The 9684 Trust
Trustees’ Report and Receipts and Payments Accounts For the year ended 5 April 2023
Charity no: 1113620
The 9684 Trust
Trustees’ Report For the year ended 5 April 2023
The trustees present their report and financial statements for the year ended 5 April 2023. Advantage has been taken of the exemption to prepare accruals accounts for smaller charities and Receipts and Payments Accounts have been prepared as set out on pages 4 to 6.
Objectives and activities
The objects of the charity, as set out in the Trust Deed, are to apply the income of the charity to such purposes as shall be exclusively charitable as the trustees in their absolute discretion think fit.
The trustees further these objects by awarding grants to other registered charities.
The Trustees take due consideration of the public benefit guidance issued by the Charity Commission when identifying beneficiaries and awarding grants.
Achievements in the year
The Trust awarded grants totalling £170,000 (2022: £110,000) as follows:
| 2023 | 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered charity no: | £ | £ | |
| Lifebox Foundation | 1143018 | 75,000 | 50,000 |
| Street Child | 1128536 | 50,000 | - |
| Jenga CDO | 1117877 | 45,000 | 40,000 |
| Simien Mountains Mobile Medical Service | 1162302 | - | 10,000 |
| Calcutta Rescue | 290917 | - | 5,000 |
| Ghana School Aid | 299178 | - | 5,000 |
| 170,000 | 110,000 |
Financial Review
During the year the charity received a total of £25,667 (2022: £1,721), expended £170,000 (2022: £110,030) and invested £2,700,000 (2022: £nil).
The trustees aim to maintain sufficient free reserves to enable them to make disbursements when circumstances warrant.
At 5 April 2023 this amounted to £532,979 (2022: £3,377,312)
Structure, governance and management
The charity is unincorporated and governed by a Trust Deed dated 10 February 2006. The charity was registered with the Charity Commission on 5 April 2006.
New trustees are appointed by the existing trustees, as required.
Trustees are required to disclose all relevant interests, register them, and withdraw from decisions where a conflict of interest arises.
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The 9684 Trust
Trustees’ Report (continued) For the year ended 5 April 2023
Reference and administrative details
| Registered charity number | 1113620 |
|---|---|
| Principal address | 18 Rothamsted Avenue |
| Harpenden | |
| AL5 2DJ. | |
| Trustees | D E S Shipley |
| Ms A I Rodgers | |
| Mrs J E Babbage | |
| Bankers | Lloyds TSB Bank plc |
| 21-23 Hill Street | |
| London | |
| W1J 5JW | |
| Investment Managers | Cazenove Capital |
| 1 London Wall Place | |
| London | |
| EC2Y 5AU | |
| Independent Examiner | Nicola Anderson FCA FCIE |
| 189 Baldwins Lane | |
| Croxley Green | |
| Rickmansworth | |
| WD3 3LL |
This report was approved by the trustees on 7 March 2024 and signed on their behalf by
D Shipley - Trustee
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The 9684 Trust
Independent Examiner’s Report For the year ended 5 April 2023
I report to the trustees on my examination of the Receipts and Payments accounts of The 9684 Trust (charity no: 1113620) for the year ended 5 April 2023 which are set out on pages 4 to 6.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust, you 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 Charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination 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:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records
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.
Nicola Anderson FCA FCIE Chartered Accountant & Independent Examiner
189 Baldwins Lane Croxley Green Rickmansworth Herts. WD3 3LL
Dated: 7 March 2024
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The 9684 Trust
Statement of Receipts and Payments For the year ended 5 April 2023
| 2023 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Receipts | ||
| Interest | 25,667 | 1,721 |
| Total Receipts | 25,667 | 1,721 |
| Payments | ||
| Grants Awarded | (170,000) | (110,000) |
| Other | - | (30) |
| Total Payments | (170,000) | (110,030) |
| Purchase of Investment | (2,700,000) | - |
| Net receipts/(payments) for the year | (2,844,333) | (108,309) |
| Balances brought forward | 3,377,312 | 3,485,621 |
| Balances carried forward | 532,979 | 3,377,312 |
All funds are unrestricted
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The 9684 Trust
Statement of Assets and Liabilities As at 5 April 2023
| 2023 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Investments | ||
| UK Treasury Gilts (at Market value) | 2,671,875 | - |
| Monetary assets | ||
| Cash held by Investment Managers | 46,257 | - |
| Cash at bank | 532,979 | 3,377,312 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Independent Examination | 800 | - |
These accounts were approved by the trustees on 7 March 2024 and signed on their behalf by
D Shipley- Trustee
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The 9684 Trust
Notes to the accounts For the year ended 5 April 2023
1 Trustee remuneration and expenses
The trustees are considered to be the key management of the charity.
No trustees received any remuneration or expenses from the charity in the current or previous year.
There were no related party transactions in the current or previous year.
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