The Bowles Charitable Trust
Report and Financial Statements
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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
CU￿c￿t 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

4. 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&
5. 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$te¢s of Th¢ Bowles Charilable Trttst
I report to tbe charity Tru51ees on my exllmination of the ￿counts of the Chariry for
the period 21 Novernber 2025 10 5 April 2026.
This report Is made solely to the Charity's Irustecs, as a body, in accordance with
s¢ciion 154 of the Charities Act 2011. My illdepcndent eyaminer's iyork h(Is been
undertaken so Ihat I mi8ht state lo the charity's truslees those matters I am required to
Slate to them in an independeni examiner's report and for rLO oth¢r puTrose. To the
rullesl exienl p¢miitted by law I do not 8Lcept or assume responsibility io anyone
other thon the cbarity, the charity's members as a body and the ehaTily's trusleey as
body for my inde￿ndent examiners work for this repor4 or for the opinions I have
formed.
Re$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 acCoL￿ts sei out in the Charities (A￿0￿￿18 and
Reports ) Regulations 2008 other than any requiremenl tlial the accounLg giive
a'true and fair, view which is not a matter co￿81dered as part ol'an
independent ¢x8mli￿1Io￿.
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.