Trustees' Annual Report for the period
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name
The Archie Cruickshank Foundation
Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1178889 Charity's principal address
29 The Parade Monmouth
Postcode NP25 3PA
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for **whole year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Paul Cruickshank | The Archie Cruickshank Foundation | |||
| Henry Cruickshank | ||||
| Phoebe Cruickshank | ||||
| Simon Bell | ||||
| Ali Harrop-Griffiths | ||||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
CIO
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Appointment by Board of Trustees
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
The objects of the CIO are:
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
(a) To promote humane behaviour towards animals for the public benefit by preventing and relieving suffering of abandoned and mistreated animals, in particular but not exclusively by the provision of grants of financial assistance to further the charitable work of animal welfare organisations which provide appropriate care, protection, treatment and security for animals which are in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage in such parts of the world as the trustees shall determine.
(b) To advance in life and relieve the needs of young people who are in need by reason of ill-health, addiction or other social and economic disadvantage by providing opportunities to be exposed to, and work on behalf of, animals in an animal-caring environment in
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order to develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.
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)
During the reporting period, the Foundation has focused entirely on raising funds to enable achievement of the objects in a comprehensive and meaningful manner. To date, no activities have taken place to deliver impact against those objects.
Trustees have had, and continue to have, due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
The Board of Trustees ensures proper governance of the Foundation’s grant-making in three ways.
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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a. Through grant-making principles which ensure that, even where there is donor or funding partner involvement, decisions are ultimately made by the Foundation’s Trustees. These principles, together with the Gift Acceptance Policy, clarify that funds given are the Foundation’s asset, albeit with degrees of restriction on their use, and that, where they are involved, donors are recommending grants, not awarding them.
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b. Through published grant-making criteria which set out the activities the Trustees wish to support in furtherance of the Foundation’s charitable objectives. The criteria also include activities which the Trustees do not wish to support because they do not consider them to be in line with the Foundation’s purpose. The Trustees accept that they will, on some occasions, make grants outside published criteria but that in all such cases the activity supported will be charitable in law.
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c. Through grant-making processes which set out how decisions are reached for awarding grants from different types of funds at the Foundation.
Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
The Foundation has focused on fund-raising only during this reporting period.
Section E Financial review
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No policy exists at this time.
Brief statement of the
charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially in deficit
None
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
The Foundation’s sole source of income to date has been through personal donations, on a case-by-case basis.
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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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) Paul Cruickshank Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair of Trustees etc) Date 7 October 2025
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