CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examinerfs Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
The Barr Foundation
On accounts for the year
ended
31 October 2024
Charity no
lif any)
1191799
Set out on pagos
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("Ihe Trust'l for the year ended 3111012024.
Responsibilities and
basis of report
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
I'the Ad'}.
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust'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 145(51(b> of the Act.
Independent
examiner's ststement
ap*11. Delete I l if not applicable.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come lo my attention in connection with the examination (other than that
disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act., or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records," or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
oncerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
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 to be reached.
Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
2710812025
Name:
SHYAM PADHIAR
IER
Oct 2018
Relevant professional
qualificationls} or body
{if any):
Address:
TAYLER BRADSHAW LTD, CAMBRIDGE HOUSE,
16 HIGH STREET, SAFFRON WALDEN,
ESSEX. CB10 1AX
Section B
Disclosure
Only Gomplete If the examiner needs lo highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018
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REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1191799
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## **`REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND`**
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UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2024
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## **`FOR`**
## **`THE BARR FOUNDATION`**
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Tayler Bradshaw
Cambridge House
16 High Street
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB10 1AX
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## **`CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2024`**
|||**`Page`**||
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|**`Report of the Trustees`**||`1`||
|**`Statement of Financial Activities`**||`2`||
|**`Balance Sheet`**||`3`||
|**`Notes to the Financial Statements`**|`4`|`to`|`6`|
|**`Detailed Statement of Financial Activities`**||`7`||
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## **`REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES`**
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2024`**
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Thetrusteespresenttheirreportwiththefinancialstatementsofthecharityfortheyearended31October 2024.
ThetrusteeshaveadoptedtheprovisionsofAccountingandReportingbyCharities:Statementof Recommended
PracticeapplicabletocharitiespreparingtheiraccountsinaccordancewiththeFinancialReporting Standard
applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
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## **`STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT`**
## **`Governing document`**
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The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust and constitutes an unincorporated charity.
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## **`REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number`**
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1191799
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## **`Principal address`**
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Grove House
Pensile Road
Nailsworth
Gloucestershire
GL6 0AL
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## **`Trustees`**
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Mrs S Barr
J Cooper
P J Blythe
Ms A Forbes
T Forsyth
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Approved by order of the board of trustees on 27 August 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
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Mrs S Barr - Trustee
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## **`THE BARR FOUNDATION`**
## **`STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`**
## **`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2024`**
|||**`31/10/24`**|`31/10/23`|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**`Unrestricted`**|`Total`|
|||**`fund`**|`funds`|
||`Notes`|**`£`**|`£`|
|**`EXPENDITURE ON`**||||
|`Raising funds`|`2`|**`900`**|`900`|
|**`NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)`**||**`(900)`**|`(900)`|
|**`RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS`**||||
|`Total funds brought forward`||**`74,700`**|`75,600`|
|**`TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD`**||**`73,800`**|`74,700`|
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The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **`THE BARR FOUNDATION`**
## **`BALANCE SHEET`**
## **`31 OCTOBER 2024`**
|||**`31/10/24`**|`31/10/23`|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**`Unrestricted`**|`Total`|
|||**`fund`**|`funds`|
||`Notes`|**`£`**|`£`|
|**`CURRENT ASSETS`**||||
|`Cash at bank`||**`73,800`**|`74,700`|
|**`NET CURRENT ASSETS`**||**`73,800`**|`74,700`|
|**`TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES`**||**`73,800`**|`74,700`|
|**`NET ASSETS`**||**`73,800`**|`74,700`|
|**`FUNDS`**|`5`|||
|`Unrestricted funds`||**`73,800`**|`74,700`|
|**`TOTAL FUNDS`**||**`73,800`**|`74,700`|
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ThefinancialstatementswereapprovedbytheBoardofTrusteesandauthorisedforissueon27August2025 and
were signed on its behalf by:
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S Barr - Trustee
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The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **`NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2024`**
## **`1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES`**
## **`Basis of preparing the financial statements`**
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Thefinancialstatementsofthecharity,whichisapublicbenefitentityunderFRS102,havebeen prepared
inaccordancewiththeCharitiesSORP(FRS102)'AccountingandReportingbyCharities:Statement of
RecommendedPracticeapplicableto charitiespreparingtheiraccountsinaccordancewiththe Financial
ReportingStandardapplicableintheUKandRepublicofIreland(FRS102)(effective1January 2019)',
FinancialReportingStandard102'TheFinancialReportingStandardapplicableintheUKandRepublic of
Ireland'andtheCharitiesAct 2011.Thefinancialstatementshavebeenpreparedunderthehistorical cost
convention.
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## **`Expenditure`**
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Liabilitiesarerecognisedasexpenditureassoonasthereisalegalorconstructiveobligation committing
thecharitytothatexpenditure,itisprobablethatatransferofeconomicbenefitswillberequired in
settlementandtheamountoftheobligationcanbemeasuredreliably.Expenditureisaccountedfor on
anaccrualsbasisandhasbeenclassifiedunderheadingsthataggregateallcostrelatedtothe category.
Wherecostscannotbedirectlyattributedtoparticularheadingstheyhavebeenallocatedtoactivities on
a basis consistent with the use of resources.
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## **`Taxation`**
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The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
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## **`Fund accounting`**
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Unrestrictedfundscanbeusedinaccordancewiththecharitableobjectivesatthediscretionof the
trustees.
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Restrictedfundscanonlybeusedforparticularrestrictedpurposeswithintheobjectsofthe charity.
Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
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Furtherexplanationofthenatureandpurposeofeachfundisincludedinthenotestothe financial
statements.
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## **`2. RAISING FUNDS`**
## **`Raising donations and legacies`**
||**`31/10/24`**|`31/10/23`|
|---|---|---|
||**`£`**|`£`|
|`Support costs`|**`900`**|`900`|
## **`3. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS`**
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Therewerenotrustees'remunerationorotherbenefitsfortheyearended31October2024norforthe year
ended 31 October 2023.
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## **`Trustees' expenses`**
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Therewerenotrustees'expensespaidfortheyearended31October2024norfortheyear ended
31 October 2023.
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## **`NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2024`**
## **`4. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`**
|**`COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||`Unrestricted`|
|||||`fund`|
|||||`£`|
|**`EXPENDITURE ON`**|||||
|`Raising funds`||||`900`|
|**`NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)`**||||`(900)`|
|**`RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS`**|||||
|`Total funds brought forward`||||`75,600`|
|**`TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD`**||||`74,700`|
|**`MOVEMENT IN FUNDS`**|||||
||||`Net`||
||`At`||`movement`|`At`|
||`1/11/23`||`in funds`|`31/10/24`|
||`£`||`£`|`£`|
|**`Unrestricted funds`**|||||
|`General fund`|**`74,700`**||**`(900)`**|**`73,800`**|
|**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|**`74,700`**||**`(900)`**|**`73,800`**|
|`Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:`|||||
||`Incoming`||`Resources`|`Movement`|
||`resources`||`expended`|`in funds`|
||`£`||`£`|`£`|
|**`Unrestricted funds`**|||||
|`General fund`||**`-`**|**`(900)`**|**`(900)`**|
|**`TOTAL FUNDS`**||**`-`**|**`(900)`**|**`(900)`**|
|**`Comparatives for movement in funds`**|||||
||||`Net`||
||`At`||`movement`|`At`|
||`1/11/22`||`in funds`|`31/10/23`|
||`£`||`£`|`£`|
|**`Unrestricted funds`**|||||
|`General fund`|`75,600`||`(900)`|`74,700`|
|**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`75,600`||`(900)`|`74,700`|
## **`5. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS`**
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## **`NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2024`**
## **`5. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued`**
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Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
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||`Incoming`|`Resources`|`Movement`|
|---|---|---|---|
||`resources`|`expended`|`in funds`|
||`£`|`£`|`£`|
|**`Unrestricted funds`**||||
|`General fund`|`-`|`(900)`|`(900)`|
|**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`-`|`(900)`|`(900)`|
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A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
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|**`Unrestricted funds`**
`General fund`
**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`Net`
`At`
`movement`
`At`
`1/11/22`
`in funds`
`31/10/24`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`75,600`
`(1,800)`
`73,800`
`75,600`
`(1,800)`
`73,800`|`Net`
`At`
`movement`
`At`
`1/11/22`
`in funds`
`31/10/24`
`£`
`£`
`£`
`75,600`
`(1,800)`
`73,800`
`75,600`
`(1,800)`
`73,800`|
|---|---|---|
|||`73,800`|
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Acurrentyear12monthsandprioryear12monthscombinednetmovementinfunds,includedin the
above are as follows:
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||`Incoming`|`Resources`|`Movement`|
|---|---|---|---|
||`resources`|`expended`|`in funds`|
||`£`|`£`|`£`|
|**`Unrestricted funds`**||||
|`General fund`|`-`|`(1,800)`|`(1,800)`|
|**`TOTAL FUNDS`**|`-`|`(1,800)`|`(1,800)`|
## **`6. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES`**
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There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 October 2024.
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## **`THE BARR FOUNDATION`**
|**`DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES`**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**`FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2024`**||||||
||`31/10/24`||`31/10/23`|||
||`£`||`£`|||
|**`INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS`**||||||
|**`Total incoming resources`**||**`-`**|||`-`|
|**`EXPENDITURE`**||||||
|**`Support costs`**||||||
|**`Governance costs`**||||||
|`Auditors' remuneration for non audit work`||**`900`**||`900`||
|`Total resources expended`||**`900`**||`900`||
|**`Net expenditure`**|**`(900)`**||`(900)`|||
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This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
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