THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATiof4 TRUSTEL81 REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR EYDED S APRIL 2025 THE RATCLIFF FOLTIDATION coFtrETr4TS R¢fcrenc¢ Attd Adminislrative Information Tru4ees' Report dep¢ndeni Examinee8 R¢Frf)rt StOt¢meDt of Financial Athivities Balance Shcet Notes to Flnancial Statements 9-13 THE RATCLIFF Fouf4DATIOIY REFERENCE ADM￿7$fRAT1VE INFORMATION Re*tered Ch8rlty NTllDber 222441 Founder Martin Rowlitwn Ratcliff Trnsteeg David Manin Ra(¢liff- Chairn18ll Camlyn Margaret Ratcliff (Retired Octobu 2024) GLUiatL Mary Thoryc Honor Pauline Key Cbristopher John Gup￿¢11 StU8rt Roger Ratcliff (Appoin￿1 8th November 2024) Secretxry ri8topher Jolm Gupwelt Addre Wty)dlands Eads Common Road, St{￿k Grecn Redditch, w0￿¢Ste B96 6TB B*Mkers Lloyd8 Bank plc PO Box IIMX) Birmingharn BXI ILT SollcltQT3 Sbakespt4rE MartTneau LLP No.1 Cohllore Squa Accovntallts Sh¢)na Cutl¢r Limittyj Lillcomb Nr S￿￿r￿rt-Oll-s¢Yffn WorcesterBhire DY13 9RB InYe5tme4t ManaE¢r$ RBC BrewiD Dolphin Limitcd Floor The Chatwin BuÈlding 81 Colttlore liow Birniingham B3 2BA ludepettdent Kxaminer N Stnjkios FCA Butt Farn] Main Road G￿t Haywoty Stsffordshire sr18(YfF Day to day managetllent of th¢ Foundation rests WAth the Secretary. Grdttt opplications should ￿ sent ty him ot the addre￿ above. THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATION TRUSTEFS, REPORT Tbe Trust￿ preS￿Llthelr [q￿rt ar￿ the financial stat¢ments for the year 5 April 2025. Detsiis of the Foundation's operations during the year axe set out in the fAnallcial statements on page8 7 to 13. The presentation C4)mplies with the ￿a￿lti￿5 Act 2011 aDd the Awunting and Reponing by Charitie8'. Slaiemellt of Recornmellded Practice applicabl¢ to charities preparing their aceoutlts in acGoTdance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK attd Rcpublic of Ireland (FRS102Meffeetive l January 20191. The accounting poii¢Aes adopted by the FouDdatioo are 8¢t out in Not¢ I i)n pa8es 9 and 10. Strueture, Governance aThd M8A&geweDt The CILarity ts governed by & Deed of Scttiement dateAi 12 Augiisl 1959. The Foundation As regÈsterEdwiththe Charity cornmissio￿ regislration nullLber 222441, been accept￿ as a chatity by the IDlaDd Reyettue. As such its iAcotDe is exempt from I￿ation so long &s it ¢ontinues to bewoj for ¢haritabk pur￿se&. The Trustees who setved duriDg the year are set outon page 2. The powerto appoiJ)t tsvstees is v&st¢d in th¢ r¢moining Trustees. All ￿atterS of policy and mat￿gEM¢llt ddErmit*d at the regular m¢etiD8s of the Tn￿te¢s, usually held three times a year. Prosp￿tiVe Trustees ate invited to tDttt existing Tn￿le¢S and attth￿ at1th8t one of their￿e¢t1￿85. They aT¢ providql with ¢xtrrfts from the Trust Deed, infornthtion relating to the alr￿ of the TN5t and copies of the Trust ccou1￿. They are tthade aware of the time they shld during the year. The Truste¢s ￿tt$1der that the level attd oaturc of the fiDanciaI rescThes at 5 April 2025 do not impact th¢ &wtDtrtioD tbat the Charity is a Going Coll¢e Dcial R¢vAe The fll)ancia] statcrnents forthe year disclo￿ the details of the Charitys finallcial traDsactions. The Foundation's income ariK5 frotn its inve6trnent mfolio, fimds held o deposit by the c￿arIty'S itiY¢51tnEnt mAnagers and ballkers and from the F R Ratcliff Charitable S¢ttlemeoL Fthose I￿￿￿￿¢ is paid to the Foundation each ycar by way of a grant. The Foundation's total income for th¢ y¢ar atnouttted to £208.507 compttd with £198.016 itL dLE ye8r ¢trJed 5 April 2024. In the Tn￿tee$, opinion th¢ Balaft￿ Sheet discloses fi]nds adequate for the purpose offuifilling the obligallo￿8 of the Ch&Tity for tbe foreseeable tAUe. Ruerves Pollcy The TnutDeedrequiras the Tnyttts to distribute fvlly tILe (Xthri income ¢ach y¢ar. Income relating to the year but not rffeivryj by the year- end may rcmain undistnl)uted at the balancc sbcct date. At 5 April 2025 £28,883 had been retsirned. compared to £25.055 had bethL Telained at 5 April 2024. RATCLIFF FOIJNDATIOY TRUST£ES' REPORT (cootitiued) IllYestmeDt Poliey have appoin*d Jnvesiment Man&geTS basi8 who wxjrt to the T￿￿£¢8 at th¢irregu14r titttithg& TheTTUSted aim is to pAr4Juee an in¢ome telurn to enablc them to wnlirne th¢ kvei of tbeirgTrDtrn8king coL8istentwith main(&iniDg the real ￿luC of the capital of theTrllsL The investment strategy is set by the TrnstK8 WIK) coL8ider the illcom¢ re4uirem¢nts, theIiskpn)fth alld thc Maoagerg vicw of matht plos￿ts in ¢he mediwn term. Tr funds be inve8frd in any of illv¢slmenL Trustees, Re￿o￿&bIlitIeS in rtl*lion to the Ststemexts The Tn)stees ate t¢s￿)￿1b￿ for weparitig th6 Tn￿ Report aod Fu)ancial stat¢ments iti 2C￿rdttt￿c iyith appli(xbie law avd Unibl Kingdom A¢countlD8 (Uoited KiDgdom Gellerally Ac(*pted AGcDuThling Pttctic¢). Th¢ law applicabl¢ to dwiti&s ID FJW & Wala requir&s th¢ TDJStK% to prepare fllwtcial st&tunents for eath financid yWT*bicb8ive rl ttue aJLd fair vicw of the state of affai￿Of the Chtirlty alld of inCOTDiDg re￿￿rGe8 the applKati¢m of the of ts Chprity for tbAt ￿lO(L select 8uitsble ￿0￿nting p)licie8 and apply them c0ts5iWtIy. Ob￿ry¢ the method8 winciplw itt tkn I￿￿ltieS SORP. 8tate whether applicabk acc1￿MILD8 sthlldaT&s hav¢ t¢cn followeJL subject to any lllatsrial departur&8 dI￿103rAI and explaind inthe disclose with rc4sottable &c¢wacy al ally time the fJnancAal position of the Charity and ¢iJable theuL to ell8U￿ thitthe fthancial ststtments conwly wi¢h CharAties Act 2011. th¢ Cknty (Accouttts Retmxts) Regulat￿)￿8 2008 ¥nd the Tn￿t DeuL They arc also . ￿le foT safeguarding the as5¢ts of the Cbatity and kne￿ for tskllysteys for thepreventionaNi dett%11￿ of fraud aThl other irregulBrittr Approved by the Tr #ud dyed on thur beh&lfr. Tizfj INDEPFIYDENT EXAhlbTrlkR'S REPORTTO THE TRusfEL8 OF TFIE RATCLIWF Fouf4DATION I regort to the Trustces oll my exatlliDat50n of the accounts ofthe Clwity for the year ended 5 Awil 2025 wbich are set out on PH86B 7 to 13. This rel￿ 15 rnade solely to the Clwitys Trnste￿. ￿ a IK)dy. in accord with Regulation 31 of th¢ ClJaritie8 (IknKounts and RcFrf)tts) Regulations 2(M)8. My work has tttllulldertakn so that I mtgbt stste to the Chariws Tn￿tte* th￿6 ￿attthE I am requind to swe to them in an ￿aMIn¢￿$ rBport alld for no other To the fi￿ert extent pem]itteAI by law, I do not accept or assume rwonsibslity to anyone othff than the ch￿7t￿5 TDJ8tee8 as a iM)dy, formy wozL for this T¢￿t. or for the statemfflt I have made. Responsibllldes basi5 for Report As the Ch￿lty Trustees of The Ratcliff Foundati￿ you arB TW)nsiTrile for the P￿ParatIon of thc wcouttts ill accordarKe with the requtrements of the ChaTittes Act 2011 Cthe Ace). I report in respect of my of the Cknws accounts carrivA out under $￿tIOn 145 of the 2011 Act and ¢arryitig out my examillatson I hav¢ followed all the applithk DI￿10￿S given by th¢ Charity Commi&8ion uttdcr section 145(5)(b) of the ACL llldepelldent Examiner'i Statement come to my 8tt¢lltion itL fA)nttect¥)n with the examill￿ giving me cause to believe: ounting recorrL8 wue notkryt in re4ttt of the Clwity &$ ttquire by s¢ctioll 130 of the Act or the accounts do Th)tcomply with thc awTmting ￿ll1￿￿ellts ConC￿nIng the foTm and collte￿t of sct out ill the Cbariti&s (A¢¢owits and Rq)orts) Rcgulationl 2008 other thall atty require4DeTh¢ that the a¢¢ouals give a'trne attd fai¢ view 15 a n]a onsidered as part of An inde￿de￿I ￿&￿iD￿￿Oll. r tbc tccounts hav¢ ￿t prepar&1 in a¢Cord￿ with tlke Th￿￿0￿3 ond prAncipl&s of the StatellL¢llt of for a￿lL1)ng and ￿er￿iDE by charitie& the examination to wltich attention should ￿ drawn in this rrport in order to cnable a prottrund¢rsthnding of the ac¢wnts ts be reache4L Niek(th Slmkins FCA Stmkins As&ociatf Butt Farni Maill Road Great Haywo(Kl Sfaffor&bire ST18 iyfF THE BATCLIFF FOUNDATION STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcnvfriFS for theyear ended 5 Aprll 2025 2025 Incorne Endos¥ed Fund Income Fund EDdDived Fund Totsl Total llltome alld Expendlture Ill¢ome: Voluntary incom¢ Grant from FR Ratcliff Charitable S¢dl¢tDe]Lt 67,761 67.761 60989 60,989 I￿￿￿tr(Lent ithGOllL¢ Listed investttLents Dcposit illterest 140.746 140.746 137,027 137.027 Totsi income 208.507 208,507 198.016 198,016 Expendltnr¢: Costof raising fjmds Inv&8tmeTht management fee8 27.331 27J31 14,688 14.688 Charitable activitie8 Inco]n¢ Fulld Grants {ttote 4) 183.0(K) 183,(KMI 172,5W 172,5W2 Other costs (note 5) Income Fwid Endowed Fund 21,729 21.729 26,064 26,064 Costof ¢haritablc activiti¢s 204,729 2(H,729 198,566 198.566 Total expenditur 204.729 27.331 232.0(A) 198,566 14,688 213,254 et Gain￿(LO￿ley) o* Investments EJdowed Fund R¢81ised Unrealised {ttote 0 82.706 82.706 (190,966) (190,96 124,0¢14 59,670 124.004 59.670 (108260) {108260) 183,674 183,674 et m•Yement In 3778 (135591) (131.813) (550) I68.986 168,436 Total Fwidl brougbt forward at 6 April 2024 25.055 4.240.180 4265235 25,605 4,071.194 4,096,799 Total Funds carrfed forward at 5 Apru 2025 £28,833 £4.104.589 £4,133.422 £25.055 £4.240.180 £4.265.235 The on pages 9 to 13 form wtof these finmcial Statements THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATION BALANCE ￿ET 5 Aprll 2025 Notes 2025 2024 Ed A￿ets Investments and uoirtvested c&8h 4,104.686 4240.277 L)trrellt Assets BaJk baiwn¢e8 34.056 4.020 31,89) 1,980 38.076_ 33.870 Less IA%b115des: amomts falling due withinone year (9,340) (8912) Net CUrKffltAw￿ 28.736 24958 Net Ass¢ts £4,133.422 £4,265.235 Fottds of the Charfity Fund RestrACted 4.104J89 4240.18D Fund Ut)tZStricte 28833 25.055 To¢al of th¢ CIMrity £4.133.422 £4265235 The notes on pages 9 to l3 bmip8rtof these fiDancial 51atauents Approved by thcTrusts on * NJU ¢14 tSLX 2[￿1- and signe4[ on their behalfr. D M Ratcllff THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATIO NOTKS TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS for the yVAr ended 5 April 2025 AccouDdng Pollclej These financial statemeots have been prepared in ac¢othce with the A¢¢ounting and Reporting by Charities.. Stst¢n)¢nt of RecommendedPracti applicable lo ¢harIti￿ preparing their a¢o)wits in ac¢ordan¢¢ with the Financial R¢p¢)rtsng Standard applicabl¢ in the LK Bnd Republi¢ of Ireland (FRS 102Xeffcctivc l January 2019) al￿ Charitics Act 2011. Th¢ Foundation const1th￿ a public F*nefit entity derM￿lbY FRS 102. The particular acGounting PDli¢tts adopt￿ &8 follows.. (a) Ac¢ounttng C4>nvention The fuwicial statements are wcpared on the bistorical LX)Stbasis of ac¢ounting mfylified to include lisled investments at mathet value. locotnittg resour¢es aThl th¢ appli￿¢10￿ of th¢)se ttsour¢es have been a¢￿￿1 for UDdwthe a¢¢ruals b&gis of a¢couthg. (b) Listed Inv¢stments Listed inv&4tD]ents held &5 r￿ed are Stat￿ at mark¢t value less any provision for a pern￿Trt ditnillution ID value since the batance sheet date. (c) Investsnettt Gains and L￿SeS for throuth the Endowed Fund. (d) Investtn¢m In(y)me and Grants Incomc from investDrnts is accouDtd forin Ihc year in which it is Tec¢ivable. Inter¢st i)n deposits is a￿ullted for in the year in which it is receiveLi Grattts recelvable from the F.K Ratcliff Cbaritable Scttlernellt are ac￿U￿ted for iu the year to which they relate. (c) Ex￿id￿ture Charitable wants are ac¢4)unteAI for iti the y¢tr iti which they are appro7￿1 by tht Trust￿￿ althougll Payment may llotbe made until a future date. Costs of generating funds and expeodit4we on governallce. support and administratiott aT¢ aC￿lUtt￿d for in the yearlo wbi¢h th¢y relats. Th￿¢ costs cotDpri5c all C{￿ inYolviTkg the public aCc￿l￿tab]lIty tsf the ¢harity its ¢omptsan¢e with regulation and good practice. Such COSLS include Iho* r¢l&ied to the independent exajnitievs fees together with a¢¢ountanry, administralion and OthersW)￿>rt costs. Any apportith)mfflts are based on the Tnjstees, b¢st ¢stiLnates ¢4rried out on areasonable and consistent basis. Expenditure iticludes VATwhich ¢8tmotbe alld which is r¢ported as part of the eX￿￿tture to which it relates. THE RATCLJFF FOiJNDATtON NOTKS TO THE FINANCtAL sfATEMENfs (con¢inu¢d) Year end¢d 5th Aprll 2025 Aceounthig Polld¢8 (4Trntinu¢d) {fj Fund Accoujkting The IDcomc Fund is available kn SPEnd oll grants to clMTitsblc organ15atiOll5 and th¢ governallcc S￿d thini5tratioll costs of the Clwity. Income of the year not ￿￿1Ved by the Tntslees at 5 Aprti is Carri￿ forward for distribution by way of gr8nt in the following The Endowed Fund represcnts thc Ch8riW5 endoThinenL Th¢ Twste¢3 bay¢ de¢ided tQ TeStri￿ expenditu￿ fro￿ this fil￿d to the f¢e8 arged by the Charity's Inv￿¢llt whi¢h they ¢QDsid¢r relate to the tnanagcment of the investtnent portfolio. (8) Cth FIOW Statement Th6 Charity bas thkerl advantage of thc eXaDption available underthe Charities SORP (FRS 102) u￿te Bulletln i notto pr￿>￿¢ a Cash Flow StatrmellL Tix•tlon The Foundati¢)n is a regi$ter¢d chartty, Dumber 222441. and is exempt from Tax. C¢)rpordtiott Tax attd Cspital G8i]Js Tax provid¢d its income nd gains ate 8pplied for charitabLe pllrr￿￿. Staff C•sts, Trust¢¢$' R¢mwwrnti(trn Other Bentfits There wcrc fijll orpart tirne e]DpIoye6s dutitlg Ihc yt4ror durillg th PttVAOU8 year. No rEmutt£ration was paid or PayAbl¢ ill Lesp¢ct of th¢ Y￿ out oEihe fimds of the Foundation either direct]y or indi￿llY to any Trustee. Mr8 J J CFupwell, Ihe wife of a Trustee, receivLyI £1 I J39 (2024 £12,035)- for se￿tatio1 servi￿8 provided to the Foundtitiott. No expells￿ werc reimtrtNxd to any Trlwtrc duriDg the ye4r. 4. GTAnts 2025 2024 Grants to OrgaDisations- 45 (2024- 48) £183,O¢N) £172,502 The 2025 figllres above include the following material 8rnnts". lThe 131rmirLgba￿ Boys & Gid$ Union G￿dc￿ Or8alliC KiDgswood Trust OakT￿¢ Fat Pro8re&sive Farmin8 Trust Ltd Read For Good 4,5(K) 27,51 io- RATCLIFF FOU.YDATION NOTES TO TUL FIN￿NCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 5 Aprll 2025 (continued) Grants (¢ontinu¢d) 2024 27,500 Sudden Produ¢tioll8 Warley Woods CommunityTru8t B¢ntley Beginnings Dogs for G(KMI Harbury Church Heart of Lll8land Forest Thc m￿Ulat Soeiety The Myton Hospices Warwi¢kshirE & NorthaTnpto]]shirc Air Ambul￿¢¢ Warwickshire Wildlifr Truyt Canc¢r ReSe￿h UK Cotheridge Church Kidney Resear¢h UK Maggs Day Centre The Myriad Centre Royal National Lifeb(>&t t￿lItt￿- SwaDage St Richard's Hospice Fow¥lauon wc*￿¢$¢erSh]re Anima111&8cue Centre Surfcr8 Agaill5t Scwa8C Freshfield5 Anima] Rescue PDSA Birtningha MenterRabar Revenu¢ Ptrojeot Royal AirfoT¢e Ben¢volettt Fund St Giles Hospice Care Walking with the Wounded Am]onico Consort Cy¢li$ts fighting Cancer Eml¢y Bra&% Band Hearing Dogs for Deaf People Midland Air A￿bulanCe Cbarity South Walc# Wheelchair Tejmis C]ub Hitnbleton CE Pritnary Sch￿1 and NU￿ Centre for AiterDative TeCh￿OI08Y 3,500 J,(M)O 3,(K>O 5.000 5,000 4.878 3.IX)O 5,IX)O 5,IX)O 3.LX)O 4,0(MJ 5,0 3,000 9,100 5,OOD 5.OOD 3,oori 10,OOD 3.OOQ 3.O¢M> 3.(K>O 2.622 3.000 6,(M)O 4,IK)O 3,(X)O Grants of £2500 and over 38 (2024- 32} Grnits under £2,500 6 (2(Y24- 10 172,5 10.5(X 146,028 26.474 Tothl Grallts 45 (2024-48) EI83,IMM) £172.502 Grallts to Gh•ritabl¢ orgÉnisaliotL8 are ￿¢￿allY in early April eth year. ID wcs of exceptionAI need grants may be made al other tim￿. THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATION NOTFS TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ￿￿ed 5 A41rll 2025 {continued) 2025 2024 Other co￿% Secrctyriai, ad[nI￿tiOll and accowitancy Indepelldent exan]in&s fees Sundry expenses 16,139 5.450 140 20,375 5,550 139 £21,729 £26.064 lrtYest)neKts Th¢ portfolio consists of holdioBS listed on a Tecognistsj sto¢k exchange. 2025 2024 ljsted thyestments Cost At 6 April 2024 Additiolls C05t of sales 3587,311 3,480.065 558,397 542,881 {510,781) (435,635) At 5 April 2025 3,634,W27 3.587,311 Market Value AdJMitmen¢ At 6 April 2024 Adjustro¢nt forth¢ yezr 644.729 {I90.9661 585,059 59,670 At 5 April 2025 453.763 644,729 M*rket Value xt 5 April 2025 £4,088,690 £4232,040 Inveythients #t MarketV*lue t•mprtse41: Fixed illteresi Equities Unit trusts 645.560 544.341 1059.576 2,280,271 IJ83,554 1,407,428 4.088.65￿ 4.232.040 15,996 8,237 tlninvested cash £4.1(H,686 £4,240277 Ail I￿VeSt[￿ent ￿eLs were held within the UK. At 5 April 2025 the following inv¢sEments iNiividuwlly represmt¢d in ex¢w of 50A of the totsi value of the portfolio. Market Value Vallguard US Equity tncome Fund Income uni 8.32 £198,730 £340,022 FraDklin Templ¢ton Clearbridg¢ |Global Tn¢¢)me Unils £176.170 £205.518 DebtOTS 2025 2024 F R Ratcliff Charitable Setdement 4.020 1980 12- THE RATCLIFF Fouf4DATION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEL￿ENr8 for the year ended 5 Apri121125 {coDtmued) 21ll5 2024 Llabllltles Amounts falling due within one year Shona Cud¢r Limitfyj Sitnkins Asswiates 4.140 521K) 3,962 4,950 £9.340 £8.912 Analysis fjf betweett Fund8 kntome Fund Endowed Fund Tot41 Bremkdovrn of ttet Assets *¢ S Aprll 21J25 Listd invrA1M￿ts Cash held by invesbJKnt maDager Bank balan¢¢8 D¢btors 4.088,690 15,899 4.OS8,6 15.996 34,056 4.W20 97 34.056 4,020 38.173 4.104,589 4.142,762 Liibiliti&8 (9J40) (9,340) £28,833 £4,104.589 £4,133,422 Breakdow# of net assets at S Aprll 2024 Listed investments Cash held by Inv￿tn￿l manager Bank balallc¢8 DebtOT8 4,231040 8,140 4232,040 8237 31,890 1.980 97 3l,890 1,980 33.967 {8,912) 4240.180 4274,147 (8,912) Liabiliti& 25,055 4240.180 £4265235 The Foulldation h&s two the In¢om¢ Fund the Endowed Fun¢1 The Income Fut￿ r0ts5iSt5 ofw)restri¢ted income all of whicb, if teceived. ust be distributed eacb year by 5 April. The Endowed FuDd forms the Foundation's ettdowment and is not available for distributio 10. Conttttted CILarlty The F.IL Rat¢litTChaTitable Settlement is a COnDected cbartty. A]1 the Trusteu of the Settlem¢nt are Trnstees of the Foundation. Th6 two orgalli5&tion5 have jointTrJJstee8' meetings. In orderto DJinitD]ge &dminÈsitative Costs the Charitable Settlementpays the whole of its incomeeach year to Tb¢ Rat¢iiff Foundatioll by way of 8t￿& 13