| 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 |