## **Green Bean Trust** Report and Accounts for the period ended 31 December 2025 Registered Charity No: 1196167 ## **Green Bean Trust** ## **Legal and administrative information** Trustees: Graham R Barker Professor Michael Askew John Wills Registered Charity No: 1196167 Date established: 28 March 2021 Address: The Old Bakery 4 Stepney Green London E1 3JU Bank: Co-operative Bank plc 1 Balloon Street Manchester M60 4EP ## **Trustees’ report** The Trustees present their report and financial statements for the period ended 31 December 2025. ## **Objectives** Green Bean Trust (the “Trust”) is a registered charity, constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. It was established in 2021 by Graham Barker and his fellow Trustees to support charitable projects for the public benefit under three main strands: architectural and social heritage; woodlands, waterways and natural environments; housing and skills. The area of benefit of the Trust is UK wide, with priority given to applications that will benefit individuals or communities in Leicester, Leicestershire, Tower Hamlets and other inner London boroughs. The Trust is not open to unsolicited applications; instead, the Trustees seek out projects and organisations aligned to the Trust’s objectives and priorities. ## **Activities** In March 2025, it was agreed to provide one grant: ## **Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust (£2,500)** Our grant will enable the publication of a book titled Loughborough Since 1750: A Social and Cultural History. It’s the first major output of a longer-term research project on Loughborough’s history undertaken by volunteers at LVCHT, led by Dr Pam Fisher. The book, which is due to be published in spring 2026, will cover the landscape and boundaries, population, development of the settlement, social character, social organisations, sport, cultural activities, poverty, charity, medical care, education and religious life in the town. LVCHT’s aim is to research and publish a history of every town and village in Leicestershire, from earliest times to the present day. The Loughborough book will be their fifth title, adding to their earlier books on Castle Donington (2016), Buckminster and Sewstern (2017), Ibstock (2020) and Lutterworth (2022). Truste￿ responslbllltles for the flnantial statements Charity law requires theTrustees to prepare financial statements for each finanoal period which show the state of affairs of the charity and of net Income or expenditure of the charity for that period. In preparing those financlal statements, the Trustees are required to.. Selett suitsble accountlng polities and apply them consistently: Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent. Prepare the finanoal statements on a going concern basis. unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation. and State whether applicable accounting stsndards of recommended prattice have been followed subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements. The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records and disclosing with reasonable accurary at anytime the financial position of the charityto enable the Trustees to prepare financial staternents. The Trustees are responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for takin8 reasonable steps for the prevention of fraud and other irregularities. This report was approved by the Trustees on 4 Mardi 2026 and signed on their behalf by: Trustee Trustee ## **Green Bean Trust** ## **Statement of financial activities for the period ended 31 December 2025** ||Notes||| |---|---|---|---| |||2025|2024| |||£|£| |**Income:**|||| |Donations||10,000|10,000| |Dividend income||3,810|3,194| |Interest income||98|81| |**Total income**||**13,908**|**13,275**| |**Expenditure:**|||| |Grants made||2,500|750| |Administration costs||0|0| |**Total expenditure**||**2,500**|**750**| |Net income/(expenditure)||11,408|12,525| |Investment gain/(loss)||9,481|2,465| |Fund balances brought forward||80,095|65,105| |**Fund balances carried forward**||**100,984**|**80,095**| Green Bean Trust Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2025 Notes 2025 2024 Fixed assets: Investments Property, equipment 92,704 73,223 91704 73.223 Current assets: Cash (current and savings accounts) Debtors and prepayments Totsl cur￿nt assets 8,280 6,872 8.280 6,872 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Total net assets Represented by Revenue reserves The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 4 March 2026 and signed on their behalf by.. CLW IL WJ Trustee Trustee ## **Green Bean Trust** ## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025** ## **1 Accounting policies** **Basis of preparation:** The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102), and the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS102 – the Charities SORP (FRS102), as modified for smaller charities. The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity as defined under FRS102. **Accounting for income:** Donations, investment income and sundry income are accounted for on a receipts basis. **Resources expended** are recognised in the period in which costs are incurred. Resources expended include attributable VAT, which cannot be recovered. **Accounting for purchases** with an expected life of more than one year: it has been considered prudent to write off the costs of such items in the year of purchase. **Depreciation** is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of each asset over its expected useful life, as follows: freehold land and property (nil) and fixtures, fittings and equipment (20% straight line). ## **2 Investments** |**As at 31 Dec 2025**
M&G Charity Multi Asset Fund (Income Units)
89,638.601 units at 103.42p
Total
**As at 31 Dec 2024**
M&G Charity Multi Asset Fund (Income Units)
78,878.971 units at 92.83p
Total|**Purchase**
**Market value**
**cost**
**at 31 Dec 2025**
**£**
**£**
80,000
92,704
80,000
92,704
**Purchase**
**Market value**
**cost**
**at 31 Dec 2024**
**£**
**£**
70,000
73,223
70,000
73,223| |---|---| ## **3 Staff numbers and costs** There are no employees. Trustees are not remunerated, but can claim reimbursement of eligible out-of-pocket expenses. No such reimbursements were claimed in 2025.