## Annual Report & Returns
Financial year ending: 31st May 2025
Charity Number: 1183414
## **Trustees**
Dr Samuel Thomas Miss Natalie Thomas
Mr Edward Thomas
**Charity Number** : 1183413
**Auditors:** Cheney & Co. 310 Wellingborough Rd, Northampton, NN1 4EP
**Accountants:** Cheney & Co. 310 Wellingborough Rd, Northampton, NN1 4EP
**Bank:** Barclays, 8 Market Street, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN8 1AT
**Solicitors:** Macfarlanes LLP, 20 Cursitor Street, Holborn, London, EC4A 1LT
**Advisory capacity:** Daniel Johnson, social worker.
**Trustees Report for financial year ending 31st May 2025**
The Thomas Brington Foundation Trustees present their annual report and annual return for the financial year ending 31st May 2025 **.**
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
The foundation registered with the charity commission on 14th May 2019. It was established following an initial gift from Robert Thomas, founder of Bob Thomas Sports Photography (BTSP). A proportion of royalties from BTSP image sales will then form an income stream to the foundation to ensure it can continue its work. The foundation does not actively fund-raise and aims to continue charitable work desired by Robert Thomas through management of its current resources and the continued production of income from photographic royalties. At present the income stream from BTSP still comes in the form of an annual lump sum of £30,000.
The current trustees are all first trustees, as per our constitution there must always be 3 trustees.
At quarterly trustee meetings, the trustees agree broad strategy for grant making and have all contributed to the administrative tasks of setting up and running a charitable foundation.
All work undertaken by the trustees is done on a volunteer basis, there is no financial remuneration for the trustees. The only expenditures the foundation incurs is a fee for a website domain, the use of an accountant for generation and filing of independent examiners report and annual returns. From 2023 we have sought the paid advice of Daniel Johnson a social worker based in north Northamptonshire to help provide impartial background information on the applicants and to highlight the merits of each application in order to help us make more informed decisions regarding funding.
All trustees are subject to the requirements of the foundation’s constitution with regards to the conflict of interest register, risk register and reserves and investments policy. These are reviewed regularly and detailed below:
**Risk management** - the trustees consider the risks the foundation may be exposed to. The only risk that the foundation is subjected to is a fall in income due to poor returns from the photographic royalties of BTSP.
**Conflict of Interest** - the trustees are required at each meeting to consider and declare any potential conflict of interest they may hold. As the trustees operate on a volunteer basis and have no affiliation with other charitable organisations there is minimal potential for conflicts of interest however Dr Thomas does occasionally have reason to signpost or refer patients to some of the organisations that are funded by the foundation, these are declared on our conflicts of interests register and Dr Thomas abstains from voting on these organisations when allocating grants.
**Reserves & Investments** - The foundation currently provides grants with almost, if not all the funds it receives annually, the foundation does not currently require an active investments policy. This is constantly being reviewed. Similarly, the policy on a reserve amount to be held is yet to be set. With the knowledge of a continued income stream, providing meaningful grants in the first year was prioritised over having a reserve figure. This is reviewed at least once a year during trustee meetings. As detailed earlier in this report next year we anticipate this situation to change and the reserves and investments policy will be significantly amended.
## **Grant Making**
As a foundation there is an annual deadline for grant proposals from local charities and organisations. Following this deadline (which is often in the new year) the trustees will meet as one of the quarterly meetings to discuss the grant proposals and deliberate which proposals will merit funding for up to a value of £10,000 per proposal that year.
The criteria for funding application is that the charity must operate in Northamptonshire and that they work to prevent or relieve homelessness or its sequelae (namely addiction or substance misuse).
Charities and organisations are able to apply by downloading and completing an application from found at www.thomasbringtonfoundation.org or by filling in an online template through the same website.
## **Objectives & Aims**
The main aims of the foundation are to fund education, prevention and relief of homelessness in Northamptonshire.
Providing financial grants to existing charities and organisations that work towards these ends. The foundation aims to assist those charities and organisations that perhaps do not always qualify for government funding, those that ‘fall through the cracks’ in the system.
The beneficiaries of the grants are, to date, predominantly registered charities with the exception of one, which was a charitable branch of a housing group aimed at relieving homelessness.
## **Review of Activity 2025**
Four grants were agreed in 2025.
The grants issued for 2025 were as follows:
**Accommodation Concern** – £7,600 - resettlement project - Registered charity number 1146257
project was partially funded in 2024 - Eddie Thomas had the opportunity to review their work last year and has been anecdotally positive. The project supports people moving out of supported accommodation, common point for homelessness to become a problem. Was felt this project had significant on the ground impact in terms of primarily preventing homelessness.
_“Since March 2024, the funding from the Thomas Brington Foundation has enabled Accommodation Concern to provide meaningful resettlement support for residents moving on from Supported Accommodation. This has made a substantial difference to outcomes. Ordinarily, once a resident leaves a supported housing setting, there is no funded provision that allows us to stay involved. The grant has filled this gap, ensuring that people moving into new homes have access to the kind of practical and financial support that significantly reduces the risk of tenancy breakdown. Since March 2025 – we have supported 24 successful move ons using the funding across the cohort, there were 47 recorded outcomes. This work resulted in £79,059.44 in direct financial gains for residents and gave each person a safer and more stable start in their new accommodation.”_
**Daventry foodbank** - £7200 - Winter Energy Increases Funding - Registered charity number 1128805
winter energy increases, food parcels, small organisation, trustees have been quite impressed with their work on recent visits and updates. Limited scope for their work but directly supporting cost of living crisis. This is the 3[rd] application for the same project.
Eddie Thomas has contacted the food bank for feedback on the most recent grant:
_“Your funding is helping us out so much, We are having to top up our shelves on an almost daily basis… what we are seeing is more and more first time users to the food bank…we remain a free service for those in crisis…. your funding enables us to do this, to continue to hand out food parcels which are for 5 days, something that is being greatly reduced throughout west northants, many only being able to give out parcels for 1-3 days._
_So, thank you so much because it enables us to meet the need in a time when food is becoming more and more expensive and people are having to really pick and choose what they can and cannot afford.”_
**Daylight centre** - £7,600 – Community Link Support Workers - Registered charity number:
The Daylight Centre’s primary focus is the support of the Homeless community in Wellingborough and the surrounding area. funding was requested for two community link support workers, they assist with ‘TLC’ sessions which run daily on weekdays to provide wrap around care for their service users. This programme is now well established and provides support to help homeless service users to re-establish their independence and build confidence.
Feedback from the Daylight Centre has been positive about the impact of our grant.
_The funding enhanced the stability of our frontline delivery, enabling the TLC Service to operate reliably and safely throughout the reporting period. This consistency allowed us to respond quickly to people in crisis, meet essential needs and build the trusted relationships that underpin long-term change. Your support also strengthened our capacity to offer wider pathways into health, recovery, wellbeing and meaningful activity, all key elements of our whole-person, trauma-informed approach._
_Across the full reporting period, the Centre continued to experience high demand for support. During this time, the TLC Service and wider Hub activity achieved:_
- _Registered 270 new clients_
- _Supported total 826 unique individuals_
_· Facilitated 6,613 visits to the Centre_
_· Provided 4750 free breakfasts during TLC sessions_
_· Supported 56 people into accommodation_
_· 16 clients engaged in meaningful activity at our Veggie Patch, giving 1,980 volunteer hours and building confidence, routine and connection_
_· 109 clients accessed specialist provision through our wraparound sessions, including health clinics, substance misuse support, employment advice and creative or therapeutic activities_
_Taken together, these figures capture both the scale of local need and the vital role the TLC Service plays in helping people move forward during times of crisis and significant challenge._
_Thank you for the genuine difference your support has made. It has enabled us to provide a steady, welcoming space where people facing homelessness can access safety, kindness and practical support at moments of real vulnerability. Your contribution has strengthened the foundations of our work and created opportunities for recovery, connection and hope. As one client recently shared, “The Daylight Centre is your rainbow when you are stuck in a cloud.”_
_Carina Fisher - Daylight Centre Fellowship_
**Northamptonshire Domestic Abuse Service** - £7,600 – Supporting clients with no recourse to public funds - Registered charity number: 1070741
3[rd] application for same project – support for those subject to domestic abuse with no recourse to public funds, felt to remain a very good project given Northamptonshire’s geographical location relative to the A14 and vehicles coming from Felixstowe. No other support available for this cohort – would directly result in homelessness or further abuse if service not available.
_Northamptonshire Domestic Abuse Service was extremely fortunate to be awarded a third grant from the Thomas Brington Foundation for the sum of £7600 in February 2025. The request for funding was made so that we could maintain provision of our services to clients in our refuges, where NRPF cases resided. This was based upon the costs calculated at the time of application, for the forthcoming financial year 2025/26 for our_
_Diverse Needs Refuge. This would enable us to cover expenditure for service charges, rent and personal allowances that would usually be recovered in part from public funds._
_We remain committed to helping clients through their recovery journey, as well as supporting any new referrals. Recognising that each case may require significant time before clients are ready to reintegrate into the community, we approach our capacity realistically. Statutory funding is now contributing to our work with clients who have NRPF, enabling this provision to continue in a more sustainable way. This progress has been made possible by the Thomas Brington Foundation’s investment over the past three years. This enabled us to develop and evidence our specialist response for individuals facing significant barriers to safety and recovery. We are sincerely grateful for the Trust’s support which has paid a crucial role in embedding this work and demonstrating its value._
_You may recall that during a visit to our office a couple of years ago, one of your Trustees met with our team. They were able to speak with one Domestic Abuse Specialist who often works with clients that fall under the category of NRPF. They passed on a thank you letter, She wanted to express her gratitude for the funding the Trust provided. She has been in touch with us in the last few days to advise that she is now applying for citizenship. She shared a few more details about how the support at NDAS has helped her turn her life around positively._
_“Upon my arrival, I was so well received that it caused me surprise and surprising relief. Time passed, and each day I saw the results of all the support, respect, emotional and psychological assistance, and technical guidance in legal and social matters. I even learned that I wouldn't be sent back to Brazil, that I didn't deserve that, and that I could stay! This wonderful news seemed unreal, but it was! There, I found reliable information and the chance for a promising future where I would also have my part to play in the effort and commitment, with my coherent actions and daily challenges to my emotional and psychological well-being, to recover and be prepared and strengthened to leave the Refuge residence”._
This thank you letter was included in our 2023 annual report.
## **Plans for the future**
Our website has documented testimonials from organisations to demonstrate first hand the outcomes of successful grant proposals following their implementation.
The foundation will continue to receive grant proposals, working towards an annual review deadline and subsequent grant distribution each year.
Our streamlined application process appears to be working well, now there is an online template to be filled in rather than one that needs to be printed off and filled in.
The trustees will be reviewing the reserves and investments policy going forward to ensure that when further capital becomes available then responsible management of this is secured, this will be discussed in more detail in next years report as some changes have already taken place regarding this at the time of submission of this report.
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|||**Unrestricted **|Total|
|||**fund **|funds|
||Notes|£|£|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM **||||
|Donationsandlegacies||**10,809 **|125,000|
|**EXPENDITURE ON **||||
|**Charitable activities **||||
|MAIN||**40,049 **|30,511|
|**NETINCOME/(EXPENDITURE) **||**(29,240) **|94,489|
|**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS **||||
|Totalfundsbroughtforward||**103,865 **|9,376|
|**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD **||**74,625 **|103,865|
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|||**Unrestricted **|Total|
|||**fund **|funds|
||Notes|£|£|
|**CURRENT ASSETS **||||
|Debtors
Cashatbank|5
6|**75,015 **|25,000
79,231|
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|||**75,015 **|104,231|
|**CREDITORS **||||
|Amountsfallingduewithinoneyear|7|**(390) **|(366)|
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|**NETCURRENT ASSETS **||**74,625 **|103,865|
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|**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES **||**74,625 **|103,865|
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|**NETASSETS **||**74,625 **|103,865|
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|**FUNDS **|8|||
|Unrestrictedfunds||**74,625 **|103,865|
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|**TOTAL FUNDS **||**74,625 **|103,865|
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|**GRANTS PAYABLE **|||
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||**2025**|2024|
||£|£|
|**MAIN **|**39,000**|30,000|
||**2025 **|2024|
||£|£|
|DaventryVineyard|**7,200**|8,000|
|BabyBasics||6,000|
|DaylightCentreFellowship|**7,600 **||
|NorthamptonshireDomestic AbuseService|**7,600 **|10,000|
|Accommodation|**7,600 **|6,000|
|Encompass|**9,000 **||
|Totalgrantstoinstitutions|**£39,000 **|30,000|
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|**4. **|**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**|||
|---|---|---|---|
||||Unrestricted|
||||fund|
||||£|
||**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM **|||
||Donationsandlegacies||125,000|
||**EXPENDITURE ON **|||
||**Charitable activities **|||
||**MAIN **||30,511|
||**NETINCOME **||94,489|
||**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS **|||
||Totalfundsbroughtforward||9,376|
||**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD **||103,865|
|**5. **|**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR **|||
|||**2025 **|2024|
|||£|£|
||Otherdebtors||25,000|
|**6. **|**CASH AT BANK **|||
|||**2025 **|2024|
|||Total|Total|
|||funds|funds|
|||£|£|
||Bankaccount|**75,015 **|79,231|
||Total|**75,015 **|79,231|
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|**7. **|**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONEYEAR **|||||
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||||**2025 **|2024||
||||£|£||
||Accrualsand deferredincome||**390 **|366||
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|**8. **|**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**|||||
||||Net|||
||||movement|At||
|||At1.6.24|infunds|31.5.25||
|||£|£|£||
||**Unrestricted funds **|||||
||Generalfund|**103,865**|**(29,240) **|**74,625 **||
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||**TOTAL FUNDS **|**103,865 **|**(29,240) **|**74,625 **||
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||Net movementinfunds,includedintheabove areasfollows:|||||
|||Incoming|Resources|Movement||
|||resources|expended|infunds||
|||£|£|£||
||**Unrestricted funds **|||||
||Generalfund|**10,809 **|**(40,049) **|**(29,240) **||
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||**TOTAL FUNDS **|**10,809 **|**(40,049) **|**(29,240) **||
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||**Comparatives for movement in funds **|||||
||||Net|||
||||movement|At||
|||At1.6.23|infunds|31.5.24||
|||£|£|£||
||**Unrestricted funds **|||||
||Generalfund|9,376|94,489|103,865||
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||**TOTAL FUNDS**|9,376|94,489|103,865||
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||Comparativenetmovementinfunds,includedintheaboveare asfollows:|||||
|||Incoming|Resources|Movement||
|||resources|expended|infunds||
|||£|£|£||
||**Unrestricted funds **|||||
||Generalfund|125,000|(30,511)|94,489|)|
||**TOTAL FUNDS**|125,000|(30,511)|94,489||
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|||Net||
|---|---|---|---|
|||movement|At|
||At1.6.23|infunds|31.5.25|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds **||||
|Generalfund|9,376|65,249|74,625|
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|**TOTAL FUNDS **|9,376|65,249|74,625|
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|---|---|---|---|
||resources|expended|in funds|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds **||||
|Generalfund|135,809|(70,560)|65,249|
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|**TOTAL FUNDS **|135,809|(70,560)|65,249|
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||**Detailed Statement of Financial Activities **|||
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||**For The Year Ended 31st May 2025 **|||
|||2025|2024|
|||£|£|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS **||||
|**Donations and legacies **||||
|Donations||**10,809 **|125,00|
|**Total incoming resources **||**10,809 **|125,00|
|**EXPENDITURE **||||
|**Charitable activities **||||
|Grantspayable||**39,000 **|30,000|
|**Supportcosts **||||
|**Finance**||||
|Accountancyfees||**396 **|366|
|Computerexpenses||**173 **|145|
|Consultancy||**480 **||
|||--||
|||**1,049 **|511|
|||--||
|Totalresourcesexpended||**40,049 **|30,511|
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|**Net (expenditure)/income **||**(29,240) **|94,489|
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|||**fund **|funds|
||Notes|£|£|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM **||||
|Donationsandlegacies||**10,809 **|125,000|
|**EXPENDITURE ON **||||
|**Charitable activities **||||
|MAIN||**40,049 **|30,511|
|**NETINCOME/(EXPENDITURE) **||**(29,240) **|94,489|
|**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS **||||
|Totalfundsbroughtforward||**103,865 **|9,376|
|**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD **||**74,625 **|103,865|
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|Debtors
Cashatbank|5
6|**75,015 **|25,000
79,231|
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|||**75,015 **|104,231|
|**CREDITORS **||||
|Amountsfallingduewithinoneyear|7|**(390) **|(366)|
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|**NETCURRENT ASSETS **||**74,625 **|103,865|
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|**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES **||**74,625 **|103,865|
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|**NETASSETS **||**74,625 **|103,865|
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|**FUNDS **|8|||
|Unrestrictedfunds||**74,625 **|103,865|
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|**TOTAL FUNDS **||**74,625 **|103,865|
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|**GRANTS PAYABLE **|||
|---|---|---|
||**2025**|2024|
||£|£|
|**MAIN **|**39,000**|30,000|
||**2025 **|2024|
||£|£|
|DaventryVineyard|**7,200**|8,000|
|BabyBasics||6,000|
|DaylightCentreFellowship|**7,600 **||
|NorthamptonshireDomestic AbuseService|**7,600 **|10,000|
|Accommodation|**7,600 **|6,000|
|Encompass|**9,000 **||
|Totalgrantstoinstitutions|**£39,000 **|30,000|
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|**4. **|**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**|||
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||||Unrestricted|
||||fund|
||||£|
||**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM **|||
||Donationsandlegacies||125,000|
||**EXPENDITURE ON **|||
||**Charitable activities **|||
||**MAIN **||30,511|
||**NETINCOME **||94,489|
||**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS **|||
||Totalfundsbroughtforward||9,376|
||**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD **||103,865|
|**5. **|**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR **|||
|||**2025 **|2024|
|||£|£|
||Otherdebtors||25,000|
|**6. **|**CASH AT BANK **|||
|||**2025 **|2024|
|||Total|Total|
|||funds|funds|
|||£|£|
||Bankaccount|**75,015 **|79,231|
||Total|**75,015 **|79,231|
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|**7. **|**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONEYEAR **|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**2025 **|2024||
||||£|£||
||Accrualsand deferredincome||**390 **|366||
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|**8. **|**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**|||||
||||Net|||
||||movement|At||
|||At1.6.24|infunds|31.5.25||
|||£|£|£||
||**Unrestricted funds **|||||
||Generalfund|**103,865**|**(29,240) **|**74,625 **||
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||**TOTAL FUNDS **|**103,865 **|**(29,240) **|**74,625 **||
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||Net movementinfunds,includedintheabove areasfollows:|||||
|||Incoming|Resources|Movement||
|||resources|expended|infunds||
|||£|£|£||
||**Unrestricted funds **|||||
||Generalfund|**10,809 **|**(40,049) **|**(29,240) **||
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||**TOTAL FUNDS **|**10,809 **|**(40,049) **|**(29,240) **||
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||**Comparatives for movement in funds **|||||
||||Net|||
||||movement|At||
|||At1.6.23|infunds|31.5.24||
|||£|£|£||
||**Unrestricted funds **|||||
||Generalfund|9,376|94,489|103,865||
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||**TOTAL FUNDS**|9,376|94,489|103,865||
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||Comparativenetmovementinfunds,includedintheaboveare asfollows:|||||
|||Incoming|Resources|Movement||
|||resources|expended|infunds||
|||£|£|£||
||**Unrestricted funds **|||||
||Generalfund|125,000|(30,511)|94,489|)|
||**TOTAL FUNDS**|125,000|(30,511)|94,489||
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|||Net||
|---|---|---|---|
|||movement|At|
||At1.6.23|infunds|31.5.25|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds **||||
|Generalfund|9,376|65,249|74,625|
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|**TOTAL FUNDS **|9,376|65,249|74,625|
||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|---|---|---|---|
||resources|expended|in funds|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds **||||
|Generalfund|135,809|(70,560)|65,249|
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|**TOTAL FUNDS **|135,809|(70,560)|65,249|
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||**Detailed Statement of Financial Activities **|||
|---|---|---|---|
||**For The Year Ended 31st May 2025 **|||
|||2025|2024|
|||£|£|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS **||||
|**Donations and legacies **||||
|Donations||**10,809 **|125,00|
|**Total incoming resources **||**10,809 **|125,00|
|**EXPENDITURE **||||
|**Charitable activities **||||
|Grantspayable||**39,000 **|30,000|
|**Supportcosts **||||
|**Finance**||||
|Accountancyfees||**396 **|366|
|Computerexpenses||**173 **|145|
|Consultancy||**480 **||
|||--||
|||**1,049 **|511|
|||--||
|Totalresourcesexpended||**40,049 **|30,511|
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|**Net (expenditure)/income **||**(29,240) **|94,489|