ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST
REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Charity number: 1150364
ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST
I N D E X
Year ended 31 December 2024
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| General information | 2 |
| Report of the Trustees | 3 |
| Independent examiner’s report | 5 |
| Statement of financial activities | 7 |
| Balance sheet | 7 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 8 |
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ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST
G E N E R A L I N F O R M A T I O N
Year ended 31 December 2024
| Established by deed | 12 December 2012 |
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| Charity number | 1150364 |
| Trustees | R W J Parry |
| J P MacHale | |
| M A MacHale | |
| Address | 22 Chancery Lane |
| London | |
| WC2A 1LS | |
| Bankers | NatWest |
| 16 Library Place | |
| St Helier | |
| Jersey | |
| JE4 8NH | |
| Independent Examiner | Steven Wakefield ACA |
| Dixon Wilson | |
| 22 Chancery Lane | |
| London | |
| WC2A 1LS | |
| Objects | Such charities or for such exclusively charitable |
| purposes as the Trustees may determine. | |
| Accumulation | The Trustees have power to accumulate the whole or |
| part of the income of the Trust Fund for the period of | |
| 21 years, from the date of settlement. |
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R E P O R T O F T H E T R U S T E E S
ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST
Year ended 31 December 2024
The Trustees submit the annual report together with the accounts of the Trust for the year to 31 December 2024. The accounts comply with current statutory requirements and are in the format prescribed by Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019). The report should be read in conjunction with the general information provided on page 2.
Administrative information
The Trust is an unincorporated trust, constructed under a trust deed dated 12 December 2012. The charity is registered with the Charity Commission in England and Wales and its registration number is 1150364. The address of the charity is shown on page 2.
Objectives and achievements
The objective of the Trust is to provide donations and grants for charitable purposes to other charities and voluntary bodies, or for the benefit of the general public.
During the year, the Trust made donations totalling £118,500 (2023 - £85,600).
Grant making policy
The Trust actively seeks projects to fund and does not accept unsolicited applications for grants.
Structure, governance and management
The current Trustees have the power to appoint new Trustees. The induction of any new Trustee includes awareness of the history and approach of the charity. A Trustee’s responsibilities lie with the individual Trustee. A new Trustee would receive copies of the previous years’ accounts.
The Trustees who have served during the year are those shown on page 2.
Organisation
The Trust’s affairs are carried on by its Trustees, who meet as necessary for this purpose.
Financial review and risk management
There was a net incoming movement in funds for the year of £179,013 (2023 – incoming £38,620). The total unrestricted funds at the balance sheet date were £414,729 (2023 - £417,243). Under the powers of the trust deed the trustees transferred £118,500 (2023 - £85,600) from the expendable endowment to cover the donations made in the current year.
The major risks to which the charity is exposed, as identified by the Trustees, have been reviewed and systems have been established to mitigate those risks.
Reserves policy
It is the Trustees policy not to retain reserves as overheads are low and the grants that are made vary according to the income received. As such no reserves are required to ensure the charity’s continued operations. At the balance sheet date the balance on the unrestricted reserves was £414,729 (2023 - £417,243) and on the expendable endowment was £242,704 (2023 - £61,117).
Public benefit
The Trustees, having regard to the Public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission in accordance with the Charities Act 2011, consider that the purpose and activities of the charity satisfy the requirements of the public benefit test set out in the section 3 of the same act.
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ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST REPOR T OF THE TRUSTEES Year ended 31 December 2024 Trustees, responsibilltles in relatlon to the finan¢lal statsmants The Twstees a responsible for preparing the Trustees, port and the financial ststam8nts in aGcordanGe with applirnble law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards. The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the TFUStees to prepare financial ststements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the stste of affairs of the charrty and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the chartty for that period. In preparing these financial ststements, the Trustees are required to: • select suitable accounting polictes and then appty them consistendy. observe the methods and principles of the Charitias SORP". make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasorBble and prudent • state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements: and prepare the financial statements on the going con¢%m basis unless it ts inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business. The Trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose wf(h reasonable accuracy the ffinancial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the finanGial statements comply wilh the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations and the provlsions of the trust deed. They arè also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for tsking reasonable steps for the preventi( and detection of fraud and other irregularities. J P MACHALE For the Trustees 28 August 2025
E X A M I N E R ’ S U N Q U A L I F I E D R E P O R T
ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST
Year ended 31 December 2024
Independent Examiner’s Report to The Trustees of the Rothes Charitable Trust
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity Trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). You are satisfied that an audit is not required for this year under charity law and that an independent examination is needed.
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Dixon Wilson, a firm of Chartered Accountants of which I am an employee, has provided bookkeeping services to the Trust and I have applied the FRC’s Revised Ethical Standard in carrying out my examination.
An independent examination does not involve gathering all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently does not cover all the matters than an auditor considers in giving their opinion on the accounts. The planning and conduct of an audit goes beyond the limited assurance that an independent examination can provide. Consequently, I express no opinion as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and my report is limited to those specific matters set out in the independent examiner’s statement.
Independent examiner’s statement
I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
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:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
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the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
I have no concerns and have come across no 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.
STEVEN WAKEFIELD ACA Dixon Wilson 22 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1LS
2025 29 August
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ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST
S T A T E M E N T O F F I N A N C I A L A C T I V I T I E S
Year ended 31 December 2024
| Unrestricted Expendable Income Endowment Note fund fund £ £ Income and endowments from: Donations 2 - 300,027 Total incoming resources - 300,027 Expenditure on: Charitable activities 3 121,014 - Total expenditure 121,014 - Net (expenditure)/income (121,014) 300,027 Transfer between funds 118,500 (118,500) Net movement in funds (2,514) 181,527 Reconciliation of funds: Fund balance brought forward at 1 January 417,243 61,177 Fund balance carried forward at 31 December 414,729 242,704 |
2024 Total £ 300,027 300,027 121,014 121,014 179,013 - 179,013 478,420 657,433 |
2023 Total £ 125,954 125,954 87,334 87,334 38,620 - 38,620 439,800 478,420 |
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The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses for the year. All income and expenditure derives from continuing activities.
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BALANCE SHEET At 31 Decanber 2024 2023 Flxed a880ts 425,876 425.876 425.878 425,876 Current assets Cash at bank and kn haTh 252.2T7 71.484 71.484 Creditorn: amounts falllng due wlthln on• year Not curTt assets (45,720) 231.557 (18.940) 5Z544 478.420 The funds of tho charlty Expendable endo fuThJs 242.704 414.729 61.IT/ 417,243 478,420 The finarKaal statements ori pages 6 to 11 were apFrnad by Tntstees (h and were SI by." 28 August 2ff25 RWJPARRY Trustee J P MACHALE Trustee
N O T E S T O T H E F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S
ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST
Year ended 31 December 2024
1. Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The accounts are prepared on a historical cost basis, in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable for charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) – Charities SORP (FRS 102), the Financial Reporting Standards applicable to the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), and the Charities Act 2011.
The Rothes Charitable Trust meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.
Legal form
The Trust is an unincorporated trust, constructed under a trust deed dated 12 December 2012. The charity is registered with the Charity Commission in England and Wales and its registration number is 1150364. The registered address of the charity is 22 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1LS.
Funds structure
The charity has an expendable endowment fund created by a gift. The income of this fund is unrestricted. The terms of the expendable endowment allow the capital of the fund to be spent if the trustees so determine.
Unrestricted income funds comprise those funds which the trustees are free to use for any purpose in furtherance of the charitable objects.
Income and expenditure
Donations receivable are recognised once the charity has entitlement to the donations, it is probable that the donations will be received and the monetary value of the donations can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Donations of programme related investments are recognised once the charity has entitlement to the donations, it is probable that the donations will be received and the fair value of the donation can be measured reliably. The fair value is based on observable market prices, adjusted if necessary for any difference in the nature, location or condition of the specific asset.
Donations and grants payable are included in the Statement of Financial Activities when approved by the Trustees and agreed with donee.
All other income and expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis.
Programme Related Investments
Programme related investments relates to a property owned by the trustees and let to the Medaille Trust (charity registration number 117830) rent free. Programme related investments are carried at cost less impairment. Where investments are donated, cost equates to the fair value at the time of donation.
Going Concern
The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Trust’s ability to continue as a going concern. As a result, the accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
Taxation
The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or section 252 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objectives.
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ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST
N O T E S T O T H E F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S
Year ended 31 December 2024
| 2. Donations and legacies Cash donations Donation of shares Gift Aid receipts |
2024 £ 100,000 175,027 25,000 300,027 |
2023 £ 100,954 - 25,000 125,954 |
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Cash donations, donation of shares and the subsequent Gift Aid were attributable to the expendable endowment fund in both years.
| 3. Charitable activities 2024 £ Donations to institutions (note 4) 118,500 Governance costs (note 5) 2,514 121,014 Expenditure on charitable activities in both years was attributable to the unrestricted income fund. |
2023 £ 85,600 1,734 87,334 |
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| 4. Donations to institutions 2024 £ During the year grants were made to the following institutions: Andover Food Bank 10,000 BEAT 1,000 Brain Research UK 10,000 Brendoncare 1,000 CDP St Peters & Winchester Martyrs 17,000 Countess of Brecknock Hospice 5,500 Crisis 25,000 FareShare - Fast Cure Angelman Syndrome 2,000 Fire Fly Trust - Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance 5,000 Little Rock School Nairobi 2,000 Mayfield School 1,000 PRCDT Church - PWSA UK - Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity 5,000 Salvation Army 1,000 Save the Rhino 2,000 Seenaryo - The Grange Festivals 25,000 The Gurkha Welfare Trust 1,000 Wonston Holy Trinity Church 5,000 118,500 |
2023 £ - - 5,000 - - - 25,000 1,000 - 2,000 - - - 17,500 1,000 5,000 1,000 3,000 2,100 20,000 - 3,000 85,600 |
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ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST
N O T E S T O T H E F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S
Year ended 31 December 2024
| 5. Governance costs Accountancy fee Independent examiner’s fees |
2024 £ 1,734 780 2,514 |
2023 £ 954 780 |
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| 1,734 | |||
| 6. Debtors: amounts falling due within one year Accrued gift aid income |
2024 £ 25,000 25,000 |
2023 £ - |
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| 7. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Accruals Donations payable |
2024 £ 19,720 26,000 45,720 |
2023 £ 18,940 - |
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| 18,940 | |||
| 8. Programme related investment At 1 January 2024 At 31 December 2024 |
£ 425,876 |
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| 425,876 |
The basis of the valuation on initial recognition as the property was donated was the open market. The property has been reviewed for impairment and has a carrying amount at historical cost of £425,876.
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ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST
N O T E S T O T H E F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S
Year ended 31 December 2024
9. Trustee remuneration and related party transactions
During the year, the Trust had no employees and the Trustees received neither remuneration nor reimbursement of expenses.
The total cash donations received without conditions from the trustees, net of gift aid, totalled £100,000 (2023 - £100,954).
Donations in the form of shares received without conditions from the trustees total £175,027 (2023 - £nil).
There were no other related party transactions during the reporting period that require disclosure in the financial statements.
10. Contingent asset
At 31 December 2024, the Trust is entitled to deferred consideration of £40,551 from the sale of shares in Prytania Services Ltd. The amount is currently held in escrow and is contingent on certain post-completion conditions being met.
The Trustees consider receipt of the funds to be probable, but not virtually certain. Accordingly, no asset has been recognised. An asset will be recognised if the inflow becomes virtually certain.
| 11. Analysis of funds |
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| 1 January | Incoming | Resources | Transfers 31 December | ||
| 2024 | resources | expended | 2024 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Analysis of fund movements | |||||
| Unrestricted fund | 417,243 | - | (121,014) | 118,500 | 414,729 |
| Expendable Endowment fund | 61,177 | 300,027 | - | (118,500) | 242,704 |
| 478,420 | 300,027 | (121,014) | - | 657,433 |
The above funds are explained further in the accounting policy on page 8.
Analysis of funds between net assets
| Unrestricted Expendable Income Endowment funds funds £ £ Fund balances as at 31 December 2024 are represented by: Programme related investments 425,876 - Cash 8,573 243,704 Debtors - 25,000 Creditors (19,270) (26,000) Net assets 414,729 242,704 |
Total 2024 £ 425,876 252,277 25,000 (45,720) 657,433 |
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ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST
N O T E S T O T H E F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S
Year ended 31 December 2024
Prior year - Analysis of funds
| 1 January Incoming Resources 2023 resources expended £ £ £ Analysis of fund movements Unrestricted fund 418,977 - (87,334) Expendable Endowment fund 20,823 125,954 - 439,800 125,954 (87,334) |
Transfers 31 December 2023 £ £ 85,600 417,243 (85,600) 61,177 - 478,420 |
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The above funds are explained further in the accounting policy on page 8.
Analysis of funds between net assets
| Unrestricted Expendable Income Endowment funds funds £ £ Fund balances as at 31 December 2023 are represented by: Programme related investments 425,876 - Cash 10,307 61,177 Creditors (18,940) - Net assets 417,243 61,177 |
Total 2023 £ 425,876 71,484 (18,940) 478,420 |
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12. Investments
| At 1 January 2024 Acquisitions Disposals At 31 December 2024 |
£ - 175,027 (175,027) - |
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The acquisitions represent the fair value of 2,500 shares in a small, unlisted and privately held company. The shares were donated on 23 October and sold on 29 October. As the shares are unlisted and the date of disposal is within a week of the date of acquisition, the proceeds obtained from the disposal of £175,027 have been used as the fair value at the date of acquisition.
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