(Registered Charity Number 218796)
THE GRACEWELL FosfER TRUST
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024
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CHARTERED ACCOutyTANT5 * REGISTEREU AUDITORS

THE GRACEWELL FosfER TRusr
YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024
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THE GRACEWELL FosfER TRUST
TRusfEES' REPORT
YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024
The Trustee5 present th￿r re￿rt and the a￿jited financial Statan￿ of the Trust for the year ￿ded 31 January 2024. The
Trust￿% have ath)F*ed the Prov￿￿5 d the Stat￿t of ReIDmn￿th1 PrnctKe (SCrfIP) 'Nth)ulltkng and Rep￿Ing
Cfvan￿e￿ Sn weparing the annual and fin￿Kki1 statements of the Tru
The fin￿aal statements have been pyepared with ￿(￿nting ￿lKieS set out in notes to the accounts and
comply wtth the charitfs &￿eM￿9 &xunw)t, the 0￿rrI]eS Art 2011 aThJ Accounting and RerAxting by Chartties.. Statertient
of Rpmmrrended F*acb.￿ ap￿1¢*ble to charrt￿5 preparin9 their accounts in accordan￿ with the ￿nana41 Reporting Stsndard
In the UK and of trekThJ wL4ithed Tr) Cttober 2019.
&acewell Foster Trust fthe Tru5f) was founded ty the ￿11 of Arthur Henry Fcrter, which was ¢xoved on 3 January
1929. The d￿nge of narne to The Gr￿Ve41 Fo&er Tru* was regi*ered with the Chaiity CommissK)ner ¢)n 20 Septernter
2012. The TrLLsi is a ￿Lster￿j Tru* no. 218796. and os rw1ai￿I iry a of the LTharty CommissK)ner5 sealed on 11
April 197B.
The Tnjst is affi10ted to The Almsh￿j* As9xaaxm.
TrUStEES
The Trustees who served thjring and the ￿r end ag fdbws:
Mr l Ma￿ha1
Miss D Mattson
Mr E Rodgers
Mrs N Pozzi
Mrs M 3th￿es
Ms L Fryer
Mr A Holand
{Chalmw- rewned 11 WI 2024)
(ChaIrn￿n- apwinted 30 2024)
(appJ¥ited 31 Juty 2023)
EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL OFFI
The Executive Offiw is J Gthn
The Wincip￿ Offi￿ Is..
271 Wake Green Ro&J
Moseley
Birn)ingham
B13 9XL
ADVISORS DUIUNG THE PERIOD
A￿d￿OIs.
Thomas and Yourrtj Limi
Cath House
266-268 Stratrord Ro&J
shi1￿y
Solihull
West Mklands
890 3AD
Bafiker5.'
HSBC Bank PLC

THE GRACEWELL FosfER TRusr
TRusfEE5' REPORT (continued)
YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024
STRucniRE. GOVERIIANCE AND MAIIAGEMEiir
The day.tQ-day managetllent of the Trust i% carrth out Ery a sinaN staff at rts prtndrA41 offl￿. The Trustee5 m￿t at feast
six times ead) year when they congts overall thtegy, kmoperty and investmenl tnattu5, risk managen￿nt, finan￿5 and all
rnatters rela¥ng to the ￿ent rnan&aement of the Tru￿ Varhjus s￿IN￿rnrttee5. ts) the Truthsi operate to
improve the 5rnC¢)th manJJeFnent of the Trust
Under the tenns of the Sdw referr8J to abm, thwe thal te a maxÈmum ofkn all being ctroptative.
Pn"or to the aptK)intsnent of trustees, they a￿ gNen a full and detailed outfine of Trux rts objecrfves and ts &tfvit*5. and
the w)liaes whKth are *hWed to ensure the swnd pWF¢)rmaTh￿ of TrusL
The wndpal obiectNe of the Twst 15 to ensure the weM-ten9 aThJ happirE55 of all the ladks who are acCcfflnm)da￿d in the
Trusvs prO￿r0"eS.
The CThalm)an and otherTru#ees the to med with the Ex￿jtTr￿ and the Scheme Managers
to efisure that they are aware of the day to day actfvrfJ& of the TN
The ¢JbJ'ect of ￿ Tn￿t is to pmvide Almsh￿ ￿[￿nc¥j￿￿ swvJle bJte5 ae ONEr the ￿e of 55 yeats arKI of
1Smiied fjnanoa5 nwns.
There are 62 5ew-cL￿ts1rted h(wsry units in total, CLNnryi5ing 16 12 flats In category l and 34 flats
{Foster5} in C￿e9￿ 2.
In setting thar obJecb¥es, the Tru&ee5 haNe cOnShknati￿ to the Charity c￿￿mISSI)n'5 generdl advice on publ
fft.
TheTwst empby5 a fvll tme War&nlklvne Manw who, with the ald ofa r￿uty part-b"n* Wardenlscheme Manager and
one other part.ume ernployee er*urts that the negts of the regdents are meL and a o)ngenial envfronment pmvkjed. The
Trustabo employsa part4ime Executwe OffKer. MaIntenan￿c{the faLYicof the estre and gardens and grovnds is undertaken
to a hÈ9h tsndard by intspendent contrth. The Tntsiees o)ns#Jer f￿￿nate in ha￿n9 such a dedicated team
in charye of the day-trAay runnirtsJ of the homes and in the qual￿ ofthe suvres wowded ￿ th￿r contreKtors.
TheTrust Ls pri￿lpHI￿ resourced Week￿ Maintenan￿ c£¥th"trtrt>Jnsfr0rn the reshkn￿ In ordwto finan￿ e￿rdinary
palrs, routine maInt￿On￿ and rnantenaft￿ repays the Trust Irdnslers The Aknthcyjse ASs￿at￿)n'5 rtrcffimeThJed
amounts into des￿jnated reserbEs.
ACHIEVEMEKfs AND PERFOPMAHCE
7he Trust rnaintsins a reasonable W of Inkls. wlth kKwtyes mainty tEing wJ*J dunrKJ Feriods of refurlxshmwt or
redecorntion folbwing a tenefKiary kawng home. It is the of the TriLtrs tha¢ when Ok￿r propaties are vacated,
full refurtsshrneut takes p*e fv to beiFwJ ¢)¢￿PIed ty a ne￿ benefKiary. takes loryjer than a simple
dKoration. The newer prok*rties are ¥eknrated and undergo a full r￿ul to re ktbng. Th& way the Tw5t rnaintslns
the hKJh quality and high stsndard of for Lwjrthn ty Its ben￿(lar1e%
The Trust ts not Invo￿ ￿ fund-raN"rKJ actpts,. hCrt￿. we atwy. fn)m ti[￿tTr￿. to grant gI￿ng charibes for
The Trust￿ the rethts on a rwjular basis during the year to hdp • the T￿￿S objrn ofe￿ring their needs
are Tnet and a congenial envtronment wovitst The Chawman an ann￿1 wth all the resderts to dl
any COn￿M$ that they v the Trukn may h￿e.

THE GRACEWELL FosfER TRUST
TRusfEES' REPORT (continued)
YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The Financial Strtetnents show a ￿r[AuS fortheyear, trEfO￿the r￿lUath)n ￿1Th*S￿nts. ofQ3.26512023: £20,655)
and the accumuL4ted fund ￿31an￿ at 31 January 2024 VAS £1,662.635.
The Tnjst receNed donations d El,tJ)) {2023: £2,￿) duwlng the year.
The Trustees confimi that inVestn￿ts the Tnst whkth a￿ #ated at rTk3rket value, have ￿en in accordan
with the tx)wers availab￿ to the Tnjstees. have Jwn rthed dunno the year. The Tnjstees con9der
that the funds can meet the Tnjsvs oi*KJatK)ns.
IIIVEsfMENT POUCY
It ts the wltcy ofthe Trustees to seek tD ach￿￿ a LdaKed return be￿￿n and caixtrl (Ner the knj term.
The rnatket value ol in1￿ments hekl at 31 January 2024 was £1.115.977. Movements in tt￿ *ock mathet during the year
have resultwj in a increase of £43,972 ts) the unre&i5oJ galns at 31 Ja)uary 2024.
RESERVES
It is the policy of the Truth to keep Free ReseThEfj & a level that y￿k1 meet 3 and 6 m¢Mth5' ey4Enditure of the
Trust Based the 2023124 accounts ts* barKJ would tp £96.884 to £193,768.
At 31 January 2024 unrestn"(tsd revenue reserves amc*Jnted to É435.743 baL)Tr￿ in the cythal MOIntenan￿ and
ethordlnary repair funds are £17.218 and £827,397
At present the Free R&er¥e5 a￿nt to £435,743 whkth is lthe the tsrget I￿￿.
PLAIIS FOR THE Fi￿uRE
The Trust pFans to continue its of InwwThJ its F*cfeffjes o arKI Wh￿ the optKrftunlUes a￿e. The Trust also aims to
ath￿ve as near 100% ￿CUpat￿1n d its woperties as p)S5th and mamtsin a waiting list of 5uiiatde candhlates.
Various items of expendiiure are CO￿￿r￿J. or are r*cesw. for the 2024125
FUNDS HELD AS cusfoDIAN TRLisfEE
The Trust does art as a Custc*Jian Tru*ee tswefore assets are he*J.
RISK MANAGEMeNT
The Trustees have examined the Strateg￿ and orvatsonal risks whKh the Trust f￿eS and confimi that systems have
een estsblished to minimise these risks. The Trvstee5 rth these F￿0￿￿￿e$ regEkrty to ensure that tw stsll meet the
Trusvs needs,
TRUSTEES, RESPONSIBILrnES sfATEMEI
The Trust£Es are ￿sponsible for preparir¥J the Tr￿￿ee< Annual Re[￿rt aThl the Fmancial Statements in a￿ordan0 wlth
appI￿￿￿e law and Untsd KOng(kni A(nXJnt1￿ StsThJard5 (Unrted kng¢kni AC￿pted Puounting praL￿￿).
The ap￿kable to dwribes in EnglaThJ and Wale5 rg]vires the Tru#ees to pepare fin6nciol Strtements for each finandal
year, which gfve a true and fair view of the state of affairs c4 the Tnjst aTrJ of the inixjrning resources and appltation of
of the Tnst for that per￿. kn preparing ￿nanaal S13tewts, the Tru#ees are required ￿.
ake judgenEnts and esknmate5 that are reaxJnat4e aThJ wudLYrt,'
state whethef arwlcable accourhting stsThJards and Strtema￿ of recoMn￿tsj ￿tice have been folkywed subj'ect to
any rnaterial departu￿5 dtsdtssed and exrAainal in the Trnancial Statements,.
epare the ￿nanUal st&￿ts cffj the c(YKem ba5 unkn it 45 to weswme that the Trnst wlll
conb.nue in ￿latiOn.
select surtaÈ4e ￿Counting rx)l(ies arKI then then consistenty,.
The Tnjstees are ￿$[K¥￿ILle for keeF4'TrJ aCc￿1n￿n9 r￿$ that di9JTh with ￿%￿lat￿e acajracy at any time ￿ finanoal
p￿tK)n of the Trust aThJ enable thern to ensure that the Staternents ccrfnr* wjth the [thdr￿S Act 2011 and the
of the trust de&J. They are also reS￿￿$ble for sknjuarding the ass£ts d tt￿T￿￿ and hen￿ for trkwvJ rea￿Dable
steps for the preventson clftaud and crtl*r irregvlari

THE GRACEWELL FosfER TRusr
TRUSTEES, REPORT (continued)
YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO THE AUDrroRS
We, the Trustees (* the Trust WIM) hekl at the (late of ar4¥0val of these Rnan<ial st￿m￿lts as set out above, eath
conflm, far as we are aware. th&:
there is no reknnt audfc infornthn rf whth Trusys audito￿ are un&Hare'. and
we have raken all steps that we ought to have tak￿ as trustees ill onier to make ourselves aware of any relevant
awjit inforMa￿n and to &E4Lsh that the Tnst's aud￿￿ are aware of that informatk)n.
AUDITORS
A resolution prDtKJ9ng that Thomas and YOU￿ Limit8J a5 auditor5 of the Tntst te wt to the Annual
Genernl Meeting.
Approved by the Trustees arKI on their tehalf.
Date:

THE GRACEWELL FosfER TRusr
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS, REPORT TO THE TRusfEES
YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024
We have aud￿ed the finandal siatements of The Fortw TnL¢ for year end&1 31 JanU￿V 2024, whlth comprise
the Statement of Flnanaal Acbwtss, the BaJarKe Sheetand [￿est0 the finan(ial gaterTEnts. I￿udIng a 5urnrTrary of slgnifjcant
accounting tKJliaes. The finaKial reFxJrbng framtwork that ha5 in their pwrabon is applKat* law and UnIt￿j
Kitwbtn Accounting Stsndards, indudtn9 FIF￿ncial ReF¥)rtin9 Stsndard 102 Tr financA¥IRewthFgStsndwrdappkable
uKandReW￿￿OfIr￿7fid {United P£countsrKJ P[KlI￿).
Thls report is made soldy to the chariWs bvstees, as a in aca)rthnce wtth Part 4 of the Chartses {Accounts aftd Reports)
Regulations 2C%)8. Our audit work has been undertaken w that we rnvJht state to the d￿rI￿$ trustees those matters we are
required to slate to them in an auditorfs report and for no (thr puvpose. To the fullest extent pemitted ty law, we do not
accept or assvrne res￿￿￿¥.1￿ to anyone other than the charity and the charivs trustee5 as a W, for our audr£ wor*, for
this reFOrt, or for the op*n*)ns we have fcffi*d.
In our tke fjnarK411 sratsments:
gNe a true arKI f￿"r vith¥ of the state Lrf the chaiitys affai￿ as at 31 January 2024, and of its irKoming rex)ur￿ and
apF4K*ion of re9)u￿, for the year then ended:
have teen prepared in KCOrdan￿ with ofthe OwitsÈ% 2011.
8u*g for opinion
We conducted our audfc in ￿COrdanCe with Int£rnatbJnal gandard5 on Auditing (UK) {ISA% IUKJI arml applKatAe Liw. Our
resFoTrslbilths under those standards are fijrther the Audrtorfs resEwstd￿s for the audit of the financial
statsments 5rftion of our rety)rL We a￿ of the d￿rity ill ￿CordanCe with the ethical requIr￿ents that are
relevant to our aud¢t of the finanoal statements In the UK, induthng the FRCS Ethical Standard, we have fulfilled our other
ethical reSp)nsit¥l￿eS In accordarKe with these requIreWEn￿ We LEIEbE thatthe aU￿￿t evKIen￿ ￿ have obtsined is sufftient
and approwlote to a ba51s for I￿r OFin•x.
We have nothing to reikvt in reyrt of ts foknyw tr> the Lsis {UK} require us to re￿rt to you
where..
the trnSW' u* cwcem basls cl In the pEparntkn of the finandal statements Is not
approprkte," or
the trust￿ have notd￿sed In the financial Yatements any 1dVAtI￿ Materi￿ uncertaintses that may cast signfflcant
doubt aix)ut the chariVs ablity to continue to a(hrt the going concern ba515 of acLDuntrng for a perirA4 of at least
twel¥e months from datr wl*n the finan(ial statyffnts are aulhori$￿ iswe.
other infornialion
The truths are reswnsibleforthe other inforrnèti￿. The cthr infomth compiwthe inforrnatTh sn the trustee
annual re￿)rt, other than the fina￿JaI Staterne￿ and wr JuLtitorfs rep)rt ￿reOn. l)Jr OFinh)Th on the finanaal statements
does not cover the ott*r inf0m￿tiOn and, exw to the extent otherwiqe eX￿￿tty in our rem we do ￿ express any
In connertion with our audit of finandal state[T*[￿, our reS￿￿t￿litY is tD real the (ther informatth and, in (k)ing so,
consider whethw the other inf0m￿l￿)n is matetialty lnccrf￿*nt WTth the fknar￿l siaternents or our knowledge obtsined in
the audr( or otherwise aFfe3rs to be matenamy misstated. If we kyenlify 9Jch nMter¥31 inconsfytenaes or apparent material
mis*tements, ￿ are required to ¢knrmine whether thwe is a material rnssiate￿t in the financial slaterrEnts or a materlal
rnis*aterrent of the other infonnatKJn. If, ba*d on the vrtjrk we have kthrrr￿d. we condv(* that there is a material
We hfft rK)thlng to repJt in regaftl.

THE GRACEWELL FOSfER TRusr
INDEPENDENT AUDrroRS' REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES (continued)
YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024
Matters on vthlth we are requlred to report lry ex(eOknn
We have nothing to repK¥t in rts￿t rf the f(4kn￿fi9 matttss in to whlch the (hrftyes (A(counts and RepThts)
ReguLaUons 2008 wuhE US to reF*Xt to you *, fin our opin¥)n:
the information gwi in the financiJ ststemwts i8 incorsEiEnt in any mattyd ￿Fect wlth the trustees, ur
suffKEnt accounting have not LEen W; Cf
the financh31 Staten￿nts are not in )Jreem￿t wrth the ￿c￿nting r￿d5.
we have T￿￿ed all the Informat￿ and exTlanthns ¥￿ rujuire for our audL
Responsibilities of trustees
As eX￿ained more in the tru*ee< respMsfjt41fdes statew￿t ￿t out on page 4. the trustees are re5F(Jnsitfe for the
preparatk)n of finar¥ial siatements whKh gNe a tn* and fair viert. and f¢x Interr￿ ￿ntr(￿ a5 the trust&s determine is
necessary to enabk the prepaRUon of fina￿la1 statements that we free fmm Mate￿al n￿sSta￿L whethw due to fraud or
eThor.
In prepa￿n9 the financial statements, the trusts& reS[ty￿s￿ for asEthg the atrA14ry to contintse as a going
concern, disdosing, as applicabk, matters ￿k)ted to gcrfng con￿rn and usirvj the going corttm basis of Kcounts"n9 unth the
trustees either intend to Iwwidate the charity or to cease OFeratw)ns, ￿ have ￿ realwc a￿ty¥e t￿t to th) so.
We have teen apwinbj as auditor under s&lrA) 144rftheCharitiesALt 2011 and repyxt in acc￿&n￿W￿h rWJukn￿ns made
under sectron IS4 of that
Our obj'ectives are to obtsin reasonab￿ a￿Tall￿ vthdherthe ftMncJal statements as a whole are free frorn material
mlsstatement, whether due to fra￿1 or error, to i￿e an auditorfs rerKrt that indudes our opIn￿)n. Reasonable
assurantr is a hwjh ￿Ve1 cl 3sgjran￿, Imrt i% nrt a guarantee that an audt D￿dUct￿l in ar£Or￿an￿ wth t&4s IUKI will
ahyays deteLt a material misststemert when it £￿. Misstateff*nts can a175e from fraud or error and are consKlered
materfal ￿, indwually or in the agjregate, they c(MJk1 reasc¥)ai* i* to 1Trfl￿n￿ the &onomK deLisions of user5
tsken on the bas￿ of these financiaj datements.
As part of an audrt in accordan￿ wth ISAS (UK). we exerclse ￿of￿￿11 J￿1￿*￿ent and maintain prof￿0￿al wptsosm
throughout the audlL We al￿..
Identi* and assess the risks cl materkl rThS51￿ Lrf the finaNia statements, wlthr due to frnud or error, dwn
and Ferform audr( pr￿ed￿re5 r￿s￿ to tfv)se risks. and oL*ain audit ev￿￿en￿ that is sUf￿￿nt and appropriate ttj
provide a ba%s for our opn*)n. The risk (rf rK* dthb"ThJ a matenal msstatement re9J￿ig frotn fraud ￿ hMJher than for
one resulUn9 from error, as frawj may inth colush)n, f￿1 intentional onMssThTr5s fTm5rew￿IationS, or the overrfdE
of intemal contrcA.
ottsin an undersiandiThJ of internal contrd reknnt to the audti in order to dwn audrt w0￿ur￿$ that are appropriate
In the or0Jmstsn￿, Lxrt [￿t forthe purFK)se of ex¥￿2%51￿ an OP￿￿1￿ on the eff￿￿ne$S of the thativs intemal coThtrcl.
d￿kI9JreS made ty the trtsstees.
Condvde on the atwprkitene5s of the trusteeg use of the wr4J cc￿Thn basis of aCC￿th9 ￿d, based on the audlt
evhjence otrtalned, Whetr￿r a material uncertsinty e¥J*s relatvj to L*nts or CLwditions that rnty Ix* swJnthont doubt on
the charivs atxlity to continue as a w.ng corThn. If we that a material uncertsinty 0￿Sts, we are required ro
drnw attenty.on in our auditorfs repyt to the rekted in the finamal statements or, rf such disdosure5 are
Inadequate, to mc4J6fy our o>xnK)n. Our ILXKJUs￿S a￿ Ihised on the au(tit e¥¥kn￿ oithn&l up to the date cl our
alld￿0￿S rerhyL H￿ve￿, f{￿jre e•tnts c* c￿￿111)n$ may (ause the tharity to lease to contiftue as a going tt￿tem.

THE GRACEWELL FosfER TRusr
INDEPENDENT AuD￿ORs. REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES (￿ntinued)
YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024
Evaluate the overnll w¥entakn. stnmlu￿ C(￿tent ofthe fina￿la1 statements. ir￿￿11￿J the dixa05ure5, and whether
the fina￿al thtements reprff￿ the transalKxts aThi evats in a ManI￿r that athieves fair presentstion.
We uJmmunKate with th￿ wtth g)verna￿e refy3rding. atrthj cther matter5, the ￿alln￿l xxwe and timing of the
audit and signiknnt audit findirwJs, ilKI￿￿j[WJ ary signiftsnt ni intemal contrd that identify during our audit.
Thomas & Young Limited
ststutory Audltor
Carfeton House
266-268 Stratford Road
Shirfey
ihull
We* MwJlaThJs
Date:

THE GRACEWELL FosfER TRUST
srATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024
statsment of Finandal Artrviknes
Totsl
Total
Funds
Funds
2024
2023
Income and endowments
from:
Donations and legaae5
2,8￿j
Investment income
4,921
Income from Cthartst4e
actiwties
380.979
23,778
404,757
357,737
Total Income and endowments
391.023
23,778
414,801
365,458
Expendlthre on:
Cthartsble activths
227.578
134,449
28,509
390,536
344,803
Totsl expenditwe
227,578
134.449
28,509
390,536
344,803
Net In￿me/(expen￿ltrJre)
before 9alns on investm•nts
163.445
(134.449)
(4,731)
24,265
20,655
Net gainl(loss) on Investr
43.635
{2,57l)
43,972
13,191)
Nèt incomel(expendi￿re)
163.44S
(gJ,814)
(7,302)
68,237
17,464
Tran*rs Funts
(145,593)
145.593
Net movtmeAt of funds
Recondllation of funds
Total funds at 31)anuary 2023
17.852
54.779
{7,302)
68.237
17,464
417,891
33,481
788547
354,479 1,594,398 1.576,934
Total funds ot 31 January 2024
435,743
843,326
347,177 1.661635 1.594,398

THE GRACEWELL FOStER TRusr
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 JANUARY 2024
2024
2023
Fixed as£Éts
Tangl￿e Fixed Assets
Investments at Market Val
io
li
836.867
1,115,977
874.634
1,072,005
1,952,844
1,946,639
Debiors
Cash at bank and In hand
12
14,579
241,870
8,470
200,721
256.449
209.191
Creditors
unts falling due wthln (me year
13
(80,815)
170.570)
Net Current As*ts
175,634
138,621
Total Assets Less Current Lfjat¥ls1i85
2.128,478
2,085,260
Arn¢wnts fa￿Ing due in more tPKin one I￿r 14
(465,843)
(490,8621
1,662,635
1,594,398
Funds
Unrestrictrd fvnts
neral fvnd
tWnat& funds
Restrirted fund5
EThJowment fvnds
15
15
15
15
435,743
843,326
36,389
347.177
417,891
788,547
33,481
354,479
1,662,635
1,594,398
oved by the E4)ard ofTnLrtees ........................ .....iand theT tehay
) TRUStEES
The notes on pages 10 to 17 fonn Fort clthese ￿trAmt

THE GRACEWELL FOSTER TRUST
NOTE5 TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 IANUARY 2024
ACCOUMllNG PoUC￿s
Charity Infomiation
The (kace¢￿I FosterTn& 15 a rgJlst&ed (tsity. The &Jdress of the regL*red Offi￿ [5 in the charity
infonnation on page l of these fina￿531 st*￿n￿l% The n¥JJre rA the chariV5 operatsons and ￿"n￿paI actNtVe5 are
detsil&l on page 2.
1.1 Accfjuntlng convention
The charty C￿s￿¢t￿e5 3 pubNc tr£nefft entity as defined by FRS 102. The finonaal 5tsterT￿nts have been werared In
accordan￿ with AcCC￿nI1nQ aThJ Re￿rti￿) by U￿ribe$'. Staknent of ReiDmmended [￿￿ a￿￿able to tharities
Eparing th￿r accounts in accorrIan￿ with Ihe Ftha￿l Rwrting Standard app￿￿￿tIe in the UK and RepuNic of
Irdand In (Xtrter 2019, the FinanLial Rerx)rtirrfJ Standard ar$4￿atrIe in the Unrted ￿ng(th and Republ￿ of
Irdand (FPS 1021, CharitEs Act 2011 and UK Atterthl A£countiThJ P￿.
The financkil statemertts have teen wepy&J to gr¥e a and farf wie4Y and have (kparted frorn the Charities
{Accounts and RepNtsI Regthth)Trs 2008 to the extent requir8J to t￿￿ide a Irue and fair vteW. This departure
has invofv8J fcAlowing the Ac(x)unts"r4J and Re￿It*"ng by Charrt]"es.' Stat￿ent of Recommended Prnctice applicable to
charitses preparing their attwnts in accordance with the ￿nan¢JaI &andard ap￿ICable in the UK and Repu￿
of trdand issued in Ottoter 2019 rather than the PLciwnting and ReF(rfting b*f (hwfties.. State￿￿nt of RecomnEnded
Practke effeLtNe from I W"12CQ5 whkh has sirKe y￿thd￿Vn.
The ac￿￿[rtS are preparol whhth i% UJ￿er￿. The Monetsry amounts in these statements are
rwnded to the r*arest É.
The accwnts have trten wepared under the histwical cost conv￿￿10n. trj inchjde Certsin finan(ial insttuments
at fair value. The fvpal Kcwnting rrfjliaes are set out teknAt:.
1.2 Going concern
At the b.me of ak¥)roving the <counts. have a re￿nat* e¥rectst￿n that they have a￿qts3te re9)Ur￿ to
continue In ¢yrational existen￿ for the fore5eeat4e fvbJ￿. Thus Ilw contwiue to athrt the wng toKem basis of
acoiunlJrrfJ in wepartng the axount
1.3 Charitsble fund5
unr￿￿￿ funds are avalabte for at the of UE tru5teas tn the fvrthernn￿ oftheir charftable 0￿￿tiVes.
Restritsj funds are requiwed to te Fthn8J urrtl the ytar 2028.
tkskJrwted fvnds are set a9th to te used on wojeth and cbYJKal maWrtema￿e of the WOFeb"es at the dtscretion I
the tws
Endry*inert fvFKls arE e￿[￿la￿le at the diyJekn ofthe tru¥
The purpJ5es u*$ cl the furKls are set out in the to the ￿￿)unt*
1.4 Incoming resourcts
Conthbu￿ons from investm￿ HKc*ne and th)n&M)ns aThl leg*s are ￿t￿n￿j for in the perK)d in whith
the charlty ig entided tts
E¥Fenditure os acctyjnted ft*on an Kcrua15 Ik75is gross of VAT. Surnrt CC6ts costs dlr&lty attn"butaè4e
trj the *￿￿Ing and admIn￿t￿ of the charitable ther costs are those (y)&s atrdtMrtat4e to caryng out
the Charittib￿ actsvitie5. w?￿re c05t5 canThJt be (lil￿ attribjth to ether ¢rf these tvffj 9)u￿, 90% of the co*s
are alkKataJ to servre aThJ IO% to management costs.
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THE GRACEWELL FOSTER TRvsr
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEpifs (continued)
YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024
ACCOUNTIPIG POUCIES (continued)
1.6 Tangible fixed asstts
Tan9lk4e fved assets are *ted & cost ac(wmuk]t8J thprryjotK￿ aThJ KOJSTwlatgJ impalmEnt l)55e5.
Depreoation is provhled at raies o31oJL*d to w*te off the cc¢ kn rth￿l vdue. of asset on a Wemattc ￿]￿S
over its expethd usdul lrfe as folk)ws:
Houwng PmFth"es
Fixtirres, rrttSngs & equi[¥T￿t
2% strab3ht line
15% straight lire (fthires etr) and 33.33% StravJht line (comwter equlwl￿t)
1.7 ￿n￿$b￿ents
Inve5trnents are reccgnis8J In6tl*ty at Fdir value whKh is tr* trdnwtion pn￿ exduding tsansathon costs.
Subsequenty, they are n*asured at fair value with changes wn4s&1 in 'Tret gaingllossesl on Investments, in the
SOFA rf the shares are puUb* tFaded or th￿"r v71ue can Othe￿ Ee nwgJred reliably.
1.8 Grants re￿l¥ed
Whert a grant (s to rethjce the cost of a IXOFety rt is shown as a dethKtion to ts co# the balan￿ sheeL
1.9 Implim￿fit
Assets not rneasured at fay value are rev￿￿1 any that the asset may te Impai￿ Jt each balan
she& dats. If such Indicat￿ ￿$ts, the artTh)unt of the a5seL or the 355eYs cash generdbng unit is
mated and compared to the car￿r•j aTr￿nt Where the carryrng anKJunt exceeds the recoverable amoun¢ an
mKkaimient Joss is recogn￿￿ in wofft or h)ss vrLkn the asset 15 carrial forward at a revalued anKJunt vknere the
Impalmient10$5 ￿ a revaluatson (*r￿Se.
1.10 Cash and rash equi¥alqnts
Cash and cash equivalents indude cash In hand, dewyts hekj at wlth banks, (thr short.temi investments
and original maiurities of three n¥Jnths w kn. and bank obwdrafts. Bank ovefdrdfts a￿ shown wrthin trM)rrowings in
current Irabllth
In the appI￿￿n of the Charitys aCcoun￿￿j they a￿ rewirul to make judgen￿nts, esbmates and assumptions
t￿ut the carrying amount of lssets and liaimlities that are not reality apparent from other Sou￿. The ests"mates and
as9xiated assumpth)I￿ a￿ ba*J historKal ex[*r￿￿ ￿ Lknr factors that are Cons￿ to te relevant. Actual
resuts may dlyer frnm th¢fe estimate
The estimat￿ arnj undthiThJ asgjmpb.ons are ThlehEYJ on an ongolng basis. Revtsp)ns to accounting ￿￿rnat¢S aJE
recogntsed ifj the peri(xJ in whKth the esb.mate 15 ￿r5ed where the re￿510Th aff&ts onty that perkKI, or in the ￿(￿j of
or in the Feri(>J of the ftthre wherè the revtsty)n current and fubjre Feriods.
DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
2024
2023
Other
IrKome from th)nat*)nsakl *Rswas£l.CKXI (2023: £2,KLI} ¢￿wh￿h £nd (2023: £nit) wasattrityJtab￿ to restri
funds.
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THE GRACEWELL FosfER TRusr
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMErifs (continued)
YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024
INVEsfMENT INCOME
2024
2023
DivhJends- equilies
Inte￿- frxed income securities
Int￿eSt- deFOSits
3,059
5,782
203
3,087
1.631
203
4,921
Inco￿￿ from investrnents was £9,044 (2023: £4,921> of vthKti £9,044 (2023.. E4.921} wa5 attriLwtsLAe to unre5trirt
funds.
2024
2023
Contn'bution from Resthnts:
MaintenaKe (￿￿￿10n$
SeNKe charges..
- Home hdp service
Heats"ng
262,991
5,093
65,819
9.314
670
23,778
4,685
56,926
8,942
415
23,778
Vsitors room
l HO￿n9 Grart rdea*d
404,757
356,291
tncome from chaiitsble Ktiwbes was É404,7YI (2023.. £356,291) of whKh £W,979 (2023.. £332,513) was attributsbSe
ts) unrestr￿￿ furxjs and £23,77812022 £23,778) atthtMJtst4e b) the endOW￿lt fund.
ANALYSIS OF EXPENDrnIRE ON (IIARITABLE ACllVlllE5
Support
dir￿tty
Trtal
288,813
101,723
390,536
£28,50912023.. £28,509) of the alThe cr£ts were at￿t￿lable to en(knYment fvnds. £134,449 {2023.' £115,602) of the
atx)ve costs were attritxjtsble to d&tynated funds. £227,578 {2023: 200,692) of the atr¥)ve costs were atth"butable to
unrethcted funds.
ALLOCATION OF SIJPPORT cosrs
Totsl
30,917
15,332
37,767
15,89)
1,817
26,133
15,554
37,620
14,723
1.550
Ftnan
(Jher
IOL,723
95,580
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THE GRACEWELL FosfER TRusr
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEpif (contlnued)
YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024
2024
2023
Aud(t Fee
Legal and profeS&c￿￿ fees
EXeCu￿ve Officerfs saknes and secretrrial setv
Penson contributrons
6,900
23,573
744
20,739
744
30,917
28,383
COSTS OF AcrJvrTIES UNDERTAKEN DIRE￿Ly
2024
2023
Sa￿￿e5
Cyclical rnairtenan
EKtraordinary reparrs
Garden maintenance
Day to th malrtenan
Yeating costs
45,790
63,252
38,682
20,752
32,514
59.904
13,094
3,095
4,724
41,010
56,574
34,587
19.899
24,442
44,066
7,596
4,069
4,287
8,168
Residents fund¥Jns arkl outmigs
Professkjnal fees
Alarm Wern MaIn￿￿e
288,813
244,598
EMPLOYEES AND TRUSTEes
2024
2023
Wages and sa131ies
gxial secynty cc6ts
PensKJn cothbuuon
66,070
61,652
1,036
Totsl enX)￿mertts
67,107
62,493
) empkw ￿£eNed £￿).1￿ or
The Trustees rThed no ￿￿neratK￿ duriTrJ the year12023: £nA}.
£%￿nSeS amountsng to £1,925 was ￿m￿jrSe￿ to Tnth for thar*atk e¥w*s durf4vJ the year {2023'. £2,593).
The aveRge numt*r of empbyees was 4 (2023.. 4). Cakulated an a fidl time t%3￿. anal￿d ￿ funLtron.
was:
NUMBER
NUMBER
Dirett awritable Witure
man￿e[￿entand Admkntstratb)n ￿ Charity
AJI slaff are emptrd ￿ the Charity
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THE GRACEWELL FosfER TRU5r
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENT (continued)
YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024
10 TANGIBLE FIXED A55eTS
Housin9
Properties
r￿Ing$ &
Equipment
Trtal
Cost or valuation
At 31 January 2011
1,776.411
169,299
1,945,710
Additlons
Disposa
At 31 January 2024
1,776.411
169,299
1.945,710
At 31 JarÈuary 2023
922,183
148,893
1.071,076
(￿arge for the year
£*pre￿a￿On on dwtyl
37,767
At 31 January 2024
950,692
158,151
1,108,843
Net book value
At 31 January 2024
825,719
11.148
836,867
At 31 January 2023
854,228
20,406
874,634
Up to and Induding the yeaf en￿ 23 January 2000. ￿ was the Tru￿5 FdKy to revakne certain ofthe freehohl Pro￿￿"e5.
In the year ended ￿ january 2￿)1 the Trust the tran&tkn)al ￿￿15￿)nS of FRS15 Tangibk Fued Assets. Whllst
Fyevious wdluatths have Lwi retslned have U￿tsted. From ￿r ￿(kn1 23 January 2￿1 it is the Tru5Vs
FK)Iry not to rewabJe ￿ed as*.
The cost c<deweoat4e assets hehj wlth I￿￿latIe a55ets a￿Unts to £1,425.434 (2023: £1.425,434}.
The wowbes are valwj for OnwrnfKe ￿￿pOseS at £12.451,￿) {2023: £10553.333).
In the orlnbn of the TnJst*s. 0[￿ r￿rket vakE c* the with wnt tosses￿on, Is
greatjy in excess of th￿r net I￿k value.
11 INVEsfMENTS
2024
2023
Market value at 31 J￿￿ary 2023
1,072.IX)5
1,075,196
Net unreAlisal Investrn￿ gainllhss)
Market value a5 at 31]anuary 2024
43,972
(3,191)
1.115,977
1,072,005
HWJttal co* as at 31 Januwy 2024
168,435
168,435
UK li5tsJ Inve5bnents we reix¢wt8J Lyr.
Investment and unlt tru
1,115,977
1,075,196
The anatysts cl investrnents W. i5 kn in note 15 ofthese xoyjnt
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THE GRACEWELL FosfER TRusr
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEIIT (continued)
YEAR ENDED 313ANUARY 2024
11 114VEsfMErirs (continu•d)
Markat Value
2024
The folk)wlng in¥estrMt reprew5 than 5% L* the Portft1￿ valuatr)n:
Acc Shares
Charities official Investment fvnd
Charishare Acc sha￿5
rcAJer InvestJnwt tharoty fund
2023
146,814
298.625
279,221
288.0%
145,375
274,764
270,873
278,110
un￿liSed gains at 31 January 2023
Net surpFus arising on re4aluat¥Jn5 fv the ￿lod
Unrealised gains at 31 January 2024
903,570
43,972
947,542
12 DEBTORS
2024
2023
4,545
10.034
611
7,859
14,579
8,470
13 CREDrroRS: Ai4ouKfs DUE wm1114 ONE YEAR
2024
2023
Other ts>2tion antl ￿al s
PensM)n contr"b￿￿)￿S
Other creJ(tors and acauals
etred grant incorne
317
56,720
23.778
299
46.493
23.778
80,815
70,570
14 CREDITORS: AMOUNTS DUE AFfER MORE 7HAN ONE YEAR
2024
2023
Loan
rknnEd grant inmn
156,732
309,111
157,974
332,888
465,843
490,862
The loan whth ts SecU￿d on the tsde deeds ofthe d￿t at FostErfs is rq• by ha￿ yeth ￿nurt1& of
£8,307, which r8Jeern the ban and intwest & 9¥4% annthh C￿ 31 Marth 2050.

THE GRACEWELL FosfER TRusr
NOTE5 TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMErif (continued)
YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2024
IS ANALYSIS OF HEf ASSEfS BETWEEN RINDS
Fur
Fund
Fund
Funds
Tangible ftxed assets
Investh*nts
Current knets
Current liatitlitE5
Lon9 temi14?t•'litie5
11.148
825,719
836,867
66,832 1.115,977
150,EL)3)
256,ÈX9
{28.9281 {80,8151
(465,843) (465,843)
36JSY 1,012,756
(L69.430)
476.482
151.887)
438.743
36.389 843J26
347,177 1,665,635
16
FUNDS
31 JaNary If*￿rnIng (Wn9
R•¥aluatl(
of 31)anuary
2024
UNREsTrIcfED FUNDS
General fund
417.891
391,023 (227.5781
(145.5931
435,743
DESIGNATED FUNDS
- Extrdordinary repairs reselve
- CydKal malntsnaKe reSe￿e
. Routs"ne maintefiarKe ftswve
7Y/,305
(12.225)
(75,938)
(46.286)
38.682
63,252
43,659
43.635
827,397
17,218
(1,289)
788,547
(134,449)
145,593
43,635
843,326
REsfRtC7ED FUND
Sink'ng hJThl
33,481
2,908
36,389
ENDOWMENf FUND
354.479
23.rn (28.5091
(2.571)
347,177
TOTAL
1,591,398
414,801
(￿.536)
43,972 1,E62,635
UnrtstrKW funds th)* funds whkth the trustees are free to use dwritaNe obie£ts.
Restrited funds- Sinkng FuTrJ. Tr sinki￿J fvnd rewewts the hokJlr¥J (* 147 accumuktbjn shaffjs In the (Thafittes
Offioal In￿str￿ent Fund. Thf5 Ls wu1￿￿ to I￿ ￿1￿1 ￿Mulat￿l untl the year 2028 to re[4￿ the capital
value realis8J ty the sak of an orthard in 196B.
Eraorfrnary repairs ￿ aThJ r￿￿"￿ malntwwKe reseTrE. The charity CommissNJn sanctioned the establishment
of the extraordlnary repalrs reserve in 1978. The has Iten or¢ the Jfftl retommended tytheAlmshouse
Assodation and awoved ty the awiity Commiss*)n.
The En(%)wn*nt Fund rewe￿ts the or¥Jind gft tD the awty by Arthur Henry Foster ar*J 9Jbsequent g￿ts to fund
ptsl wojects arising formatim. The Endrwment ￿jnd is eyFendable at the discretion of the trustees.
Fbwever, as ￿ (s maiTh￿ lry the assets W for dwrtat4e u￿. there is no Intent￿ of converting any
of this fuftd into incorne.
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THE GRACEWELL FosfER TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEKf (continued)
YEAR ENDED 313ANUARY 2024
17 HOUSING CORPORATION GRApir
The H¢JJsing CorrK)ratksn Grant t5 repayaL4e unts ￿tan or0jnL#ar￿ ￿Mari￿ ftAhJYln9 the Sa￿ of a WOFerty but
will Th)rrna￿ be rest1k￿ trj net of s*.
18 CAPITAL COMMrrMENrs
Capikl ex[￿r￿l￿re conEr&ted for for ￿ the fina￿al statements, was £nil (2023: £NILI.
19 AUDITORS. ETHICAL STANDARDS
In common with many ￿*￿nesSeS d our soe nath we use wr a￿￿rt￿ to assst with the preparntion of
the finanaal statements.
CONTINGEMf LIABILITY
The trustees have m•Je BinnIn￿arll aty awdre cla r4kntial [werpa￿nt of hou&ng t￿efftfr0M the Counol.
At the date of approval of the* financial Stateft￿nts, it has nor t￿n r*M7'ble to £onfimi either the anTh)unt of any
tentsl OverFeYrn￿tt or whether any hcwng ¥Yill to te repapj tD them.
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