 LLM Scholars and 7 PhD Scholars. There have been scholars from India, China, Columbia, Panama, Vietnam, the Maldives, Thailand, Bolivia, Bosnia, Russia, Malaysia, the USA, the UK, Uganda, Bangladesh, Ukraine, Jordan, Zambia, Peru, Mexico, Indonesia, Brazil, Azerbaijan, Kenya, Mongolia, Zimbabwe, Macedonia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Georgia, Mauritius, Albania and Kazakhstan.

Achievements and performance

The progress of the early Scholars was encouraging, and the Trustees were anxious to ensure that the beneficial impacts of their work were maximised. Accordingly, they engaged with the Law School with a view to identifying and evaluating the outcomes. [Evidence of impact and outcomes in the following categories were sought: -

  1. The life of the individual Scholar - intellectual growth, development, ambition and prospects.

  2. The activities of the Hodgson Scholars collectively.

  3. The benefit to the Law School and its reputation.

  4. Academic development in the specialist fields in which the Scholars are working.

  5. The contacts with the practicing profession and any direct effects on public practice or policies. The results of these enquiries have revealed a positive and diverse range of beneficial outcomes, namely:

  6. Individual Scholars are given the opportunity of an experience of special quality, providing a framework for enhancing the potential of their contribution to society.

  7. The Law School is given access to a level of global talent and the benefits that brings to its work and reputation.

  8. Liverpool and its legal profession are given a link to the academic and international communities.

The Trustees will continue to monitor the benefits to the scheme. The Trustees recently sought informal feedback and testimonials from the scholars to establish the benefits to them and this appears considerable.

The year under review saw two LLM scholars pass their LLM modules, and the Trust awaits their overall result once their dissertations have been submitted in September 2024. One of the LLM scholars performed very well and she and the new PhD scholar have been engaging in activities in the Law Faculty.

The Trust can look forward to the future of the Scholarships and its continuing work contributing to the transformative effect of legal education for individuals and their communities.

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The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund

Trustees’ Annual Repott (continued)

Year ended 5 April 2024

Financial review

Total incoming resources were £107,829 (2023: £103,421) with £18,389 being used to generate such funds (2023: £18,579). Donations totalling £100,663 (2023: £58,030) have been made in the year and £12,770 (2023: £10,962) has been paid in respect of governance costs. There were gains on the sale of investments totalling £4,076 (2023: £4,950) and unrealised gains on revaluation totalling £250,007 (2023: losses £268,745).

Investments

The Trust's capital is all invested in quoted investments. The value of the Trust's portfolio at 5 April 2024 totalled £3,985,983 (2023: £3,773,767). The Trustees have reviewed the portfolio regularly and are satisfied with its performance.

Reserves

The Trustees consider their investments as expendable endowments, providing a relatively secure and predictable stream of income from which to make grants. The Trustees aim to distribute a large percentage of the income, net of expenses, in each financial year and therefore do not maintain income reserves as such. However, income levels are continually reviewed by the Trustees at their meetings to ensure that they have sufficient funds to meet their objective. Investment Policies As there are no specific restrictions on investment powers under the governing deed, the Trustees have full discretion over the investments. The Trustees have delegated their powers to Investec to manage investments on a discretionary basis, in accordance with the Trustee Act 2000. As this duty has been delegated, the Trustees have in place a Policy Statement which, in accordance with the Trustee Act 2000, the Trustees review regularly. The Trustees have been kept informed of global market conditions and have held discussions with their investment advisers on the optimum strategy in order to maintain sustainability. .

Assets have been acquired and disposed of in accordance with the powers available to the Trustees.

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The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund

Trustees’ Annual Report (continued)

Year ended 5 April 2024

Trustees’ responsibilities statement

The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which show a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable trust and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charitable trust for that year.

In preparing those 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;

The trustees are responsible for keeping sufficient accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable trust 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 charitable trust and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees’ annual report was approved on A AMGUST 20D Mand signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:

Mr M G Brabner MrRES Gill Trustee Trustee

Trower (Lary

Mr T A F Leary Trustee

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The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund

Year ended 5 April 2024

| report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund (‘the charity’) for the year ended 5 April 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

| report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination ! have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

| have completed my examination. | 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 charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. — the financial statements do not accord with those records; or

  3. the financial statements 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 other 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.

Giles Mattocks FCA Independent Examiner Mattocks Grindley 18 Mulberry Avenue Widnes WA8 OWN

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The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund

Statement of Financial Activities

Year ended 5 April 2024

2024 2023
Note Income
£
Capital
£
Totalfunds
£
Totalfunds
£
Income and endowments
Investment income 4 107,829 - 107,829 103,421
Total income 107,829 - 107,829 103,421
Expenditure
Expenditure on raising funds:
Investment management costs 5 - 18,389 18,389 18,579
Expenditure on charitable activities 6,7 107,519 6,387 113,904 71,465
Total expenditure 107,519 24,776 132,293 90,044
Net gains/(losses) on investments 9 - 254,083 254,083 (263,795)
Net income/(expenditure) and net
movement in funds 310 229,307 229,619 (250,418)
Reconciliation offunds
Total funds brought forward (16,466) 3,812,212 3,795,746 4,046,164
Totalfundscarriedforward (16,156) 4,041,519 4,025,363 3,795,746

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 10 to 17 form part of these financial statements.

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The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund

Statement of Financial Position

5 April 2024

2024 2023
Note £ £
Fixed assets
Investments 13 3,985,983 3,773,767
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand 46,419 29,219
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 14 7,039 7,240
Net current assets 39,380 21,979
Total assets less current liabilities 4,025,363 3,795,746
Net assets 4,025,363 3,795,746
Funds ofthe charity
Capital funds 4,041,519 3,812,212
Income funds (16,156) (16,466)
Totalcharityfunds 15 4,025,363 3,795,746

These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on siisasssesaeesssseeeees aNd are signed on behalf of the board by:

Mr M G Brabner MrRESGill Trustee Trustee

Tresor (Lary Mr T A F Leary Trustee

The notes on pages 10 to 17 form part of these financial statements.

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The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

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Year ended 5 April 2024

  1. General information

The charity is a public benefit entity and a registered charity in England and Wales and is unincorporated.

2. Statement of compliance

| These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial | Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland’, the Statement of 7 Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Charities Act 2011.

3. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.

Going concern

There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.

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The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued

Year ended 5 April 2024

  1. Accounting policies (continued)

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

Resources expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis asa liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:

All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.

Investments

Unlisted equity investments are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently measured at fair value. If fair value cannot be reliably measured, assets are measured at cost less impairment.

Listed investments are measured at fair value with changes in fair value being recognised in income or expenditure.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued

Year ended 5 April 2024

  1. Accounting policies (continued)

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Investments in associates

Investments in associates accounted for in accordance with the cost model are recorded at cost less any accumulated impairment losses.

Investments in associates accounted for in accordance with the fair value model are initially recorded at the transaction price. At each reporting date, the investments are measured at fair value, with changes in fair value taken through income or expenditure. Where it is impracticable to measure fair value reliably without undue cost or effort, the cost model will be adopted.

Dividends and other distributions received from the investment are recognised as income without regard to whether the distributions are from accumulated profits of the associate arising before or after the date of acquisition.

Investments in joint ventures

Investments in jointly controlled entities accounted for in accordance with the cost model are recorded at cost less any accumulated impairment losses.

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investments in jointly controlled entities accounted for in accordance with the fair value model are initially recorded at the transaction price. At each reporting date, the investments are measured at fair value, with changes in fair value taken through income or expenditure. Where it is impracticable to measure fair value reliably without undue cost or effort, the cost model will be adopted.

Dividends and other distributions received from the investment are recognised as income without regard to whether the distributions are from accumulated profits of the joint venture arising before or after the date of acquisition.

Impairment of fixed assets

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A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.

For the purposes of impairment testing, when it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets. For impairment testing of goodwill, the goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the cash-generating units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the charity are assigned to those units.

Financial instruments

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A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

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The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued

Year ended 5 April 2024

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Financial instruments (continued)

Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs.

Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.

Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.

Where investments in shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in income and expenditure. All other such investments are subsequently measured at cost less impairment.

Other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair value, unless payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate, in which case the asset is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in the statement of financial activities, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship. Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised under the appropriate heading in the statement of financial activities in which the initial gain was recognised.

For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets are either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics.

Any reversals of impairment are recognised immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised. 4. Investment income

Investment income
Total Funds Total Funds
Income
£
2024
£
Income
£
2023
£
Income from listed investments 105,881 105,881 102,406 102,406
Bank interest receivable 1,948 1,948 4,015 1,015
107,829 107,829 103,421 103,421

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The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 5 April 2024

5. Investment management costs

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|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Total|Funds|Total|Funds| |Capital|2024|Capital|2023| |£|£|£|£| |Portfolio|management|18,389|18,389|18,579|18,579| |Expenditure|on|charitable|activities|by|fund|type| |Total|Funds| |Income|Capital|2024| |£|£|£| |To|fund|Scholars|100,663|-|100,663| |Support|costs|6,856|6,387|13,241| |107,519|6,387|113,904| |Total|Funds| |Income|Capital|2023| |£|£|£| |To|fund|Scholars|58,030|-|58,030| |Support|costs|7,955|5,480|13,435| |65,985|5,480|71,465| |Expenditure|on|charitable|activities|by|activity|type| |Activities| |undertaken|Support|Total|funds|Total|fund| |directly|costs|2024|2023| |£|£|£|g| |Funding|of Scholars Scholars|100,663|474|101,134|60,504| |Governance|costs|-|12,770|12,770|10,961| |100,663|13,241|113,904|71,465| |Analysis|of support support|costs| |Total|2024|=Total|2023| |£|£| |Communications|and|IT|471|1,764| |Governance|costs|12,770|10,964| |Other|costs|-|710| |13,241|13,438|

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  1. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type

7. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type

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||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Activities| |undertaken|Support|Total|funds|Total|fund| |directly|costs|2024|2023| |£|£|£|g| |Funding|of Scholars Scholars|100,663|474|101,134|60,504| |Governance|costs|-|12,770|12,770|10,961| |100,663|13,241|113,904|71,465|

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8. Analysis of support support costs

9. Net gains/(losses) on investments

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 5 April 2024

10. Independent examination fees

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11. Staff costs

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The average head count of employees during the year was Nil (2023: Nil).

No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2023: Nil).

12. Trustee remuneration and expenses

None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charitable trust during the year. Mr M G Brabner and Mr RE S Gill, two of the trustees are also a Consultant and a Partner respectively with Brabners LLP who charge for the legal and advisory services they provide to the charitable trust. During the year costs invoiced including vat amounted to £10,884 (2023: £8,821)

13. Investments

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All investments shown above are held at valuation.

Investments are held in a portfolio and are valued at open market value.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continuea)

Year ended 5 April 2024

  1. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Accruals and deferred income

2024 2023
£ g
7,039 7,240
  1. Analysis of charitable funds
Income funds
At Gains and At
6 April 2023 Income Expenditure losses 5 April 2024
£ £ £ £ £
Income funds (16,466) 107,829 (107,519) - (16,156)
At Gains and At
6 April 2022 Income Expenditure losses 5 April 2023
£ £ £ £ £
Income funds (53,902) 103,421 (65,985) - (16,466)
Capital funds
At Gains and At
6 April 2023 Income Expenditure losses 5 April 2024
£ £ £ £ £
Capital funds 3,812,212 - (24,776) 254,083 4,041,519
At Gains and At
6 April 2022 Income Expenditure losses 5 April 2023
£ £ £ £ £
Capitalfunds 4,100,066 - (24,059) (263,795) 3,812,212

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The Joseph and Elizabeth Hodgson Trust Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements (continuea)

Year ended 5 April 2024

16. Analysis of net assets between funds

Total Funds
Capital Income 2024
£ £ £
Investments 3,985,983 - 3,985,983
Current assets 46,419 - 46,419
Creditors less than 1 year 9,117 (16,156) (7,039)
Net assets 4,041,519 (16,156) 4,025,363
Total Funds
Capital Income 2023
£ £ £
Investments 3,773,767 - 3,773,767
Current assets 42,065 - 42,065
Creditors lessthan 1 year (3,620) (16,467) (20,087)
Netassets 3,812,212 (16,467) 3,795,745

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Status: Original Holder: Nicola Frost 1/8/2024 | 09:33 Nicola.Frost@brabners.com

Signer Events Signature Michael Brabner Michael.Brabner@brabners.com M4 Be sxe, Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)

Location: DocuSign

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Sent: 1/8/2024 | 09:43 Viewed: 1/8/2024 | 10:29 Signed: 1/8/2024 | 10:44

Signature Adoption: Drawn on Device Using IP Address: 90.201.152.241

Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Accepted: 19/2/2024 | 20:33 ID: 8ec33c54-6ea7-4021-9cad-592129498fc8 Company Name: Brabners LLP

Rupert Gill Rupert.Gill@brabners.com Rupert Gill Partner Security Level: Email, Account Authentication ; ; (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 86.169.6.73 Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Accepted: 11/6/2021 | 17:03 ID: fb19273e-1f9e-4fe8-a2e5-a844c4d0975e Company Name: Brabners LLP Trevor Leary trevor@hilbrehouse.com Trower leary Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 109.155.109.38 Signed using mobile

Sent: 1/8/2024 | 09:43 Viewed: 1/8/2024| 10:29 Signed: 1/8/2024 | 10:29

Sent: 1/8/2024 | 09:43 Viewed: 1/8/2024 | 09:43 Signed: 1/8/2024 | 09:43

Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Accepted: 1/8/2024 | 09:41

ID: b0a4d7e0-ec00-4f03-97e1-f1064a83f21c Company Name: Brabners LLP

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Abbie Johnys

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Sent: 1/8/2024 | 10:44

abbie.johnys@brabners.com

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Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Accepted: 2/4/2024 | 09:03

ID: 8db3e374-747d-424c-b83e-a6962dc58b55 Company Name: Brabners LLP

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Timestamps : 1/8/2024 | 09:43 1/8/2024 | 09:43 1/8/2024 | 09:43 1/8/2024 | 10:44 |

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Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure

Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure created on: 30/9/2019 | 07:37 Parties agreed to: Michael Brabner, Abbie Johnys

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Unless you tell us otherwise in accordance with the procedures described herein, we will provide electronically to you through the DocuSign system all required notices, disclosures, authorizations, acknowledgements, and other documents that are required to be provided or made available to you during the course of our relationship with you. To reduce the chance of you inadvertently not receiving any notice or disclosure or other information, we prefer to provide all of the required notices and disclosures or other information to you by the same method and to the same address that you have given us. Thus, you can receive all the disclosures and notices electronically or in paper format through the paper mail delivery system. If you do not agree with this process, please let us know as described below. Please also see the paragraph immediately above that describes the consequences of your electing not to receive delivery of the notices and disclosures or other information electronically from us. How to contact Brabners LLP:

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In addition, you must notify DocuSign, Inc. to arrange for your new email address to be reflected in your DocuSign account by following the process for changing e-mail in the DocuSign system.

To request paper copies from Brabners LLP

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To inform us that you no longer want to receive future notices and disclosures in electronic format you may:

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Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure created on: 16/1/2018 | 09:02 Parties agreed to: Rupert Gill, Trevor Leary

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DISCLOSURES’

From time to time, Brabners LLP (we, us or Company) may be required by law to provide to you certain written notices or disclosures or other information. Described below are the terms and conditions for providing to you such notices and disclosures or other information electronically through the DocuSign, Inc. (DocuSign) electronic signing system. Please read the information below carefully and thoroughly, and if you can access this information electronically to your satisfaction and agree to these terms and conditions, please confirm your agreement by clicking the ‘I agree’ button at the bottom of this document.

Getting paper copies

You will have the ability to download and print documents we send to you through the DocuSign system during and immediately after signing session and, if you elect to create a DocuSign signer account, you may access them for a limited period of time (usually 30 days) after such documents are first sent to you.

Withdrawing your consent

If you decide to receive notices and disclosures or other information from us electronically, you may at any time change your mind and tell us that thereafter you want to receive required notices and disclosures or other information only in paper format. How you must inform us of your decision to receive future notices and disclosure or other information in paper format and withdraw your consent to receive notices and disclosures or other information electronically is described below.

Consequences of changing your mind

If you elect to receive required notices and disclosures or other information only in paper format, it will slow the speed at which we can complete certain steps in transactions with you and delivering services to you because we will need first to send the required notices or disclosures or other information to you in paper format, and then wait until we receive back from you your acknowledgment of your receipt of such paper notices or disclosures or other information. To indicate to us that you are changing your mind, you must withdraw your consent using the DocuSign ‘Withdraw Consent’ form on the signing page of a DocuSign envelope instead of signing it. This will indicate to us that you have withdrawn your consent to receive required notices and disclosures electronically from us and you will no longer be able to use the DocuSign system to receive required notices and consents electronically from us or to sign electronically documents from us.

All notices and disclosures will be sent to you electronically

Unless you tell us otherwise in accordance with the procedures described herein, we will provide electronically to you through the DocuSign system all required notices, disclosures, authorizations, acknowledgements, and other documents that are required to be provided or made available to you during the course of our relationship with you. To reduce the chance of you inadvertently not receiving any notice or disclosure or other information, we prefer to provide all of the required notices and disclosures or other information to you by the same method and to the same address that you have given us. Thus, you can receive all the disclosures and notices electronically or in paper format through the paper mail delivery system. If you do not agree with this process, please let us know as described below. Please also see the paragraph immediately above that describes the consequences of your electing not to receive delivery of the notices and disclosures or other information electronically from us. How to contact Brabners LLP:

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You may contact us to let us know of your changes as to how we may contact you electronically, to request paper copies of certain information from us, and to withdraw your prior consent to receive notices and disclosures electronically as follows: To contact us by email send messages to: brabners@service-now.com :

To advise Brabners LLP of your new e-mail address

To let us know of a change in your e-mail address where we should send notices and disclosures electronically to you, you must send an email message to us at Brabners@service-now.com and in the body of such request you must state: your previous e-mail address, your new e-mail address.

In addition, you must notify DocuSign, Inc. to arrange for your new email address to be reflected in your DocuSign account by following the process for changing e-mail in the DocuSign system.

To request paper copies from Brabners LLP

To request delivery from us of paper copies of the notices and disclosures previously provided by us to you electronically, you must send us an e-mail to brabners@service-now.com and in the body of such request you must state your e-mail address, full name, postal address, and telephone number. We will bill you for any fees at that time, if any. To withdraw your consent with Brabners LLP

To inform us that you no longer want to receive future notices and disclosures in electronic format you may:

i. decline to sign a document from within your DocuSign session, and on the subsequent page, select the check-box indicating you wish to withdraw your consent, or you may; ii. send us an e-mail to brabners@service-now.com and in the body of such request you must state your e-mail, full name, postal Address, and telephone number. We do not need any other information from you to withdraw consent.. The consequences of your withdrawing consent for online documents will be that transactions may take a longer time to process

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Final release versions ofInternetExplorer® 6.0 orabove (Windows only);
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(Mac only)
PDF Reader: Acrobat® or similar softwaremay be required to view and printPDF files
Screen
Resolution:
800x600minimum
Enabled Security
Settings:
Allowpersessioncookies

** These minimum requirements are subject to change. If these requirements change, you will be asked to re-accept the disclosure. Pre-release (e.g. beta) versions of operating systems and browsers are not supported.

Acknowledging your access and consent to receive materials electronically To confirm to us that you can access this information electronically, which will be similar to other electronic notices and disclosures that we will provide to you, please verify that you were able to read this electronic document and that you also were able to print on paper or electronically save this page for your future reference and access or that you were able to e-mail this document and consent to an address where you will be able to print on paper or save it for your future reference and access. If you consent to receiving notices and disclosures or other information exclusively in electronic format on the terms and conditions described above, please let us know by clicking the ‘I agree’ button below. By checking the ‘I agree’ box, I confirm that: