
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 26 April 2024 To  25 April 2025** 

**Charity name: McGrath Taylor Family Charitable Trust Charity registration number: 1203691** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To hold the capital and income upon trust to<br>apply the income and all or such parts of the<br>capital at such time or times and in such a<br>manner to or for the benefit of such<br>exclusively charitable objects and purposes<br>in any part of the world as the Trustees may<br>in their absolute discretion think fit.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|In furtherance of the charity’s objects for the<br>public benefit the trustees provide grants.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|In determining the charity’s activities, the<br>trustees have had regard to the Charity<br>Commission’s guidance on public benefit.|





## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment Para 1.38 including program related investment Contribution made by Para 1.38 volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|During the year under review the charity<br>made grants to the following charities<br>totalling £101,212.<br><br>St Georges Weybridge<br><br>Sheffield Hallam University<br><br>Vaujani Ski Adapte<br><br>Children on the Edge<br><br>The Kings Trust<br><br>ESF Vaujany School<br><br>British Paralympic Association<br><br>Multiple Sclerosis UK Limited|





## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other 

## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|In addition to the free reserves the charity<br>has bank balances of £100,769 (2024:<br>£213,307) and investments valued at<br>£148,100 within the expendable endowment<br>fund which can be released to support the<br>activities of the charity.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Trustees pursue a policy of maintaining<br>a free reserve available to be spent in the<br>furtherance of the charity’s objectives as<br>well as covering future needs, opportunities,<br>contingencies and risks.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|At the end of the reporting period the charity<br>had<br>free reserves of £7,762<br>(2024:<br>£1,204).|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|No funds in deficit|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|





## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

The charity’s principal Para 1.47 sources of funds (including any fundraising) Investment policy and Para 1.46 objectives including any social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Expendable endowment funds are those which are required to be invested to produce Other income, but which may be transferred to unrestricted funds at the discretion of the trustees in order that they may be expended in furtherance of the charity’s objectives. Unrestricted income funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes. 



|**Structure, Governance and Management**|**Structure, Governance and Management**|**Structure, Governance and Management**|
|---|---|---|
|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Trust deed dated 25 April 2023|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?|Para 1.25|Trust|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed by the trustees from<br>time to time.|
|**Additional information (optional)**<br>Youmay choosetoincludefurtherstatementswhererelevantabout:|||
|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51|No trustee received any remuneration or<br>was reimbursed any expenses in the year<br>under review.<br>Ludlow Trust Company Ltd was paid £1,240<br>(2024: £1,728) for trust administration and<br>cash management during the year under<br>review.  These fees are authorised under<br>clause 9 of the trust deed.|
|Other|||





## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|McGrath Taylor Family Charitable Trust|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|None|
|Registered charity number|1203691|
|Charity’s principal address|Ludlow Trust Company<br>First Floor<br>Tower Wharf<br>Cheese Lane<br>Bristol<br>BS20JJ|



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3|**Trustee name**<br> Ludlow Trust<br>CompanyLtd<br> Christopher William<br>Cole<br>Kathryn Anne Cole|**Office (if any)**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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||Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved<br>**Director name**<br>Gary St John Collins<br>Walter Duncan Coxon<br>Ali Reza Sarikhani<br>Ziba Christina Sakine<br>Sarikhani<br>Christopher Ian Thurlow<br>Matthew John Wickers<br>John Stephen Dennis<br>(Resigned 25/10/2024)||||||
||**Director name**||||||
||Gary St John Collins||||||
||Walter Duncan Coxon||||||
||Ali Reza Sarikhani||||||
||Ziba Christina Sakine<br>Sarikhani||||||
||Christopher Ian Thurlow||||||
||Matthew John Wickers||||||
||John Stephen Dennis||(Resigned 25/10/2024)||||



Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets<br>held in this capacity|N/A|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own assets|N/A|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
|---|---|---|
|**Type of adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|||
|**Investment Managers**|Seven Investment<br>Management LLP|1 Angel Court, London EC2R 7HJ|
|**Bankers**|Seven Investment<br>Management LLP|1 Angel Court, London EC2R 7HJ|
|**Accountants**|Charter Tax Consulting<br>Limited|8th Floor, 1 Southampton St, London<br>WC2R 0LR|
|**Independent**<br>**examinator**|James O’Rourke|Blue Spire Limited, Cawley Priory, South<br>Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1SY|



**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Stuart Robinson **Position (eg Secretary,** On behalf of Ludlow Trust **Chair, etc)** Company Limited (Trustee) **Date** 24 February 2026 



||**McGrath Taylor Family Charitable Trust**|**McGrath Taylor Family Charitable Trust**|**McGrath Taylor Family Charitable Trust**|**1203691**|**1203691**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**<br>**from**|26/04/2024<br>Period start date|**To**||25/04/2025<br>Period end date||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**2,018**<br>**6,201**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> <br> <br>**8,219**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**8,219**<br>**101,212**<br>**-**<br>**1,081**<br>**160**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **102,453**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**102,453**<br>**-                94,234**<br>**100,792**<br>**1,204**<br>**7,762**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**100,000**<br>**12,500**<br>**112,500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**112,500**<br>**-**<br>**673**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**673**<br>**123,573**<br>**-**<br>**123,573**<br>**124,246**<br>**-                11,746**<br>**-              100,792**<br>**213,307**<br>**100,769**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**2,018**<br>**6,201**<br>**100,000**<br>**12,500**<br>**120,719**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**120,719**<br>**101,212**<br>**673**<br>**1,081**<br>**160**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**103,126**<br>**123,573**<br>**-**<br>**123,573**<br>**226,699**<br>**-              105,980**<br>**-**<br>**214,511**<br>**108,531**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Income from investments|**2,018**|||||**-**|
|Interest received|**6,201**|||||**1,312**|
|Additions from settlor|**-**|||||**218,010**|
|HMRC Gift Aid|**-**|||||**53,750**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br> <br>**8,219**|||||**273,072**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
|Sale of investments|**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**273,072**|
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|Grants awarded|**101,212**|||||**28,833**|
|Investment Manager Fees|**-**|||||**-**|
|Trust administration fees|**1,081**|||||**1,620**|
|Cash Management Charges|**160**|||||**108**|
|Trust set upfee|**-**|||||**3,000**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**102,453**|||||**33,561**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
|Investmentpurchases|**-**|||||**25,000**|
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**25,000**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**58,561**|
||||||||
||**-                94,234**|**-**|**-                11,746**||**-              105,980**|**214,511**|
||**100,792**||**-              100,792**||**-**|**-**|
||**1,204**||**213,307**||**214,511**|**-**|
||**7,762**|**-**|**100,769**||**108,531**|**214,511**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

24/02/2026 

1 



|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Capital account<br>Income account<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Investment portfolio<br>**Details**<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**7,762**<br>**-**<br>**7,762**<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Endowment**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|||||**100,769**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**100,769**|
|||||OK|
|||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|||||**148,100**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
||||||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||



Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

Signature 


|Print Name<br>Stuart Robinson on behalf of Ludlow<br>Trust CompanyLimited(Trustee)|Date of<br>approval|2026|
|---|---|---|
|Stuart Robinson on behalf of Ludlow<br>Trust CompanyLimited(Trustee)|24 February||
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

24/02/2026 

2 



## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of McGrath Taylor Family Charitable Trust** 

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 25 April 2025 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). 

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 

2. the accounts do not accord with those records. 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 


24 February 2026 James O’Rourke FCA Date Blue Spire Limited Cawley Priory South Pallant Chichester West Sussex PO19 1SY 

