
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 07 August 2024   To 06 August 2025** 

**Charity name: Millie’s Watch Charity registration number: 1179664** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the Trust are to further such<br>objects or purposes which are exclusively<br>charitable according to the law of England<br>and Wales in any part of the world and in<br>such a manner as the trustees may in their<br>absolute discretion think fit.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|In furtherance of the charity’s objects for<br>the public benefit the trustees provide<br>grants.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|In determining the charity’s activities, the<br>trustees have had regard to the Charity<br>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 Para 1.38 including program related investment Contribution made by Para 1.38 volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|During the year under review the charity<br>made grants to eleven charities totalling<br>£165,000.<br>During the year a grant was returned from<br>an earlier period for the total of £25,000.|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set 



Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objective Other 

## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|In addition to the free reserves the charity<br>has bank balances of £20,371 (2024:<br>£52,880)<br>and<br>investments<br>valued<br>at<br>£3,586,426<br>within<br>the<br>expendable<br>endowment fund which can be released to<br>support the activities of the charity.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Trustees pursue a policy of maintaining<br>a free reserve available to be spent in the<br>furtherance of the charity’s objectives as<br>well as covering future needs, opportunities,<br>contingencies and risks.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|At the end of the reporting period the charity<br>had free reserves of £36,369 (2024:<br>£78,260).|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|No funds in deficit|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|





|**Additional information (optional)**<br>Youmay choose toincludefurtherstatementswhererelevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>Youmay choose toincludefurtherstatementswhererelevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>Youmay choose toincludefurtherstatementswhererelevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other||Expendable endowment funds are those<br>which are required to be invested to produce<br>income, but which may be transferred to<br>unrestricted funds at the discretion of the<br>trustees in order that they may be expended<br>in furtherance of the charity’s objectives.<br>Unrestricted income funds are available for<br>use at the discretion of the trustees in<br>furtherance of the general objectives of the<br>charity and which have not been designated<br>for other purposes.|



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust deed dated 6 August 2018.|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Trust|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutionalprovisions e.g.|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed by the settlors or the<br>survivors of them in their lifetime after which|





|election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees||time trustees may be appointed by the<br>trustees from time to time.|
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|**Additional information (optional)**<br>Youmay choose toincludefurtherstatementswhererelevant about:|||
|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51|No trustee received any remuneration or<br>was reimbursed any expenses in the year<br>under review.<br>Ludlow Trust Company Limited was paid<br>£13,312<br>(2024:<br>£16,669)<br>for<br>trust<br>administration services and cash manage<br>fees during the year under review.  These<br>fees are authorised under clause 6 of the<br>trust deed.|
|Other|||





## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Millie’s Watch|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|None|
|Registered charity number|1179664|
|Charity’s principal address|Trustees Department<br>1stFloor, Tower Wharf<br>Cheese Lane, Bristol<br>BS2 0JJ|



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5|**Trustee name**<br>MaryElizabeth Ayres<br> Rachel Hannah<br>Elizabeth Harrod<br>Julie Ann Stretton<br> Rebecca Caroline<br>Emma Ayres<br> Ludlow Trust<br>CompanyLimited|**Office (if any)**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved<br>**Director name**<br>Gary St John Collins<br>Duncan Walter Coxon<br>Ali Reza Sarikhani<br>Ziba Christina Sakine<br>Sarikhani<br>Christopher Ian Thurlow<br>Matthew John Wickers<br>John Stephen Dennis<br>Resigned 25/10/2024||||||
||**Director name**||||||
||Gary St John Collins||||||
||Duncan Walter Coxon||||||
||Ali Reza Sarikhani||||||
||Ziba Christina Sakine<br>Sarikhani||||||
||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<br>held in this capacity|N/A|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own assets|N/A|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **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**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|||
|**Investment Managers**|Coutts & Co|440 The Strand, London, WC2R 0QS|
|**Bankers**|Coutts & Co|440 The Strand, London, WC2R 0QS|
|**Accountants**|Blue Spire Limited|Cawley Priory, South Pallant, Chichester,<br>PO19 1SY|
|**Independent Examiner**|Katie Wilson|Cawley Priory, South Pallant, Chichester,<br>PO19 1SY|



**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **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)** David Breach **Position (eg Secretary,** On behalf of Ludlow Trust **Chair, etc)** Company Limited (Trustee) **Date** 13 March 2026 




**Millie's Watch 1179664 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 07.08.2024 06.08.2025 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**50,152**<br>**4,465**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **54,617**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br> **54,617**<br>**140,000**<br>**-**<br>**13,186**<br>**180**<br>**126**<br>**600**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **154,092**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**154,092**<br>**-               99,475**<br>**57,584**<br>**78,260**<br>**36,369**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,195,998**<br>**-**<br>**1,195,998**<br>**1,195,998**<br>**-**<br>**16,186**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**16,186**<br>**1,154,377**<br>**1,154,377**<br>**1,170,563**<br>**25,435**<br>**-               57,584**<br>**52,880**<br>**20,731**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**50,152**<br>**4,465**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**54,617**<br>**1,195,998**<br>**-**<br>**1,195,998**<br>**1,250,615**<br>**140,000**<br>**16,186**<br>**13,186**<br>**180**<br>**126**<br>**600**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**170,278**<br>**1,154,377**<br>**-**<br>**1,154,377**<br>**1,324,655**<br>**-               74,040**<br>**-**<br>**131,140**<br>**57,100**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Income from investments|**50,152**||||**88,707**|
|Interest received|**4,465**||||**4,514**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**54,617**||||**93,221**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||
|Sale of investments|**-**||||**3,391,782**|
||**-**||||**-**|
|~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**||||**3,391,782**|
|**_Total receipts_ **<br>**A3 Payments**||||||
||||||**3,485,003**|
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|Grants awarded|**140,000**||||**115,000**|
|Investment manager fees(IncludingVAT)|**-**||||**14,942**|
|Trust Administration fees(includingVAT)|**13,186**||||**16,669**|
|Independent Examiners fees|**180**||||**780**|
|Cash management fees|**126**||||**-**|
|Accountancyfees|**600**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**154,092**||||**147,391**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||
|<br>Investmentpurchases|**-**||||**3,335,069**|
||**-**|||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||**3,335,069**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||
||||||**3,482,460**|
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||**-               99,475**|**-**||**-               74,040**|**2,543**|
||**57,584**|||**-**|**-**|
||**78,260**|||**131,140**|**128,597**|
||**36,369**|**-**||**57,100**|**131,140**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

13/03/2026 

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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**20,731**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**20,731**<br>OK<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**3,586,426**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**When due**<br>**(optional)**<br>Date of<br>approval<br>13 March 2026|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Capital account<br>Income account<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>Investment portfolio|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**36,369**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**36,369**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**Endowment**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>David Breach on behalf of Ludlow<br>Trust CompanyLimited(Trustee)||
||||Date of<br>approval|
|||David Breach on behalf of Ludlow<br>Trust CompanyLimited(Trustee)|13 March 20|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

13/03/2026 

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## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Millie’s Watch** 

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 06 August 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: 

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 

2. 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. 


Katie Wilson FCA Blue Spire Limited Cawley Priory South Pallant Chichester West Sussex PO19 1SY 

Date 

16 March 2026 

