2025-03-31-accounts - Mrs S K West's Charitable Trust

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Registered charity number 1160954

Mrs S K West's Charitable Trust

Accounts

31 March 2025

Mrs S K West's Charitable Trust Registered number: 1160954 Trustees' Report

The trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Objectives and Activities

The original trust was founded by Mrs S K West on 21st September 1982 to facilitate her wish to make gifts to a range of charities which she considered worthy of support. This is done through grants made to charities. The trustees are in regular communication to consider requests for grants, and meet in person when considered necessary.

The current grant making policy is to support charities providing overseas aid and famine relief, Christian religious activities, and social support for disadvantaged people in accordance with the wishes of the Settlor. The trustees confirm that they have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit

Structure, Governance and Management

Mrs S K West's Charitable Trust is an incorporated charitable organisation. The registered charity number is 1160954 and the trust is administered from 20 Beech Road, Garstang, Lancashire

Trustees are recruited by invitation to meet the skills requirements of the charity. The following trustees served during the year

Peter Schoon Judith Grandage Richard Blakeborough Rachel Grandage John Schoon

Financial Review

Rental and investment income for the year ended 31st March 2025 was £36,111 (2024: £39,347). After expenses there was a profit of £5,962 (2024: deficit £13,064). Donations to registered charities were £24,000 during the year (2024: £44,500)

Reserves at 31st March 2025 were £1,287,619 (2024: £1,281,657). This includes the value of property held for investment purposes of £1,170,000. The trustees' policy is to hold sufficient cash reserves so that in the event of no income being received, the trust will be able to pay running costs for up to 6 months and make donations to a number of charities who receive grants in most years. Currently the cash reserves are high and the trustees will be considering future investment plans.

Professional Advisors

The following firms acted on behalf of the trust during the year

Bankers Cumberland Building Society, Penny Street, Lancaster Surveyors Fair & Rea, Mian Cote, Stony Lane, Forton Independent Examiner Davies & Crane Ltd, 80 Lytham Road, Fulwood, Preston

This report was approved by the board on 27 January 2026 and signed on its behalf.

P J Schoon

On behalf of the trustees

Mrs S K West's Charitable Trust

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees on the accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025 as set out on pages 3 - 8

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Charities Act”) and that an independent examination is needed

It is my responsibility to:

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

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.

Independent examiner's statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention

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

to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed Date 27 January 2026

Name Safira Patel Qualification Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) Address Davies & Crane Ltd, 80 Lytham Road, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 3AQ

Mrs S K West's Charitable Trust Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2025

Investment Income Donations to registered charities Direct costs Management and administration costs Surplus/(deficit)	2025 £ 36,111 (24,000) (2,880) (3,269) 5,962	2024 £ 39,347 (44,500) (3,264) (4,647) (13,064)

Mrs S K West's Charitable Trust Registered number: 1160954 Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

Notes Fixed assets Tangible assets 2 Current assets Debtors 3 Cash at bank and in hand Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 4 Net current assets Net assets Funds of the Charity Revaluation reserve 5 General Fund Total Funds	2025 £ 1,170,000 18,201 99,741 117,942 (323) 117,619 1,287,619 1,170,000 117,619 1,287,619	2024 £ 1,170,000 12,184 99,741 111,925 (268) 111,657 1,281,657 1,170,000 111,657 1,281,657

P J Schoon Trustee Approved by the board on 27 January 2026

Mrs S K West's Charitable Trust Statement of Changes in Funds for the year ended 31 March 2025

At 1 April 2023 Deficit for the financial year At 31 March 2024 At 1 April 2024 Surplus for the financial year At 31 March 2025	Revaluation reserve £ 1,170,000 1,170,000 1,170,000 1,170,000	General Fund £ 124,721 (13,064) 111,657 111,657 5,962 117,619	Total £ 1,294,721 (13,064) 1,281,657 1,281,657 5,962 1,287,619

Mrs S K West's Charitable Trust Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The accounts have been prepared the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 and with the Charities Act 2011.

Income

Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity becomes entitled to the resources, it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability

Freehold Land and Buildings

Freehold Land are building are measured at market value. No depreciation is provided on buildings or freehold land

Debtors

Short term debtors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price), less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts.

Creditors

Short term creditors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price).

2 Tangible fixed assets

Cost At 1 April 2024 At 31 March 2025 Depreciation At 31 March 2025 Net book value At 31 March 2025 At 31 March 2024	Land and buildings £ 1,170,000 1,170,000 - 1,170,000 1,170,000

The freehold land and buildings were professionally valued in 2010 by Fair & Rea, Chartered Surveyors of Mian Cote, Stony Lane, Forton. The value of the land was uprated to the valuation used when transfering the land into the trust from the West Wood Trust in 2016

Mrs S K West's Charitable Trust Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

3 Debtors Trade debtors 4 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Other creditors 5 Revaluation reserve At 1 April 2024 At 31 March 2025	2025 £ 18,201 2025 £ 325 2025 £ 1,170,000 1,170,000	2024 £ 12,184 2024 £ 268 2024 £ 1,170,000 1,170,000

Mrs S K West's Charitable Trust Detailed income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 March 2025

Income St Annes Shop Beaumont Cote & Grange Land Wayleave Interest receivable Donations to Registered Charities Cancer Help Garstang St Thomas Focus 4 Hope Go Africa Lancaster & District Homeless Action Service Marie Curie Otley Meeting Room Salvation Army Sheiling Trust Spen Valley Faith in Schools Trust St. Catherines Hospice St. Johns Hospice Turning Point Zephania Trust Direct costs Agents' Fees Administrative expenses Management and administration costs Insurance Property repairs, management, insurance and other direct costs Examiner fees	2025 £ 22,500 13,200 60 351 36,111 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 - - 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 - 2,000 - 6,000 24,000 2,880 2,944 325 3,269 3,269	2024 £ 22,000 13,200 60 4,087 39,347 2,000 2,000 - 3,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 - 2,000 2,000 8,000 15,500 44,500 3,264 4,377 270 4,647 4,647