Charlty registration number 1157570 (England and Wales)
THE DAWS HALL TRUST
TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

THE DAWS HALL TRUST
CONTENTS
Page
Trustees, rewt
ststement of trustees, responsibilities
Ind￿ndent examine¢s report
Statement of financial acttviltes
Balance sheet
Notes to the finana81 statements
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THE DAWS HALL TRUST
TRUSTEES. REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2025
The trustees present their annual reKN)rt and financial statem9nts for the year ended 31 March 2025
The financial statements have been prepared in accordan￿ with the a¢xounting policies set out in note 1 tr) the
financia stalements and eompty with the tnjsfs goveming document. the Chant￿S Acl 2011 and "A￿oUntIng and
Reporting by charit￿.. Statement of Recommended Practice appl￿ble to charib.es prepating their accounts in
accordance WTth the Financial Rewbng Standanl applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland {FRS
102)" (effective 1 January 2019).
Objectivos and activities
The Charrty was established undef a Twst Deed dated 6 September 1988 with the following obiec15V8S."
To conseNe and protect for the berEfft of the public and the environmeTrt as a whde. the land and wate
around Daws Ham.
To establish a nature reserve and ftebj study rentre to house natural history specimens, wth a view to
advancing the education of the public, and school children partÈcular, in the study of wildlife nature
nservation.
Following a reviaw by the Trustees and their legal adwsors. it was ¢Jecided that Ihe Tnjst should convert its
legal structure into a CIO at the end of 2015. The CIO 15 called Daws Hall Trust and rts registsred number is
1157570. These are therefore the second accounts for the Daws Hall Trust CIO.
Achievements and performance
Swnificant 8cfy"vib"es ar￿ achievemenls against obiectives
The Daws Hall Centre for Enwronmentsl education, together wrth our 25 atre N8￿re Reserve, continues to offer
excallgnt facÈlities to school groups. adult groups and Open Days and r￿1VeS regulai praise from those that vistt.
The facilities in our ￿￿tre and on the reseNe have been futher improved this year. The primary aim of all the
trustees is to make sure as many young people from Eady Years Fournlatron Stage all the way to graduates. have
the opportunty to èXper￿nce the many wondÈrs of the reseNe, to support their education and to enrich their
appreCiat￿n of natu￿ and the anvironmenL During the year. 31 dasses and approximatsly 820 thildten visf(ed the
reserve.
remain indebted to the kind indmduals and Gtant Giving Tntsts who suppjrt us and who are tco numerous to
name. Wtthout thetr support we would be unable to provhle the unwue knl of ￿luca￿"0nal experien￿ that we do
here at Daws Hall.
Financial review
The Tnjstees havé consthred the most appropriate policy for investing funds and have found that specialist
ommon investment funds, designed for the Chatity 5ect(x, m￿1 the requiremen1$ to generate both inc£sme and
capFtal growih. Tfustees are satBf*d wtth the perfO￿nan￿ of the fftvestrrtenis gNen (￿rrent market value.
The Trustees have adopted a polw cm r￿erVes, as follows:
The annual investrnent incoTr is a valuable contribution to the Trusfs expenses but does not COV8r total outgoings
and so funds sts"Il need to be ra￿ed on an annual basis. The Trustw, obJ"ective is to maintain res&rv8s sufficient to
cover 12 months expenses 90ing forward. Following the grant of plannin9 permv&sK)n in December 2022 ft)r a new
Education Centre, wÉlh its own access and parking. the Try￿teeS are wothirffj to fuffil the various ¢￿dItIonS $0
commen¢zment can LE made WFthin the requisrte b"mescale. and subject to the r￿ceSSary finan￿ being raised.
Shoukl they be needed. the balance of the reserves ￿ available to enable the building work5 for the New Educat¢on
Centre Project to commen￿. pe￿lIng further funding from grant appIub"ons and don*"ons. Our reserves at 31
Marth 2025 were £307.002.
Stru¢ture* governance and management

THE DAWS HALL TRUST
TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2025
The trustees who served during ts year arKI up to the date of svJnature of the financial statements were..
TPRCame
A W D Garthwaite
A G Marsden
DC Guest (Chaimian)
KS Holder
l Gibbs
(Resigned 19 March 2025)
Recmitment and appointrngnt olttU8t88s
Trustees. rgsponsibilltigs
The trustees are responsible for Preparing thè Tnjstees. Report arKI the financtal statemenls in accordance wrth
applicab￿ law and United Kin9dom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generalty Accepted Accounting
practi￿).
The law applicable to charttr.es in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each
finanaal year whith give a Inle and fair view of the state of affa'rs of the ttU5t and of the incoming resources and
application of resour￿ of the trust for that year.
In preparirs these financial tstatern￿. the trustees are requir￿ to:
' select sU[tab￿ accounting policies and then apply them conststenty:
. observe the meth(￿S and prinryples in the CharitEs SORP,"
make judgerrenls and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
state whether applicable a¢eounb'ng standards have been followed. subiect to any n￿rial departures
drscjosed and explained in the financial statements", and
prepare the financial slatements on the going con￿rn basts unkn li is inappropriate trj presume that the
charrty will conts.nue in operatson.
The trustees are responsible for keeping sufficient accountin9 recyNds that disclose wrth reasonable accuracy 8t any
time Ihe financial posrt.ton OF the trust and enable them to ensure that the financial statemerts comply wtth the
Charilies Act 2011, the Charty {Accounts and Reports) Regulab"ons 2008 and the provissons of the trust deed. They
are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the trust and hen￿ for taking reasonable steps for the
prevention and detection of fraud and other irregulartttes.
The trustees. rgport was approved by the Board ofTntstees.
KS Holder
Trustsè
I i< l L.&...........

THE DAWS HALL TRUST
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBIUTIES
FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The trustees are respon￿b]e for preparing the TFUStees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with
applicable law and Unried Ki￿d0M Accounbng Slandards (United Kingdom Generalty Awt8d Ae£ounting
practi￿).
The law applicable to charibes in England and Wales requi￿ the trustees to prepare financial statements for each
financial year which give a true and fair vtew of the state of affairs of the tntst and of the incoming resources and
application of resources of the trust for that year.
In preparing these financial statemenls, the tnjstees are requiral to..
- select surtable accounting policies and then appty them consistenty"
- observe the rneth￿S and principles in the chartb.es SORP."
- make judgements and esb"mates that are reasonable and pnhdentr,
- state whether applicable accoun*'ng standards have been followed. subject to any rnaterial departures disclosed
arxl explained in the financial statements," and
- prepare the financial ststements on the going cOn￿M basis unless ti is inappropriate to presu￿￿ that the charity
will continue in operab'on.
trustees are responsible for keeping sufficrent accounting records that disdose with reasonable accura￿ at any
time the financial pOs￿"0n of the tnjst and enable them to ensure that the financial statements conpty with the
Charitie5 Act 2011, the Charity {Ac¢ounts and Reports) Regulations 21JJ8 and the provisions of the trust deed. They
are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the trust and for taking reasonab￿ steps for the
prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

THE DAWS HALL TRUST
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE DAWS HALL TRUST
I report to the trusto•s on my axamination of tho finanoal statemcrts ofTho Daws Hall Tru¥t (the truat) for the year
ended 31 March 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the trustees of the charty you a￿ responsible for the preparation of the financial slatements in accordan￿ with
the requirements of the CharibesAct 2011 (the 2011 Act).
I report in ￿sPeCt of my examinalion of the trusys financFal statements carried out under seth.on 145 of the Charities
Act 2011. In carrying out my examination I have foHowed the Directions given by Charity Commission under
section 145{5)(bl OF the Chanties Act 20t1.
Independent examinetrs stst¢ment
Your attention 15 drawn to the fact that the charrty has p￿Pared the finanual statements in accordan￿ with the
relevant version of the Statement of Recommended Practits applicable to charibes preparing their financial
$tstements in ac￿rdanCe wrth the Financial Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republi¢ of Ireland IFRS
102) in preferenee to the Accounting and Reporting by Chants"es." Statement of Re¢Thimended Practi￿ isstted on 1
April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has now been wtthdrawn. l urKJerstand that this has
been done in order for the finanual statements to provide a true and fair vw in accordan￿ with UK Generalty
Accepted Accounting Pracbce.
I have completed my examinalFon. I confitm that no matters have come to my attents'on in connection wrth the
examinatton giving me cause to belteve that in any material respecL
accounts'ng records were not kept in respect of the trust as required by sectton 130 of the CharitièsAct 2011.
the finanaal statements do not ac£ord with thosè records. or
the financial ststements do not ¢ompty wrth the applicable requirements con¢eming the fonn and content of
financial statements set out in the Charities IAccounts and Ret)0rt5) Regulations 2008 other than any
requirement that the financial statements give a true and fair view. which És not a matter considered as part of
an independent examination.
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examinalion to which attentr'on
should be drawn in thB report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
Pknore Green
22 Friars Street
Sudbury
C010 2AA
Date. 2711&12Q25.

THE DAWS HALL TRUST
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds
funds
2025
2024
Notes
Income and endowments from:
Donakn'ons and legacses
Charitable activrties
Other tr8ding a¢tivrties
other income
60,131
22,576
17,958
126
58,320
17,389
19.755
Total income
11JO.791
95,464
Expenditure on".
Charltable activities
1rxi.125
88.307
Total expenditure
100.125
88,307
Net gainsl(losses} on inveslvr*nts
10
12.585
(5,534)
Ngt income and movement in funds
13,251
1.623
Reconciliatlon of funds:
Fund balances at 1 April 2024
335.842
334,219
Fund balances at 31 March 2025
349.093
335,842
The State￿￿nt of financial a￿l¥ltieS indudes all gains and105ses recognised in the year. All tr￿oMe and expenditure
denve from conb"nuing activiti'es.

THE DAWS HALL TRUST
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT31 MARCH 2025
2025
2024
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
Investments
12
13
5,258
307.094
6,212
294,509
Current assets
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
312,352
300,721
14
913
39,954
38,074
40.867
Creditovs: amounts falllng dug within
one year
38,916
16
{4,126}
(3,795)
Net curfent assets
36.741
35,121
Totsl assets less current liabilities
349,093
335,842
The funds of the trust
Unrestricted funds
17
349,093
335,842
349,093
335,842
Thè financial statamerrts were approved by the trustees on ...............
KS Hofder
TNstee

THE DAWS HALL TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
A¢¢ounting policies
Charlty inforn7ation
The charity ts a public benefft enbty and a registergd charity in En9land and Wafes and is in¢orporated. The
address of the principal offiee is Daws Hall. Henny Road, Lamatsh, Byres, C08 SEX.
1.1 Basis of preparntion
The financial ststements have been prepared in ac£ordance with the Charitss Act 2011, FRS 102 °The
Finan¢ial Reporbng Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland. {"FRS 102.) and the Charities
SORP "Accounts"ng and Reports'ng by Chanties." Statement of Reo)mmerKled PracttrE applicabl8 to charlbes
preparing their accounts in accordance wtlh the Financtal Reporttng Standard applicable in the UK and
Republic of IrelaThJ {FRS 102}" {effective 1 January 2019}. The chanty 15 a Public BeTrefft Entity as defined by
FRS 102.
The chanty has tsken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for tharities not to prepare a Staknent of
Cash Flow&
The financial statements have departed from the Charities {Accounts and Reports) Regulation$ 2008 only to
the extent required to prov4de a true and fair view. This deparbjre has involvad following the Statemenl of
Recommended practi￿ for charities apptying FRS 102 rather than the ver5￿￿ of the Statement of
Recommended Practice whi¢h is referred to in the Regulat￿nS but which has since been wrthdrawn.
The financial statemènts afe prepared in starling, which is the frjnctional currency of ttE trust Monetary
amounts in these financial ststements are rounded to the nearest £.
The finanaal staterrEnts have been prepared under the historical cost convention, [modified to include the
revalUat￿n of freehokl properties and to indude inVeStr￿nt woperhes and ￿rtain finanrial instTunents at fair
valuel. The wincipal aceountiry policies adopted are set OLrt below.
1.2 Going concorn
At the b.me of approving the financial ststements. the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the trust
has adequate resour￿ to continue in operalional existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the IDtst8es
continue to adopt the going conorn basts of accounting irT preparing the financial statements.
1.3 Charltable funds
Unresth'raed funds arè available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charttabl8
obiectiV8S.
Restricted fijnds are subject to speufic eondth.ons by donors or grantors as to how they may be used. The
purposes and uses of the restricted fvnds are set otrt in the notes to the finanoal statemerrts.
Ethment funds are subJ'ect to ujnditions by donors that the Capital must be maintained by the trust.
1A Income
Income is recognised when the trust is kgalty entitled to rt after any perfomiance condit'Fons have been met.
the amounts earl be measured relthty. and it is probable that tnu)me will be received.
Cash donations are recc•3nised on recgipL Other donations are recognised once the trust has been notified of
the donation, unless Perfo￿￿an￿ conditsons require deferral of the amounL Income tax recoverable in ￿lab"On
to donatiorts r￿￿ed under GfftAid or deeds of covenant is reCOgn￿ed at the time of the donation.
Legaags are recognised on re￿[pl or otheThvise rf the trust has been notified of an impending distribution, the
amount is known. aTKI recept 15 expected. If the amount is not known. the kgacy is treated as a contingenl
asset.

THE DAWS HALL TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2025
Accounting policios
(Continued)
1S Eynditurn
Expenditure is recognised On￿ there is a ￿al 01 ¢J)nsttucttve oblÉgation to transfer economic benefit to a
third paty. rt is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in setUemen( and the amount of
the obliqation can be measured reliabfy.
Expendi￿re is dassffied by a(aNty. The costs of eath athty are made up of the total of dir￿1 costs and
shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking eath actswty. DI￿¢￿ ¢osts attributaLle to a sin9le
activity are allocated dI￿dY to that actNrty. Shared costs which contn.bute to more than one act'vty and
support costs which are not attribut8ble to a single activity are apportitined between those activ[t￿S on a basis
consistent with the use of resour￿. Central staff o)sts are allocated on the basis of tme spent. and
depreciation charges are allocated on the portion of the assevs use.
1.6 Tangiblè fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets afe inib'alty measured at cost and 5ubsequenty rrEasured at cost QF valuation, nel of
depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation i8 recognised so as to wrrte off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their
useful lives on the following bases".
Plant and equipment
25% reducing balance
The gain or ktss arising on the dFSposal of an asset is dete￿nIned as the drfFeren￿ between the Sale proctsd$
and the caTrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the ststement of ffin8nual activities.
1.7 Flxed asset investments
Fixed asset investments are initr.ally rrEasured at transaction price exduding transaction c05t5. and are
subsequenlly measured at fair value at each repo￿"ng date. Char4Jes in fair value are recognised in net
incomellexpendrture) tor year. Transaclion wsts are expensed as incurred.
1.8 Impaim)ont of fixed assets
At each reports.ng end date. the trust revi8WS the carrying amounts of ts tangible assets to determine whether
there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impaimenl loss. If any such Indi￿tion exists, the
recoverable amount of the asset is esb"mated in order to detemiine the extent ofthe impainnenl loss {if any).
1.9 Cash and cash equivalants
Cash and cash equtvalents include cash in hand. deposits hekd at c41 wtth banks, other shorktsrn liquMI
invesknents wtth original maturities of three months or less. and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown
within b0￿c￿lI￿s in current liabihb"es.
1.10 Employee beneffts
The cost of any unused hofKlay entitl￿nt is r•co9nis8d in the period in which the elrpbyee's servic*s are
Tennination beneffts are rEcognised 1rnn￿d1atety as an expense when the In￿1 B demonstrably o)mmrtted to
terminate the employment of an employee or to provtde terminab'on beneffts.

THE DAWS HALL TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2025
Income from donations and le9a¢ies
Unrestrictod Unrestricted
funds
fund8
2025
2024
Donations and grfls
Grants
43.398
16.733
47,095
11.225
60.131
58,320
Incoffle from charitable activities
Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds
funds
2025
2024
Charitable rental income
Other incow
18,299
4.277
17.389
22.576
17,389
Incom• from other trading a￿1VitieS
Unrestricted UnrestrÈcted
funds
funds
2025
2024
Fundraising events
Income r￿1Ved in proV￿1ng eduratitin
5,164
12,794
5,975
13,780
Other trading activtbes
17,958
19.755
othor in¢ome
Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds
funds
2025
2024
126

THE DAWS HALL TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2025
Expenditure on charrtable activibes
Hgading
#ac982
2025
Headlng
#ac982
2024
Dlrect costs
Wages and salaries
Employerfs pension costs
Bank charyes
School house consumab
Water, light and heat
Machinery repairs and semcing
Property insuran
General expenses
Property mainlenan(t
Bookkeeping and accountsncy fees
Subscriptions
offi￿ expenses
Depreciation
Other chaTttabte expenditure
70,338
1,248
66,563
1.222
159
1,370
1,787
143
2,479
248
2,686
5,399
265
2,965
2,071
950
1,381
1,788
3,088
28
8,331
3.495
322
1.863
1.752
4.730
100.125
88,307
Analysis by fund
Unrestricted funds
1CQ,125
88,307
Ngt movement In funds
2025
2024
The net movement in funds is ststed after chargingl(credtb"ng)."
ab'on of owned tangible fixed assets
1.752
2,071
None of the trustees (or any pe￿OnS connected with them) re￿iVed any remuneration or beneffts from the
trust during thè year.
Employtss
The average monthly numter of ernployees durrng the year was..
2025
Numbèr
2024
Number
There were no employees whose annual remuneration was Ihan £60.IJ)O.
10-

THE DAWS HALL TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
10 Gains and losses on investments
Unrnstrict8d Unrestricted
funds
funds
2025
2024
GainsJ{losses) artsing on:
Revaluation of investments
12,585
{5.534)
11 Taxation
The d)arity is exernpt from taxab'on on ils aclivibes because all tis income is applied for charitable pury)0S8S.
12 Tanglble fixed assets
Plant and
aqulpment
At 1 April 2024
Addrtions
62,392
798
At 31 March 2025
63,190
Depreciation and impainnent
At 1 April 2024
Depreciatson charged in the year
56,180
1,752
At 31 M8rch 2025
57,932
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025
5,258
At 31 March 2024
6,212
13 Fixed asset investments
Listed
Invesknents
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2f24
Valuation ¢hanges
294,509
12,585
At 31 March 2025
307,094
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025
307.094
At 31 March 2024
294,509
11

THE DAWS HALL TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 hlARCH 2025
14 Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts fdNing due within one year.
Prepayments and accrued incorr
913
15 Loans and overdraft8
2025
2024
Bank overdrafts
28
Payable within one year
28
43
16 Credltors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
Notes
Bank overdrafts
other taxal￿n and socAal secunty
Trade creditors
Accrual¥ and deferred income
15
28
1.094
970
2,034
43
870
1,836
4,126
3,795
17 Unrestricted funds
The unrestn'cted funtts of the eharTty comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which a
not subject to sp8cffic conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These indude
designated fund5 which have been set aside out of unre5ttr¢Aed fvnds by the trustees for specific purposes.
At 1 April
2024
Incomin9
resources
Resources
oxpended
Galns and At 31 March
losses
2025
General funds
335.842
1Th).791
1100.125)
12.585
349,093
Previous year-
At 1 April
2023
Incoming
resour¢es
Resources
expended
Gains and At 31 March
losses
2024
General fvnds
334,219
95,464
(88.307)
{5.534)
335,842
12-

THE DAWS HALL TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
18 Rolat•d paty transactions
There were no drsclosable related party tranSaCt￿nS during the year.
13-