REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 213690 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND FINANCIAL STATEPAEMTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED S APRIL 2024 FOR THE EDbMN JOHN THOMPSON IIEMORIAL FUND Priff C(ffier Oak 1 Hcxner Road B91 3QG THE EDVIN JOHN THOMPSON MEMORIAL FUND CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL sTATEME1￿s FOR THE YEAR ENDED S APRIL 2024 R•port of the Trnstees 1 to 2 Indop•nd•nt Examlnrfs Rgport Statom•nt of Flnanclal Actfvities Balan¢0 Sheot Notss to th• Financial SLit•m•nts 6 to 9 Delallod Statement ot Financial Athikn 10 THE EDWIN JOHN THOMPSON MEMORIAL FUND REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED S APRIL 2024 The trustses present the¥ ￿pOrt the f￿a￿l01 slalwrwls of the charity for the year eTrJed 5 April 2024. The trustees have adop18d the provisions of AccounlirKJ aThJ Reporting by ChanI￿S.. Statemenl ol Recommended practi￿ applicable to charitss txepanThJ accounts in accordan￿ w*h the Financial Rep(xbng Stsndard apF4icable in ihe UK aThJ Repubk ol IrekThJ IFRS 102) (effedive 1 Jawary 20191. OBJECTIVES AND ACTMTIES Obj•ctiV•5 and aims Legally tharlable wKposes tre knefil of c￿nty &fftJgh of ￿Y Ot￿r ts81 dislrict, a￿¥ or adminislralive unil present ￿ fvrtv￿ wwher County B￿￿h, Urt)an Distr￿, Rural District or othewse haviThJ Ihe offi￿5 of its authority Y•thrD a rthJiu5 d fifteen mikn fr(xn oLKI￿ Town Hal I"Ihe prescribed area'l and for the inhabitants crf Ihis ￿a. The trustees have absolut8 aThJ Unfetter￿ discretsc￿ in inveslnwt of fuTrts and to appty Capital or i)Lx)me of the Trusl in the abov8 ￿gallY charilable ot¥8ds as the Trusiees shall Itom lim8 to tim8 d8c*Ie. Wthout lirritttig ts absolute aid Lmf&tt8ved ¢*"scr8ticffl gi￿ lo the trustees. they shall have power to apply the Trust F￿d *) or towards (tr)ir¥J any of Ihe fdkyAiry as are *galy charilaNe: lal PurchasiThJ works of art cf wrtue {bl Forming a cx)IkctKm of such works of *t display in the preserbed area. {cl Endo￿n9 ¢x providing scholarships for ary nhabitants of the prescnbed area. {dl Providing equipmont (lisabled perS￿s. lel Providing lor wnvalescents faclities. arr*nibes. eic. ￿t avalablè ur#Jer tr* NHS. The above summary of ¢he d*rit8ble ciyects is kn mfcrfmatw)n ar¥J refwerKe lo tre Tnjst Deed 3￿uld be made for lull details. ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Charllablg aclS¥lti•s Th8 trustees have had regard lo the Charity ccrfrffnlssKffi￿ gU*jan￿ on publK benefit. They ￿nsider that the public benefit requiremenl has been fuffilled by the rna￿.ng of ￿Trts directed lo help Y￿ng people from the Bkck Counlry to improve th￿r sklls and also to the SK* aNJ needy in the afea. FINANCIAL REWEW Flnan¢lal position The resuKs of th8 tharity are set out (m page 4. Tr investment fc￿ the year armunled to £33,674 {2023'. £32,802) and the eX￿n<￿tUre £17.222 (2023.. £20.458). After albWi￿j for Ihe net gain on investrnents of £36,93412023'. £76.544 b)ss), the asset fund has incTrased to £1.017.935. prtncipal funding sources Prinupal funding Sour￿ ts inveslmenl irK¢)ff*. Reserves polky The trustees ain lo retan a kvel of reserves to gererate ts Incon￿ required by the ¢harty lo fulfil ils obie¢tN8s. Golng ¢oncem The accounts have been pfewed on the basB of teing a prwJ cc¥Kem. Thè Trustees eonfirn thal they have taken Into accounl all avadable informats.on abcmjl the future for al least 12 month5 from Ihe date of the ac£ounts were approved c4Jndude that there Is r4J urKertanty reiaung lo goiThJ eoneem. STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Govèmlng document The Edwin JO￿ Thompson MemcMi4 FurKI is ￿tItuted uTrJer a tnBt deed dated 3 Augusl 1950. iticts of the charity s￿ set ￿t balc￿. PwJe 1 ThE EDWIN JOHN THOMPSON MEMORIAL FUND REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR ThE YEAR ENDED S APRIL 2024 STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Recruitment and appointm•nt of new trust8•s The apFM)intmenl oftrustees is ￿Med by lh8 trust