THE RAINFORD TRUST (R¢gi51¢red Cbarity No.. 266157) Trustees, Re rt and Accounts for the ear ended 31 Jul 2025 THE RAINFORD TR Contents Trustees, report Auditors, report Statement of Ilnancial activities Balance sheet Jo Notes to the accounts 11-15 Grants 16-18 TTr￿ RAINFORD TRUST Trustees, re ort for the 'ear ended 31 Jul 2025 The Trust¢¢s present their report along with the financial statements of the Rainford Trust (the 'Charity') for the year ended 31 July 2025. The fitwicial statements hav¢ been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out on pages I I to 12 and comply with the Charity's Trust Deed. the Charities Act 201 l and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of treland effedive 01 January 2019. Reference and administralive information Trustees Mrs A.Moseley Lady K Pilkington Mr D Bri¢knell MT S D Pilkington MT D C Pilkington Mr M Pilkington Mts L F Walker Dr C Pilkington Mr J Pilkington Mr A Pilkington Charitv number 266157 Executive officer Shirley Robinson Princi al office Charity and Social Enterprise BrabneTS LLP Horton House Exchange Flags Liverpool L2 3YL Auditors DSG Audit Castle Chambers LiveTwI L2 9TL Merseyside Bankers National WestminsteT Bank OrEnskn'rk Street St Helens Merseyside Investment mana Brewin DolphRn 12. Smithfield Street London EC I A 9BD THE RAINFORD TRUST Trustees, re rt for the vear ended 31 Jul 2025 continued Structur¢? governance and management The Rainford Trust (R¢gistered Charity No 266157) was established on 24 July 1973 2nd is an expendable endowment ￿nd. Under the Trust Deed the tNstees have absolute discretion and unrestricted powers of investment. The Trnst Deed provides for a minimum of 5 and a maximum of15 trustees. A decision to appoint new trustees would be tsken by tn￿te¢s. The induction proc¢ss for any newly appointed trustee comprises an in depth briefing of the history and philosophical approach of the Charity, and of governance and administrative issues. The ttustees review the risks to which the Charity ll￿Y be exposed and th¢ systems put in place to mitigate those risks. Objectives and activities The Trnst's obj¢¢tives are to apply money for charitable PUTPOS¢S and to charitable institutions within the St Helens MBC ar¢4 aud other places in the UK and overseas where Pilkington has employees. This does not prejudice the trnst¢¢s' di￿retion to h¢lp clwtts'es whiLh operdte outside of these aEeas. Tbe charitable purposes include the relief of poverty, support for older people, the advancement of health, education including the arts, and other PUTP05es with wide benefit for the community such a8 environment and conservation projects. For the year to 31 July 2025, the trustees followed the broad pattern of grant making as in previous years and in accordance with the Trnst Deed. When agreeing the objectives. the trustees hav¢ given due regard to the guidance, as issued by the Charities Commission, relating to public benefit. Activities for the ye&r support the strategic aims and ensure trustees, decisions are carrted out in an efficient and effective manner. Grant making policy Th¢ Ra3nfoid TNst invites appltcations for grants via its website and directories such as The Directory of Social Change and through Halton and St Helens VCA Many organisations in receipt of grdnts from The Rainford Trust publici8e lists of donors, whicb also helps to raise the profile of the Trust. The main body of trustees usually meets three times a yeaT ID November, March and July. The trustees consider appeals made to the Trust for grants, and review decisions by the Appeals Con]mittee. The Appeals Committee is made up of one INstee and one co-opted m¢mb¢r from the local community, as allowed for in the Trust Deed. The Appeals Committee, which meets approximately 10 times per yvar, can refuse, gTant or pass on an appeal to the trustees. All appea]s granted and r¢j¢cted by the Appeals Committee are reported at the next meeting of the main body of trustees. THE RAINFORD TRUST Trustees, re ort for the vear ended 31 Jul 2025 continued Aehievements perfornian¢e In the year to 3 l July 2025, the Trnst awarded 85 grants (to 79 beneficiaries) with a total valve of £271.489 across its charitsbl¢ ￿tiVitieS as follows.. Charitsble activity Grantg awarded Welfare 165,930 92,570 7,989 Hunwiities Education Medical 5.000 Total 271,489 The St Helens MBC area received 39Q/o of the total value of grapts awarded, including: £76,570 to The World of Glass £5,000 to the Ormskirk Street United Reforn Church £3.991 to Amie Reid £3,997.50 to Jean Fearns £2,000 eacb to the St Helens Concert band, Haydock Male Voice Choir, Broad Oak Primary SGh(K>l and the Crownway Community Centre £1,500 to the Town in the Town footbalI gtoup(St. Helens) Grallts of Ll,000 or less to 9 other charities. Charities for national and regional benefit in the UK received 37.50/0 of the total valuc of grants awarded: £16,000 to Clonter Opera Theatre £5,000 to each of Teenage Cancer TrusL Combat Stress, Pancreatic Cancer TrusL Clatted)ridge Cancer T￿st & New Bridge Foundation. £4.000 to Physionet and Cycling Without Age £2,500 ea¢h to Sixty One Prisoner Reforn] and WaTrington Youth Zone Grants of £1,000 to £2000 to thirty seven other charities. UK charities benefiting overseas projects received 23.50/0 of the total value of grdnts: £IO.000 ¢ach to the D.E.C. appeals in Gaza and Myanmar. £5,000 to C&A Pilkington Trust Fund for Pilkington Pensioners in South Afric4 Child I Foundation, WoTld Child Cancer, Street Child Nigeria, Let the Children Hear and Sh¢llerbox. £2,000 to ITSA and the Renewable World charittes. Grants of £1,000 to eight other chtirities. A fvll list of grants is pmvided on pages 16 to 18 of the financial ststements. THE RAtNFORD TRUST Trusttts, r¢ ort for the "earended 3J Jul 2025 continued FinanciAI review The Trnst 18 reliant 01] the income from Investments to provide the majority of its resources. The annual income from investments was £313,295. All graThts were paid out of income received during the year. The market value of investments at 31 July 2025 is £1,015.123 higher than as at 31 July 2024. This reflects a recovery in the investment markets. Investment policy and performance Thei¢ ar¢ no Testrictions on the charity's power to iDvest. The tTUStees have adopted a policy to achieve the best optimum return from a broad spread of investments and have not imposed restrictions on the type of investments in the portfolio. The policy is to adopt a medium risk investment strategy based on a balanced mixture of in¢ome and grovrth. The tsustees use the servicc8 of Brewin Dolphin as investsnent managers and regularly review their performance. Re8¢rves policy A reserves policy has been agreed by the trustees that will enable tbe Trust Fund to generate a level of income to allow more or larger grants to be given where appropriate. The trustees consider it important ihat the capital value of the fjjnds is maintained to generate revenu¢ returns that will fund the charitabl¢ gratlt making. As an endowed Charity it IS acknowledged by the trustees thnt expenditure of both capital and income is allowed to meet the charitable objectives. Plans for the future The trnstees plan to make grants tn accordamLe with the objectives in the Trust Deed. The trustees will keep in mind the grant nMking policy they have developed and continue to review this with regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit. THE RAINFORD TRUST Trustees, re rt for the vear ended 31 Jul . 2025 continued Trustees responsibilities in relation to the fin*ncial statements The trnstee5 are responsible for preparing the Trustees. Annual ReEM)rt alld the fmancial statements tn accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounttng Standards (Unit¢d Killgdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The law applicable to charities in England and Wales rcquires the tNslees to prepare finat]cial statetn¢nts for ¢ach flnancial year which give a Irue and fair view of the state of affairs of tbe Chatity and of the tncoming resources and application of resources of the Charity for that period. In preparing these fllwicial statements, the t￿SteeS are required to.. select suitsble accounting policies and then apply them consistently. observe the methods and principles in th¢ Charities SORP 2019 and FRSIO2' rnake judgements and estimates that are reasonable and pnxlent; state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial Statements; and prepare tbe fjnancial statements on a going ¢on¢ern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the Charity will continue in operation. Th¢ trustees are responsible for k¢¢ping proper accounting r¢¢ords which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure Ihat tbe financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the T￿st De¢(L They are also responsible for safeguarding the abs¢ts of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and det￿tion of fraud and other irregularities. The trustees have confirnied thal so far as they are aware, there is no relevant audit infonnation of which the Trnst's auditors are unaware and that they have tsken all steps that they ought to have tak¢n as tnLStees in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit inforniatioll and to establish that the Twst's auth'tors are aware of that information. This report was approved by the trnstees on {& 2025. And signed on beEwlf of the trustees THE RAINFORD TRUST Inde ndent Audltors, Re rt to the Trustees of The R8inford Tru8t Opinion We have audited the fmttncial slaternenls of The RaiDford Trust (the 'ChaTity') for the y¢ar ended 31 July 2025 whtch compris¢ th¢ Statement of Financial Activities, Balance Sheet and notes to th¢ financial statements. including Z4 sununary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation 15 applicable law alld United Kingdom AccounliDg Standards. including Financial Reporting Siandard 102, the FiDan¢ial Reportijjg StaJJdard apphcable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Pr&ctice}. Jn our opinion, the financial Statcments". give a true and fair view of ¢h¢ statc of the charity's affairs as at 31 July 2025 and of its incoming rcsources and application of resources for the year then ettd¢d. have been properly PT¢pared in accordance with United Kingdom G¢n¢rnlly Accepted Accounting Pra¢li¢e- and have be¢n pr¢parcd ITh accordance with the requir¢m¢nts olthe Clwities Act 2011. Bas￿ for opinion We conducted our audit in ac¢ordan¢e with International Standards on Auditillg (UK) (ISAS (UK)) d appli¢able law. Out responsibilities under those standards are further descyibed in the Auditor's r¢sponsibi]ilies for the audit of th¢ financial stsl¢tn¢nls section of our report. We are independent of the c]thrity in ￿CordanCe with ethical requirements that are relevant to OUT audit of the fman¢ial statements in the UK including the FRC'S Ethical Siattdarl and we have fulfillcd our other ethical r¢$p¢)nsibilities in accordance with thes¢ requir¢m¢nts. Wc believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriaie tu provide a basi5 for our opinion. Conclusiom5 relating to going concern We have nothing to report in r¢sp¢¢t of th¢ following matters relation to which the ISAS (UK) require us to ￿port to you where: the In]ste¢s' use of the going concern b￿lls of ac¢ountin8 in the preparation of the financial statements is not approprialc.. or the tr￿Stee$ have not disclosed in the findncial statements any identified material uncertainties that may cast sigmifLcant doubt atrf)ut the Charity's ability to continue to adopt th¢ going ¢oncem basis of accounting for a periThl of at least 12 monihs trom the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue. Other information The trnstccs aTC rcsponsible for the other information. The other iDforniation con]prises the inforniation in¢luded ID the annual report other thall the fu)an¢iaL stat¢melll$ and our auditon report th¢r¢on. Our opinion on the financial statements does not ¢ov¢r the other inforn]atioll an¢ cxc¢pt to the extentotherwise explicitly slated in ourreporL we do not express any fonn of assurance conclusion thereon. In cojmection with our audit of th¢ financial statements. OUT res￿?￿$1b1lity is to read the other information and, in doing 50. consider whether the other info￿allOn is Maleri￿]Y in¢onsislenl with the fulancial ststements or our knowledg¢ obiained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsislcncics or apparent material misstatement4 we are required to detemiine wheth¢r tbcre is a material misstatement in th¢ financial stal¢mcnls or a matciial Ittis5tafr￿Cllt of the other inforn]ation. If, bas'ed on th¢ work w¢ hav¢ perloLm¢d w¢ Lonclude that there is a material misstAt¢m¢nt of thts oth¥r inforn]ation, we are required to report the fact. THE RAINFORD TRUST Inde dent Auditors, Re rt to the Trustses of Rainford Trust Fund continued Matters on which we are required to report by exception We have llothing to report in resp¢¢t of th¢ following matters in relatioll to which the Charities (Accounts and Rqx)rts) Regulationq 2008 require uy lo rq)ort to you if, in our opinion.. the infomiation ￿ven in the twstees, Teport is inconsistcllt ITh any material respect with the financial &tatements; or sufficient accounting rttords have not been kept. or th¢ finall¢ial Slatements are Dot Én aweement with th¢ accounting records and return4 or we have not recelved all the inforntstion attd cxplanations we require for our audit. Responsibilities of trustees As explained more fully in the trustees. iesponsibilities Statement seÉ out on page 4, the tr￿Stee$ are r¢sponsAble for the preparation of the financia] statements and for being sati5ficd that thcy give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees detcrmine is llccessary to enable th¢ preparation of financial 5tatemetEts that are free from mateTial misst41¢mellL wh¢th¢r du¢ to fraud OE In preparin¥ the fman¢ial statements, the trust￿$ are responsible for assessing the charity's ability to continue as a going c()ncern and using the going eon¢¢rn basis of ac¢ountillg utdesy th¢ trustees either intend lo liquidate the charity or to cease op¢rations, or havc no rcali51ic alternative but to do so. Audltor's responsibilities for the gudit of the fioanclal 8tatsments We have been appointed as auditor under se¢tion 145 of the Chatities Act 2011 alld report accordance with the Act and r¢l¢vatLt regulations made or having effect thereunder. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aiY)ut whether the financtal statements as a whole are free from malcrial misstatement. whether due to fraud or error, and to issue èn auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high levcl of assurance. but it is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordJn¢¢ with ISAS (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misslatem¢nts can arise from fraud or error and are considered m8lerial if, individually or tn the aggregate. they could reasonably b¢ expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the b&si.s of thes¢ finaD¢ial sratements. A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is lockted on the FinaThciai Reporting Council's website at https:l/www.frc.org.uklauditorsresponsibilities. This description forn￿ part of our auditois report. Capability of the gudit in detecting irregvlarities, including fraud Itregularilies, includjng fraud, ar¢ instances of non-compliaTLee with laws and regulations. We desi8n procedures in line wkth our rcSPOllsibilRties. outlined above, lo detect material misstatemenL8 in respect of iTregulaTities, including frdud. The extent to which our procedures ar¢ capable of detecting irrcgularitics, including frnud, is detailed b¢low. Dis¢ussions with and enquiries of managemenl and those charged with governance were held with a view to identifying thosc laws aad regulations that Could b¢ ¢xp¢cl¢d to have a material impact on the financial statements. During the engagement team briefJng> the outcomes of these discussions and enquirieb W¢TC sha￿ with the team, &8 well as consideration as to where and how fraud may occur in the entity. The following laws and regLdth'oL8 were identified as being of significance to the entity.. Those laws and rcgulations considered to have a dI￿¢t effect on the financial slatemcnts include UK fuwicial reporting stÉ￿dardS alld Charity Law. Thos¢ laws and regulations for which non-compliance may be fimdamental to the operating aspects of the ¢h&rity alld thcrcfore may have a material eftect on the financial statem¢nts include compliancc with cbatilable objectives, public benefit and fundraising regulationy. THE RAINFORD TRUST Audit pro¢¢dur¢s undcrtaken in Tesponse to the potential risks relating to iTregularities (which ittclude fraud and non-compliance with law8 and regulatioThs) comprised of: inquiries of management and the Trustees &s to whether the entity complies with such l&ws and regulations; enquiries with the sam¢ ¢oncerning any actual or potential litigation or Claims" insp¢ction of relevant legaft correspondence; rcview of Trustee meetingminut¢s' tests'ng th¢ appropriateness ofjournal entries. and theperfornwnce of analyCi¢al review to identify unexpected movemeDts in account balances wbich may be indicative of fraud. No instances of material nonthcompliance w¢r¢ id¢nlifi¢d. However. the likelihood of detecting irregularkties, including frau4 is limited by the inh¢renl difficulty in detecting irregularities. the effectiveness of th¢ entity's controls. and the nature, liming and extent of the audit procedures fornied. Irregularities that rcsujt from fraud migbt be inherently more d￿ffiCUlt to delect than irregularities that r¢sult frorn error. As explaJ'n¢d above, Ih¢r¢ is an unavoidable risk that material misstatements may not be detected. even though the audit has been planned and perfomied in accord2nc¢ with ISA8 (UK}. A further d¢xription of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: bttps:Ilwww.frc.OTg.uk/auditorsresponsibiliti¢s. This description fonbs part ofour auditorfs Teport. Use of our report This report Is made solely to the charity's trustees. as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of th¢ Charities (Accounts and Report8) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has b¢¢n undertak¢J) so that we might state to the Charity's tntsteei those matters we arc requir¢d to statc lo thcm in an auditor's report and for no other putpose. To the fvllest exl¢nl p¢rmittcd by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than th¢ charity and the Charity's lThstees as a body. for our audit work. For this report or for the opinions we have forn]ed. DSG Audit S¢atutory Auditor, Castle Chambers. 43 Castle Street. Liverpool L2 9TL Date..l*.NoO L