THK FREDERICK ARTHUR ALFORD CHARITABLE TRUST
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
AND PINMCIAL STATEMENTS
f or the Ye￿ ended
31st MARCH 2024
Registered charlty .Number 1110558

THE FREDERICK ARTHtTR ALFORD CHARITABLE TRUST
REPORT OF TIE TRUSTEES
for the year ended 31st MARCH 2024
Trustees:
J S Alford
M Ansell
G K Cornwall
.P Haining
Th"e trustees pr.esent their report together with the financial statements o.f the trust
for the year "ended 31st "Marcn 2024.
The Ifréderick Arthur Al.ford CharitaJ)le Trust was creaLed by a trust deed on 28.th June
2005. The r￿]0￿ objects of the.truskn are a3 follows:
. To. relxeve persolls, and childreu in .particular, are dea
suf f ering. from. other hearLng dif f ic'altiès.
.hard of hearing or"
To prO￿0￿e or support sucb other .charitable purposes as the Trustees their
.absolute '.discretion decide.
The Trustees must use the income and may use tbe capital of the Trust in.promoting
the objects.
DurLllg" the period under review the company received a donation of £30. 000 f rom Alford.
Bros.
IFolkestonel Limited, a COU￿anY formerly owned by Mr F A Al£oid.
In addition to. the donation.of £30.000 detailed above,
further £250,000 wa
transferred to the charity by the executors 0£ Mr F A Alford ill accordance with the
directions. in the late Nr Alford, s will.
DOnat￿On$ totalling" £79, 000 were'nHde during. the year including a donation of £60, DOO
to The Royal. Natlonal Institute for Deaf People {P￿ID) . At a inceting of the.trustees
during the year, a number of potential recipients of donations were di3CUt58ed and IL
was resolved to look further at certain prospective recipients. This may include a
signif i.cant capital.proj ece possibly related to a school f or dea£ children. Since the
.balance sheet" date further 8mall donations have been made.
THE TRUSI'EES
The trusLees were as follows:
J S Al£ord
M J¥nsell (S'ecretary)
G X Coriiwall
P Haining l Treasurer)
Under the terras of the trust deed. tILe number of trustees "shall be a fftinim14in 0£ two:
there is no Tnaxirnura number.
The originaL trustees are entitled tc hold office for"
'I"ife an(I:"addiLioual trustees may be appointed by deed or by a resolution of the
t￿Btees.

THE FREDERICK ARTHUR I¥iFORD CHARITABLE TRUST
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
for the year. ended 3Lst MARal 2024 Icontinuedl
RESERVES POLICY AND. RISK ￿ANAGEMENT
The" trustees retainea reserwes 0£. £537, 548. 'The trus.tees. have forecast the level of
free reserves (that is those funds not tied .up in fixed assets or."'degigrAted as
restricted funds) 'the charity.will rerzuire to sustain its op"erations for 24 It￿nths.
The trustees are pleased to note that there are suf ficient free .reserves .to provide
tinancial f lexibility for the £oreseeable future.
It is tecognised that the reserweL4
are currently higb.er than required due to dif£iculties in identifying capltal
projects." sucli ".as
dea£/bl.in(i sector,
.the purchase of capltal equipTuent by another charity in the
in .these f ields.
or other deserving projects being carried" out by other cnarities
TRUSTEES I RESPONSIBILITIES
The trustees are required to prepare r￿anCIal statements for each financial period"
wh'ich give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the trust and 0£ the
surplus or deflcit of Liie trust for that period.
In preparing those "financial
statements che trustees are requlred to:
i)
. select Eultable. accounting pol.icies and apply. them consistently•
2)
.mak'e . judgements" and. estiuKtes" that . are reasonable .and prudent;
prepare the financial statelnents .on the going. concern."ba8is unlesa it i
nappropriate to assume that the trust will continue to be active.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records ivhich di8cIoG¢,
with reasonable accuracy at any time, the financial position.of the Lrust, and enable
them to ensure that the f inancial statements comply wit.h the .Statement of Recommended
Practice.
. This report wao approved by tbe trustee8 on 19th February 2025.
. PETER HAINING
. Trustee.

INDEPENDEFfjT EXAMINER. S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE FREDERICK ARTHUR ALFORD CHARITABLE TRUST.
I report to the trustees on my examination of the f?nancial statements 0£ the
Frederick.Arthur Alford Cl￿ritable Trust Ilthe charity,) for the y.ear ended 31st
. Mar¢h 2024 "which COTnprise the Statement of Financial Activxties,
.and related notes.
the Balance Sheet
This report is made solely to the Cha"r￿ty..8 trustees,
as a bodyi in accordanc? with
section 145 0£.: the Charities Act 2011. My work has been undeytaken. so. Lhat I. rni'ght
state to the charity, s trustees those ll&tters l required to state to. them in. this
report and for no other purpose. To the £ullest extent perTllitted by law, I do not
accept or assurne responsibility to anyone other than the .charity and the charity, s
trustees as a bodyr for my work, for this report. or for the opinions .r. have formed.
RBSE)ONSIBILITIES AND BASIS OF REPORT .
As the trustees of the cl￿rItY you are responsible for the preparatl'on of Lhe
fir_Trancial atateraents in accordance with the requirernents of the Charitieg Act 2011
"{ 11 the Act 11
I report. in respect of my examinatlon of tbe charity, s f inancial statements carried
out under section 145 of the Act and ID carrying out my examination I have £ollowed
all. the applicable Directions given by the Charity.Conmission under section 145 ("51 Ibl
of the Act.
An independent examinaLion does not involve gathering all the evldence that would be
re¢tuired in ari audit atld con>equen=ly. does not cover all
he matÈers that an auditor
considers in giNTrrig their opinion oll the financial statements. The planning and
oudu¢L .of an audit goe￿ beyond the Limited assurance thac an independent examination
. can provide. Con8oquently I express no opinion as to Tilhether the £inancial statements
preaent a Iltrue and fair" view and my report 18 limlted to those &pec￿E1C matters set
out in the independent examiner's statement.
INDEPW)EWf EXAMINER, S STATEP4Ewr
Since the truvt's.gross irLcollie exceeas £250,000", your examiner IiM8L be a nieniber of
.body Ilsted in section 145 of the"Ac-
".I con£irm"L"hat I am (￿a_litIed to undertake
Lb.e examination becauae I am a member of "ACCA which is one ot the listed bodies.
I have'eornpleted rry examlnation. I confirm that no material matters have corne to my
attention in connection with the exa￿￿natIOn giving me cause to believe that in any
material. respect:
accouiiting .records have. not .been kept in. respecL of the Charity as reqii.ired.
by section 130 0£ the Act-. or
the fxnancial statements do not accord with those records: or
the financial statements do not collply with. the applicable. recwirements
concernlng the form and content of accounts set out in the 'Charities (Accounts
and Reports) Regu_
lations 2008 other any requxrernent that the accounts give
true and fair. view which is I￿t a nRtter con￿Videred as part 0£ an
independent examination.

TEiR FREDERICK ARTHUR ALFORD CHARITABLE TRUST
INDEPBNDEwf EXAMINERI S REPORT Icontiunuedl
FOR THE YEAR" ENDED 31st MARCH 2024
I have no. concerns and have come across no other matters. in connection iyith 'Èhe
examination. to. which attention sE￿uld be drawn in thls report to enable a. proper
understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
Signed:
Dated:
1/5/2025 | 14.-33 BST
James Duggan .
Association of Chartered Certif led Accountants
Simmons Gainsf ord ProEessional Services Limlted.
52 New Town
Uck£ield
East Sussex
TN22 5DE

THE FREDERICK ARTHtni ALFORD CH21RITABLE TRfiST .
sTATEl￿NT OP FINA¥CIAL ACTIVITIES
for the year ended 31st MARCH 2024
INCOMI£ AND EXPENDITURE
2024.
2023
IYJCOMING RESOtJRCBS
Donations. received
Building 80ciety interest received
Rent. received
280, 000
102
69, 160
40, 000
23
68,453
349,262
108, 476
RESOURCES EXPElJlDED
Di.rect . char&table expenditure"
oyiations to:
Cancer Research E
East Anglia Children's Home
FACTS
"KeThL .and Surrey Antrmlance
paula Carr Diabètes Trust
.Pilgrim Hospice
Retina trK
RNID
stuart Webb . Icomputer for bl￿d girl.)
200
5,000
io, 000
31,500
10,000
1,000
500
.1,000
I, ooo
2,000
60.000
1, 799
79, 000
44,999
Governarkce costs
Trustees, expenses
Property repairs
Froperty agent, s f ees
Property insurance
Ind¢pendent examiner, s f ee
16,512
4,5il
1,233
2,249
14,196
4,273
1,190
1.900.
24,545
21,559
103, 545
66,558
JIET INCOMING RESOURCES
245, 717
41, 918
.Balayxce brought forward at 1st
April 2023
291, 831
249, 913
Balance". carried .f orward at 31st
March 2024
£537.548
£291,831
' Al"1 incomè and expenditure was unreBtricted. There were no restricted or endowment .
f urids.

THE FREDERICK ARTHt]R ALFORD CHARITJIBLE I'RugT
BALANCE SHEET as at 31st MARCH 2024.
2024
2023
Notes
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
Cash. at bank
133, 858
407, 752
88,877
206, 654
541, 610.
295, 531
. CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accnzals
4, 062
3,700
£537.548
£291,831
CAPITAL AND RESERVES
unrestr.icted £unds
£537.548
£291, 831
The""financial statements on pages 5 to 7 were approved by =￿e trustees on. 1'7th
February 2025
PETER HAINING
Trustee

T2UI FREDERICK ARTHUR ALFORD CYJ¥RITABLE TRi7ST
NOTES Ir) THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS .
for the year ended 31st K4RCH. 2024
ACCOUVTING POLICIES
General
'The" financial statements are prepa.red in accordance with .the b*￿storiCal cost
"convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise
stated in the relewant notes. to these accounts.
. The f i nancial statetllents have
been prepazed in accordance with .the 2019 Statement of .Recoramendod Practice:
Accounting and Reporting £•y Charities preparing their accout)_ts in accordance
with the FinAncial'Reporting S"knandard applicable in the UK and Republic of
"Ireland. IFRS1021 Issued ou 16th July 2014 and the Charities Act 2011.
'The financial .staterneuts include all transacti'ons, assets and liabllitieG f.or
which tILe trustees are responsible in law.
d accounting
General funds are unrestricted Eunds whlch are available for use at the
discretion of the trusLees ID. furtherance 0£. the general objectives of Lhe
cl￿rItY and which have not been designated for. other purpos.es.
Investment
income, gains .and losses are al.located to the" appropriate fund.
Recognltion of income
.Xll income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, it. is
probable. that the r-sources will be received at￿ the amount 0£ income can be
meaa"arèd.
Ejrpendl ture
Expenditure is reeogniaed once there is a legal or constnLCtivc obligation to .
Tnake a paytryent to a third party, IL is probab_le that settlement viill be
requlred and the amount of the oblxgation carl be ￿eaSllred re￿lably.
' All.expenditure is aecourited for on an accruals. basis.
. All expenses including
. support costs and goirernaiice costs are allocated to tkne applicable expenditure
headings .
Governance costs are those incurred in connection vrith the admlnistration of
the charity and compliance with the conatitUt￿tinaI al￿1 statutory requirellEents.
XrrecoveraJ)le WAT is charged against the expenditure heading for which it ivas
ncurred.
. Cash a.t Baz
Cash at bank. includes cash. and short tern highly liquid inve8tTllents with'"a.
. shDrt maturity ot three months or less from the date 0£ acquisition or opening
of .th deposit of a similar amount.
Financial instrurnents
The charity.only has f inancial assets and liabilities of "a kind whlch qualify
as .ba8ic .f inancial instruments.
Basic f inaneial instruménts are initially
' recognLsed at transactioJ] valiie and subsequently measured. at their 5ettlemenL
value.

HE FREDERICK ARTHUR ALFO1iD CHARITABLE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEknvrs
for the year ended 31st MARCH 2024
. LEfjONER3¥TION AND TRUSTEE EXPENSES
The. trusL had.no eroployees and no staff costs. The tTr8t is th"erefore dependent
the
services of 'the truS￿ees. Apart £rom direct travel
administrative
costs. any
.expeDses are paid by Altord Bros.
.including fees from The Kings Mill Practlee,
IFolkestonel. Litnited,
irm of Chartered Accountants
0£ which Peter Haining, one of L_oe trustees 0£ the trust, "is the principal. 'The
fees
'for the period. under review amounted .to approxIn￿telY "£280 12023":
..approxiTiHtely E270) .
With'the exception of ttLe ai)ove,
no Lrustee nor any person coniiected to them
has recelved" or is due to receive .any re1tll￿erat10n for the period directly or
in.directly f.rorn the trust.
fuuds.
Expenses incurred by trnstees on behalf of the company are re-lmbursed at cost.
At the balance sheet date,
no expenses were outstandiiig.
DEBTORS
2024
held by the execknknois of r.tr F A Alford
2¥rllounts held by Alford Bros. {Folkestone) Limited
Prepaynents
51.096
82,062
700
34,986
53,191
700
£133.858
£88, 777
SuTrllnary of funds (all unrestricted)
Brought
forward
Carried
forward
Income Expenditure
Ceneral f unds
£291, 831 £349,262
£103, 545
537, 548