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2020-12-31-accounts

Registration No. 233838

THE SIR JULES THORN

CHARITABLE TRUST

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

THE SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2020


Charity Number 233838
Registered Office 24 Manchester Square, London, W1U 3TH
Trustees Elizabeth Charal (Chairman)
Julian D F Ide
K Mark Lever
Prof Sir Ravinder N Maini FRS, FRCP, FMed,Sci
John Guy Rhodes
Prof David Lowell Russell-Jones MBBS, BSc, MD, FRCP
William H Sporborg
Director Richard Benson
Auditor Haysmacintyre LLP
10 Queen St Place
London EC4R 1AG
Bankers NatWest
Bloomsbury Parr’s Branch
214 High Holborn
London WC1V 7BX
Solicitors Goodman Derrick
10 St Bride Street
London EC4A 4AD
Mills & Reeve,
Botanic House
100 Hills Road
Cambridge CB2 1PH
Investment Managers Ruffer LLP
80 Victoria Street
London SW1E 5JL
Baillie Gifford –appointed February 2021
Calton Square
1, Greenside Row
Edinburgh, EH1 3AN
Sarasin –appointed February 2021
Juxon House
100, St Paul’s Churchyard
London EC4M 8BU
Vanguard Asset Services –appointed February 2021
4thFloor, The Walbrook Building
London EC4N 8AF
Ninety One UK Ltd –until February 2021
55 Gresham St,
London EC2V 7EL
Cazenove Capital Management Ltd –until February 2021
1 London Wall Place
2 Moorgate,
London EC2Y 5AU

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The Trustees present their report along with the audited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2020.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity’s Trust Deed, the Charities Act 2011, and the Statement of Recommended Practice for Charities (SORP 2019). Our accounting policies are set out on pages 19-21 of this report.

The report describes the Trust’s governance and management structure, its grant programmes and main activities during 2020. Many of the organisations that the Trust supports have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and consequently the Trust made a number of changes to its grant programmes during 2020 to provide additional support for hospices and small charities, and to respond to the pressures on researchers working in universities and the NHS.

At the time of writing, it is unclear how long Covid related restrictions will remain in place or how the pandemic may affect the future external environment in which the Trust operates. In accordance with guidance from the Charities SORP Committee, relevant sections of the report comment on the potential implications for the Trust and its planned activities for 2021. The Trustees will continue to keep the position under review and ensure that the Trust’s activities continue to support its charitable objectives and remain sustainable for the long-term.

Structure, Governance and Management

The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust is constituted under a Trust Deed dated 18[th] February 1964 and is a registered charity, number 233838. It was established with an endowment from Sir Jules Thorn. The Trust does not fundraise and seeks to continue the charitable work inspired by Sir Jules through the careful stewardship of its existing resources. The charity has no fundraising activities requiring disclosure under S162A of the Charities Act 2011.

The Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees who oversee the Trust’s governance, set the strategic direction and review the progress of its implementation. The Trustees normally hold two meetings each year, but, given the impact of the pandemic, met via online conferencing in May, September and November 2020. In addition, the Trustees have received regular updates on the impact of COVID-19 on the Trust’s activities and have been able to deal with all business through correspondence and remote working.

The Board’s Investments Sub-Committee meets with the investment managers at least annually to discuss in detail the performance of the Trust’s investments. The Sub-Committee also meets annually with the Trust’s external auditor to review the auditor’s report, and management responses to any recommendations. The Sub-Committee makes a report to the Board following its meetings. During 2020 the Investments Sub-Committee held additional meetings to conduct a review of the Trust’s investment strategy. The outcome of that review is reported on page 10.

The Board is also supported by the Trust’s Medical Advisory Committee of leading clinicians and researchers, which oversees the peer review of research grant applications and makes recommendations to the Board on funding. The Committee held two meetings in 2020 reflecting the disruption that the pandemic caused to the normal pattern of the Trust’s research awards. The Committee has also met three times between February and May 2021 as the competitions for research awards were restarted. The Trustees wish to express their thanks to the Chair and members of the Committee for their continued support and advice during a period of unprecedented pressure on clinicians and research teams across the UK.

Following the introduction of COVID-19 restrictions, the Investment Sub-Committee and MAC have, like the Board, been able to deal with all essential business through correspondence and online conferencing.

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The Board undertook a review of the Trust’s governance arrangements in 2019, in order to ensure continued compliance with the Charity Governance Code and relevant good practice. An updated version of the Code was published in December 2020 and the Board will consider any impact on the Trust in 2021 as part of their annual review of the Board’s effectiveness.

While the Trust Deed does not provide for a minimum or maximum number of Trustees, the Board’s Terms of Reference state that, unless the circumstances are exceptional, there will not be less than seven and no more than ten Trustees. The composition of the Board is kept under regular review to ensure its members continue to provide the range of skills required to support the Trust’s strategy. The Board has considered guidance published in the Code regarding the period for which individuals should normally serve on boards as Trustees and agreed that in future new Trustees should normally be appointed for a term of 5 years, which may be renewable with the agreement of the Board. The Board concluded that it was not appropriate to set an upper limit on the period for which Trustees could serve. This decision reflects the length of the funding cycle for several of the Trust’s programmes and the period needed for funded research to come to fruition.

When Trustee vacancies arise, individuals are identified who provide the required skills and the broader requirements set out in the Trustee Role Description agreed by the Board. Potential candidates are invited to a selection interview, which may lead to an appointment to the Board. New Trustees are given a detailed briefing about the Trust and all aspects of their responsibilities, including governance. Where appropriate, induction training with the Trust’s professional advisors is offered. All Trustees are unpaid.

The Trust has a Conflicts of Interest Policy, which sets out the principles which are applied to identify transactions and decisions in which individuals may have a personal interest, and the process for managing potential conflicts. The Policy was updated in 2019 as part of the governance review noted above, and applies to all Trustees, Trust staff and members of the Medical Advisory Committee.

The Trust operates with a small team of four staff, including the Director, who provides the key management role within the definition of FRS 102. The Director is accountable to the Trustees for the implementation of the strategic plan, and for the day-to-day management of the Trust.

The Trustees acknowledge the importance of its staff in ensuring both the ongoing strategic development and efficient administration of the charity. The overall aim of the Trust’s policy is to offer fair pay to attract and retain appropriately qualified staff to lead, manage and administer the charity and to fulfil the charitable objects on behalf of the Trustees. The Trustees review the remuneration of the Director and other staff on an annual basis.

Risk Management

The Trustees are responsible for monitoring the risks facing the Trust and ensuring that adequate steps are taken to manage them. The Trust has a formal risk register which is reviewed periodically by the Board, and risk is inherent to the Board’s discussions on all aspects of the Trust’s work. In addition, the Investment Sub-Committee reviews risks specifically related to investments and considers any recommendations from the Trust’s auditors regarding further improvements to the Trust’s system of internal controls.

The principal risks facing the Trust are:

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Additional Risk Posed by Covid-19 Pandemic

In common with other organisations, the pandemic has tested the Trust’s risk management arrangements. The Trust has not faced the same challenges as charities which are dependent on fundraising or those delivering frontline services. The pandemic and resulting restrictions have, at the time of writing, confirmed the Trustees’ previous assessment of the principal risks facing the Trust and the mitigations in place to address them.

The pandemic adversely affected global stock markets with effect from 21[st] February, 2020, but markets recovered well in the final quarter of 2020. As at 31st December, 2020 the Trust’s investment portfolio was valued at £136,873,808 ( 2019 - £131,917,927 ) an increase of 3.7%. The Trust retains strong cash balances which are sufficient to meet planned commitments beyond the end of 2020, and the investment review completed during 2020 should ensure that its investments remain positioned to support the long-term sustainability of the Trust. The Trustees are therefore confident that sufficient funding is available for new awards over the year ahead. Further information is provided in the Investments Notes to the Accounts on page 24.

The Trustees received regular reports regarding finance market fluctuations and considered available information regarding the ongoing impact of the pandemic on the universities, NHS organisations and charities that the Trust supports. The Trust remains committed to all its core grant programmes and has worked with existing major grant holders to assess the impact of the outbreak on the timetable for delivery of their projects. In a number of cases the Trust has agreed extensions to awards or revised reporting schedules.

The Trust made revisions to a number of award programmes during 2020 in response to the enormous pressure on the clinical staff involved in its research programmes, and to provide additional support for hospices and smaller charities providing front-line services through the pandemic. Information about these changes is set out on pages 5-7.

Overall, the Trustees are satisfied that all risks are being managed effectively and that measures are in place to ensure good governance, prevent financial or administrative fraud or malpractice, protect the good reputation of the Trust and ensure compliance with relevant legislation and guidance.

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Objectives, Activities and Public Benefit

Objectives

The Trust Deed gives the Trustees absolute discretion to apply the capital and income of the Trust for charitable purposes generally but, in doing so, they take note of the Founder’s wishes. In keeping with Sir Jules’s original intentions, the Trust’s largest grants support translational medical research undertaken in the UK’s leading medical schools and NHS organisations. In the broader humanitarian field, the Trust’s grant programmes are intended to make life easier for those who live with disabilities, who suffer disadvantage or need support in dealing with difficulties in their lives. Grants are restricted to beneficiaries within the United Kingdom.

In discharging their responsibilities, the Trustees confirm that they have due regard to the Charity Commission’s published guidance on the Public Benefit requirement under the Charities Act 2011.

Activities

In pursuit of its objectives, the Trust delivers public benefit by providing awards to universities, NHS organisations and other registered charities. Awards are normally made through five competitive grant programmes; the details of which are available on our website. Additionally, the Trust launched a new one-off programme to support translational research. This scheme was launched in December 2020 and the award will be made in 2021.

Alongside revisions to its own grant programmes, the Trust also made a donation of £100,000 in April 2020 to Age UK’s Coronavirus Emergency Appeal. The Trust has supported local Age UK charities over many years through its Ann Rylands Small Donations programme and - having considered a number of pandemic emergency funds launched in the first quarter of the year - the Trustees agreed that making a donation to Age UK’s Coronavirus appeal was the most appropriate way for the Trust to support the immediate response to the pandemic.

The Trust does not advertise its programmes but information is available to charities through fundraising databases, and our longstanding support for medical research and other core areas means that the Trust receives significantly more applications than it is able to fund in any one year.

The Trust’s grant programmes are outlined briefly below.

The Sir Jules Thorn Award for Biomedical Research

The Sir Jules Thorn Award supports the work of outstanding investigators who are in the early stages of a clinical research career. It offers a grant of up to £1.7million over 5 years. Since the inception of the Award in 2001, the Trust has pledged more than £21m to fund the highest quality translational research which seeks to bring benefit to patients through improved diagnostics and/or the development of new therapies for important clinical problems. Research can be in any field of clinical research, and in recent years we have funded major research projects in areas as diverse as bariatric surgery, the genetic causes of cerebral palsy, and enhancing the effectiveness of corrective surgery for patients suffering from aortic stenosis .

The Award is normally made following an annual competition among UK medical schools and NHS organisations. Applications are subjected to rigorous peer review by the Medical Advisory Committee and external experts in the relevant clinical field. The Trust’s peer review process is accredited by the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC).

The terms of the award stipulate that intellectual property rights created as a result of Trust-funded research should be protected and exploited, where commercially worthwhile. An Intellectual Property Agreement with each institution defines issues of protection and exploitation, and the arrangements for sharing any commercial income which is generated. The Trust’s share of any such income would be allocated to the Trust’s charitable purposes.

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The 2020 competition was suspended in April in response to the unprecedented pressure on clinical staff involved as both applicants and reviewers. This decision was taken on the advice of the Medical Advisory Committee and was welcomed by applicants. The competition was re-started in June 2020, with previously long-listed applications carried forward to the next stage of the process. The Trust expects to make the Award in June 2021.

Translational Biomedical Research Award

The pandemic disrupted research across universities and the NHS throughout 2020, with non-Covid research suspended or severely restricted for much of the year. In order to support research as investigators resumed their work, the Trust launched a new one-off programme in December 2020; offering an award of up to £1m to support a single research project, in any discipline or disease area, which is at an advanced stage of translation and able to demonstrate a clear pathway to develop research findings into benefit for patients.

The scope of this award is deliberately broad and is intended to support outstanding research where the investigator’s team has already generated data or samples to proceed to the next stage of their work but requires funding to translate the research into clinical outcomes. This might include, for example, teams who have gathered Covid-related data and require the funding for analysis. Alternatively, teams working in other fields may have data from previous studies but have been unable to progress their work during the pandemic and now find other charitable funding is unavailable.

Following the launch of the programme at the end of 2020, initial applications were received from 12 leading medical schools in February 2021 and 5 were invited to submit full applications. The Trust expects to make an award in November 2021.

The Sir Jules Thorn PhD Scholarship Programme

The Trust’s PhD scheme normally offers two new scholarships each year for outstanding candidates to undertake a challenging four-year research project, leading to the submission of a PhD thesis. Over the past 12 years the Trust has committed over £2m to this scheme and 25 PhD students have benefited from scholarships.

Applications are invited from universities or research institutes which have doctoral training programmes recognised by the Medical Research Council or the Wellcome Trust. Targeting the scheme in this way ensures that Trust-funded students are embedded in institutions offering the highest quality doctoral training and research.

As for the Sir Jules Thorn Award, the competition for the PhD programme was suspended in April 2020 due to the pressure on the institutions invited to apply and uncertainty over student recruitment for the 2020/21 academic year. Applications were rolled forward, and the Trust awarded scholarships to the Universities of Edinburgh and Sheffield in April 2021.

Medically Related Donations

The Trust receives many appeals from universities, hospitals and other charitable organisations to assist with capital projects which have the potential to accelerate medical research or to support innovation in the care and treatment of people suffering from severe clinical conditions. The programme provides capital funding to support either infrastructure for medical research, or projects to develop new care models for people living with severe disabilities. The scheme operates competitively, with a two-stage application process of outline proposals followed by detailed applications from short-listed organisations. Short-listed applications for research infrastructure are subject to external peer review. Where appropriate for care projects, the Chairman and Director undertake site visits as part of the assessment process. These were conducted virtually in 2020.

The Trust may be the sole funder of projects, or one of a number of contributors. Its support will be pledged until such time as the viability of the project is assured.

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Hospice Fund

The Hospice Fund was introduced in 2018 in response to the large number of funding requests previously received from hospices under the Ann Rylands Small Donations programme. A specific fund was therefore created to support the sector, and in its first two years offered grants of up to £5,000 for core funding, and up to £10,000 for small capital projects.

The pandemic imposed extraordinary pressure on the sector throughout 2020 with many hospices offering stepdown care or other services to support the NHS; whilst lockdown restrictions led to substantial losses in hospices’ fundraising income. These pressures are reflected in the substantial growth in applications to the programme, shown on page 8. In order to support the sector, the Trustees increased the budget for the Hospice Fund from £200K in 2019 to £500K in 2020 and agreed to focus the available funding on awards for core costs. All proposals are assessed on a competitive basis.

The Ann Rylands Small Donations Programme

The programme is named in honour of a former Chairman of the Trust (and daughter of Sir Jules) and awards grants of up to £1,500 to support small charities (which for the purposes of the programme are defined as those with an income below £5m). Charities can apply for grants towards their core costs, which charities often find more difficult to raise, or to support a specific project. The funding criteria are deliberately broad but the Trust prioritises applications from charities which offer practical support for older people, people with disabilities or living with severe illness, or people facing challenges with mental health, social exclusion, homelessness or other difficulties in their lives. Although the level of individual awards is modest, the cumulative support that the Trust provides for smaller charities is significant and feedback from recipients indicates that the programme is valued and continues to meet a need.

The Trust receives many requests each year but experienced a 50% increase in applications during 2020; reflecting both the increasing demands on charities during the pandemic and the impact of Covid-related restrictions on their fundraising income. As with the Hospice Fund, the Trustees increased funding for this programme.

Achievements and Performance

During 2020 the Trustees awarded 472 grants totalling £2,016,480, including future year commitments. This was lower than the £3,494,097 awarded in 2019, which is entirely due to the suspension of the competitions for the Sir Jules Thorn Award and PhD programmes. As noted earlier, shortlisted applications for those programmes were carried forward and the Trust expects to make the awards (budgeted at £1.9m) in 2021. The new Translational Biomedical Award was launched in December 2020 to support research further, and the Trust expects to make an award of up to £1m in 2021.

The number of applications to the Trust’s other grant programmes increased by 53% in 2020 (920 applications against 600 in 2019); reflecting the pressures on hospices and small charities. The number of awards under the Hospice and Ann Rylands programmes increased by 34% (to 467 from 348 in 2019).

A full list of grants can be found on pages 29-41 of this report, and highlights are summarised in the following table.

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Grants Summary for 2020 Applications Received Grants Awarded TOTAL Funds Pledged in Year 920 472 £2,016,480 2019: 600 2019: 355 2019: £3,494,097 Rescinded: £101,446 Net Awarded = £1,915,034 . 2019: Net Awarded £3,269,353 The Sir Jules Thorn Award for Biomedical Science This competition for this Award was suspended in 2020 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic 2019: Net Awarded = £1,696,941 2019: Applications Received: 15 Full Applications Invited: 5 Applications Shortlisted: 3 The Sir Jules Thorn PhD Awards This competition for this Award was suspended in 2020 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic £0 awarded in 2020 and £5 rescinded re previous years. Net = £(5) 2019: Applications Invited: 4 Full Applications Received: 4 Applications Made: 4 £224,000 awarded in 2019 and £22,072 rescinded re previous years. Net = 201,928 Medically Related Donations Applications Received Type of Support Applications Shortlisted Research Infrastructure: Research Infrastructure 22 10 (2019: 20) 2 2019: 30 Care Projects: Care Projects 12 ( 2019:108 ) 4 £1,002,000 awarded in 2020 and £100,000 rescinded re previous years. Net = £902,000 2020 : £393,000 for 2 projects supporting medical infrastructure 2020L £160,000 for 1 project supporting the development of innovative care models for people with severe disabilities 2020: £499,000 for 1 project supporting both research and care Special Award – To Support the Response to Covid-19 Age UK – Covid 19 Emergency Appeal - £100,000

2019: £0 Hospice Fund

Applications Received Type of Support Awards Granted
172 Core Costs:172 (2019: 42) 103
2019: 66 Capital Projects: 0(2019: 24) 2019: 33
£515,000 awarded in 2020 - all for Core Costs
2019: £201,311 awarded and £1,457 rescinded repreviousyears. Net = £198,854
The Ann Rylands Small Donations Programme
Applications Received Type of Support Awards Granted
726 Core Costs:671(2019: 226) 364
2019: 485 Capital Projects: 55(2019: 259) 2019: 315
£399,480 awarded in 2020 and£1,441refunded re previous years.Net = £398,039
to small charities across the UK working to support community care and people with disabilities, or address issues
including education, social exclusion and mental health.
2019: £270,630 Awarded

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Plans for the Future

The Trustees expect that the Trust’s activities and the focus of its grant programmes will continue broadly as outlined above. The pandemic may nevertheless have lasting implications for the universities, NHS organisations and charities that the Trust supports. As noted in their 2019 report, the Trustees were due to review the Trust’s strategy in May 2020. The review was deferred until 2021 to enable the Trustees to assess any lessons learned from responses to the pandemic and to ensure that the grant programmes remain aligned with developments in the research and humanitarian sectors.

In the short-term, the Trust will look to complete the competitions for its major research awards and the PhD programme which were carried forward from 2020. The Trust will continue to support hospices and small charities through its other programmes, and the Trustees have again allocated additional funding to the Hospice and Ann Rylands Small Donations programmes for 2021.

The Trustees consider that the Trust has very adequate funds to meet its current obligations and to finance its planned activities. As noted earlier, a review of the Trust’s investment strategy was completed during 2020 and this provided further assurance regarding the Trust’s long-term sustainability.

Financial Review

The endowment provided by Sir Jules Thorn remains the source of funding for the Trust’s grant-making activities and its day to day operations.

As explained below, the Trust operates a total return approach which enables a prudent amount of investment gains made in previous years to be used to augment distributions. The Trust is therefore not solely reliant on the level of its investment income in determining how much it is able to distribute in any one year.

Income of £972,318 was received during the year from the investment portfolios managed by Cazenove Capital Management and Ruffer. The Trust’s funds managed by Ninety One Asset Management were held in Accumulation Units in their Diversified Growth Fund which does not make income distributions. Total expenditure commitments of £2,815,765, which included net grants of £1,915,034 and Investment Managers’ Costs of £489,073, resulted in a deficit of £1,843,448 which was augmented by net Investment gains of £8,440,877, from all three investment funds, making an overall surplus for the year of £6,597,429 ( 2019 Surplus £9,358,704). This increased total funds held as at 31[st] December 2020 to £128,463,041 ( 2019 £121,865,612). Details of transfers between general and endowment funds are detailed below.

Reserves Policy

Under the terms of the Trust Deed the Endowment Fund is expendable at the Trustees' discretion and provides the resources to finance the Trust's activities, including its administration. It is the Trustees' intention that the Trust's grant-making should continue for the foreseeable future and, as a consequence, the investments in the Fund are managed on a long-term basis, as described below. The Trustees aim to have a sustainable distribution policy which maintains the level of charitable giving provided it is prudent to do so. They have adopted a total return approach designed to ensure that a sustainable level of investment gains is distributed as grants. Investment income is reinvested in the Fund and expenditure is financed by cash withdrawn according to a formula which recognises that some past capital gains can be safely distributed, provided that the ability of the Fund to generate adequate returns into the future is not compromised. The current formula provides for up to 3.5% of the market value of the Fund, averaged over the previous three years, to be withdrawn, subject to the three year average being not less than £113 million; this being the base valuation of the Fund when the formula was agreed in 2008, £90 million, adjusted for subsequent inflation.

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In 2020, the Trustees have authorised an additional transfer from endowment funds to cover the shortfall in unrestricted funds needed to finance the grants awarded in the year. This is presented as a transfer between funds of £1,354,375 in the statement of financial activities.

The Trust does not need to retain unrestricted income funds as reserves although in some years such funds can remain due to the timing of commitments. There were no such balances extant at 31 December 2020.

At the year end the value of the Endowment Fund was £128,463,041 million which the Trustees consider appropriate in the context of the above policy.

Investment Policy

The Trust Deed does not impose any restriction on the Trustees' power to invest. The endowment funds are invested for the long term under the professional guidance of The Trust’s Fund Managers, who operate with discretionary mandates but subject to guidelines defined in the Trustees' Statement of Investment Principles.

The Trust’s investment policy has a target return objective of 3.5% above the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), net of fees, measured over a rolling 3 year period. Investment performance is judged against this objective. In 2020 the Trust’s target return was set at 4.8%. The returns achieved during the year by the three firms of investment managers, on the assets for which they are responsible were: Cazenove 5.4%, Ruffer 14.8% and Ninety One 3.7%. Overall, this was a satisfactory level of performance given the turbulence of global financial markets resulting from the pandemic.

The Fund Managers provide the Trustees with a written valuation and performance report each quarter and meet with the Investments Sub-Committee at least once per annum to review the performance of the funds which they manage and respond to questions from the Sub-Committee on behalf of the Board.

The Trustees undertook a review of the Investment Policy during 2020, which included an external assessment of the Funds’ asset allocations and managers’ performance. Following that review, the Sub-Committee also invited tenders to assess alternative approaches and test performance and value for money. The Trustees approved the Sub-Committee’s recommendations in November 2020, and the agreed changes were fully implemented in February 2021.

The Trustees considered the Trust’s approach to the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) aspects of its portfolio holdings as part of their investment review, and the Sub-Committee gave careful consideration to the managers’ approach to ESG during the tender process. The Trustees expect that the investment managers will adopt an active policy on the exercise of voting rights in accordance with the principles of good corporate governance published by the Institutional Shareholders' Committee. ESG considerations are included in the managers’ reports to the Trustees.

The result of the review was that the funds previously held by Cazenove and Ninety One were re-allocated to pooled funds managed by Baillie Gifford, Sarasin and Vanguard in order to increase the proportion of the Trust’s investments held in equities to approximately 70%. This is the minimum level the Trustees consider necessary to achieve the Trust’s investment objective of CPI+3.5% over the long-term. While greater exposure to equities carries some risk of volatility in the short-term, the Trustees consider this to be balanced by the Trust’s other more defensive investments and strong cash balances.

The Trust's cash resources – £7.4 million at the year-end - are invested to ensure that funds are readily available to meet grant payments and other obligations as they fall due. In the current low interest rate environment, the income yield on cash balances is modest but the Trustees regard the present 47% cash cover for all outstanding

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grant commitments to be appropriate, when coupled with the Trust’s substantial £128.4m of expendable endowment funds.

The Trustees consider that their responsibility for the safety and performance of the Trust's investments is discharged appropriately by the arrangements set out above, when combined with the Trust's own monitoring of portfolio activity, and the annual audit procedures.

Conclusions regarding Going Concern

After making enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future. The Trustees are not aware of any material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue and accordingly, they consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements as outlined in the Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities on page 12.

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Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the financial statements

The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards).

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charity’s transactions, disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the charity’s constitution. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularity.

Auditor

Haysmacintyre LLP has indicated its willingness to be reappointed as statutory auditor for the next financial year.

Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:

E Charal

Elizabeth Charal, Chairman

Date: 14 June 2021

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THE SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2020


Independent auditor’s report to the Trustees of The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust for the year ended 31 December 2020 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Basis for opinion

We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder. We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The Trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Trustees’ Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

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Matters on which we are required to report by exception

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of Trustees for the financial statements

As explained more fully in the Trustees’ responsibilities statement set out on page 12, the Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the Trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Based on our understanding of the charity and the environment in which it operates, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to the regulatory requirements of the Charity Commission, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the Charities Act 2011, Charities SORP (2019) and payroll taxes.

We evaluated management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements, including the risk of override of controls. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:

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A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity’s Trustees, as a body, in accordance with section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and regulations made under section 154 of that Act. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity's Trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity’s Trustees as a body for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Haysmacintyre LLP 10 Queen Street Place
Statutory Auditors London

Date
17 June 2021
EC4R 1AG

Haysmacintyre LLP is eligible to act as an auditor in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.

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THE SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2020


Notes Unrestricted Endowment Total Total
Funds Funds Funds Funds
2020 2020 2020 2019
£ £ £ £
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Income from Investments 2 972,318 - 972,318 1,598,176
____ ____ ____ _____
Total Income and Endowments 972,318 - 972,318 1,598,176
========== ========== ========== ===========
EXPENDITURE
Expenditure on Raising Funds
Investment Management Costs 7 - 489,073 489,073 509,259
____ ____ ____ _____
Expenditure on Charitable Activities 3
Grantmaking
Medical Research Grants 104,444 - 104,444 2,064,442
Medically Related Grants 1,135,525 - 1,135,525 1,022,724
Hospice Fund 598,565 - 598,565 251,517
Small Donations Scheme 488,159 - 488,159 362,399
____ ____ ____ _____
2,326,693 - 2,326,693 3,701,082
____ ____ ____ _____
Total Expenditure 3 2,326,693 489,073 2,815,766 4,210,341
____ ____ ____ _____
Net Operating (Deficit) for the Year (1,354,375)
(489,073)
(1,843,448)
(2,612,165)
Net Gains on Investments - 8,440,877 8,440,877 11,970,869
____ _____ ____ _____
Net Income/(Expenditure) for the Year (1,354,375)
7,951,804
6,597,429 9,358,704
Transfer Between Funds 1,354,375 (1,354,375)
-
-
____ _____ ____ _____
Net Movement in Funds - 6,597,429 6,597,429 9,358,704
Reconciliation of Funds
Balance brought forward
At 1st January 2020 - 121,865,612 121,865,612 112,506,908
_____ ____ ____ _____
Total Funds Carried Forward
At 31st December, 2020 - 128,463,041 128,463,041 121,865,612
=========== ========== ========== ===========

The notes on pages 18 to 28 form part of these financial statements

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THE SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2020

_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
Notes 2020 2019
£
£
£ £
FIXED ASSETS
Furniture and fittings 6 7,338 8,429
Investments 7 136,873,808 131,917,927
____ ____
136,881,146 131,926,356
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors & Accrued Income 8 107,296 162,907
Cash at bank and in hand 7,426,534 8,938,858
___ ___
7,533,830 9,101,765
CREDITORS:amounts falling due
within one year
Grant commitments 9 5,210,935 5,983,885
Creditors 10 176,016 162,073
___ __
5,386,951 6,145,958
NET CURRENT ASSETS 2,146,879 2,955,807
____ ____
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 139,028,025 134,882,163
CREDITORS:amount falling due
after more than one year
Grant commitments 9 10,564,984 13,016,551
____ ____
NET ASSETS 11 128,463,041 121,865,612
========== ==========
THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY
Endowment funds 128,463,041 121,865,612
Unrestricted income funds - -
____ ____
Total Charity Funds 128,463,041 121,865,612
========== ==========

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees and were signed on their behalf by: E Charal

Chairman

Date: 14 June 2021

The notes on pages 18 to 28 form part of these financial statements

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THE SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2020


Notes 2020 2019
£ £
Net cash (outflow) from operating activities (A) (5,533,685)
(3,930,079)
Net cash inflow from investing activities (B) 4,021,361 4,013,853
_____ _____
(Decrease)/increase in cash in the period (C) (1,512,324)
83,774
=========== ===========
A) Reconciliation of net incoming resources to 2020 2019
net cash outflow from operating activities £ £
Net income for the year 6,597,429 9,358,704
Depreciation 2,447 2,282
Loss on the disposal of fixed assets 184 337
Management fees paid from endowment funds 486,391 521,510
(Gains) on investments (8,428,661) (11,970,869)
Receipt from Class Action re previous investments holdings (12,124)
-
Dividends and interest from investments (1,013,611)
(1,580,016)
Interest Income (10,777)
(21,913)
Decrease in debtors 55,611 10,878
(Decrease) in creditors (3,210,574)
(250,992)
_____ _____
Net cash (outflow) from operating activities (5,533,685)
(3,930,079)
=========== ===========
B) Net cash inflow from investing activities 2020 2019
£ £
Cash withdrawals from investment portfolio 4,000,000 4,000,000
Interest Income 10,777 21,913
Receipt from Class Action re previous investments holdings 12,124 -
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (1,540)
(8,060)
=========== ===========
4,021,361 4,013,853
=========== ===========
C) Analysis of changes in net cash funds
At 1 At 31
January 2020 Cashflows December 2020
£ £ £
Cash in hand 8,938,858 (1,512,324)
7,426,534
_____ _____ _____
Total cash and cash equivalents 8,938,858 (1,512,324) 7,426,534
----------------- =========== ===========

The notes on pages 18 to 28 form part of these financial statements

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1. PRINICIPAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

a) Basis of accounting

The Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales and as such is a Public Benefit entity. Governed by its Trust Deed, dated 18 February 1964.

The Trust’s Charity Commission registration number is 233838 and its registered address is 24, Manchester Square, London, W1U 3TH.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of investments and in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2019) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011 .

The functional currency of the Trust is considered to be GBP because that is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the charity operates.

After making enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future. The trustees are not aware of any material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue and accordingly, they consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements as outlined in the Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities on page 12.

b) Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, which are described in this note, Trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an on-going basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods.

In the view of the Trustees, no assumptions concerning the future or estimation uncertainty affecting assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date are likely to result in a material adjustment to their carrying amounts in the next financial year.

The principal accounting policies adopted, judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the presentation of the financial statements are as follows:

c) Income from investments

Dividend, interest and other income is accounted for on an accruals basis and is shown gross of any associated tax credits recoverable.

d) Grants and donations payable

Grants and donations are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities based on the commitments made during the year. Because most projects last for more than one year the total of amounts committed but not yet paid is shown split between current and long-term liabilities.

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e) Fixed assets and depreciation

Fixed assets over £500 are capitalised. Depreciation is provided on fixed assets, in order to write off the cost of the assets over their expected useful lives estimated residual values, at the following rates:

Office equipment 20% p.a. straight line Fixtures and fittings 20% p.a. straight line

f) Investments

Investments are stated at mid-market value at the year end. The Statement of Financial Activities includes the aggregate of realised and unrealised gains and losses during the year.

g) Basis of allocation of costs

Cost of generating funds

The cost of generating funds represents amounts paid to the Trust's external investment managers.

Support costs

These costs are incurred directly in the delivery of the Trust’s charitable activities. These costs are based on the percentage of time that a resource is used in the application of grants administration and associated activities together with the overhead costs of the charity.

Governance costs

Governance costs comprise costs incurred in Trust administration and compliance with regulatory requirements. Staff costs are calculated as a percentage of time committed.

h) Portfolio management fees

The cost of managing the Trust’s investment portfolio is met from Endowment Funds. Portfolio management fees are recognised on an accruals basis.

i) Pensions

Contributions were made to all employees’ personal pension schemes in accordance with their employment contracts. All such contributions are expensed through the Statement of Financial Activities in the year in which they are due.

j) Funds

Endowment funds represent the investment assets derived from the original gift from Sir Jules Thorn. The endowment is expendable at the discretion of the Trustees.

k) Financial instruments

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the Trust becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Additionally, all financial assets and liabilities are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into.

Financial assets, comprised of cash, other debtors and accrued income, and financial liabilities, comprised of grants payable, other creditors and accruals, are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs) and

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are subsequently re-measured where applicable at amortised cost except for investments which are measured at fair value with gains and losses recognised in the statement of financial activities.

The Trust’s investment managers enter into forward rate currency contracts to manage its exposure to fluctuations in exchange rates within the investment portfolio throughout the year. These contracts are recognised at fair value within the overall valuation of the investment portfolio with gains or losses recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities.

Assets and liabilities held in foreign currency are translated to GBP at the balance sheet date at an appropriate year end exchange rate.

2. INCOME FROM INVESTMENTS
Listed investments
Cash – interest income
3. ANALYSIS OF TOTAL EXPENDITURE
Raising
Funds
Medical
Research
Grants
2020
£
£
Investment
Management Fees
489,073
-
Grants Awarded
-
(-5)
Special Award
-
-
Staff Costs
-
37,021
Support Costs
-
39,815
Depreciation
-
658
Governance
-
26,955
2020 Activity Total
489,073
=========
104,444
=========
2019
Investment
Management Fees
509,259
-
Grants Awarded
-
1,898,869
Staff Costs
-
49,007
Support Costs
-
76,306
Depreciation
-
913
Governance
-
39,347
2018 Activity Total
509,259
=========
2,064,442
=========
Medically-
Related
Grants
£
-
902,000
100,000
46,570
42,774
1,053
43,128
1,135,525
=========
-
900,000
27,923
54,541
913
39,347
1,022,724
=========


Hospice
Fund
£
-
515,000
-
39,766

21,709

526
21,564
598,565
=========
-
199,854
25,316
16,283
228
9,836
251,517
=========
2020
£
961,541
10,777
972,318
=========
Ann
Rylands
Small
Donations
£
-
398,039
-
57,316
16,236
395
16,173
488,159
=========
-
270,630
60,123
21,582
228
9,836
362,399
=========
2019
£
1,576,263
21,913
1,598,176
=========
Total
Expenditure
£
489,073
1,915,034
180,673

120,534
2,632

107,820
2,815,766
=========
509,259
3,269,353
162,369
168,712
2,282
98,366
4,210,341
=========

Full details of grants awarded in the year are on pages 29 to 41 of this report

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SUPPORT COSTS 2020 2019
£ £
Staff Costs 180,673 162,369
Rent, rates and service charges 57,972 58,114
Other 65,194 112,880
___ ___
303,839 333,363
___ ___
Governance costs
Staff costs 79,330 78,990
Consultancy Fees 11,400 -
Audit fee 16,998 17,500
Legal fees 92 1,876
___ ___
107,820 98,366
___ ___
Total Support and Governance costs 411,659 431,729
========= =========

In 2020 Support Costs have been reapportioned between the Grant categories, to take into account the reduced amount of Medical Research Grants awarded during the year. Whilst no new grants were awarded in 2020, work has been conducted during the year regarding the ongoing management of previous awards.

4. STAFF COSTS 2020 2019
£ £
Salaries 216,858 212,012
Employer’s National Insurance 20,103 23,027
Pension and Death in Service Contributions 16,631 9,320
___ ___
253,592 241,359
========= =========

The number of employees whose emoluments are above £60,000 during the year was: -

No No
£90,000 - £100,000 1 1
========= =========
The average weekly number of persons employed by the Charity during
the year was: - No No
Administration and Governance 4 4
========= =========

The total amount of employee benefits received by key management in the year ended 31[st] December 2020 was £118,024 ( 2019 - £123,974 ) including Employer’s National Insurance Contributions.

TRUSTEES 2020 2019
£ £
Total emoluments Nil Nil
___ ___
Total reimbursement of expenses NIL 433
========= =========

No Trustee received travel and meeting expenses in the year. ( 2019 – 1 Trustee - £433 ).

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5. RELATED PARTIES

There are no related party transactions or balances which require disclosure within the financial statements during 2020 ( 2019: NIL).

6. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

6. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Fittings and
Equipment
£
Cost at 1 January 2020 48,923
Additions 1,540
Disposals (10,590)
___
At 31 December 2020 39,873
___
Depreciation
At 1 January 2020 40,494
Charge for the year 2,447
Disposals (10,406)
___
At 31 December 2020 32,535
___
Net book value
At 31 December 2020 7,338
=========
At 31 December 2019 8,429
=========

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7. INVESTMENTS 2020 2019
£ £
Market value at 1 January 2020 131,917,927 122,888,552
Investment income received 1,013,611 1,580,016
Cash fund withdrawals (4,000,000)
(4,000,000)
_____ _____
Net movement in investment cash balances 128,931,538 120,468,568
Net gains on investments 8,428,661 11,970,869
Management fees paid (486,391)
(521,510)
_____ _____
Market value at 31 December 2020 136,873,808 131,917,927
=========== ===========
Cost at 31 December 2020 120,414,250 119,599,535
=========== ===========
Investments at year end were made up as follows: 2020 2019
£ £
UK equities 11,994,034 14,745,163
UK fixed interest securities 3,855,661 9,156,821
UK property - 139,940
Overseas equities 37,055,495 30,886,468
Overseas fixed interest securities 635,869 10,371,541
Managed funds 51,468,520 45,296,506
Forward foreign exchange 67,489 22,518
Other 19,753,661 16,835,028
Cash 12,043,078 4,463,942
_____ _____
Total 136,873,808 131,917,927
=========== ===========

Explanatory Notes re Ninety One Diversified Growth Fund

The assets managed by Ninety One were held in their Diversified Growth Fund (DGF) as accumulation units which do not make income distributions.

Portfolio Management Fees

Portfolio Management Fees
Investment management fees incurred in the year were: 2020 2019
£ £
Cazenove 206,879 275,431
Ruffer 282,194 233,828
_____ _____
Net charge to SOFA 489,073 509,259
=========== ===========

Fees Arrangement with Ninety One

Included in the costs of units held within this fund is an embedded fee of 0.75%. No other management charges are levied.

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Forward contracts

The Trust is committed to purchasing a total of USD £517,122 (2019: USD £NIL), EUR £925,019 ( 2019: EUR £NIL), JPY £2,844,184 ( 2019: JPY £NIL ) under forward rate contracts at 31 December 2020.

The Trust is also committed to selling a total of USD £NIL ( 2019: USD £ 4,776,706), EUR £0 ( 2019: EUR £ NIL), JPY £NIL ( 2019: JPY £ 4,238,121), under forward rate contracts at 31 December 2020.

All contracts mature on 14.1.21 ( 2019: 19.1.20) and are included within the investment portfolio at a market value of £67,488 (profit) at 31 December 2020 ( 2019: £22,518 - profit).

8. DEBTORS 2020 2019
£ £
Accrued income 88,015 139,994
Prepayments 19,281 22,913
___ __
107,296 162,907
========= ========
9. GRANT COMMITMENTS 2020 2019
£ £
Forward commitments at 1 January 2020 19,000,436 19,239,038
Commitments made during the year 2,016,480 3,494,097
Adjustments re Grants made in Previous Years (101,446)
(224,744)
Amounts paid during the year (5,139,552)
(3,507,955)
_____ _____
Forward commitments at 31 December 2020 15,775,918 19,000,436
=========== ===========
Forward commitments at 31 December 2020 in respect of
ongoing projects were as follows:
50thAnniversary Award 5,800,000 8,800,000
Medical Research Grants 7,519,069 8,029,126
Medically Related Grants 2,413,294 2,095,000
Hospice Fund 43,555 76,310
Ann Rylands Small Donations Scheme - -
_____ _____
15,775,918 19,000,436
=========== ===========
Split as follows:
Amounts due within one year 5,210,935 5,983,885
Amounts due after one year 10,564,983 13,016,551
_____ _____
15,775,918 19,000,436
=========== ===========

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10. CREDITORS 2020 2019
£ £
Accruals 33,496 23,702
Taxation – PAYE/NIC 11,078 9,610
Portfolio management fees 131,442 128,761
_____ _____
176,016 162,073
=========== ===========

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ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS

11a. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS

Investments
£
Tangible
Fixed Assets
£
Unrestricted funds
-
-
Endowment funds
136,873,808
7,338
Total funds
136,873,808
7,338
NALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS 2019
Investments
£
Tangible
Fixed Assets
£
Unrestricted funds
-
-
Endowment funds
131,917,927
8,429
Total funds
131,917,927
8,429
1b.
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Funds b/fwd
at 1.1.20
£
Incoming
Resources
£
Resource
Expensed
£
Transfers
£
Endowment
funds
121,865,612
-
(489,073)
(1,354,375)
Unrestricted
funds
-
972,318
(2,326,693)
1,354,375
Total Funds
121,865,611
972,318
2,815,765
-
ECONCILIATION OF FUNDS 2019
Funds b/fwd
at 1 January
2019
£
Incoming
Resources
£
Resource
Expensed
£
Transfers
£
Endowment funds
112,506,908
-
(509,259)
(2,102,906)
Unrestricted
funds
-
1,598,176
(3,701,082)
2,102,906
Total Funds
112,506,908
1,598,176
(4,210,941)
0
Tangible
Fixed Assets
£
-
7,338
7,338
Tangible
Fixed Assets
£
-
8,429
Tangible
Fixed Assets
£
-
7,338
7,338
Tangible
Fixed Assets
£
-
8,429
Tangible
Fixed Assets
£
-
7,338
7,338
Tangible
Fixed Assets
£
-
8,429
Other Net
Liabilities
£
-
(8,418,105)
(8,418,105)
Other Net
Liabilities
£
-
(10,060,744)
(10,060,744)
Gains and
Losses
£
8,440,877
-
8,440,877
Gains and
Losses
£
11,970,869
-
11,970,869
Total Funds
£
-
128,463,041
128,463,041
Total Funds
£
-
121,865,612
121,865,612
Funds c/fwd
at 31.12.20
£
128,463,041
-
128,463,041
Funds c/fwd
at 31
December
2019
£
121,865,612
-
121,865,612
8,429



-

ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS 2019

11b. RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS 2019

The Endowment funds represent the investment assets derived from the original gift from Sir Jules Thorn. The endowment is expendable at the discretion of the Trustees. The Trustees have authorised an additional transfer from the endowment to unrestricted funds in order to finance grants awarded in the year.

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12. OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS

Total future minimum lease payments due under non-cancellable operating lease at the end of year are as follows:

2020 2019
£ £
Land & Buildings
Due not later than one year 47,000 47,000
Due not later than one year but not later than five years 58,750 105,750
Due later than five years - -
_____ _____
Total future minimum lease payments 105,750 152,750
=========== ===========

Lease payments recognised as an expense in the year totalled £47,000 (2020: £47,000)

13. POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS

In February 2021 the Trustees changed some of the Investment Managers. The funds with Cazenove and Ninety One were liquidated and transferred to Baillie Gifford & Co, Sarasin & Partners and Vanguard. This decision was made following an Investments strategy review conducted in 2020 and will result in a change in market exposure, including cash allocations, which should not have any detrimental effect on the charity.

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14. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Notes Unrestricted Endowment Total Total
Funds Funds Funds Funds
2019 2019 2019 2018
£ £ £ £
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Income from Investments 2 1,598,176 - 1,598,176 1,487,166
____ ____ ____ _____
Total Income and Endowments 1,598,176 - 1,598,176 1,487,166
========== ========== ========== ===========
EXPENDITURE
Expenditure on Raising Funds
Investment Management Costs - 509,259 509,259 572,291
____ ____ ____ _____
Expenditure on Charitable Activities 3
Grantmaking
Medical Research Grants 2,064,442 - 2,064,442 1,796,297
Medically Related Grants 1,022,724 - 1,022,724 1,065,713
Hospice Fund 251,517 - 251,517 243,884
Small Donations Scheme 362,399 - 362,399 414,204
____ ____ ____ _____
3,701,082 - 3,701,082 3,520,098
____ ____ ____ _____
Total Expenditure 3 3,701,082 509,259 4,210,341 4,092,389
____ ____ ____ _____
Net Operating (Deficit) for the Year (2,102,906)
(509,259)
(2,612,165)
(2,605,223)
Net Gains on Investments - 11,970,869 11,970,869 (9,204,090)
____ _____ ____ _____
Net Income/(Expenditure) for the Year (2,102,906) 11,461,610 9,358,704 (11,809,313)
Transfer Between Funds 2,102,906 (2,102,906)
-
-
____ _____ ____ _____
Net Movement in Funds - 9,358,704 9,358,704 (11,809,313)
Reconciliation of Funds
Balance brought forward
At 1st January 2019 - 112,506,908 112,506,908 124,316,221
_____ ____ ____ _____
Total Funds Carried Forward
At 31st December, 2019 - 121,865,612 121,865,612 112,506,908
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SCHEDULE A – MEDICAL RESEARCH GRANTS

a. THE SIR JULES THORN AWARD FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

Due to the Covid 19 pandemic the competition for this award was suspended in 2020 £

ADJUSTMENTS TO COMMITMENTS MADE IN PRIOR YEARS ADJUSTMENTS TO COMMITMENTS MADE IN PRIOR YEARS 0
___
Total JTA Awards 0
=========
b.
PhD SCHOLARSHIPS
Due to the Covid 19 pandemic the competition for this award was suspended in 2020
£
ADJUSTMENTS TO COMMITMENTS MADE IN PRIOR YEARS (5)
___
Total PhDs Awarded (5)
=========
___
TOTAL MEDICAL RESEARCH AWARDS £ (5)
=========
SCHEDULE B – MEDICALLY RELATED DONATIONS £
1. Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity 123,000
Hyperthermia machines for research and treatment of cancer
2. The Children’s Trust 160,000
Development of a new interdisciplinary care model for children with neuro-disability
3. The University Court of the University of Aberdeen 270,000
Power supply unit for new Fast Field Cyclinge MRI Scanner
4. The University of Strathclyde 449,000
The Sir Jules Thorn Rehabilitation Technology Co-creation Centre
____
TOTAL 1,002,000
ADJUSTMENTS TO COMMITMENTS MADE IN PRIOR YEARS (100,000)
____
TOTAL £ 902,000
==========
SPECIAL AWARD £
To assist in the response to the Covid 19 pandemic
Age UK– Covid 19 Emergency Appeal £100,000
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SCHEDULE C – HOSPICE FUND

In order to support the Hospice Sector during the pandemic, the Trustees made the decision to fund two tranches of the Hospice programme in 2020. Firstly, in May 2020 when £310,000 was awarded towards core costs and then again in November 2020 when £205,000 was awarded, again for core costs.

NUMBER £
1 Acorns Children's Hospice Trust 5,000
2 Arthur Rank Hospice Charity 5,000
3 Ashgate Hospicecare 5,000
4 Beaumond House Hospice 5,000
5 Bury Hospice 5,000
6 Claire House Children's Hospice 5,000
7 Cope Children's Trust (Rainbows Hospice for Children & Young 5,000
People)
8 Corby and District Cancer Care 5,000
9 Derwentside Hospice Care Foundation 5,000
10 Dorothy House Hospice Care 5,000
11 Douglas Macmillan Hospice 5,000
12 Dove House Hospice 5,000
13 Earl Mountbatten Hospice 5,000
14 East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) 5,000
15 East Cheshire Hospice 5,000
16 Eden Valley Hospice 5,000
17 Ellenor 5,000
18 Farleigh Hospice 5,000
19 Forget Me Not Children's Hospice 5,000
20 Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice 5,000
21 Halton Haven Hospice 5,000
22 Haven House Foundation 5,000
23 Havens Hospices 5,000
24 Helen & Douglas House 5,000
25 Hope House Children's Hospices 5,000
26 Hospice of the Good Shepherd 5,000
27 Hospice at Home West Cumbria 5,000
28 Hospice of St Francis (Berkhamsted) Ltd 5,000
29 Hospice of St Mary of Furness 5,000
30 Hospice of the Valleys 5,000
31 Hospiscare 5,000
32 Isabel Hospice 5,000
33 Julia's House 5,000
34 Katharine House Hospice Stafford 5,000
35 Keech Hospice Care 5,000
36 KEMP House Trust Ltd 5,000
37 Kilbryde Hospice 5,000

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38 Lindsey Lodge Hospice 5,000
39 Longfield Hospice Care 5,000
40 Michael Sobell Hospice Charity 5,000
41 Noah's Ark Children's Hospice 5,000
42 North Devon Hospice 5,000
43 North Yorkshire Hospice Care 5,000
44 Oakhaven Hospice Trust 5,000
45 Overgate Hospice 5,000
46 Paul Sartori Foundation Limited 5,000
47 Peace Hospice Care 5,000
48 Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice 5,000
49 Rennie Grove Hospice Care 5,000
50 Richard House Trust 5,000
51 Rowcroft Hospice 5,000
52 Royal Trinity Hospice 5,000
53 Saint Catherine's Hospice 5,000
54 Saint Francis Hospice 5,000
55 Shooting Star Children's Hospices 5,000
56 St Andrew's Hospice 5,000
57 St Andrew's Hospice (Lanarkshire) 5,000
58 St Ann's Hospice 5,000
59 St Catherine's Hospice 5,000
60 St Catherine's Hospice (Lancashire) 5,000
61 St Clare West Essex Hospice Care Trust 5,000
62 St David's Hospice (Llandudno) 5,000
63 St David's Hospice Care (Gwent) 5,000
64 St Elizabeth Hospice 5,000
65 St Gemma's Hospice 5,000
66 St Giles Hospice 5,000
67 St Helena Hospice 5,000
68 St Josephs Hospice (Liverpool) 5,000
69 St Luke's Hospice (Sheffield) 5,000
70 St Luke's Hospice (Harrow and Brent) 5,000
71 St Lukes Hospice Plymouth 5,000
72 St Margaret’s Somerset Hospice 5,000
73 St Oswald's Hospice 5,000
74 St Richard's Hospice Foundation 5,000
75 St Wilfrid's Hospice (Eastbourne) 5,000
76 St Wilfrid's Hospice (South Coast) 5,000
77 St. Luke's Hospice (Basildon and District) Limited 5,000
79 St. Vincent's Hospice Limited 5,000
80 Strathcarron Hospice 5,000
81 Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice 5,000
82 Thames Hospice 5,000
83 The Five Towns Plus Hospice Fund Limited 5,000
84 The Hartlepool Hospice Limited T/A Alice House Hospice 5,000
85 The Jessie May Trust 5,000
86 The Martlets Hospice Limited 5,000

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THE SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2020
THE SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2020
THE SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2020
_______________
87 The Mary Stevens Hospice 5,000
88 The Myton Hospices 5,000
89 The Norfolk Hospice 5,000
90 The North Northumberland Hospice Ltd 5,000
91 The Nottinghamshire Hospice Limited 5,000
92 The Rowans Hospice 5,000
93 The Shakespeare Hospice 5,000
94 Treetops Hospice Trust 5,000
95 Tynedale Hospice at Home 5,000
96 Wakefield Hospice 5,000
97 Weldmar Hospicecare Trust 5,000
98 Weston Hospicecare 5,000
99 Wigan and Leigh Hospice 5,000
100 Willowbrook Hospice 5,000
101 Woking and Sam Beare Hospice 5,000
102 Woodlands Hospice 5,000
103 Zoe's Place Trust 5,000
__
TOTAL £515,000
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SCHEDULE D – THE ANN RYLANDS SMALL DONATIONS GRANT PROGRAMME

Award Amount Number Total
£
£1,500 34 51,000
£1,400 1 1,400
£1,330 1 1,330
£1,300 1 1,300
£1,250 92 115,000
£1,200 1 1,200
£1,000 211 211,000
£750 23 17,250
_
TOTAL AWARDED IN YEAR £399,480
ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO COMMITMENTS MADE IN PRIOR YEARS (1,441)
__
TOTAL AFTER ADJUSTMENTS £398,039
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SCHEDULE D – THE ANN RYLANDS SMALL DONATIONS GRANT PROGRAMME (Detailed)

NUMBER £
1 Age UK Blackburn with Darwen 1,500
2 Alive Activities Ltd 1,500
3 Back On Track 1,500
4 Compaid 1,500
5 DEMAND DESIGN & MANUFACTURE FOR DISABILITY 1,500
6 Different Strokes (Trustees) Limited 1,500
7 Eating Matters 1,500
8 ERIC (Education and Resources for Improving Childhood Continence) 1,500
9 Golden-Oldies Charity 1,500
10 Horatio's Garden 1,500
11 Maggs Day Centre 1,500
12 Marches Family Network 1,500
13 Mentoring Plus 1,500
14 Missing People 1,500
15 Mobility Trust 1,500
16 My Life My Choice 1,500
17 Oakleaf Enterprise 1,500
18 Parity for Disability 1,500
19 Penny Brohn Cancer Care 1,500
20 Prisoners Abroad 1,500
21 Scottish Huntington's Association 1,500
22 Scottish Spina Bifida Association 1,500
23 Spadework 1,500
24 St Vincent's and St George's Association 1,500
25 Sussex Association for Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus 1,500
26 The Ambulance Staff Charity 1,500
27 The Back Up Trust 1,500
28 The Rossendale Trust 1,500
29 The Thomley Hall Centre Limited 1,500
30 The Wingate Special Children's Trust 1,500
31 Together for Short Lives 1,500
32 Unseen UK 1,500
33 Winston's Wish 1,500
34 Youth Federation for Cheshire, Halton, Warrington and Wirral 1,500
35 Carousel Project 1,400
36 Asthma Relief 1,330
37 Climbing Out 1,300
38 700 Club 1,250
39 Abbeyfield (Reading) Society Limited 1,250
40 Afasic 1,250
41 Age Concern Colchester and North East Essex 1,250
42 Age Concern Enfield 1,250
43 Age Concern North Norfolk 1,250
44 Age Exchange 1,250

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45 Age UK Bath & North East Somerset 1,250
46 Age UK Oxfordshire 1,250
47 Age UK Sutton 1,250
48 Aspire (Association for Spinal Injury Research, Rehabilitation and Re 1,250
49 Autism Bedfordshire 1,250
50 Bedford Guild House 1,250
51 Bipolar UK 1,250
52 Birmingham Centre for Arts Therapies 1,250
53 Birmingham Settlement 1,250
54 Bolton Lads and Girls Club 1,250
55 Bowel Cancer UK 1,250
56 Brain Tumour Support 1,250
57 Breaking Barriers 1,250
58 Bridewell Organic Gardens 1,250
59 Bromley Mencap 1,250
60 Cardboard Citizens 1,250
61 Care Network Cambridgeshire 1,250
62 Caxton Youth Organisation 1,250
63 Chain Reaction 1,250
64 Chapter (West Cheshire) Ltd 1,250
65 Child Bereavement UK 1,250
66 Children with Cystic Fibrosis Dream Holidays 1,250
67 Chris Westwood Charity for Children with Physical Disabilities 1,250
68 Chrysalis at Tynedale CIO 1,250
69 Colchester Gateway Clubs 1,250
70 Cotswold Friends 1,250
71 Cotswold Riding for the Disabled 1,250
72 Daybreak Oxford 1,250
73 Dingley Family & Specialist Eary Years Centres 1,250
74 Dorset Mind 1,250
75 Emmaus North Staffs 1,250
76 Families United Network 1,250
77 Footprints Project Ltd 1,250
78 Ford, Pallion & Millfield Community Development Project 1,250
79 Friends for Leisure 1,250
80 Grace House North East 1,250
81 Greatwood Charity 1,250
82 Happy Days Children's Charity 1,250
83 Home-Start Banbury, Bicester & Chipping Norton 1,250
84 Involve Kent 1,250
85 Islington Boat Club (IBC) 1,250
86 JIGSAW (BURY) 1,250
87 Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust 1,250
88 Keynsham and District Mencap Society 1,250
89 Kids Out UK 1,250
90 Life Education Wessex 1,250
91 Listening Books 1,250
92 Living Options Devon 1,250

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93 Lucy Air Ambulance for Children 1,250
94 Momentum Children's Charity 1,250
95 Mustard Tree 1,250
96 Norfolk Carers Support 1,250
97 Open Door, Young People's Consultation Service 1,250
98 PACSO 1,250
99 Paul's Cancer Support Centre 1,250
100 PBC Foundation 1,250
101 Phab Limited 1,250
102 Playskill 1,250
103 PLUS (Forth Valley) Limited 1,250
104 Resources for Autism 1,250
105 Richmond AID 1,250
106 Sands (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society) 1,250
107 Scotts Project Trust 1,250
108 SERVE 1,250
109 Space 1,250
110 Springboard Opportunity Group 1,250
111 St Michael's Fellowship 1,250
112 Stick 'n' Step 1,250
113 Surrey Association for Visual Impairment 1,250
114 Surrey Drug and Alcohol Care Ltd 1,250
115 TALK Surrey CIO 1,250
116 The Honeypot Children's Charity 1,250
117 The Jigsaw Trust 1,250
118 The Lullaby Trust 1,250
119 The Moira Anderson Foundation 1,250
120 The Peter Pan Centre for Children with Special Needs 1,250
121 The Sequal Trust 1,250
122 The Yard 1,250
123 Time Out Group (North West) 1,250
124 TRACKS autism 1,250
125 Unlock 1,250
126 We Are Beams 1,250
127 Wintercomfort for the homeless 1,250
128 Woman's Trust 1,250
129 Youth Concern 1,250
130 Great Western Air Ambulance Charity 1,200
131 4Sight Vision Support 1,000
132 Accessible Transport West Somerset Ltd. 1,000
133 ADD-NI Children's Charity 1,000
134 Age Concern Mole Valley 1,000
135 Age Concern Southend-on-Sea CIO 1,000
136 Age Concern Tyneside South 1,000
137 Age Connects Cardiff and Vale 1,000
138 Age UK Horsham District 1,000

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139 Age UK Lancashire 1,000
140 Age UK Mid Devon 1,000
141 Age UK Solihull 1,000
142 Alex, The Leukodystrophy Charity 1,000
143 Allsorts Gloucestershire 1,000
144 Alternative to Violence Project, Britain 1,000
145 Anaphylaxis Campaign 1,000
146 Animal Antiks 1,000
147 Ashford Borough Citizens Advice 1,000
148 Asperger's Children & Carers Together 1,000
149 Autism NI 1,000
150 Autistic Society Greater Manchester Area 1,000
151 Berkshire Autistic Society (working name Autism Berkshire) 1,000
152 Berkshire Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Ltd 1,000
153 Beth Johnson Foundation 1,000
154 Bishop Creighton House 1,000
155 Bone Cancer Research Trust 1,000
156 Booth Centre 1,000
157 Brainstrust 1,000
158 Braintree Area Foodbank Limited 1,000
159 Brighter Opportunities for Special People (BOSP) 1,000
160 British Tinnitus Association 1,000
161 Broomhouse Centre (trading as Space and Broomhouse Hub) 1,000
162 Cairns Counselling 1,000
163 Calderdale Smartmove Ltd 1,000
164 Cancer Support Scotland (Tak Tent) 1,000
165 Canterbury and Herne Bay Volunteer Centre 1,000
166 Care and Repair Edinburgh 1,000
167 Carers Forum Stirling Area t/a Stirling Carers Centre 1,000
168 Castle Point Social Car Scheme Ltd 1,000
169 Cheshire Autism Practical Support Ltd (ChAPS) 1,000
170 Chess Homeless 1,000
171 City Gate Community Projects 1,000
172 Cleanslate 1,000
173 Clear Sky Children's Charity 1,000
174 Cleveland Housing Advice Centre 1,000
175 Colostomy Association Ltd 1,000
176 Connex Community Support 1,000
177 Connors Toy Libraries 1,000
178 Cosmetic Toiletry & Perfumery Foundation 1,000
179 Create (Arts) Limited 1,000
180 Create Aberdeen 1,000
181 Crossroads Braintree & Chelmsford 1,000
182 Crossroads Care NI 1,000
183 Dame Vera Lynn Children's Charity 1,000
184 Deafway 1,000
185 Dementia Adventure 1,000
186 Dentaid 1,000

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187 Devon Link Up 1,000
188 Disability Snowsport UK 1,000
189 Disability Sports Coach 1,000
190 Disablement Association Hillingdon 1,000
191 Domestic Abuse Volunteer Support Services 1,000
192 Donnington Partnership CIO 1,000
193 Dorset Blind Association 1,000
194 Durham Area Disability Leisure Group 1,000
195 Dyslexia North East 1,000
196 Dyspraxia Foundation 1,000
197 East Surrey Domestic Abuse Services 1,000
198 East Sussex Association of Blind and Partially Sighted People 1,000
199 Ebor Vale Riding for the Disabled 1,000
200 Ely Diocesan Association for Deaf People 1,000
201 Emmaus Coventry & Warwickshire 1,000
202 Encephalitis Society 1,000
203 Evelina Children's Heart Organisation 1,000
204 Facial Palsy UK 1,000
205 FORCE Cancer Charity 1,000
206 Frozen Light 1,000
207 GCRA Ltd (Grampian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association) 1,000
208 Gloucestershire Nightstop 1,000
209 Grampian Society for the Blind 1,000
210 Hackney Quest 1,000
211 Half Moon Young People's Theatre 1,000
212 Hammersmith and Fulham Mencap 1,000
213 Harrogate and Area Centres for Voluntary Services 1,000
214 Haworth RDA 1,000
215 Headway Birmingham & Solihull 1,000
216 Headway Portsmouth & South East Hampshire 1,000
217 Headway Surrey 1,000
218 HEALS of Malmesbury 1,000
219 Healthy Generations 1,000
220 Helen's Trust 1,000
221 Herefordshire Growing Point 1,000
222 Herts Inclusive Theatre 1,000
223 Home-Start Derbyshire 1,000
224 Homestart Hampshire 1,000
225 Home-Start Horizons 1,000
226 Home-Start Richmondshire 1,000
227 Independent Provider of Special Education Advice - known as IPSEA 1,000
228 Input SCIO 1,000
229 INSIGHT Counselling, Coaching & Support Services 1,000
230 Integrated Neurological Services (INS) 1,000
231 Intercountry Adoption Centre 1,000
232 JIGSAW Thornbury 1,000
233 Keyfund Federation Limited (operating as The Key) 1,000
234 Kindred Advocacy 1,000

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235 Kinship Care Northern Ireland 1,000
236 Launchpad Reading 1,000
237 LD:NorthEast 1,000
238 Leeds Mind 1,000
239 Level Water 1,000
240 LGBT Foundation 1,000
241 Liberty Consortium 1,000
242 Life Cycle UK 1,000
243 Lifeworks Charity Ltd 1,000
244 Link to Change 1,000
245 LinkAble Woking Limited 1,000
246 Little Hearts Matter 1,000
247 Live Music Now 1,000
248 Mae Murray Foundation 1,000
249 Magpie Dance 1,000
250 Mankind UK 1,000
251 Me & Dee Charity 1,000
252 Me2 Club 1,000
253 Melanoma Research Foundation Limited (T/A Melanoma Focus) 1,000
254 Mercia MS Therapy Centre 1,000
255 Merton CIL 1,000
256 Mid Devon Mobility 1,000
257 Mill Stream Day Centre 1,000
258 Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Lothian Limited 1,000
259 Music In Detention 1,000
260 My Life Films 1,000
261 MYTime 1,000
262 National Dance Company Wales 1,000
263 National Youth Theatre of Great Britain 1,000
264 Normandy Community Therapy Garden (The Therapy Garden) 1,000
265 Northumberland Community Enterprise Limited 1,000
266 Older Citizens Advocacy York 1,000
267 Open Country 1,000
268 OpenDoor Centre (Swindon & District) Ltd 1,000
269 Opening Doors London 1,000
270 Orchestra of St John's 1,000
271 Outfit Moray 1,000
272 Over The Wall 1,000
273 Pilton Community Health Project 1,000
274 Play Midlothian 1,000
275 Relate Worcestershire 1,000
276 Retina UK 1,000
277 Rett UK 1,000
278 Ripon Community Link Company Limited 1,000
279 Riverside Counselling Service 1,000
280 Room to Heal 1,000
281 Rose Road Association 1,000
282 Rowan Alba 1,000

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283 Safe New Futures 1,000
284 Sebastian's Action Trust 1,000
285 Sheffield Mencap and Gateway 1,000
286 Somerset Sight Ltd 1,000
287 Space4Autism 1,000
288 Special Needs and Parents Ltd (SNAP) 1,000
289 Special Stars Foundation 1,000
290 Spinal Muscular Atrophy UK (SMA UK) 1,000
291 Sport in Mind 1,000
292 St Andrew's Children's Society 1,000
293 Sudbury Neighbourhood (Middlesex) Centre Ltd 1,000
294 Support Through Court 1,000
295 TalentEd Education 1,000
296 TalkFIRST 1,000
297 Target Ovarian Cancer 1,000
298 Team Domenica 1,000
299 Teesside Ability Support Centre 1,000
300 The AHOY Centre 1,000
301 The Blue Lamp Trust 1,000
302 The Bridge Foundation 1,000
303 The Children's Foundation 1,000
304 The Compassionate Friends 1,000
305 The Ehlers-Danlos Support UK 1,000
306 The Estuary League of Friends 1,000
307 The Halow Project 1,000
308 The Haven Caring Counselling Communication Centre 1,000
309 The Helpful Bureau 1,000
310 The Hextol Foundation 1,000
311 The Muirhead Outreach Project 1,000
312 The National Eczema Society 1,000
313 The Neurofibromatosis Association 1,000
314 The Neuromuscular Centre (NMC) 1,000
315 The Snappy Trust 1,000
316 The Spitz Charitable Trust (Spitz) 1,000
317 The Surrey Care Trust 1,000
318 The Thumbs Up Club (Activity Club for Children with Special Needs) 1,000
319 The Vine Drop-In Centre 1,000
320 The Zink Project CIO 1,000
321 Tiny Tickers 1,000
322 TLC St Luke's 1,000
323 Tom's Trust 1,000
324 Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association 1,000
325 Tower Hamlets Friends And Neighbours 1,000
326 Transitions UK 1,000
327 Unite Carers in Mid Devon 1,000
328 Voices in Exile 1,000
329 Voluntary Action Stratford upon Avon (VASA) 1,000
330 Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire 1,000

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331
Warwickshire Young Carers (WYC)
332
Watford & District Mencap Society
333
Watford Sheltered Workshop Ltd.
334
West Chadsmoor Family Centre
335
West Sussex Mind
336
Whitby, Scarborough & Ryedale Disability Action Group
337
Wight DASH
338
Wilderness Foundation UK
339
Winchester Go LD
340
Yeleni Therapy & Support
341
Youth Options
342
Alice (Relief of Poverty and Advancement of Community)
343
Art Shape Ltd
344
Bishop's Stortford Mencap
345
Blue Smile
346
Brain and Spine Foundation
347
Brecon and District Mind
348
Citizens Theatre
349
Creative Living Centre
350
Enrych
351
Focus Birmingham
352
Foundation for Conductive Education
353
Headway Norfolk & Waveney Ltd
354
Home-Start York
355
Incest and Sexual Abuse Survivors (ISAS)
356
Islington People's Rights
357
Leeds Mencap
358
NMC Midlands
359
Open Minds
360
Recycling Unlimited
361
Shallal
362
Welsh Dance Theatre Trust Limited
363
Wycombe Youth Action
364
Youth Adventure Trust
TOTAL
AWARDS MADE IN THE YEAR
ADJUSTMENTS TO COMMITMENTS MADE IN PRIOR YEARS
1
Birmingham Vision
2
Wide Horizons Outdoor Education Trust
TOTAL
After Adjustments for Previous Years
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
__
£399,480
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(750)
(691)

£(1,441)
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£398,039
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