REGISTERED CHARITY I¥UMBER: J204728
TRU￿ES, REPORT AND
AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2•24
FOR
THE CHARIXS & ELSIE SYKLS TRusr {cio)

THE CHARLES & ELSIE SYl￿s TRUST (CIO)
COI¥TENTS OF THE FINAI¥CIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Pw
Refernn¢¢ and Ad￿th￿rA￿ve Det
TnJtheJ' Report
3 to 13
Report of the IndependeD¢ A¥Ohors
14 to 17
Statrment of FJn*lleW Aellvltks
Statenb•nt of Fkn*tsetsl PO￿11￿￿
19
St*teth¢nt •1 Cath Flowi
20
No¢•8 to the St*teme*t of C*th Flg
21
IYote# to the FlTh*md•l Statemeots
22 ts 35
D¢tAlJed 5¢*temeDt ofFln*id*l Atthld
36

THE CHARLES & EISIE SYKLS TRUST (CIO)
REFERENCE AI¥D ADMINISTRATIVE DETAIIS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2•
TRUSTEES
Mr D S Mead ((kn)
MrRBKay
mrssLB￿b
Mr S Ruthion
Dr D J l*inh8
Mr8 N J Mctttr
MrNCRust
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS
FIM FkK
The Exchang¢
North Yorksbir¢
HGI ITS
REGISTERED CHARITY
NUMBER
1204728
AUDITORS
HPH A¢countaTbts LLP
Conyngham Ilall Ilusin¢sJ C¢
Bond End
NortFL Yorksbiwe
HG5 9AY
CAF B•Dk
25 Kings Hill Avenuc
Kitigs Hill
we￿ Mthllin8
ME194JQ
SOLICITORS & SECREfARY
N¢il J S￿w. LLB TEP
LCF Law
Thc Exeb*tt8e
Ststion P*Tade
HGI ITS
ACCOUNTANTS & TREASURER John P GarbY￿ BA (Honsl FCA
DSC
T￿le15all Housc
East Parath
H*rro8ate
HGI 5LT
5 Broadgate
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THE CItARLES & ELSIE SYKES TRusr {cIo)
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAllS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2•24
CUSTODIAN TRUSTSE
UBS AG
Newca#k BT8nch
6th FI￿r
Citygat¢ I
Newcamle upon Tyn¢
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THE CHARI￿$ & EISIE SYKES TRUST {CIO)
TRUSTEES. REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The tr￿slee3 present their repcrft with the fiThancial statements of the ¢hariry for the ye4r ended 31 D¢c¢Jnber 2024. The
In￿8 hav¢ adopted the PTQ¥iSiOn5 of Accounting and Rqmjrting by Charitie5.' Stattmcnl of Recommended Practice
•ppli¢able to ¢htiTities preT￿ill8 their aCc¢M￿lI in g¢¢ordAnce with the Fintincial RetAirbn8 Standard ylicable in the
UK Irtd Republic of Ir¢land (FRS 102) lefftttive l JaDU8ry 20191.
BACKGROUND
Charlcs Sykes 8laned his ctrttr hs an office kny at th¢ w of I￿1v< becknbc a SDCfLsthI businessman in thc Wesl
Riding knitting wool trade with hi8 QWIL four-8w mill * Pn"n¢evillc. Bradf(xd. H¢ n¢v¢r f(rgoi his Toots md pled8¢d
thai if he everbecarnc wcalthy he wou]d help tr#)8¢ in disttess who had J>ot b¢ffl as fornmate 08 himself.
He aehitved his lif¢ wnbiiion in kis eighty.sccoThl yw whcn be lautKheJ The Cbarles Sykes Trnst ott 16 December
1954. Ile thed In 1967 18ed tiiDety-four his widow Elsit wntittutyj IJJS ¢lwitJble work for whicFL shc wL% owardcd
the OBE. The Tn￿ renamed followi￿ ht¥death in 1987 ID rec￿li10n ofbtt l￿]d¢￿ble Contrib￿10￿.
The origiNI capitsl sum of th¢ TnLSt has been in¢r¢ased over the yeBn by sub8thnti•l donation8 from various 8ouree8
including Mr and Mrs Sykes, and $ignificatst ¢OtitribJtioDs from th¢ lat¢ William Powell •nd Miss l L M¢Dowall. The
Trust is ￿]11 willing to receive dots•tioll4 from any pcThonls) who with to WPPOn s￿d works by Itiviti8 a EAuest or
domting pernU￿1 c8Pit•L to ￿ active. eff￿gIve. pnxl¢ntty rw) ¢bArity.
Th¢ tru# became a CJO on the IS Sepiernber 21r23.
OBJEcfivLS AND A￿lTIEs
ObJe¢dvu *Dd *lmi
The objectives are to distriiNrte the wtrKsle of each y*8 afte¥ ¢Xpen￿ ari8in8 the *ttled endowment
arnon8St r¢Bifjt¢r¢d ¢h4riti¢4 *¢ the 8bEolutc diBcrthon of the
The mlin Ktivity undertAkth itt order to f<hi¢v¢ the4e objecliva meetin8$ throug1￿1 the year ID order to
ev4luaie inv¢mettt Ixrfornthnce. w11¢atso￿ distribute 8rnnts in *CoTd8n￿ with th¢ ￿11¢1¢& d¢toiled in
this rwrt. The trustees also rc•d ¢Ones￿n￿ from appli¢Ants. knd make visits to pa81 and potential ipplicants in
Order to uttders￿nd thc nature of the clwitabl¢ activitie8 wmlenkn, Itsl Jr¢ b¢in8 spcnt in IiD¢ with
the Sykes Tn￿t'S objeclives.
The Trust's aim 1$ to ¥Up￿ clwitable ￿1Vity tn litie with the Tnuei fonstitytsofy with i fo¢￿ on Y(**thirt. li Alms
to do thi8 by:
l} M8naging the TnuV$ reserves wd]. in oTd¢T to yin inc•)me whKh thth be distributed. The Tn¥t
m¢•sur¢s it$ pttformancc D8ains¢ a custOmiBed pwrfolio b¢Khrn•rk.
21 Assessing *M>lie￿i£￿ for funding to £Dsure the beDefii of the dirtribuf¢d Ar¢ moximi5¢d auoss the area
•ttd icrosj charithble sect¢m. Tr Tnui meawres ils p¢rfomMTKe with reference to IKbW many •ppli¢iiion8 which fit the
Trust's criteria hav¢ be¢n aDd whether 8r￿ts hDve been made in lia¢ with the budget.
The Trust docs not fo¢us on on¢ 8pe¢ific issue lx ¢h*rit•ble sedoT. it uch application for fiD¥Jing on its ow
merits. However the￿ is a pref¢reDce for those rwjses whidl relieve the hardship of cbildttN the elder]y and those witb
di$abiliti¢8 for meth'c41 rtscw¢h projects ￿ local cliaritabk projects iDvolvitig nw8Ac linked to education and
a¢¢essikn'lity of thc Icu fortunlltr to musical ev￿.
Achievement of these aims will maxiM￿e the iwome ¥vailabl¢ lo distnTr*ute. th￿8 a¢hieving the objectives set out in the
TTU# Deed. The Trust ha5 operated in this way for y¢aT8 and wbilst regularfy rxonsidering th¢ strategy. il is still
Publle bethefit
The eonsideted the general guidance ￿ wblir benefft i&wed by th¢ Charity Commission in ¢8rryitig out its
objectivts and a¢tivities aod in delivering publi¢ benefii to the many Ill￿1￿1}0￿$ provided with fiDancial 8nd genernl
belp and are 5ati8fied that the (*J"ective$ fall uttder the Provisi￿ of the Chan"tt"e8 Act 2011.
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THE cHAR￿s & EISIE SYKLS TRUST (CIO)
TRUSTEES. REPORT
FOR THE YEAR EIYDED 31 DECEMBER 2•24
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
Every year th¢ Tn￿t re¢¢ives o)any nxqe 41plic•tiotis foT frorn worthy cawes than it could possibly 5ati&fy. The
¢ru5ttts aim to review all App]ic8ti0tts which fit the rcquirtments of the Tnut. in order d¢t¢m)tne those most in t)e¢d
of ￿ts. A is set each year by th¢ tr¢aswu thking into accoutti the Teserve Tequiretnents of the Trust. Thc
budgei is ayeed by the Tn￿te￿, who the￿ aim to merf thatbud8et whth wnt ttthking.
During th¢ yw 436 12023.. 402) •ppli¢atiths were tte¢ived. Of thex. 23 (2023.. 57) did rn¢d th¢ Tw$t'$
TequiT¢ments. The most frequent re8wns for this wcre.. accounts w¢rc not proTrided; the applicant had no YorkGhiT¢, OT
Diedicai li))k,. the relevatti 8ppIic8tion fonn (aY8ilablt at WTllV.C
w•s Tr)t
¢ompleted' or. the application was for a buildin8 tDaint¢Dan¢¢ pmjecl. 413 (2023: 345) 4plicatiotis wert wraised by
the trusteei in the year. being l(W o(¢lw'bk •pplK•tsoms.
The trusttts ?im to wnlinu¢ ro a8K88 0114ylic4tioM whieh fit the wuiromL¥ts of th¢ Trult and to make 8rBnts in ITD¢
with cach committ¢¢'s budgeL
For ￿rther detsii on thc achicvcmcDts of th¢ Iw 8T2nts m•d¢ thwing the ye8T. the tto* fol]owiti8 the Irusi¢e8 report
di5ciosc5 8rants of £5.000 and over.
An thAlysis Of th¢ 8r•nl3 b¢￿ell the various utewi¢8 of Ch￿ltieS durirtB the year endtsj 31 December
2024 i¥n be in no* 5 of the ac¢oun
Inv¢8tsDMt poU¢y and performinee
A6 a minimwn, the investmcnt Subcommittee with the invcJknMi •dvig)rJ on 8 quartwly b•si$ ¢0 ¢n8uTe the
portfoliu is kepi in line wilh the Trust'5 investment p)licy.
The investment poii¢y of the Tnwt is the enb￿cement and the Pre*￿10￿ of the real ￿lue of the t￿1￿1 Ind ineome
of ih¢ Trujt by investment in a w¢ll4th"versified ponfolio of bigh quality a55ets. ID pw5uiI of this p)licy the rnRjority of
the invesknent is in ¢quitie& 4pproximittly hlf of wbi¢b are UK equiti¢s. Th¢ p(ofolio m•nd•¢c is for 4 lon8-t¢rn]
diKr¢tion4ry Portfolio aiming ¢0 ￿h1¢ye i rniXDJre of capithl and income Th¢ inveth)¢nt advisorA of the trusl
t]￿SIfy the ￿trollO held gs having * 'diversificd growth, risk profile. which Airn8 for lon8-tern) appr¢¢iation ond h99
high volaiilily. This 1$ rnan￿ io * cu5tomiJcd bcnchmth and there are minor t¢Styi¢tiOn8 plaud on the invwunen¢s
whi¢h con be hel(L which are reviewed re8ularty by the investnxnt $ub•¢ommiltee.
Fitwicia] derivalivw u¢ a¥ wh¢n the aw￿dian tnw*¢ thii ne¢¢89￿. UillAlly thi8 18 ty maM8e tsrei8n
Tcllcy risk OD inveknt I￿Orne.
The investsJxDts at the y¢8T-eDd Ire shown ￿ their value5. Thue iDveBtsllents and the liquid fundB totalled
£19.902,149 gt 31 December 2024 ¢ompwtd with £18.355.382 it 31 De¢embEr 2023. ￿ Incre￿ of 8.4%. Th¢
r¢v41u4tion ofthe illvesllnents held 8t year4nd Creti￿ i of £1.542.422.
The Tmst aims to Éiin a Teturn ￿ its portfolio which ig hither thon the ¢ustomi#ed lyenchm4Tk. Tr one yeaT
ben¢hn)8t* for thi$ year was 9.VA (2023.. 9.8QA) and the rcturn xhieved WLS l 1.8Y• (2023.. 7.Vhl. Over 8 long¢rt¢mi of
5 years the return acbievcd iMI 5.4% compued ts 8 b¢D¢hzD8rk of 5.6%. The trus¢¢u tem•iD sati8fied with the
portfolio's perfomwKe.
Durin8 the y¢ar investDYnt in¢onK was £711.419, ￿01¢h by 10.1% from last year {2023: £646,406).
The capital vllluc of thc fimd £19,886,473 (2023: £18,338,161).
The truite¢8 reviewed th¢ Tn*'s po$iiioth and the wthtiai to change 1DVfS￿I durin8 thc ye￿. but Temain
satisfied with the s¢rvi¢¢ re¢eived ftom the cutrent wlviwrs bE]ieve their fee le%%li are in line with Dwket
condition5 and 50 no w45 madE.
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CHARLES & EtSlE SYKFS TRUST (CIO)
TRUSTELS, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2ty24
ACHIEVEMETh AND PERFORMAFICE
GILINTS PAYABLE OF £SIMKI AND OVER
2024
21)23
Bridford Cujtll￿ Company lJmlt*4 Br•dford
A £250.000 (total) donAtion was siven io fvnd eDga8awit tsk￿lef
days and the ueation and produ￿10￿ of fTVC gLliTrity packs, alongside the
delivery of the Slam Poety projccL Additi'onally. th¢ d(￿￿10n was to fulld
4 18-month pi8¢ements fLY youn8 people through the yo￿¥ cre•tives
apprentt"ceship pro8AmtDe. The doDations ¥r¢ given 11 £125.(KM) • time.
second £125.OC4) donalion has yet lo be wd bui h&* bttn providcd for ID
the 2024 ¥¢ounts beuus¢ in OTder w Ytt¢ive the se¢(snd donati￿ Bradford
Culrure cornpany were r•wired w meth a sth of mile8t(w. Th¢ Inths ar
31st D¢c¢mb¢r 2024 ate ¢ertaiD thcsc milutonc8 will be nxt.
250.LKKJ
Marllm ChUdreth'# Ho*l¢& W¢th¢rby
A £IW.(W donation toward5 upgroding fa¢ili¢ie5 ￿ evcn ihou8b only
built in 1986 f￿llitieS Are datoj and Dot ro date with mt*Jern
requirements nor Jrr IIKY w economical as they ¢ould be.
100,((KJ
Yorkshlrn Cimter R¢x•reK Himiite
A £60.(X)O dO￿lon w4$ ￿'fted iowaTth the life years 8Aine4 ￿￿je£l whi¢b
will hopefully idenlify ¢￿￿tr &fftetin8 youn8er p¢(ol¢.
Cl•r• H*rr4*t¢
Towards 8 DCW LNC rnactrLine to ¢n•ble the of their MDF bl•nks
which uc sold to indivi(hwl ¢ompaniu. The micbw can 8¢ii¢r4t¢ £70
per hour. equLtiD8 to 4 Sirnple peybxk peritsj of 60 bwiness days, l)w will
last 2(frp years. 8iving their dis•bkd workn i ch￿te to fulfil high Ioc41
dembnd for their pTodu¢e.
37,(4)O
OptIm￿l Fo¥nd•¢lon UK. L••doD
A £25,OIX) donation was 8iftcd towards th¢ UlJ•ine R¢lief aimed It
supptsrtiti8 th08c in criJiB in UkrAiD¢ gnd nei8bb(wlliti8 countri¢s. UBS
nMl¢hed thi5 don•tioD by
A £25.0(K) donation 8iftA4 in Tespomt io the TuTkey & Syria Reli¢f
Eanhquakt Fund. UBS nulcbed thig dolla￿ by 2￿.
S0.IK
Henlhavn Sodety For BIDd PeopK Kmrethornuzk
To install a n¢w, long-14$1iti8 s¢a8c area for outthM)r perfurn￿ A
20.000
St P¢t¢rfi chWe￿ Harroyts
Thi$ is a confirmed obliRation to ¢ll5we tbe benefici￿leS ofHrya
Ooodsamaritan Fund continu¢ to receive grants. The H#nog*te GLKJd
Switsn tr*n5fcrrrd the capital in to the ChaTles and Elsie Sykes Tr￿51 in
2(K)5.
12.IbX>
Bradford Br*dtord
To contribule to cote costs for their work with the borneless in Bradford
10.ooo
The Ell* Fo•ndlitlo￿ Sl•lthv#lte
TowaTds the Livewell Ptoje¢t whictl offa5 mect44>5 activib&5 f4x
YOUD8 adults with ca￿er, Jxovidins thcm ￿ the q>porturrity to Jnt
pem their oyrfn 4g¢ with similar experitoces ctUi08 knsiin& joyr
memori¢8 •nd friendship. Thi$ Èrani covers a full year ofarhviti¢&
8,500
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THE CHARLES & EtSlE SYKFS TRUST {CIO)
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR EIDED 31 DECEMBER 2•24
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
Community Furnitsre Store (York) IAd. Y•rk
Towards their s¢rvi¢e of ￿fiItb￿hin8, PToviding devitts and enhanc￿8 the
skills of ihose in nttl to htlp tackle scKi818nd en¥tromnento1 i$8ues
simultsneously.
8,￿0
St Mlcbael's H•￿ICe. Hxrryte
In mernory of our iat¢ trusoe. Dr M¢Evoy* who wu • patron of St
Mi¢hael's Hospi¢e and the cb£ritsble work they ￿fOrn).
10,0
Alph* Houx c￿der01￿ H*lif*x
Towards providillg a residential. holistical, rehabtliwiv¢ sttvice to
¢n)PDWCF offendcr5 with tDultspl& compl¢x pft)blaM to re4
offtndin8.
Althelm&i Rettarek UK, C•mbrtd
Towards runnin8 cots at the ¢lMrity.
An•h ProJeeL Br*dford
Towards re-CStablishin8 an'emergency cri8is fiJrx4' whi¢h will ￿8b]e thcm
to continue offerin8 Vital 3￿13t2n¢¢ to 7thble women knd 8irly ewin8
donhestic
5.000
Affjlm*l Froe Rovar¢b UK L•pd•Tr
Tow8rd8 4 bre￿ re*aTch at ￿ Univ¢r8ity of Sheffiel
AithmA UK ADd Brlthh FOuttd*dO￿ IAbDdoM
Towuds CtsS¢s ￿ the ¢iJariry.
s.o
Ben'i Ctttlrt For Vulnerabk P¢gpl¢, Sh¢ffleld
Towllrds corc fundin8 to keep th¢ supw¥n pro8nmmes runniD8 r
vulneTable adub Jtru881in8 Twith 8ub#an¢e misu*- thy ccntrc and
outreach pro8romnK.
Brhlih Hurt Fo•nda¢lofy IAbttdtsn
F￿)ding for Tesear¢h on the HcBrt.
Crobm'i & C•lld* Herrf•rthhlrt
Rescltch will crcatc an Al progr￿ Ihat identifies pre taKerow and
cartc¢rous chth8es with the thki li will improve the di*gtio#ii of btsw¢l
cancer in pwle with Crohn'5 or Colitis.
De*Mblllty. Bath
TowaTds ￿￿￿1￿8 COSt$ at the ¢hority.
H*rroyJte Illtern*lloAIl FI￿¥*L H•rr•gate
To provide A¢cess to o ronge of Arts. ￿lI￿rnI tduc4ti(ml •ciivitic5 for
children And young adults from deprived ar￿ wlK> would othen￿￿ not be
abl¢ to particip4t¢.
JPC Cotnrnumtty Firm. middle￿rOUgh
Towards pmviding equitrfnent for an offi¢¢. hvo ¢la55foDms and an IT suitc
ollowing them to deliver their b￿p0k¢ cow6¢ for young &dults with
spe¢joli￿ needs.
5,0
Kidney Re￿are￿ UK Pettrb•rwgh
TowaTd% nmning ￿$ts at the ¢*￿]fy.
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THE CHARLES & ELSIE SYKES TRUST (CIO)
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ￿}￿ED 31 DECKMBER 2024
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFoILm￿cE
l*eds chri￿lAn Trllit,
Toward5 subsidised coun5c]li￿ to clients who are stswgglin8 financially to
aCC￿S Cou￿¢￿11n6 at a low eosL
Mary#r￿ C*rey Fo¥Dd*¢io# Ltd. Shlpky
Towards their foul w¢¢k progrnmmc teaching young offctsders to Tethre
bik¢8.
M¥mi ID Sheffield
Toward5 fundin8 one of the ¢•seworkers th <ldiver4th) of f#¢ to
porf for ￿lnerable aDd abused womcD.
New Peer SMpporL H*rrwts
Towards finwcial supwrt f¢)r the 8ervi¢es offeMI to WOrn¢D and ¢hildren
WFLO hsv¢ been 5ubJ¢¢*d to &Knuti¢
N•rtb & West Yorklblrn for LSBAH, Ilkky
To suppon childre￿ adulis. f&rnilies. and carer5 who gxe aff￿d by th¢
diaRnoJis of Spina Bifida ￿￿10r Hyth(whah
Orth0￿edIc Inthte Ltd, OJivNIry
To suppm r¢seaT¢h inlo wh¢th¢r"old dNgs" whi¢b have Iwl ￿Sitive
¢ffe¢ts with oiheT disease8 will provid¢ 8 COIt-eff¢rtiv¢ mdhod of U8illi118
of Splnal Mwcular Atrophy.
OY*rl*n C*n¢¢r Ard0￿ t*ttd•
Towwds a Surgi¢al Fellowskn'p PrwITh￿.
Prortxte C*n¢er Ruethre￿
R¢search Proj¢¢i ai thc Ccntre for C•n¢v. New¢ut]e Univ¢rsity. Aiming to
(kvelop a blood ic5t which can screen foT aB8rcssive pn>stLie cancer.
S,O(K)
Sheffleld Chtsrthm Coun¢ll For C•rdmuilty C*rt Sheflleld
Toward$ smooth trAll8POrt for ]K)8pital and si Lukes HospirdCWiCllts for
pallialivc and ¢Dd of lif¢ patI¢ll￿ removiD8 the Wai￿0￿ or ule of
Ambulance&
Sb¢ffl¢ld C*rer4 Sbeflltld
TowATdJ 12 montkn, worth of 8Toup I￿1VIll￿ for the yo￿8 caT¢r&
Sptn¢er D*yra** men1•￿¢￿ Brls¢ol
Research io pottntially dcvcky a rapid di*￿1¢ lest to d¢tea a r•4e of
bactetial disc￿ including mellin￿liS and sepsi3.
St*ndlng Blrmkn8h*m
Towards the employment of a 8 Lcc&% Ta]ent Scoui. tsking ￿ to16
individuals slc¢pm8 Tough in Lted% off th¢ stre¢ts ittto ￿￿>11￿￿tIon ID
2024.
St LTke'i Hts￿kt. Sbtllield
Toward5 the purchasc of a Ceilin8 hoist sy￿¢￿ for thcir in patiem ¢¢ntrt 4
t(Aal cost £27.178.
Th¢ Cure Parklttstsn's Trust, R¢adlDE
Towards nrJDiD8 C4)sts ai the Charity.
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TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR EI¥DED 31 DFLEMBER 2•24
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
Tbe Instltute of Canttr Th¢r•p¢ulk4 Uttivtnity ofBr*dford
Is ai th¢ forefTonr of adv￿￿1￿£ undcr5thndin¥ and abiliry to in
the UK & around the world. Ckne of th¢ f¢w ¢¢ntres worldwide thit I￿$ thc
¢apabilities ￿ thke new aDti tr¢4th]ents all the way from to
Clinic. L4£kJ a piece of equIPD￿ni that ￿ have idcntified al￿ will make
them morc sclf Tcliant. Cost £72,450 ne•J £I8.7(￿j askcd for£S,CW.
The Klrkw•od Ho￿let
The No Way Trn# Liwit¢d,
To fimd 10 Crim¢ S4f¢ty Awrn Days in 50 Yorknhire Sxonthy
S¢hoo]s din￿d al yowjg pe(ole aged 12-15.
5,CQO
Tke PSP Mlh•ll Krym
To 5upporf thc devclopment of bett¢r and i¥r8eied trtatsttents f
Pro8ressiv¢ SuprnDucl¢&r P￿ry •nd Cort1¢ob￿￿ Dc8(wrnlion.
The Soel*l Mgblllty Fou¥dxtlo•, ￿•dO
Towards The A￿Inn8 ProfessioNls Pro8Tamme •odw¢￿ YozkshiTt
supporting 90 disadvattiag￿ youn% pcolc aB¢d 1&25 in L¢eth •nd •¢M8
W¢s1 Yorkshir¢.
The Wreo Blkery CIO, iudi
Towards a 6 monihs skiil.bosed tyailliDg EK08r￿￿ to providefive rn(w¢
multi-di58dvgnl88ed wonKn Ipoverry. *Miction.rnentil health isxK81 with
8kilts and opporwnitses foremploymthi throu&h th¢ir ¢•f¢ ￿ L4¢ds.
10,
urolo￿ FoyDdItk)￿ LA)ttdo
Towards research on bladdcr can¢tt.
Vtrwi Arthrlth. Chelterlleld
Tow￿d$ rumiin8 cwl• ot th¢ Ch￿)￿.
YMCA Rlpon,
To tontinue to the ch￿lty *ttd help thr 1￿melesS ID Rip(m.
s.o
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THE CHARLLS & EISIE SYKES TRUST {CIO)
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
FINANCIAL REVIEW
FiDan£lal poglllon
The tnwees Consider that the Tn￿t h85 had h ￿￿¢$$fill year. The V1h￿ of the invesunent Emirtfojio Jnuwed by 8.4%,
which shows that th¢ rn&rk¢ts continued w show 8 high degrte of volatility during the yew. Overnll the net
Tcturn on the inv¢s¢met)i portfolio w8$ 11.8Y• which was hi8h¢r the benchmuk 9.￿.
The unre5trictcd fund ryrted an ovcr811 deficii of £326,807. whirh was I￿gelY due to the in¢r¢ased Bmounl of
donations wvtn out during the year. Exceplional gTont$ fOllSi5ted of a £125.(th donation to the Bradford Culture
Company Lirnii￿ GTznts were a180 D￿de ￿ Mtirtim House Cthildren¥ HoBPi¢¢ for £I(M).0￿. YoTk$hire Cancer
ReRArcb for £60,(W. C]4TO Ente￿18¢8 for £37.(Kl) attd Hensbaws Society for Blind Pwle for £20.tKIO. PrDvi511)
for a seco￿1 doDatioD to Br*lford Culttwe ComP￿Y Lirnitoj for £]25,0￿ St Pettro Church for £12.£￿ have also
been Tefl¢¢i¢d in thue ac¢outtts ¥ttd withm 6 of these aecoutt￿. Th¢ tntstees consider it is highly prob8bl¢ that
Ihe5¢ Ch￿itte$ will rtttt the asrccd taTgcts let by th¢m •Dd therefore will be awarded thc5C 8rsll￿.
Tothl 8rmts awarded dwing th¢ y¢•r was £966,075 (2023.. £407.1(￿1) whi¢h w45 a 237.3% increue CANnpar>J to the
previous year. how¢ver in line witb expectstiOM ts the 2024 8rants were iignifi¢mily higkn thm usual year4 as the
tru5te¢s I1¢¢id￿ lo tsk¢ advants8e of the bellthy ￿s¢￿v¢s. The wie¢s ￿ve d￿idCd fot 2025 to rnainlain the tsme
budgm a$ 2024.
Gr￿￿¥ h•v¢ beell Riven w a wide r4D8t of th•Titi￿. ￿￿MIna￿lY iti the Yokn aTr. OT to nNtionAI Ch￿'t1¢S for 8
Yothire, re4uiftmcnL There are several donation8 made which arc to cbaritses domiciled in other are4s of the
unty, these tend to be specialist medi￿[ oryniuiiom &8 thc tsus*eB are co8niwii of th¢ facr thwi the besi T￿earCh 1$
not ntt¢s￿n]Y b¢in8 ¢ondwted in Yorkshire.
Th¢ inveJ¢ment incom¢ for the year in¢reAfed by 10.1% ￿ £711.419 (202J.. £646.406) which well alM)v¢ the
2024 forKast¢d income figurt 0(£654.(K￿1. Th¢ tsuste¢s foTK•ffi tha¢ the exp￿1 th¢ itieom¢ for 2025 to b¢ £710.OiKI.
The govern￿tt e05ts costs in¢re•x by 7.VA 10 £72.15112023: £66,877) •nd w¢r¢ Jll i) line with budgeted
amounts.
Rmervtt pollry
The tru5le¢s lo nuintain at In *lequth level kn provide suITicien¢ working c¥itsl io f￿d th¢ charity'8
aclivitics.
Th¢ trust¢¢8 ¢oniinue ty coniider th•t a TC5erYt of unTeth*d sh￿Id be miititam¢d ai • l¢v¢l approxirnating to
one half of a y&$ net income excludin8 WMI the fil￿tte1￿ budBcts are dravrn lo r¢fl¢rt thi& Th¢ oize of th¢
r¢8erve is kept under eottstant review. Th¢ reserve ex1￿% be¢4USe:
a) oc¢asioAM] Applicatiol￿ We Tettived merits"n8 unusuaity I￿t ai wh•t wuld be di￿dY￿￿8￿￿ times.
bl trusi inc¢)rnc does not accnie on ￿ even
¢) each charity on the anTh￿ list txped a crntinuawt of their gr￿t if thy comply v4ith th¢ Tnut rnles.
The iotal pennan¢Di ￿ unre#ffi¢t¢d tt5¢fft1 hcid at thc yeu ¢Dd £20257J53 of whicb £19,886.473 fonns the
Th¢r¢ was a 46.8Y• dttretse in the unrestricted re%TV¢S to £370,880 (2023.. £697.6871. This puts uDr¢stricted reserves
8t 52/0 (2023.. 121%) a5 a percentage of unrestricted itKorne exclth8 payable. The decrease in TeBerves WAS
due io an incre￿¢ iti ex¢eptiunil do￿tt.0￿ TDad¢ during the ye￿.
li Should alw bt noted that the Trn$t has provided for £137.IIXI dLMhatioM which have yd been paid bui which 8r¢
Committ￿ to be 8iveD ID uEwning y¢4T* If the effed of the thDatIo￿ provida for 18 remov& the re6er4u as a
percentage of incom¢ in 2024 would be 71%.
Goln¥ e•Dcern
The financial stht¢m¢nts h8v¢ been weptred OD a BoiD8 coJKern basis. Th¢r¢ ￿¢ no Tti8￿181 UD¢¢rtsitities abO￿t the
Trnsvs ability to contioue for thr fott%¢4blc fithue.
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THE CHARIIS & EISIE SYKES TRUST (CIO)
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2•24
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGE￿I£￿T
Covernln% doetsmeDt
The Charles and Elsi¢ Sykes Tnut is i clwithk Ory￿1$￿10￿. 8overncd by 8 conslitution dat¢d
IS s￿l¢mber202J.
R¢strnelurt to Cbaritabk Intorporatod OryAmts*thD (CIO)
(In the 9 January 2024 The Charity CommiL8iOn 4yrov¢d the ronvcr5ion lo a new chaTitabk incorporated owisation
(CIO). The Charles and Elsie Syk¢s Tru$1 (¢h4Tity no. 206926) would mcr8e with The Cbarlcs and Elsie Sykes Trust
(charity no. 12047281 with all the 8LliYitie5. a55cts 4nd liabilitics tranrfcrred to the new charity. The tn￿ would
continue io cw out its charitsble a¢tt¥ities under the Dew CIO (clwiry no. 1204728).
Reernltmtht ittd ippoltttment of new trnle
The Trust is run by the Board of who m¢d [¢nod￿allY. do not tective remunentiwL nor do they
vrmalty Seek TEiMbursem￿1 of expuw. The day io d•y financitil and XCTrlBrial maltcrs arc dult with by ¢mplgyrxJ
of DSC Chart¢red A¢¢ountsnts and LCF Law who reFM)rt to the tr£&￿￿Cr and ￿cretary respediv¢ly.
The appointsnent of new 11 8overned by th¢ TTYSt Iked. The Chair 1$ oppoititrd for a prri¢yl of 5 Ye￿
Trusteey Ire wjinicd for a period of 3 ye4Ts. The bo•rd 1$ authoriKd to 4wint new tnutees to fill any vaeaneies.
T￿￿et1 *T¢ ¢li8ibl¢ for r￿kn10
If thEre is a requirement for ¢wst¢es, thes¢ we identified ￿poIn￿a by the r¢Juai￿& In]51¢¢5. Th¢ Chaimwi is
res￿nSIble for initjAung the induction of 4ny new trus*c. wkn'ch involves awirenu8 of a truste¢'s r¢gponsibiliti¢s, the
Bov¢rning documenL Athnittistrative proc¢dures thc historical and philosophical ￿ppr￿ch of the Trust. A t)ew
truste¢ rc¢civ¢s copies of the Previo￿ y&s annual rewi and aKounts. Mom of the exisiin8 trustees have brld offKc
for rnore than one temi. Ongoin8 trainin8 is wovided 4$ nxegsary, in¢1￿11n8 4t*ndAn¢e at relev&ni Couned.
Or¥**lJ*tloD41 strurt•r¢
Fees aTe paid to the ¢ust￿lIn trustee and kn the officexs of the T￿￿1 in the gov¢rnAn¢e costs and inveslmenl
Mr N¢il Shgw acts as th¢ Tnyts yetretsry is a partner in LCF law. who as 501i¢iwrs for the Trusi. Mr John
Gatbutt acts as treuurer and is a direetL* ai DSC Chartued A¢¢Ounw￿l WI￿ a¢£VUn¢ants attd advisors for the
TruBL
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THE CHARIIS & EISIE SYKES TRUST (CIO)
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2•24
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Ded$loo m*king
Invt8tm¢nl Poive
The Trust deed auth0ri9es the trus*¢s to m•kc and IKild investments usinÈ the 8¢Dml fimdj of the TrpJ5t. The
Inv¢sb)yent Subcommittee of the TnL8t meet with iov¢stsneM tidvisors to consid¢r the invMm¢nts thrnft¢r TCPOrt
lo thc ncxl mtttin8 of tht Board of TAk￿¢t5.
Gr*nt Mlklmg Polky
Th¢ ty$t¢es have Tefrrred to the guidatiet C4*tsin¢d ID the Ctrwity coMD)i￿on 8enernl guidtitiet ott public benefft
when reviewing the aitLs and objectives s￿1 in plaDnw futtue Ictivities. In PITts￿ltr. the trust¢¢s eonsider how
p18t)nel adiviiies will ¢ontribut¢ to th¢ ain)8 and Ob￿lY¢S seL
All applications received must have a ba]an¢¢ She￿ and the wbcommittK TKeiving ih¢8e jppliutions will then
scrulini8c the I￿OnnatiOn to far bc L4ccrtaine4 that any monie$ given will be used for public benefit to
improve the lives of the brncficiarics of the chuitieA.
The Tn￿ receiv¢N and ¢(Jn¥id¢rs dire£1 •pplicatioN for as81#￿. Preftrence ij given to gppli¢alions from Yorkshire.
applicaiion$ T¢Kived from outstde the Tewon we uniike]y to be suweMfuL w •re tho* which are tt¢eived froD)
inth'viduals or without the most T¢¢eni examin￿?￿li￿d ac¢owhts.
The Tn¥t •lJo m•kes Annual io i numbcr of reBistffed clwiti¢s (upon Tryoduetiot) of s•tisficiory
i¢¢ounts} wh¢r¢ re8uIAr 8UpF￿1 ij perceived to be dutrnble and proper. Thi$ is nol 8uarantced and 18 subject lo rcvicw.
The tn￿te¢S yd win noo i of tlyM¢ ¢hwi¢ie8 QD the '•nnuif list failcd to proTride proper infornution Bbout
their ac¢ounts.
Th¢ try$t¢¢J meet pcnfylically in gJb¢orri￿ th¢ as lo..
Grants th•1 are for owin8 pr08T￿￿n# re￿1¢4 over 4 oumber of y¢m, PTovithd Mtirf•¢iory
a¢￿￿18 are ff¢eiv¢d each Y￿r.
Gmi8 healthw¢ n￿dI¢￿ re%wdL
Grants thot aTe for oneryofftbAri18bie projects.
4}
arAni$ ore for amoutlts usually well in ex￿$ of the Mrrnol kvel of 8ivin8 thd trt often ¥soci#*d with a ipetial
anoiv¢rnary of the Sykes Trust. Drfail¢d ￿•S1d￿tion 1$ given to application on th¢ basis of.. infomutson
providcd: additiQll31 iDfornutt"on the se¢ as r(Yrn an opinion," visits follow up r¢port¥.
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THE CHARLES & ELSIE SYKLS TRusr (cto)
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 21124
srRUcTu￿ GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEM
luik th*DAgement
The IT￿9tee5 have • dury io idetitify knd rcvicw tbc risks to which the chffj is exposed and to eD5UTe appropriate
ntro]s are in place to provide re&4onable WUTanc¢ ogainm fraud and crrDr.
tm5tCC8 have examined tF¢ major strategic. bjsineu *KI opeTthnal risks whi¢h the Tru￿ face5 and have adoptrd a
fom81 risk rnana8em¢ni policy. A r¢view of the Tisk as5C$5nThi is undertaken aanually.
Whibt th¢ tru8t¢es make witsble e4uiri￿ into the adivi¢1￿ of ¢h•ritie8 when decidin8 whtTe to Dyke ￿. thry t&k¢
DO part ill day to day rwmiDg of those charitiu. OD the rare (*¢￿10￿s WIME a Irust¢¢ is p¢r8on4lly involycd with a
chority which is • rc¢ipi¢DI of a 8r2D4 th¢ trust¢e declrn their iDler￿1 in a 8tneTrl me¢tiD8.
The risks Telating lo the a58ets ofthe trust are mitigated by havin8 a wide spread of inv¢stm¢nts; profeuional advicc on
Ihe ehoice of investments is given by UBS wljo thre also th¢ ￿￿0dlan tn￿et. Thr tnJ51ccs art aw&rc thit the TnJAt Ll
holding two 8e¢uritie6 which represent moT¢ than 5% of thc value Ofinve￿￿tr held. ThN¢ ar¢ d¢t•iled 05 follows:
11 UBS lttvestsncnt Funth ICVC S&P 500 Index 8¢curity rtpresents 6.vh of th¢ v￿ye of inv¢8tsnents held. Note th*t
tbi5 a55el is an index tracking fi)nd wbi¢h follows thc Perfont￿n￿ of S(X) ￿￿Anil￿ in divme math 80 th¢
trusiees judge the ￿trIAl¢ll with th¢ bolditig ￿ be *ctptable.
2> V•nguard Funds Pl¢ xawity 6.8% of the v3h￿ ofinv¢stm¢nts heid The llwsts¢8iud8e the risk I8￿¢11ted
with the holding to be acceptable.
STATEMENT OF TRusfELS' RLSPONSIBILITIES
Th¢ t￿￿c￿ are reS￿nSIble for pr¢parin8 the Trnsiett. thc financial 61&tements in 4c¢ordan¢e wilh
Ipplicable lèw gnd United KJn8dom A¢couttiiD8 St•Ddarth (Unit¢d Kin8ik)m G¢Derally A¢¢epied Accountsng Prnrfice)
includin8 FinwKial R¢p(rlinB sI￿d￿rd 102 Tr Fin*ntiai Rewrnng Stand￿￿ 4yh¢hble in tbe UK Republic ol
Ir¢l•nd'.
Charity IAW r¢¥wir¢s the ¢Ns*es io preplre finan¢ial for each fin8ncia] Y￿r. Undtr th#1 liw. the trujlees
h8ve ele¢t¢d to prep*r¢ thr fuwjcial ststcrnents in accordanc¢ with Unite41 Kingdom G¢D¢rally A￿￿ted AKounlin
PrA¢tice {Urtiied Kingdom Accountin8 Stsndarth oFyliable law).
Under ¢hAriry law th¢ trust￿ rnuA not wve the finaoeiil ststements unltjs are satisfied that they wv¢ 8 Irne
Ind fair view of the stsle of affairs of eharity athd g(th¢ in¢omin8 r￿UrceS atsd appliution of re8owees. ineludin8
the incom¢ and expendrtur¢. of the ¢tr￿lty for p¢rsTrJ. ID pIewi￿ ttMe f￿￿1¢111 8tsiernents. th¢ tsNgtees are
8¢lec18uithbk a¢countinK policie5 Ind then app]y th¢m ￿n91$￿￿,
obg¢rv¢ Ihe methods and prin¢iplts kn the Ch8riu¢s SORP;
makeiudgements and e5tLtDates thai 81¢ ￿•Sonable and
8t•te wh¢ther applicablc xcountin8 Stand8rds b•ve been followed, *thjeet to mitai81 departu￿ diKlosed ond
explhilled in the fllLanci•l statcrncnts:
prewe tbe financial staternents on the BOin8 b•sis unless it 1$ inapwopTi•te to preJwn¢ that th¢ Charity will
The tnLStees are responsjble for kcLi>ing propcr accountin8 records which dis¢bMe with reason￿le a¢cuMcy at any tirne
th¢ finan¢ial position of the charity and to enabk thern io ensure th¢ slatrmrnts cornply with the Charities
Act 2011 Th¢ Charity {A￿o￿nts and Re[￿) Re￿1•110￿$ 2008. They also Ttsponsiblc for safeguarding the
assets of th¢ chgrity and hthre for thkiDg Tuw•ble *ps for the prevention 8Dd ￿eCtIon of fraud and other
irr¢gulariti¢5.
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THE CHARLES & ELSIE SYKFS TRUST (CIO)
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Approved by order of the iK*rd of trustres on 27 Qkthbes2025 sitned on its i￿alf by.
Mr D S Mead {Cbairn)an)- Tn
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REPORT OF THE 1￿DEPEL￿ENr AUDITORS TO THE TRUSTEES OF
THE CHARLLS & ELSIE SYK￿ TRUST (CIO)
Oplnlo
We hav¢ audited the financ￿ yat¢m¢Dts of The Charfm & Ebi¢ Sykes Tn￿1 (CIO) {the'ch*rity) for the year ettd
31 Dec¢n)t*r 2024 whith ¢ompris¢ the Stotemeni of Financi81 Activities. the Ststcment of Financial Positio[4 the
Statsment of C•sh Flows note5 lo the financ￿ s¢atCTn¢nt& ]￿lUdIng a surnmary of SiBnÉficaDt ￿oUntin8 policies.
The fit)ancial reponing fr￿￿¢￿ has been applied in their prepar8tioD is applicAble law aod United Kin8dom
A￿OUntIng Stsndards (United Kitigdom GeDernlty AccepiAI A¢¢¢)un¢mg Practice), In¢I￿ling Fintincial Reporimg
Standard 102 Tr Fin1￿181 Reporting Sthnd8Td applicabk IA the UK and Republic of Ir¢I￿d..
In our opillion the finatt¢i•l $tstrnknits:
8ive 4 tnL¢ aDd fair vi¢w of thc stste of the chDriWs affair5 u at 31 Dcccmber 2024 and of its incomin8 resource8
and appliGation of rc50UTCeS. foT the yur thcn cnduL'
. have been propttiy rrtep*r*l in xciJtdan¢¢ ullit￿ Kingdom GeJKr•lly Acc¢pta Accounting ProdiC¢,
includiD8 Financiwl KeFrfbrtiDg StaNJard 102 Tr Finallci41 Reportll)g Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of
. have been Prry•r￿ in •¢o¥d￿ with the Ttquwements of the Cblritits Act 2011.
B•ilJ for oplnlon
Wc conduthcd our audii iti aceordance with International Standard6 on Auditio8 IUK) (ISAS IUKI) 8ppli¢able law.
Our responsibilitlC5 Under tho4e standards 8r¢ fith descrit*d iti the Audiiors. ttsp)nEibiliti# for thc iudit of the
fjnaDcial $tat¢m¢nt$ ￿110￿ of our rewL W¢ indepenthi of the ¢h*ity in a¢eord•ncc with the ethica]
r¢quirements th8t ore Telev￿1 to our d￿j1¢ of the finhncial the UL incbJdiD8 the FRC'S Eibical Standtrd.
aDd we hsve fulfilled our other ethiul responsibiliiies iti X¢OTdthee with thege reqpJir¢m¢Dts. We b¢li¢ve thai the
•udit evidence we have obthined is ￿[r￿je￿i afvd ptovi& i kni5 for our oplliion.
rel*tiA¥ to 8•IMi t••eer•
In auditln8 the financial statements. we have conclud¢d th•t th¢ tnJoieH' of the goitig concern basis <yfK¢ounting in
Ihe preparatkon of the fmwnci¥l $14lements 1$ 4pprorn.
Based on the w¢ have perfornia, we have noi idelltifjed any miterial UDCVtsinti￿ Trlating ¢V¢Dts or wndilions
that. indiv1th￿Ily or ¢olle¢tively, may ￿1 lignifi￿1 doubt on the chuitys ability to crAJtinue &8 a 8OLD8 concern for
Our respong1Tr•iliiie$ ￿kn1 tkn regPOMibilitiu of the with T¢¥PXt to 8oin8 Mncern are d¢Kribed in th¢ r¢l¢v•nt
sKiion8 of thii repo
Other IAform*tlon
The trustecs are reswisibl¢ for the other Inf￿m￿￿. The other ll)fomMtioll c¥)mprises the infonmtion it)¢luded in ihe
ADnug1 Reprt, other the finAticial Ststements aDd our Rwi of the Ithktthl¢nt A￿1110￿ thereo
Our opinion on the financial ststements does cover the other inftmthou •Trl acept to th¢ ¢xtent oihen¥ise
explicitly sthted kn our retx)rn we do ttot exprtss w form of assutwv cowlu¥ion theKto
In ¢onneciion with our iudit ofthc financial s¢aternent4 our Te￿￿￿11b111ty is to r¢•d the other inforniatioD and in dotn8
SO. CODsider whcthcr the other infornution is nuterially irthnsisknii with the fiMn¢ial $th￿￿ents or our knowledge
obtsined in the audit or Otherwi￿ appears to be materially If we id¢ntify such materigl in¢onsislen¢ies or
*p￿rent material misststcments, w¢ are requittd to determi￿ wbdlKr thi$ givc5 rise to a matcrial mi5stst¢melll in the
r￿nCilI $tat¢m¢Dts th¢m8¢lv¢s. If, bo￿ OD the WO￿ we h•ve wforn))J. we CO￿l￿de th&t there is & mat￿181
mi&rf&tcttLent of thi8 Other 1nforn4ti0￿ we are Tequred to repon that fath. We have tM)thm8 to teport in this reg8rd.
MAtters tyn wkl£h w¢ •r¢ requ5red to r¢port by ex¢epll
W¢ hav¢ nolhing to repon in regpert of th¢ folltswing zn•ttcrJ whcre the Charitiu (Accounts and Reports) Rc8ulatiOT
2008 r¢quires us to report to you if, in ow opinii)n'.
the infom)¥tion given in the tNstees ReN)rt 1$ iDCOD8i8tent in any material respecl with the fJTh•nci81 slalements; or
suffi¢i¢nt *¢ountiDg re￿rdS have been kept. or
the financial stalcnjcnts not in agrccment with the aCc(A￿till8 rtcords aDd rettrn$; or
we bave not rcceiTrtd #ll thc iDfornwtion and cxpiantitilms we require foTour audit
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO ThE TRUSTEES OF
THE CHARLES & ELSIE SYKES TRUST {CIO)
Resptrnaibllitie¥ of trwt
Aa explained mote ￿1]Y in the tru5tccs' re4M)nsibilities statemeni set ijut on page 12, the trustces ar¢ r¢sponsibl¢ for the
PTep8Taiion of the fmancial statem¢Drs and for $81isfied that they gTve o true and f•iT view, thttd ftir inlerna]
control as the In￿lee$ detetmin¢ is ne¢essw to enable the PTepaTation of fmanciai stsierntnts thllt aye free frorn
m￿tri#l missts*rneDI whether due to fra￿1 orertty.
In prepoTing the financial 8tai¢m¢nts. th¢ Intsl¢es tre regwjnsible for the ¢harIty￿ obility to continuc as
Boing concenu dixlosing, a8 app]i￿ble. mther5 relat￿1 io 8oin8 Concern and Using the 8oin8 concern basis of
aecounlinB unlus th¢ either inttttd kn liquidats the cbarity or to ¢eue OF¢rntions. or Iwe ie4listic alterDativ¢
b￿tydo
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REPORT OF THE INDEPEI%DEhT AUDrroRS TO ThE TRUSTEES OF
THE CHARLES & ELSIE SYKLS TRUST (CIO)
Our Te4￿n11b￿ltkn ffor the #udlt of tht fiDandxl
W¢ bavc bttn apwin*d as auditors Under S¢¢tioo 144 of the Cbariti¢s Art 2011 attd iepcrt iti attordon¢e with th¢ Act
nd relevant ie8ulatioTrs mad¢ or having ¢ffe¢l themjth.
Our objectives to obmin rea￿&ble usur￿¢ knout whether the finthcial Jt*erneDts whole are free from
mat¢ri•l misthtemenL whethtr to fraud or ¢rw. and to i8w¢ a Rq)ort of the lthpath¢ AudiioT3 that
OUT opinion. Re4sonable assurance is a higb level of WUTan¢¢. but is oot a gu4rant¢¢ thai oudii ¢ondu¢ied i
accordance with ISAS (UK) will always dd¢d a makrtal mi8stsi•nenl when it exists. Mi551alemcnts can orisc from
fraud or error and are consid¢r¢d malerial if, Individ￿llY or in the aggrcgatc. could reuongbly be expe¢ted
influen¢¢ the economic decisicTh of u8ets tsken ott th¢ bfrsis of thue fintine1￿ thtemtht
The ¢x*nt to which FYocedur¢s are of (kt&tiD8 iTr¢gylariti¢4 indudiDg fraud is detailed below..
ITreguiaritic5, includiD8 frau4 are iDslLDces of non4onwliartt with jaws atyj regu1th0￿. We duigts pr￿￿Ur¢S in lit)e
with our respmsibilities. oudined to dde£t n*ial miutst￿Cnts ith of intguknrities, in¢ludin8 fraud.
The exleTJt to which ourwcethre8 Are ¢*pbie of dete¢tin8 irre8ul*riti¢& including fraud is d¢tail¢d below..
. W¢ obtsitied ￿ wider5taDdin8 ofth¢ l¢gal al￿ tt8ul8tiry ftaffjw￿ within which the charity OF￿ focusing on
Ihose law¥ gDd r¢8ulatiorbS that hgve • direct effeth on the d#erniin•tion of rntiter1￿ amounts and disclosuTes in the
fin&Dciai slllttments. The law5 re8ulations we con81d￿￿ in this contexi were the Clwxtles A¢1 2011 and the
Stlltement of Recommended Pr•oi¢e.
- We identif￿d the great￿ risk ofmatrtiol on the financial frorn irre8vl*riii¢s. includin8 fraud. to be
th¢ override of controli by mana8ement. (h]r audit proccdwes to rew¥nd to thes¢ risks included enquiriu of trustee$
•nd mano8¢meni about their 0￿1 identification and aM¢Jrnt of the risks of irr¢8ulAn'ties, sarnpl¢ l¢s¢inB on the
PO81in8 ofiournals r¢vin*inB •KO￿lIng C•tim•t¢s foT bi•￿.
. In addition, we Considered provi$ioM of othtt l•ws *ttd tegukniiom thal do have • dirrct effeet on the fwnci
$tstem¢nts bu¢ ¢ompli•th¢¢ with which migbt be fithctttsl io the eharithble cornw￿5 abhlity to opmte or to avoid a
material penolry. Th¢ lows and re8U1￿10￿I we considered in thi$ eontext were Chuity Commission regultitions and
General Protertion Regul￿lOtt (GDPR).
- Auditing $i￿d￿d8 lirnit the required a￿111 pr￿dUr￿ to id¢ntify Donrfomplian¢¢ with th¢o¢ la￿ r¢Bukntion• to
eftquiry of the Thuttt8 aDd othcr nwJJ8crneDt Ind inwctic￿ of regu￿Ory aThl le881 colrewNlen¢e. if ￿y.
. W¢ ai50 ¢on6id¢r¢d th¢ otwrhmitie8 and irKetitive8 tht mwy exirt withtD the thtritabk tompany for ￿￿d.
. W¢ id¢ntifi¢d the ￿￿test risk of nM*rial IMP￿ on th¢ fitwicill from irresuhrilie4 in¢ludin8 fraud, to be
th¢ OV¢Trid¢ of controls by iticome It￿ltiOtt.
In r¢spons¢ io the risk ofuregul&ritics ￿n-coU￿11￿ with ]aws and TeBuJ&lionB and risk of frau& we design￿1
proredurcs whicll included but were not limittd to.. Sample tcMin8 on th¢ posting of ioum818, timing of recognition of
iticom¢ and ihe eornplctcncts of itKom< rtvicw of trustee'8 Ininutes aryi aoy with regulators.
Owitig to the limitstiLmS of an audil tbcre is ￿ UDJvoidabk risk that wt m•y heve dete¢ied 80me m•terial
mi￿141¢MentS ID the fmanci81 statements, even though Twe have propthy piat)ned perforn)ed our audii in accoTd•nce
with auditinB 5tsndards. We are rwnsiblt fcrf pr¢vellts#g nott-compliance 2nd cannot be ¢Xp￿￿A to delec¢
non-compliance with all laws and regul•iioM.
A further d¢xTiplion of our rtsponsibi]ities ft¢ the audii of the fittan¢ial tstemrnts is kKated on ibe Fin￿¢181
ReF￿rtIng Council's web81* at www.frc.4)wukla￿l7l￿Vesporn￿1iItits. Thii dexIl￿11)n fonDS part of our Re￿rt of the
lttd¢pendent Auditors.
Pa8c 16

REPORT OF THE IliDEPEI¥DENT AUDrroRS m TllE TRUSTEES OF
THE CHARtIS & EISIE SYKFS TRUST (CIO)
or0￿r report
This r¢JKJrt 15 made K)lely to the chariWs as a t￿y, iti accord￿￿ with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and
Rem) Regulatio￿$ 2008. OUT audit wwk bas beth so that we mi8ht sthte ￿ the charl￿$ trustees th
rnthtth we are required io state to them in aD wJth'tors' rq)on and for no other putw. To the fillle5t extenl p¢rniitteAJ
by 18w, we do not accept OT rrsptwilTrility to anyone othtt than the charity and the charl￿$ trustees as a body.
for our audit work, for this rem ￿ for the opinions we have forn￿.
k4pk4
Statutory Auditoi
Bond End
Knare$bor(
North Yorkshire
HG5 9AY
27 October 2025
HPH is elI￿￿le for 4y•intsnent as wJditi)r of the charity by ViTtiJc of its eli￿￿11]ty for app)iotriew as auditor of a
company Lwder section 1212 of the Compawes Aci 2(M)6.
Page 17

HE CHARLES & ELSIE SYKLS TRUST (CIO)
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcnvfnES
FOR THE YFAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2024
2023
Tota]
fuDd
fi￿d5
INCOME AND ENDOWMEN13 FROM
Donations and le8￿1¢5
78.616
78.616
Inv¢5lrn￿f incornc
711419
711419
Totsl
711419
EXPENDITUR£ ON
Rai8mg funds
71726
72,726
64J62
Cb#rltgblt *¢tlvl¢l
Gr8ntstwkin8
1038 226
473 977
To¢
110952
538 339
Net gains on inve*menti
1542 422
1542 422
810798
NET INCOMFJ(EXPENDITIIRE
1326,807)
1,548,312
1221.505
918,865
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Tothl Ilmth brought forward
697.687
18.338.161
19,035.848
18.116.983
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED n)RWARD
20
57
19 886 473 ￿￿53
19035 848
Pw18

TBE CHARLES & EISIE SYKFS TRUST (CIO
STATEMENT OF Fll¥AI¥CIAL posfTION
31 DECEMBER 2024
2024
2023
Unr¢Stri¢￿1 Endowm¢nt
FIXED A&SKTS
InvestmenLs
12
19,902,149
19902.149
18J55,382
CURREKf ASSETS
Prepayments alld accruoj income
Cth at bank
13
6.369
6.382
519
748 810
519J53
6.369
525.722
748.821
CRED￿oRs
Amounts fallin8 due within otte ye
13
(148.473)
(22.045>
(170518)
(68.355)
NET CURRENT ASSETS
370 880
15 676)
680 466
TOTAI, ASSF,TS LESS CURRENT
370,880
19,886,473
20.257,353
19,03J,848
NET ASSETS
370 880
19 886 473
20
19 035 848
FUNDS
Uorestrieted furmb:
Genetal Fund
Endowmeni fill
14
370.880
19886473
697.687
18 338 161
20
57
L53 19 035 848
The fjnancial statements were apwoved by the Bohyd of TnL%te&8 and ￿t￿oriStd for iwie on 27 (ktobcr 2025 and were
signed on its bdjalf by..
MT D S Mead (Chauman). Tn
Page 19

THE CHARLLS & EISIE SYK&S TRusr (cio)
STATEMETr4T OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2024
2023
Notes
Cash llowi frnm wr*ling •¢dvltleJ
Cash generaied from opeNions
1936.544
1644.956
Nei CLth used in oper81iog •ciivities
1936 544
C*ah flo￿ *¢tlvhl
Pur¢hase of fLxeAI asS¢t investDxn¢B
Salc of fixed a8B¢t i1)vern
Interest re￿iVed
Dilrydends rwAiwed
14.566.804)
4,562.459
35.055
(4.786,266)
4.837.652
35.249
611156
Net casb provid¢d by *tiviti¢S
707 074
Ch*Thgt In ¢•ih Ind equ1￿￿￿1• I
th¢ reportS*i perlod
Cash and equlv*lthti at th
betlrtttlni of the reportlDg perlod
(229.470)
52,835
748810
695 975
Ind ¢•ib equlvAlt•ts at the end or
the reportlng perlod
748 810
Ptt8e 20

THE CItARLES & ELSIE SYKK8 TRUST (CIO)
NOTES TO THE STATEME1￿ OF CASH FIAIWS
FOR THE YEAR ￿ThDED 31 DECEMBER 2•24
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FU)W FROM OPERATING
AcrtVlTIL8
2024
2023
Nt* Income for the reporthl perlod {M per the St*ttmeAt Of Fin￿¢￿1
A¢bvides)
AdJustrntDts for:
Gain ¢)n in¥￿trne￿ts
Interest rectivr
DiYidend$ re¢eivtd
lu￿¢8$￿(de¢re8$C) in WiSiOD
Increase in deknorx
1221,505
918,865
(1,542,422)
(35,055)
(676.364)
1810,799>
{35.2491
1611.156)
9,572
16,371)
102 163
116 1781
Nrt £uh In wr*d
1936 544
ANALYSIS OF CIIANGF3 IN NET FUNDS
Atl.1.24
Cash flow
Ai31.1224
Net
C4th it bank
748.810
748810
229.470
T•tsl
748810
229 470
ThE not¢8 fonn pan of these fllwicial ststaneDts
Pag¢ 21

THE CHARL￿ & EISIE SYKES TRUST {CIO}
NOTES TO THE Fll¥ANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
ACCOUNTING POIJCIFS
B*8ts of pnpArl•g th¢ litt**ei￿ st#frrneDts
The finan¢i41 stsrements of thc charity. which 1$ a ￿bE1C ben¢fii entity Under FRS 102. have been prepared
accordance with the Chotities SORP IFRS 1021 A¢countin¥ and Repothng by Ch*ritics.' Ststement of
Recommended Practi¢e &pp]iabk kn chariti¢s preparing their xcounts in rKCOTdar￿C with the Financial
Reportin8 Standard appli¢able in the UK and Republic of Irela￿1 (FRS 102) (effective l January 2019),,
Financial Rq￿ing StsThJard 102 The Financi￿ Reportin8 Stsndwd applicable in the UK aDd Republi¢ or
Ireland and the Cl&ritie5 Act 2011. Th¢ finan¢ial slat¢ments hive be¢n prtparcd wthr the hi$loTicAI cost
conv¢ntioJL with the exception of inves¢meDts w￿.¢h are included at mwket val￿. as modified by th¢
reV￿￿tIO￿ of ccrtaiD asstts.
Merger &towiung has been u*d to th the restructh of th¢ ¢hariry itiio * ¢b8ritable iDcofpor8ted
Incorn¢
All in¢otne is reco8nised in th¢ staten￿￿t of Fina￿101 Activiiies onee the charity hog entitlement io the it
18 pyobablc that the iD¢ome will be Tcctivcd and the omouni can be mWUTed reliably.
Inveotsnent iD¢orne 18 earne4J thmu#b hgldiD8 invtstsnent purrws ￿ as share8. It include$
dividends and in￿¢$L w11e￿ it is rwi prnciicable io identify Inve￿ment rnDna8eirtht costs incwr¢d within i
hcrnc wirh reasoMble accu￿Y th¢ investrnemi irKorne li repffi￿ of thele c05rs, Ji Is t￿luded when the
arnount ¢an be mwurtd rcliably. Intere￿ income is recosnis¢d ￿lti8 the effeciiv¢ inlerest mcihod and dividend
in¢om¢ 18 r¢¢ogni*d as the clwity'$ right to T¢f¢iVC payirKm 1$ ttthblisbeiL
All reali8ed 8aiw and losses on disr*)ul$. and unmlised 8ains on revaluati￿ Bre r¢tstn¢d within thc
enthswmcnt fvnd. The 8ains loss¢s ￿lI1n8 on tryahutions di8p)MJs thTQU8bout the ye•r or¢ 8hown
on the Styi¢m¢nt of Fitt￿¢1￿1 A¢liviti￿.
The in¢om¢ arisini from th¢ ¢Trdowrneni ffijtth ia u*d to mlke ehAritable dowion4 with any ex¢¢M in the year
bcin8 retained for donalions in futwe periods a8 dexribed in ihe bwte¢s' rel￿. Thc trum deed contsins no
re8tri¢iion on th¢ distribution of in¢omc Bcnerntd. )lthouBh the 8ffler•lly retiin * reierve of
urnul8ted iTKome. as drfailed ill ihc trustCC5' [t￿t.
ExpeThdlts
Liabi]itics art r¢¢o8nised a% expeDdittwc 48 soon ￿ thrx¢ 16 • leg41 or ￿n#truCtIve obligalion committing the
eharity to that ¢xp¢ndintre. it is probabk that a tr•nsfer of economi¢ benefits will be r¢quired in setikmeni
the arnount of the obligalion can be rne&wr¢d reliabty. EXwditu￿ is XCOUDted for 00 3n a¢¢n￿lS basis and has
been ¢18$sified utthr headin8s that owegate all cost related to the ¢8ie8LYy. Where Costs ¢annoi be direct]y
attnbuied io particu￿r headings they have been allocAt¢d to xtivitic5 on i ba31$ ¢onsi$tent with the use of
Grgnts payable arr PQ>TtxDts mode t¢* third Parti￿ ID the fimherance of the ¢iwitsbk objectives of the Trust.
IVher¢ uttconditional granty ￿ offered. this is a¢cnJed •s as the recipicllt is notsfied of the 8rant, a8 thi$
've5 rise to a re&fjoDable expertstion that th¢ T¢cipiell¢ will Tec¢ive the 8r•nts. IVheTe Brants are conditio￿]
latin8 to wfonnance then thE Vant li a¢cnKd any WLfiJlfilled CL￿dI(10n$ •r¢ outside ofthe contml
of the charity.
tcoverable VAT is¢h*ryul as ￿ cxpcnx 4gaiMt the activity for whith eXp￿diture •r(w.
Grants otTer¢d subjccl to c¢￿ditio￿ which bBve not be¢n md ￿ the y￿r end are noted u 8 commim)ent but
Thot a¢¢ru¢d a5 cxpcnditure.
AllocArfon and *pportlonD)¢wl
Support ¢0S15 those thai assist the work of the clwity do not ditectly Yepment ¢harilable activities. They
are it￿jrrtd diTCCtIy ID SUPPOrt of eXPe￿IltUre on the Obj￿ of the ¢harity. swiport Costs cannot be
dircct]y attri￿ted to particular hcadin8S tly have been allocated ￿ cost of fiumls ¢xp¢ndiwR on
eharit&ble activities on i b15iS COll5iStent with use of the resourctt.
Pa8¢ 22

THE CHARLFS & ELSIE SYKES TRUST (CIO)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- eontlnwtd
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2124
AccouNfiNG POLICIFS. e•*thi•ed
Alloutlon aod Apportio•ment of ¢•sts
Govern8th￿ ¢￿ts coJnpris¢ ￿)sts involving the publi¢ g¢¢ovnthbility of the Trust and its c4)mplisnce with
regulatiQD aTKI gofyl PTK¢ic& Thii ineludu costs relotcd to S¢afutory audiL legal ond bookkeeping ftr$. These
arc atq>ortioned ¢otirely to ex￿dit￿re on charirable grnDt makin8 a¢nvities on the h5is that thi5 15 tht area
where most tru$tr¢ and otricu tirne is speni wch thii the lim¢ spent on fimdraising activiti'ts 18 ¢On8id¢r¢d ¢1> be
imm&terial.
T￿a￿DD
The clwity is exempt frotD tsx its etrthritable ¥tivitie6.
Fund
UnT¢stri¢￿ fijnds CID be used JD ￿0rd￿ with the ¢l￿ritIb￿ obj¢c¢ivu at dis¢rdiott of the trustees.
Pernwient Endowment Fund cat) only bc uxd for PAni¢ul•r rellrictrd PUTWXS vrithin th¢ objects of the Ch￿ry.
RestrictioL8 aris¢ when %¢cified by thc donor or wlwi Thised fw p8rticular re8trict¢d pwpo8es.
Fordgn ¢urread
A58ets and liabilitie8 iti foreiph aUTeucie8 •re trwi8lafed IDIO ai the rates of exehknst rnlin8 ￿ the
stst¢m¢nt of fuwlcial position d•t¢. Trw$•￿1om1 in forei8n aT¢ ty￿s1￿¢d into steTlin8 at th¢ rat¢ of
¢x¢hange rnling li the date of traas8ciioL Exch•w diffetenc¢8 are tsken itito ￿oun1 in arriving at the
operniing rttuh.
I￿V¢it￿r*tr
Invtstm¢nts are re¢oBtsised iDitiilly •1 f8ir valve whtch 18 ttOEnJally the ran9Xtion price exeludin8 tr¥ntsetion
co$t$. Subsequenily. thry are rneaswa •1 fair valut with clwiges Tecognised in 'net Rain$ l 0985¢s) on
inv¢simett¢s' in the Stakment of Fit)anci81 Activitw if the th8r¢$ Are wblicly tr*JeAI or th¢ir f4ir value
otherwise be meaJured reli•bly. Other Ttivestrnents are M¢•sU￿ ￿ ¢oM less irnpainnent.
Current Aiiet inYeJthwits are sly)n *mi hi8hty liquid iDV¢JtnKnts Ire held It hir v•lu¢. The8e include c4sh
on deposii and wh cquivalrnls with • MI￿rity one year.
Dtbton
Ac¢Ned income is trco8nued u the Tnjst be¢ots￿ ¢ntitl¢d ts ti JTXI is Mcam￿ at hir V￿ut.
Cwh 4t bink In h**d
at batsk End cash in h￿d includes eath aDd Jknrt tm higbly liquid invc5tments. Highly liquid
inv¢stsnettts are d¢f]n¢d to be those instrumrntsiud8d by our inve5tt1*ni to have their main ¢xp)sure
itt moncy m&rketS ￿ld fr￿18n ex¢h*nge rnatk¢ts, for exryle cuh or ttrni dep51￿ Jhort terni borAs and
rcncy Certlfvte￿derIv•1lweS.
Creditors and provistons are Y#o8titstd the Tfft￿I bA5 8 prcsent obli8ation resultiJ)g from • pD5t event that
will prob•bly Tesuli iti the traD5f¢r of fimds to * third party the amounl due io settle ihe obli8atioTJ can bc
m¢asura or es¢illJtited r¢liably. CTeth"ts)rs aod pYovi8ions ate TKogDtsed at theti settlement amount Jft¢r
allowin8 f(rafty diacou￿￿ thx.
Golwg Coneern
The finan¢iAI JtatetDents hav¢ t*en prepared on 1 80inB concern basis. Therc arc no material uncertain¢i¢$ abo
the Twst's ability to continue (orthe foreseeable fvtur¢.

THE CHARLES & EISIE sy￿ TRUST (CIO)
NOTLS TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEf4TS- r•Atin¥ed
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3] DECEMBER 2•24
DONATIONS AND LECACIFS
2024
Total
2023
To1al
Ixwi¢s
A legacy of £72247 from the Esthte of Joyce BiliinBbAm ttceived during the 2024 year. A fiffther £6,369
from th¢ E5ta* of Joyce Billingbam b¢eD accrued as thii is th¢ rtsidud Iw<y th•t is thi¢ to the
cio.
2024
2023
Totsl
fund•
fimds
Inv¢slnM¢J
Deposit aeeknuDi inl¢rut
676,364
676J64
611.156
35
711.419
711419
2024
2023
Bond invatsneDI inwme
Equity iDvestm¢nt income
Property investmeni ir1￿me
Monry Markrf investhienl incom¢
1￿CTe8t rffxived on hcld
175,737
477250
23J77
116.047
473.431
18.616
3,063
35
35 055 ￿49
711419
RAISING FUNDS
RAIth8 don*t10￿ *Jd leE•d
2024
Tothl
2023
Totsl
Endovrneni
Invcstm¢ni DuN8enKnt
Pw24

THE CHARLES & EtSlE SYKFS TRU￿ (CIO)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- ¢onthiied
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
CHARITABLE Aa1vIT￿ COS13
fimdll)g of
(set noie
costs {8ee
note 7)
Totsls
Gr8ntsn&kin8
1 038 226
GRAi¥fs PAYABLE
2024
2023
966.075
The totsl gr￿ts ￿ld ro inmitirtions during tbe yw a¥ f01b￿..
2024
2023
167,500
194.625
166,950
18,0
159.0¢
47.0(
135,ItKI
16,0(Kl
Medicals
Spccial¥
Persw￿l Donation8
Super Sp¢cia16
All 8TLnls aTt mad¢ to r¢giJt¢rd for8r￿t fi￿d￿ a¢tiviti¢8 plid fTcth the fitnd.
Ac¢¢ssible Ans & MediK York
Acuve Fusion, Doncu
Alpha Howe CaJderdal¢, Halifax
A17.heimerfs Research UL c￿lbrid8*
Athimal Frcc Rcscarch UL London
Ajsist Sbeffiel4 Sheffield
hma UK and British Lung FouJd•llo￿ L4yr#loD
Bag Books,
Ben'$ C¢ntr¢ foT Vu]rmbl¢ Peq)k {Sh¢ffieldl Sbeffield
Big Futurcs Foundats"on, Yo
Bilton & Woodfield COrnM￿liry Library. HarroR
Br8dford CulDJr¢ COmp￿Y L￿, Bradfo
Bradford Ni8his1￿. Brndfonl
Brid8c Child Contact Crntrc. Bcverlty
Bright Light Projccty Halif
British Heart Foundatio￿ IA)ndon
Biiti5h Rcfu8ce CounciL London
Burlcy in Wharfedale Commutlity Tnui nkley
Calibre Audio Library, Ayk$lMry
Camphill Village Trust Litnited. Mallon
Care in Cro5spooL Sh¢ffi¢ld
Carers. R¢souw¢, Harrogat¢
Carin8 for Life, L¢¢ds
c￿tle Hill Sch)ol, H￿IdersfiC1d
ild BTain Injury Tru5f. LoTMkm
CThurrh HoTneless Trust Li4 IA)ndon
Cl8ro Ente￿ISeS. Harrogate
Cl¢v¢laDd Howing Advicc CeTth. Middlesborough
2.5(￿]
2.5
S￿•
l.5
37.0
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THE CHARLLS & EISIE SYK￿ TRUST (CIO)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS- e•Athb¥ed
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2•24
GRANTS PAYABLE. ￿*￿illed
Clothing Solutions for Disabled People. Bradford
Comfort Cays UK. BOreharnW￿d
Community WoTkn CIO. ThiT5k
CrolJn'5 & Colitis UL Hens
CT05sThMds (Barnsley) LI￿ BarDs1ry
Cystic Fibrosis Trysl Lonth)
DeS1￿bIlity, Both
Disabiliry Afflion Yorkthire. H￿%4
Don¢ast¢r Housing f¢x Young P¢opl¢ Limiie( Doncast¢r
Down SyDdrom¢ Trainin8 and Suppon SeNi¢e. Brylf(ffd
E.'Mer8e (UK) Company LiDUte¢ Br*dfL¥d
Edible York. York
Emmauj Sh¢ffield StrKffield
Evolve Recovery Home& FIr￿f0rd
Fi8bt A8ainst Blinth￿SS. Xoyston
Flourishing Farnilics. L¢¢ds
GingerbrcBd, LoDdoD
Go Kids Go. Bevcrley
Golddi88er Trnrt. Sh¢tTi¢ld
Grimethorpe Activiry Zon¢, Cffimeth
Growin8 wo￿, Ho￿rffih
Happy Ihys Thildr¢n'$ Chtrity. Lul¢M
Happy thys Ministries UK. Halifax
Happy w￿dererS Ambulan¢¢ OrBanis91ioK HthDPt¢
Harold Sty&n Charity for Youth, Harro8&te
Hattogate & RipoD CoDUnUnity for Volunt*ry servi￿ H•rro8a
Harrogate Compeliitve F¢siiv81 ofmwic. S￿h and Drw Hwro8lte
H&rro8atc Hospital R￿10 Socitty, Harro8at¢
H&rro8atc International Fests'v•l, HaTfo8at¢
Hajshaws Society for BIll￿ People. Knuesbwgh
Holbeck To8¢ther, Lef
Honley Villa8e COmm￿lty TTu¢ Hoknifinb (rt¢urntyJ patti>
Hop¢ ESOL CIO, Sheffield
Horti¢ap, Ha￿￿881e
HouT8liss (Safu A¥cin8). Suffolk
Ilkley and District Good N¢i8hbours, Ilkity
2.1￿0
(4,500)
Kidney Research UK P￿er￿u8￿1
Kith. IA)ndon
Kyra Worn¢n's Proje¢L Yo
Lccds Mind. Leeds
Leeds Pow¢r¢hxir FC. Leed¥
l*ukaemia c￿£. WoTfestc
4.125
Lifeline (Hanoglie) L￿. Hatrog41e
Lifelites, Londo
Lighi Pttr Supp￿, Sheffield
LighlhouK (West Yorkshire). t£als
Li￿ening Books. knThlon
Lupus UK Rornf¢Nd
Moggie Keswick Jcncks C￿Cer C￿EnE Centrts Trw Gjasgow
Margaret Carry Foundation Ltd Sbipley
Martin5 Ho￿e Chilthents Hospicc, Wctha
Medequip4kid$, Man¢h¢sttY
Mind in Bradforl Bradftird
Mind in Harro88te DistricL Harro8ale
2.51Y)
2,5￿)
2.500
Pa8c 26

THE CHAR￿ & EISIE S*￿Es TRUST ICIO)
OTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENIS- c•nthiued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
GRANIS PAYABLE- ¢ODllnYed
Mums in Need Sh¢ffi¢ld
Music and Arts Produ￿10￿$ Lced4 Ixds
Musical Connections. Yofk
Myeloma UK. Edinburgb
Neuro Key. Stockton-On.Tee$
New Beginnings P¢¢r Supp¢rfL Hom)8at¢
New HBII Kidz Ltd Wakefield
New Hop¢ Conunuttity ch￿b. Sheffield
Nomad (Wtiing Door5. Sheffjeld
North York5hiTC Hospice Car¢, Ilattogate
North Yorkshire Musi¢ Thernpy Ccntre. Malt
Orth0p￿lIC Institute Limited. OThc
Ovarian c4Th￿rAction. London
PCC of Girl1Th￿ort, He￿On and Mar￿7￿8h￿ Brnlfoyd
Pilot Thutre SdThiL Yo
Power2 Ltd, Tamcside
Presion Rogd Wom¢n's C¢ntre L￿. Hull
Rainbow Biby Bank. 14Kkmondwike
Raos Musical Th¢8tse Compary. Rip)D
Re-Enyg¢ Ltd London
Relatc Cross Pennine, Kei8hl¢y
Restore (York) Limited York
R¢vitsli8¢, London
Ridwd ShLyh•rd Foubmlaiion. York
Rirbmond Hill Elikrly Adion Limitrd. Imd8
Ripon CornmuDity Linl Bipon
Rutt With It, Hull
S*liJbury Hospice Chatity Limi￿£ SAli$bwy
Scarborough Ivhitby and Ryedal¢ Min4
S¢holemoor Bearon CIO. Br*Jford
Sch(K¥lre•drr5 CIO. Bedford
Shetyield Chur¢h&8 CouncÉl for Community Care, Sh¢ffKld
Shcffield Family Holiday F￿, Sheffield
Sbeffield M.E GTOLW. Sheffleld
ShetTicld Womcn'8 Cowi8¢11itiK Thmpy Service8. Sheffidd
Sheffield Young Caffls Projecl. Sh¢lTield
SHINE. Pderborougb
Sick Children'5 Tru￿. LoTrkn
Sidewalk Youth Project. Start*)rough
Sir Robert Ogden MacmiliaD Centrc. Hvro8ate
Smart Wotk5 Lced5. Leed$
Spenttr D8ymaD Meningrtis R¢s¢wrh. BTiStol
Spind Injuric5 Association. Milion Keyn
St Anthony'5 Project for Homele￿ Pe<)ple, BTadford
St Bartholom¢w's Churcl Arkcndale
St Lukts Hospic¢, Shefficld
St M￿$ IBTamall Lane) Cornmunity C¢ntre, Shcffield
Si Pctcfs Church, Harrogale
St Vincent De Paul S(Kicly. LoD&y)
St Wilfrid'5 c￿lI[E. Shcfficld
Standing Tall. Birningharn
Step 2 Young Peoples He￿h￿ Brodfwd
Streetbik¢$, Huddersfield
Sue Ryder. Sudb
SuppDrt to Rccovery, H￿￿$field
Take Hcart. Leeds
The Brain Tun)ow aharity, FarniKJrou8h
2.S(K)
2,5
2.500
8e27

THE CHARLES & EISIE SYKLS TRUST (CIO)
OTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMETm-
FOR THE YKAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2•24
GRA￿ PAYABLE • CODtinued
The British Starnmerng AW￿latio￿
Th¢ Cw¢ P8Tkin80n's Reading
Th¢ Etshl Tw Sheffield
The EX0th￿ Projecl. Barn51ry
Thc Five Towns Plus Hospicc Fund Limit¢(L p￿fr￿1
Thc Forwllrd TTVBL IA)ndon
The Histori¢ Towns Tnjst, B￿kS￿lI¢
The KI￿￿0￿] Hospice
The Lullaby Trust, tmdott
The Move Parthttship, Iludder5field
The No Way Tru￿ Lirniirt Hull
The PSP AysoGiBtion. Milton KeyDe#
The Snowdrop Proied, Sheffield
Th¢ Social Mobility F0uttd*iio￿ Londo
Th¢ Uniled R¢forn)ed CThurth (Yorksbire Pm1D￿j Tnut Ltd. L¢¢ds
The Wren Bakery CIO, Lttds
Tintiibjs UK Shttrield
Unxversity of Bradfor4 Btt•Jford
Utology Foundati￿ London
Versw Arthritis. Chesterfxld
Vision Care for Hom¢kss Pwl¢. London
W¢lfaT¢ Bencfiis Unii, York
We118pring Therapy and Training
W¢si Yorkshirt Community Ch•plaiw Proied, L¢¢
W¢therby iti Support ofthe Eldcrly
Vthirlow Hill Farm Trust. Sheffield
Wilberfoss. Kexby thd Ntwtm Playing Fields Associthofy Y￿k
YfrACA Ripon. ￿"pon
York Blind and Panially Sighier Sociery. Y
York Hospital Radio, YoTk
Yorkshire Canc¢r Res¢ar¢h, H4rroBale
Yorkshire Dales Millenium Tn￿￿. L4nca5trr
Yorkshire D￿¢£ Centre Tru5( Leedi
Zod8 Place Trn¢ LethilDB￿ Sp
3.5fA)
10.LK
2,750
The totsl Bran1$ are follo￿..
2024
No.
2023
Blind and P•Midfy Sighkd
Childrttt and Youth
Cultural and EnvhrontDental HeritsBe
D¢af. Hard of Hcaring ond Spccch Impairnl
Disabled And Physi¢alty Hkndic8PF
Edu¢4ti(
H05pi¢als and Hospice4
Mcdical Researc
Mcdical Welfare
Mental Health
32.1
42.IK
I I.IKK)
3%
4%
1%
1%
4%
2%
I￿/.
2°A
18
15
14
33,500
16
13
16
19
14%
13%
6%
3%
130,125
53.500
325(Kl
13
30.&
14,(1)O
18.1
70h
Old People's Welfare
Overs¢a$ Ald
Servitts and Ex.Scrvi¢e$
12.511)
2,500
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THE CHARLLS & EISIE SYKES TRUST {CIO)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- e(IiiliMu¢d
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
GRANTS PAYABLE- tontinDed
Social and Moral Welfare
Tradtt and Prof¢sstotss
474.950 49%
61
168.500
12/•
185
147 407 IIXI
SUPPORT cosrs
Toto11
18
71.543
Support costs. itttluded ID the above. follows..
2024
2023
Totsl
orthts￿Eft9 ￿tivI11¢S
B8nk charges
Auditors, Tcmuner8tion
InswLncc
Mectin8 cxpens¢$
Administration fee8
Sundrie8
Ac£ounlancy
S¢¢retsrial f
iwl & profemion
608
4.628
526
1,428
3,744
1.8C
21.720
35.387
464
4,380
501
1.991
897
20,700
33,384
AUDITORS. REMUNERATIO
2024
2023
Fe¢$ pay*ble to the charity$ ￿￿110t$ for the •udii of the Ch￿1¢￿$ fiDMncial
siaiemcn15
The audii ¢0sti are entirety for exterMI xruliny ¥nd no other ￿]CeS ar¢tKovided by the auditOT.
TRUSTEES, REhfUNERATION AND BENEFITS
There were no trusted remun¢r4lioll (f 4)th¢r benefits for the year t￿ded 31 De(￿ber 2024 nor for the y¢wr
ended 31 De¢embeT 2023.
Pw29

THE CHARLES & ELSIE SYKES TRUST (CIO)
NOTF3 TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. eonthTr¢d
FOR THE YEAR EIYDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
#tti, t4>tn
The reimburgewi of truste¢ cxF%nses wtre ¥ follm:
2024
2023
SundTie$
Total llumber of tnutttj r¢imbw%d for expells¢4
10. STAFF COSTS
The 4veraB¢ Tnonth]y wmber of vDploytt8 sknitt8 the year w¥$ (2023: Ni
The Tntyi ¢mployed no stsff dwiA8 the yeaT (2023: Nil).
11. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcmrrriLS12023)
Unre5thcled
EndowTnenl
fund
Total
INCOME AND EI¥DOWMEKfs FROM
EXPEYDITURE ON
RAi#ing funds
04,362
64,362
ChArlt•bl¢ *¢llvltl
GTantm8kin8
413,￿?
473 977
538 339
Net g8iDB on invutments
810798
NET INCOME
169.366
749.499
918,865
RKCONCILIATION OF FLINDS
Totsl funth knught forward
528.321
17,588,662
18,116,983
TOTAL FUNDS CARIUED FORWARD
697 687
18,338 161
19,035,848
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THE CHARIX8 & EISIE SYKES TRUST (CIO)
NOTKS TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMKPM-￿th￿Qd
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
IL IIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS
Li￿ed
Totsli
MARKET VALUE
At l January 2024
Additions
Di8posals
Revaluatio
18.188,577
3.842.173
(3.735.439)
1387 775
166,805
18J55,382
724,631
4.566,804
(672J73) {4,407,812}
1387 775
At 31 Dcc¢nkn 2024
19683086
19 902 149
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 Dec¢rnber 2024
19 683 086
19902 149
At 31 2023
18 188.577
18
Ai the ytar C￿1 Ibe Tnxrt he]d:
Inth¢UK
Outside the UK
C4th Bnd c8sh equivllents
Moncy Market it)ves¢men¢s
Bond inv¢stment$
Equity investmenls
Hedge funds
Property
Lrfodian
102.496
116.567
3.701,755
13,744,946
474,823
494,519
1254 037)
1.521.080
18 381069
1521080
Individu•l invcJtmCDts heid atthe year ¢nd whi¢h ttpregelli over 5% of the prtfolio value aY¢.'
% Portfolio Nurtsber Heid M￿k￿ VJlu¢
Cost
UBS Investhjent Funds ICVC S&P S￿} Irmlex
Van8U8Td Fund8 PLC
3.580
37,980
1.379,715
1347 732
954,491
2 727 447
2 200 957
Cost OT vohT8tiio ot 31 Deccmkn 2024 is reWexn￿ by..
C&8h and
s¢ttlements
pending
Totslg
Valuation in 2024
CoAt
2,820.924
16,862,162
2,820,924
17081225
219.063
19 683 086
219,063
19 901149
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THE CHARW & EtSIE SYKES TRUST (CIO)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENfs *to•tiDued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
12. FIXKD ASSET INVEsfMENfs. c•ntiDw¢d
Irfjxed investments had not be¢n ￿alUed Ily wyjuld have been iti¢ludd at the following historicAI ¢osL'
2024
2023
16 862 162
16688805
Fixed as￿ investsllents w¢r¢ vahKd (￿ an open nwkd b&sis on 31 D￿trOb￿2024 by UBS.
2024
2023
Stock maTk¢t investmeni di￿￿¥..
Proceed8
Less opening ￿$1
3.879.416
4.473.923
In￿{1*?¥1¢5) on dijposal in the ye
ReV￿￿￿tionS
1387 775
734 723
Net gain￿{lou¢8) on inv¢8tments
1531752
810798
Invcstrnents h¢ld 41 hir nlue compromi¥¢.'
2024
2023
C8th And c4sh equivalents
Moncy M•rket itjvestments
Bond invesnnents
Equiry itivestttK4ts
Hedge ftmds
102.496
116.567
3.701.755
15,266.026
474.823
494.519
1254 037
56.282
110,523
3,947,910
13,677,428
430,529
367.1￿4
234
94
c￿S￿dIan fvTrJs
19 902 149
18355 382
The fair VI￿¢ of listed itive5tments 15 deterri￿ by ttltretsee to the quoted wice for identical assets ill an
active M￿tt #t the year erxl.
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THE CHARLFS & EISIE SYKLS IIiUST (CIO)
NOTES TO THE FTNANCLIL STATEMENfs. ¢owllNued
FOR THE YKAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
13. CREDfTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE wmuN ONE YEAR
2024
2023
A¢¢nM]s and deferred income
170.518
14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Ne¢
ovement
in fuD&
At
31.12.24
At 1.1.24
Unrestrlcted fuuds
General FUTKI
697.687
(326,807)
370.880
EDdov4m¢llt hudi
Capital fund
18,338,161
1.548J12
19.886,473
TOTAL FUNDS
20
Net movement in fiujth. included in th¢ above are as follo￿..
In¢ominB R¢S(x￿￿3
Gains and
Movement
in futtds
Unrtstrlcted fund•
General Fmnd
711.419
{1,038,226)
{326,807)
capi￿] fund
78.616
(72.7261
.542.422
1.548.312
TOTAL FUNDS
11109521
Cornp•rAthd f•r movement ID fumds
N¢t
mov¢meni
At
31.12.23
Atl.1.23
Unrestrl¢ted fv*di
G¢nern] Fund
528.321
169J66
697.687
Endowmeot
Capital fund
17588.662
749.499
18,338,161
TOTAL FUNDS
18 110983
19035 848
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THE CHARLES & ELSIE SYKES TRUST (CIO)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- eoDll•lled
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS. t•ntinued
Iwoming
Gtti￿ and Mov¢m¢nt
lo￿5
Unmtrkted fuDdi
General FthMI
643J43
(473.977)
169.366
Capital fimd
3,063
(64,362)
810.798
749.499
TOTAL FUNDS
538
39
918 865
15. FUNDS HELD AS cusfoDL4N TRUSTEE
On the 13 January 2020 fullds of £228J66 wtre Teceiv¢d from Brldford Hospitals, Charity {cbaTity no.
1061753) by the Trusi. Theirobj¢cts ittelude for ¢lJArilable puoose.
The4¢ funds are held on belhawof Br4dfotd Hospitsls, ek￿rity and ￿nI10￿¢ io be inveattra u part of the ov¢roll
ponfolio iti *¢cordknce T￿th th¢ a8r¢emeoL
Al at the 31 fJe¢¢rnb¢r2024 the cqrreni valuc of thcse fuDdB amounted to £254.037.
16. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
The Tn￿3 ￿re1￿. Mr Neil Shjw. is a pAm¢r in LCF Law who xl AS wli¢itoN for the Thwt. For the
secrewial servicu provided by hiq few w¢tt Incur￿ during the yw Jmountll)8 ￿ £37,697 (2023..
£36.7441 whith were iDchuive of VAT.
Mr John Garbun acts as the treasurer attd li a director at DSC Chart￿￿ A￿0￿￿￿￿1% 0150 4¢1 for the knjst
88 I￿0)ul1t1nts and tsx advisoTJ. Fw the tre*sur￿5 thitics, fees wu¢ in¢uffed thwin8 the ye8r &mountin8 to
£21,720 (2023: £20,7Tr)) whicb wtte inclusiv¢ of VAT.
There w¢r¢ no outst￿1￿& bkn ai the bal￿￿e she¢t d8* or in of the PTtvious period.
17. CONVERSION TO CHAR￿ABLE INCOKPORATED ORGA141SATION (CIO)
On the 9 J￿ll*ry 2024 The awity Commission ippmvcd thc conversion lo a new ¢haritsble Inco￿orated
orynisAtion ICIO). Thc Clwks 2nd Elsi¢ Sykes Trust l¢hty tto. 206926) would muge with The Charles and
Elsie Sykes Tru￿ Iclwity no. 1204728). with oll the activitie4 assets and liabilities transferred to the new
¢hgrity. Thc trust would continue lo urry oui 115 clwitablc actiTritie5 Wlder th¢ new CIO (ch¥rity no. 1204728}.
Pa8e 34

THE CKIRLES & EISIE SYKES TRUST (Cio)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENf6- ¢o•thi*ed
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2•24
17. CONVEKSION TO CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORCANISATION (CIO)- e•nthiued
ADalysis ofprin¢ipal SOFA ¢ornwJncnts for the turmi repxting
Sykes Tn
the Chul¢s
and Elste
Sykcs TTU
Elsiesykes
Tn
I￿1 Elsic
Sykes Trult
Combined
IAI
numbeT
21)6926
1204728
1204728
{pMittyr) (￿¢.￿eT) (po81.)M8¢r)
number
1204728
Total income
Totsl ex￿￿th.1￿￿e
Net iDcomcllcxtthdittre)
Cmhcr gainslllogse8)
Net movtmtnt th fundi
8.762
785.574
794,336
(1.110,952} (1.110.952)
(325 J78)
(316.616)
1.531,752
1,531.752
13116J74
l J15,136
8.762
&762
Analyii5 of prin¢ipal SOFA for th¢ ttportiD8 p¢riod
The Chwks
Sykes Tnut
01￿ kngwn SJ The Ch•rf
thc Charles
4nd Elsie
Sykes TNSI
Charity
umber
206926
ElsieSyk¢s
Trust
Charity
numbtr
1204728
C¢wJbined
total
Charity
number
1204728
Totsl itteome
Total expvwjitiwe
N¢t incomcl{expend1tu￿)
Oih¢r 8•in￿{lO$S¢s)
Net movemeni in fund5
TotAI fund• eArritd fonvard
(538J39)
ioti.(N$7
810.798
918,865
918J65
(538.339)
lo8,(￿7
810.798
918.865
918
Ana￿13 of assets at the d•f¢ of mergcf
Sykes Trust
also knowT ¥ The Charles
the ch￿kS
d Elsie
Syke5 Tn
Charity
numbcr
20￿}26
Ei8ieSyk
Tntsi
Combined
tal
nwnbcr
numP*r
1204728
1204728
Net ll55
19.044.610
19.044,610
Unrestricted fiALd8
EThknwment
706.449
18.338,161
19,044hlO
706,449
18.338.161
19,IM4,610
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