THE ROOTS AND WINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION REPORT AND ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2023 Chthty number. 1179863 THE ROOTS AND WINGS CHARrrABLE FOUNDATION INDEX Year •ndÈd 5 Aprll 2023 Page Trustees. annual report IndewdErt Exa￿Ane￿S rwt Statement of financial ac¢ivi¢le5 B￿anCe Sheet THE ROOTS AND WINGS CHARrrABLE FOUNDATION GENERAL INFORMATION Year ènded S April 2023 )￿tsy2018 Charlty numbèr I I P)863 TNst••s Philip &J than &Jtton (awnted lgthfvuary 2023) Dcthinit Ribet {appo1r￿d 2023) Settlor Pnlp Athian P4trk5 London SWIE5JL Obiects The trwee5 hohl the fijnd and income therefrom on trust for chainbk purposes to n•ke donatloJ)s to such charttable 4nst1tsrt1￿ as they in their absolute discredon think f Accumulatlon Dwing the period of 21 years from the date of the Trust Dee4 the trLtstees haye power to accumulate the whole or any part of the irKomE of the Trust Fund. I Stankw Gate Londcd) WIK IAF Sollcltors Ctlpps Perthrton Gre2n￿h Fk￿r. SWIE 5}L THE ROOTS AND WINGS CHARrrABLE FOUNDATION TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPOR T Yw ended 5 Aprll 2023 The truttees Subm￿ their report and aCC￿nts for the year ended 5 April 2023. The accounts compty current statutory requiremen￿ *ith the chart￿$ Tnjst Deed the Chariries Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporring by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practi￿ (FRS1021. The ry sha￿d ￿ read in conluncrion ￿ the general inforniatton provId￿ on pa82 1 Constitution The charity is constituted by a Trust Deed &ted 30 May 2018. The Trust Is an unlncorpordtrd chry. governed under a Trust Deed dated 30 May 2018 and ￿ a rwstered charity. nwnber 1179863. Respoftsibilitles for the ¥pointment of a new or adthona] tnJ5ree or the discharge of an ou4gofng trustee vests with the trustee& Future trustees rtmtst sign a dedaration of *ill1r￿e$S to act as a ffi1s￿2 of the chariry before he or she may att as a truste The trustees mett at least twi￿ a Iwr ro Cor￿ award5 and O)natiors y￿1 trAke and to rTh)ni¢or asset The charity PAS no Yoluntsry. Seconded or paid sr*Y. objÈrtIv￿ and actfvltles for the public btnefit The objett of the chartLy. as Set out in the trust deed ty to FAY or 4￿Y the irKome and rf thè tntsthes think ft the It￿ of the trust fund for the benefit of such charlt2bk ptsrp05e5 or tharitable instiojrjons as the trustee5 5elecL Donations were rnade &Jring the year as fd10v￿ or* doryatbon of £20.CW to The Ruth Strauss Foundarion. a charity that drives the need for FfK)re researth into rKTrsmoking lurg cancetrs and prO￿deS sttpport to families facing the death of a parent to can¢er. The trustees having regard to the public benefrt published by the Tharity Comnwssion in xcordantr with section 17 of the Charitie5 Art 2011. Co￿lder tkAt the purpose and a¢tyvi¢Jes of these charitie5 satisfy the Financlal review and investynent polky The trustees consltkr the ¢urrert lIF￿nC￿l PO￿ to be Sat￿ra￿. There is suffident cash and income from donatjons and investments to PrO￿de swrt for their chosen charitaL4e (xU￿. ThE tr￿ee5 have shares in &g Yellow Group PLC and Opti&otix Health PLC and intend to retaln these holdlng5. The trustees beliwe thaL de5Pite the lad( of dlversfftatlon of assers the rfsk of knvesrm¢nr is kxrtf on the bast5 of the tru5tees' knowledge of these particular companies and co￿5dering that the coryanies are asset back￿ with low gearin& The Trust had net assets of £925.813 a5 of 5 April 202312022 - £714.974. Ttrwe were nei incoming resoEErce5 for the period before net loss on investtnents of £363.597 12022 - net outgoirE resour￿ cé £5.689). The d)ar¢ty reeeiyed donarion$ of £366.950 in the year Sntluding 5hare5 cash and aid. Diwidend5 of £20.974 were received in the year and there was an ￿r￿1$ed10SS d £151761 on the shar R¢sÈrnos pollcy The charity carries cwjt no threct Charit￿ adi¥iti4 makes no fiw)¢fjal wmmiunents from year to year and the donations tht Ire made according to the ilKorne 8¥￿ated As gjth ffinirml reserves are rewired to ensure the Trusts contynued operatio Rl$k management The principal risks faced ty the Ile In the I￿1 of li1ve5t￿￿t rewrn and the PerfOrn￿nCe of the inN*stsnent markets and risks from ineffecfft gTant r[￿kIr￿ The trustees keep Lmder ￿leW the Investmert hel(L They THE ROOTS AND WINGS CHARrrABLE FOUNDATION TRUST EES ANNUAL REPOR T Year ended 5 Aprll 2023 The main f¢)rni of finanethl risk faced by the tharity ￿ that (4 volatility In ewity markets and invesrmEnt markets due to wider econ(¥nic conclitions. the auiDJde of inYostor5 to inve$m￿t and changes in sentiment concerning equ6￿e$ and within ParticUL￿ Sect(￿ or sub secLO The charw relles In part on diwdend yield to fir￿￿e tts Twork and tkwefore volatmity In ￿e1th 15 2 rfsk to the tharity. Uquidlty risk ￿ ¢onsldered to as all a55ets are tr2&d in markets wlth good liquidity. Plans fr•r futyre perk￿9 charitsble ¢knnations. The trustees are resportsible for preparing the t￿￿tee$. report and the ffinarKRI statements In accordance wth applicable law and United Kingdom AcciJJming Starthds. The law 3pplleable to chariyes In E*)gland and Wale5 requires the trustees to prepare finarKial statements for eath financ￿ y¢ar. which give a tywe and falr view of the stste of affair5 cl the chancy and of the incoming ￿our(e5 and appliorlon of resour￿$ of the charfty for thar pericrfl. In preparing these firknO￿ stare￿nts. the tr¥Jstees are required t selett suitable atcounting pjliaes and ap￿ them cortsistenty, obser¥e the method5 and principles of the Charitse5 SORP. make judgements and accounting estimates dyt are reaSona￿e 2nd pmdenL" state whether 3pplicable accounttng standard5 have been follvwe4 subject to any departure5 dÉ5closed and explained in the fit7aneial $tsoment4 and durity will continue In busine5 The trustees ar¢ rÈ5pon5ible for keeping accoundng bythich ¢kdose wlth reasonable xcuracy the financial position of the charity and el￿ble them to ertsure that the fina￿￿ xatements wmpty with the Charitie$ Act 2011, the appli¢Jble Tharitie5 (Acco￿￿ and Ryrt5) Regulations and th¢ Pro￿￿C￿￿ of the Deed They are al$0 reSponsi￿e for safegtording the assets of the dtsrtty and heTr￿ for tsking reasot)#bie srep5 for the preventlon and detectyon of fraud and ¢xher irregularities. 2024 and sI￿d on their bePAW by. PHIUP ADRIAN BURKS Trv5tee BUR Ttytsstee THE ROOTS AND WINGS CHAR￿ABLE FOUNDATION ST A TEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES Yéar ended 5 Aprll 2023 Independert examlnerfs repi>rt to the trujtets ofThe Roots and Mn8s Foundatlon I report ro the Trustees on my eXamI￿￿On ofthe acc(yJts dthe trust for the year ended 5 4•rll 2023. Responsibllltles and basls of rnport As the charity trustees ¢4 the Trust ytyj are re5pon5ible for the prePa￿lOn rl the accounts in a¢c<¥rdarKe with the requirements of the Ch¥ities Att 2011 Ilhe Act). You $3ti5fied that an audit is not required for this year under char¢ty law and that an bnthwdent examination 15 nEed￿L I repoyt in respect of my ex*mlnatk)n of the Trust's accounts carrled under section 145 of th¢ 2011 Att and in carryng out my ex¥nination I have followed all the applthlè Dire¢tion5 given by the Charfty Commission under secuon 145(Sllb) of the ACL E)w) Wjson. a firrn of Chartered Accountants of which 1am a director has provlded bookkeeping servlw ts the Tr￿[ and l trAYe applied the FRCS R*vi5ed Ethical Standard In orry(ng out my examination. An independent examinxton nor invot¥e gthertng all the evsdeKe that would be required in an audit and consequendy does not cover all the matws that an auditor considws in giving their LyinFon on the accounts. The planning and c¢)ndutt of an aud￿ goes the limited assurarKe tk¢t an independent examination can provide. Consequently. l express no opinion as to whether fv a¢thJnts present a 'tn* and fairf view and my report is limited to those 5pecfic mators set in the indepen(kn examiner's St￿meNt l am q￿I￿le￿ to undertake the ey2mSnation beiwvg a Wallf￿ member of the Insdtsrte of Chartered knountants in England and Wai¢* I have completed my examlnadon. l t￿￿￿ that no material rrAtters hwe CO￿ tr+ my attentk>n in connection with the examination 8iving me cause to believe that in any materlai resp¢ accounting rewr& were ¢￿t kept In respect of the Trurt as required ￿ section 130 of the A¢ or 3. the accounts do not comply with the zpplicable rewiremert5 contrrning the forni and content ol *eeounts 5¢t out in the Charrties (Accounts and Rewjrts) Repjlations I(￿8 other than any requirement tl*t the accounts ￿ a and fwr whith 15 not a m2tter considered as part of an Independenc examination: or 4. the acrourts have beu¥ yep3red in accor￿ with the rnethr￿ and principles of the Srat¢ment of 'Recommended Practice for accountirg and reP￿ti￿va by ¢hwiDe5 applicthe to chariues preparm￿ their accounTS in ace<*thnce with the Rwring Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republ￿ of Ireland {FRS 102). I have no concerns and have c¢)me across no matters In c¢)nnection the examinatlort to Tr•knich ￿t￿n￿on should be &awn in this report in order to enable a proper understan&ng of the atcounts ¢0 be reathe& S I Wakefield ACA DLxon Wilson 22 ChaELcery Laf London WC2A I LS 1 Fébruary 2024 THE ROOTS AND WINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ST A TEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES Year ended 5 Awil 2023 202J 2022 D<￿atiOnS 366.950 Dividen& 20.974 14.976 387,924 14.976 ExpendltsrÈ on: ChGritoble (￿tr￿e Grants made 20.CTr) 15.000 2.520 Accounta 1160 Legal fees Bank ckrges 1,368 2,640 505 799 Total ¢xp¢ndlture 24.327 20.665 Net unrealised loss on iDvestTne {152.7611 210.836 161.710 Net mov•mert in fund$ 156.021 Reconclllation of fund&. TO￿ fund5 brought forward at 6 April 2022 Total ￿ndS carrled fonvard at 5 April 2023 714.977 558.957 925.813 714.977 THE ROOTS AND WINGS CHAR￿ABLE FOUNDATION ALANCE SHEET At 5 April 2023 Note 2023 2022 Flxed assrt&" Investments at market fdlue 701571 613.382 Current asse￿. Cash 2t ba￿¢ and In hand 201610 25.CN)) 105,685 Debtors 50 227.610 105.735 Credltor& amounts falllng due wlthln one y Net (uyrent ass¢ts (4.3681 223,242 (4.140) 101.595 Total assots le53 current liabrlitle5 925.813 714.977 Represtnted br. Unrestritted funds 925.813 714,977 925,813 714.977 The ffinancial statements on pages 6 to I I were *ppro¥ed the Trnstees their behalf br. 2024 and Si￿ed on PHIUP ADRIAN WRKS Trnstee ANIA Trustee THE ROOTS AND WINGS CHARrrA8LE FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL ST A TEMENTS Year ended 5 Aprll 2Q23 Ac￿n￿ng polldes (a) Ba51s of preparadon and a55e5ynert of 8oln8 conc•rn The financial sote¥nents have been prepared under the hi5torid cost conventlon wlth knm5 recognised at cost or transaction y￿ue unless oth¥￿se $taTrd the rdevant rK)tes to these 8Cc￿Jnts. The financi￿ sutements haye been prepared in accordance with the Ststement of RetoMTw￿nded PrdCU￿.. Accounting and Reporting by Chartrle5 preparing their accounts in accordance with the FÈnanuai Reptirti￿ SowKknd ylicabk in the UK and Republic of IreLind (FRS 102) effective I 2019 aThJ the Charrtie5 Acr 2011. The trust const1￿ a pulAlc beneffic enory a5 defined ￿ FRS 101 The trurtees Co￿lder that there are m rterd uncertainiieg ai*)ut the trust's abillty to ccffitinue as a ￿Ing concern. There are no signfficant areas of jLk4p)*rt key assumptio￿ that affett ithrrts in the accounts. Wfth resp¢tt to the next reporring perio4 the most ￿￿rfIcant areas of ￿￿tr[aInty that affett the carrying value of assets hetd by the trnst ¥¢ the level rf inNEStment reDJrn and the performance d hwes¢nEnt rnarkets (see the risk (b) Fund gtructuY• The unrestricted fund corryyrises th)5e fun& the trwtets are free ro use for any purpose in furtherance of the charirAbk obpcts. Unresrri¢red fvnd5 ind4MJe dE5¢fAted fund5 where the truste4 at their discrrfl¢)n. have created a fund for a speeffic purpos (c) Income recogmld I In¢om¢ h re¢¢gni5ed onEe the ¢harity FAS entrrlement to the inconK it is prob2bEe tht tk income wlll received. and the anvxnt cl irKome receivable be measured reliabty. Donation5 are recogru5ed when the h3s been ncthed in wriung d both the amount and settlement date. In the event thai a donarion is sd)iecE to CO[￿00n5 that require a of F￿orn)ance before the eharfty is enutled to the fund¥ the irK0￿￿ is deferred and recogntsed unts1 either th(sse ¢ondiiion5 are fulty or the fulfilment Of those conditsors is whdly V￿1￿ the control of the chaw it ts wobable that those rondrtions Mll be fulfilEed in the reporring pernd Gift wd ￿ accyued on reeognition of the corresponding cash receipt Interest on funds hdd on (kposit is irKluded when reCe￿able and the amounr tan be rnea5ured reliably by the charity, thi5 is no￿T￿lty upon notifKation of the interest paid or Pay￿ by the bank Divi¢Jends are reco8nised Liabilities are reco8nised as exper¢diture as soon as there is a le￿ or constructive obligation committing the char￿Y to tlHt expenditure. rc Trs probabk that settlerrtht will be required and the amount of the obligation ¢an be measured reliably. Al expenditure 15 accounted for on an 8ccruab5 basi& AJI eypertses irKbJding suppcrt Costs and gOVerrAn￿ cos¢s are allocated LY appOruor￿d co the appkable eypenditsJre hea(lire Gr3nrs payable are pa￿￿nts made to third parrie5 in the furtherarKe cl the charittble oblects of the Trust In the ¢ase d an ￿n￿nd￿(on￿ cllw. thk ts xLYyed onte the r¢¢ipi¢nt b¢¢n ntstified ol thE grant avnrd. The r￿tIficatiOn gives the ￿￿lent a reasonable expecution that thvy wil rece[￿ the granL (e} lrnecoverable VAT Irrecoverable VAT 38airL%t ￿ e¥pw)thwrn h¢a¢Jing ft* v*thkh it was In¢urred THE ROOTS AND WINGS CHARrrABLE FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL ST A TEMENTS Year •nded S Aprfl 2023 Attountlng policies (contlwed) {fj Support and governantt costs The charfty Th)t inojr support costs. Governance costs cOmp￿e 311 co$ts invotving the pU￿1C accountsbility of the charity and ￿ compliance wfth regulation and gocd ptxtiee. Governance costs relate to charitable actlvltie (8) Charltable actl¥lt1È5 Ih) Flxed assèt investm Inve5tn*nts are a forrn of basic finanaal and are I￿t￿lY recwi5ed at thelr tra￿att40Th Value and Subsequ￿ measured at th￿r fair ¥￿u¢ as at the ba￿e sheec dace Ltsing the closing quoted market price. The Statement of financi￿ acmes indu¢Jes the net gains and1055e5 ari￿ng revaluation and disp05a15 throughout the The trust doe$ not acwire put oporrt dwi¥aw or 1x￿r c￿leX financial instruments. O) Realls¢d galns and loss All 8ains and IC￿e$ are taken to the Sta￿￿￿E d Rnancial Atu￿tIeS as ty arise Rdised r4in$ and losses on investments are catculated as the &rference beNeen $￿e5 prc£eeds and their openirg carryng fdlue or their purchase value IF acquired subsewent to the first th4y of the ffinanci￿ year. Unrealtsed fdin5 and losses are Iculatrd a5 the drfferen￿ bets¥een the fair value at the year end and their Car￿ng v31u¢ Realised and unrealised investment g￿n5 and los￿ are shown separntety in the Statemert of Financial Ac¢r*ttie* Q) Cash at bank and in hand Cash at bank and In hand I￿l￿deS cash equivalents in the forni d u1yres￿ theque THE ROOTS AND WINGS CHARrrABLE FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL ST A TEMENTS Year ended S Aprfl 2023 2023 2022 Legal f** Bank eharges 1160 1.368 799 1520 2.640 505 4.327 5.665 Income fund Toial 2023 ome Totsl nd 2022 The R¢Jth Strauss Foundation 15.000 15.000 20,1KK) 20,(KK) 15.000 15.000 ## **THE ROOTS AND WINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION** N O T E S T O T H E F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S ## **Year ended 5 April 2023** |**4.**
**Fixed asset investments**
Market value brought forward at 6 April 2022
Additions
Net unrealised gain/(loss) on investments
Market value carried forward at 5 April 2023
**Historical cost**
**Investments at fair value consists of:**
UK real estate investment fund
UK pharmaceutical and biotechnology investment fund
Market value carried forward at 5 April 2023
Market value brought forward at 6 April 2022|**2023**
**£**
613,382
241,950
(152,761)

702,571
574,966
692,831
9,740

702,571
613,382|**2022**
**£**
_451,672_
_-_
_161,710_
| |---|---|---| |||_613,382_
| |||_333,016_
| |||_613,382_
_-_
| |||_613,382_
| |||_451,672_
| All investments are carried at fair value. Investments are all traded in quoted public markets. The basis of fair value for quoted investments is equivalent to the market value. Asset sales and purchases are recognised at the date of trade at cost. |**5.**
**Debtors: amounts falling due within one year**
Gift Aid|**2023**
**£**
25,000

25,000
|**2022**
**£**
_50_
| |---|---|---| |||_50_| |||| |**6.**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Accountancy fees
Legal fees
|**2023**
**£**
3,000
1,368

4,368
|**2022**
**£**
_3,000_
_1,140_
| |||_4,140_| ## **7. Related party disclosures** J Sutton, a trustee of the charity is a partner of Dixon Wilson. Dixon Wilson provided accountancy services to the charity during the year and charged a fee of £2,160. At the year end, fees of £3,000 were outstanding. D Ribet, a trustee of the charity is an employee of Cripps. Cripps provided legal services to the charity during the year and charged a fee of £1,368. At the year end, fees of £1,368 were outstanding. During the year the charity received donations without conditions of shares from a trustee of £241,950 and cash of £100,000. Gift aid will be received on the cash donation. 11