The Bowles Charitable Trust Report and Financial Statements th April 5 , 2026
The Bowles Charitable Trust ort and Fin2neiaI Statements 5 A ril 2026 INDEX Trustees Report Independent Examiner's Report Statcment of Financial Activities Not¢s
The Bowles Charitable Trust Allnual Re ort for the ear6A riI 2025 to 5 A ri12026 The Bowl¢s Charitable Trust - Register Charity- No. 1201093 Located Tibbs Court 0&8t, Cryals Roa( Brenchley* Kent, TN12 7AW Trustees CUct Trustees.. Peter Bowles - Chainnan Nan L¢slie Bowles Kim Louise Bowl&s George Frederick Bowles Char1&8 Henry Bowlcs Indepeudellt Examiner: Trevor James FCA, DChA, FCIE Bankers.. Virgin Money 154-158 Kensington High Street London W8 7RL l. Structurfy Governanee and Management The constitution of the charity is set out in the Deed of Trust. The Charity has 5 tNstees, and are all family member& No members of the charity are paid for their services. 2. Objective5 Th¢ objects of the charity are to advancg such charitable purposes &8 the trustees see fit from time to time by making grants to other charities 3. Activities and Achievements During the year the charity has made various grants made up of the following.. The Dovedale Cenlr¢ - £14,695 RNLI - £1,000 Crad(eriacks Children's Trust-£500 Combat Stress- £1,500 Prostate Cancer- £1,500 Alzheimer's - £1,500 The Community Storehouse - £3,000 Crisis at Christmas - £1,000
- FinaDeiAI Revle At the end of the reporting period the ¢harity had reserve fiu)ds of £368,188. Funds Are invasted with a fund manager whi¢h products an ongoing ititome str¢am to aIlow th¢ charity to fiuthcr its aim5. Apart from income from the inv¢stmcnt the othcr PTincipal source of funds is dooations from the truste&8. The attAched accounts for the year ended P April 2026 arc prcpar•J on a receipts and payments basi&
- Plans for the Future To continue to provid¢ dwitablc giving to ch*itics and organisations that ¢ome to the attcntiou of the trustees. Approval Th¢ rcport was approv by the Trustees on S r> 2oz& Peter Bowle5
THE BOWLES CHAIUTABLE TRUST INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED Independent Examiner's Report to the TN$te¢s of Th¢ Bowles Charilable Trttst I report to tbe charity Tru51ees on my exllmination of the counts of the Chariry for the period 21 Novernber 2025 10 5 April 2026. This report Is made solely to the Charity's Irustecs, as a body, in accordance with s¢ciion 154 of the Charities Act 2011. My illdepcndent eyaminer's iyork h(Is been undertaken so Ihat I mi8ht state lo the charity's truslees those matters I am required to Slate to them in an independeni examiner's report and for rLO oth¢r puTrose. To the rullesl exienl p¢miitted by law I do not 8Lcept or assume responsibility io anyone other thon the cbarity, the charity's members as a body and the ehaTily's trusleey as body for my indendent examiners work for this repor4 or for the opinions I have formed. Re$poD51bllllles and Basls of Rèport As th¢ Truslces of the Charity you are responsible for lh¢ preparnlion of thc accounts in accordance with the requlretnenis of th¢ Charitics Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act". ). I report in respect of my examination of th¢ Chority's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 act and iTh carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions 8iven by the Chariiy Cortlrnission under section 145 (5) ( b ) ot" Ihe2011 Act IDdependeot Exomlners Stxtement I have completed my exgmination. I confim) that no matters have come w my attention in connection with th¢ exatninalion giving me cause to believe thttt in any maicrial respect . aL'countin¥ r¢cord5 were not kept in respect of th¢ Charity required by section 130 ofthe ?01 l Act., or the e¢counts do not 8ccord with those records. or 3. the accounts do noi comply WI Ihe applicablc requirrmen15 collLvming the fonn and content of the acCoLts sei out in the Charities (A018 and Reports ) Regulations 2008 other than any requiremenl tlial the accounLg giive a'true and fair, view which is not a matter co81dered as part ol'an independent ¢x8mli1Io. I have no concerns and have come aeross no other matters in conrteetson with tlie eyamination io whiel) atteniion should be drawn in this report in ord¢r to enabl¥ li proper understanding of the accounts to be reachcd. Signed D&ted Trevor James fcA, DChA, FCIE
Statement of Financial Activities for the period 06 April 2025 to 5 April 2026 202 Tot21 . 2025 Total Income Donation P & N Bowles Donation Karen Vidl¢r Trust Gift Aid Recovered Rathbone Interest Gain on Sate of Investments 40,000 52,500 5,500 14,500 13.125 10,438 9,902 23,415 Total Incorne 93 853 75 527 Expenditure S¢¢ pag¢ 314 Charity Distribution 24,695 18.000 Investment Management Fees Bank Charges Independent Examination Fee 2,710 58 2,480 352 Total Expenditure N¢t Incom¢ (Exp¢nditurc) in this Period 66,390 54.695
Balance Sheet at 05 A ril 2026 2026 2025 Assets Virgin Bank Account 63242 17,731 Rathbone C&8h Rathbone Investment at cost 199269 3,675 105,903 280,792 Liabilities A¢¢ruals 226 400 Assets less liabilities Total 368 188 302 197 Accumulated Funds 2026 2025 Opening Funds Unrestricted Funds 301,798 247,103 Movement of Reserves In the Year 66,390 54,695 Closing Funds Unrestricted Funds 368 188 301798
Notes to the Statement of Financial Activities for the ril 2025. eriod to l. AecountfiDg Policies The stat¢ment of financial activities has been prepared on an rcccipts & pawients ' basis 2. Restricted Funds There are no restricted fimds in this sd of account. 3. Trustees Remuneration None of the Trustees received any remun¢ration during the year. 4. Cash at Hand This charity holds no c&sh in hand 5. ComD]itments There are no capital commitm¢nts.