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

Period start date Period end date 01 December 2022 30 November 2022 

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## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** 

The Francis Arthur Brookes Charitable Trust 

**Other names charity is known by** 

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|Mr L Parker||||
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

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## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

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

Trust Deed dated 1 December 2008 Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Trustees are appointed by the Settlors jointly during their lifetime or a Trustee selection methods survivor of them during their lifetime and subject to this appointment is by (eg. appointed by, elected by) the trustees 

## **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** 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

The objects of the Trust are to further such objects or purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales in any part of the world and in such manner as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion think fit. 



In furtherance of the charity’s objectives for the public benefit the trustees provide grants. In determining the charity’s activities the trustees have regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. 

**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. 



## Section D                      Achievements and performance 

During the year under review the charity made 4 grant payments totalling **Summary of the main** £38,000 to the following: **achievements of the charity during the year** Rugby League Cares RFL Benevolent Fund Disasters Emergency Committee Grimsby Youth Zone 



**Section E                    Financial review** At the end of the reporting period the charity had free reserves amounting **Brief statement of the** to £7,927 (2021 £4,322). **charity’s policy on reserves** In addition to the free reserves the charity has bank balances of £2,693 (2021 £28,119) and investment assets of £228,879 within the expendable endowment fund. 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. **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 G                    Declaration** 

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

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

**Signature(s) 27/09/2023 at 3:12:20 PM UTC** 

**Full name(s)** Michael Parker **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee **etc) SIGNED SECURELY Date 27/09/2023 at 3:12:20 PM UTC** 

**Section F                     Other optional information** 



**No (if any) 1127280** 

**CC16a** 

## **Charity Name** 

**The Francis Arthur Brookes Charitable Trust** 

## **Receipts and payments accounts** 

||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**to the nearest**<br>**£**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||
|Donation|**-**||**-**||**96,417**||**96,417**||**-**|
|Income from investments|**3,546**||**-**||**-**||**3,546**||**3,424**|
|Income from bank interest|**59**||**-**||**-**||**59**||**2**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**3,605**||**-**||**96,417**||**100,022**||**3,426**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment**<br>**sales, (see table).**<br>~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|
|**Sale of investments**<br>~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|**-**<br>~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|**210,562**<br>~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|**210,562**<br>~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|**218,505**<br>~~—————=~~|
|~~—————=~~|**-**<br>~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|**-**<br>~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|**-**<br>~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|**-**<br>~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|**-**<br>~~—————=~~|
|**_Sub total_**<br>~~—————=~~|**-**<br>~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|**-**<br>~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|**210,562**<br>~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|**210,562**<br>~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|**218,505**<br>~~—————=~~|
|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|**310,584**<br>~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>~~—————=~~|**3,605**<br>~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|**-**<br>~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|**306,979**<br>~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~||~~—————=~~|**221,931**<br>~~—————=~~|
|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|~~—————=~~|
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||
|Grants Awarded|**38,000**||**-**||**-**||**38,000**||**47,500**|
|Independent Examination|**780**||**-**||**-**||**780**||**780**|
|Investment management and admin|**-**||**-**||**3,693**||**3,693**||**2,761**|
|Administrative services|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**461**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**38,780**||**-**||**3,693**||**42,473**||**51,502**|
|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|
|**Investment Purchases**<br>~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**289,932**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**289,932**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**151,489**<br>~~——————~~|
|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|
|**_Sub total_ **<br>~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**289,932**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**289,932**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**151,489**<br>~~——————~~|
|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|~~——————~~|
|**_Total payments_**<br>~~——————~~|**38,780**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**-**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**293,625**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**332,405**<br>~~——————~~|~~——————~~|**202,991**<br>~~——————~~|
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>~~===>~~|**-              35,175**<br>~~===>~~|**-              35,175**<br>~~===>~~|**-                  13,354**<br>~~===>~~|**-                  13,354**<br>~~===>~~|**-                  13,354**<br>~~===>~~|**-                  13,354**<br>~~===>~~|**-              21,821**<br>~~===>~~|**-              21,821**<br>~~=>~~|**18,940**<br>~~=>~~|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>~~===>~~|**38,780**<br>~~===>~~|**780**<br>~~===>~~|**-   -              38**<br>~~===>~~|**-   -              38**<br>~~===>~~|**-   -              38,780**<br>~~===>~~|~~===>~~|**-**<br>~~===>~~|~~=>~~|**-**<br>~~=>~~|
|**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**<br>~~===>~~|**4,322**<br>~~===>~~|**4,322**<br>~~===>~~|**-                  28,119**<br>~~===>~~|**-                  28,119**<br>~~===>~~|**-                  28,119**<br>~~===>~~|~~===>~~|**32,441**<br>~~===>~~|~~=>~~|**13,501**<br>~~=>~~|
|**_Cash funds thisyear end_**<br>~~===>~~|**7,927**<br>~~===>~~|**7,927**<br>~~===>~~|**-**<br>~~===>~~|**-**<br>~~===>~~|**2,693**<br>~~===>~~|**2,693**<br>~~===>~~|**10,620**<br>~~===>~~|~~=>~~|**32,441**<br>~~=>~~|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**|**Details**|**Details**|**Details**||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|~~SS]~~|~~SS]~~|||~~SS]~~|**to nearest £**<br>~~SS]~~|~~SS]~~|**to nearest £**<br>~~SS]~~|~~SS]~~|**to nearest £**<br>~~SS]~~|
|**B1 Cash funds**<br>~~SS]~~|Capital a/c<br>~~SS]~~|||~~SS]~~|**-**<br>~~SS]~~|~~SS]~~|**-**<br>~~SS]~~|~~SS]~~|**2,693**<br>~~SS]~~|
||current a/c<br>~~SS]~~|||~~SS]~~|**7,927**<br>~~SS]~~|~~SS]~~|**-**<br>~~SS]~~|~~SS]~~|**-**<br>~~SS]~~|
||~~SS]~~|||~~SS]~~|**-**<br>~~SS]~~|~~SS]~~|**-**<br>~~SS]~~|~~SS]~~|**-**<br>~~SS]~~|
|~~SS]~~|**_Total cash funds_**<br>~~SS]~~|||**_Total cash funds_**<br>~~SS]~~|**7,927**<br>~~SS]~~|~~SS]~~|**-**<br>~~SS]~~||**2,693**<br>~~SS]~~|
|~~SS]~~|(agree balances w ith receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>~~SS]~~|||||||||
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|**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>~~=—===~~|~~=—===~~|||~~=—===~~|**-**<br>~~=—===~~|~~=—===~~|**-**<br>~~=—===~~|~~=—===~~|**-**<br>~~=—===~~|
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|**B3 Investment assets**<br>~~===~~|Investments<br>~~===~~|||~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**<br>~~===~~|~~===~~|**229,879**<br>~~===~~|
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|**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>~~====~~|~~====~~|||~~====~~|~~====~~|~~====~~|**-**<br>~~====~~|~~====~~|**-**<br>~~====~~|
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|**B5 Liabilities**<br>~~===~~|Independent Examination<br>~~===~~|||~~===~~|Unrestricted<br>~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**<br>~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|
||Investment Management<br>~~===~~|||~~===~~|Endowment<br>~~===~~|~~===~~|**-**<br>~~===~~|~~===~~|~~===~~|
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|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|Signature<br>**SIGNED SECURELY**||||Print Name||||Date of<br>approval<br>**SIGNED SECURELY**|
||**27/09/2023 at 3:12:20 PM UTC**||||Michael Parker||||**27/09/2023 at 3:12:20 PM UTC**|
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**Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

## **Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees** 

The Francis Arthur Brookes Charitable Trust 

**On accounts for the year** 30 November 2022 **Charity no** 1127280 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** CC16a Receipts and Payments accounts. 

(remember  to include the page numbers of additional sheets) 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **DD30/11/2022** . 

**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. 

**SIGNED SECURELY SIGNED SECURELY Signed: 28/09/2023 at 9:03:15 AM UTC Date: 28/09/2023 at 9:03:15 AM UTC Name:** Alex Douglas BSc(Hons) FCA ~~Ps~~ **Relevant professional** FCA - The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales **qualification(s) or body (if any):** 

**Address:** RNS Chartered Accountants 50-54 Oswald Road Scunthorpe DN15 7PQ 



**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** . 

