## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 01 2025 31 12 2025 **From To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1160989 Fine and Country Foundation **Charity's principal address** 121 Park Lane London **Postcode W1K 7AG** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Sean Newman|||| ||Jonathan Cooke||Resigned December
2025|| ||Emilie Despois|||| ||Graham Wilson||Resigned April 2025|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**
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**Address**||| |**Accountant**|Martin Leafe|1 Cabot House, Compass Business Park, St. Ives,
Cambs, PE27 5JL| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Trust deed (dated 20 June 2014) Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Unincorporated How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Elected at Annual General Meeting Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** The object of the Trust shall be: **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** To advance such charitable purposes as the trustees see fit from time to time, in particular but not limited to supporting the homeless and relieving homelessness for the public benefit, by making grants and raising awareness of homelessness. **TAR** March **2012** 2 The Charity has continued to raise the awareness of homelessness with various charity events throughout the year. The Trustees confirm that they have given due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** March **2012** 3 Section D Achievements and performance Due to the grants provided in the year the Charity has been able to **Summary of the main** continue its donations to YMCA services and homeless charities. **achievements of the charity during the year** **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** It is the policy of the charity to maintain sufficient unrestricted funds to cover the day to day running costs of the charity and to respond to specific expenditure requirements as considered necessary. The Trustees consider that the minimum level of reserves should be equivalent to six months average expenditure. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); Donations received totalled £117,262 whilst donations made and other expenses totalled £130,400 leading to an in year deficit of £13,138. The charity had brought forward reserves of £59,670 leaving reserves of £46,532 to be carried forward. The Trustees are continuing to look for donations for the charity and expenses are constantly under review. - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Emilie Despois **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair and Trustee **etc) Date** 18/08/2026 **TAR** March **2012** 5 CH FOR alion Charity No lif 1160989 Annual accounts for the To eriod Penod start dale 1st Jan 2025 Period end dale 31st Dec 2025 Section A Statement of financial activities Recornmende categories by activity Unrestrletèd funds Rèstrleted Income funds Endowment funds Prlor year funds Total funds Incomlng resources (Note 3) F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 Incom8 and ondowments DC￿all￿S an l*g$ttès Charitthe acbvities Othertrading bwties S01 117,262 117262 136,211 S02 S03 IDve*ments S04 Sèparstè mat￿81 m ol Incom S05 Other S06 Total Resources gxpgndgd (Note 61 Expendlture n.. S07 117,262 117,262 136,211 Rai￿ng fuvd5 SOB 5,440 5,440 2.300 activth85 S09 124.960 124,960 123,757 Seyarale material 11am of oxp8fj8e S10 Oihar S11 Total S12 130.400 130,400 126.057 before investment gainslllossesl 813 13.138 13.138 10.154 Net gainslllo55e¥l ¢n inveslmEnt¥ S14 Net incomellexpendlture) Extraordlnar y items Transfer5 bètween funds other recogni$ed S1¥ 13,138 13,138 10,154 S16 S17 Gains and105583 cn r8valualion of ed aS88tsforlhg chanty's OYJn uèè Othar gain5IlloBsesl Net movement in fund5 518 S19 820 13,138 10,154 Reconciliati on of funds.. Total Ivnds broughlfotward S21 59,670 46,532 69,670 46,532 49,516 59,670 lonvard S22 Section B Balance sheet Rostrlcted Income funds Unrestrlcted funds Endowmtnt Total this funds year Total last year Fixed assets IntsngSblo assets Tangible assets Heritage assets Investments F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 (Note 151 (Note 14) (Note 16) (Note 17) Total flxed assets B01 02 B03 B04 B05 Current assets Stocks {Note 18) Debtors (Note 191 ' Investments INote 17.4) Cash at bank and in hand (Note 24) Total Current assets 806 B07 B09 47,192 47,192 7,192 47,192 60,330 60,330 810 ' Creditors: amounts falllng due within one year (Note 201 811 660 660 660 Net current assets/(liabilities) B12 59,670 Total assets less current Ilabllltles 813 59,670 .Creditors: amounts falllng due after one year (Note 201 Provisions for liabilities 814 B15 Total net assets or liabllltles Funds of the Charlty IEndowment funds (Note 27) |Restricted incomg funds (Note 271 ',Unrestricted funds Revaluatlon reserve 816 46,532 46,532 59,670 817 818 B19 46,532 46,532 59,670 B20 Total funds B21 59,670 Slgned by onè or trustees on behalf of all the trustees Date of approval ddlmml Signature Print Name Emllle Des ols CC17a (Excell 0510812026 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to Ihe trusteesl members of Fine and Counlry Foundation On accounts for the year ended 31st December 2025 Charity no (If any) 1160989 Set oul on pages I report lo the trustees on my examination ol the accounts ol the above charity I'the Trust") for the year ended 31112 12025. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 I'lhe Act"). I report in respect ol my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under'seclion 145 of the 2011 Acl and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Chariiy Commission under section 14515}Ibl of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. examiner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matter5 in connection with th& examination lo which attention should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed.. Date: k61c£l Name: Martin L8af8 Relevant professlonal qualiflcalion(s) or body (il any): FCA, member of the ICAEW Address: 1 Cabot House, Compass Business Park, St. Ives, Cambs. PE27 5JL Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern Isee CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance lor examiners). IER October 2018 Glve here details of any items Ihat the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018