REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1196057
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
FOR
YELLOW WOOD FOUNDATION
PJE Chartered Accountants 2 Oakfield Road Clifton Bristol BS8 2AL
YELLOW WOOD FOUNDATION
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
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Report of the Trustees 1 to 3
Statement of Financial Activities 4
Balance Sheet 5
Notes to the Financial Statements 6 to 10
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YELLOW WOOD FOUNDATION REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 June 2023. 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).
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objectives and aims
The objective of the CIO is the advancement of such objects or purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales in any part of the world and in such manner as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion think fit.
The Yellow Wood Foundation Trustees review the aims, objectives and activities of the charity each year. The Yellow Wood Foundation charity regularly reviews the success of key activities and the benefits the charity has brought to those groups of people that it is set up to help. These reviews also help the Yellow Wood Foundation Trustees ensure the charity's aims, objectives and activities remained focused on its stated purposes. This report reflects on what the charity has achieved and the outcomes of its work in the reporting period.
The trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set.
Grantmaking
(i) Yellow Wood Foundation is governed by a CIO Foundation constitution. The constitution allows the Trustees to use the whole or any part of the fund (income or capital) for such legally charitable purposes as the Trustees in their absolute discretion think fit.
(ii) Yellow Wood Foundation has no Permanent Endowment (funds that legally must be retained) or Restricted Funds (funds that must be applied for a specific purpose).
(iii) The Trustees will have due regard to the provisions of the Charities Act 2011 and the Guidance publications of the Charity Commission.
(iv) The current strategy is for the Foundation capital to be invested to generate income which will be distributed as grants. The size of these will ordinarily be in the range £500-£5000 but this is at the discretion of the Trustees and applications will be considered case by case.
(v) The impact of grants will be monitored by the trustees through reports provided by those organisations in receipt of grants.
(vi) Applications for grants must be made in writing and information must be provided by applicants in the form agreed by the Trustees from time to time. Grants will be approved by the Trustees, quorum of two.
(vii) In carrying out their duties, the Trustees are aware of the need to identify, disclose and manage any conflicts of interest.
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YELLOW WOOD FOUNDATION REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Charitable activities
During the twelve months to 30th June 2023, grants from Yellow Wood Foundation were made to the North Bristol Food Bank, Square Food Foundation, Bristol Association for Neighbourhood Daycare (BAND), inHope (Bristol Churches winter shelter appeal) and Wellspring Counselling. The grants were made to registered charities and focussed on needs local to Bristol for this round of grants. The broad areas of focus were food and housing insecurity, loneliness and isolation, and SEMH challenges.
North Bristol Food Bank: This grant responded to a local appeal sparked by increased call on the Food Bank arising from the demands of the winter period and the wider cost of living crisis.
Square Food Foundation: 'The grant was used to fund our Cooking Connections programme, for adults with learning disabilities and mental health challenges. The course helps students to improve personal and social skills, and explore progression pathways such as volunteering and work. As well as providing learners with a portfolio of affordable, healthy recipes that they can replicate at home, the programme teaches the principles of healthy eating.'
The BAND grant specifically funded a Makaton course allowing it to be free to participants. 'The free Makaton course took place over September-October 2023 and was attended by 12 people (the maximum for this course). The Makaton Foundation Course offers certificated training in the practical use of Makaton for stages 1-4 with symbols. This course is run over 4 sessions and is aimed at people working with children with learning difficulties. The aim is to provide communication opportunities for all. Critically this training programme will allow individual children with learning difficulties to maximise their potential by providing them with a useful tool for communication.
Monitoring of trainees showed that: 17% were from BME background, 94% of participants were female and 6% were non-binary, 50% were aged between 16-24, 25% were between 25-40 and the rest were over 50. We also captured information relating to where trainees worked, this showed that: o 50% in After school clubs
o 25% in Pre-schools o 8% Nurseries o 8% in Holiday Playschemes o 8% were unknown
All participants worked with children who are either disabled or have learning difficulties.'
Bristol Churches Winter Shelter: This grant was a contribution to a sensibly joined-up community response to the need for warm overnight shelter in the coldest months. The council's positive commitment to house all Bristol's homeless in the coldest nights of winter is not activated until the temperature has been close to, or at freezing. The Bristol Churches Winter Shelter helps to provide a community response to the need for shelter at temperatures that are still inhospitable and dangerous but above the official crisis point.
Wellspring Counselling: 'Wellspring Counselling provides low-cost and free counselling to adults and young people. All of our sessions are subsidised so that clients pay what they can afford, based on a sliding scale of fees. The funding from the Yellow Wood Foundation has gone towards providing these subsidies so that people can access quality counselling at a rate that is affordable to them.
Adult clients pay from £10 per session with further reductions available for those in particular financial need. With the cost-of-living increases, we are seeing more and more clients who need further support. Young people's counselling is entirely subsidised, although we do encourage donations.
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YELLOW WOOD FOUNDATION
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
The grant has enabled us to meet our core costs and as one of a number of grants it has meant that we have been able to increase our provision to meet the need we are seeing and cut our waiting times.'
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Principal funding sources
The trustees are grateful for the foundation gift from Tilehouse Trust, in the form of investments held with Heritage Capital Investments which at 30th June 2023 were valued at £460,818.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Recruitment and appointment of new trustees
Apart from the first charity trustees, every charity trustee must be appointed by resolution of the members.
In selecting the individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the members must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered Charity number 1196057
Principal address
46 Monmouth Road Bristol BS7 8LG
Trustees
Mr T Biddle Mrs E C Biddle Mrs L Glenn
Investment advisers
Heritage Capital Management Broadway House Tothill Street London SW1H 9NQ
Approved by order of the board of trustees on ............................................. and signed on its behalf by: 22nd February 2024
................................................................. Mr T Biddle - Trustee
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YELLOW WOOD FOUNDATION
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
| Year Ended 30.6.23 Unrestricted fund Notes £ INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Donations and legacies - Investment income 2 13,321 Total 13,321 EXPENDITURE ON Raising funds 3 1,410 Charitable activities Grants 8,950 Total 10,360 Net gains/(losses) on investments (18,503) NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) (15,542) RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought forward 492,522 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 476,980 |
Period 5.10.21 to 30.6.22 Total funds £ 530,136 6,340 536,476 1,180 4,750 5,930 (38,024) 492,522 - 492,522 |
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The notes form part of these financial statements
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BALANCE SHEET 30 JUNE 2023
YELLOW WOOD FOUNDATION
| 30.6.23 Unrestricted fund Notes £ FIXED ASSETS Investments 5 460,818 CURRENT ASSETS Cash at bank 17,750 CREDITORS Amounts falling due within one year 6 (1,588) NET CURRENT ASSETS 16,162 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 476,980 NET ASSETS 476,980 FUNDS 7 Unrestricted funds 476,980 TOTAL FUNDS 476,980 |
30.6.22 Total funds £ 487,410 6,250 (1,138) 5,112 492,522 492,522 492,522 492,522 |
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The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on ............................................. and were signed on its behalf by:
............................................. Mr T Biddle - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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YELLOW WOOD FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements of the charity, 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 Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, with the exception of investments which are included at market value, as modified by the revaluation of certain assets.
Income
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Expenditure
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end date are noted as a commitment but not accrued as expenditure.
Taxation
The charity is exempt from 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.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
2. INVESTMENT INCOME
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|Investment income|13,317|6,339|
|Interest receivable - trading|4|1|
|13,321|6,340|
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3. RAISING FUNDS
Investment management costs
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|Period|
|5.10.21|
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|30.6.23|30.6.22|
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|Portfolio management|1,410|1,180|
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4. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 30 June 2023 nor for the period ended 30 June 2022.
Trustees' expenses
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 30 June 2023 nor for the period ended 30 June 2022.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
5. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS
| MARKET VALUE At 1 July 2022 Additions Disposals Net gains/(losses) on investments At 30 June 2023 NET BOOK VALUE At 30 June 2023 At 30 June 2022 There were no investment assets outside the UK. |
Listed investments £ 487,410 13,321 (21,410) (18,503) 460,818 460,818 487,410 £ 496,587 £ 525,434 |
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| Historical cost: At 30 June 2023 |
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| At 30 June 2022 |
The investment fund is managed by Heritage Capital Management.
All funds are held in the SVS Heritage Balanced Portfolio Fund. The fund invests in equities and other listed securities, eligible collective investment schemes, investment trusts & companies including Real Estate Investment Trusts, fixed interest securities including government, corporate and convertible bonds, money market instruments and cash or near cash instruments. There are no geographical restrictions on the countries of investment.
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YELLOW WOOD FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
6. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
| Other creditors 7. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS At 1.7.22 £ Unrestricted funds General fund 492,522 TOTAL FUNDS 492,522 Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: Incoming Resources resources expended £ £ Unrestricted funds General fund 13,321 (10,360) TOTAL FUNDS 13,321 (10,360) Comparatives for movement in funds Unrestricted funds General fund TOTAL FUNDS |
30.6.23 30.6.22 £ £ 1,588 1,138 Net movement At in funds 30.6.23 £ £ (15,542) 476,980 (15,542) 476,980 Gains and Movement losses in funds £ £ (18,503) (15,542) (18,503) (15,542) Net movement At in funds 30.6.22 £ £ 492,522 492,522 492,522 492,522 |
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YELLOW WOOD FOUNDATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023
7. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
| Unrestricted funds General fund TOTAL FUNDS |
Incoming resources £ 536,476 536,476 |
Resources expended £ (5,930) (5,930) |
Gains and Movement losses in funds £ £ (38,024) 492,522 (38,024) 492,522 |
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8. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 30 June 2023.
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