**REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER:  (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1189574** 

## **Report of the Trustees and** 

**Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2025** 

**for** 

**The Arcanum Foundation** 

Wormald & Partners Chartered Accountants (ICAEW) Brunel House 11 The Promenade Clifton Down Bristol BS8 3NG 



**The Arcanum Foundation** 

**Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2025** 

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|**Report of the Trustees**||1||
|**Statement of Financial Activities**||2||
|**Balance Sheet**||3||
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|4|to|5|





**The Arcanum Foundation** 

## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 January 2025** 

The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 January 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019). 

## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document** 

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by  guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006. 

## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS** 

## **Registered Company number** 

(England and Wales) 

## **Registered Charity number** 

1189574 

## **Registered office** 

Dyrham Lodge 16 Clifton Park Clifton Bristol BS8 3BY 

## **Trustees** 

M Moran (resigned 18.6.24) M Rickards A G Christian Ms R Bucknell (appointed 18.6.24) 

## **Company Secretary** 

M Moran 

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 4 August 2025 and signed on its behalf by: 

Trustee 

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**The Arcanum Foundation** 

## **Statement of Financial Activities** 

## **for the Year Ended 31 January 2025** 

|||2025|2024|
|---|---|---|---|
|||Total|Total|
|||funds|funds|
||Notes|£|£|
|**NET INCOME**||-|-|
|**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**||||
|Total funds brought forward||-|-|
|**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**||-|-|



The notes form part of these financial statements 

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**The Arcanum Foundation** 

## **Balance Sheet** 

## **31 January 2025** 

|||2025|2024|
|---|---|---|---|
|||Total|Total|
|||funds|funds|
||Notes|£|£|
|**NET CURRENT ASSETS**|||-<br>-|
|**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**|||-<br>-|
|**NET ASSETS**|||-<br>-|
|**FUNDS**|4|||
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|||-<br>-|



The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 January 2025. 

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 January 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. 

## The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for 

- (a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and 

- (b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company. 

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime. 

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 4 August 2025 and were signed on its behalf by: 

Trustee 

The notes form part of these financial statements 

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**The Arcanum Foundation** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 January 2025** 

## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** 

## **Basis of preparing the financial statements** 

The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. 

## **Taxation** 

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities. 

## **Fund accounting** 

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. 

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. 

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements. 

## **2. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS** 

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 January 2025 nor for the year ended 31 January 2024. 

## **Trustees' expenses** 

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 January 2025 nor for the year ended 31 January 2024. 

## **3. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** 

|||Total||
|---|---|---|---|
|||funds||
|||£||
|**NET INCOME**|||-|
|**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|||-|
|**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**|At 1.2.24<br>£|Net<br>movement<br>At<br>in funds<br>31.1.25<br>£<br>£||
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|-|-<br>-||
|Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:|Incoming<br>resources<br>£|Resources<br>Movement<br>expended<br>in funds<br>£<br>£||
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|-|-<br>-||
|||||



## **4. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS** 

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**The Arcanum Foundation** 

**Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 January 2025** 

## **5. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES** 

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 January 2025. 

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