**The Birshan Charitable Trust** **REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1181858** **Trustees’ Annual Report for the year 2024** **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 2024, the charity has made grants throughout the year to a range of charities and causes. In 2024 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. Approximately 15% of donations were to UK charities where Mr or Mrs Birshan sits on the board. 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 2024 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 Nina and Roger Stewart Charitable Trust, and 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**|**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---| |**Birshan Charitable Trust**|||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |Period start date
1-Jan-24
**For the period**
**from**|**To**
Period end date
31-Dec-24||| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**
Donations(Birshan)
**62,980**
HMRC Gift aid
**15,745**
Employer match funding
**8,290**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**87,015**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 87,015**
**A3 Payments**
Charitable donations
**69,957**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 69,957**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 69,957**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 17,058**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**5,763**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 22,821**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**62,980**
**15,745**
**8,290**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**87,015**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**87,015**
**69,957**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**69,957**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**69,957**
**17,058**
**-**
**5,763**
**22,821**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**-**|**62,980**|**50,000**| |||**-**|**15,745**|**12,500**| |||**-**|**8,290**|**8,300**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**87,015**|**70,800**| |||||| |||**-**|**-**|| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**87,015**|**70,800**| |||||| |||**-**|**69,957**|**66,269**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**69,957**|**66,269**| |||||| |||**-**|**-**|| |||**-**|**-**|| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**69,957**|**66,269**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**|**17,058**|**4,531**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**5,763**|**1,232**| ||**-**|**-**|**22,821**|**5,763**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Cash in bank account at period end
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
Sophie Birshan
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Accountant fees for Independent
Examinations (2020-24) incl VAT|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**22,821**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**22,821**
**-**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,880**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
SOPHIE BIRSHAN
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||Sophie Birshan|SOPHIE BIRSHAN|7/22/2025| ||||| THE BIRSHAN CHARITABLE TRUST Independent examlner's report to the Trustees of The Birshan Charitable Trust I report to the trustees on my examination of the Receipts and Payments Accounts of The Birshan Charitable Trust (the Trust) for the year ended 31 $1 December 2024 which are set out on pages 1 to 2. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Trusl, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance wtth the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'the Act'}. I report in respect of my examination of the Trustee's accounts 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 145151{bl of the 2011 Act. Independent examine￿5 ststement 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 Ihat in any material respect.. {1) accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 ofthe Act., or (2} the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no COn￿rnS 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 ofthe accounts to be reached. Sarah Hough FCA DCHa Edwards and Keeping Limited Unity Chambers 34 High East Street Dorchester DT1 1HA Date..