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The Pauline Bishop Charitable Trust 1136044<br>Receipts and payments accounts CC16a<br>For the period  Period start date Period end date<br>To<br>from 19/11/2024 18/11/2025<br>Section A Receipts and payments<br>Unrestricted  Restricted  Endowment<br>Total funds Last year<br>funds funds funds<br>to the nearest      £  to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £<br>A1 Receipts<br>Income From Investments                      45,425                               -                                 -                         45,425                     57,779<br>Interest Received                        3,527                               -                                 -                           3,527                       4,376<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>Sub total  (Gross income for<br>                     48,952                               -                                 -                         48,952                     62,154<br>AR)<br>A2 Asset and investment sales,<br>(see table).<br>Sale Of Investments                                -                                 -                     818,668                     818,668                1,706,379<br>                               -                                 -                                 -                               -                                 -<br>Sub total                                 -                                 -                     818,668                     818,668                1,706,379<br>Total receipts                  48,952                             -                 818,668                     867,620             1,768,533<br>A3 Payments<br>Grants Awarded                    108,170                               -                                 -                       108,170                   113,605<br>Investment Manager Fees                                -                               -                         10,625                       10,625                     10,103<br>Trust Administration Fees                      13,143                               -                                 -                         13,143                     12,884<br>Independent Examiners Fees                                -                               -                                 -                                 -                            180<br>Cash Management Fees                           117                               -                                 -                              117                          153<br>Accountancy Fees                           600                               -                                 -                              600                          600<br>                               -                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>Sub total [                   122,030 ]                              -                         10,625                     132,655                   137,525<br>A4 Asset and investment<br>purchases, (see table)<br>Investment Purchases                                -                                 -                     739,975                     739,975                1,661,899<br>                               -                                 -                                 -                               -<br>Sub total [                               - ]                                -                     739,975                     739,975                1,661,899<br>Total payments                122,030                             -                 750,600                     872,630             1,799,424<br>Net of receipts/(payments) -                73,078                           -                     68,068  -                  5,010  -              30,891<br>A5 Transfers between funds                 61,115  -                61,115                          -                          -<br>A6 Cash funds last year end                  23,545                  18,708                       42,253                 73,143<br>Cash funds this year end                  11,582                           -                     25,661                   37,243                 42,253<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

07/05/2026 

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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**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>Investment Portfolio<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>Capital Account<br>Income Account<br>Signature<br>Per electronic approval|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**11,582**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**11,582**<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>**Endowment**<br>**-**<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>Print Name<br>Christopher Thurlow on behalf of<br>Ludlow Trust Company Limited|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**25,661**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
||||**25,661**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**2,323,424**<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>Per electronic<br>approval|



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

07/05/2026 

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


## **From 19 November 2024 To 18 November 2025** 

**Charity name: The Pauline Bishop Charitable Trust Charity registration number: 1136044** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|
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|SORP reference|||
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The Trustees shall hold the capital and<br>income of the trust fund to apply the income<br>and all or such parts of the capital at such<br>time or times and in such manner to or for<br>the benefit of such charitable objects and<br>purposes in any part of the world as the<br>Trustees may in their absolute discretion<br>think fit.<br>The Trustees will take into account the<br>Letter of Wishes which requests that<br>consideration is given to the benefit of the<br>following charities:  Animal insight (BUAV),<br>Animal Health Trust, Brooke Hospital for<br>Animals, Bransby Home of Rest for Horses,<br>Bolenowe<br>Animal<br>Sanctuary,<br>Cancer<br>Backup, Chilterns Dog Rescue Society,<br>Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, Harry<br>Edwards Healing Sanctuary, Marie Curie<br>Cancer Care, National Animal Welfare<br>Trust, The Cats Protection League, The<br>Mare & Foal Sanctuary, The Mayhew<br>Animal<br>Home,<br>Mayhew<br>International,<br>PDSA, PETA, The People’s Trust for<br>Endangered<br>Species,<br>Riding<br>for<br>the<br>Disabled St Albans, RNLI, RSPB, RSPCA,<br>Scope, The Dogs Trust, Wood Green<br>Animal Shelter, WSPA, The World Horse<br>Welfare, WWF.|





|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.<br>Para 1.17 and<br>1.19<br>In furtherance of the charity’s objects for the<br>public benefit the trustees provide grants. In<br>determining the charity’s activities, the<br>trustees have had regard to the Charity<br>Commission’s guidance on public benefit.|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.<br>Para 1.17 and<br>1.19<br>In furtherance of the charity’s objects for the<br>public benefit the trustees provide grants. In<br>determining the charity’s activities, the<br>trustees have had regard to the Charity<br>Commission’s guidance on public benefit.|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.<br>Para 1.17 and<br>1.19<br>In furtherance of the charity’s objects for the<br>public benefit the trustees provide grants. In<br>determining the charity’s activities, the<br>trustees have had regard to the Charity<br>Commission’s guidance on public benefit.|
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|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18||



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|SORP reference|||
|Policy on grant making<br>Para 1.38|||
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment<br>Para 1.38|||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers<br>Para 1.38|||
|Other|||





## **Achievements and Performance** 


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SORP reference<br>Summary of the main  During the year under review the charity<br>achievements of the charity,  made grants to the following charities<br>identifying the difference the  totalling £108,170.<br>charity’s work has made to<br> RSPB<br>the circumstances of its<br> RSPCA<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a   Scope<br>whole.  Para 1.20   Dogs Trust<br> World Horse Welfare<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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Achievements against<br>objectives set  Para 1.41<br>Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives  Para 1.41<br>set<br>Investment performance<br>against objectives  Para 1.41<br>Other<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




## **Financial Review** 


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Review of the charity’s  Para 1.21  At the end of the reporting period the charity<br>financial position at the end  had free reserves of £11,582 (2024:<br>£23,545).<br>of the period<br>In addition to the free reserves the charity<br>has bank balances of £25,661 (2024:<br>£18,708)  and  investments  valued  at<br>£2,323,424  within  the  expendable<br>endowment fund which can be released to<br>support the activities of the charity.<br>Statement explaining the  Para 1.22  The Trustees pursue a policy of maintaining<br>policy for holding reserves  a free reserve available to be spent in the<br>furtherance of the charity’s objectives as<br>stating why they are held<br>well as covering future needs, opportunities,<br>contingencies and risks.<br>Amount of reserves held  Para 1.22<br>Reasons for holding zero  Para 1.22<br>reserves<br>Details of fund materially in  Para 1.24<br>deficit<br>Explanation of any  Para 1.23<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|||Expendable endowment funds are those|
|Other||which are required to be invested to produce<br>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**|**Structure, Governance**|**and Management**|**and Management**|
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||Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
||Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Trust deed dated 18 November 2008|
||How is the charity<br>constituted?|Para 1.25|Trust|
||Trustee selection methods|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed by the trustees from|
||including details of any||time to time.|
||constitutional provisions e.g.|||
||election to post or name of|||
||any person or body entitled|||
||to appoint one or more|||
||trustees|||





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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees<br>Para 1.51|||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works<br>Para 1.51|||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties<br>Para 1.51<br>No trustee received any remuneration or<br>was reimbursed for any expenses in the<br>year under review.<br>Ludlow Trust Company Ltd was paid<br>£13,260 for trust administration and cash<br>management fees during the year under<br>review.  These fees are authorised under<br>clause 13 of the trust deed.|||
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## **Reference and Administrative details** 


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Charity name  The Pauline Bishop Charitable Trust<br>Other name the charity uses<br>Registered charity number  1136044<br>Charity’s principal address  Ludlow Trust Company Limited, Tower Wharf, Cheese Lane,<br>Bristol, BS2 0JJ<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Ludlow Trust<br>CompanyLimited||||
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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 Christopher Ian Thurlow Matthew John Wickers 

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 Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 



## **Additional information (optional)** 

**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of adviser**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**Investment**<br>**Managers**|NatWest|2nd Floor, Trinity Quay II, Avon<br>Street, PO Box 3138, BRISTOL,<br>BS2 2DH|
|**Bankers**|NatWest|2nd Floor, Trinity Quay II, Avon<br>Street, PO Box 3138, BRISTOL,<br>BS2 2DH|
|**Accountants**|Charter Tax<br>Consulting Limited|8th Floor, 1 Southampton St,<br>London WC2R 0LR|
|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional**|||
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## **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)** Per electronic approval **Full name(s)** Christopher Thurlow on behalf of Ludlow Trust Company Limited **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** Per electronic approval 



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


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

**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** The Pauline Bishop Charitable Trust **On accounts for the** 18[th] November 2025 **Charity no** 1136044 **period ended (if any) Set out on pages** Financial statements page 1 - 2 Trustee report page 3 - 11 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the period ended 18/11/2025. 

- **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 examiner's statement** 

I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have 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. 

**Date:** 22/05/26 **Signed: Name:** Ian Rodd **Relevant professional** BSc FCA FCCA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** TC Group Waverley House115-119 Holdenhurst Rd, Bournemouth BH8 8DY 

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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** . 

n/a 

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