**THE EDWINA LILLEY CHARITABLE TRUST (A company limited by guarantee)** ## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025** **Charity no: 1153407 Company no: 8650570** 1 ## **THE EDWINA LILLEY CHARITABLE TRUST** |**CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**|**PAGE**| |---|---| |**For the year ended 31 March 2025**|| |Trust Information|3| |Report of the Trustees|4 – 6| |Report of Independent Examiner|7| |Statement of Financial Activities and|| |Income and Expenditure Account|8| |Balance Sheet|9| |Notes to the Financial Statements|10 - 11| ## **THE EDWINA LILLEY CHARITABLE TRUST** ## **TRUSTEES REPORT For the year ended 31 March 2025** The Trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025. ## **Reference and Administrative Details** - 1 **Charity Registration No:** 1153407 2 **Company No:** 8650570 3 **Registered Office and Operation Address** Pinfold House Pinfold Lane 2 Marthall, Knutsford Cheshire WA16 7SN 4 **Trustees and Board of Directors** The Trustees/Directors who served during the year and up to the date of this report are as follows:- D Lilley S E Lilley E M Lilley A C Lilley T M Crutchley (resigned 1[st] November 2025) J E England (resigned 1[st] November 2025) B W Hood (resigned 1[st] November 2025) A B C Walker (resigned 1[st] November 2025) 5 **Bankers** Coutts 1 Spinningfields Square Manchester M3 3AP ## **THE EDWINA LILLEY CHARITABLE TRUST** ## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES For the year ended 31 March 2025** ## **Structure, Governance and Management** - **Constitution** - The organisation is a charitable company, limited by guarantee, incorporated on 14[TH] August 2013 and registered as a charity on the same date. The company was established under a Memorandum of Association which sets the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association. - **Recruitment and Appointment of new Trustees** - The Board consists of elected persons and others who may be appointed from time to time by the Trustees. - **Organisational, Structural and Decision-making** The Trustee Board determines the overall policy of the Trust. - **Trustee Induction and Training** - New Trustees are advised of their roles and responsibilities when appointed and are advised of suitable external induction and training courses. - **Risk Policy** - A risk assessment is carried out as part of the organisational business plan, identifying and classifying risks and detailing measures to deal with these. The Trustee Board is satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to risks. 3 - **Public Benefit Statement** - The Trustees have complied with the duty in section 17(5) of the 2011 Charities Act to have due regard to the guidance published by the Charities Commission. None of the Trustees receive any remuneration for their work, and received no reimbursement of expenses during the period. The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the aims and objectives, and in planning future activities. ## **THE EDWINA LILLEY CHARITABLE TRUST** ## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES For the year ended 31 March 2025** ## **Objectives and Activities** The Trust works in collaboration with charities to support & fundraise for initiatives which make a difference to children's lives. The projects we support help children facing a range of disadvantages including poverty, hunger, deprivation, malnourishment & life threatening/life limiting illnesses. ## **Achievements and Performance** During the year ended 31st March 2025 the Trust donated the following amounts:Destination Florida - £ 25,000 ## **Financial Review** The net use of funds for the year amounted to £11. The funds available to carry forward amount to £626, as general reserves. ## **Events since the Year End and Plans for Future Periods** Since the Year End, the Trust has continued its work with Destination Florida and The Toy Appeal, both of which are charities the Trust has worked with and supported previously. In August 2025, one of the trustees completed an IronMan in Switzerland raising in excess of £10,000 and in November 2025, the Trust is hosting another fundraising event - a charity padel tournament in Manchester. 4 ## **THE EDWINA LILLEY CHARITABLE TRUST** ## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES For the year ended 31 March 2025** ## **Responsibilities of the Trustees** Company law requires the Board of Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial period which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charitable company as at the balance sheet date and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including income and expenditure, for the financial period. In preparing those financial statements, the Board of Trustees should follow best practice and: - select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and - prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the company will continue on that basis. The Board of Trustees is responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The Board of Trustees is 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. ## **Trustees** The Trustees, who are Directors for the purpose of Company Law and Trustees for the purpose of Charity Law, who served during the period and up to the date of this report are set out on page three. Trustees of the charitable company guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £10 to the assets of the charitable company in the event of winding up. The total number of such guarantees was eight. The Trustees Report has been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice – Accounting and Reporting by Charities under FRS 102 and in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small entities. Approved by the Trustees on: 18 november 2025 and signed on their behalf by: D Lilley, Trustee/Director **THE EDWINA LILLEY CHARITABLE TRUST** ## **Independent examiner’s report to the charity trustees of The Edwina Lilley Charitable Trust** I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 8 to 11. **Respective** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. **responsibilities of** The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year **trustees and examiner** under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Charities Act”) and that an independent examination is needed It is my responsibility to: 5 - examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, - to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of independent examiner’s statement** ## **Independent examiner's statement** My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. - In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements: - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act - have not been met; or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Name: NEIL R BROWNLEE Address Newcastle-under-Lyme Date: 18 November 2025 ## **THE EDWINA LILLEY CHARITABLE TRUST** ## **INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT & STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES For the year ended 31 March 2025** |||**2025**|**2024**| |---|---|---|---| |||**Unrestricte**
**d**|**Unrestricted**| |||**Funds**|**Funds**| ||**Note**||| |||**£**|**£**| |**Incoming Resources:**|||| |**Incoming resources from generated funds**|||| |Voluntary income||7,500|34| |**Incoming resources from Charitable Activities**|||| |Activities for generating funds|2|18,390|15,583| |||_______|_______| |Total Incoming Resources||25,890|15,617| |||______|______| 6 |**Resources Expended:**|||| |---|---|---|---| |Charitable Donations||25,000|14,250| |Cost of Generating voluntary income|||| |Costs of generating funds||481|0| |Governance costs||420|921| |||_______|_______| |Total Resources Expended|3|25,901|15,171| |||______|______| |Net incoming / (outgoing) resources||(11)|446| |Funds brought forward||637|191| |||_______|_______| |Funds carried forward||626|637| |||______|______| ## **THE EDWINA LILLEY CHARITABLE TRUST BALANCE SHEET AT 31 MARCH 2025** ||**Note**|**2025**|**2024**| |---|---|---|---| |||**£**|**£**| |**FIXED ASSETS:**|||| |Tangible Assets||-|-| |**CURRENT ASSETS:**|||| |Cash at bank and in hand||626|637| |||_______|_______| |||626|637| |||_______|_______| |**RESERVES:**|||| |Unrestricted Funds||626|637| |||_______|_______| |||626|637| |||_______|_______| The directors consider that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to have an audit under the provisions of section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 and members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Act. The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with section 386 of the Act and for preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at 31 March 2025 and of its loss for the year then ended in accordance with the requirements of section 396 of the Act and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to the financial statements so far as applicable to the company. 7 The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008). The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on 18 November 2025. ## ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD D Lilley Trustee/Director The annexed notes form part of these financial statements. 8 ## **THE EDWINA LILLEY CHARITABLE TRUST** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2025** ## 1 **ACCOUNTING POLICIES** The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below. ## **Accounting Convention** The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The accounts are in accordance with applicable accounting standards, the Statement of Recommended Practice: “Accounting and Reporting by Charities (FRS 102) issued in July 2014 and the Charities Act 2011. ## **Incoming Resources from Charitable Activities** Incoming resources are fees and donations received and are included in the Statement of Financial Activities when receivable. ## **Resources Expended** Resources expended are recognized in the period in which they are incurred. Resources expended, are allocated to the particular activity where the cost relates directly to that activity. ## **2 INCOMING RESOURCES FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES** ||**2025**|**2024**| |---|---|---| ||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**| ||**Funds**|**Funds**| ||**£**|**£**| |Sponsorship & other fund-raising activities|25,890|15,617| ||_______|_______| ## **THE EDWINA LILLEY CHARITABLE TRUST** **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2025** ## **3. RESOURCES EXPENDED** |**.**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Charitable**|**Charitable**|**Governance**|**2025**| ||**Donations**|**Activities**|**Costs**|**Total**| ||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**| |Donations to charity|25,000|||25,000| |Website|||60|60| |Fundraising expenses||481||481| 9 |Legal and professional charges|||360|360| |---|---|---|---|---| ||_______|_______|_______|_______| ||25,000|481|420|25,901| ||_______|_______|_______|_______| ||**Charitable**|**Charitable**|**Governance**|**2024**| ||**Donations**|**Activities**|**Costs**|**Total**| ||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**| |Donations to charity|14,250|||14,250| |Website|||60|60| |Fundraising expenses||0||0| |Legal and professional charges|||861|861| ||_______|_______|_______|_______| ||14,250|0|921|15,171| ||_______|_______|_______|_______| ## **4. TRUSTEES’ EXPENSES** No Trustee (Director) received any remuneration or expenses in respect of the current year. ## **5. TAXATION ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES** The charitable company is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities. 10