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2025-10-30-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 31 October 2024 To 30 October 2025

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 To hold the capital and income upon trust to
apply the income and all or such parts of the
capital at such time or times and in such a
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 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 Para 1.38 including program related investment Contribution made by Para 1.38 volunteers Other

Achievements and Performance

SORP reference

Summary of the main Para 1.20 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.

During the year under review the charity made grants to the following charities totalling £80,000.

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
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 £48,423 (2024:
£53,459)
and
investments
valued
at
£3,012,836
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 At the end of the reporting period the charity
had free reserves of £37,923 (2024:
£30,970).
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: You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 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
Other Expendable endowment funds are those
which are required to be invested to produce
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 Para 1.25 Trust deed dated 9 March 2011
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 trustees from
time to time.
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 Ltd was paid
£15,090
(2024:
£14,343)
for
trust
administration and cash management fees
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 None
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		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for
whole year		 Name of person (or body)
entitled to appoint
trustee (if any)
Ludlow Trust
CompanyLimited
Catherine Elizabeth
Oldridge-Turner
Rebecca Turner-
Jones
Richard Timmis
Turner
Margaret Rose Mary
Turner

– 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 Christoper 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		 N/A
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)
Type of adviser
Name
Address
Investment Managers Coutts & Co 440 Strand, London, WC2R 0QS
Bankers Coutts & Co 440 Strand, London, WC2R 0QS
Accountants Charter Tax Consulting
Limited		 8th Floor, 1 Southampton St, London
WC2R 0LR
Independent Examiner James O’Rourke 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) Yana Davies Position (eg Secretary, On behalf of Ludlow Trust Chair, etc) Company Limited (Trustee) Date 07 April 2026

The Ashla Charitable Trust The Ashla Charitable Trust 1140840
Receipts andpayments accounts CC16a
For the period
from		 31/10/2024
Period start date		 To 30/10/2025
Period end date
Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £
28,305
4,455
7
-
-

32,767
-
-
-
32,767
80,000
-
14,922
600
168
600
-
96,290
-
-
-
96,290
- 63,523
70,476
30,970
37,923		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £
-
-
-
50,000
-
50,000
52,929
-
52,929
102,929
-
1,355
-
-
-
-
-
1,355
36,134
-
36,134
37,489
65,440
- 70,476
53,459
48,423		 Total funds
to the nearest £
28,305
4,455
7
50,000
-
82,767
52,929
-
52,929
135,696
80,000
1,355
14,922
600
168
600
-
97,645
36,134
-
36,134
133,779
1,917
-
84,429
86,346		 Last year
to the nearest £
Income From Investments 28,305 47,435
Interest Received 4,455 4,925
Compensation 7 -
Addition from settlor - -
- -
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)
32,767		 52,360
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
Sale Of Investments - 4,109,752
- -
Sub total - 4,109,752
Total receipts
A3 Payments
4,162,112
Grants Awarded 80,000 30,000
Investment Manager Fees - 10,646
Trust Administration Fees 14,922 14,205
Independent Examiners Fees 600 780
Cash Management Fees 168 138
AccountancyFees 600 -
- -
**Sub total ** 96,290 55,769
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)

Investment Purchases		 - 4,061,207
-
**Sub total ** - 4,061,207
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
4,116,976
- 63,523 - 65,440 1,917 45,136
70,476 - 70,476 - -
30,970 53,459 84,429 39,293
37,923 - 48,423 86,346 84,429

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

26/03/2026

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 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
48,423
-
-
48,423
OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
3,012,836
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
When due
(optional)
Date of
approval
07 April 2026
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		 Signature
Capital Account
Income Account
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Details
Details
Investment Portfolio
Details
Details		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
-
-
37,923
-
-
-
37,923
-
OK
OK
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
Endowment
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)
-
-
-
-
Print Name
Yana Davies on behalf of Ludlow Trust
CompanyLtd(Trustee)
Date of
approval
Yana Davies on behalf of Ludlow Trust
CompanyLtd(Trustee)		 07 April 202

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

26/03/2026

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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 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:

  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.

James O’Rourke FCA Blue Spire Limited Cawley Priory South Pallant Chichester West Sussex PO19 1SY

07 April 2026 Date