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

## **From 1[st] November 2024 To 31[st] October 2025** 

## **Charity name: The Bagheera Trust Charity registration number: 1206318** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the trust are to further such<br>objects or purposes which are exclusively<br>charitable according to the law of England<br>and Wales in any part of the world and in<br>such manner as the Trustees may in their<br>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 £49,107.<br>•<br>Headspace<br>•<br>Nucleo Project<br>•<br>The Brilliant Club<br>•<br>Institute of Cancer Research<br>•<br>UP Unlocking Potential<br>•<br>Southwark Playhouse Theatre<br>Company<br>•<br>Sussex Contemp Illustrators &<br>Printers<br>•<br>TEMWA UK<br>•<br>Bookmark Reading Charity<br>•<br>Ardent Theatre Company<br>•<br>Little Angel Theatre Charity<br>•<br>Loud N Proud<br>•<br>ACTA<br>•<br>Elayos<br>•<br>National Youth Choirs of Great<br>Britan<br>•<br>Lyric Theatre Hammersmith|





## **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 £14,040 (2024:<br>£39,161)<br>and<br>investments<br>valued<br>at<br>£1,857,978<br>within<br>the<br>expendable<br>endowment fund which can be released to<br>support the 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<br>reserves<br>of<br>£2,068<br>(2024:<br>£20,363).|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|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<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other||Expendable endowment funds are those<br>which are required to be invested to produce<br>income, but which may be transferred to<br>unrestricted funds at the discretion of the<br>trustees in order that they may be expended<br>in furtherance of the charity’s objectives.<br>Unrestricted income funds are available for<br>use at the discretion of the trustees in<br>furtherance of the general objectives of the<br>charity and which have not been designated<br>for other purposes.|



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Trust deed dated 1 November 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 choose toincludefurtherstatementswhererelevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>Youmay choose toincludefurtherstatementswhererelevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>Youmay choose toincludefurtherstatementswhererelevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|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<br>£10,910<br>(2024:<br>£11,681)<br>for<br>trust<br>administration and cash management fees<br>during the year under review.  These fees<br>are authorised under clause 9 of the trust<br>deed.<br>Gregor Stanley Watson is a trustee of<br>National Youth Choir, the grant to this<br>charity was approved by Ludlow Trust<br>Company Ltd for £5,000.|
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|The Bagheera Trust|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|None|
|Registered charity number|1206318|
|Charity’s principal address|Ludlow Trust Company Limited, 1st Floor, Tower Wharf<br>Bristol BS2 0JJ|





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

|**Trustee name**<br>**Office (if any)**<br>**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**<br>**Name of person (or**<br>**body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee (ifany)**<br>1Ludlow Trust<br>CompanyLimited<br>2Rhona Barbara<br>Tealby-Watson<br>Appointed 29thJanuary<br>2025<br>3Elfreda Drusilla Sarah<br>TealbyWatson<br>4Gregor Stanley<br>Watson<br>5Phoebe Tealby<br>Watson<br>Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved<br>**Director name**<br>Gary St John Collins<br>Duncan Walter Coxon<br>Ali Reza Sarikhani<br>Ziba Christina Sakine<br>Sarikhani<br>Christopher Ian Thurlow<br>Matthew John Wickers|**Trustee name**|**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**<br>**body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Ludlow Trust<br>CompanyLimited||||||
||Rhona Barbara<br>Tealby-Watson|||Appointed 29thJanuary<br>2025|||
||Elfreda Drusilla Sarah<br>TealbyWatson||||||
||Gregor Stanley<br>Watson||||||
||Phoebe Tealby<br>Watson||||||
|**Director name**|||||||
|Gary St John Collins|||||||
|Duncan Walter Coxon|||||||
|Ali Reza Sarikhani|||||||
|Ziba Christina Sakine<br>Sarikhani|||||||
|Christopher Ian Thurlow|||||||
|Matthew John Wickers|||||||



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**|Coutts & Co|440 Strand, London, WC2R 0QS|
|**Bankers**|Coutts & Co|440 Strand, London, WC2R 0QS|
|**Accountants**|Charter Tax Consulting<br>Limited|8th Floor, 1 Southampton St, London<br>WC2R 0LR|
|**Independent Examiner**|Katie Wilson|Blue Spire Limited, Cawley Priory, South<br>Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1SY|
|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
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## **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** 


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||**The Bagheera Trust**|**The Bagheera Trust**|**The Bagheera Trust**|**The Bagheera Trust**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**<br>**from**|01/11/2024<br>Period start date|**To**|||
|||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**3,928**<br>**5,295**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> <br> **9,223**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**9,223**<br>**49,107**<br>**-**<br>**10,852**<br>**600**<br>**58**<br>**600**<br>**-**<br>**420**<br> **61,637**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**61,637**<br>**-                52,414**<br>**34,119**<br>**20,363**<br>**2,068**|**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>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Income From Investments|**3,928**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**3,928**<br>**5,295**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,223**|**-**<br>**35,605**<br>**1,303,000**<br>**325,000**<br>**-**|
|Interest Received|**5,295**|||||
|Additions from settlors|**-**|||||
|Gift Aid|**-**|||||
||**-**|||||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br> **9,223**||||**1,663,605**|
|||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||
|Sale Of Investments|**-**||**5,927**<br>**-**<br>**5,927**|**5,927**<br>**-**<br>**5,927**|**60**<br>**-**|
||**-**|||||
|~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**||||**60**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||**15,150**||
||||**5,927**||**1,663,665**|
|||||||
|<br>Grants Awarded|**49,107**||**-**<br>**827**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**827**|**49,107**<br>**827**<br>**10,852**<br>**600**<br>**58**<br>**600**<br>**-**<br>**420**<br>**62,464**|**12,500**<br>**2,400**<br>**10,156**<br>**-**<br>**1,525**<br>**-**<br>**60**<br>**2,500**|
|Investment Manager Fees|**-**|||||
|Trust Administration Fees|**10,852**|||||
|Independent Examiners Fees|**600**|||||
|Cash Management Fees|**58**|||||
|Accountancy|**600**|||||
|Platform service charge|**-**|||||
|Legal Fees|**420**|||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**61,637**||||**29,141**|
|||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||
|<br>Investment Purchases|**-**||**-                      3,898**<br>**-**<br>**-                      3,898**|**-                      3,898**<br>**-**<br>**-                      3,898**|**1,575,000**|
||**-**|||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||**1,575,000**|
|**_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_**||||**58,566**||
||||**-                  3,071**||**1,604,141**|
|||||||
||**-                52,414**||<br>**8,998**|**-                43,416**<br>**-**<br>**59,524**<br>**16,108**|**59,524**|
||**34,119**||**-                34,119**<br>**39,161**||<br>**-**<br>**-**|
||**20,363**|||||
||**2,068**||<br>**14,040**||**59,524**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<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**|Signature<br>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>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,068**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,068**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**Endowment**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Joanne Spiceley on behalf of Ludlow<br>Trust Company Ltd (Trustee)<br>3|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**14,040**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**14,040**<br>OK<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**1,857,978**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**When due**<br>**(optional)**<br>Date of<br>approval<br>0 March 2026|
|---|---|---|---|
||||Date of<br>approval|
|||Joanne Spiceley on behalf of Ludlow<br>Trust Company Ltd (Trustee)|0 March 202|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

27/03/2026 

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## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The Bagheera Trust** 

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 October 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. 


Katie Wilson FCA Blue Spire Limited Cawley Priory South Pallant Chichester West Sussex PO19 1SY 

30 March 2026 Date 

