2025-03-31-accounts

. THE FREDERICK ARTHtni ALFORD. CHARIT￿ Trusr REPORT OF THE TRUSTEBS for 'thè .￿ar. onded. .318t rwieH 2025 Reglste¥ed" Clwrlty Number 1110558

FREDERICK ARTHIIR .ALFORD" CIIARIT.ABLE Trusr REPORT OF TliE f8USTBES for the ye.ar ended 318t MARCH .2025 IT S Al£ord M Ansell . Q K Cornwall ?..Xaiiilng Tnistees:. . .Th& trustee¥. present .their. report together W￿eb .the f inanclal Staternents. of trhe trnst or the year ended .31èt M&rch 2025. ' The Frederltrk Arthur A.lford'char￿takn1e Was creatad by a trnse dèed on 28th June 2.005. It ts. un&neorporated."' The'rnajor objacts Of the trust. are as fol.low8: To relieve per8on8, and ch&ldren partleular, who are deaf, hard of ' hearing .or ' tsuf fering. frotrt other hearing ficult￿e￿. To proTnobe or" support .au¢h other charitable PUEPOBes as the.:Trustee8 in ther absolute. dlacretlon"..declde. The Trustees must use .the Incomè aud Tnay utye the uapltal.of the TxuBI"in promot&ng ' the objects. Th"e Trustees hAve had. regard to the Charity comm￿￿￿￿on' 8 guidance on pul?lic beneeie. .and the Trustees confirtTh that the eh•rlty a publlc benefle. entlty. During 't'he ￿r￿Qd under .revew the cotKpany rocelved a ¢]onatiou of £30, OQO from Alf¢rd Bros. 'l.Folkegtollel Limited, a eoTrpauy formerly owned by Mr. F A Alford. In"addltlon't.o ebe donation of £30,.000 detalled above, a. further £250.000 was tr&nèferred'to the Charity by the Èxecutors of Mr F A ￿e0rd accordance" with th¥. d&rectl"ong In the. late Mr Aifordl 8 w&ll. J)onation& totalliny £2.8..CiOO 7iiere made"durlng the year Includiny a donation of £ID, OOQ . to The 'Royal Nat£oIial a]0tltute for: Dea£ Poople IRWIDI . At a me¢ting of the"trristees tlurlng the year,. a nutrber" of, potentlal. reciplent8 of donatlorL8 were d£scu8sed aiux It wa8 re8Dlved "to look further.at certa￿ll pr06pective recipient$. Thi8 rnay in¢.lude a icant eapital. project possibly related to a 8chool for deaf. ehlldren., Sxnce 'balance 8heet. date . fI￿ther Small. donatlons .hav¢ been made. TH￿ .TRUSTrES . ThÈ. tfLXSt.ee3 were a8". follows:" J "S..Altord M. Anaéii Isecretaryl. .'G X Cornwall P Ha.iiilng ITr&agurerl Under Llie teLTQ8 of. the tru8t deed. the nunLber of etyJstoas shall be'.a min&mum. of tTrio: . there no maximum number. Th& orLglnal tru¥tee¥ are entitled to .hold .office for ' l*£e 8ttd .aaditional trnsteea. 1114y. be. apE>olnted by deed or by a re￿olutIor& tsf "the truBtee¥.

TFIE FREDERICK ARTHUR ALFO3D CIJARXTABThE TRUST. "RFPORT OF TRUSTEES tor thp year ended 31st MARCH 2025 Icontlnued") .RESERtrss "p.OLlCY AWD RISK .MANACBF4EWr. e tThiBteeg tetalned 'resexve8 of £836, 396. The tru8tees bave forecast the level of free reserves (that".i8. those funds not tied.up. in flxed a¥setg..or deaignated a8 '.re8trieted' fw]dBI .the charlty wlll'..reqtslre tp sua.eala It& 'ok)erati.on8. for 24 months. 'The trLlSteqB are pleased to note that there.are 8￿f t'iclent .fre& reserveB to provide financ￿al f lo￿￿bIl.￿eY for the foreso2able futuro. It. recognised. that the are curreptly '"fjigher. than ' requlred due. to dif fIcult￿e8. IdentIfy￿ng. eapital E)roJectB ."such. .a8 'Lh"e E)urchase. of . 'capital equlpment by all￿ther charity. in. the d¢a£/bLknd" sector, or other de'serirlng prcJéct3 bel.ng carrled out. by. otiLer' ebaritle In 'th8oe .f £elda. . .TRUSTrES I. .RESPONSIBILIYIES . The txiistees are reqU￿rea to. prepare flnanc&al. Statements for each financial perlod whlcli glve..a" txue and .fair view of tILe. state ot.af.falra of the tni8t .and of" the auzp'lus or def￿CIt .of ".the tr118t. tor that perlod." In prepar&ng ehose £inaLclal statemeata the .t'ru8tees are reoul.red to"" 8eleet aultable accouritthg "Poi.Icles and. apply tlwn eoyJ8lHtently j .21 make. Judgements ."and estirjates that: are tea8onable and prudent.; .. prepare "tliÈ £lnanc&al ¥tatenwit's . iin the going .e¢incern ba8is. unle•. 'e . napproprlate. to a88ume .that. the truat [￿11. corttxnue to be active. e trtt3tee3 .are r.esptsns￿h1e . for keep￿llg proper Accouue.ing rècords whi.ch.'dlsclose," vith.rea8"onable 'acciJracy at any time,. the.f£nattexal po8lt.i¢in of the t.ry8t'."" aria enable theTr"to ensure that the f !.nanclal staternents "comply with. the. Stiatement .of RecOnYtiet￿ed the" Charit&2s Act . 2011. the Charlty, 8. goverll￿ng document. . This.'trepo¥t vias approved by the" trugteeB' on.. 22nd'.AFr&l 2026

..THE TrUSTRES DF nEDERIa( 'kRTinJR ALk7ORD CHARITABLE TRusr I report to t.he trustees OZL my eJcawn&t&ori of the tiDancial..Etatements 0£ 't.he Frederick Arthur Alford CharlEable .Tru&e. {' the cltarity") for tlie" year" ended 31st ' Marcii 202.5" vh£¢h". comprl8e the .Statement of . Fuwical Activities, 'and" 'related notres" the Balanee." Sheet report pHde golely. to tFAe'.charity' a trustees, as a body. '&.n aceoraance witb "sectlon 145 of the Charities Act 201.1. My work ha.s been undertaken so that I ￿ght gtato.to the'.¢harity' o.trutstees thosé. matters I arn requlred to state to them In this report anci for no other purpo¥e: To the fullest 'extent perritted.by. law, I .do' not . accèpt tir assume"'re8potsibll¥t¥ to anyone other than'the charity and tho charlty's 'tru8tees as a body.1 .£or my work,.. for .¢hia report, or lor the opinions .I have fotrned.. . 'RESPON8IBILITIES .BASIS OF REPORT ts. tlie trnsteeB of. the charlLy YO￿ are re¥ponslble for .Èhe preparatAon of 'the f3i]aocxal' Statement8 "&n" accOrd￿￿e with th"q requirenieuta. of . the "char￿"tIeS. Act 2011 'Iiithe Actw I. repo&t ￿. re8peet 'of.. ty exaM￿nat.￿on OE . the charity, s fitianeial statenEntE carried Dut U2idér section 145 .of . the Act..and In carrylilg.out..my exawnatloll I have. folltswed '" . all.. the applicable D&.r?cti¢)n8 givert by the 'Charity Corm￿811>ll under 8ectiorL 14515} Ibl 'of tbe Act. An. "Independent examlnatlorL does not involve gatheriny all. the evldence .that would be rèqulred in. an audlt aud conaequently does not cover all tELe. matters that an auditor eonsiders in gi'vlng...thelr 0p￿￿n.0n the "f&nanc&al 8t&tementS. The plannlng and ' conduct of .' an audlt goes. beyond the. Ixm&"tÈd assurance that an independent exall￿natIOn can provlde."..Con8equently I expresg"no" oplrlion a# to whether the f inancial #'tatements present a n triiB and falr" vlew and my report. lSmLted to"tlwise specifi¢ matters Set out. È.he independènt examiner. s 3tateTrent. s£nce the. ew8ti s groso ￿lIe0Mé èxceeds £250,000, .your examiner must b8 a member of a borty" IL8ted In.'sect"it￿ 14.5 of the Act.. I confirm that I.am quall.f ted to uudextake the exalu￿natiOn because l am a member of ACCA whlch IB one 0£ the 118t&Lg liod.ies.. l." hav.e. uotttpleted exarnDatlgu.. i that no materlal Thattets have c¢xTh2 to my . attention" in corAnettif)n wth .the. examtnation givlng me cause to bèllave that in ¥ny Tllater&al respect: aec¢iunting' records have not been .kept lry. respect of the. Charity ats recau£red section 130 of Lhe Act: the £inaneiBI 8tatomenÈg do .not accord w&th .tlxos¢ rtsttor4s: or 3: .tho. fliian¢ial #tatements do not eoTtiply ￿th the applicable reqU￿rementS. concetslng thè form and Cont￿¢. of a¢co)Jnt# aet out tjie Charltles . IAccounea . atsd.Reportsl Regulations 2008" other. than sny requireme2Trt that the. ac¢ountg give ntriie and fair. riew whtcEt not a matter .considered .as. par.t of aj) . Independent examlnat.ign. .

' THR FREDRRICK ARTHUR ALFORD CHARITABLE TRUST . . INDBPENDENY BxAfmRI S REE¥TrT Icontiuriuedl FOR THE.YEAR ENDED 31Bt 1￿CH 2025 . X bave no concerns. anLI have" come acroBS ILO .Other matters connect&oll %vath the exaTh£nat&on to i¥hich attent&¢!u shouia >e drawn in tms .reporÈ. to Enable a pxtsper under8tandlHg of .ths f Inancl.al. #t&eement8 . tts be reachtsd, Signed: Dated: 29 April 2026 Jame8 Duggan AssoclatAon of Chart2Ted Certlf led Accountants Slmm¢n# GaitiB£tsrd Prts£esslonal SerwiceÈ LiM￿tea . 52 New Toifft . Uciofield ' East Sussex . TN22 5DB .

THE FREDBRICK. ARTAtni ALFORf) IllARITABLB TRUST . STXTBMwf OF FifqANCIAL ACTIVITIES £or the yoar encied 31st MARCH 2025 INCO￿ AND EXPEbTDITURE . 2025 .2024 ' INCODlIklQ. RESOURCÈS . Doi]atloaa received Bull￿ng society &ntereBt received other Lrtterest .re¢e&ved .R￿lt received 280.000 6.111 280. OOD 102" 74,593 69, 16Ct' .360,711. 349.262 ' RESOIJRCKS EXPSNDED . tsireet charltable .expenditure DonationB .to.' East. Auglla ChLldren' s Hon FAcrs ' Paula Carr" Dlabeteg Trnst pllgrlm Hospice Ret￿na. UK RIIID . Walker .Constructiou Trybt. 5,000 io.oou 5", 000 10,DOO. I, ooo I,ooo 2,000" 60,000 1,000 10.000 2,000 2B,OQO 79,000 Governanc¢ .coat8 T¥u$teeB' . expepses . .Property repa￿r# roperty agent, s 'fee8 Property Inaurance Iudep.endÈnt examlner, S £8e Bank charges ", 25,194. 4,823 1.502 2,319 25 15.512 4.551 1,233 2,249 33,863 24.545 61,863 103,545. NET INCOMING RESOURCES 298.84B 245, 717 ' Balance brought .forward at 1st Apr1.1 2024 537,548 291,831 Salance. carrled £orwara at" 31at rthr¢h 2025. .£836. 396 £537,548 i.l. Lncome .and eirpend&ture was unrestricted. .There.'WEra no 'restrl.ctea or. endornt tunds..

TIIE FREDERICK ART]tOR ALFORD (ttIARITABLE TRUST BALANCE SHEET a8 at 31st 14ARCH 20.25 .2025. Notoo . . CURREwr .Assws . Debtor CaBh at" bank 174. 926 665, 839 L33.a58 407, 752 840, 765 541.610 . CURptsr LXABILIT.I Accti*iB 4,369. 4,Q62 £836,396 £537,548 CAPITAL AND gESERVES t7nre8trtcted funds" .£836., 396 £537, 548 . The f lllaneial. Statem￿lL8 page8..5 to 8 were approved: liy tru8tee8 on .22nd. Apr&1 . 2025

THE. PREDERICK ARTIIUR ￿F0RD CHARITABSB fkusT ' . IqOTES TO ThB'.PINANClai STATEMENTS for thè year ended 31st" MARCH 2025. ACCQEWTING POLICIES General flie f inanclal atatements "ate prepared in.. accordance with the hl&torical 'cost eonvention wl.th .itemB .recogll￿Bed at cost or tran8actlots value, unlèss otherwise stated the relevant .notes ,to the8e accounts. The. financal Et"atement liave been prepared .£n aEcotdance with. the 2019.. Statement ' of Reconiniended lJrattt&ce,' ". Ae¢4)unt&ng and R¢porting by c￿￿tIt￿e8. Pr￿par￿g their account8 acCordai￿& wxth the F￿n￿le￿al. Report&iig Standard" appl&cab!e in th& IYK 'aud. Republit. 0£ . Treland IFRS1021 issued on 16th July 2014 and the eharitle8' A¢t 2011. The f&iianeial staternenta Include .all transacton¥, &&setB and labiliÈies for wmch. the trustees are responslbl.e law. Fi￿d accouiitir£g General fwids ara u[￿e8trIcted fundB. which are available" £or"u8e at the . dlAcretxon of the .tThgtees in furtherance of. the.gener&l objectives of the charlty aud wb£ch have not beezL dealgnated for other 'putPO'8ea. ncome, "gaina and IoB8es are allocated to the approprlate tund. Inv88tmen¢ .Recognitlon of Income. All recoynised onee the charity has entltlement to the tncome. it Is probable .that thè. reBou¥ce8 W￿11 "be: received and.the amount o£'.incorne can be Tneawred. EXpend￿ti￿e ' Exp.endLture Is tecogni8ed .r)nce there is a.. legal or constructlve ob'l.I"gation to make a payment. to a third.. partyi tt 18 probable that . 8ettleTrent.' wlll '}) rwlred and the amount 0£ the obligation can be measured reliably. All. expenditure. accounted "for on an gcerual& bag£s. ' Ai"1 eJEpense¥ including 8uppert costB and governarLC¢ CO#ta are allocated to the applicable expendlture . headlngB. Governance COSti8 . are those incurred in..connectlon with" the adrnini8cratlon ot the charity.and coropliaDce wlth the coiL#titutlonal and statutory. tequLrements. Irrecoverable VAT 18 tharged agalns.t. the expendlture heading for whlch It was. ' Inethrred.. '. Cash at Bank Ca8h ats. bank ￿n￿Ude& cash and Bhort. tern. highly l.iqu&d Investrnent8 wltb a ". short matur.Ity.of ¢hrEe months or "less 'f rom tiLe date. of aequlsitic)n or opelling of th dep08It of" a sim&.l&r amouELt. Flnanclal . InStnur￿ts The charity. only has t&nanelal a06ets.and Llablll¢.*es of a.kind which qualjfy 'aa i)as£G financ￿￿1 &notrument8. Ba8ic f inancial instruments are .itlitially re¢ognx8ed. at transaetlon value aud subsequently measured 8L their. 5ettleMettt value.

THB FREtsBRfcK ARTRUR ALFORD CHARITABLE TrUST NOTES .TO .TIIF PINAKCIAL STAYEP4BNrs.' .for tbe. year. ended 318E MARCH 2025 . RTr4rJt￿T1oN AWO" TRUSfEE. BXPENSES rhe trust.had no enrployeeB and uo Btatf "costs. .The trLIBt is therefore dependent on the.. sertyi¢e6 of . tke trustees. adwnistratlve expenses ' Apart frorn aireet travel co8ts, ar.e paid by Alford Bros. aoy Including. feea. from The nngB Mlll Practice;. . (Folkestonel Limited, a. fir￿ 0£ Chartered Accountants. of which Feter liainlngi one. of 'the tru8teea of the truBt, is the prInC￿paI. The ' fèes eor the peri¢xl under review amounted. to" 4PFroxtmatÈly £290 12024: approxlrn4tely' £.2801 . th..the except&on of th8 8*ove, no tLvstee nor any petgon colweeted to them .has received. or is due to.receive any rellllmeration for perlod directly or . Int￿reCtly. .£tom the truet l 8 funds. ￿￿enseS incurred by trii¥tee¥ on behalf of the company. ara re-imbursed at Coot. At :the. balance 'sTrA'eet date, o exp￿e9 were" outotandlng.. DEBTORS . 2025 .2024 ATnounts held by the exeeiitors of bqr F A Alford 'knount8 held b¥ Alford "Bros. epaymertt8 (Folkeatonel '.Liinlted 67.084 107.142 700 82,062. 7.00 £174,926 £133. 858 . Siwllary of fund8. (all. unre8tr&ctedl. . Br￿ght . forward Carrled" . forward ' In¢ome 2Xpond￿ture lJéoeraL £und# £537.548. £360,711 £$1, a63 £836,.396