Charity Registered number 1164320
## The Churchill Foundation
Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2024
**Simpson Associates Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors**
## **The Churchill Foundation Report and accounts Contents**
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|Trustees' report|1 - 3|
|Independent examiner's report|4|
|Statement of Financial Activities|5|
|Balance sheet|6|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|7 - 13|
**1164320**
**The Churchill Foundation Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024**
**Charity registration number:**
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
The Charity is governed by Trust deed and is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Trustees were chosen depending on their ability to support the Foundation through their profession.
The following persons served as Trustees in the year ended 31/12/2024:
l Mr C McCarthy l Mr S McCarthy l Mrs S Revell l Mrs L Matthews
The Churchill Foundation has a Trustees Policy of which the main points are: l Appointing trustees l Removal of trustees l Trustee meeting management & recording
There is also a resolution bank mandate, grant making policy and policy for partner charity criteria.
The Trust is managed by the Foundation Manager.
Our Trustees were selected for the following reasons:
l Spencer & Clinton McCarthy are founders of Churchill Living Ltd and have an invested interest in the success of charitable endeavours relating to the company l Suzanne Revell was appointed due to her high level of knowledge of marketing and employee engagement l Lindsay Matthews is a chartered accountant and was appointed due to her knowledge of the financial sector
The following non-Trustees were also involved with the charity during the year: l Emma McCarthy (Managing Director)
- l Annie Frederick (Foundation Manager from 28/10/2024) l Nicola Wallace-Walton (Foundation Manager left 20/06/2024) l Jo Scott (Management Accountant)
Principal Address:
Churchill House Parkside Ringwood Hampshire BH24 3SG
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**The Churchill Foundation Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024**
## **Objectives and Activities**
The objectives of The Churchill Foundation are to support local communities as well as national charities on our chosen three core areas:
l The relief of sickness, disease and human suffering l The promotion of health amongst the elderly l The support and wellbeing of the young
Our main activities are to support both charity events and small grants. Each year the trustees choose a range of charities of all sizes to support not only financially, but also through exposure via Churchill Living’s employees, homeowners and business partners.
Colleagues and apartment owners from the Churchill Living Group also took part in various personal challenges through the year to raise money for their chosen charities, with their fundraising efforts matched by the Foundation by up to £1,000 for each individual.
The small grant scheme gives employees, homeowners and business partners from The Churchill Living Group the opportunity to put forward charities or individuals who need financial support up to the value of £2,000.
All trustees of The Churchill Foundation have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
## **Grant making policy**
Small grants: (£50 - £2,000) Applicants for small grants are open all year round. Applications must be referred by a colleague, homeowner or business partner from The Churchill Living Group. The application process is available on The Churchill Foundation website.
All grants have to be agreed by the trustees. If it is an urgent donation, at least one trustee needs to sign off the donation for a small grant up to £2,000. Anything over £10,000 needs to be agreed in a trustees meeting and recorded in the minutes.
## **Achievements and Performance**
Through the small grants programme, events and match funding, the Foundation has been able to support various charities, individuals and local communities.
Below are examples of how donations from The Churchill Foundation have impacted some of the charities and individuals supported in 2024.
In September 2024 the Foundation hosted a golf event at Bowood Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort in Wiltshire raising £57,508 with net proceeds being used to help support The Churchill Foundation's future endeavors.
In September 2024 Coffee Mornings were held at various locations across the country, raising a grand total of £61,240 for MacMillan Cancer Support and topped up with an extra £4,000 from The Churchill Foundation, this brought the total donation to £65,240.
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**The Churchill Foundation Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024**
## **Achievements and Performance (Continued)**
At the end of October 2024 colleagues took part in Every Youth’s campaign to sleep outside in the company car park for a night, this raised £13,392 gross including £1,000 match funding by The Churchill Foundation.
In December 2024 colleagues at our head offices in Ringwood raised £1,336 and donated hundreds of toys and gifts to support Wave 105’s Mission Christmas Cash for Kids appeal for disadvantaged children.
A further £547 was raised by taking part in Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day initiative and donated to Save the Children.
Through the small grants programme, the Foundation was able to award funding of £16,054 to 10 different charities.
The Foundation also supported many of Churchill Living’s colleagues and owners by match funding a total of £17,445 for their personal fundraising efforts and helping to support 27 different charities. An example of this, a group of employees from Churchill Living took part in a Tough Mudder event raising £3,437 including £1,000 match funding by The Churchill Foundation for Cancer Research UK.
The Churchill Foundation supported a total of 80 different charities during the year.
## **Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set**
The Churchill Foundation raised a total of £387,696 during 2024, building strongly on the £303,746 total raised in 2023.
## **Financial Review**
The Churchill Foundation has raised over £2.6 million in the eight years it has been operating, which is a fantastic achievement. Net funds before donations made in 2024 totalled £305,460, and the charity has reserves of £80,237 to ensure there are enough funds to cover overheads if there was an economic downturn. It also enables the Foundation the chance to grow in the future.
In addition to the reserve funds, the Foundation has held an additional £478,380 which is to be used for larger projects in the future. Since the year end the Foundation has partnered with Hourglass Safer Ageing charity in 2025 and has donated £200,000 from the project pot funds to help support their valuable work towards safer aging, stopping abuse and supporting older victims of abuse.
## **Declarations**
The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees' report above.
Mr Clinton McCarthy
28 October 2025
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**The Churchill Foundation Independent examiner's report**
## **Independent examiner's report to the Trustees of The Churchill Foundation**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Churchill Foundation 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').
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.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
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:
- accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
- the accounts do not accord with those records; or
- the accounts do not comply with 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.
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.
Adrian Simpson FCA Simpson Associates Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors Alum House, 5 Alum Chine Road Westbourne Bournemouth Dorset BH4 8DT
28 October 2025
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## **The Churchill Foundation Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2024**
|**Notes Unrestricted Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
Donations and legacies
223,174
-
223,174
Charitable activities
57,508
105,675
163,183
Other trading activities
1,339
-
1,339
Investments
-
-
-
**Total incoming resources**
**3**
282,021
105,675
387,696
Raising funds
2,090
122
2,212
Charitable activities
**5**
43,498
105,553
149,051
Other
80,024
-
80,024
**Total outgoing resources**
**4**
125,612
105,675
231,287
156,409
-
156,409
**Net movement in funds**
156,409
-
156,409
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
355,343
46,865
402,208
**Total funds carried forward**
511,752
46,865
558,617
**Net (expenditure)/income before**
**investments**|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
161,710
140,727
1,309
-
303,746
3,044
147,769
74,023
224,836
78,910
78,910
323,298
402,208|
|---|---|
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## **The Churchill Foundation Registered number:** 1164320 **Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024**
|**Notes**
**Current assets**
Debtors
**6**
Investments held as current
assets
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: amounts falling due**
**within one year**
**7**
**Total assets less current**
**liabilities**
**Creditors: amounts falling due**
**after one year**
**8**
**Net assets/(liabilities)**
**Funds**
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds
**Shareholders' funds**
**9**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
62,985
2,339
65,324
-
-
-
461,138
109,854
570,992
524,123
112,193
636,316
(12,371)
(64,076)
(76,447)
511,752
48,118
559,869
-
(1,252)
(1,252)
511,752
46,866
558,617
-
46,865
46,865
511,752
-
511,752
511,752
46,865
558,617|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
28,284
-
399,641
427,925
(24,399)
403,526
(1,318)
402,208
46,865
355,343
402,208|
|---|---|---|
Signed on behalf of all the Trustees by:
Mr Clinton McCarthy Approved by the board on 28 October 2025
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**The Churchill Foundation Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024**
## **1 Accounting policies**
## _**Basis of preparation**_
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with FRS 102 Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) and the Charities Act 2011. These accounts are prepared on a going concern basis.
## _**Recognition of income**_
Income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when the charity becomes entitled to the resource, when it is likely that the Trustees will receive the resource and that its monetary value can be reliably measured.
## _**Volunteer help**_
The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the financial statements but is described in the Trustees' annual report.
## _**Resources expended**_
Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the Trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
## _**Debtors**_
Short term debtors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price), less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts. Loans and other financial assets are initially recognised at transaction price including any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts.
## _**Creditors**_
Short term creditors are measured at transaction price (which is usually the invoice price). Loans and other financial liabilities are initially recognised at transaction price net of any transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost determined using the effective interest method.
## _**Taxation**_
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
|**2**
**Employees**
Average number of persons employed by the company|**2024**
**Number**
1|**2023**
**Number**
1|
|---|---|---|
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## **The Churchill Foundation**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024**
|**3**
**Analysis of income**
**2024**
**£**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Donations and legacies**
Donations and gifts
207,911
Equipment sold to staff members
83
Donated goods, facilities and services:
Seconded staff
15,177
Other
3
223,174
**Charitable activities**
MacMillan coffee mornings
-
Tea Time Talk
-
Lodge & office events
-
Staff fundraising
-
Mission Christmas/fashion show
-
Office tuck shop
1,339
Xmas jumper day/raffle
-
Wear it pink day
CRl Sponsorship
-
Movember
-
Golf
57,508
Head Office Quiz Night
-
Colour Run Event
-
Food Bank
-
Sleep Out
-
58,847
**Total income**
282,021|**2024**
**£**
**Restricted**
**funds**
-
-
-
-
-
61,240
8,024
15,330
5,289
1,336
-
547
-
1,500
-
-
-
-
17
12,392
105,675
105,675|**2024**
**£**
**Total**
207,911
83
15,177
3
223,174
61,240
8,024
15,330
5,289
1,336
1,339
547
-
1,500
-
57,508
-
-
17
12,392
164,522
387,696|**2023**
**£**
**Total**
147,231
49
9,229
5,201
161,710
57,436
8,615
6,414
11,014
2,094
1,309
587
402
3,500
227
49,570
305
563
-
-
142,036
303,746|
|---|---|---|---|
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## **The Churchill Foundation**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024**
|**4**
**Analysis of expenditure**
**Expenditure on raising funds:**
Tuck shop supplies
Staff fundraising
Staging fundraising events
Advertising and publicity
Direct Costs - Other
Grants paid
Office rent
Staff salaries and pensions
Temporary Staff Overheads
Independent examiner's fees
Trustee liability insurance
GDPR registration
Motor and travel
Golf costs
Other
**Total expenditure**
**Examiner's fees**
Independent examiner's fees|**2024**
**£**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
445
-
130
1,000
515
2,090
43,498
1,639
40,021
6,782
1,774
1,270
35
3,085
25,327
91
80,024
125,612|**2024**
**£**
**Restricted**
**funds**
-
-
122
-
-
122
105,553
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
105,675|**2024**
**£**
**Total**
445
-
252
1,000
515
2,212
149,051
1,639
40,021
6,782
1,774
1,270
35
3,085
25,327
91
80,024
231,287
**2024**
**£**
1,774|**2023**
**£**
**Total**
861
180
890
1,113
-
3,044
147,769
1,639
40,111
1,710
1,212
35
6,460
22,524
332
74,023
224,836
**2023**
**£**
1,710|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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## **The Churchill Foundation**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024**
## **5 Grantmaking**
**Analysis of grants paid (included in cost of charitable activities)**
|**Analysis**
MacMillan coffee mornings
Tea Time Talk
Match fund donation
Lodge & office events
Lodge fundraising - Warming
mornings
Staff fundraising
Mission Christmas/fashion show
Xmas jumper day/raffle
Wear it pink day
CRL sponsorship
Movember
Food Bank
Sleep Out
Other restricted
Various unrestricted activities|**2024**
**Grants to**
**institutions**
**£**
61,240
8,024
17,444
15,330
-
5,289
1,336
497
-
1,500
-
17
12,320
10,000
16,054
149,051|**2024**
**Grants to**
**individuals**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|**2024**
**Total**
**£**
61,240
8,024
17,444
15,330
-
5,289
1,336
497
-
1,500
-
17
12,320
10,000
16,054
149,051|**2023**
**Total**
**£**
57,436
8,615
19,218
6,414
-
10,834
2,094
587
402
3,500
227
-
-
305
38,137
147,769|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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## **The Churchill Foundation**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024**
||**2024**|**2023**|
|---|---|---|
|**Grants made to institutions**|**Total**|**Total**|
|**Name of institution**|**amount of**|**amount of**|
||**grants paid**|**grants paid**|
||**£**|**£**|
|176th Fromeside Brownies|-|1,500|
|Alzheimers Society|2,360|-|
|Blood Bikes|-|1,138|
|Bournemouth Above & Beyond|-|2,000|
|Breast Cancer UK|1,598|-|
|Cancer Research|4,359|1,159|
|Cerebra|1,000|-|
|Challengers|-|1,500|
|Childrens Hospice South West|-|1,845|
|Counselling Together|-|1,000|
|CRL Sponsorship|1,500|-|
|Crossroads Braintree & Chelmsford|2,000|-|
|Dementia UK|-|1,159|
|Derby Mountain Rescue Team|2,116|-|
|Devon Air Ambulance|-|2,293|
|Diabetes UK|-|1,415|
|Dorchester Community Nursery School|-|1,500|
|Emily McDonald|-|2,000|
|Essex Deaf Childrens Society|2,000|-|
|Every Youth|13,320|-|
|Fastaid|-|2,000|
|Great North Air Ambulance|-|1,076|
|Hospice of St Marys of Furness|4,551|-|
|Jolly Good Company|-|2,000|
|Kent Disability Football League|-|2,000|
|MacMillan|67,329|72,291|
|Motor Neurone Disease Association|-|1,703|
|Pets As Therapy|-|1,000|
|Parkinsons UK|-|1,159|
|Royal National Lifeboat Institution|1,093|-|
|Sands Charity|2,273|-|
|St Johns Hospice North Lancs & South Lakes|4,381|-|
|St Johns Parents & Teachers Association|-|1,600|
|St Raphaels Hospice|-|1,840|
|Surrey Heath Age Concern CIO|1,000|-|
|Swim Bournemouth|-|1,000|
|Thames Valley Air Ambulance|-|1,000|
|The Air Ambulance Service|-|1,002|
|The Change Foundation|-|1,500|
|The Inflammatory Breast Cancer Network|-|2,000|
|The Elizabeth Foundation|-|1,000|
|The Fire Fighters Charity|1,033|1,000|
|The Oakhaven Trust|10,000|-|
|The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity|1,356|-|
|The Space Somerset|1,000|-|
|TRIP Honiton|-|1,000|
|Wales Air Ambulance|-|2,000|
|West Mercia Search & Rescue|1,436|-|
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## **The Churchill Foundation**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024**
|**Grants made to institutions (continued)**
Winton Wanderers Football Team
Youth Families Matter
**Total Grants to institutions in reporting period**
**Other unanalysed grants below £1,000**
**Grants made to individuals**
**Total Grants paid**
**6**
**Debtors**
Trade debtors
Other debtors
**7**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Other creditors
**8**
**Creditors: amounts falling due after one year**
Other creditors
**9**
**Charity funds**
**1 January**
**2024**
**£**
Restricted
Food Bank
-
Supercar Show
10,680
MacMillan
34
Charity Shoot
31,207
Lodge & office events
-
Mission Christmas/fashion show
-
CRL Sponsorship
-
Warming Mornings
-
Sky Dive Event
130
Charity Golf
4,680
Xmas Jumper Day
-
Sleep Out event
-
Other
134
Restricted funds
46,865
Unrestricted funds
355,343
Total funds
402,208|**Income**
**£**
17
-
61,240
-
15,330
1,336
1,500
8,024
-
-
547
12,392
5,289
105,675
282,021
387,696|-
1,000
-
2,000
125,705
119,680
23,345
28,089
-
-
149,051
147,769
**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
46,744
18,868
18,580
9,416
65,324
28,284
**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
76,447
24,399
**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
1,252
1,318
**Expenditure**
**31 December**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
17
-
-
10,680
61,240
34
-
31,207
15,330
-
1,336
-
1,500
-
8,024
-
-
130
-
4,680
547
-
12,392
-
5,289
134
105,675
46,865
125,612
511,752
231,287
558,617|
|---|---|---|
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## **The Churchill Foundation**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024**
## **10 Related party transactions**
The Churchill Foundation is related with Churchill Living Ltd, due to some of the Trustees also being directors of that company. During the year, Churchill Living Ltd donated goods and services to the Trust of £15,177 (2023 £9,229).
## **11 Other information**
The Churchill Foundation is a charitable incorporated organisation and is registered with the Charities Commission.
Its registered office is:
Churchill House Parkside Ringwood Hampshire BH24 3SG
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