## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 31 October 2023 To 30 October 2024** **Charity name: The Ashla Charitable Trust Charity registration number: 1140840** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|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 a manner 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 for
the public benefit the trustees provide
grants.| |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
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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 grants to two charities amounting to
£30,000 (2023 - £160,000).| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of the reporting period the charity
had free reserves of £30,970 (2023:
£10,262).
In addition to the free reserves the charity
has bank balances of £53,459 (2023:
£29,031)
and
investments
valued
at
£2,640,945
within
the
expendable
endowment fund which can be released to
support the activities of the charity.| |---|---|---| |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|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.47 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the charity Para 1.46 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** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust deed dated 9 March 2011| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Trust| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or bodyentitled|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed by the settlors
during their lifetime and then by a survivor of
them or subject to this appointment is by the
trustees.| to appoint one or more trustees |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |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 or
was reimbursed any expenses in the year
under review.
Ludlow Trust Company Limited was paid
£14,205
(2023
-
£14,726)
for
trust
administration services and £138 for cash
management fees (2023: £133) during the
year under review. These fees are
authorised under clause 6 of the trust deed.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Ashla Charitable Trust| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1140840| |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
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mr R Turner|||| ||Mrs M R M Turner|||| ||Mrs R Turner-Jones|||| ||Mrs C Oldridge-Turner|||| ||Ludlow Trust
CompanyLimited|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** 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**|**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |**Investment Managers**|Coutts & Co|440 The Strand, London, WC2R 0QS| |**Bankers**|Coutts & Co|440 The Strand, London, WC2R 0QS| |**Accountants**|Charter Tax Consulting
Ltd|8thFloor, 1 Southampton Street, London
WC2R 0LR| |**Independent Examiner**|Geoffrey Frost|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 On behalf of Ludlow Trust Company Limited **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 22 August 2025 ||**The Ashla Charitable Trust**|**The Ashla Charitable Trust**|**The Ashla Charitable Trust**|**1170629**|**1170629**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|31.10.2023
Period start date|**To**||30.10.2024
Period end date|| |||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**47,435**
**4,925**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**


**52,360**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**52,360**
**30,000**
**-**
**14,205**
**180**
**138**
**600**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45,123**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45,123**
**7,238**
**13,470**
**10,262**
**30,970**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,109,752**
**-**
**4,109,752**
**4,109,752**
**10,646**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,646**
**4,061,207**
**-**
**4,061,207**
**4,071,853**
**37,898**
**- 13,470**
**29,031**
**53,459**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**47,435**
**4,925**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**52,360**
**4,109,752**
**-**
**4,109,752**
**4,162,112**
**30,000**
**10,646**
**14,205**
**180**
**138**
**600**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**55,769**
**4,061,207**
**-**
**4,061,207**
**4,116,976**
**45,136**
**-**
**39,293**
**84,429**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Income from investments|**47,435**|||||**46,379**| |Interest received|**4,925**|||||**2,874**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|

**52,360**|||||**49,254**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| |Sale of investments|**-**|||||**947,966**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**947,966**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**997,220**| |||||||| |Grants awarded|**30,000**|||||**160,000**| |Investment manager fees (including VAT)|**-**|||||**9,189**| |Trust administration fees (including VAT)|**14,205**|||||**14,726**| |Independent Examiners fees|**180**|||||**780**| |Cash management fee|**138**|||||**133**| |Professional fees|**600**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**45,123**|||||**184,828**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| |Investmentpurchases|**-**|||||**950,818**| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**950,818**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**1,135,646**| |||||||| ||**7,238**|**-**|**37,898**||**45,136**|**- 138,425**| ||**13,470**||**- 13,470**||**-**|**-**| ||**10,262**||**29,031**||**39,293**|**177,719**| ||**30,970**|**-**|**53,459**||**84,429**|**39,293**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 22/08/2025 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Capital account
Income account
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
Investment portfolio
**Details**
**Details**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**30,970**
**-**
**30,970**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Endowment**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||||**53,459**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**53,459**| |||||||OK| |||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||||**2,640,945**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**When due**
**(optional)**| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| ||Signature||Print Name|||Date of
approval| ||||Chris Thurlow on behalf of Ludlow
Trust CompanyLimited|||22 August 2025| |||||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 22/08/2025 2 ## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The Ashla Charitable Trust** I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 30 October 2024. ## **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. Geoffrey Frost BSc(Hons) FCA Date 22 August 2025 Blue Spire Limited Cawley Priory South Pallant Chichester West Sussex PO19 1SY 10