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

## **From 28 September 2024 To 27 September 2025** 

**Charity name: The Duncreggan Trust Charity registration number: 1206910** 

## **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. In<br>determining the charity’s activities, the<br>trustees have had regard to the Charity<br>Commission’s guidance on public benefit.|
|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 no grants to charities.|





**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 £1,256,043 (2024:<br>£1,263,671) and investments valued at<br>£57,288 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 free reserves of £99,222 (2024:<br>£1,845).|
|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<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 27 September 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)** 

|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|
|---|---|---|
|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 £9,457<br>for<br>trust<br>administration<br>and<br>cash<br>management fees 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|The Duncreggan Trust|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1206910|
|Charity’s principal address|Ludlow Trust Company Ltd<br>Tower Wharf<br>Cheese Lane<br>BRISTOL<br>BS2 0JJ|





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

|1<br>2<br>3|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year**|**Name of person (or**<br>**body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Ludlow Trust<br>CompanyLimited||||
||Helen Fleure Dorey||||
||Rowan MaryJarvis||||



|Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved|Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved|Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved|
|---|---|---|
|**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**|Coutts|440 Strand, London, WC2R 0QS|
|**Bankers**|Coutts|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)**|||
||||



## **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)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||Chris Thurlow||
||<br> <br>On behalf of Ludlow Trust<br>Company Limited||
||<br>20 March 2026||
||<br>20 March 2026||





||**The Duncreggan Trust**|**The Duncreggan Trust**|**The Duncreggan Trust**|**1206910**|**1206910**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**<br>**from**|28/09/2024|**To**||27/09/2025||
||||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**62,641**<br>**36,565**<br>**-**<br> <br> **99,206**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br> **99,206**<br>**7,628**<br>**1,829**<br>**-**<br> **9,457**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**9,457**<br>**89,749**<br>**7,628**<br>**1,845**<br>**99,222**|**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>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-                 7,628**<br>**1,263,671**<br>**1,256,043**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**62,641**<br>**36,565**<br>**-**<br>**99,206**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**99,206**<br>**7,628**<br>**1,829**<br>**-**<br>**9,457**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,457**<br>**89,749**<br>**-**<br>**1,265,516**<br>**1,355,265**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Income From Investments|**62,641**|||||**-**|
|Interest Received|**36,565**|||||**-**|
|Addition to the trust|**-**|||||**1,268,516**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br> **99,206**|||||**1,268,516**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
|Sale Of Investments|**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**1,268,516**|
||||||||
|Trust Administration Fees|**7,628**|||||**3,000**|
|Cash Management Fees|**1,829**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**9,457**|||||**3,000**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
|<br>Investment Purchases|**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_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_**|||||||
|||||||**3,000**|
||||||||
||**89,749**|**-**|**-**||**89,749**|**1,265,516**|
||**7,628**||**-                 7,628**||**-**|**-**|
||**1,845**||**1,263,671**||**1,265,516**|**-**|
||**99,222**|**-**|**1,256,043**||**1,355,265**|**1,265,516**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

18/03/2026 

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|**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**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**1,256,043**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,256,043**<br>OK<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**57,288**<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>20 March 2026|
|---|---|---|---|
|**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>439,585 Blue Diamond Ltd Shares<br>**Details**<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**99,222**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**99,222**<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>Chris Thurlow on behalf of Ludlow<br>Trust CompanyLtd(Trustee)<br>||
||||Date of<br>approval|
|||Chris Thurlow on behalf of Ludlow<br>Trust CompanyLtd(Trustee)|20 March 202|
|||||



CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

18/03/2026 

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

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 27 September 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 

20 March 2026 Date 

