The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and
Cattle Trough Association
163 Annual Report
for the Year Ended
31Jt Deeember 2024
Regist¢re4] under thc Charities Acl 2(X)6 no 207743
www.drinkingfountains.o

The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain
and Cattle Trough Association
Report and Financiydl Statements
Year Ended 31 December 2024
Contents
TnJstee5' Annual Report
Slattmcnt of Tn]sice's Regponsibiliti¢$
Indep¢Dd¢nt eX￿5￿cT￿ rLVOrt to th¢ Ttwt¢ey of The MctrorA)litsn DrinknAg Fountain and CattleTrwgh A550¢1aiion
Statement ofFin8ncial Activitics
10
Balance Sh¢
Not¢¥ to Financial Statthients
12-16

(Regislered under ihe Charllies Acl 2006-No. 2117743)
Viu Pmident
A Buxton
Chalrman
Trea8yrtr
S•¢r¢tary
JE Mills
A Kit)¥
RPRR
Executlv• Commllt¢e
The memb¢r8 orth¢ Exe¢ulive Cotnmilt¢¢ at 31 De¢¢mbcr 2Q24and their resp¢¢¢iv¢ da¢rs of appointment were..
JV. Mills
RP Bab¢r
A Kin8
MW Elliott
Sir M B¢Jr
(1977)
Il982)
121X12}
11995}
12(K)21
Mrs L Erith
Mrs s full¢r
M SIAter
P U'Conn¢ll
12W31
12(XMI
120121
(20131
IDd¢p¢ndeAt Ex*ml*er
Mr JR Fisher
24 W¢ald¢n Driv¢
Chirhesicr
P0180SF
B*nk•
Barclays Donk PLC
EIu5ines$ C¢ntrc
6 Mark¢1 Pla¢¢
Ilexlwheath
K¢rt¢ DAS 7r)Y
Inve8tm•rtt MAiiii8•r
M&G Securities l•iml¢&J
po r4ox 9039
Chclm8fDrd
CM99 2XF
Sub5Gription$ and donations should b¢ mlldc payablc to'The Drinking fiounthln Assvclation" and scnt to the 8¢cr¢w At
Oaklands, 5 Que¢nboTOU8h C¥ard¢n& Chi51¢hur51. Kcnl BR7 6NP.

Trustees Annurdl Report
Th¢ Committee hav¢ plea¥ur¢ in subJDitiing their onc hundrcd sixty third annual ryort for Ihc y￿r cndcd 31 D¢cember
2024.
Legal Structure
The Aswcialionls gov¢mcd by a conslilulion. which was l&i amended in Scplcrnbcr 2012 and 18 m8nag¢d by a Commltte¢.
Princip41 Office
'I'he principal o￿l¢e ofihe Associalion i.q (hklonds. S Queenknrough Gdrd¢n¥ Lhiblchurqt. KenL IIR7 6NP.
Agsoci&tion's Records
I'hL bulk of thL A5%(>ciiition's hIS￿rIL rccord4 now held a¢ Th¢ IA)ndon mfflri1wlil￿ Archivc%, 40 Northamplon
l.ondon l.'CIR UAII. T¢l¥whone'. 020 7332 3820. ThL Sc¢rcl8ry rngtntain8 8 ci>rnputer duiobAS¢ of 811 th¢ A85ULiation's
drinkin¥ fuUn￿ln¥. cdiilc Ir(>uMhs, and dn8 IrouBh8. A d4labasc ol'ihc A¥¥niiuliDn'8 r¢cords can bc found lis websiie
www.drinkin8fountaln¥.or8
Committee Members
The rnanagemcni ofihe Association i¥ V¢SLcd in thL Commiittt whiLh ¥hRII consist ofnvt l¢ss than %ix nor morr than liPce¢n
memb¢rs of Ihc as%ociation who on appoinimelll will a85U]n¢ ihe respon%ibililies uf 'fru51cc within th¢ m¢Jnin8 ofthe
Lharili¢8 Aci 2006.
'rht Cummiii¢¢ iniLYvicw¥ Pot¢ntio1 Commillcc Membcrs and uppoinl¢d lu lh¢ Committee if appToYcd. N¢w undidalcs
r¢tire it th¢ ncxi Annual (l￿eral M¢elin￿ und offcr Ihcm&clv¢s for re.eleLiion by thc mcmbers. A ihird i?f lh¢ Cnmmiltcc
r￿lt¢S at the Annual Gcn¢ral M¢¢tln8. All new'l'rustccs provid¢d with an induLiion pock which itt¢ludes lh¢
¢UDs¢iiuiion of Ihc A%￿)C1&lion and guidcline% on how to perfom Ih¢ir duiies aTnJslec. Purth¢r (r￿ning 1% givcn by thr
Tr¢#surcr 8nd Ihtt Sccrctary ai Cttmmiit¢L mcctin¥s as thd whett ne¢esy&ry.'I'hc day-io-thly running of th¢ A*8ocialion is
delLgatcd io thL oftl¢¢ of ihe Secretsry who lldminis¢¢Y¥ ihe expcnycs and pllymcn15 of 8raiit* in ¢oniun¢tion with thc
Trwurcr.
All rn¢mb¢rs of th¢ Commlitee servin8 on 3lyt DeL'embcr 2024 arc noi¢d on page two
Administralion and Related Parties
Admini$¢roti()n co.41s of £S,SIKJ12023.' £5,51K)18rc in r¢sp￿t ofsccr¢¢arial and admini￿ratiVe services which ar¢
provid¢¢J by a Lumpany in whi¢h RP Batr*T. a member ofih¢ Commitiec hL8 an inlcre%t in.

Objectives
'rh¢ obj¢¢tive$ of th¢ As80Ciation are to promot¢ th¢ provi8ion of drinking wa*1 for p¢oplc and llnimals in th¢ Ilnit
Kingdom and overv&$, and thr prcscrvation ofthe A58ocialion's ￿chIve malerials. artcfacis, drinking fouDlains, iartl¢
trouBh4 and other insiallaiiung.
Revlew of Actlvities and Future Plans
Sub$¢riplion and donuliun% rcrnaincd 51ablc al £275 {2023.. £2751 ond inv¢ameni w5C tg £49,30612023.. £46,031). The
Lomrr)itit¢ nDicd ihal Ihc inv2￿ment g¢n¢rni¢d A Eain vf 11¥.26412023.. In.%4-£18,5901.'I'hc Commiiice inve8ted an addilionJl
£25.(KK) inlo M&G C'.harifund Incom¥ Uniis.'fh¢ valu¢ of thc invLstmcni stood at £816.1133 al year-end12023.. £772.5671. Th¢r¢
as a dccllnc in School Founiains and RC%tO￿l￿n work.'I'he AssoLialiun mainlaincd an opcr8tin8 surplus of£28.116121123'.
£13,585).
'I'h¢ Assoiiaiion a¢¢¢pis applicAliun& fur granLy to fund projccly ihai Jli¥n wilh its obje¢iivcs, In 2024. lh¢ A&%uLillliun'¥ grants
loittll¢d £15.01312023.. 126.3541. A detailcd brcakdown of all made Lan he found on pagr 13.'1'hr ￿¥YoLl￿tI1)n typically
#lloLat¢s Aboul onc.third of IL% net income lo ovcrstJ8 project%. channcllcd Ihrou8h oihcr ih#riluhl¢ for cost
¢ff¢Llivuc&%. B&scd on 8Thllt uppliLaiiun%' merit& th¢ LL)mmitt¢¢ #w4rd.4 ranging from £50 iu £4,000. Another third is
dllocalcd io rcstOTRiiun work, wilh the linal Ihird (k'%i8nulcd fi)r PTpviding Novu¥ driDking luunidin% lu %LhoDl8. Thc AssociAllOn
ha¥ idenlificd a for ¥upplying founioins iu ¥¢hvoly a¢ro%s th¢ Uniicd Kingdorn. 'lypically, Ihc A&%uLi&iion gi119 A Novuy
drinking lounlain to a.Khool und¢r thi ¥vnJilii)n that Ihc School pay& £51) lo join rhe A.￿M￿jalI0n.
Flnd a Fountain
'1￿¢ Organi￿11￿￿ lOur￿L￿ ILI ffluke ihe pvblic awa￿. ofih¢' w￿¢¢, of u4ing boiil¢d wal¢1 whcn there is u plcnliful supply
of ￿1]Y acce4%ed wai¢r.'I'h¢ publi¥ ian Ivg oll and look ￿ ihc map lu find Ihcir nLllre￿ cleqn w41cr sour¢¢
www.findJfi)untain.or8.
School FountAin8
lTh¢ Lommittee has awwdcd I fvunlain this ycar.
Number of
Founiain5
E5tabli5hmcnt
Ilrunel S¢h<M>l
17(kn Torquay Road
l)ai8nton
'ro3 2A1.

Report and Finaneial Statements
Year Ended 31 December 2024
Trustees Annual Repor¢ (eontinu¢d)
Thc current counts of fountainq, well& pumps. and irouKhs provided by thc Association arc follows..
Mrtropolltsn Ar
PTovlncH
Abrowd
Tot•1
Dr•hkih8 fouTht*lThi
Cwttle Irouih$
3J85
l J29
463
4J14
929
Doe troughi
3,045
676
3.721
WHt¢r well
193
193
EltphAnt pumps
WAt•r TAnkJ
14
14
Watu Flltratitin Sy$tems
17
Grants provided
Water Hirv¢4t
A 8ranl of12.0(M> awcd to provide ¢leAn drinking waiLY 10 school¥ in TUTOI lJgandL
Duml Int*rnAtlonAI Ald
A gront of £2,IX)U was agreed to fun ￿￿-lIar¥¢$lIng Wytainablc walcT 8olution in rnolc villllgcs in Zirnbabw¢.
M4khod Try&¢
A grant of £2,11(X) was agreed for th¢ r¢¥wrntion of3 drinking wc115 belonging iLTr ihe Bedouin olsouth Sinai, E8yPt.
Frank Witer
A grant of £2,5(K> agrccd ts> fund thc provision of 5afc driDkiD8 Wll￿r for isolat¢d ¢ommuniiie% in lJttorakhand in thc Indian
llim0lay￿.
London Borough of RlohmoDd ￿pOn ThAm
A granl of £4,040 was a￿￿ed to fund the installation of 4 water drinking fountains in 4 localion5. 'Ibc 4 locati(>n$ aT¢
Champivns Whyrf, Twi¢k¢nham Green, Kew Green Radrlur ti4Lrdens.

Report and Financial Statements
Year Ended 31 December 2024
Trustees Annual Report (continued)
Restorydtion work
The Frl¢ndJ pfcoron•tlon Garden•
A £ 2,(MMJ W&8 agreed tr> help r￿OrC Ihc original F.dwardian fDunthin in Corunalion Garden5 fur publiL use.
Naturil HIAtory Myi¢um
The CDmmilte¢ are ¢uryenily cxploring suithblc siles for the Natur￿ Hi%tory Muscum Trounlain.
Future development of the A8gOCtation
'llic AhYA)cialion's aim for the ful￿r¢ is 10 provide drinking Water fnr humans ￿lmI1￿ and io pres¢ryr its ar¥hive
mal¢rioly. drittkitt8 founluin4 Lattlc IT()U8hs and other itt%l4llaiions. Thc CommitlLL Lonsiders the n¢cd for fundin￿ projecls
ba8Ld on Ihe amvunl of incomc thal ils capilul inv¢4lm¢nis g¢n¢ruie nnd alloLule Ih¢y¢ accnrdingly. In cx¢ipiional
circum51Jnce8 Ihc C¢Jmmiiie¢ MAY use eapiial tu fund IL% obj¢¢tiv¥y. The Commili¢L' ¢ndc4vour5 lo allocatc a third uf itq
ineome to fundin¥ projeLi% over4eas
Risky fAcing the ChArlty
I'he Commill¢¢ hwve &ve¥￿d th¢ majvr ri5k¥ io whiLh the A.4yo¢iaiion iy ¢xpo%cd, pllrtieulor th(Trse Tel￿ed to ihc
op¢rations and fJn4nce¥ of th¢ Ass￿ iaiion and ￿¢ 5￿1$fICd that 8y81¢m¥ ar¢ in pla¢¢ to miii8ai¢ Ihc A¥¥uciatlDll'Y cxp05urc
to major risks.

Report and Financial Statements
Year ended 3111 December 2024
Statement of Public Benefit
The Committee confirms thal th¢y have complicd with the duty in scction 4 of th¢ Charit1¢8 A¢1 2011 to have TcgaTd tv
public benefil 8llidatt¢e published by the Charity Commi&sion in deLerniinin8 the activilies undcrtakcn by ih¢ A￿O¢lai10n.
Financial Review
The Cornrnli￿¢ sci out thL financial ¥tatcm¢nt4 10 to PJ8e 16.'1'hc nct incoming rcsour¢¢% tor the y¢4T wcre £28,116
12023.. £ 13.585), and £21,485 expended12023.. £32,721). UDrr&lis¢d 8ain on inv&8imenls amountcd to £1926t12023 loss,,
£11¥,590}).'I'he sutylus for thc Y¢￿T tranqferred lo the rcscrvc5 £ 47.31101202J d¢fi¢il'.1£5,(M)511.
Invegtments
'I'h¢ Asso¢ia¢itsn'¥ inv¢3lmcnt5 arc hcld irh Charifund. whi¢h 1$ mana8ed by M &(i Sccurltic%. Chmrifund m￿¢ #n
unrealised Kuin of £19,264 {2023 10*4'.1£18.590}1.
I'ILr'fru&L¢¢s have tsk¢n J prudent approach 10 inw¢8tin¥ lh¥ A$$o¢iation'¥ funds.'Ihcy wish lo mhinl&itt as a stron8 capitsl
b&9¢ &$ possible whilst pruvidiDx suificien( annual incomc to mect Ihc DLrd¥ of lh¢ A%%ocialiun.'I'his 18 oLhicvLd Ihrough
inVCStmcnt in th¢ Hbovc fund. No gocial, environrnLntsl or ¢thi¢ol ￿nsid¢￿tIOnS 4r¢ into &Lcount by lh¢ itLv¥sirneni
manfj8er¥ by Ihc As%ocialion.
Reserves
11 iy Ihc policy of thE'I'rust¢¢s to mainlain rcserveJ in Ihc Assn¢1￿l￿n &[ a level w ¢nabl¢ it lo be admiThisi¢red effi¥i¢n¢ly. 10
mttt ils ¥hort-Irrrn cxpcnditurc rquircrll¢nl* artd io havc adequthie reyuurccy 10 lund il% Lharil&bl¢ obj¢ctive$. In
iablishin8 thi.8 poliLy, Ihc Tru5t¥¢s hove Lon%idLrLd ihc d1￿￿1.￿ll10n uf ils inLumin8 r¢sourr¢% whi¥h are mainly dcTiv¢d
Irorn 115 inveytTn¢nis. I'he lev¢] ofrc$ervey iy subjccl to pcriudiL r¢vi¥w wh¢n ¢on¥iderin8 Lhan8C5 lo ihc bhurity's activilie¥
and rrquir¢ments.
In lh¢ opinion uf th¢'l'ruJtCC3 Ihc r¢$¢rve% (>f Ihc Associatlon. currcntly llfflouniittg ￿ £ 8111,24412023.. £B33.11641 nccd¢d
) genLratc fund5 on on8*ing b4sis.'llie Tru51ee5 conlirm ihat ihc A%¥t>riNliun'¥ oss¢¢$ aye rettdily dvailable hnd in lh¢
opinion ot'th¢ Trust¢¢s adequllte Lo fulfil the Ubli￿(lon4 of the TrusL
Ponsions
'I'hc A550ciation h&$ no pension committnent&

Report and Financial Statemenls
Year Ended 31 December 2024
Statement of trllstees, responsibilities
I'he I￿ste¢S 8r¢ r¥'spon%iblc foT PTcparing thc'l'ruslccs, Report and Ihc firtancial 51atcmcnls in accordancL' with applicabl¢
law &nd Ilnitr4J Kingdom Accouniing 4tsnd&rd% {Unil¢d Kingdom Generally Accepied Atiouniing Pwiicel.
'fh¢ IAW appli￿ble i(> charilic5 tn Ingland & Wales T¢9￿1r¢* the truslccs to prcparc financial statL'menL8 for ¢a¢h finanGial
ycar which 8iv¢ a Inje and fair vicw ofihL slate of afrlairs ofihc LhdTily and ofthc inLoming r¢sourL¢s and application of
rc50urccs of ihe charity for that period. In prbwdring Ih&8c financial stsiemcnis, Ihc trusi¢¢$ arn. ￿quiT¢d to..
%¢l¢¢i suitiblL llLcounlin8 rM)IiLIL% thnd IhLn apply Ihlyn wnsi%l¢ntly*
obs¢rvr thc mcthods and prinLiple% in ihe Chariii¢s SORP.
m4ke judB¢mLthts and ¢stimat¢s Ihal arc rL*son&ble and prudLrit:
%taic whL4iher uppli¢ablL u¥Luunting stdndardg have been followid. bubjLcl to ony rrblllcrial dcpartures di￿loSed and
¢xplaincd in the finonciul $iatLTncntS:
preparc thc finJn¢i&l %la¢em¢nis thc going concern b&sis unles8 li is inappropriair lo pr¢3umc Ihal IhLLhHrily
will Lorilinuc in busincss.
'I'hL Irustees ari r¢sponsible for kc¢pin¥ pruper ac¢ounlin8 r¢&ord¥ thal dis¢losc wilh fL&%un&blc accurKy di uny ttme the
rinancial pDsition ofthe choriiy and ¢nuhlc Ihcm lo cnsurc thai the findn¢ial slatLtn¢nl& cnmply wilh ihL Lharilic% A<1 1993,
03 &TnLnded hy ihc Lhariliey Acl 2006, lh¢ Ch8riiy IA¢rounls and Rcponsl Rc8ulaiiuny 21M)8 and ihe provi¥ion% vf Ihe'l rust
d¢¢d. Thty Are lll¥o re%￿nsible fur safeuu8rding lh¢ asbrls of the eharily and henLY for iuking rcason#bl¥ %l¢p% for the
PTcvcnliuTh and d¢¢¢¢iion tsf fraud and other irregulorilicg.
'I'hc Injstees ar¢ r¢$ponyible for Ihc muintenancc and intL'8rity of the ¢hAriiy'$ WLbs1*. Lr¥i51&tion rn Ihc United Kingdom
govcmin¥ Ihc prcparation 4nd di%y¢mino¢ivn vr rinan¢ial si￿¢m¢n￿ mlly ditrcr from l¢xislaliun its oih¢rjurisdicliony (only
r¢quired if the AcLuunl¥ arc includ¢d on th¢ w¢b8ii¢l
A Klnl
TreAJurer

INDEPENDKNT EXAMif4BR'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN
AND CATTLE TROUGII ASSOCIATION
l rq￿ W the trust￿$ on my cxamina¢ion of thc account8of The Meiropolilan Drinking fountain 4nd cthl¢l'rou8h A￿￿14110￿ {the
Tru511 forthcy¢w¢nd¢d 31 D¢¢¢mkr 2024.
Rupoi¥lb115tlt4 •#d ba￿￿ ofr•ir¢
A$ Ihr ¢I￿ritY tru￿¢¢$ of Ih¢Trust, you wc rcspMsible forthc prcparationof th¢ I¢¢￿#L￿ in
•ttord•)c¢ with rt4ulrem¢n¢S of thr Ch•rliicJ Act 2011 I'lhe Act'l
I Tespe¢tot'my ex￿1ndl10n of iho'rru￿.5 ¢￿i¢d ou¢ urtdtr Mltsn 145 ofth¢
2011 A¢t Ind In ¢oryln8ouI my eX￿nIn￿lI0￿ T have fvllowcd all the appIl￿bI¢ DIrc¢lbo￿S1¥1n by
the Charity Commiislon ￿nd¢r$¢4110￿ 14515Xbl vfth¢ Act.
I hv¢ complctcd my ¢x•mInd1t￿. l ¢oh*lrn) no Mal￿al maiten hAv¢ come lo my Q￿nI10￿ in
conne¢tlcn wllh Ihc u•miyJ4¢lon 8lvin8 me c4u¥¢ ￿ brlicve that in mathrlal trxpecl.,
l. a¢wuniin8 ftrords wue nol keo in Te5pecl oriheTNs1 as rcquired ￿ ￿110￿ 130 of lh¢
A¢1: or
lun￿ 00 1*441 Ol
3. thc do nol comply wtth thc dppliubtc ftqulr¢mcnts ¢On¢¢m1￿ tho fo￿ •nd
¢oni¢nl ofae¢ounli iel oul ID th¢ Lbqriilv (Accounlg RcpoTlsl Regul￿10￿S 2LM)8 0th
Ih4n w¢quirtm¢ni that th¢ a¢wunts liv¢4 'tru¢ •d f•iT vS¢w whith IsnDtam#¢*t
Consider￿ as pth ofin Independenl ex*miMtIon.
I have nD ¢rnL%rnS and hav¢ ¢um no thiher m•ttey8 ifr wfinecilon with th¢ examin￿lon ts)
which pt¢¢nilon shouhl be dr￿n in this report kn order lo ￿&ble i Prcycr undcnt8ThJ5n8 of th¢
attounts lobo rwhd.
5i8nd'.
Name.. John R Fl¥her
L4- ApfLL 2025
10

Statement of Financial Activities
Year Ended 31 December 2024
Unre5tritted
Notei
2024
2023
In¢tsmin& resfjurres from
genernted funds
Volunt•ry Inromi
Subscription¥ r¥i¢iv¢d
273
273
Inv¢stsneni Income
49.306
46,031
Totsl IncomiNi reJour¢
49.581
46.3(
Rtsourctt expended
ChaTilabl¢ o¢livili¢y
20,313
31,8J4
Gov¢rnon¢c ¥081%
952
867
Total r¢4our¢ei expended
21,465
32,721
Ncl inLoming reyour¢¢5
28.116
13.585
Gall￿11￿s) on invcslm¢nt &*%et$
19.264
(18.5￿)
N¢l mov¢m¢nt it) fund¥
47.3110
(5.(KJ5)
'rothl funds brou8ht foTw¥d
1133.864
838.869
Tot*1 fundi carried forwgrd
881,244
833,864
All recognised gain8 and loss¢s havc b¢cn dralt with in thc Statcment of Financial A¢iivitlf5.
All in¢vm¢ and exp¢nditur¢ relate to continuing operalions.
Th¢ rK>l¢S pages 12-16 form part ofihcsc financial statemenis.

Stydtement of Finan¢ial Activities
BalAnee Sheet at 31 Decenjber 2024
Notes
2024
2023
Fixtd asieti
Inv¢sim¢nts
772,567
81A831
Websitc
816.831
772,367
Current Aliets
Cosh ai Ihc bAnk
65.113
64,707
Current liibilltiu
Credilur¥.' llmt)unts fAllin8 due wiihin on¢ y¢ar
3,410
Net ¢urr*nt i¥#ets
64,413
1,297
881,244
833,864
Unrt%lri¢ted funds
881,244
833.864
Approved by the Board ofTruitttJ
24 Apd 2c)TrS
2025 ind glgthed on its behalf by
R Elabcr
Setretary
A King
Treasurer
Th¢ noi¢s on pa8es 12 to 16 forn part ofthese financial St￿t¢1￿C￿t5.
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For the Year Ended 31 December 2024
ststement of aeeounting policies
A¢counting tonvention
Thc finan¢i81 $til¢ments have be¢n pKpared on th¢ historic co8t wnvention with thc exccpiÉon that invcslrncnt8 &rc valucd at
markel V4Llue. The accounts are in accordanLe with appli¢&blt accountirtg standards, ALcounling and Rcpurting by Charities..
si￿¢m¢￿t L>f RecornThendcd Practicc ￿plICabl¢ to Charities preparing Ih¢ir K¢ounis in ￿￿ordan￿¢ with th¢ Finyll¥ial
R¢porting 8landard for Srnillcr P.niiliCS Iihc l.'RS%CI leffcclivc l January 20151 dnd Lomply with the Charities {Accounl% atKI
R¢port8I Re8ulstions 2008 and th¢ Ch4riLi¢S Aci 2011.
Invot￿e0ts
Investmcni8 are staicd ai markcl y￿U¢ ffti thL balance 8heet d&tc. Unreali8¢d gaIn￿l0￿S reflect the ctyect of chan8es in
M￿kct valuu% of iThve8lmcnls.
lThvtJlment lTheome
Inve51menl incomc is &ccrued to the date of the halAn¢¢ Sh￿1. All inv¢slmeni in¢ome l¥ credI￿d 10 the %tal¢mcnt of
rinan¢iAI A¢iivitlC5.
W¢bsSt¢
'I'hc Find J founiain w¢bsilc is fully d¥Pr¢¢1￿#d having h¢en wriiien off ovcr 3 year5.
Don•tlonJ And Inter¢it
l)onAiions and MrL ￿¢￿unt¢d fur on a reccivcd b&qiJ.
(if4))t$ mad¢ iowards the cost of new struclurcs arc ch4r¥ed 10 the 8tsLemeni DfFlnqnci81 A¢tiviiies when approved and
recipient4 fyrc notified.
Governxnee eojti
CIDvern8n¢¢ costs are th¢ costs of govern&ncc aTrllnBcmcnts which relate to the 8en¢r81 n]nnin8 of th¢ ¢h8rity in¢ludin8 Lx)th
d1￿ct and rclated support W515. C051S arc arcuuTht&l for un a paid basis unlc5s a malcrial cr¢ditOT IS l)utslyndin¥.
Cish IIOTY 5tatefflent
'I'hc chariiy h&8 18k¢n advonlAg¢ of th¢ ¢x¢mptlon from prcplring & cash tlow statcmcnl confcrrcd by Financial Rerrt>rtin8
Stsndard No l.
13

Charitable aetivl¢ie8
All granL* w¢r¢ made to institulions. During the year the followlThg grants were mad¢.'
21n4
2023
Friends of Coronalion Garden5
2.000
I40nd￿ ljorough of Rirhmond upon'lTham¢s
4.040
Mwk Coreth Art INaiur81 History Muscum Fountain)
2,376
Frank Wa￿T
1.250
A TAr
1,0
Teso
3,0
M&khad'l"ru
lThe Stho01 Club Zarnbi4
1,250
Water Hary¢¥i
2.(rf)Q
2.IX)O
Kjnaoma lThtcractive Cominunily
2.(M)O
Kucn Hilltrih¢¥
1,230
Dumi Int¢rnaliunal Aid
2,000
IronbTid8e CoalbTookdalc CLVLf Socicty
2,(KJO
MArkd CTO89 Charity
2,￿0
Adiv¢ ID Redbourn
Other granL% pmid to s¢hool$ and ￿lOrali0n work t￿t
eX￿¢ding £l,OC
Grants Payable
473
2.228
15.013
26.354
Secrelarial and administrative 5crvi¢¢
5.5
'I'otal chan'table activilies
20.313
31,834
'I'he 3rfr¢tsrial and administralive service5 llrc providcd by a company which R P Babcr. a m¢mbeT of the Committ¢¢. an
interest in.
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Govern&ne¢ ¢08ts
2024
2023
Ind¢p¢ndent ¢xamination ofaccounts
700
660
252
207
952
No trnsicc5 rettived any paymcnts from the chAriiy durlng th¢ yw £Nil {2023: t)ill.
GAlns1(1088e8) OD Inveglment ajsets
2024
2U23
UnT¢aliyed 8ainsl110551
19,264
(18,590)
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Flxed Assets
Investments
The EquS¢lu Inv¢Jtm¢rtt
for ChArltlpJ
I'Ch•rlhnd')
Mirk¢tvNlu• l JinyAry 2024
772,J67
Addition in thc ycar
25,000
Nct unr¢a]ised inv¢yimcnl 84in
19.264
MArket vmlue 31 De¢¢mber 2024
816,831
Hiitorlrql coit at JADuAry 2024
246,739
Addition
25,0
Hlitorlcal Cwt At 31 De¢¢mber 2024
271,739
All inv¢¥tmenLs aT¢ in colleLtivc invcstmeni funds dnd are UK invcstmcnt5.
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Coit
Coit al l J&nfA wry 2024
15,IMX)
CoJt •t 31 Dttember 2024
15.U(X>
DeprtciAtlon
Bxlante at l JAnuAry 2024
15,LKKI
Char8c fur the y
B•lAnte at 31 Deeemb¢r 2024
151
N•t Book V•lu¢ At 31 D•¢ember 2024 alld 2023
Contlngent liAblllde8 and ¢onlrACtual comml¢ment
At 31 D¢¢ember 2024 thcrc w¢r¢ nu 8fAnt¥ approvcd which wcrc dependeni on m&t¢h¢d fuoding12023'.NIII.
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