TULI CONSERVATION TRUST UK ANNUAL REPORT
For the Year Ended 28 February 2025
Charity registration number 1113913
Tuli Conservation Trust UK – Trustees’ Annual Report for Year Ended 28 February 2025
Structure, Governance and Management
Name and registraton
Tuli Conservation Trust UK (formerly Tuli Development Trust) Constituted under a Deed of Trust Registered charity number 1113913
Registered Address
North Lodge Farm Widmerpool Lane Widmerpool Nottingham NG12 5QE
Trustee Details
| Name | Position | Appointed/ Re-appointed |
Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Dawson | Trustee | 28 November 2022 | |
| Jacques de Haan | Trustee | 1 February 2022 | 4 February 2025 |
| Philipp Graf | Trustee | 8 December 2020/ 8 December 2023 |
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| Julia Butterfield | Trustee and Interim Chair |
4 February 2013/ 4 March 2019/ 1 February 2022 |
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| Keith Scholey | Trustee | 4 March 2019/ 1 February 2022 |
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| Alastair Fothergill | Trustee | 4 March 2019/ 1 February 2022 |
Secretary – Fionnuala Carvill
There were no employees during the period under review.
Objectives
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To protect and conserve the wildlife and environment of the Northern Tuli Game Reserve and any area subsequently included in the proposed Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area (GMTFCA) to be established by the Governments of Botswana South Africa and Zimbabwe, and neighbouring communities.
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To advance the education of the inhabitants of the Northern Tuli Game Reserve, GMTFCA and neighbouring communities.
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Tuli Conservation Trust UK – Trustees’ Annual Report for Year Ended 28 February 2025
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The relief of poverty, sickness and distress of the inhabitants of the Northern Tuli Game Reserve, GMTFCA and neighbouring communities.
-
The preservation and protection of good health of the inhabitants of the Northern Tuli Game Reserve, GMTFCA and neighbouring communities.
Activities
During the year under review Tuli Conservation Trust UK (TCTUK) continued its arms-length relationship with the Tuli Conservation Trust (a Botswana trust) which is a charitable trust established to, inter alia , protect and enhance the Northern Tuli Game Reserve (Notugre), Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area and neighbouring communities through conservation and community empowerment.
Although TCTUK and Tuli Conservation Trust (TCT) have separate Trustees, each with their own fiduciary duties, both trusts have a common aim - which is set out in the respective Objects - hence the wish to work closer together. The relationship is formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which governs the relationship and responsibilities of each party with regard to grant giving.
During the year under review, TCTUK was chosen by a group of riders as the recipient of sponsorship from the Land of the Giants cycle event held at Mashatu, a lodge in Notugre, in May 2024. This event raised, through a participant’s GoFundMe page and individual donations, a total of GBP35,032.24 for TCTUK. The donations were raised to specifically support the anti-poaching activities of the antipoaching team that operates on Notugre. Under the above-mentioned MoU, TCT applied to TCTUK for this funding in full, as TCT had in turn received a grant application from the Notugre anti-poaching team’s operating company for funding to allow the purchase of items to increase the efficiency of the team.
After due consideration of the funding request from TCT and the supporting due diligence required under the MoU, TCTUK agreed to donate to TCT the sum of GBP35,032.24, restricted for use to partfund the purchase of relevant items for the anti-poaching team. The application received by TCT was in excess of the funds held by TCTUK, and the balance was funded directly by TCT.
Fundraising by the Trustees throughout the year under review was put on hold pending the identification of major projects to support. At the start of 2024 and after an extensive recruitment process, a Community Liaison Officer was employed to support the work of TCT, and with the addition of this permanent resource - meeting with the communities neighbouring Notugre and identifying significant areas of need - a programme of potential projects has been formulated which are undergoing feasibility studies and due diligence. Once the appropriate processes have been met, and sustainable projects identified, fundraising will re-commence accordingly.
The Trustees have throughout complied with their duty to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant.
Joint Fundraising Commitee
The Joint Fundraising Committee is constituted in conjunction with TCT and has formal Terms of Reference. The main responsibilities of the Joint Fundraising Committee are developing a fundraising strategy, leading on all fundraising activities, and maintaining the TCT website. During the year under review, regular posts on social media were made to raise awareness of conservation issues, particularly human wildlife conflict.
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Tuli Conservation Trust UK – Trustees’ Annual Report for Year Ended 28 February 2025
Members of the Fundraising Committee are as follows:-
Michael Dawson (Chair) Stephen Lansdown CBE Philipp Graf Jacques de Haan (resigned 4 February 2025) Fionnuala Carvill
Bios of the TCTUK Trustees and Fundraising Committee members can be found at www.tulitrust.org.
The Trustees would like to thank all those who raised sponsorship and donations through the Land of the Giants cycle event, and all donors who have previously donated to TCTUK.
Risk Management
The Trustees monitor the principal risks facing the Trust which include the receipt of funds, security of assets and allocation of grants. Due regard is given to the relevant laws, regulation and guidance that apply to the Trust as a registered charity.
Events after the reporting date
After the year under review, negative factors including geopolitical uncertainty, rising inflation rates and the cost-of-living crisis continue – economic conditions which will inevitably influence the ability to raise funds. The impact to the Trust will be closely monitored by the Trustees, with a prudent outlook adopted.
Mr Jacque de Haan retired as a Trustee on 4 February 2025 having served a three-year term of office. The Trustees would like to extend their thanks to Mr de Haan for his valued contribution over his tenure.
Financial Review
As a registered charity with a gross income of over GBP25,000 but not exceeding GBP250,000 in the year-ended 29 February 2025, and as set out by the Charity Commission, the Trustees have elected to prepare accounts on the receipts and payments basis. The accounts for the period under review have been subject to an independent examination which has been undertaken by Nicholas Farrant FCA on behalf of Francis Clark LLP.
There has been no trading income and the assets in the Trust consist of cash only, the balance of which stood at GBP202,420 as at 28 February 2025.
The Trustees note that TCTUK is subject to minimal overheads, with the operating costs totalling circa GBP2,000 pa in the year under review. Previous years’ operating costs have been less than this amount and the Trustees do not expect these costs to raise materially over the next three years of operation. As such, the Trustees will consider in the coming year setting a reserves policy at a level equivalent to 12 months operating costs.
The Trustees and Fundraising Committee members all serve voluntarily without payment. The Expense
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Tuli Conservation Trust UK – Trustees’ Annual Report for Year Ended 28 February 2025
Policy sets out the conditions by which the Trustees may reclaim expenses, but in the period under review no such expenses have been claimed from the Trust.
The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ Report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Julia Butterfield Trustee Date:
Fionnuala Carvill Secretary Date:
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Independent Examiner’s Report to the trutees of the Tuli Conservation Trust UK for the year ended 28 February 2025
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Tuli Conservation Trust UK (the Trust) for the period started on 1 March 2024 and ended 28 February 2025.
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 Trust’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:
- accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. 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.
Signed:
Name: Nicholas Farrant
BA MSc Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Date: Address: Francis Clark LLP Ground Floor Blackbrook Gate 1 Blackbrook Business Park Taunton Somerset TA1 2PX
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Tuli Conservation Trust UK – Receipts and Payments Accounts for Year Ended 28 February 2025
Receipts and Payments
| Receipts Donatons Gif Aid Total Receipts Payments Website Hostng Subscriptons Audit & Accountancy Grants Total Payments Net of receipts/ (payments) Cash Funds last year end Total cash funds at year end |
2025 Unrestricted Funds £ - - - 585 278 1,200 - 2,063 (2,063) 202,483 200,420 |
2025 Restricted Funds £ 35,032 - 35,032 - - - 35,032 35,032 - - - |
2025 Total Funds £ 35,032 - 35,032 585 278 1,200 35,032 37,095 (2,063) 202,483 200,420 |
2024 Unrestricted and Total Funds £ 5,000 31,250 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36,250 | ||||
| 360 270 - - |
||||
| 630 | ||||
| 35,620 166,863 |
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| 202,483 |
Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Total cash funds | 2025 Unrestricted Funds £ 200,420 |
2025 Restricted Funds £ - |
2025 Total Funds £ 200,420 |
2024 Unrestricted and Total Funds £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202,483 |
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Julia Butterfield Trustee Date:
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| Tuli Conservation Trust UK | Tuli Conservation Trust UK | Tuli Conservation Trust UK | No (if any) | No (if any) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | |||||||||||
| For the period from ~~ee~~ |
03/01/2024 Period start date ~~ee~~ |
To ~~ee~~ |
28/2/25 Period end date |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | ||||||||
| to the nearest £ |
to the nearest | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | |||||||
| A1 Receipts | ||||||||||||
| Donations | 35,032 | - | 35,032 | 5,000 | ||||||||
| Gift Aid | - | - | - | - | 31,250 | |||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
(Gross income for AR) - |
35,032 | - | 35,032 | 36,250 | |||||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts - 35,032 - 35,032 36,250 ~~——————~~ |
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| A3 Payments | ||||||||||||
| Website hosting | 360 | - | - | 360 | 360 | |||||||
| email addresses | 278 | - | - | 278 | 270 | |||||||
| Bank Charges | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Grants | 35,032 | - | 35,032 | - | ||||||||
| Audit Fee | 1,200 | - | - | 1,200 | - | |||||||
| Website domain | 85 | - | - | 85 | - | |||||||
| Website assistance | 140 | - | - | 140 | - | |||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| **Sub total ** | 2,063 | 35,032 | - | 37,095 | 630 | |||||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 2,063 35,032 - 37,095 630 ~~——————~~ |
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| Net of receipts/(payments) - 2,063 0 - - 2,063 35,620 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 202,483 - - 202,483 166,864 Cash funds this year end 200,420 0 - 200,420 202,484 ~~===>>~~ |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
27/10/2025
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
Signature Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Details |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - 200,420 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Mrs Julia Butterfield |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| Mrs Julia Butterfield | 08/07/2025 | ||
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
27/10/2025
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TULI CONSERVATION TRUST UK ANNUAL REPORT
For the Year Ended 28 February 2025
Charity registration number 1113913
Tuli Conservation Trust UK – Trustees’ Annual Report for Year Ended 28 February 2025
Structure, Governance and Management
Name and registraton
Tuli Conservation Trust UK (formerly Tuli Development Trust) Constituted under a Deed of Trust Registered charity number 1113913
Registered Address
North Lodge Farm Widmerpool Lane Widmerpool Nottingham NG12 5QE
Trustee Details
| Name | Position | Appointed/ Re-appointed |
Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Dawson | Trustee | 28 November 2022 | |
| Jacques de Haan | Trustee | 1 February 2022 | 4 February 2025 |
| Philipp Graf | Trustee | 8 December 2020/ 8 December 2023 |
|
| Julia Butterfield | Trustee and Interim Chair |
4 February 2013/ 4 March 2019/ 1 February 2022 |
|
| Keith Scholey | Trustee | 4 March 2019/ 1 February 2022 |
|
| Alastair Fothergill | Trustee | 4 March 2019/ 1 February 2022 |
Secretary – Fionnuala Carvill
There were no employees during the period under review.
Objectives
-
To protect and conserve the wildlife and environment of the Northern Tuli Game Reserve and any area subsequently included in the proposed Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area (GMTFCA) to be established by the Governments of Botswana South Africa and Zimbabwe, and neighbouring communities.
-
To advance the education of the inhabitants of the Northern Tuli Game Reserve, GMTFCA and neighbouring communities.
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Tuli Conservation Trust UK – Trustees’ Annual Report for Year Ended 28 February 2025
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The relief of poverty, sickness and distress of the inhabitants of the Northern Tuli Game Reserve, GMTFCA and neighbouring communities.
-
The preservation and protection of good health of the inhabitants of the Northern Tuli Game Reserve, GMTFCA and neighbouring communities.
Activities
During the year under review Tuli Conservation Trust UK (TCTUK) continued its arms-length relationship with the Tuli Conservation Trust (a Botswana trust) which is a charitable trust established to, inter alia , protect and enhance the Northern Tuli Game Reserve (Notugre), Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area and neighbouring communities through conservation and community empowerment.
Although TCTUK and Tuli Conservation Trust (TCT) have separate Trustees, each with their own fiduciary duties, both trusts have a common aim - which is set out in the respective Objects - hence the wish to work closer together. The relationship is formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which governs the relationship and responsibilities of each party with regard to grant giving.
During the year under review, TCTUK was chosen by a group of riders as the recipient of sponsorship from the Land of the Giants cycle event held at Mashatu, a lodge in Notugre, in May 2024. This event raised, through a participant’s GoFundMe page and individual donations, a total of GBP35,032.24 for TCTUK. The donations were raised to specifically support the anti-poaching activities of the antipoaching team that operates on Notugre. Under the above-mentioned MoU, TCT applied to TCTUK for this funding in full, as TCT had in turn received a grant application from the Notugre anti-poaching team’s operating company for funding to allow the purchase of items to increase the efficiency of the team.
After due consideration of the funding request from TCT and the supporting due diligence required under the MoU, TCTUK agreed to donate to TCT the sum of GBP35,032.24, restricted for use to partfund the purchase of relevant items for the anti-poaching team. The application received by TCT was in excess of the funds held by TCTUK, and the balance was funded directly by TCT.
Fundraising by the Trustees throughout the year under review was put on hold pending the identification of major projects to support. At the start of 2024 and after an extensive recruitment process, a Community Liaison Officer was employed to support the work of TCT, and with the addition of this permanent resource - meeting with the communities neighbouring Notugre and identifying significant areas of need - a programme of potential projects has been formulated which are undergoing feasibility studies and due diligence. Once the appropriate processes have been met, and sustainable projects identified, fundraising will re-commence accordingly.
The Trustees have throughout complied with their duty to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant.
Joint Fundraising Commitee
The Joint Fundraising Committee is constituted in conjunction with TCT and has formal Terms of Reference. The main responsibilities of the Joint Fundraising Committee are developing a fundraising strategy, leading on all fundraising activities, and maintaining the TCT website. During the year under review, regular posts on social media were made to raise awareness of conservation issues, particularly human wildlife conflict.
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Tuli Conservation Trust UK – Trustees’ Annual Report for Year Ended 28 February 2025
Members of the Fundraising Committee are as follows:-
Michael Dawson (Chair) Stephen Lansdown CBE Philipp Graf Jacques de Haan (resigned 4 February 2025) Fionnuala Carvill
Bios of the TCTUK Trustees and Fundraising Committee members can be found at www.tulitrust.org.
The Trustees would like to thank all those who raised sponsorship and donations through the Land of the Giants cycle event, and all donors who have previously donated to TCTUK.
Risk Management
The Trustees monitor the principal risks facing the Trust which include the receipt of funds, security of assets and allocation of grants. Due regard is given to the relevant laws, regulation and guidance that apply to the Trust as a registered charity.
Events after the reporting date
After the year under review, negative factors including geopolitical uncertainty, rising inflation rates and the cost-of-living crisis continue – economic conditions which will inevitably influence the ability to raise funds. The impact to the Trust will be closely monitored by the Trustees, with a prudent outlook adopted.
Mr Jacque de Haan retired as a Trustee on 4 February 2025 having served a three-year term of office. The Trustees would like to extend their thanks to Mr de Haan for his valued contribution over his tenure.
Financial Review
As a registered charity with a gross income of over GBP25,000 but not exceeding GBP250,000 in the year-ended 29 February 2025, and as set out by the Charity Commission, the Trustees have elected to prepare accounts on the receipts and payments basis. The accounts for the period under review have been subject to an independent examination which has been undertaken by Nicholas Farrant FCA on behalf of Francis Clark LLP.
There has been no trading income and the assets in the Trust consist of cash only, the balance of which stood at GBP202,420 as at 28 February 2025.
The Trustees note that TCTUK is subject to minimal overheads, with the operating costs totalling circa GBP2,000 pa in the year under review. Previous years’ operating costs have been less than this amount and the Trustees do not expect these costs to raise materially over the next three years of operation. As such, the Trustees will consider in the coming year setting a reserves policy at a level equivalent to 12 months operating costs.
The Trustees and Fundraising Committee members all serve voluntarily without payment. The Expense
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Tuli Conservation Trust UK – Trustees’ Annual Report for Year Ended 28 February 2025
Policy sets out the conditions by which the Trustees may reclaim expenses, but in the period under review no such expenses have been claimed from the Trust.
The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ Report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Julia Butterfield Trustee Date:
Fionnuala Carvill Secretary Date:
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Independent Examiner’s Report to the trutees of the Tuli Conservation Trust UK for the year ended 28 February 2025
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Tuli Conservation Trust UK (the Trust) for the period started on 1 March 2024 and ended 28 February 2025.
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 Trust’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:
- accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. 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.
Signed:
Name: Nicholas Farrant
BA MSc Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Date: Address: Francis Clark LLP Ground Floor Blackbrook Gate 1 Blackbrook Business Park Taunton Somerset TA1 2PX
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Tuli Conservation Trust UK – Receipts and Payments Accounts for Year Ended 28 February 2025
Receipts and Payments
| Receipts Donatons Gif Aid Total Receipts Payments Website Hostng Subscriptons Audit & Accountancy Grants Total Payments Net of receipts/ (payments) Cash Funds last year end Total cash funds at year end |
2025 Unrestricted Funds £ - - - 585 278 1,200 - 2,063 (2,063) 202,483 200,420 |
2025 Restricted Funds £ 35,032 - 35,032 - - - 35,032 35,032 - - - |
2025 Total Funds £ 35,032 - 35,032 585 278 1,200 35,032 37,095 (2,063) 202,483 200,420 |
2024 Unrestricted and Total Funds £ 5,000 31,250 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36,250 | ||||
| 360 270 - - |
||||
| 630 | ||||
| 35,620 166,863 |
||||
| 202,483 |
Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Total cash funds | 2025 Unrestricted Funds £ 200,420 |
2025 Restricted Funds £ - |
2025 Total Funds £ 200,420 |
2024 Unrestricted and Total Funds £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202,483 |
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Julia Butterfield Trustee Date:
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