Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 14[th] September 2024 To 13[th] September 2025
Charity name: Thomas Henry Norman Allen Charitable Trust Charity registration number: 1170772
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | To hold the capital and income upon trust to apply the income and all or such parts of the capital at such time or times and in such a manner to or for the benefit of such exclusively charitable objects and purposes in any part of the world as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion think fit. |
| Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. |
Para 1.17 and 1.19 |
In furtherance of the charity’s objects for the public benefit the trustees provide grants. |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | In determining the charity’s activities, the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| SORP reference | ||
|---|---|---|
| Policy on grant making | Para 1.38 | |
| Policy on social investment including program related investment |
Para 1.38 | |
| Contribution made by volunteers |
Para 1.38 | |
| Other |
Achievements and Performance
| SORP reference | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. |
Para 1.20 | During the year under review the charity made grants payments to Woodland Trust totalling £104,306. |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | |
| Other |
Financial Review
| Financial Review | ||
|---|---|---|
| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | In addition to the free reserves the charity has bank balances of £11,904 (2024: £34,012) and investments valued at £1,077,434 within the expendable endowment fund which can be released to support the activities of the charity. |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | The Trustees pursue a policy of maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks. |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | At the end of the reporting period the charity had free reserves of £203 (2024: £36,730). |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | N/A |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | No funds in deficit |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 | N/A |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 | |
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| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 | |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | |
| Other | Expendable endowment funds are those which are required to be invested to produce income, but which may be transferred to unrestricted funds at the discretion of the trustees in order that they may be expended in furtherance of the charity’s objectives. Unrestricted income funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes. |
Structure, Governance and Management
| Description of charity’s trusts: |
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| Type of governing document | Para 1.25 | Trust deed dated 13thSeptember 2007 |
| How is the charity constituted? |
Para 1.25 | Trust |
| Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees |
Para 1.25 | Trustees are appointed by the trustees from time to time. |
| Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
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| Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees |
Para 1.51 | |
| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
Para 1.51 | |
| Relationship with any related parties |
Para 1.51 | No trustee received any remuneration or was reimbursed for any expenses in the year under review. Ludlow Trust Company Ltd was paid £8,751 (2024: £8,556) for trust administration and Cash management fees during the year under review. These fees are authorised under clause 13 of the trust deed. |
| Other |
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | Thomas Henry Norman Allen Charitable Trust |
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| Other name the charity uses | None |
| Registered charity number | 1170772 |
| Charity’s principal address | Ludlow Trust Company Limited, Tower Wharf, Cheese Lane, Bristol, BS2 0JJ |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year | Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ludlow Trust Company Limited |
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
| Director name | ||
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| Gary St John Collins | ||
| Duncan Walter Coxon | ||
| Ali Reza Sarikhani | ||
| Ziba Christina Sakine Sarikhani |
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| Christopher Ian Thurlow | ||
| Matthew John Wickers | ||
| John Stephen Dennis | Resigned 25/10/2024 |
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
| Description of the assets held in this capacity |
N/A |
|---|---|
| Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects |
N/A |
| Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets |
N/A |
Additional information (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
| Type of adviser | Name | Address |
|---|---|---|
| Investment Managers | NatWest | 2nd Floor, Trinity Quay II, Avon Street, PO Box 3138, Bristol, BS2 2DH |
| Bankers | NatWest | 2nd Floor, Trinity Quay II, Avon Street, PO Box 3138, Bristol, BS2 2DH |
| Accountants | Charter Tax Consulting Limited |
8th Floor, 1 Southampton Street, London WC2R 0LR |
| Independent Examiner | James O’Rourke | Blue Spire Limited, Cawley Priory, South Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1SY |
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) ~~Cn~~ Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ~~Oo~~ Other optional information
~~Oo~~
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Full name(s) Christopher Thurlow Position (eg Secretary, On behalf of Ludlow Trust Chair, etc) ~~ee~~ Company Limited (Trustee) Date 18 March 2026 ~~-—~~
| Thomas Henry Norman Allen Charitable Trust | 1170772 | ||
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | ||
| 14/09/2024 Period start date To For the period from |
13/09/2025 Period end date |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | |||
| Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | |
| to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ |
to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | |
| A1 Receipts | |||
| Income From Investments 20,854 - - 20,854 28,146 Interest Received 1,948 - - 1,948 2,267 - - - - - Sub total(Gross income for AR) 22,802 - - 22,802 30,413 ~~SSSS~~ |
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| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). Sale Of Investments - - 395,925 - - - Sub total - - 395,925 Total receipts 22,802 - 395,925 ~~——~~ |
395,925 1 - - 395,925 1,001,581 418,727 |
925 1,001,581 - - 395,925 1,001,581 1,031,994 |
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| A3 Payments Grants Awarded 104,306 - - 104,306 - Investment Manager Fees - - 4,934 4,934 4,610 Trust Administration Fees 8,687 - - 8,687 8,479 Independent Examiners Fees 180 - - 180 780 Cash Management Fees 64 - - 64 77 Fee regrant ofprobate 2 Accountancy 600 - - 600 - Sub total 113,837 - 4,934 118,771 13,948 ~~===>=~~ |
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| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) Investment Purchases - - 358,591 - - - Sub total - - 358,591 Total payments 113,837 - 363,525 ~~——~~ |
358,591 986 - 358,591 986,435 477,362 |
591 986,435 358,591 986,435 1,000,383 |
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| Net of receipts/(payments) - 91,035 - 32,400 A5 Transfers between funds 54,508 - 54,508 A6 Cash funds last year end 36,730 34,012 Cash funds this year end 203 - 11,904 ~~===~~ |
- 32,400 - 58,635 31,611 - - 70,742 - - 11,904 12,107 31,611 ~~=~~ |
- 58,635 31,611 - - 12,107 31,611 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
17/03/2026
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment Categories Details funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds Capital Account - 11,904 Income Account 203 - - - - - Total cash funds 203 - 11,904 ~~===~~ (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) OK OK OK Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment funds funds Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B2 Other monetary assets - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~=—==—~~ Fund to which Current value Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional) B3 Investment assets Investment Portfolio Endowment - 1,077,434 - - - - - - - - ~~—=——~~ Fund to which Current value Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional) B4 Assets retained for the - - charity’s own use - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~====~~ Fund to which Amount due (optional) When due Details liability relates (optional) B5 Liabilities - - - - ~~===~~ Signed by one or two trustees on Date of behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name approval Christopher Thurlow on behalf of Ludlow Trust 18 March 2026 Company Limited (Trustee)
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
17/03/2026
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Thomas Henry Norman Allen Charitable Trust
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 13 September 2025
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity’s trustees 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 charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 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:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other 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.
James O’Rourke FCA Blue Spire Limited Cawley Priory South Pallant Chichester West Sussex PO19 1SY
18 March 2026 Date