DoGusign Envelope ID.. 6DcO9BB&2￿l47E5-8cS9￿C07D1BC7G2C Charity registration nutnber.. 1196077 The Leon Crouch Foundation Annual Report and Financial Statemenis for the Year Ended 31 March 2023 DoGusign Envelope ID.. 6DcO9BB&2￿l47E5-8cS9￿C07D1BC7G2C The Leon Crouch Foundation Contents {¢ontinued) Reference and Administraiive Details Trustees, RepLIrt 2to3 Statement of Trustees, Responsibilities Independent Examiner'5 Report Statement of Financial Activities Balance Sheet Cash Flow Statement Notes to the Financial Statements 9t012 DoGusign Envelope ID.. 6DcO9BB&2￿l47E5-8cS9￿C07D1BC7G2C The Leon Crouch Foundation Referen¢e and Administrative Details Trustees H L Leonardi L Z Crouch L A Currie-Crou¢h Charity Regi5trAtion Number 1196077 Prineipal Offiee Greenw(iods Legal Services Limited Queens House 55-56 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LJ Independent Examiner PKF Frallci5 Clark Tommgate House 2-8 Park5tone Road Poole Dorset BH15 2PW Bankers Virgin Money 154-158 Kensington High Street London W8 7RL Page I ## **The Leon Crouch Foundation** ## **Trustees' Report** ## **Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity's trusts** Type of governing document - Deed of Trust How the charity is constituted - Trust Trustee selection methods - Appointed by body of trustees from time-to-time after consideration of their experience and values. No new trustees have been appointed since inception. ## **Additional governance issues** The trustees keep firmly in mind the Settlors wishes as expressed in his testamentary documents. As his family members they take their responsibilities seriously and are mindful of perceived and real conflicts of interest. ## **Objectives and activites** ## **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** Grant making to charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and to other United Kingdom registered charities. ## **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects** The charity has made grants to UK registered charities in line with a resolution signed by the trustees to a range of charities, primarily supporting vulnerable people and also providing them with educational pursuits. This has principally been in the Lymington area of Hampshire. In addition, a substantial one off donation was made to Oakhaven Hospice, a trust which the Deceased settlor expressly requested be supported. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities** The trustees have a Grant Making Policy which has not been amended since the trust was registered. The Trustees remain satisfied with the policy and have it firmly in mind when considering grants, although they have agreed to waive it certain circumstances in light of the Deceased’s wishes and also in light of the financial circumstances many charities found themselves in during the year. ## **Achievements and performance** ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** The charity has succeeded in making large grants to a charity which provides palliative care in support of a major project to provide such care to more individuals in need of that support. In addition, a large number of grants have been made to wide ranging additional charities which do a range of important work in the locality of the Deceased’s home. ## **Financial review** ## **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** The charity considers that it wishes to distribute funds to good causes rather than keep reserves and incur costs in the long term running of the charity. ## **Details of any funds materially in deficit** N/A Page 2 DoGusign Envelope ID.. 6DcO9BB&2￿l47E5-8cS9￿C07D1BC7G2C The Leon Crouch Foundation Trustees, Report {¢ontinued) Further financial review detai15 The trllstee5 have no intention of implementing an investment policy, instead wishing to distribute funds to charitable cause5. 08 January 2026 The annual report was approved by the trnstees of the charity on.................... and siglled on its behalf by.. Do¢uSWby'. O￿A¢￿eF4￿*............. H L Lconardi Tru%t¢¢ Page 3 DoGusign Envelope ID.. 6DcO9BB&2￿l47E5-8cS9￿C07D1BC7G2C The Leon Crouch Foundation Statement of Trustees, Responsibilities The trustees are responsible for preparing the tru5tees' report and the financial stateinents in accordance with the United Kingdom Accout]ting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting PTacticel and applicable law and Tegulations. The law applicable to charities requires the trustees to prepare tinancial staiements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to.. select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently,. observe the methods and principles in the Chaiitie5 SORP; make judgements and estimates thai are reasonable and pwdent; state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statcmcnts; and prepare the financial stateinents on the going concem basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable ac¢uracy at any timc thc financial po.%ition of thc charity and cnablc thcm to cnsurc that the flnancial statcmcnts comply with thc Charitics Act 2011, thc Charitics {Account% and Rcportsl Rcgulation% 2008, and thc provi%ion% of thc con%titution. Thc trustccs arc al%0 rc8pon8iblc for safeguarding the a%sct% of thc charity and hcncc for taking rca%onablc stcps for thc prcvcntion and dctcction of fraud and othcr irrcgularitics. The trustees ale responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corpoiate and financial infomjation Included on the ch(￿ltable company's website. Legisldtion ¥OVeTning the piepaiatitsn and dibsemination of finG￿¢la1 statementb. m