## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name The Clearwater Charitable Trust **members of** 

**On accounts for the year** 31 March 2025 **Charity no** 1117596 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember  to include the page numbers of additional sheets) ~~PE~~ 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2025. 

- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

**Independent** I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or 

- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 


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**October 2018** 

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**Section B                           Disclosure** 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

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## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date 01 04 2024 31 03 2025 **From To** 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** The Clearwater Charitable Trust 

**Other names charity is known by** 

||**Registered charity number (if any)**<br>**Charity's principal address**|**Registered charity number (if any)**<br>**Charity's principal address**|**Registered charity number (if any)**1117596<br>**Charity's principal address**<br>32, Queens Road,<br>Reading,<br>**Postcode RG1 4AU**<br>~~ee~~|**Registered charity number (if any)**1117596<br>**Charity's principal address**<br>32, Queens Road,<br>Reading,<br>**Postcode RG1 4AU**<br>~~ee~~|**Registered charity number (if any)**1117596<br>**Charity's principal address**<br>32, Queens Road,<br>Reading,<br>**Postcode RG1 4AU**<br>~~ee~~|**Registered charity number (if any)**1117596<br>**Charity's principal address**<br>32, Queens Road,<br>Reading,<br>**Postcode RG1 4AU**<br>~~ee~~|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**||||||
||**Trustee name**|**Office (if**<br>**any)**|||**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|1 David Leonard Barnes|1 David Leonard Barnes||||||
|2 Piers Daniel Carl|2 Piers Daniel Carlyle Brunner||||||
|3 Adele Brunner|3 Adele Brunner||||||
|4 Ru|4 Rupert James Brodribb Brunner||||||
|5 Phili|5 PhilipJohn Nixon||||||
|6 James Alistair Preston|6 James Alistair Preston||||||
|7|7||||||
|8|8||||||
|9|9||||||
|10|10||||||
|11|11||||||
|12|12||||||
|13|13||||||
|14|14||||||
|15|15||||||
|16|16||||||
|17|17||||||



18 19 20 ~~ae~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

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|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**<br>**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**<br>**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**<br>**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
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## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Trust Deed 

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Appointed by resolution of the Trustees Trustee selection methods 

(eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

To further the object or objects of any registered charity or charities for the public benefit **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

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The Trustees kept in mind the Charity Commission`s guidance on public benefit when choosing appropriate charities. 

**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 

**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

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## Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main** Favouring appropriate charities, having regard to the Charity **achievements of the charity** Commission`s guidance on public benefit. **during the year** 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

Until the charity has forward commitments no reserves are necessary. 

**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

## **Section F                     Other optional information** 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**<br>**etc) **<br>**Date**|_David Leonard Barnes_|_Piers Daniel Carlyle Brunner_|
|---|---|---|
||David Leonard Barnes|Piers Daniel Carlyle Brunner|
||<br> Trustee/Accountant|Trustee|
||25 June 2025||
||25 June 2025||



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|**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**1117596**<br>**The Clearwater Charitable Trust**<br>01/04/2024<br>31/03/2025<br>rr|**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**1117596**<br>**The Clearwater Charitable Trust**<br>01/04/2024<br>31/03/2025<br>rr|**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**1117596**<br>**The Clearwater Charitable Trust**<br>01/04/2024<br>31/03/2025<br>rr|**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**1117596**<br>**The Clearwater Charitable Trust**<br>01/04/2024<br>31/03/2025<br>rr|**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**1117596**<br>**The Clearwater Charitable Trust**<br>01/04/2024<br>31/03/2025<br>rr|**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**1117596**<br>**The Clearwater Charitable Trust**<br>01/04/2024<br>31/03/2025<br>rr|**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**1117596**<br>**The Clearwater Charitable Trust**<br>01/04/2024<br>31/03/2025<br>rr|**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**1117596**<br>**The Clearwater Charitable Trust**<br>01/04/2024<br>31/03/2025<br>rr|**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**1117596**<br>**The Clearwater Charitable Trust**<br>01/04/2024<br>31/03/2025<br>rr|**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**1117596**<br>**The Clearwater Charitable Trust**<br>01/04/2024<br>31/03/2025<br>rr|**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**1117596**<br>**The Clearwater Charitable Trust**<br>01/04/2024<br>31/03/2025<br>rr|**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**1117596**<br>**The Clearwater Charitable Trust**<br>01/04/2024<br>31/03/2025<br>rr|**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**Charity Name**<br>**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**1117596**<br>**The Clearwater Charitable Trust**<br>01/04/2024<br>31/03/2025<br>rr||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**CC16a**<br>_|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Dividends|**59,370**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**59,370**|**59,370**||**56,745**|
|Bank interest|**1,604**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**1,604**|**1,604**||**997**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|_AR)_<br>**60,974**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**60,974**|**60,974**||**57,742**|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                              -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total receipts_**<br>**60,974**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**60,974**<br>**57,742**<br>**A3 Payments**<br>————~~——~~|||||||||||||||
|Professional fees|**3,402**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**3,402**|**3,402**||**4,038**|
|K Foundation|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**3,000**|
|English Bridge Education & Developme**12,000**|||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**12,000**|**12,000**||**-**|
|Berkshire Outdoor Educational Centre|**12,000**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**12,000**|**12,000**||**-**|
|Maggies Cancer Caring Centre|**4,000**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**4,000**|**4,000**||**-**|
|Uppingham School|**5,000**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**5,000**|**5,000**||**-**|
|University of Exeter|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||||||**-**|**-**||**15,000**|
|Women In sports Empowered HK Ltd|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**5,000**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||||||||||**-**|**-**||**-**|



_**Sub total**_ **[                    36,402 ] - - 36,402 27,038 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **[                              - ] - - - -** ——— _**Total payments**_ **36,402 - -** ~~——~~ **36,402 27,038** _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **24,572 - - 24,572 30,704 A5 Transfers between funds - -                           - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 115,066 -                           - 115,066 84,362** _**Cash funds this year end**_ SS **139,638 -** SS **-                 139,638** 44 **115,066** 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>Brunner Investment Trust PLC - 249,978<br>ordinary shares 25p each<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>Bank current account<br>Bank deposit account<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>D.L. Barnes<br>Signature<br>P.D.C. Brunner|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**12,291**<br>**-**<br>**127,347**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**139,638**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**unrestricted**<br>**1,021,160**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>P.D.C. Brunner<br>D.L. Barnes|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**3,199,718**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**When due**<br>**(optional)**<br>Date of<br>approval<br>04/07/2025<br>04/07/2025|



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