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A¥L nJa Tirni 6 1%.) CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND WALES Trustees. Annual Report for the perlod From 11 Aprll 2023 P•rkM1 start dat• To 31•1 PAarch 2024 Perlod end date Charlty name: Honourablg Company of Glouce8t•rshlre Charltabl• TnASt Chaflty rn918tr•llon numb•r. 1147656 Oblectlv08 and Actlvltl08 Summary of tr Pufposes ol , P•F• 1 17 the chanty as set (XA fft rts govemirKJ dcrtument The al )y charrtablè purFx)8• is beMfic4al ID C4ynmunrty In th& County ol G￿teSterShi1• #nd th• C￿Thty of Soulh GS>J¢05tershire mKI￿JMg... -th• •Jvanc•m•nl ol •ducatM)n tramiN4 -the •Jvancement of the arts, ￿lIV￿ & hertage -thé •Jvancement of heallh & BAViTrJ of Iw88 .the 8Ovancement of amateur Sport -th¢ con8eTh8tw ol htstorK l)uildiry$ WKI •rt -the preVen￿n a￿or ￿lie1 of rK)verty -the devek?pn￿nl ond iryro4Emenl ol conmtsnity ￿lati(￿lI and 8ocl condit￿n• Summary of the maln acbvrties In ￿latiOn lo th08• purp08es for the wblic benefit. In pwbcuLgr, the es. prqects or serwces identified in the P•rn 1 17 1 19 Th• •¢ll¥ts• of IN Iru81••6 w• •wntially to award grants and lo v#brt proi•cts wlhef to 88sass Ihe ol a pjtential b•n•fic the appltatson s1•3• Of kn lolkMT ￿ aft•r • grani Statement confimlry éfrother the truslees have h•d regard to Ihe guidan issued by the Charrty Cwimts5icffj on benefit V4h•n conwOerm9 •P$￿icat￿Y) for gr•rrt¥, the trysttts have conwiiently inclL#Jed n their dthb8raUons the rwuifement Ihat the N)plicwl be opwalin9 for ihe F#￿lIC ban•fil d•fin•d by lh• cA￿ty ComMiss￿n Addltion•l Infom)•tion {optlonal) You may choose to fftclude further 8lat•ments ￿tr￿• rel8v ab(Mrt: JI grnThts ar• o)ntsM1•r•d aKVtr•l ty th• tr￿￿e￿ at quarterfy nwtings klDSt grnnls are for wnounts up to £1,000 wrth. In exc4pl￿nal circumstances, an uwer lmrt of £2.twJo All grpnts are required lo the PJfP)ge of the Trust as JLvnmon*d abo Policy on gr¥bt makw¥J

Achievements and Perfonnance Dunry 2023r24. 9rants toi81ing £37,375 The m8ionty wwe lor prop¢ts for th• ' impfoveffwl of life ts the disadvantwJed lolallino £21, 100 whth, In line the abry poly consisted (rf wnall grants of £1.iJJJ or l•ss | Trust also nj￿ ￿ anrbual n6• the OLrtslanding iyk thal Cad organis91￿3 do - £1,625 , In the arts antj heni•3e field. grants of £9.000 made, which inclLths amDrwJ olh¢f thir45, ,. nging and crfchestral perfommnces Ouring Ihe yèar a schemé to support craft app￿ntIce8 was estsbltstd In total £5.4 was awarded to asssl ol equipment 8nd training costs The wwje varlety of grnnts all m1•r#￿ to wnprove ￿ lives and the en¥ironrrrt ol Ihe peoplo of Gknucestefshire, wlh 8F￿al emph8815 ￿ th8 a￿￿1van￿9￿¢j merthrs Summary ol the main achievements of the charity. Klentrfying the drtIe￿nCe the tharity s woth has made to the circumstances ol rt6 bon8f￿aTr￿S and any widor benefits to gocty as Pw• 1.20 Financial Review i Re¥￿￿ of the thanty's i financial posits'on at the •nd ol the penod PwAi Th• finan￿ of th• Trust were Str￿9. alllwh grants made from the General Fund exceeijed con1n￿b)n8 made ￿ that lund Th•r• conllt)w8 lo ￿ an iDcreage in applicath￿s. perhaps r•fl•cbro Ihe general ecmomic ¢ondilh)fts. The Resln(ed Funds have m¢re85&Y and wll bé used lo fund lut1hw grants to apprent￿•$ Statemerrt explainiTrJ the policy for hold1r￿ resèrves slating why they are held P￿1?? Th• Irusthos vnsh to k••p reser¥W in the Genefal Fund ol approximalely hall a year's income In ￿de to Oe at4e to reSp￿d rf there an exceplb)nal need This target has been The reserye hekl in Ihe Re$lrKted Fund T￿11 be sèd lo make anDL￿1 grants Over the Mxt tén Amount of reserves held P• 1.22 Genernl Fu￿J., £15,614 •r*J Reslrrted F￿￿.. £46,152.. Addftlonal Infonnallon (optlonall You may choose to Include fiJrthef slalements wtrÈre relevanl about.. , The Incl￿￿@ ol Ihè Trusl cotros In the fomi dor￿$ ty ￿￿rnbel5 of the Honournbbp I Coryany of GIol￿•s1•rSThlT￿, which Is stncty | geparats from the Trust Members are expected , lo make a minimum annual donation to the Trust, ack1￿c￿41 dona1K￿$ The chanty'$ pnntspal sources of funds (induding any lundraising) P•r• 147 ' The prmcipal nsk lo the Trusl bé th• hqu¥Jats(￿ of the H￿ourable Company of Gk)ucestershire with the consequent absénc• ol ' annual donatK￿5 to Ihe TrLryt ' A de5cnpban ol the wncipal nsks faciry the tharity P¥• 1.46

Structur•, Gov•rnanc• and M•nag•m•nt Desulptl(m ol d))rlty'S TY￿ ol g¢>¥￿Ing d￿ment P•r* 1.2$ (tr￿1 dee¢J, rtyai ¢narter} TnJ81 Owj da1￿j 12th M•ch 2012. Suppknl CW tJ•i¢d 8b S&yemW 2015 •nd SuFplemenlal Oee05 ijated 2fid Febnwy 2022 arrtl Jun• 2022. H<yw is the charty , conslrtuted? Pw• 1.25

rat Ji5LbcWI￿ 1 Truslee selection methods InclLKling detsils of afty constrtuti(vwl prowwns e g. election Io p05t or name of any person or body enbtled lo apwnl one ￿ m¢xe tru8teo8 126 Every tru¥te¢ N apFointed by a resolutt passèd al an ¢YdIn￿ meel)ng of the trugte truslee musl L% • mffi)ber of the Compy ol GIol￿SIer8hlf8. In addilion. Ihe Warclon and Atysthnt Varden Iht Honourabl• Ccffjpany are uicm•bc4ty Iwst•es lor a$ Iw a$ th¢y hold tho Addltlon•l Inlomiatlon {optlonal) You may ch¢)ose lo Include further $tstem￿ts whfn rdwant ab¢xrt.' tru8ts•s 9￿￿11Y alr•&Jy hav• gnIfi￿1 •xyi•nc• ol th• r•sp)nslbilils ol trustees. The Ch•r ￿ th• tntstsjès énsui•# that au new tntst￿5 are fulty Infomd r•aarding dutw re8F￿SIbIlths tho nomlal m8thod operBtin9 and the relatbJn5hip ¥￿th the H￿Ourable Comp8ny of Gb)uceslershire N trutytees are provKJed wrth a copy of the trust deed$ Suppl￿181 deed and the Wefjl accoun1$ Policies and kywedures adopted for the InduCt￿n and training of trustees 1.51 The ffi•￿ •$ • bth qu•rt•r •1 whtch m••bngs al d•cisions aré m•Alé Th• d￿slon5 cl th• trust￿S at Iheii quartety rneetiry ar8 rxord&l in minutés Thw• ar• èmployees or volunteers. Thero unwld Secretary lo the Trnst••s and an urwaid Trea5urei The Truste•J mak? uje ol the wth unty cKganisBknn5 01 the widpr membership or ihe HO￿￿rat19 C<ynpwry of Gk)uL¥fjlwshirn. The charity's organisaticNI structure any wMJ8r with whKh th• (tharty Y)rks 1.51

Thern rf a ¢kn•o th• Tru•t aThJ Hon¢)urat Company ol Gkwcestershifo NJI trustsos mug1 b8 m•mb• of Ihe Honourth Company and the ￿rden and Assigtsni are ?￿0m•t￿•1 Iruslees The trU￿ee¥ do relw lo Iho Inlw•st Groups of the trk1nwr8￿ Cryyyany f(w 8oic• on any ponicular w8nl aPF4Katth8 when Ihey sidef thal lo b• approprngte. bul all doci6w)ns Mor￿ • ￿t￿lty th• rn¥ponJibly ol Trus￿0$. The Cryny also has a<xne lurK15 l￿d by G￿Ces1811￿lI• Community FourbJatNYI'. ihe Iru51ee$ co-weralé wth GCF In wjenlifying SUbl8L tor gwi M&￿Th9 Irom the GCF funds Thw• ￿ fio und•rt¥ki￿. , Ratw)n8hlp with any rela￿1 pm 1,61 Ipart Referonce and Admlnlstrative detalls Charty n• Tho PIC*K￿r¥b￿ Ccmpary ol GkMKestershn C1wrt￿1e Tru•t Olher the Chanty us•s NIA Regisl8red charty number 1147656 Charty's pnncipal address Margaret Full•r, Mopla Road. Tutshill, Chepslow, GltyJcesterntMr•. NP18 7PS

Nam•• of th• charlty truste￿ who manag• the ch•rlty Nrno of p•l￿n lor t¥)dyl Tn•¢•• n•m• omw {If 111 anyl Chalr Untsl 26A)3r2024 Mr M Hufr81 Mr D Munn) Mr8J￿t H(￿0￿rable Company ol G￿)UceSt6¢sh1re Lt c￿ A Tat)r Ch•r Mr WAmyr Mr M Jorns Horrf)uraWe Company or Gk>we81orsh Mr R Whart MrA Dc*wnlon From 27A)3r2024 10 Mf P La¢hackl Fr￿n 21112r2023 11 Ms K Plor From 21ffj9Q023 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Declarations Slgn•d on b•h•ll ol $1gnalurnl•l

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PA￿ Chrih' Commiysion SOFA Report IJ ¥131m3no24 P4gelofl Ch¥ritTr' no. 1147646 HC'G C'hrilAble I"rust. Prinicd: 131111121124 R5triti•d Imcomt Pr6or >er [kn￿l￿$ and ILwcies Charitsbl¢ •Llii'itcs (kntr•din8 #lii'iiies In%'¢¥lm¢nls Scprntc itrm of 35.150 28.647 76 (Mh 21.468 28.722 .Aptndliure o: Raising funds ithble aciiviiies S¢pJral¢ m•irfI￿ iiNn ¢xpen OthLY 975 1.400 37.37$ Tot*1 J7J7.S 2UqI) IK01￿(eXpe•d1tir¢> -7.¥47 Nct gain&'(Iths¢g) ( t 1TrromelleApe￿1tMr•j Items rRisfer4 beThee• 3.872 ¥si 19J4J U72 ¢¢￿¢•11￿1101 of Fty•d5 23.122 19.301 41423 I'o¢•l r•Tri¢J fwws•rd 1.766

Pxton C'hrilv no. 1147646 HC'G C'haritllbk Truyt. Ch8rllv B•lnce Sheel u ai 31A)312024 Pa2elofl PrintL4d: 13AMV2024 UnrLsifiL1￿I Funds Tthal fimd5 Priir fimd5 Tru￿5 ••ets Intsngibl¢ 55¢ts T&n8rtde &5%tJ Inbr51mcnt5 0.00 o.Do o.u¢) wj ¥rreml o_oo O.(K) 4￿.1X] Cash 41 ￿nk and in h￿d 46.152.0 61,1(rfb 46 61.76&46 17,(N.47 42.423.22 11.614Jl 'rtdiivr% hllin8 d 0.00 iilkin CXb¢ 15.614_.IS 46.152.08 61.766.46 42.42.1 ?? assels less cwrre lialjilifvrt r¢diwff£ •mounts ￿llin￿ duc ftLY twe than YLW 15.614JB 151111 61.76&46 4142J.22 1.1.614J 61.76L46 42.42J.22 di of the I'hrli•' Lnd4)wTncnt twbds 0.00 0.00 152.OS 0.00 0.00 4&152.08 11.014.18 19.301.35 11.l?1.87 l.nTtstriLted fithds RwalU￿11￿ 15.614.38 o. Toil f￿ld5 IS￿14.38 1$2.1111 61. 41.42J.22 SiBnul lry (Ybt ￿ two tTUSiee5 iyhalf ofAII IIK trU￿CeS Prlmt te ol ppro%'*l 11 12-

Independent examinerfs report on the accounts S•ctlon A Ind•p•ndonl Examln•rf R•p¢wl R¢port lo the trustws On •ccounts for th• year . Ic>2 Charity no Irf any) I1￿?656 rewrt to ts tfUBtw cffl ffly 0￿￿￿allon ol fv ￿e0￿nts ) 4anly {'the Tnffjl-) lor Ihe Jai ￿ded Ji i o JI a•Z4 As the ejianvs Irustees. ycw are resp￿}￿ble lor th8 ol aco)unts m ￿e￿danc wlth the requirem￿1$ ol the Charitiès ALI 2011 {Ihe R•wslbllttl•s and b•sl8 of r•port I report in reyct of my examinalion ol the Trusfs ac(xJunts wied wl un¢tsr seC1￿t 145 of the 2011 Acl in canying out my ex8minalion, I have foU(rI￿d all th8 apF4Kable tlirecllons k¥ven by th Ch￿ty Ct)mmi5SK>n uryjef s•cl￿ 1445Kbl of the Ak Indepond•nt (Tho charws inLx4rn excled £￿I.0(k] ar￿ l am walrfJ to •xamin•rfs $t•t•m•nt undertake Ihe examin8tiM ty being 8 finsort nam• awlkable1151Ed Wll. Delete ( l rf aWKable. I have completed my examinalJn. I c(￿firM that no materi81 marter5 have ojme to my attenti￿ in ¢{￿nection Ihe examination lo￿r￿mI thsclts￿ ') whlch gives ￿ cause to beh'eve thal ￿. any m&lenal respect.. rafyyds V•tre rX kepl wth 130 of the Ch*1￿$ Ad; r tho aC￿UnIS rK)l aco)rd wilh Ihe ￿coUnting records." or acrx)unts compty Ihe appI￿)b￿ cmceming Ihe l(xm and content ol Kcounts $el (NJI in tr¢ Chan'bes IAcx#)unts and Reports) RegulatK)ns 2008 cAh8r than any requw6mwA thai the 8CCOLnls ￿ve a 'true and lar. y￿W which Is ml a matler d as r•rt of an irwJep8rMj￿l examinal 8xarr¥natlon lo %¥hlch 8ttenth￿ should ts dr&wn in this Tek¥Jrt i (xder to ￿able 8 woper Undets￿dIng (rf the accounts lo bg rethd. . Plpa8e thp Mxds br8ck8ts rf I1￿Y do ap￿. IER Oct 2018

81gn•d: Oat•: N•m•". R•l•vant prolosslonal qualill¢atlonls) or body Ilf any): Addr￿. S•¢tlon B OINY Il Ili¥ 111g1il¥lil ITidlE"Ii0l Sn¢itte%S (31 (see CC32. Independgnl exannaly)n ol chanty xcounts.. dIr￿tionS and guidarK• fty exanwsi, Oct 2018