## **THE B & J CHARITABLE TRUST Charity Number 1118734**
## **ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**YEAR ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER 2023**
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## **Reference and administrative details**
Trustees Ms B Webb Mr J Pearson Mr M Pearson Ms D Webb-Hobson Registered office The Little Manor 45 Tytherington Lane Bollington Macclesfield Cheshire SK10 2JS Bankers Handelsbanken 48 Alderley Road Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 1NY Independent Examiner M Heaton FCCA FCIE DChA KM, Chartered Accountants 1[st] Floor Block C The Wharf Manchester Road Burnley Lancashire BB11 1JG
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## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30[th] September 2023.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Objectives and aims**
The object of the charity is the furtherance of such charitable purpose or charitable purposes in any part of the world and if more than one in such proportions and in such manner as the trustees shall from time to time think fit.
The activity of the charity is currently making of grants mainly to projects in Asia.
The trustees have complied with the requirements of the Charity Commission with regard to public benefit.
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**
## **Charitable activities**
The charity awarded grants totalling £84,788 to organisations during the year, mainly for projects in south east Asia, with the emphasis on animal and children’s welfare.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Financial position**
At the year end, the cash funds of the charity amounted to £210,104. In addition the charity has an investment property valued at £165,000.
The charity aims to retain enough funds for urgent appeals and to ensure that sufficient cover is available for on- going projects .
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing document**
The charity is established by a trust deed dated 31st January 2007.
The trustees are appointed by the existing trustees as and when a need arises; the trustee body meets on a regular basis to consider the making of grants from the charitable funds.
## **Risk Review**
The Trustees regularly review business risk.
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 4[th] April 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
Ms B Webb – Trustee
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## Independent Examiners Report
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 30[th] September 2023 which are set out on pages 5 and 6.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees 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 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:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity 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.
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M R Heaton FCCA FCIE DChA KM 1[st] Floor Block C The Wharf Manchester Road Burnley BB11 1JG
4[th] April 2024.
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## RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
|**Receipts**
Donations
Gift Aid tax reclaimed
Interest on cash deposits
Trust distribution
Rental income on investment property
Tax refund
Total receipts
**Payments**
Nepal Animal Welfare
India Animal Welfare
Nepal Child Welfare
Europe Animal Welfare
Accountancy fees
Bank charges
Investment property maintenance
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2023**
**£**
50,000
-
674
-
6,717
16,657
74,048
60,438
3,000
16,350
5,000
1,740
258
6,980
93,766
(19,718)
229,822
210,104|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2022**
**£**
60,000
15,000
670
40,744
3,829
-|
|---|---|---|
|||120,243|
|||49,447
3,000
17,000
8,000
372
241
3,350|
|||81,410|
||||
|||38,833|
|||190,989|
||210,104|229,822|
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## **Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the year**
|**of the year**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted|Restricted||
||funds|funds||
||**£**|**£**||
|**Cash funds**|210,104||-|
|**Investment property at**
**valuation on receipt**|165,000||-|
Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf on 4[th] April 2024 by: Ms B Webb Trustee
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