2025-04-05-accounts

Settlor:	John Graham Marks
Governing Document:	The principal governing document is a trust deed dated 3
	September 1971. The trust is a private charitable trust controlled by
	its trustees.
Appointment of Trustees:	The trustee body has the power to appoint new trustees.
	Ifnew or additional trustees are appointed they will be encouraged
	to receive appropriate training depending on their qualifications and
	experience. The lay trustees rely on outside advisors as necessary.
Investment Powers:	The trustees have wide investment powers, including power to invest in the name of nominees. An order extending these powers
	to include the power to delegate to investment managers was sealed by the Charity Commission on 7 April 1997.
Management and Control:	Following the death of the Settlor, John Marks, Timothy Marks has
	become the chairman of the charity with overall responsibility for its
	running.

				2025			2024
		Endowment	Unrestricted	Total	Endowment	Unrestricted	Total
		Funds	Funds		Funds	Funds
	Note	£	£	£	£	£	£
Incomeand endowments
Investment income	3	-	73,335	73,335	-	73,627	73,627
Total income		-	73,335	73,335	-	73,627	73,627
Expenditure on:
Costs of generating funds	4	23,471	-	23,471	23,899	-	23,899
Charitable activities	5	3,336	388,868	392,204	2,196	437,357	439,553
Total expenditure		26,807	388,868	415,675	26,095	437,357	463,452
					.
Net income/(expenditure)
before net gains/(losses)
on investments		(26,807)	(315,533)	(342,340)	(26,095)	(363,730)	(389,825)
Net gains/(losses) on
Investments		(66,091)	-	(66,091)	315,025	-	315,025
Net income/(expenditure)		(92,898)	(315,533)	(408,431)	288,930	(363,730)	(74,800)
Transfer betweenfunds	7	(315,550)	315,550	-	(363,800)	363,800
Net movementinftihds		(408,448)	17	(408,431)	(74,870)	70	(74,800)
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward		3,720,492	146	3,720,638	3,795,362	76	3,795,438
Tt)tai luhdscarriCd forwidrd		3,312,u4	163	3,312,207	3,720,492	146	3,720,638

22/10/2025

			Total	Total
			Funds	Funds
			2025	2024
	Note		£	£
Net cash provided byl (used in) operating activities		10	(415,369)	(457,649)
Cashflows from investing activities:
Dividends and interest from investments			73,335	73,627
Proceeds from sale of investments			1,460,421	723,392
Purchase of investments			(1,136,828)	(510,255)
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities			(18,441)	286,764
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting	period		(18,441)	(170,885)
Cash and cash equivalents brought forward			61,584	232,469
Cash and cash equivalents carried forward			43,143	61,584
Representing: Investment managers' bank accounts			43,143	61,584
			43,143	61,584

Creditors and provisions are normally recognized due.	at their settlement amount after all	owing for any disc
2. Fixed asset investments	2025	2024
	£	£
Market value at 6 April 2024	3,681,502	3,579,614
Additions	1,136,828	510,255
Disposals	(1,460,421)	(723,392)
Net investment (1osses)/gains	(66,091)	315,025
Market valueat 5 April 2025	3,291,818	3,681,502
Investments in the UK	1,438,171	1,399,330
Investments outside the UK	1,853,647	2,282,172
Historical cost at 5April 2025	2,598,594	2,566,872

4.	Costs of generating funds	2025	2024
		£	£
Investment management fees		23,471	23,899
		23,471	23,899

5.	Charitable Activities	2025	2024
		£	£
Grants and donations (note 12)		353,262	400,644
Support and governance costs (below)		38,942	38,909
		392,204	439,553
Support costs
	Legal charges	3,336	2,196
	Grant administration	26,918	28,519
	Subscription to Association of Charitable Foundations	1,078	1,078
	Sundry expenses	573	560
Governance costs
	Accountants' charges	2,773	2,581
	Auditors' remuneration	4,187	3,899
	Bank charges	77	76
		38,942	38,909

10. Reconciliation of net movem	entin funds to	net cashflow fr	om operating	activities
			2025		2024
			£		£
Net movement in funds		(408,431)			(74,800)
Deduct interest income shown in investing activities			(73,335)		(73,627)
Deduct gains/add back losses on investments			66,091		(315,025)
(1ncrease)/decrease in debtors			2		2,918
1ncrease/(decrease) in creditors			304		2,885
		(415,369)			(457,649)
11. Funds
Designated fund	Brought	Transferred	Expended	2025	2024
	Forward
	£	£	£	£	£
Grantsand costs reserved	600,000	-	-	600,000	600,000
	600,000	-	-	600,000	600,000
2024 Comparative
Designated fund	Brought	Transferred	Expended	2024	2023
	Forward
	£	£	£	£	£
Grants and costs reserved	600,000	-	-	600,000	600,000
	600,000	-	-	600,000	600,000

Analysis of net assetsb	etween funds
	Unrestricted	Endowment	Designated	Total	Total
	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds
				2025	2024
	£	£	£	£	£
Investments	-	2,691,818	600,000	3,291,818	3,681,502
Current assets	884	43,143	-	44,027	62,470
Current liabilities	(771)	(22,867)	-	(23,638)	(23,334)
	113	2,712,094	600,000	3,312,207	3,720,638

	Unrestricted	Endowment	Designated	Total	Total
	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds
				2024	2023
	£	£	£	£	£
Investments	-	3,081,502	600,000	3,681,502	3,579,614
Current assets	886	61,584	-	62,470	236,273
Current liabilities	(740)	(22,594)	-	(23,334)	(20,449)
	146	3,120,492	600,000	3,720,638	3,795,438

The material grants may be broadly categoris	ed as follows:
		2025		2024
	No. of grants	Amount	Noof grants	Amount
		£		£
Parenting, the family and children's work	2	22,000	4	32,125
The elderly	2	10,000	2	15,500
Homelessness	3	33,500	2	20,000
The community	7	49,850	7	53,903
Debt relief and counselling	1	12,500	2	19,000
Christianity	1	10,000	1	10,000
Interfaith	2	9,800	1	5,000
Education	10	49,i11	13	59,222
Health	3	6,500	5	34,550
Mental health	8	37,000	6	34,500
Alleviation of poverty	3	21,750	3	18,750
The arts	7	22,140	6	23,166
Legal assistance	2	7,500	1	5,000
Disadvantaged children	6	41,861	6	66,928
Emergency relief	1	8,000	2	13,000
Environment	1	8,000
Disadvantaged vulnerable adults	1	3,750
		353,262		410,644
Grant returned in the year		-		(10,000)
		353,262		400,644

	2025	2024
	£	£
A place to be	6,000	8,000
Action for Family Carers	10,000	8,000
Ambitious about Autism	10,000	7,500
Arts 4 Dementia	7,500	7,500
Bag Books	2,222	2,222
Brentwood Schools Christian Workers Trust	-	5,000
Chance to Shine	6,000	6,000
Chess Homeless	-	15,000
Churchgate School Harlow	1,000	1,000
CoIchester and Tendring Youth Enquiry Service	20,000	20,000
Dr Edwin Doubleday Trust	500	500
Fresh Start New Beginnings {Brave Futures)	-	(10,000)
Frozen Light	7,500	10,000
Harlow Citizens Advice Bureau	12,500	15,500
Harlow Parochial Church Council (St Mary's Church)	20,000	20,000
Healthwatch Essex	2,000	3,750
Home Start Essex	12,000	15,000
Home Start Essex - Uttlesford	10,000	1,625
Hospice at Home Carlisle and North	-	20,000
ice & Fire Theatre	7,500	7,500
inclusion Ventures	-	15,000
interfaith Scotland	2,800	5,000
Ipswich Housing Action Group Limited	6,500
Jaywick Community Resource Centre	10,000	12,875
Jigsaw Plus	7,500	-
Kids Inspire	5,000
Magic Lantern	8,000	6,000
Maldon and District CAB	-	7,000
Michael Roberts Charitable Trust (Harlow Food Bank)	5,000	2,000
Millrace Foundation	3,000	3,000
MRCT	15,600	17,100
MSF UK	-	8,000
National Theatre	10,000	10,000
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain	1,000	1,000
New Cut Arts	3,000	3,000
NSPCC for Childline	8,000	8,000
Pleasance Theatre	2,640	2,666
Prisoners' Advice Service	5,000	5,000
Rainbow Services (Harlow)	-	8,000

	2025	2024
	£	£
Red Balloon Educational Trust	-	10,000
Sane	7,500
School Readers	10,000	5,000
Signpost Colchester	10,500	13,250
Solomon Academic Trust	7,000	7,000
St Clare Hospice	5,000	5,000
St Francis Hospice	3,000	3,000
St Helena Hospice	1,000
St John's Arts and Recreation Association	2,000	2,000
St Martin in the Fields Charity	7,000	5,000
St Paul's Harlow	-	4,000
Suffolk Refugee Support	12,500	6,856
Support Through Court	5,000	5,000
The Bearr Trust	8,000
The British Red Cross Society	-	5,000
The Bugatti Trust	1,000	1,000
The Gibberd Garden	5,000	5,000
The Landworkers Alliance Ltd	8,000
The Panathlon Foundation	-	4,800
The Pioneer Sailing Trust	30,000	30,000
The Seed Box	-	10,000
Voluntary Action Epping Fotest	2,000
Williams Syndrome Foundation	1,000	1,000
	353,262	400,644