. 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 the*r
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 .rev*ew 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
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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 . Fuwic*al 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 exarn*Datlgu.. i that no materlal Thattets have c¢xTh2 to my
. attention" in corAnettif)n w*th .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. financ*al 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 transact*on¥, &&setB and l*abiliÈies 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