Charity Registratlon No. 212954
THE BESPOKE TAILORS, BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL REPORT AND FtNANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3 AUGUST 2025

THE BESPOKE TAILORS, BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Trustses
Mr. Simon Cundey
Ms. Clair¢ Mahon (Treasurer)
Ms. Diana Mern]ezan-Platona
Miss Natssha Mokshanaj
Mr. Patrick Murphy
Mr. Suresh Ramakrishnan (President)
Mr. William Skinner
Mr. David Wilkinson
Secretary
Ms. Kimberley Honey
ChArity nujnber. 212954
Prlnelpal address
clo Henry P(x)le and Company (Savile Row) Limited
15 Savile Row
London
WIS 3PJ
Auditor
Barnes Roffe Audit Ltd
Leytonstone House
Leytonstone
London
EII IGA
B￿kerS
Coutts & Co
440 Strand
London
WC2R OQS
Investment Manager
Rathbone Investtnent Management Limited
8 Finsbury Circus
London
EC2M 7AZ
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THE BESPOKE TAILORS, BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
CONTENrs
Pog¢
Trustees, report
Slatements of Trustees, resw>nsibilities
Ind¢pendent auditovs report
Statement of financial activities
10
Balance sheet
Notes to thc Financial Statements
12-16
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THE BESPOKE T￿LORs, BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3 AUGUST 2025
The Trustees presenttheir re[￿ 2nd fJDanci8] slatrm￿ts for the ye4r eTrJed 3 Aus￿[ 2025.
Th¢ fin8ncial ststements have prerAred in accorthcc with the account￿ rrf>licÈes 5etout in note I to thefin8neia]
5tatcmcnts wjd ¢omply with the ¢harity's Roya] Chancr. th¢ (]￿￿"￿¢5 Act 2011 8nd "Atttytst)tin8 and Rerx)rtin8 by
ChaTiti¢s.. Sw¢m¢nt of PractiL% applicabk to clwities preporiTr8 their in ac&)rthee wrth th¢
Finan¢io1 R¢p)rtin8 Stath applicabk iTr thc UK aThd Rcpublic of ITelaThd (FRS 1021 {cffettive l J8nuary 2019)".
ObJeetlveJ aDd actlvld¢•
A ¢harter. datrd 12 August 1859. ctcatcd The Benevoleni for the Rejief of Aged and Inf￿rn Jouwmqn
Tailors 1.the In#l￿￿n-). In 2011 the Institutio￿ thcm known &4'Thc Tailors bcncvolcmt InslibJle-. re501vcd to chan8e
its twne to Yhe Bestx)ke TailiK5' Benevolcml Asy)ciation" following the muger of its activities aTrJ ￿ wtth those
of Thc MastcrTailur's B¢n¢vvlthM
The objectives of thc Instibjlion are lo rclicv¢ eith¢¥ gamlly iy i￿lI¥1d￿￿IY pv5(￿S who ue or have be
enBa8ed in the retwl knikt thiloring tr* in w ¢wity aThl in need of Assi#•nc¢ by ru50n 0f￿v￿ty. di5abs1ity.
it)fmnity or otherwis¢ by mean5 of grants orthje-off paymthts u> relicve hardshÈp.
Th¢ instilution inviics aFylir&itM5 from m ioumw thd tailoresses to help fimd the re8uiar provisioD of
w¢lfw¢ service& The applications are Tevkcwed 4ainst specific cxitcria which arc sc¢ ty the Trustees. The Instithtion
so invi*S appli¢wioos from individuals for 8rants to help fimd Me-off proj￿8 or tyt•m)ents that may be required i
order ¢0 pro[[￿1¢ th¢ welfw¢ of their mtmben.
Toxhieve its objeclive4 the Instit￿10￿ rclies DOM￿ly￿￿ forvolunlary paYrne￿￿ the FestiV81 Dinner,
the SummtrP8rtyaftd income fromcapita] invcsrmcTht& InvtS¢mentsarc maintainedto8cncNe incom¢whils¢pr¢s¢rvin8
th¢se fuTrds at suificienl level to cover the fikn Obligati￿ of the charity.
AcknlevemeDts and performance
As in Prior ycDrn. thc Ioqt¢utiM ￿ely￿ m&iority of its from ity rmxtfolio, which ￿￿thEr
5UCCC55ful year. The Ins¢itytith) held tA)th a F¢stiv8] Ditw •nd Swjvntr Pty in the yw. Both evcnts would have
taken piacc withoui th¢ $upp(fft of two trus¢¢¢s aDd six voluntettd th¢ir tsmc ¢fforts for which the
Ins¢itutithl is grn*fvl.
With on overall wall surplus bein8 n¥ognis*l in tht yew. the In￿1￿11￿ Was able to continue to ￿v¢ wppon to lis
b¢n¢fi¢iari¢s.
Publ1¢ BeTreflt
The Tru$ttts have F4id due r¢ggrd ￿ 8uidw published by the Charity Commith in thidth8 Wts￿ aetivilies the
Instituti(th should uThl¢nth os rwJir&J by s¢¢Mion 17 of the Chwi¢its A¢4 2011.
Fynd$
It is the policy of the 1ft￿lti￿l01j ￿ miintsin ut)Y¢3th¢ttyl fthlds * I levd to ensjre It￿ from cycnts held in the ycar
nd from invesim¢llts will covtstht demand for rn There Ire no fuDd&
In thc ¢)pinÈon of the Trustccs thc atrrcnt Icvcl of fi]Dth is app[D￿al¢ to mect thcsc with income gen¢r*&l b¢ing
fully utilizcd ymron yw for chari18ble objedÉva The le¥el of fiuuJ5 rrviewrd ba51&
Th¢ uttrestricted 18 ￿ 3 August 2(ll5 wut £5.594.563 {2024.. £5.030.1151.
FlnaDclal r¢vlew
Both the Icv¢l of the ye4r¥end wsiiion were &8 expeatyL Th¢ In#l￿10n its hithric level of
tivitics in thc finarKial yw s¢dion"ImW of (knv¢rnmcn¢ r¢5tridion5 aTi5ing from the lat￿ pandemic" bclowl.
Thc trtal incoming rrsouT￿s forth¢ yw, kforr for nd g4iTh on inve51mcmt4 arn(￿nted to £41150812024..
£182.227) and lot￿ net outgoi￿8 rc50urre5 after grwjts aT¥J q)UatsOn￿ wuc £145.270 12024.. £141.639}.
During the year the charity ha5 provid¢d gr￿ of £34,150 12024.. £35.3711 to 12 ongoin8 beTreficiarÈes 12024.. 14
btnefici8ri¢sI who rnet thc cligibility crit￿la and onc bcEKficiary on a onc4)ff Eosi5 12024.. Dvo). Afttr gains 01)
knvc51mcThts of £297210 {2024.. U63,Y20A a increase in of £564,44812024: £404J08) WA% obtsitled Trsulting
ID an incTr4s¢ of g¢￿traI fll￿ to £5Jg1.563 (2024". Inc[t￿ to £5.030,1151
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THE BESPOKE TAILORS, BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
TRUSTEES, REPORT (CO￿[[NUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3 AUGUST 2025
Struetiire? %ov¢rnaD¢e and m*rtagtment
The trysteesATe aware of the maJ'Orstrateg￿ aTrJ risk5whichthcchariry faces and COTrfi￿ reRuJ8r report8
r¢ produced by th¢ iov¢sunerLt mana8cr in for rKcessary sws to k take￿ to lessen thtt¢ risks. The investment
Tnqnager rep￿ ¢0 thc Institutton'5 committee thrwgh quanttty thcctings The portfolio is nLU a discretionary b&81$
but the eommi(te¢ miews the Investmen￿ irt¢lwJing receni ¥quisitsons ar¥] disposals by inve5tll￿t man4er,
th¢s¢ me¢ting5.
Trust¢¢S 8re t1￿#¢d at the Annual G¢r*Tal Mcttin8 ¢¥h ye4r. New a iYkfiD8 OD their roles and
r¢sponsibilitics from n(Mnitwed rncmFm of the Tnts*c5.
Trvsteeg
The Truste¢s who SCTvcd durin8 the y¢arand ￿ to the d* f>f signakn oflbe fi￿1•] stst¢mcnts w¢r¢'.
Ms. Anna lJcrnst¢in lapwpinted 4 June 2025
Mr. Simon Cundey
MT. Paul Frcar50n O'tetswtt, d¢¢¢￿ 6 March 2025)
Ms. Ciw're Mahm (fre&%urer $in¢¢ 3 April 2025)
Ms. Diana Mem￿00-Pla￿
Miss Natssha Mok%haThaj
Mr. Pntri¢k Murphy (Presideni until 15 January 2025)
Mr. Tajunder Phull (Tcsigncd 30 J8ny#ry 2￿25)
Mr. Sur¢sh R4makri5hr￿n (Presid¢ttt *in¢e 15 January 20251
Mr. William Skinner
Mr. David Wilkin￿Th
Th¢ Trusttts, report WAS oprknved by the TnLqie¢&
S. Ramakrhbnan (Presldent)
Trus¢ee
D*¢ed:
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THE BESPOKE TAILORS, BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
STATEMENf OF TRUSTEES, RESPOF4SIBILrrIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3 AUGUST 2025
The Ttustees are restmjnsibte for PT¢paring th¢ Tryste¢s' Re[￿ and th¢ financial slatements in accordance
with applicable law and United Kingdom Acwunting Standard5 Iunited Kingdom Generally Accepted
Accounting Practice).
Th¢ law applic&ble to charities in England and Wales requires the Trustees to prepare finaneial ststements
for ¢A¢h fmaneial year which give a tDJe and fair view of the st* of affairs of the Instituti"on and of the
incoming resources and application of rewurc¢s of the Institution f(rthat year.
In preparin8 these financia] s¢#t¢m¢nts, the Truslets ￿ w4uir¢d to:
- selert suitabl¢ accounting policies and then appty them consistently"
. observe the methody and PTin¢iples in the ChaTities SORP.
. make judgements ond ¢skniates that ar¢ reasothle and prutht.
- state whether appli¢able ac¢ountin8 Standards have been folk)wrf subie¢t to any material departures
disc105ed and explained th¢ financial ststements. •
- wepare the finan¢ial sthtements on the goitigconcern i*sis unless it is llMpprqThte to preswne that th¢
charity will continue in 0pcrnti￿.
Th¢ Trust¢es are responsible for keepin8 sufficient accounting records thai disclose with rexsonable accuracy
41 any tim¢ th¢ financial position of the Instiiution and enable them to thsure that the fmancial ststements
eomply with the Charities Act 2011. the Charity (Accounts and Reih)rtsl Regulations 2(M)8 and the provisions
of the trus¢ de¢d. They are also responsible for safeguarding th¢ &8sets of the Instithiion and h¢nce fortakin8
reasonable $t¢P5 f￿ the pyeveniion and drfeaion of fraud and oth¢r inegularities.
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THE BESPOKE TAILORS, BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
INDEPENDENT AUD￿OR's REPORT TO THE BOARD OF
MANAGEMENT OF THE BESPOKE TAILORS, BENEVOLENT
ASSOCIATION
Opinio
We have a￿lIted the financial 5tatemuhts of Th¢ Bc5FK&e Tailors. B¢ts¢volcml AssocialiDn lth¢'¢lwity) for th¢ year
ended 3 August 2025 whith comprise the Statemert of fm8n¢ial akXivitif4 the Balance sheet aT￿ ￿ T¢laicd no
ineluding asummary of $i￿lfi¢l[LI8¢COuntlnB tKTrlicie& The fuwicial rewTrnin8 framework that h&8beM wlied in their
Preparation is 8pplicable law Unl￿d Kingdom Acco￿￿￿8 St*thd4 induding l.'inanCi￿ iiwtsng Standard 102
he Financkaj Reportill8 StstLdard applicable ID th¢ UK and R¢wblic of Ir¢land' {Unit&l KJn8dom Ge￿￿11Y Aw
Accountin8 Practi(tl.
The financial $t&enthts hthvc been prepartd in ￿)rdlIKe with AC£th]ntir￿ aNI Re[￿1￿8 by Charitie5 prepArin8 their
accounrs in x¢ordanc¢ withthe Fin8Ktal Ry)rting Stsndsrds applieable in the UK artd Rcpublic of Ireland IFRS 1021
irt prcfcrence to th¢ A¢¢oun¢in8 and Re￿rting by Chatili¢s.' ufRewmmcn(kd Pr2thi¢e issued ¢Jn l April 2(X)S
which is ref¢rr¢d ¢0 in the exthni re8uiations but t<cn With<traw￿.
Thts has i%en done iTh orthr foi the xcounts to provide & true fair vivw in r*¢ordarKe with th¢ Gajmlly Accwed
Accountin8 Ihai¢e ¢￿￿¢]￿¢ for reFrfJrtin8 periods begiDDiD8on fx8fter l J*nuBry 2013.
In our opinion the financial ￿ttl￿".
gi￿ a truc and fair view of the #ate of the dwitys afftiirs ￿ at 3 Aug￿ J)25 of its in¢0mL￿ r￿Ure
8nd applicaliL¥) of re8our¢¢s for thc yc4r them thl:
hav¢ PTtoerly W¢FwgJ in *forda￿e with Unityj K#igdom Gu￿1]Y Aceemed AcowThtin8 Practiee:
h&¥¢ PTEpfftd in wrd&n&% with the rt¥wYrynentsofthe awitie8 Aa 2011.
Basts for opithMbTh
We ¢onducicd our audit in a¢¢Ord￿ with kntern*1￿41 SthTthrth on A￿j1￿￿8 (UK) IISAS (UKII and applicablc law.
Our T￿8ponsibl]Itic8 ￿der sXWLdaTd5 are fvrth¢r describ￿ in the Audi¢or¢ Tespottsibiliiies for the audii of the
fin8ncl￿ Stsiem¢nts 5edion of ow report. W¢ arc indct*nd¢¢)tof the charity in a¢£ord8nc¢ with the cthieal requirements
that 8t¢ relevant to our audit of th¢ fin￿¢]8] 51aiemethLS in the United Kin8dom. including the Ftnan¢iAi Reporting
Council's Ethic￿ Sthrtd8Td. And we have fulfilled thxothcrethieAI rtsponsibilitics in x¢ord8n¢¢ with thcs¢Tequirements.
We b¢lieve that the audit eviden¢¢ we hav¢ obtsIn￿ 1$ sufficiaitaTKI apwopD'a* ￿ provide & kni5 forow opinion.
cont1￿10￿$ rela¢in¥ lo golng eoii¢¢fD
In auditing the financTr81 stai¢mciit4 wc have C￿¢t￿j￿ thtttheTn￿￿ us¢of thc goingconcern b&ys of a¢towitiTh8 in
the preparation of fIn￿1claI swements is
B￿d on ilK Work we have ptrfffin￿ we hav¢ id¢vtiffia any ma*rial Unce￿1￿11¢$ rel￿1[18 to eveAts Of fQtLditions
thaL indLVLdually or ¢olleaively. may c&8t si￿]￿(￿￿( doubt on th¢ charitys ability to continijc &8 8 going concern for
period of at le&sttwelve mwths from whc4J the financi￿ sThkmcnts are authoris¢d for is8ue.
Our r¢sk￿$1bil1lieS and th¢ re4K￿81bilI1Ic3 of the with w to 80in8 C￿c¢M describ￿ in the Tekvant
sedions of this ryrL
Other illform*tio
The other infurnwioTr comwi5¢s thc infornjalion included in the Annual rewn oth¢r thaTr th¢ finan0￿ stat&ncnts and
our Auditi*¥ rep￿ thereon. TheTftL%tc￿ are Te¥KA)st*le for tl* i#h¢r Inforn￿￿.0rt conlained within thc Annuaj repo
Ouropinion on the fJn8tscia] Sts¢¢rn¢tLtsdoesnoicoverth¢othcr Inforn￿10￿￿rt ¢x¢¢p¢toth¢ ￿t¢ntOtherWISC explicitly
stated in our Terrt we do t*ot ¢YPTfs5 any folm of conclu5ioD Iberw)L Our responsibilty is ￿ read the oth¢r
information in doing ￿ consiikr whether othcr infoTmaiion is mat¢r￿llY inronsi5tcnt with the financi
5tatcmcnts or our kjwledgc obtained in the couts¢ olthc wdi( orotherwise appears to be matrria]ly misswed. If we
identify suGh M￿CTi81 incfflslstr￿cl¢s0r&pParnI tnatcrial rnissthtem*N w¢ar¢ requiTd tod¢trrniTre whetherthis 8iv¢s
rise to a material misststemettt in the financial swemthts thetns¢lv&s. Jf. b&%ed on the wotk ￿ hav¢ wfo￿tIl. we
conclude that there is a TllateTid mis51&te￿ of thisothet Inf0Th￿r4 we ar¢ require41 f¥L
W¢ have nothin8 to rerA>rt io this
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THE BESPOKE TAILORS, BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
lI￿EPE￿>ENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE BOARD OF
IvtANAGEMENT OF THE BESPOKE TAILORS, BENEVOLENT
ASSOCIATION (CONTINUED)
M•tters (ffj whleb we Are requlred to report by ￿ceptIo0
We have nothing 10 report in Twe¢t of the following m8tte¥s where thr ChttTiliu {ALYounts and R¢￿￿￿) Re8uiations
2008 requ￿eS us to re[￿tOY{￿l i( ID ￿￿)InIon.
or
5uffi¢itht r¢¢ords h&v¢ no¢ be¢D kw or
we have Teccivcd 8Jl the fftfoTm*iM athl expl￿wiL￿ WC WTrc frff 8￿jiL
ReJpoTrsibilili¢J of Tryst¢eJ
A5 cxplained morc fvlly ID th¢ Twste¢s' r¢4x)osibiltii¢ssthtr*Th( theTn￿aTr r¢5wisibie fortr preporatioTh oCth¢
financial stai¢m¢nts whi¢h 8iVe o ty¢ and fairvi¢w. atkl for $wh in￿rn￿ Control 05 the Tru5tce5 delumine Ès ttLussary
io ¢nabl¢ the pr¢pwion of fm8ncial stst¢ments 8re frtt from Ill¢￿1#1 missiii¢ttth( whether due to fraud OT eTror.
In prepan'n8 th¢ fina￿18] gtatmrnt4 th¢Trustets a￿ T¢sw￿Lb￿ forAssusingthe¢hority$ &bility locontinue ￿ aBoin8
¢on¢¢nK dis¢losin& &s &ppliC&b￿ m8rtets rel8t¢d to goiD8 concem and usi￿¥ thc COr￿￿rn b&%is of accounting
un1¢5s thc Tru5*es githtt in*nd w liquid* th¢ th*ily or opc1￿1￿ or bavc no rt4ti5ti¢ alt¢rnaiive bui to do
AudIt0￿8 r¢spoD$lbllltkJ for the •udl¢ ofthe fi￿*￿¢111 it**nb¢#ts
We h&v¢ been apkK>initsJ as awjiwr under se¢¢ion 144 of the Chtritses A¢1 2011 rry￿rt itt accorth¢¢ with the Act
and rtl¢vatt¢ Tryut￿l(￿s m•Je orh•ving ¢ffea that￿der.
Ourobjectiv￿8r¢tO obtain rea%￿b￿ abMtWhetherth¢fw￿1￿ ￿1￿Ments u&wi¥)ieart fre¢ from m•t¢ri
i&%taicmenL whether due to fraud tt ¢rM. and to issue an Auditorf T¢Wt that Éncludes our opit)ion. Reasonable
assurancc is a high l¢vel of bu¢ 1$ M)i • gu*¥nte¢ •J) audil th¥J￿ted in accord4nce with ISAS {UKI wlll
ways d¢*¢t a mat¢rio1 mtssta*mthi wh•) it exiys. Missw+>nMts ¢8th arisc from fra￿j or error and are eonsider¢d
mal¢ria] if. Indiv￿Ul[lY OT in the a8gttgatE wjld re&loD￿tY b¢ expxt)I w Innu￿¢< the ¢¢onomie decisions of
sers tsken on the knij of these fin￿¢181 statement
Irr¢gularitLes. in¢ludin8 fraud are insthntts of nonw¢ompli•thee with laws hTKI regul￿70n5. We de￿8Th procedures in line
with our rcsponsibilitiC4 1)utlined abov¢, to det¢d matrrid nJL55tate￿ts in T¢5￿ of IT￿￿￿]￿111¢￿ i￿lUdIng fraud.
The extent to which our are cybk of dctec¢in8 irre8U￿ includin8 fraud is drtaikd below:
Identlfyltt8 *nd *swslng potetttl*l rtskj rnknted to Im8ul•rltl¢•
In id•rtifyin8 8TrJ &8x5sin8 risks of Ma￿la1 misstatr4nent in r¢w of irwknrities we considcra the followÈn8.'
the nature of the industy. seclor and control ￿vIron￿l ill¢lwJing th¢ procedures for rev￿Ut reCO￿ltion.
r¢suJts of our ￿WineS of m8n88emenL 8tA)ut their ithtifi¢&tiw thd &8S&WnCnt of thc risks of iTfc8ul8riti¢5:
any mitte¥s we ideniified havin8 mwje ethquiries of man4￿￿nI alMTr￿ thcir ￿tiCIeS and prfjc¢dures relating to..
id¢ntifyin& ¢v8]u*tng ￿ comptyihg i•ws rcgujatio￿ aNf wkthcr thcy wer¢ awwEof 8lly insthr
of non-compliance-
deteL*itLg respondiTJg kn the iisks of f￿￿1 whether Ibey hve knowled8e of •y &ttth1, 511sF￿1￿ (
ajleged frw&'
the intcrnal rontrol$ ¢stybli5h¢d ¢0 ￿Et18* risks of hud or nonrfornpliance with laws and r¢8lliwions" and
the mattc¥s diwwssed 8moog the audit team rtgardjng ]M)w aDd whete fraud mighi occur in the
fir￿ClaI ststements and potential indicatOT5 of frau
All relevant laws and regulation5 identifi￿8￿] arw suwiibleto fraud th*crA￿dhaVe￿ms*Tr￿ Cfffd onth¢ financial
slalem¢nts werc cornrnunic￿& Any in510nc￿ of non-compliarK¢ of n0n-comp1iw￿e with laws Ind ]E8uIHti0Th5
]d￿tir1d We￿ Gon5id¢red in ow4￿111 The wifiwit Imand rwlatt.l￿3￿¢TedetrM7]n￿ &8 follows..
UK GAAP FRS 102,. and
Chariti¢s Ad 2011
Additional allditw*%durts pUfOrn￿ by awlit ¢ng88allat team includol:
Revi¢w of the financial di￿1￿￿¥¢$ WKi t¢5tingty wpporting&xwn¢ntstion
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THE BESPOKE TAILORS, BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
INDEPENDENT AUD￿OR's REPORT TO THE BOARD OF
MANAGEMENT OF THE BESPOKE TAILORS, BENEVOLENT
ASSOCIATION (CONTINUED)
Idelltifyillg a￿d ax*tsiDg potential riqk* rel4¢¢d to IrYegul*rftl¥ (continued)
Compleiton of disckjsurc ￿￿kIl51 ￿ identify arca5 of n(￿-COmplialle
The &re&% that we identif￿d as being wstz￿bk to Materi￿ mis*ment du¢ ￿ fr8wJ We￿..
MatW8¢menl ovr4rÉdc:
Inves(m¢ni valu￿1￿.
Grants payablc.
Audit PToccdures in r4w¢ to thc ithntifKd aws al¥￿¢..
A8reein8 the r￿￿¢1￿15¢atCrncnts discloswes ￿ wdutyirb8 dLvrntsIiThL
¢nquiring of managtmcnt aP￿t and pL*£[tti￿ liiiwion and ¢laim5:
pcrfomiit)8 *natytiol atwj gkntive identsfy any Un￿￿1 or unexpccted T¢1￿10￿$hips that
may tndiratc risks of matrtiJ mi5sthte￿l fwd.
in addressin8 the risk offrawl throy8h A￿•8￿r￿1 ov¢fftd¢ of ¢OntrO￿ testin8 the amvtyriatencss ofj(WM￿ en.
tries and othtt fAtJuslm¢nts:
S￿$1￿8 whether the jud8¢mentsrn* Èn rn•&in8 f£LvJntsn8 e5Dmaw we indi¢ative ofa bia& and
cvaluatsn8 the business rntionalc of any si8t)ifi¢*ll th&t *e or wltside the rtonn￿ course of
hwsi*es&
We ajso commwJi¢a*dr¢l¢vani identifi&J lawsand r¢gu1*ic￿$￿ POM¢iai frwml risksto a]ietwgement le4m memb¢r8
and ￿M11thed aJ¢rt indications of fi¥￿1 ornon-comp1i￿￿t with Laws ATrJ regulatioJ)s throughout the audit.
Be¢au5c of the inherent limLlalions of In audil ther¢ is & risk thai we will n(rf d¢tr¢t ￿1 irre￿lariticS. ith¢luding tho
leading to a maicrsal missratthnetti in thc finuKial statetwtsor n(ffi-complianee with re8uidtion. This ri$k incr¢a5C5 the
more that complian¢¢ with f4 J&w OT Tryul￿Ir1j is T¢move4J frL￿ the ev￿¢$ and tr&wctirAJs refle¢t¢d in the financial
statcment& ￿ we will ￿ less likely to become aware of instances of n￿•¢I￿p11anCe. The risk is alw gr￿ re8ordin8
irre8uloriti¢s o¢uJrring due to fr8tyJ rats thth trrry. as fraud involves iTthntiQ￿ caK¢8]men( for8¢ry. collusion,
omission or misrq)re5cntsliJn.
A further d￿1p1S0￿ of responsibiliiiM forthe of th¢ fin*)¢iai *atern￿ts 18 lo¢at¢d on the Finoncial R¢r￿ing
Council's web$iie d.. www.frcM8.uklaydI￿j￿r8￿nS1bll1tIe& dtsuiptiM Part of0WA￿tit￿￿ report
Use of T¢POrt
This TCPOrt is made solety ￿ the ¢harity5 trust¢e4 ts JI btsty. ID accordan¢¢ with Part 4 of the Charities (Aceounts and
Reports) Regul8tx>ns 2Tr)8. Our audit work h&s been ur¥JcTthken ￿ that we might slate to the th3rity'5 ITU5tces those
matt¢rs we are requiT¢d (o to them in SD Auditors. rcrK)rt and for no (ther pur[￿￿. To th¢ fvllr* ¢xlent pcnnittcd
by law. we do Th)t acGcpt Lf ￿￿ne rES￿rLS1bl]ty to &nYO￿ othtr th8th the Charity atk1 its a b(NJy, for our
audiL worK for thi$ Tcporu or frx ts ￿]n10￿ halr fornxd.
Blrwts Roff* Ltd
Chartcrtd Accountsnts
Statutory Auditor
Lytonstone House
t¢ytonston¢
Lojklon
BII IGA
B2mes Roff¢ AuditLtd i5 cli￿1)k foraprKJintineth as s￿l¢￿0f Instibjtirm ty vtrwe of its ¢ligibility foT apFxTrillttncnt
as audktOT of a CoMp￿Y utKle*of secti*)n 1212 of th¢ Companies Ad 2(M)6.
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THE BESPOKE TAILORS, BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
STATEMENf OF FINAI¥CtAL ACTIVTTIES
INCLUDtNG INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR EI¥DED 3 AUGUST 2025
Unrestrxted
2025
2024
Notes
Incorn
rk>nati0rt8 aThl lewies
F￿vIral$Ing activities
ItKon% from investnKth5
223,402
72.180
116926
13.259
59,740
Total
412508
182,227
FU￿jralslng activitics
Man&gen%nt of invcsthrt*s atMI secretariat
61,014
50,106
51,943
54.325
Total
145
70
141639
Result before Net Gal￿£ on InveSts￿rts
Net GairL5 on InveslnrTttS
267,238
297210
40.588
363 920
Net Movement in Fu
564,448
404￿08
5030115 4625607
Totsl FuThJs brouOtt forniard
Total earritd fonvanl
The 5tst¢ment of fjnanciai &tivitie$ in¢lud¢s all gains and losses re¢o8DiwJ in the year.
All income and exP￿dItUre derive from continuitig ￿1VIties.
94563 5030 115
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THE BESPOKE TAILORS, BENEVOLEIYT ASSOCIATION
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 3 AUGUST 2025
2025
2024
Notes
A&SETS
Ffrx¢d Ajsets
Inveslnrnts
12
5.396,188 5.035,638
Curnn¢ Assets
Debtors
Cash 8t bank in h￿d
13
3,880
241401
5,800
245,281
26,299
Creditors: anM)urt5 falling within ye4T
Nct Current AsscLQ (Liabilities)
Tolal kneij lem CunEth U*Nbtxs
14
198.375
5 030 115
COME FUNDS
ih]r¢stricted FUMIS
5 594 563
5030115
94
5030115
The fin¥n¢ial 51atementswereappmvedby theTrusttts on... ... ......................
Surdh
Trustr¢
mxkrtshllan, ￿1. (Pruhltht)
Pagell

THE BESPOKE TAILORS, BENEVOLENf ASSOCIATION
NOTES TO THE FINAIYCIAL STATEMENfs FOR THE YEAR
ENDED 3 AUGUST 2025
Actountilli policils
1.1 Ck•rity
Thc Bcspok¢ Tailors, Benevolent A￿K]StIon 15 a regi¢ered ¢haritabk tru5L whose thjectives are to Tell￿4
generally or individyaily, who 8re or bave 1Xe￿i0￿n￿Ma￿ tailorsor tailore5￿ Thc rc8i8tcred oifice is
o Henry Pooic and COmp￿Y {S4vik Row) Limitr4 15 Savfftle liow. WIS 3PJ.
IJ Actountln8 ¢onve•ti•
The fJn8ncial swementshave been ID 9￿Yda￿(¢With￿¢thIrity5 Royal the Chariii¢s A¢t2011
and"Ac¢ountiDgand Rcportingby Chariiies.. St8theni of PrattiC¢ 8pplicableio ¢i￿ttl¢S prep8riJg
theiT a¢¢A)unts in accordance the FinancMJ Rcporting Stsndard applic&tlc in the UK and Republic of Ireland
IFRS 1021 {effe£live l jat)U￿ 2019)". The charity is a l￿blIC Be￿eth &8 defjned by FRS IO2.
The In￿1￿1101) h&8 th *tr8nt88e of the provi5i¢Jns in the SORPnot to PTeFW¢ a Sth*meni of Cth Flows.
The fLnancial have dep&rfed from th¢ CbaTiti¢s IAc¢owys atyd Repo￿> RegulatioJ)$ 2008 only to the
¢xtenl required to PTovidc i •Jd faiT Tll¢W. Thi$ depafftjrt h&% inv()IV￿ following the Ststrment of
Recommended Prxticc for ¢harits¢S wlying FRS 102 r•b¢r th80 th¢ vusion of the Swemet)t of Re¢omn
Pra¢ts¢e which 1$ r¢fe￿ed lo in thc Rc8ulation5 which has been withdraMTr.
The fin8nciai s￿eMentsa[c￿ry￿￿1 in which i5thc cunrnLy ofthcthwity. amounts
in thcsc financ￿1 51Ntcmi*ts 4Y¢ munded th thc neu¢st wund.
The financial statements havc been weFwed the historied tost ¢•rfftntith. modified to Inctude rxrtain
rIn￿¢181 inSmLmrnts at fair value. Thc principl xgowiting p)licics are sct out Eelow.
IJ Golng ¢otteern
Owin8 to the hi8h icvcl of rrs<s¥es comp￿1VelY low kvd of mnual expthdiDJK the Tnjstees have a
r¢￿0￿able¢x￿c￿lonthat the Inslitstion h&% ade4uatcrestyJTCCStocontinue Ènryuation forthe foTe5eeAble fiJttJr¢.
Thus. the Tnjstecs ¢ontinu¢ ￿ &Joo wn¢ern buis of in prepan'ng the financial starn
IA Charitsble fuDds
ul￿t$￿tted flmds are available for the di￿70￿ of thE Board of Manage￿1 in I1]rthe￿ce of their
¢haritabl¢ obj¢tive
All irtcome And expenditure 2¢n4 2025 w&4unrestrict&i
IJ Incowing resour
In￿rne is recognised th¢ ITh*iwtion 1$ 14alty uhtitlvj to 1¢ •ft¢r ary ￿￿Orn￿l¢¢ ¢￿ditionS h&ve m¢(
the amounts eth be ttliably. 8Thd it is prob4bl¢ incthn¢ will be rtt¢tvrJl.
Cash don4ion$ 8re recogn￿ on receipt. (Xher do[￿10￿5 are recognised once thechutty betfj notifjed of the
donaiion. unless wfLryncc condilions rryyi￿ d¢f¢TrnJ of thc AryM)unt Inwmc lax Tewvcrablc in rclaiion lo
donations receivcd und¢T Gift Aid or dceds of ¢OV+#WIt 1$ reCO￿lS¢d atthe time of thc th￿￿10￿.
Interest OTh funds hcld on derthbt 1$ TKognistsJ upon n￿lfI¢ll10m of the ifitrre# ￿]d or pHy￿le by th¢ bank
DividMd$ Are reco8nised once the dividend FKcn dcclared and notifilxtion h&% FKen rcccived ofthe dividend
Thi5 18 normajty ￿lf1¢￿10n by C4kT tnv¢gtrr¢w of ￿dIVId￿lY1¢ld0f th¢ inv¢Sthi¢￿l Portfolio.
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THE BESPOKE TAILORS, BENEVOLENf ASSOCIATION
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR
EIYDED 3 AUGUST 2025 (CONTINUED)
Aeeo•Nti•g politlts le•tttl•ued
1.6 Resourets ¢xp¢oded
Liabilrtie5 are recognis￿ ￿ tXF¢nditure once th¢r¢ 15 a legal Orcon￿￿tive obligation committing the Institution
to that expenditur< it i$prohbkthat selde￿I￿]II bc rtquirtij and th¢ amountof the dylt8ation be measured
reliably.
All exF¢nditurc is xcoun¢d for￿ an XC￿￿]3 bw All incl￿ding supwrt C4X8 and Eoytttthnee cosL%
are ailLKated to the one ch4Titsbl¢ xtivity in th¢ swancnt of fin￿1&[ xtivitses.
Grants payable IR paymcnts made kn third wtits the fiwth¢ratKc of the charitable thjects of the In#itUiK*n.
Proviwons for grants are whA tk to mac the 8T￿¢ h&8 Gommunic4tsJ to th¢ r¢cipicrLt prior
tts the bojancc dat¢ but thc timing of payrrtni is likely to ￿ t*)a year end.
With re8•Jd$ ￿ rnulti.y￿ grartL% TnL3tra ￿ercIse their dI￿¢￿0ll kn review ¢xh awtrd annually and detemiine
whether fvthjrc in5talments ￿1] k pwd.
Govern4ntt c051s comprix ail ¢osts involvin8th¢ publi¢ tKcOun￿1llty of the 4fyJ its ¢ompliance with
TC8ulali¢Jn aNI gcth pr￿1¢¢.
ITrccovcrdFAe VAT is thed8gw the aF*)th'bllE headin8foT which it in¢urytd.
1.7
in¢ludes moniu h¢ld at thc It￿lti￿10￿.9 b
IA Financlal Iwtr#ments
Thc Institution ¢l¢¢*d ￿ awtty the provision5 of Seaion I I 'B&8i¢ Finlnciat ItLffnJments' and S¥iion 12
'Other Finthcial Insvumcnts luues. of FRS i¢n w all of its fina￿111 instruments.
Finan¢ial instrum￿￿ 4r¢ Ye¢ogniscd in the lThstitiAiorfs baittnce wh¢* the In*tiDjtiL￿ bet¥Nh¢s party to the
¢otttrttci￿l provisions of th¢ ulstrurn￿1.
Finan¢iaJ OSS¢ts and liabilities aT¢ offrt with th¢ ￿t *nouThts Fwe*nted in the fiwdal when there tg
1¢g￿]Y enforceable ri8ht to set off thc reco8n1s￿ amounts thu¢ is an in*ntion to xttle w a b￿1¥ or
r¢ati5e the &&set and s¢nl¢ the bability ¥imulwxously.
1.9 Baste fln*n¢l•l wets
B￿1¢ finarKio1 whK41 includ¢ d¢t*J)r$8nd c&%h and bjnk WaAY4*r initially measurol at transaction pri¢e
In¢ludin8 trawaction ¢05ts Imd arc subwuentty carried ￿ 4moniwJ ¢xJs¢ usin8 the eff¢aiv¢ iX*r&%t mctho
FirWJci￿ &&sets t1&￿Ified as rueivgble within y£tT are not amorti*l
Inv¢stsn¢nts Itt a fo￿ of basi¢ fuwicial instnun¢ni and arc init￿llY rwistyj ￿ thThT transaclioTh va]u¢ and
subsequently mcawred at their fair value &$ at the hJ•ffie¢ date ￿Ing th¢ ¢losing qUO*JJ mfjrk¢t pritt. The
ststement orrmanciai 4¢tivitiu itlcluths the ￿En5 aTrd losses arising and disw)saJs throughout
the year.
The Institulion does wuire wt Optio￿ d¢riv#iivesor0thercwnpl￿ fuwKiai anstr1￿¢s.
1.10 Bwic finantlxl IIAbilltles
B&sic flnwK1￿ liabElitics including rrediloT5 are iniiially at price unkss thc arrangement
COnSlt(iJte$ 8 fllwjullgtransxtioo wh¢rvth¢ ¢ktrA instnjmeni is m¢&wrNt & thcprc5ent v￿u¢ of th¢ fi￿re receipts
discounted ai am8Tket Of intue5t. FirAnCI￿ liabilities c1&￿Ified L8 pAyable within onc ye4r are t￿t wrt15ed.
Critic•1 accouDtkn8•￿￿•te$ 1141
In the applitatsott of thc Instibjiion s aceounttng policic4 the Tr￿St¢L$ atc Wllired ts) Tnak¢ judgernen￿ ￿lm&(e$
and asyjmptions atrA)th the ¢arrying amourtof as*ts liabilitiesthat art rtadily App$￿tfrO¥n other SOUTtes.
The cstimaics and ￿¥¢1*ted a%sumpti¢)ns arc b&sed on hiaori¢aJ ¢xpcri¢nce and other factors th8t ore collsidered
to be rel¢vanL Actsjal regjlts MAY differ from these estimates.
Th¢ ￿]mateS and undertying &sgJmpti(￿s •re reviewed on *] ￿￿)108 lrtsis. Revisi￿5 to ￿cOuntIng ¢s¢im8t¢$
aTr rcognised in the period in which th¢ estiJTth is rcviscd whcre the Ttvision aff¢¢ts onjy that perio¢ or in the
p¢rickl of the r¢vision and fubJTC periods wthert thc teYi5ion aff￿25 and fvture ￿lOdg.
The Tn]str¢$donotbe1i￿¢th¢retobeSDY judEementsor&%tirnatr5 thatwouldFtcoAsider&1 criti¢oJ ttbthefinancial
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THE BESPOKE TAILORS, BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEWTS FOR THE YEAR
ENDED 3 AUGUST 2025 (CONTINUED)
DoDatk*ni *nd kgacies
Un￿sti1tttd Fuhds
2025
2024
215,4￿1
5259
223.402
13,259
Th¢ TnJ$t¢es were most thankfvl for a legxy of £21y).￿? receEV￿ in the ye¥. The thhnk s¢v¢rnl
companiu forth¢ir kind donatÈ(rt8 dur￿1& thcytsr.
In¢luded within 8ifts in kind i5 thc ￿ of thc m¢￿h1n1 Tllykng Hall from Merchant TayloTS' Catering Ltd. This
would have t￿1 amarket ¥Atue of £S.(th12024.. £3,0￿) for the Feaivai DintKr Dnd £3.¢NX)12024.. £3.(th} for th¢
Summ¢r Paty. This h&$ also bccTh included within diTCCt charity welfare eX￿n8¢S.
Fundr•tslni •¢tlvl¢le•- ineom¢
Unrtstricted FuTrds
2025
2024
Festival DTfflcr
414
2A7
41hSJ
1&085
s￿rnner Party
72,1811
59,740
The re$ult for the F¢st*v8J Dinn¢r w85 a of £14.779 (2024.. sury)lus of £13.2231 ui¢ltyJing the dI)n￿l￿n of
£S,OCN)12024.. £3,W)I for the us¢ of the MerCI￿nt T￿10T.$ Ho11 Is¢¢ Nole 3}. Th¢ r¢suli of the use of ¢he h￿1
w&% thsurplus of £9,77912024.' wlus of £8225) (srt No* 6).
Thc Tesultforthe SummerParty was asurplusof£4J87{2024'. wlus of Q5721 including the donation of £3.orA)
{2024.. £3.(KK)} for thc use of the Muchanl Ttylor'$ Hall15ec No* 31. Thc result tlet of the use (pfth¢ h￿] was a
suTrlus of £1.387 {2024.. dcficit of £428) (see Note6}.
Income from lllv¢th¢•ts
UhreJtrt¢tsd Fynds
2025
2024
75.742
ir*erest recei￿bk. ￿h￿]I￿£1)63llTr24:£444) fm
3&118
l J6.926
109.228
F¥ndr*blng *ttlvhles- upendlt•re
Unrestricted FuAds
2025
2024
Festival Dw
35,611
25373
33.430
18513
StymY*r Party
61.014
5J,943
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THE BESPOKE TAILORS, BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
NOTES TO TIIE FINIINCLAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR
ENDED 3 AUGUST 2025 (CONTINUED)
M#nigwe4t of investment abd ￿tr￿•r1•¢- exptJdli*re
UnttstrS¢t¢d Funds
2025
2024
Invcstrrm fees laccnmk tw)
Au(bt. current ￿lt
33,416
10.(Kx)
iO,(KM)
4.167
Medth
WcE6Ae
Bank c]Mrp
Prntm8
633
642
47
35
50.106
54,325
Audil ¢O*s include priory¢tr w]j￿ents f(ffxttU￿$Or audii fe¢s whi¢h wue higheror lowcr than the fit)s] COSL
Amourjts ￿ld kn auditor8 for a￿llIng %rvic¢s Ilx￿1¢d £IQIIXI {2024.. £10.{￿).
Grahts p•id ¢0 beuefi¢i4ri
Unrestricttd Funds
2025
2024
31.150
31NM)
3.571
Grants to bevkl*lei
34.150
All ￿ld in the yw h&v¢ be*t mad¢ dirtaty to llh4ividu2]s to pyovide fmanciai suwort during [￿0d$ or
hvdshlp.
Trurt¢¢s
35J71
None of the TnJae¢s lor pe￿)n5 ¢(fflt)eL%ed wth th¢m) reeeivcd aDy remun¢rali(ffl duriDgthe y¢8r. Duringthe
year no TruMe¢s w¢re reit[tlyJrs￿ expe#￿ {2024'. nil).
IIX Employtts
There wtr¢ no cmployees thtr1￿ the o]Thrnt or priwyw.
11. Net g*ioi o• i*vw¢*bents
uh￿$tr￿le￿ Funds
2025
2024
132224
136258
227,662
164.986
297.210
36J,920
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THE BESPOKE TAILORS, BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR
ENDED 3 AUGUST 2025 (CONllNUED)
IL Fixed asset i•vestmeAts
porthlio
Total
Co$t orvalb*Jkno
At 4 Au8Wt 2024
4331.1
335.444
297210
X)3.930
{335.4441
1035.638
297210
Cash wilth*
D￿nd arwl ff¢el￿d
Invest￿ffi f¢¢3 (C￿h Iwii)
Capital r¢paynr
115J64
131024}
1.458
115J64
132.0241
{1.458)
At 3 Aulwt 2023
5040
356.180
SJ96.188
CArryln8 Amount
Ai 3 Aw 2023
5.OlQf
35&1W)
sj￿,188
Ai 3 Awl 2024
4￿1.
203.930
13. Debton
2025
2024
Oth¢rdel*on
So00
Other debtors corsist of accrued income forthc Fc*ival Dilmer aThJ SUMw￿ Pty. tem8 tick¢t S￿¢* whi¢h were
wtjed after the end of the financwl ycar.
14 Cr•dltor•
21125
2024
Arcrua15 •wd dethmd i#w•
31.822
l& Rekntsd party tr*nJ•ctioH*
Durin8 the year therc wcre ¢onsulw fees of £4,167 (2024.. £IO.IXXI) to EPF Asyxi8te5 Limite
tomp8ny owned wholly by F..P. Fox. th¢ f0m￿SE¢r￿lIryo( Th¢ Bcsyok¢ Tailor5. B¢ncvolcnt A&%ociation and £nil
12024.. £nill of expetw The sectttsry rettive& a compJxm&iw tickth ftr the Fe#ivd Dintt¢r
d S￿mmer Party.
Durin8 theyear some of havc provmjed scrvitts to th¢ ¢lw frrt of Cha￿e. tk]e to the[￿tUre of thc5C
vice& the c05t cannot k rrliably eaimatoj. For this Tea$0￿ this h&s no¢ included within Notr 3 of the
fina￿la] statem¢nt& The rtsuli of this dtt5 Mt affcct the overajl p)sition of thc tharity.
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