Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 05 June 2024 To 04 June 2025
Charity name: The Denis James Bartlett and Brigid Catherine Clare Bartlett Charitable Trust Charity registration number: 1120167
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference | ||
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | The objects of the charity are to apply the income and all or such part or parts of the capital at such time or times and in such manner to or for the benefit of such exclusively charitable objects and purposes in any part of the world as the trustees may in their absolute discretion think fit. |
| Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. |
Para 1.17 and 1.19 |
In furtherance of the charity’s objects the trustees shall give consideration to the settlors letter of wishes to supporting charitable organisations with aims of medical research healthcare and wellbeing, animal welfare, and the arts. |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | In determining the charity’s activities, the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment Para 1.38 including program related investment Contribution made by Para 1.38 volunteers Other
Achievements and Performance
| SORP reference | ||
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| Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. |
Para 1.20 | During the year under review the charity made 3 grants to the following charities totalling £66,933.00 • Hope Rescue • Debt Advice Foundation • Immediate Theatre |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
Financial Review
| Financial Review | ||
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| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | In addition to the free reserves the charity has bank balances of £44,923 (2024: £43,583) and investments valued at £1,275,200 within the expendable endowment fund. |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | The Trustees pursue a policy of maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks. |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | At the end of the reporting period the charity had free reserves of £29,750 (2024: £70,554). |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | N/A |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | No funds in deficit |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 | N/A |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal Para 1.47 sources of funds (including any fundraising) Investment policy and Para 1.46 objectives including any social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Expendable endowment funds are those which are required to be invested to produce Other income but which may be transferred to unrestricted funds at the discretion of the trustees in order that they may be expended in furtherance of the charity’s objectives. Unrestricted income funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.
Structure, Governance and Management
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| Type of governing document | Para 1.25 | Trust deed dated 04 June 2007 |
| How is the charity constituted? |
Para 1.25 | Trust |
| Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees |
Para 1.25 | Trustees are appointed by the existing trustees. |
| Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
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| Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees |
Para 1.51 | |
| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
Para 1.51 | |
| Relationship with any related parties |
Para 1.51 | No trustee received any remuneration nor reimbursed any expenses in the year under review. During the year Ludlow Trust Company were paid fees for trust administration services and cash management fees of £9,886 (2024: £8,425). These fees are authorised under clause 13 of the trust deed. |
| Other |
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | The Denis James Bartlett and Brigid Catherine Clare Bartlett Charitable Trust |
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| Other name the charity uses | None |
| Registered charity number | 1120167 |
| Charity’s principal address | Trustees Department 1stFloor, Tower Wharf Cheese Lane, Bristol BS2 0JJ |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| 1 2 3 4 5 |
Trustee name Ludlow Trust CompanyLimited |
Office (if any) | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Corporate trustees– names of the directors at the date the | report was approved | |||||
| Director name | ||||||
| Gary St John Collins | ||||||
| Walter Duncan Coxon | ||||||
| Ali Reza Sarikhani | ||||||
| Ziba Christina Sakine Sarikhani |
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| Christopher Ian Thurlow | ||||||
| Matthew John Wickers | ||||||
| John Stephen Dennis | Resigned on 25/10/2024 |
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
| Description of the assets held in this capacity |
N/A |
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| Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects |
N/A |
| Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets |
N/A |
Additional information (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
| Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) |
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| Type of adviser Name Address |
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| Investment Managers | NatWest Bank Plc | 2ndFloor, Trinity Quay II, Avon Street, Bristol, BS2 2DH |
| Bankers | NatWest Bank Plc | 2ndFloor, Trinity Quay II, Avon Street, Bristol, BS2 2DH |
| Accountants | Charter Tax Consulting Limited |
8th Floor, 1 Southampton St, London WC2R 0LR |
| Independent examinator |
Katie Wilson | Blue Spire Limited, Cawley Priory, South Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1SY |
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
Other optional information
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Full name(s) Chris Thurlow Position (eg Secretary, On behalf of Ludlow Trust Chair, etc) Company Limited (Trustee) Date ~~[a]~~ 06 March 2026
| The Denis James Bartlett and Brigid Catherine Clare | The Denis James Bartlett and Brigid Catherine Clare | The Denis James Bartlett and Brigid Catherine Clare | The Denis James Bartlett and Brigid Catherine Clare | The Denis James Bartlett and Brigid Catherine Clare | 1120167 | 1120167 | ||||
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| Bartlett Charitable Trust | ||||||||||
| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | |||||||||
| 05.06.2024 04.06.2025 Period start date Period end date To For the period from ~~ee~~ |
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| 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 | ||||||||||
| Income from investments | 25,485 | - | - | 25,485 | 36,248 | |||||
| Interest received | 4,876 | - | - | 4,876 | 2,987 | |||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for | (Gross income for | |||||||||
| AR) | AR)30,361 | - | - | 30,361 | 39,235 | |||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). Sale of investments - - 745,049 745,049 942,549 - - - - - ~~Sub total~~- - 745,049 745,049 942,549 Total receipts 30,361 - 745,049 775,410 981,784 ~~S555~~ |
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| A3 Payments | ||||||||||
| Grants awarded | 66,933 | - | - | 66,933 | - | |||||
| Investment management fees (VAT | ||||||||||
| inclusive) | - | - | 6,005 | 6,005 | 5,530 | |||||
| Trust administration fees(VAT inclusive) | 9,717 | - | - | 9,717 | 8,286 | |||||
| Independent Examiners fees | 180 | - | - | 180 | 780 | |||||
| Cash management fee | 169 | - | - | 169 | 139 | |||||
| Bank charges | - | - | - | 3 | ||||||
| AccountancyFees | 600 | - | - | 600 | - | |||||
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| **Sub total ** | 77,599 | - | 6,005 | 83,604 | 14,738 | |||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) Investmentpurchases - - 731,270 731,270 938,455 - - - - Sub total - - 731,270 731,270 938,455 Total payments 77,599 - 737,275 814,874 953,193 ~~===~~ |
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| Net of receipts/(payments) - 47,238 - 7,774 - 39,464 28,591 A5 Transfers between funds 6,434 - - 6,434 - - A6 Cash funds last year end 70,554 43,583 114,137 85,546 Cash funds this year end 29,750 - 44,923 74,673 114,137 ~~—=—_====>~~ |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
06/03/2026
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Unrestricted Restricted Endowment |
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| Categories | funds funds funds Details |
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| to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ |
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| B1 Cash funds | - - 44,923 29,750 - - - - - 29,750 - 44,923 OK OK OK Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Capital account Income account Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) ~~See=~~ |
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| to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ Details |
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| B2 Other monetary assets | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~—__—~~ |
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| B3 Investment assets | Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional) Endowment - 1,275,200 - - - - - - - - Details Investment portfolio ~~===~~ |
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| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Details ~~a~~ |
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| Fund to which Amount due When due |
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities CCXX R2 accounts (SS) |
liability relates (optional) (optional) - - - - Date of approval Print Name Chris Thurlow on behalf of Ludlow Trust CompanyLimited(Trustee) Signature Details 2 06/03/2026 06 March 2026 ~~_~~ |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The Denis James Bartlett and Brigid Catherine Clare Bartlett Charitable Trust
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 4 June 2025
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:
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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.
Katie Wilson FCA Blue Spire Limited Cawley Priory South Pallant Chichester West Sussex PO19 1SY
Date
10 March 2026