Registered Charity No. 1134994 (England and Wales)
The Ruddock Foundation for the Arts
Trustees’ report and financial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025
The Ruddock Foundation for the Arts
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| Legal and administrative information | 1 |
| Reportofthe trustees | 2 |
| Independent auditors’ report | 6 |
| Statement offinancial activities | 10 |
| Balance sheet | 11 |
| Statement ofcash flows | 12 |
| Notestothefinancialstatements | 13 |
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The Ruddock Foundation for the Arts
Legal and administrative information
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|Trustees|Sir|Paul|Ruddock|
|Lady|Jill Shaw-Ruddock|
|Sophie|Ruddock|
|Stephen|Green|
|Isabella|Ruddock|
|Bankers|Barclays Wealth|
|1|Churchill|Place|
|London|
|E14|5HP|
|Solicitors|Wiggin Osborne|Fullerlove|
|95|The|Promenade|
|Cheltenham|
|Gloucestershire|
|GL50|1HH|
|Independent auditors|Saffery LLP|
|71|Queen|Victoria|Street|
|London|
|EC4V 4BE|
|Registered|address|7|Lansdowne Walk|
|London|
|W11|3LN|
|Charity number|1134994|
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The Ruddock Foundation for the Arts
Report of the trustees For the year ended 5 April 2025
The trustees are pleased to present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in Note 1 and comply with the Charities Act 2011 and the second edition of the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102). The Trust was established by a Trust Deed dated 12 January 2010 and registered with the Charity Commission in England and Wales on 10 March 2010.
Objects of the Foundation The objects of the Foundation are:
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a. To advance, promote and educate for the benefit of the public generally all branches of the arts with particular, but not exclusive reference to the performing, literary and decorative arts.
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b. To advance the preservation, protection and improvement of pictures, historic records, books, manuscripts, monuments, armour, porcelain, silver and gold objets d’art and other chattels or items of artistic, historic, or national interest.
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Cc. To establish and maintain a museum and/or art gallery for the display and promotion of the arts with particular, but not exclusive, reference to the decorative and medieval arts for the benefit of the public.
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d. Notwithstanding the above, to support or carry out such other objects or purposes as are exclusively charitable in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.
OrganisationTrustees meet twice a year to consider grant applications, review investment performance and discuss matters of a strategic and administrative nature.
The power to appoint new trustees is vested in the existing trustees of the Foundation. There is an informal interview and induction process for any new trustee. Continuing training for trustees is undertaken through regular meetings and discussions with individuals and organisations in the areas supported by the Foundation. Achievements, performance and future plans Grant--making The Charity paid grants of £1,571,274. This includes payments committed to unconditional future funding for some organisations which were accrued in the prior year financial statements.
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|Grants paid|in the period|provided|for in 2024|678,645|
|New grants awarded|in the year|892,629|
|Total grants|paid|1,571,274|
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The focus remains on supporting research, conservation and display in museums as well as supporting the work of non-commercial theatres. The vast majority of grants are to institutions or charities that are world leaders in their respective fields.
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The Ruddock Foundation for the Arts
Report of the trustees For the year ended 5 April 2025
During the year the major grants were:
Metropolitan Museum, New York: $1,246,200 (£977,010): to support the renovation of the Ancient Near Eastern galleries and for curatorial support
Mansfield College, Oxford:
£210,000 to support the capital programme
British Museum:
£100,000 towards curatorial support
Society of Antiquaries:
£50,000 towards their lease appeal
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Afrikids:
£40,000 towards general support for work combatting poverty in Ghana
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Mussee de Cluny: £34,212 towards curatorial support.
Other charities that received grants between £10,000 and £25,000 were: The Ashmolean Museum The Southbank Centre
The Victoria and Albert Museum
The Wyvern Institute The Wyvern Research Institute, located in central London, is a centre for advanced research in the history of art, with a focus on the Byzantine and Medieval periods as well as the Silk Roads. It is associated with the Wyvern Collection, one of the world's most significant private collections, which encompasses over two thousand objects dating from as early as the 4th millennium BC to the 19th century, traversing broad geographic boundaries across a range of media. The Institute houses a research library witha rich collection of art historical books, exhibition and collection catalogues, auction catalogues, and periodicals.
The Wyvern Research Institute's mission is to support the research and teaching of art history, with a focus On object centred study, and to stimulate new lines of investigation and discourse. Central to our mission is the dissemination of research and Critical insights to a broad audience through publications, research seminars, academic study days, graduate student seminars, and our online platform. We encourage collaboration between the Institute and international universities and cultural institutions and will make the collection and library holdings available to researchers, visiting academics, and curators by appointment. We are particularly interested in supporting research into cross-cultural exchange, and that which investigates the transmutation of materials or technological developments in techniques.
Grant making policy
Is to focus on three main areas:
a. Institutions which look after and conserve paintings and works of art b. Research projects with a focus on medieval art c. Theatre and playwriting
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The Ruddock Foundation for the Arts
Report of the trustees For the year ended 5 April 2025
The trustees confirm that they are aware of the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and will consider this when agreeing future grants.
ReservesAt 5 April 2025,policy the reserves of the Foundation comprised an unrestricted income fund and an expendable endowment fund. Donations from the Founder are treated as capital and are invested in line with the policy below. As at 5 April 2025, the expendable endowment fund contained £26,883,314 (2024: £25,888,696). Trustees do not consider it necessary to maintain substantial reserves in the Income Fund. Accordingly, such reserves are reviewed annually and will not normally exceed the annual amount of net resources expended.
At 5 April 2025 free reserves, being the unrestricted income fund, were £Nil (2024: £Nil). The trustees are satisfied with the level of free reserves held.
Investment policy There are no restrictions on the Foundation’s powers to invest. The policy of the trustees is to seek to maximise total return, whilst maintaining the real value of the portfolio and not subjecting it to undue risk. Trustees review investment performance at each meeting, and their policy at least annually.
The investment policy is to aim for returns targeting a long-term return of LIBOR+3-5%. The Foundation’s assets are allocated to a range of managers investing in global equities, private equity and real estate.
Financial review
Income Total income for the year amounted to £2,740,060 (2024: £1,471,930). Investment income earned this period was £262,687 (2024: £296,023). The Foundation manages its investments on a total return basis so that investment income is simply one component of the total investment return.
The Trustees are aware of their responsibilities under the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016 and confirm that the Foundation does not carry out any fundraising activities.
Grants and Donations The Foundation committed to grants totalling £889,956 during the year (2024: £577,639).
Investment Performance During the year the Foundation allocated funds to several external asset managers including Marylebone Partners, Theleme Fund Managers, and Bridges, all of whom seek to deliver good absolute returns.
Risk management
The trustees are responsible for establishing and monitoring internal control systems within the Foundation. The major risks which may impact its activities have been reviewed during the period and the trustees are satisfied that the system of internal controls currently in place is adequate, whilst recognising that they are designed to manage rather than eliminate risk. Internal controls are reviewed on an ongoing basis as part of the day-to-day risk management process within the Foundation.
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The Ruddock Foundation for the Arts
Report of the trustees For the year ended 5 April 2025
The Foundation is very well capitalised and there are no significant risks that are foreseen.
Key management personnel remuneration The trustees consider the board oftrustees as comprising the key management personnel ofthe Foundation in charge of directing and controlling the Foundation and running and operating the Foundation ona dayto-day basis. All trustees give of their time freely and no trustee remuneration was paid in the year. Details of trustee expenses are disclosed in note 4 to the accounts, and the trustees confirm there were no related party transactions, other than disclosed in note 2 and Wyvern Institute expenses owed to trustees shown in note 11.
Statement of trustees’ responsibilities
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the cha rity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; - make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material - departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
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- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by the Trusteeson 4°‘ Mm Nov 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
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The Ruddock Foundation for the Arts
Independent auditors’ report to the trustees For the year ended 5 April 2025
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of The Ruddock Foundation for the Arts for the year ended 5 April 2025 which comprise the statement of fina ncial activities, balance sheet, statement of cash flows and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
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e give a true and fair view of the state of the charity’s affairs as at 5 April 2025 and of its incoming resources and application of resources for the year then ended;
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® have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
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e have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.
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Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of[the][financial][statements] in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Other information
The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
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Independent auditors’ report to the trustees For the year ended 5 April 2025 SEeea A ty Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements, or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information; we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if, in our Opinion:
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e the information given in the Trustees’ Annual Report is inconsistent in any material respect with the financial statements; or
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e the charity has not kept sufficient accounting records; or ° the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or ° we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of trustees
As explained more fully in the Trustees’ Responsibilities Statement set out on page 5, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the cha rity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditors’ responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
We have been appointed as auditors under the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with regulations made under that Act. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors’ report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of
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Independent auditors’ report to the trustees For the year ended 5 April 2025 aOT irregularities, including fraud. The specific procedures for this engagement and the extent to which these are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud are detailed below.
Identifying and assessing risks related to irregularities: We assessed the susceptibility of the charity’s financial statements to material misstatement and how fraud might occur, including through discussions with the trustees, discussions within our audit team planning meeting, updating our record of internal controls, and ensuring these controls operated as intended. We evaluated possible incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements. We identified laws and regulations that are of significance in the context of the charity by discussions with trustees and updating our understanding of the sector in which the charity operates.
Laws and regulations of direct significance in the context of the charity include the Charities Act 2011, the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and guidance issued by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
Audit response to risks identified: We considered the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our audit procedures on the related financial statement items including a review of financial statement disclosures. We reviewed the charity’s records of breaches of laws and regulations, minutes of meetings and correspondence with relevant authorities to identify potential material misstatements arising. We discussed the charity’s policies and procedures for compliance with laws and regulations with trustees and those responsible for compliance.
During the planning meeting with the audit team, the engagement partner drew attention to the key areas which might involve non-compliance with laws and regulations or fraud. We enquired of management whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations or knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud. We addressed the risk of fraud through management override of controls by testing the appropriateness of journal entries and identifying any significant transactions that were unusual or outside the normal course of business. We assessed whether judgements made in making accounting estimates gave rise to a possible indication of management bias. At the completion stage of the audit, the engagement partner’s review included ensuring that the team had approached their work with appropriate professional scepticism and thus the capacity to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud.
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed noncompliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
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The Ruddock Foundation for the Arts
Statement of financial activities For the year ended 5 April 2025
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| Unrestricted | Expendable | Total | Total | ||
| income | endowment | funds | funds | ||
| funds | funds | 2025 | 2024 | ||
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Income and endowments | |||||
| from: | |||||
| Donations Investments |
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- 262,687 |
2,477,373 - |
2,477,373 262,687 |
1,175,907 296,023 |
| Total income | 262,687 | 2,477,373 | 2,740,060 | 1,471,930 | |
| Expenditure | |||||
| Raisingfunds | 4 | - | 23,590 | 23,590 | 18,773 |
| Expenditure oncharitable | |||||
| activities | |||||
| -Wyvern institute | 4 | 382,865 | - | 382,865 | - |
| -Grant making | 4 | 899,032 | . | 899,032 | 758,404 |
| Total expenditure | 1,281,896 | 23,590 | 1,305,486 | 777,177 | |
| Unrealised gains/(losses) on | - | (644,873) | (644,873) | 1,588,514 | |
| investments | |||||
| Realised gains/(losses)on | - | 306,281 | 306,281 | - | |
| investments | |||||
| Net (expenditure)/income | (1,019,209) | 2,115,190 | 1,095,981 | 2,283,268 | |
| Transfers between funds | 1,019,209 | (1,019,209) | - | - | |
| Other (losses) /gains | s | (101,364) | (101,364) | (452) | |
| Netmovement in funds | - | 994,617 | 994,617 | 2,282,816 | |
| Balances broughtforward | |||||
| at 6 April 2024 | = | 25,888,697 | 25,888,697 | 23,605,881 | |
| Balances carried forward | |||||
| at5April2025 | 13 | - | 26,883,314 | 26,883,314 | 25,888,697 |
The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the period.
All income and expenditure derives from continuing activities.
The notes on pages 13 to 21 form part of these financial statements.
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The Ruddock Foundation for the Arts
Balance sheet As at 5 April 2025 a
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|Notes|£|£|
|Fixed|assets|
|Tangible|fixed assets|8|5,577,186|4,782,143|
|Investments|9|17,861,317|18,190,244|
|23,438,503|22,972,387|
|Current|assets|
|Cash|at bank|4,181,099|4,297,134|
|Debtors|10|364|=|
|Current|liabilities|
|Creditors:|amounts|falling due|
|within one year|11|(686,651)|(670,424)|
|Net current|assets|3,494,812|3,626,710|
|Total|assets|less current|liabilities|26,933,314|26,599,097|
|Non-current|liabilities|
|Creditors:|amounts|falling|due|
|after more than one year|12|(50,000)|(710,400)|
|Net|assets|26,883,314|25,888,697|
|Funds|
|Unrestricted|income|fund|-|-|
|Expendable|endowment fund|13|26,883,314|19,053,551|
|Revaluation|reserve|13|-|6,835,146|
|26,883,314|25,888,697|
|The|financial|statements|were|approved|by|the|Trustees|of|The|Ruddock|Foundation|for|the|Arts|
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|Sir|Paul|Ruddock,|
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|The|notes|on|pages|13|to|21 form|part|of these|financial|statements.|
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The Ruddock Foundation for the Arts
Statement of cash flows
For the year ended 5 April 2025
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Notes 2025 2024
Cash £ £
flows from operating activities:
Net cash (used in) operating activities 15 (1,721,004) (1,364,897)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interests and rents from investments 262,687 296,023
Proceeds from sale of investments 2,381,934 10,848,563
Distribution from private equity 53,789 184,831
Purchase of investments (2,695,986) (5,537,285)
Purchase of fixed assets (874,826) (4,782,143)
Net cash provided by investing activities (872,402) 1,009,988
Cash flows from financing activities:
Cash endowment receipt 2,477,373 1,175,907
Net cash provided by financing activities 2,477,373 1,175,907
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year (116,037) 820,999
Cash and cash equivalents at 6 April 2024 4,297,134 3,476,136
Cash and cash equivalents at 5 April 2025 16 4,181,099 4,297,134
The notes on pages 13 to 21 form part of these financial statements.
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Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 5 April 2025
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1. Accounting policies
1.1 Basis of accounting The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with applicable accounting standards. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (second edition) and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared to give a ‘true and fair’ view and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a ‘true and fair view’. This departure has involved following Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of ireland (FRS 102) second edition rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.
The Trust constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. The functional currency for these financial statements is £.
- 1.2 Going concern
The trustees have considered the financial position of the Foundation and consider it a going concern. The accounts have been prepared on this basis.
1.3 Income Investment income is stated on an accruals basis. Donations are accounted for in the period in which the Foundation is entitled to receipt and include any associated gift aid. Gifts in kind are recognised on receipt at the value the Foundation would have paid for the goods or services on the open market.
- 1.4 Expenditure
Expenditure is included on an accruals basis.
Costs of raising funds comprise those costs directly attributable to managing the investments or endowment fund assets.
Expenditure on charitable activities are grant making costs and Wyvern Institute costs.
Grants awarded and donations payable are charged in full against income when the offer is conveyed to the beneficiary, except in those cases where the offer is conditional and therefore recognised as expenditure when the conditions attached are fulfilled. Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the period end are noted as a commitment, but not accrued as an expense.
Wyvern Institute costs comprise all direct costs to support the running of the institute. These costs include staff costs.
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Notes to the financial statements (continued) For the year ended 5 April 2025
pg Support and governance costs have been allocated based on the services provided and this has been apportioned by 50% for between the two charitable activities.
- 1.5 Support and governance costs
Support and governance costs are allocated to the charitable activities as incurred.
1.6 Governance costs Governance costs comprise all costs involving the public accountability of the Foundation and cost related with statutory requirements.
- 1.7 Funds
Unrestricted funds - The Income Fund represents the balance of income from all sources after deduction of donations and other necessary expenditure.
The Expendable Endowment Fund represents all the donations of the Founder and can be invested to provide an income from which to make future payments or spent at the trustees’ discretion.
1.8 Taxation The Trust is a registered charity and is not liable to United Kingdom income tax or corporation tax on charitable activities.
1.9 Investments Quoted investments Investments are stated at mid-market value at the balance sheet date. Realised and unrealised gains and losses on investments are accounted for in the Statement of Financial Activities.
Unquoted investments
Unquoted investments are valued at the trustees’ best estimate of fair value. The principal unquoted valuations are calculated as follows: Property fund investments held through funds are managed by private equity and property groups. No readily identifiable market price is available for these unquoted investments. These funds are included at the most recent valuations from the respective investment manager. In a limited number of cases where information is not available at 5 April, the most recent valuations from the managers are adjusted for cash flows and any foreign exchange movement between the most recent valuation and the balance sheet date.
Derivative financial instruments are used for the Foundation’s risk management as part of the investment portfolio management and investment return Strategy. The Foundation’s use of derivative financial instruments includes currency forwards. The fair value of contract positions is recognised in the balance sheet and gains/losses on the contracts are recognised in the SOFA.
1.10 Tangible fixed assets Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation. Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives. Assets over £250 are Capitalised.
Land and buildings 1% straight line Structural improvements 5% straight line
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Notes to the financial statements (continued) For the year ended 5 April 2025
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| Fixtures and fittings | 10% | straight line |
| Equipment | 20% | straightline |
1.11 Foreign exchange Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the rate of exchange at the date of transaction. Assets or liabilities in foreign currencies at the balance sheet date are translated into Sterling at that date. All exchange differences are recorded in the Statement of Financial Activities.
1.12 Financial instruments The Foundation has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic and nonbasic. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.
Derivative financial instruments held by the Foundation are not basic financial instruments and are accounted for in accordance with the policy in 1.9.
1.13 Key estimates and judgements
In application of the Foundation’s accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experiences and other factors considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
Donations and gifts
| Donations and gifts | ||
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| 2025 | 2024 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Donations | 2,477,373 | 1,175,907 |
| 2,477,373 | 1,175,907 | |
| Donations include cash of£2,477,373 from trusts in which trustees are the settlors (2024: | £1,175,907 | |
| in cash from trustees). | ||
| Investment income | ||
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Dividend income | 150,238 | 101,517 |
| Distributions from private equityfunds | 53,789 | 184,832 |
| Interest | 58,660 | 9,674 |
| 262,687 | 296,023 |
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Notes to the financial statements (continued) For the year ended 5 April 2025
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| Raisingfunds | - | - | 23,590 | - | 23,590 | 18,773 | |||
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| Wyvern Institute | 45,913 | - | 327,896 | 9,056 | 382,865 | - | |||
| Grant making | - 889,976 rr |
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758,404 198,404 © |
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| 45,913 889,976 351,486 18,112 1,305,486 777,177 FOO AA ATT |
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| 4.1 | Total expenditure | 2024 | |||||||
| Other Supportand |
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| Staff | Grants | direct Governance |
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| costs | made | costs costs |
Total 2024 | ||||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||||
| Expenditure | |||||||||
| Raisingfunds | - | - | 18,773 | - | 18,773 | ||||
| Expenditure on | |||||||||
| charitable activities | |||||||||
| Grant making | 7 722,639 EOF |
- 35,765 BD |
758,404 F086,404 © |
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| - SSSSSMSM9M9B3SMS |
722,639 18,773 35,765 777,177 SS |
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| 5. | Supportand governance costs | ||||||||
| Wyvern | Grant | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
| Institute | making | Total | Total | ||||||
| £ £ |
£ | £ | |||||||
| Professional fees | 9,056 | 9,056 | 18,112 | 35,765 | |||||
| 9,056 | 9,056 | 18,112 | 35,765 |
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7,500 537,167 1,036 344,273 889,976
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Notes to the financial statements (continued) For the year ended 5 April 2025
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|i|
|8.|Tangible|fixed|assets|
|All|assets and|are|used|for charitable|purposes|
|Asset|in|the|Fixtures|
|course of|Land|and|Structural|and|
|construction|Buildings|improvements|Fittings|Equipment|Total|
|Cost|£|£|£|
|At 6|April|4,781,436|-|=|“|
|Transfers|-|4,781,436|
|Additions|(4,781,436)|4,326,014|294,883|160,539|-|-|
|Disposals|--|-|291,527-|571,598-|11,701|874,826-|
|At 5 April 2025|-|4,326,014|586,410|732,137|11,701|5,656,262|
|Depreciation|
|yearAtCharge6|Aprilfor the|--|(23,663)3|(16,836):|(37,215)“|(1,365)-|(79,079)“|
|Disposals|-|-|~|-|=|-|
|At 5 April 2025|-|(23,663)|(16,836)|(37,215)|(1,365)|(79,079)|
|Net|book|value|
|At 5 April 2025|-|4,302,351|569,575|694,921|10,336|5,577,186|
|SOD|
|At|5|April|2024|4,781,436|-|-|-|
|RR|-|4,781,436|
|9.|Investments|
|2025|2024|
|£|£|
|Market value|at 6 April 2024|18,190,239|21,969,508|
|Additions at cost|2,695,986|5,537,285|
|Disposals|at market value|brought forward|or cost|(2,381,934)|(10,848,563)|
|Distribution|from|private equity|(53,789)|(184,832)|
|Unrealised gains/|(losses) on|revaluation|at 5 April|(589,185)|1,716,845|
|(Decrease)/Realised|gains/(losses)Increase|in cashon|disposalsheld|by investment manager|--|--|
|Market value|at 5 April 2025|17,861,317|18,190,244|
|Historical|cost at 5 April 2025|12,606,481|12,176,017|
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Notes to the financial statements (continued) For the year ended 5 April 2025
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The investment portfolio includes material holdings in Theleme Fund Limited of £6,278,523 (2024: £6,545,353), Lansdowne Developed Markets of £3,488,991 (2024: £3,312,020), Bridges Property Alternatives of £1,819,451 (2024: £2,104,163) and the Marylebone Lane Fund of £6,274,352 (2024: £6,228,499). No other individual holdings are considered material in the context of the market value of the portfolio.
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|Investments at market value:|2025|2024|
|£|£|
|UK other investments|5,308,442|5,416,387|
|Overseas other investments|12,552,874|12,773,857|
|Cash|-|.|
|Total investments at market value|17,861,316|18,190,244|
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At the year end the Foundation had a commitment of £402,903 for further funding of the Bridges Property Alternatives investment funds (2024: £465,311).
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|10.|Debtors|2025|2024|
|£|£|
|Other debtors|364|
|364|-|
|11.|Creditors|-|amounts|falling|due|within|one year|
|2025|2024|
|£|£|
|Grants|payable|671,376|660,400|
|Accruals|15,275|10,024|
|686,651|670,424|
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Notes to the financial Statements (continued) For the year ended 5 April 2025
12. Creditors - amounts falling due after more than one year
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|2025|2024|
|Grants|payable|£|£|
|50,000|710,400|
|50,000|710,400|
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13. Analysis of net assets between funds
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|Unrestricted|Expendable|Total at|
|income|endowment|5 April|
|fund|fund|2025|
|£|£|£|
|Investments|
|Fixed|[assets]|-|17,861,317|17,861,317|
|Current|5,577,186|5,577,186|
|Current|assets|686,651|3,494,448|4,181,099|
|Long|termliabilitiesliabilities|(686,651)|-|(686,651)|
|oo-|(50,000)|(50,000)|
|Net|assets|
|-|26,883,314|36,883,314|
|Expendable|eee|ee|
|endowment fund includes the revaluation reserve of|£5,254,834|(2024: £6,014,227)|
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|Unrestricted|Expendable|Total|at|
|income|endowment|5 April|
|fund|fund|2024|
|Investments|£|£|£|
|Fixed|[assets]|-|18,190,244|18,190,244|
|Current|4,782,143|4,782,143|
|Current|assets|670,424|3,626,710|4,297,134|
|Long|termliabilities|[liabilities]|(670,424)|-|(670,424)|
|-|(710,400)|(710,400)|
|Net assets|___oe=|35,888,657eT|25,888,6975s) —|
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The Ruddock Foundation for the Arts
Notes to the financial statements (continued) For the year ended 5 April 2025
14. Related party transactions
Donations connected to Trustees are set out in note 2 to these financial statements.
There was £550 owed to the trustees at the year end (2024: none).
15. Reconciliation of net income to net cash flow from operating activities
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|2025|2024|
|£|£|
|Net|income/(expenditure)|for the|year|994,617|2,282,815|
|Adjustments|for:|
|(Gains)/losses|on|investments|589,185|(1,716,845)|
|Depreciation|79,791|
|Dividends,|interest and|rents|from|investments|(262,687)|(296,023)|
|(Increase)/decrease|in|debtors|(364)|-|
|Increase/(decrease)|in|creditors|(644,173)|(458,937)|
|Endowments|received|(2,477,373)|(1,175,907)|
|Net cash|(used in)/provided by operating|activities|(1,721,004)|(1,364,897)|
|16.|Analysis|of cash|and|cash|equivalents|
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|At|6|April|Net cash|At|5|April|
|2024|movement|2025|
|£|£|£|
|Cash|in|hand|4,297,134|(116,035)|4,181,099|
|Cash|held|by|investment|manager|-|-|-|
|Total|cash|and|cash|equivalents|4,297,134|(116,035)|4,181,099|
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Notes to the financial statements (continued) For the year ended 5 April 2025
| 17. 2024SOFA comparatives |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted | Endowment | 2024 | |
| Funds | Funds | Total | |
| Income and endowments | |||
| from: | |||
| Donations | - | 1,175,907 | 1,175,907 |
| Investments | 296,023 | - | 296,023 |
| Total income | 296,023 | 1,175,907 | 1,471,930 |
| Expenditure on: | |||
| Raisingfunds | - | 18,773 | 18,773 |
| Charitable activities | |||
| -Grants | 722,639 | - | 722,639 |
| -Grant related support costs | 35,765 | - | 35,765 |
| Total expenditure | 758,404 | 18,773 | 777,177 |
| (Losses)/gains on investments | 1,588,514 | 1,588,514 | |
| Net (expenditure)/income | (462,381) | 2,745,649 | 2,283,268 |
| Transfers between funds | 462,381 | (462,381) | - |
| Other (losses) /gains | - | (452) | (452) |
| Net movement in funds | - | 2,282,816 | 2,282,816 |
| Balances broughtforward | |||
| at 6 April 2023 | - | 23,605,881 | 23,605,881 |
| Balances carried forward | |||
| at5April2024 | . | 25,888,697 | 25,888,697 |
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