## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |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|