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St. James’s Place Charitable Foundation
ANNUAL REPORT
31 December 2024
Charity Registration Number: 1144606 Company Registration Number: 07819270
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ST. JAMES’S PLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024
| Contents | Page(s) |
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| Chair's Report | 3-4 |
| Trustees’ Annual Report | 6-12 |
| Independent Auditors’ Report to the members of St. James’s | 13-16 |
| Place Charitable Foundation | |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 17 |
| Balance Sheet | 18 |
| Cash Flow Statement | 19 |
| NotestotheFinancialStatements | 20-31 |
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ST. JAMES’S PLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024
Chair's Report
Review of 2024
We are pleased to report that in 2024, whilst the external environment continued to be challenging both locally and globally, the St. James's Place plc (SJP) community was generous and committed in their support for the Foundation and together with the SJP company matching, we raised £9.7m (2023: £10.2m).
The fundraising efforts of the SJP community were many and varied, from cake bakes, charity fun days and golf days to fundraising Balls in Cheshire, Kent and Hong Kong. For the more adventurous fundraisers individuals took part in marathons, treks and cycle rides, which took place across the globe, including Nepal, America, Hong Kong, Mallorca and Madeira, raising an amazing £441k (2023: £294k). We were also delighted that the Yorkshire Children of Courage Awards nowin its 14th year took place again and, whilst it recognised and honoured some incredible young people who have achieved and accomplished so much despite challenges they have faced, it also raised an incredible £43k in 2024 (2023: £47k).
We are also grateful to SJP for their support in enabling the Foundation to be represented at key company events throughout the year, which includes the annual company meeting and partner business conferences. This is our opportunity to highlight the charities we support and the impact we have enabled due to the support of SJP and its community. Attendees continue to pledge their support and collectively these occasions raised £4.6m with matching in 2024.
Underpinning all the above, the regular monthly giving scheme continues to play an essential role in our fundraising strategy, representing about a third of our annual income. Over 70% of partners and employees consistently give a monthly gift, which with matching raised £3.1m in 2024. This is invaluable to us and our future grant-making which supports our multi-year commitments with charities, knowing that we have this regular income to be able to pledge forward.
| would like to take this opportunity to thank the SJP community and, in particular, the Foundation Representatives and Foundation Committees in each of the SJP locations for their generosity and continued commitment to the Charitable Foundation. | would also like to extend our thanks to the SJP shareholders for both supporting the day to day running costs of the Charitable Foundation and their ongoing commitment to matching the fundraising activities.
Helping to make a positive and lasting difference to those less fortunate
In 2024 we supported 10% more charities than the previous year reaching out to 981 charities in total (2023: 896) across the UK, Asia and other parts of the world. This amounted to £8.8m (2023: £7.7m) being given out in funds with a further £5.4m in pledges to support the multiyear grants over the next 2-3 years, which helps to maintain and develop services to those in need.
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Chair's Report (continued)
As a funder we aim to deliver long-term impact through our grant-making. We engage independent research through Bean Research to get a deeper understanding of the impact of our grant-making, understand our effectiveness and gather insight on how we can continue to evolve and drive increased impact. We also benchmark ourselves against an internationally recognised global impact measurement framework, B4SI. In 2024 our evaluation scores delivered a combined score in regard to substantive and transformational change of 76% (2023: 79%). This is still a strong performance and whilst we experience marginal fluctuations between years this is expected as some of the programme work spans up to 3 years before tangible results can be evidenced, but our overall trajectory over the last 5 years is improving
We are also committed to listening to our grantees and their changing needs so that we can offer the right support to them. We are proud of the fact that we work collaboratively with grant partners, not only offering financial support but also wider holistic support in terms of facilitating access to SJP and its community who are keen to share their broader skills, time and resources to add further value to a charity. Members of the SJP community regularly support our charities including mentoring of young people, coaching charity personnel, hands-on outdoor projects and continuing to play a key role in volunteering at the disability sports days for one of our key charity partner — Panathlon Challenge. We are honoured to work with so many incredible charities, now more than ever, and admire their efforts and dedication in helping those in need.
During 2024 we saw changes to our Trustee Board with Andrew Croft, lan Gascoigne and Sonia Gravestock stepping down as Trustees. We are immensely grateful for their enduring support over many years, and all of whom have played an instrumental role in helping the Foundation become what it is today. In addition, our Founder Sir Mark Weinberg also stepped down as Trustee but remains an Ambassador for the Foundation. We were also delighted to welcome new Trustees to the Board, including Mark FitzPatrick, new CEO of SJP, Michael Harper, Matthew Fowler and Alison Wright who have brought considerable experience and insight which is already helping us to shape our future and will be invaluable as we build out our 2025+ strategy.
Looking ahead
We are currently developing our new strategy to support the next era of the Foundation. Whilst looking to build on our previous successes, we also recognise the changing and challenging environment we are in, and we will reflect, adapt and refine our operations, whilst remaining bold in our ambitions so that we can deliver even greater impact. We know that with the continued support and generosity of SJP and its community we can and will make a positive and lasting diffejence.
Andrew Humphries
Chair, St. James's Place Charitable Foundation
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ST. JAMES’S PLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024
Trustees’ Annual Report
The Trustees, who are also Directors of the Charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their annual report along with the audited financial statements of the Charity for the year from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in Note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the Charity’s trust deed, the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Statement of Recommended Practice Accounting and Reporting by Charities and FRS 102.
Reference and Administrative Details
Charity name St. James's Place Charitable Foundation Company registration number 07819270 Charity number 1144606
Trustees and Directors
Andrew Humphries (Chair)
Alison Wright
Malcolm Cooper-Smith Mark FitzPatrick Matthew Fowler
Michael Harper Robert Medwyn Edwards
Bankers
Barclays Bank plc, Leicester, LE87 2BB
Bank of Scotland plc, 150 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, EH3 9PE
Investment managers
Goldman Sachs, 2 Stonecutter Street, London, EC4A 4AU BlackRock, 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL
Independent Auditors
Principal Address
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
2 Glass Wharf Bristol BS2 OFR
St. James's Place House
1 Tetbury Road Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 1FP
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Principal Officers (Managing Committee)
Chair and Trustee
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Andrew Humphries (appointed as Chair1 March 2024)
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- Andrew Croft (resigned 29 February 2024)
Trustees and Directors
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Malcolm Cooper-Smith
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Robert Medwyn Edwards
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~ Sonia Gravestock (resigned 16 October 2024)
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lan Gascoigne (resigned 31 January 2024)
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Sir Mark Weinberg (resigned 29 February 2024)
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Mark FitzPatrick (appointed 6 February 2024)
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Michael Harper (appointed 22 May 2024)
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Matthew Fowler (appointed 22 May 2024)
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Alison Wright (appointed 22 May 2024)
Head of Charitable Foundation - Catherine Ind
Structure, Governance and Management
The Charitable Foundation is a company incorporated under the Companies Act 2006, limited by guarantee and not having a share capital. It is governed by its memorandum and articles of association. The power of appointing new Trustees of the Charitable Foundation is vested in the Trustees. The minimum number of Trustees to exercise any discretion of power is three, whilst a new Trustee may be appointed at any time, either as a replacement or as an additional Trustee.
The Trustees and the Charitable Foundation team work with the St. James's Place plc (‘SUP’) community, clients and suppliers to further the aims and objectives of the Charitable Foundation.
Trustee Induction and Training
New Trustees are given a formal induction, including a comprehensive induction pack containing, for example, relevant information such as governance documents, financial statements, Impact Reports, minutes of Trustee and committee meetings, and a copy of the Charity Commission's guidance “The Essential Trustee: What you need to Know”. New Trustees also meet members of the wider Charitable Foundation team, have the opportunity to meet with supported charities and attend Foundation Committee meetings, where desired.
Updates on charity administration and specialist articles are provided by the Head of Foundation as required.
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Management
The Charitable Foundation is an independent registered charity. Whilst the Trustees have overall responsibility for all activities carried out by the Charitable Foundation, the day-today operations are undertaken by a dedicated Charitable Foundation Team led by Head of Foundation Catherine Ind, who refers any policy decisions which need to be made to the Trustees. The Charitable Foundation Team is also supported by a voluntary committee of representatives from each of the offices within SJP. SUP also provide a number of supplied services to support the day- to-day operations of the charity, as specified in the Collaboration /Framework Agreement between SJP and the Charity.
Investment Policy
There are no restrictions on the Charitable Foundation to invest. The majority of cash is held within Money Market Funds or interest-bearing bank accounts where funds are available to meet the cost of grants as and when they arise. An element of cash is invested in Money Market Fixed Term Funds with varying maturities to ensure that funds are available as required for grant commitments. Surplus cash is retained until grants are paid out. Whilst interest is generated from cash being held in interest bearing accounts, cash is raised for the purposes of making grants as opposed to being held long term as an investment.
Objectives and activities
The aims and objectives of the Charitable Foundation are to promote such purposes that are exclusively charitable according to the law in England and Wales as the Trustees shall determine. In carrying out its aims and objectives, the Charitable Foundation may receive and make donations. The Trustees believe that their grant making policy is in keeping with the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit.
The Charitable Foundation funds small and medium sized registered charities across the UK and overseas. Our aim is to make positive and lasting change to people's lives, and we continue to focus our grant making on the following core themes:
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e Supporting children and young people under 25 who are disadvantaged or have a disability
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e Hospices e Mental health e Cancer support e Armed Forces Veterans
Further details of grants made can be found in Note 5 of the Notes to the Financial Statements. We measure our success and the impact of our grants through key performance indicators, details of which can be found in the Achievement and Performance section.
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Grant Making Policy
Due diligence and recommendations for grants to be awarded under the current themes are made by a delegated managing committee and the Trustees as appropriate. Our broader criteria about our grant-making are shared on our website Grant programmes| St. James's Place Charitable Foundation (sjpfoundation.co.uk)
STRATEGIC REPORT
Achievement & Performance
Income
In 2024, the external environment continued to be challenging both locally and globally. The fundraising efforts of the SJP community alongside SJP company matching raised £9.7m in the year (2023: £10.2m). This was expected and income budgets were lower than the previous year due to key events previously in the fundraising calendar not taking place in 2024,
The Foundation has a broad income portfolio, which enables flexibility, prevents over reliance on one single income stream but also reflects the broader community fundraising model we operate within. During 2024 we had strong returns on some income areas such as gift aid (following a targeted campaign), investment interest and general smaller level community fundraising activities. Other activities have been challenging, which is also reflective of trends in the wider charity sector, for example, ‘challenge events’ income has declined, with increasing participation costs. The general challenge around cost-of-living increases is also impacting disposable income, which we believe is reducing the level of giving people are making. We have also seen reduced performance in our core monthly giving support, and whilst still a core income stream and representing around a third of our annual income, did not deliver on the anticipated growth we expected. A review is underway to identify how we can address this.
Grant-making
Our grant-making continued to build on its reach and depth of impact remained strong and evidencing sustained long term positive change. In addition, the Foundation supported an increased number of individual charities, up by 9% to 981 (2023: 896). £8.8m (2023: £7.7m) of funds were distributed across the UK, Asia and other parts of the world. A further £5.4m of charitable funds was pledged (designated) to support multi-year grants over the next 2-3 years which help to maintain and develop services to those in need.
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Achievement & performance continued
In 2024 independent external evaluation of the impact of the grant-making evidenced:
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e Increased reach — cumulative reach since the Foundation began grant-making o directly supported 6.4 million people (2023: 4.8 million) o indirectly supported 8.0 million+ people (2023: 8.0 million)
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e Increased depth of impact o 35% (2023: 36%) of those directly supported evidenced a sustained change of circumstances (transformation).
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41% (2023: 43%) of those directly supported evidenced improvement in skills, wellbeing, attainment of function(substantive).
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o 24% (2023: 22%) of those directly supported evidenced a higher level of engagement.
Collectively 76% of people directly supported have evidenced long term improvement or transformation. This shows a marginal change on the previous year, which showed a significant increase as a result of increased ability of charities to better evidence impact of people's increased skills, wellbeing or progression. Marginal fluctuations between years can be expected as some of the programme work spans up to 3 years before tangible results can be evidenced.
The Foundation also works collaboratively with grant partners, not only offering financial support but also wider holistic support to add value to the grant offering, in terms of facilitating added value support through to the SJP community who are keen to share their skills and time to support a charity, through volunteering or by providing gifts in kind. For example, thousands of hours of volunteering were provided across the year, from mentoring of young people, coaching senior leaders in charities, to delivering the Helping Hands programme for key partner charity, Wellchild, and supporting sporting opportunities to young people with disabilities or SEND, through Panathlon.
Financial Review
The Charitable Foundation, with the support of the SJP community along with company matching from SJP plc succeeded in raising £9.7 million in the year (2023: £10.2 million).
During the year we granted £8.8 million (2023: £7.7 million), of which 98% went to charities within the UK. The reduced activity in overseas funding reflects the increasing demands for UK funding and reduced appeals for high profile humanitarian responses that we have experienced in previous years. A further £5.4m of our reserves were designated to support ongoing service delivery as part of our major grant programme over the next 3 years.
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Review of Funds and Funds policy
As at 31 December 2024 the total funds were £8.4m (2023: £8.3), of which Trustees have designated £5.3m (2023: £6.8m) to support multi-year grants.
The Foundation closely monitor actual outgoings and future commitments to ensure that there are the available funds to honour these within our cash reserves. A monthly status report with commentary on the cash reserves and future commitments is provided to Trustees, and where appropriate concerns will be flagged. Overall, the Foundation aims to have a positive balanced position between the cash reserves held and the contingent liabilities for future grants. Cash reserves were in excess of contingent liabilities for future grants at the end of the financial year 2024.
The majority of cash is held with highly rated banks and ‘A’ rated Money Market Funds, which are available on same day access. Regular cashflow forecasts are produced which identifies the surplus of cash above what will be paid out in grants in the following months. To obtain a higher return for some of the surplus, an appropriate amount is invested with highly rated and collateralised Money Market Fixed Term Funds (currently up to twelve months in duration), and with a ‘A’ rated, environmentally aware, Money Market Fund which is accessible on a same day basis. It is not the Charitable Foundation’s intention to hold large amounts of funds to earn investment income.
The Foundation has a Reserves Policy which is reviewed annually. This was reviewed in February 2025 and given potential changes to the funding agreement between the Foundation and SJP Plc as well as accommodating fluctuations and uncertainties within the external environment, the Trustees agreed to hold a minimum of £750,000 in reserves, plus provision for the contingent liabilities (which fluctuates each month).
Plans for Future Periods
2025 represents a period of change for both SJP plc and the Charitable Foundation. Major organisational changes are underway within SJP plc including changes to day-to-day operational management, key events and redundancies which will impact the Foundation activities. In addition, Catherine Ind, current Head of Foundation will be stepping down from role after 5 years in post and Lisa Cousins, the new Head of Foundation will join the charity in May 2025.
Having come to the end of the last five-year strategy and reflecting the above change process underway, the Trustees with the new Head of Foundation will look to reflect, review and adapt to the changed environment, to create its next three-year strategy. Underlying this will be a continued ambition and commitment to ensuring the Foundation delivers long-term impact through its grant-making to positively benefit people’s lives.
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Principal Risks and Uncertainties
We regularly review the principal risks and challenges facing the Charitable Foundation and have appropriate mitigations in place to minimise associated risks. The register is reviewed by Trustees at each Trustee meeting and amendments /updates agreed as appropriate.
Currently there are 10 identified risk areas which are:
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The Foundation and SJP become unaligned 2. The Foundation fails to raise the necessary income 3. Funds are misappropriated and/or there is a fraud event 4. Our grant-making is ineffective 5. Reputational damage should the Foundation support a charity that is badly managed/misappropriates a grant award
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The Foundation does not adhere to regulatory requirements 7. The Foundation is not run effectively 8. Cyber security impact our operations 9, Relationships with suppliers 10. Financial risks as detailed in Note 11
Over the course of 2024 there were no identified breaches to the key risks, nor any material changes to these and Trustees were satisfied that the mitigations were managing risks appropriately.
Disclosure of information to auditors
The Trustees who held office at the date of approval of this Trustees’ report confirm that, so far as they are each aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Charitable Foundation's auditors are unaware; and each Trustee has taken all the steps that he/she ought to have taken as a Trustee to make himself/herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Charitable Foundation's auditors are aware of that information.
Going concern
The Trustees are satisfied that the Charitable Foundation can continue to use the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. In making this assessment the Trustees have considered the projected cash flows of the Charitable Foundation which show that the Charitable Foundation has sufficient resources for the foreseeable future.
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Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities
The Trustees (who are also Directors of St. James's Place Charitable Foundation for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulation.
Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the Trustees have prepared the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland”, and applicable law (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). Under company law the Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
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e select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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e observe the methods and principles in the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (2019); and
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e make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charitable company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The Trustees’ report, incorporating the Strategic report, was approved by the Board of Trustees on 16 April 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
Andrew Humphries
Chair of Trustees
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Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Reporting on other information
The other information comprises all of the information in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our auditors’ report thereon. The Trustees are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion or, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in this report, any form of assurance thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, 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 audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify an apparent material inconsistency or material misstatement, we are required to perform procedures to conclude whether there is a material misstatement of the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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 based on these responsibilities.
With respect to the Strategic Report and Trustees’ Annual Report, we also considered whether the disclosures required by the UK Companies Act 2006 and Charities Act 201] have been included. Based on our work undertaken in the course of the audit, the Companies Act 2006 requires us also to report certain opinions and matters as described below.
Strategic Report and Trustees’ Annual Report
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit the information given in the Strategic Report and the Trustees’ Annual Report for the period ended 31 December 2024 is consistent with the financial statements and has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we did not identify any material misstatements in the Strategic Report and the Trustees’ Annual Report.
Responsibilities for the financial statements and the audit
Responsibilities of the Trustees for the financial statements
As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities, the Trustees (who are also the Directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the applicable framework and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. The Trustees are also responsible for such internal control as they determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
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Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024
Independent auditors' report to the members of St. James's Place Charitable Foundation continued
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above. We are less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations that are not closely related to events and transactions reflected in financial statements. 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 for the audit of the financial statements is located on the FRC's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditors' report.
Use of this report
This report, including the opinions, has been prepared for and only for the charitable company's members as a body in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and for no other purpose. We do not, in giving these opinions, accept or assume responsibility for any other purpose or to any other person to whom this report is shown or into whose hands it may come save where expressly agreed by our prior consent in writing.
Other required reporting Companies Act 2006 exception reporting
Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in our opinion:
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we have not obtained all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
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adequate accounting records have not been kept by the charitable company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
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certain disclosures of Trustees' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
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the charitable company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns.
We have no exceptions to report arising from this responsibility.
Antonio Cirillo (senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors Bristol 16 April 2025
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ST. JAMES’S PLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024
Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2024 Company no: 07819270 / Charity no: 1144606
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Designated | Total | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funds | Funds | Funds | Funds | Funds | ||
| Note | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | |
| £ | E | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Incomefrom | ||||||
| Voluntary Income | 2 | 4,272,099 | 652,437 | = | 4,924,536 | 5,348,291 |
| Investment Income | 3 | 356,794 | = | = | 356,794 | 332,037 |
| Other incoming resources | ||||||
| - Company matching | 4,383,016 | = | = | 4,383,016 | 4,529,426 | |
| TotalIncome | 9,011,909 | 652,437 | z | 9,664,346 | 10,209,754 | |
| Resourcesexpended | ||||||
| Expenditure on raising funds | 4 | 218,142 | = | = | 218,142 | 179,512 |
| Charitable activities — grant making | 5 | 8,649,012 | 682,797 | Es | 9,331,809 | 8,229,961 |
| Total resources expended | 8,867,154 | 682,797 | - | 9,549,951 | 8,409,473 | |
| NetIncome/(Expenditure) forthe | ||||||
| Year | 144,755 | (30,360) | - | 114,395 | —‘1,800,281 | |
| Transferbetweenfunds | 12 | 1,416,161 | - | (1,416,161) | - | = |
| Reconciliation offunds | ||||||
| Fund balances brought forwardat 1 | ||||||
| January | 12 | 1,406,884 | 67,733 | 6,808,270 | 8,282,887 | 6,482,606 |
| Fund balances carried forward at 31 | ||||||
| December | ]2 | 2,967,800 | 37,373 | 5,392,109 | 8,397,282 | 8,282,887 |
The full analysis of the prior year income and expenditure between unrestricted and restricted income can be found in Note 16.
The statement incorporates the Income and Expenditure account.
All recognised gains and losses have been included in the Statement of Financial Activities and the amounts included are derived from the continuing activities of St. James's Place Charitable Foundation.
The notes on pages 20 to 31 form part of these financial statements.
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ST. JAMES’S PLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024
Balance Sheet at 31 December 2024
Company no: 07819270 / Charity no: 1144606
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Note|2024|2023|
|£|£|
|Current|Assets|
|Debtors|7|688,590|868,984|
|Investments:|Unrestricted|funds|8|6,624,926|6,747,397|
|Restricted|funds|8|37,373|67,733|
|Cash|at bank and|cash|equivalents|1,128,173|775,584|
|Total|current|assets|8,479,062|8,459,698|
|Liabilities|
|Creditors: amounts falling due within|one year|9|(81,780)|(176,811)|
|Net assets|13|8,397,282|8,282,887|
|The funds|of the|Charity|
|Restricted|income|funds|12|37,373|67,733|
|Unrestricted|income|funds|12|2,967,800|1,406,884|
|Designated|funds|12|5,392,109|6,808,270|
|Total|Charity funds|8,397,282|8,282,887|
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The Financial Statements on pages 17 to 31 were approved by the Trustees on 16 April 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
Andrew Humphries Chair of Trustees
The notes on pages 20 to 31 form part of these financial statements.
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ST. JAMES’S PLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024
Cash Flow Statement for the year ended 31 December 2024 Company no: 07819270 / Charity no: 1144606
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|2024|2023|
|£|£|
|Reconciliation|of net income to net cash|(used|
|in)|/ generated from operating|activities:|
|Net|Income|114,395|1,800,282|
|Adjustments|for:|
|Investment income|(356,794)|(332,037)|
|Less:|
|Decrease|/|(increase)|in|debtors|180,394|(581,240)|
|Decrease|in|creditors|(95,031)|(215,885)|
|Net cash (used|in)|/ generated from operating|(157,036)|671,120|
|activities|
|Statement|of cash|flows:|
|Cash|flows|from|operating|activities:|(157,036)|671,120|
|Cash|flows|from|investment|activities|
|Investment|income|356,794|332,037|
|Purchase|of|investment|assets|(6,747,169)|(4,395,365)|
|Sales|of|investment|assets|6,900,000|3,050,000|
|Net cash generated from / (used in) used in|509,625|~—|(1,013,328)|
|investment|activities|
|Net overall|cash inflow/|(outflow)|352,589|(342,208)|
|Cash & cash|equivalents:|
|At|bank|and|in|hand|1|January|775,584|1,117,792|
|At|bank|and|in|hand|31|December|1,128,173|775,584|
|Change in cash & cash equivalents|352,589|(342,208)|
|Analysis|of changes|in|net funds:|AtlJan|Cash flows|At|31|Dec|
|2024|2024|
|£|£|F|
|Cash|at bank|775,584|352,589|1,128,173|
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ST. JAMES’S PLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024
Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2024
1. Accounting Policies
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, on a going concern basis, and in accordance with applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities, FRS 102 and in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and the Charities Act 2011, using consistently applied accounting policies.
Company status
St. James's Place Charitable Foundation is a company, incorporated in England & Wales, limited by guarantee not having a share capital. The liability of the members is limited by the Articles of Association to £1 each. St. James’s Place Charitable Foundation is a public benefit entity.
The Company's functional and presentation currency is pound sterling.
The particular accounting policies adopted, which have been applied consistently through the current and prior financial year, are described below.
Income
Covenant income, fundraising events and investment income are accounted for on a receivable basis. Gift Aid contributions include tax recoverable from HMRC. Investment income represents returns on money market fund accounts and cash at bank.
Company matching represents income received from SJP which generally matches pound for pound subject to certain restrictions and / or promotions on all income received by the Charitable Foundation. The amount is therefore determined by the amounts raised from covenants, fundraising activities (less any associated costs) and donations received.
Funds Accounting
The Charitable Foundation holds both restricted and unrestricted funds. Designated funds are funds that have been pledged to support multi-year grants.
Income raised by individuals to support a specific charity other than the Charitable Foundation are reported as Restricted Funds. By their nature, Restricted Funds received are numerous but small in value and are only held for a short period of time until paid over to their nominated charity.
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2024 continued
I. Accounting Policies - continued
All other income is shown in the unrestricted fund and is available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Charitable Foundation.
The Charitable Foundation aim to have a positive balanced position between the Funds held and the Contingent Liabilities for future grants.
Financial instruments
Financial instruments are recognised and accounted for under FRS 102, sections 11 (Basic Financial Instruments) and 12 (Other Financial Instruments).
Investments
Investments refer to holdings of high quality, highly liquid Money Market funds. Investments are held at fair value.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash at bank and in hand, excluding money market investments, which are represented within Investments and are held at fair value.
Donated services
Donated services include employee and other administration support costs provided by St. James's Place Management Services Limited (“SJPMS”). They are accounted for within Note 2 ‘Donated services — staff & support’. The valuation basis is the actual costs that are incurred by SJPMS. The PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP audit fees are donated services.
Expenditure
Grants payable
Grants are recognised in the financial statements when approved by the Trustees, and the charities have fulfilled their obligations for payment to be made.
Other expenditure
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as the liability is incurred. Costs of generating voluntary income are incidental costs incurred in fundraising events together with Lottery winnings and bank charges.
Charitable activities include all grants made in the year and grants over one year, together with support costs including expenses.
Taxation
The Charitable Foundation has no liability for corporation tax due to its charitable status. There have been no non-charitable activities in the year and no provision for taxation is considered necessary. St. James's Place Charitable Foundation is able to recover income tax deducted at source.
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2024 continued
| 2. VoluntaryIncome |
2. VoluntaryIncome |
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| 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | |
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | |
| funds | funds | funds | funds | |||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Covenant income | 1,549,123 | = | 1,549,123 | 1,632,143 | - | 1,632,143 |
| Gift Aid | 452,569 | i | 452,569 | 354,387 | - | 354,387 |
| contributions | ||||||
| Donations | 103,638 | = | 103,638 | 402,369 | - | 402,369 |
| — audit fee | ||||||
| Donated services | 485,270 | = | 485,270 | 526,843 | - | 526,843 |
| — staff& support | ||||||
| costs | ||||||
| Fundraising | 1,669,999 | 652,437 | 2,322,436 | 1,601,985 | 820,063 | 2,422,048 |
| events | ||||||
| 4,272,099 | 652,437 | 4,924,536 | 4,528,228 | 820,063 | 5,348,291 | |
| Bs Investment |
Income | |||||
| 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | |
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | |
| funds | funds | funds | funds | |||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Interest on Money | 310,839 | az | 310,839 | 295,363 | = | 295,363 |
| Market Funds | ||||||
| Bank interest on | 45,955 | = | 45,955 | 36,674 | = | 36,674 |
| cash deposits | ||||||
| 356,794 | - | 356,794 | 332,037 | - | 332,037 |
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Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024
Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2024 continued
4. Expenditure on raising funds
| 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | |
| funds | funds | funds | funds | |||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | gs | |
| Costs of | 206,524 | - | 206,524 | 173,283 | = | 173,283 |
| fundraising | ||||||
| events | ||||||
| Bank charges | 11,618 | “ | 11,618 | 6,229 | - | 6,229 |
| 218,142 | "y | 218,142 | 179,512 | “ | 179,512 |
The Charitable Foundation does not use professional fundraisers or involve commercial participators. There have been no complaints about fundraising activity during the year (2023: None).
| 5. | Charitable activities — | Charitable activities — | grantmaking | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | ||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | ||
| funds | funds | funds | funds | ||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Grants payable | 8,152,242 | 682,797 | 8,835,039 | 6,847,236 | 845,381 | 7,692,617 | |
| in the year | |||||||
| Support costs | 496,770 | = | 496,770 | 537,344 | = | 537,344 | |
| 8,649,012 | 682,797 | 9,331,809 | 7,384,580 | 845,381 | 8,229,961 |
The Charitable Foundation continue to focus grants to small or medium-sized charities working in the following key areas:
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e Children and young people under 25 who are disadvantaged or have a disability e Hospices e Mental health
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e Cancer support e Armed Forces Veterans
All grants in 2024 were made to charitable institutions. Further information regarding grants made by the Charitable Foundation can be found on _ its web_ site: https://www.sjpfoundation.co.uk/
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2024 continued
5. Charitable activities - grant making (continued)
The following are those organisations where the Charitable Foundation made grant payments of £100,000 or greater during the year.
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|£|
|The|OnSide|Foundation|650,000|
|Variety,|the|Children’s|Charity|340,596|
|Panathlon|Foundation|305,000|
|Hope|and|Homes|for|Children|150,000|
|Jamie’s|Farm|250,000|
|National|Star|Foundation|150,000|
|Camphill|School, Aberdeen|150,000|
|Education|for|the|Children|Foundation|125,000|
|Environmental|Vision|120,000|
|Campaign|Against|Living|Miserably|(CALM)|100,000|
|Ryedale|Special|Families|100,000|
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Support costs
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|2024|2023|
|£|£|
|Audit|fee|11,500|10,500|
|Travel|11,605|11,439|
|Staff|costs|(Note|6)|391,259|401,045|
|Consultancy &|Other|82,406|114,360|
|496,770|537,344|
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The auditors are appointed on an honorary basis. The value of the audit has been included in Incoming Resources as a donated service and as Audit fee in Support Costs.
6. Trustees and employee information
The Trustees were not paid during the year (2023: £nil) and no Trustee received any emolument or payment for professional or other services (2023: £nil).
The Charitable Foundation employs no staff directly (2023: nil). SJPMS employs8 staff (2023: 8) who provide dedicated support for the day-to-day operations of the Charitable Foundation. All employee costs are met by SJPMS. The key management personnel comprise the Trustees and senior management team listed on Page 6.
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Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024
Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2024 continued
6. Trustees and employee information (continued)
The number of employees (including key management personnel) whose employee benefits (excluding pension costs and employer national insurance contributions) from £60,000 upwards was:
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| £80,001-£90,000 | 7 | . | |
| £90,001-£100,000 | 1 | 1 | |
| The | aggregate payroll cost of these employees was as follows: | ||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Wages and salaries | 325,927 | 336,348 | |
| Social security costs | 30,580 | 32,239 | |
| Pension costs | 34,752 | 32,458 | |
| 391,259 | 401,045 |
The aggregate payroll cost includes total payroll costs of £95,325 (2023: £100,164) made to key management personnel. The Charitable Foundation is not the employing company for these staff and therefore, no further pension disclosures or share based payment disclosures have been included in these financial statements.
7. Debtors
| 2024 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | z | |
| Amounts due from SJPMS | 610,102 | 745,910 |
| Prepayments and accrued income | 78,488 | 123,074 |
| 688,590 | 868,984 |
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2024 continued
| 8. | Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Unrestricted | |||
| Barclays Fixed Rate Deposit | 2,800,000 | = | |
| Goldman Sachs GBP Liquid Reserves | 2,421,040 | 5,700,188 | |
| BlackRock ICS GBP LEAF Premier | 1,403,886 | 1,047,209 | |
| 6,624,926 | 6,747,397 | ||
| Restricted | |||
| Goldman Sachs GBP Liquid Reserves | 37,373 | 67,733 | |
| 6,662,299 | 6,815,130 |
Goldman Sachs investments are same day access, money market collective investment schemes. BlackRock investments are held on three monthly fixed term durations.
| 9. | Creditors:amountsfallingduewithinoneyear | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
| £ | FE | ||
| Grant payments due | 41,128 | 160,711 | |
| Accruals and deferred income | 40,652 | 16,100 | |
| 81,780 | 176,811 | ||
| 10. | ContingentLiabilities | ||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year: grants | 3,187,834 | 3,998,139 | |
| payable | |||
| Amounts falling due after morethan one year: | 2,204,275 | 2,810,131 | |
| grants payable | |||
| 5,392,109 | 6,808,270 |
All of the above meet the definition of contingent liabilities as each grant recipient must meet conditions set by the Charitable Foundation in order to receive the grant funding. No constructive obligations exist. There are no legal arrangements relating to any of the contingent liabilities detailed above. No security is provided in relation to any of the contingent liabilities detailed above. None of the contingent liabilities above relate to capital projects.
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Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024
Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2024 continued
1. Financial Risk
Exposure to the following risks for the Charity’s financial assets is analysed by:
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credit risk;
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liquidity risk;
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market risk; and
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currency risk.
Credit risk arises from holdings of investments, debtors and cash and cash equivalents, with banks and financial institutions.
|~~Risk~~
1)
Charitable
Foundation’s |
investments
and, cash
and cash
equivalents
2)
Debtors|~~Description~~
Loss of assets or
| reduction invalue
Risk counterparty does
not payamount due.
Riskcounterparty does
not honourprepayment |
ofgoods or services|~~Management~~
The Charitable Foundation funds are
predominantly invested in ‘A’ rated
money market funds, which are
classified as investments. Cash and
cash equivalents are operating monies
held with approved banks.
Prepayments are of lowvalueand
closely monitored by management.
Balances held by SJPMS are settled
| monthly.|
|---|---|---|
The value of investments and cash and cash equivalents at 31 December 2024 was £7,790,472, (2023: £7,590,714).
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Charitable Foundation, although solvent, either does not have available sufficient liquid financial resources to enable it to meet its obligations as they fall due or can secure such resources only at excessive cost.
|~~Risk~~
Investments,
Cash orexpense |
requirement|~~Description~~
A significant cash or
| expense requirement
needs to bemetat short |
notice|~~Management~~
The Charitable Foundation funds are
predominantly invested in ‘A’rated
|money market funds,which are
classified as investments. Cash and cash
equivalents are operating monies held
with approved banks. Cash flows are
prepared at regular intervals to ensure
adequate cash is held to meet all
upcoming liabilities.|
|---|---|---|
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2024 continued
ll. Financial Risk (continued)
The Charitable Foundations holds investments and, cash or cash equivalent short-term access deposits of £7,790,472 (2023: £7,590,714).
Market risk is the impact a fall in the value of investments or other assets may have on the Charitable Foundation.
| ~~Risk~~ Charitable Foundation’s investments and, cash and cash equivalents |
~~Description~~ Loss ofassets or reduction invalue |
~~Management~~ The Charitable Foundation funds are predominantly invested in ‘A’ rated money marketfunds,which are classified as investments. Cash and cash equivalents are operating monies held with approved banks. |
|---|---|---|
The Charitable Foundation has investments and, cash and cash equivalents exposed to interest rate fluctuations of £7,790,472 (2023: £7,590,714), earning interest of £356,794 (2023: £332,037).
Currency risk: The Charitable Foundation is not subject to any significant currency risk, as its financial assets and financial liabilities are denominated in Sterling. The Charitable Foundation does not hold any assets in foreign currencies.
Categories of financial assets and financial liabilities
The financial assets and financial liabilities of the Charitable Foundation are measured at amortised cost. The carrying values of the Charitable Foundation’s financial assets and liabilities in the Company’s Balance Sheet are summarised below:
| 2024 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | E | |
| Investments | 6,662,299 | 6,815,130 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 1,128,173 | 775,584 |
| Debtors | 688,590 | 868,984 |
| Total financial assets | 8,479,062 | 8,459,698 |
| Financial liabilities | ||
| Creditors | 81,780 | 176,811 |
| Totalfinancialliabilities | 81,780 | 176,811 |
The Charitable Foundation's financial assets are receivable on demand.
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2024 continued
1. Financial Risk (continued)
Sensitivity analysis to market risks
Cash is denominated in Sterling and held in money market funds and banking institutions. Due to the low volatility and short-term nature of these investments, changes in interest rates will not have a material impact on the value of these investments. Similarly, due to their nature, other financial assets and liabilities are not materially subjected to market risks. Therefore, movements in currency and interest rates at the reporting date will not have a material impact on the income and funds held.
| 12. | Funds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Designated | Total | |||
| funds | funds | funds | £ | |||
| £ | £ | £ | ||||
| Fund balances at1January2024 | 1,406,884 | 67,733 | 6,808,270 | 8,282,887 | ||
| Income | 9,011,909 | 652,437 | te | 9,664,346 | ||
| Expenditure | (8,867,154) | (682,797) | ~ | (9,549,951) | ||
| Transfers between funds | 1,416,161 | a | (1,416,161) | = | ||
| Fund balan 2024 |
t 31 PineeeSe |
December | 2,967,800 | 37,373 | 5,392,109 | 8,397,282 |
Restricted funds are those funds raised by donors who wish to donate to causes the Charitable Foundation supports in which the donors have a particular interest. By their nature, Restricted funds received are numerous but small in value and are only held for a short period of time, until paid over to their nominated charity.
During the year, £5.4m of funds were designated to multi-year grants pledged to charities as detailed in Note 10.
Comparatives information in respect of the preceding period is as follows:
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Designated | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| funds | funds | funds | z | |||
| £ | £ | £ | ||||
| Fund balances at 1 January | 2023 | 6,389,555 | 93,05] | 2 | 6,482,606 | |
| Income | 9,389,691 | 820,063 | : | 10,209,754 | ||
| Expenditure | (7,564,092) | (845,381) | - | (8,409,473) | ||
| Transfers between funds | (6,808,270) | - | 6,808,270 | - | ||
| b PeOG enaneeeSy 2023 |
t31D gDSESI |
b | 1,406,884 | 67,733 | 6,808,270 | 8,282,887 |
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2024 continued
| 13. Analysis ofnetassetsbetween |
betweenfunds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Designated | Total | |
| funds | funds | funds | ||
| £ | £ | £ | 5 | |
| Fund balances at 31 December | ||||
| 2024 are represented by: | ||||
| Current assets | 3,049,580 | 37,373 | 5,392,109 | 8,479,062 |
| Current liabilities | (81,780) | - | - | (81,780) |
| Fund balances at 31 December | 2,967,800 | 37,373 | 5,392,109 | 8,397,282 |
| 2024 | ||||
| Comparatives information in | respect ofthe preceding period is as follows: | |||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Designated | Total | |
| funds | funds | funds | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Fund balances at 31 December | ||||
| 2023 are represented by: | ||||
| Current assets | 1,583,695 | 67,733 | 6,808,270 | 8,459,698 |
| Current liabilities | (176,811) | = | (176,811) | |
| Fund balances at 31 December | 1,406,884 | 67,733 | 6,808,270 | 8,282,887 |
| 2023 |
14. _—_Related Parties
Some of the Trustees, Directors and key management personnel of the Charitable Foundation are also Directors or key personnel of SJP or other companies in the St. James's Place Group. The only transactions with such individuals were donations and fundraising event contributions made to the Charitable Foundation. The value of these donations and contributions were £18,110 (2023: £48,456). Remuneration paid to Trustees and key management personnel have been disclosed in Note 6.
SJP donates to the Charitable Foundation in the form of pound for pound matching, for certain donations that are made by Partners, staff and some other third parties to the Charitable Foundation. This is explained further in Note 1. The amount due from SJP as at the year-end was £610,102 (2023: £745,910).
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2024 continued
14. Related Parties - continued
The amount donated by SJP during the year was £4,576,251 (2023: £4,983,418,) which includes company matching of £4,383,016 (2023: £4,529,426). The payment of the donations is facilitated through SJPMS, which also donates the costs of the staff that administer the charity, as reported in Note 5 Support costs of £485,270 (2023: £526,844).
- Guarantee Company and Capital The Charitable Foundation is a company limited by guarantee not having share capital. The liability of the members is limited by the Memorandum of Association to £1 each. The sole member and guarantor for the Charitable Foundation is SJP. This is unchanged from 2023. The Charitable Foundation does not have any share capital. The Company therefore looks to its Unrestricted Funds to ensure it can meet its liabilities and obligations. The Trustees review the Funds and the Financial assets and financial liabilities monthly.
16. Prior year analysis of unrestricted and restricted income and expenditure
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Designated | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funds | Funds | Funds | Funds | ||
| Note | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | |
| £ | £ | £ | |||
| Incomefrom | |||||
| Voluntary Income | 2 | 4,528,228 | 820,063 | = | 5,348,291 |
| Investment Income | 3 | 332,037 | = | = | 332,037 |
| Other incoming resources | |||||
| - Company matching | 4,529,426 | “ | = | 4,529,426 | |
| Total | 9,389,691 | 820,063 | rs | 10,209,754 | |
| Resources expended | |||||
| Expenditure on raising funds | 4 | 179,512 | = | = | 179,512 |
| Charitable activities — grant making | 5 | 7,384,580 | 845,381 | : | 8,229,961 |
| Totalresourcesexpended | 7,564,092 | 845,381 | os | 8,409,473 | |
| NetIncome/(Expenditure) fortheYear | 1,825,599 | (25,318) | - | 1,800,281 | |
| Transferbetweenfunds | 12 | (6,808,270) | - | 6,808,270 | - |
| Reconciliation offunds | |||||
| Fund balances brought forward at1 | |||||
| January | 12 | 6,389,555 | 93,051 | = | 6,482,606 |
| Fund balances carried forward at 31 | |||||
| December | 12 | ~~1,406,884~~ | 67,733 | 6,808,270 | 8,282,887 |
This Note forms an integral part of and should be read in conjunction with the Statement of the Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2024 on page 17.
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