**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1181858** 

## **The Birshan Charitable Trust** 

## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the year 2022** 

**30 Wood Lane N6 5UB** 

## **Structure and governance** 

The charity was created on 4th February 2019 and is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. 

## **Objectives and activities** 

The charity was formed by the trustees Mr and Mrs Birshan as a grantmaking charity, and makes grants to a variety of charities which come to the attention of the trustees. 

In 2022, the charity has made grants throughout the year to a range of charities and causes. In 2022 the majority of donations were towards causes which improve the wellbeing of women, children and families in the UK, and charities which support education and the arts in the UK. 

No trustee receives remuneration or reimbursement of expenses. The charity has no staff costs, administration costs or overheads except for the cost of the Independent Examination. 

Speculative applications to the charity are unlikely to be successful. 

## **Public benefit statement** 

The trustees declare that they have complied with the duty to ensure that activities follow the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. 

## **Sources of Income** 

The charity was funded by Mrs Birshan personally, plus a donation from Google UK. 

## **Financial overview** 

At the end of the 2022 financial year, the charity had a small amount of unspent funds which will be used for grants in future years. There is no reserves policy. 

## **Names of the trustees of the charity and other trusteeships** 

Sophie Birshan 



## Michael Birshan 

Sophie Birshan is also a trustee of The Wallace Collection (a charity exempt from registration under the Charities Act 2011). 

Michael Birshan is also a governor at The British Film Institute, and a member of the council at the Royal College of Art (an exempt charity). 

## **Declarations** 

The trustees declare that they have approved the report above Date: 23/7/2025 




## **Charity Name Birshan Charitable Trust** 

**No (if any) ts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a** Period start date Period end date **To** 1-Jan-22 31-Dec-22 

## **Receipts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts** 

**For the period from** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**<br>Donations(Birshan)<br>**34,010**<br>HMRC Gift aid<br>**8,503**<br>Employer match funding<br>**7,860**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**50,373**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**_Total receipts_                  50,373**<br>**A3 Payments**<br>Charitable donations<br>**49,157**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                      49,157**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                                -**<br>**_Total payments_                  49,157**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_                    1,216**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**-**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**16**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_                    1,232**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|**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>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**to the nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**34,010**<br>**8,503**<br>**7,860**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**50,373**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**50,373**<br>**49,157**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**49,157**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**49,157**<br>**1,216**<br>**-**<br>**16**<br>**1,232**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|||**-**|**34,010**|**32,510**|
|||**-**|**8,503**|**8,128**|
|||**-**|**7,860**|**7,510**|
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|||**-**|**50,373**|**48,148**|
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|||**-**|**50,373**|**48,148**|
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|||**-**|**49,157**|**49,990**|
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|||**-**|**49,157**|**49,990**|
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||**-**|**-**|**1,216**|**(1,842)**|
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||**-**|**-**|**16**|**1,858**|
||**-**|**-**|**1,232**|**16**|





## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|**Details**<br>Cash in bank account at period end<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>Sophie Birshan<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**1,232**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,232**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>SOPHIE BIRSHAN<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
||Sophie Birshan|SOPHIE BIRSHAN|7/22/2025|
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THE BIRSHAN CHARITABLE TRUST
Independent examinews report to the Trustees of The Birshan Charitable Trust
I report to the trustees on my examination of the Re￿ip1S and Payments Accounts of
The Birshan Charitable Trust (the Trust} for the year ended 31" December 2022
which are set out on pages 1 to 2.
Responsibilitles and basls 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 Acl 20111'the Act'}.
I report in respect of my examination of the Trustee's aGcounts 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){bl of
the 2011 Act.
Independent examine￿9 statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to
my attention in connection wtth the examination giving me Gause to believe that in
any material respect..
(1) accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust 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 lo be reached.
Sarah Hough FCA DCHa
Edwards and Keeping Limited
Unity Chambers
34 High East Street
Dorchester
DT1 1HA
Date..