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The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust

Annual Report and Accounts

5 April 2026

Charity Registration Number 269501

Contents

Reports
Reference and administrative information 1
Trustees’ report 2
Independent auditor’s report 8
Accounts
Statement of financial activities 12
Balance sheet 13
Statement of cash flows 14
Principal accounting policies 15
Notes to the accounts 19

The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust

Reference and administrative information

Trustees Mrs Deborah Louise Connor
Miss Alicia Gibson
Mr George David Gibson
Mr John George Richards Homfray
Mrs Virginia Lort
Principal office PO Box 609
Welwyn Garden City
AL7 9QQ
Telephone 07369269519
Email info@sgctrust.org.uk
Website www.sgctrust.org.uk
Charity registration number 269501
Auditor Buzzacott Audit LLP
130 Wood Street
London
EC2V 6DL
Investment managers EFG Harris Allday
Park House
116 Park Street
London
W1K 6AP
Bankers National Westminster Bank plc
Canton Cardiff Branch
277 Cowbridge Road East
Cardiff
CF5 1WX

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Trustees' report 5 April 2026

The trustees present their statutory report together with the accounts of The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust for the year ended 5 April 2026.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out on pages 14 to 17 of the attached accounts and comply with the charity’s trust deed, applicable laws and the requirements of 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 United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

GOVERNANCE, STRUCTURE AND MANAGEMENT

Governance

The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust was set up by a settlement dated 14 April 1975 by Mr George Simon Cecil Gibson of Exning, near Newmarket, Suffolk.

The Trustees

New trustees can be appointed by the existing trustees under a Deed of Appointment.

Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report, unless otherwise stated, were:

Trustees Mrs Deborah Louise Connor Miss Alicia Gibson Mr George David Gibson Mr John George Richards Homfray Mrs Virginia Lort

On agreeing to become a trustee of the charity, new trustees are briefed by the existing trustees on the history of the Trust, the day-to-day management, the responsibilities of the trustees, the current objectives and future plans. The trustees may attend any courses which they feel are relevant to the development of their role, and keep up-to-date on any changes in legislation.

Statement of trustees’ responsibilities

The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees’ report and accounts in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

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

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Trustees' report 5 April 2026

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the Trust Deed. 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 irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity and financial information included on the charity’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of accounts may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Structure and management reporting

The trustees are ultimately responsible for the policies, activities and assets of the charity. The trustees meet once a year to review the developments with regard to the charity, its grant giving activities and to make any important decisions. When necessary, the trustees seek advice and support from the charity’s professional advisers including investment managers, bankers and auditors. The day-to-day management of the charity’s activities and implementation of policies is delegated to Deborah Connor, a trustee. She ensures that grant applications are processed and presented to the trustees as appropriate; she also administers payments and keeps the books and records of the charity.

Key management personnel

The trustees consider that they comprise the key management of the charity in charge of directing and controlling, running and operating the charity on a day-to-day basis. The total remuneration of the key management personnel for the year, for services to the charity, was £7,110 (2025 - £7,333).

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Trustees' report 5 April 2026

Risk management

The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular those relating to its investments and its finances. The charity’s assets comprise listed investments, the value of which is dependent on movements in UK and world stock markets. The investments are managed by reputable investment managers who adhere to a policy agreed by the trustees. The investment managers’ performance and that of the portfolio are monitored through regular consultations with the investment managers. The investment strategy is assessed regularly to ensure it remains appropriate to the charity’s needs – both now and in the future.

The trustees believe that by monitoring reserve levels and by ensuring controls exist over key financial systems, they have established effective systems to mitigate those risks.

ACTIVITIES, SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES AND RELEVANT POLICIES

Charitable objectives

The Trust’s funds and income are to be applied towards the benefit of such charitable purposes, institutions or foundations as the trustees in their absolute and uncontrolled discretion determine.

Activities

The Trust’s income is derived principally from its investments and interest earned together with any donations received by the Trust. The Trust’s income is applied in making grants to the full range of charitable causes, including religious and educational causes.

During the year ended 5 April 2026, the trustees committed grants totalling £3,082,166 (2025 – £2,599,329). A list of the grant recipients is included in note 3 of the attached accounts.

The trustees have presented the statement of the financial activities with a split between an expendable endowment fund, to which donations and gains or losses on capital transactions are accrued, and an ‘income fund’ which represents the income balance.

The movement in funds for the year is shown in the statement of financial activities on page 12.

The trustees feel their objectives have been adequately met during the year.

Grant making policy and public benefit

The trustees meet annually, usually in April or May, to decide on the distribution of the income that arose in the year to the previous 5 April. The Trust is a general grant-making charity and therefore makes grants to the full range of charitable causes, including religious and educational causes. It never makes grants to individuals.

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Trustees' report 5 April 2026

Local charities applying are restricted to East Anglia, South Wales and Hertfordshire. Grants have varied in the year from £950 to £55,918 but most grants fall in the range £3,000 to £10,000. In 2024/2025 the trustees committed to a capital project of £500,000, the funds for which will be released at various intervals during the project. which is anticipated to be in 2026/2027. Applicants should visit the Trust’s website www.sgctrust.org.uk to see the guidelines and application form.

The trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance of public benefit published by the Charities Commission.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Factors outside the Trust’s control

The trustees are aware that there are external factors which could affect the achievement of their objectives as the Trust’s assets are made up of investments and cash, the performance of which is dependent on the general market conditions in the UK. The trustees have therefore set prudent investment policies and place reliance on the investment managers to monitor and advise on the necessary investment changes and suitable asset allocation.

Investment policy

The Trust Deed provides full and unrestricted powers of investment to the trustees.

At the year end, the whole of the Trust’s investments are in UK and overseas equities, commodities, fixed interest stock and cash held for reinvestment.

The trustees are investing for the long term and therefore primarily invest in blue chip companies and prime corporate bonds. The portfolio is not actively tracked, but any changes are made as necessary following regular consultations with the investment managers.

The Trust retains shares in GlaxoSmithKline plc which was part of the original settlement. At 5 April 2026 this was valued at £5,327,840 representing 4.3% of the Trust’s listed investment holding (2025 – £4.819 million; 5%).

Investment performance

The charity’s investments achieved, on average, an income yield of 2.75% (2025 – 2.81%). The capital value increased by 26.2% (2025 – decreased by 2.4%). The investment managers continued to invest in accordance with the trustees’ investment policy set out above. At the end of the year, the Trust’s portfolio of listed investments comprised 48.6% (2025 – 46.4%) UK equities with the balance being held in commodities, UK fixed interest stock and overseas equities. The trustees are satisfied with the performance of the investments and remain satisfied that their investment objectives are being met.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Results for the year

A summary of the year’s results can be found on page 12 of the accounts.

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Trustees' report 5 April 2026

During the year ended 5 April 2026, total income amounted to £4,773,972 (2025 – £2,647,828), being income arising from the charity’s investments and cash deposits. This included an additional legacy of £2,000,000 (2025 – £nil) from the settlor and reclaimed income tax of £77,609 (2025 – £nil) charged on the settlor’s estate, outstanding as of 5 April 2025.

The trustees made grants to institutions totaling £3,082,166 (2025 – £2,599,329). After grant and general administration costs of £338,087 (2025 – £323,749) and governance costs of £11,800 (2025 – £11,000), the total expenditure for the year was £3,435,702 (2025 – £2,933,780).

Total investment gains during the year were £24,314,710 (2025 – losses of £3,204,457). This resulted in a positive net movement in funds for the year of £25,652,980 (2025 – negative movement £3,493,409).

The net assets of the charity at 5 April 2026 totalled £124,261,062 (2025 – £96,608,082).

Reserves policy

The trustees are aware of the Charity Commission’s paper concerning reserves policies. It is not their policy to build up substantial reserves but to distribute virtually the whole of the income on the unrestricted funds for each year shortly after that year’s end. Whilst they have the power to make grants out of the capital of the fund, they do not intend to do so save in exceptional circumstances.

The level of free reserves of the Trust at 5 April 2026 was £2,499,692 (2025 – £2,370,332). The trustees are aware that the reserves are in excess of those needed and have arisen as a result of the significant increase in income resulting from the large legacy received in 2024. The trustees have taken steps after the year end to reduce the level of reserves by awarding grants significantly in excess of the income for 2026. This will be continued in future years until the trustees consider that the level of free reserves matches the parameters set out in the charity’s reserves policy above and they, therefore, consider free reserves to be adequate but not excessive.

FUTURE PLANS

Following the death of the settlor, Mr. Simon Gibson, in May 2021 the trustees were made aware that the trust is the residuary beneficiary. Assets totaling £71,989,131 were received in the year to April 5[th] 2024, with a further £2,000,000 being received in the year to April 5[th] 2026. There is a small but as yet unknown amount still to be received from the Estate. The trustees have decided that the grant making activities will continue as at present, however if a major project presents itself, it will be considered. It is their intention to continue monitoring the investment performance so that, if at all possible, it achieves the criteria set by them to meet their grant giving policies.

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Trustees' report 5 April 2026

FUNDRAISING

The charity did not actively fundraise in 2025/2026. Income received arose solely from the charity’s investment portfolio.

Signed on behalf of the trustees:

Deborah Connor

Trustee

Approved on

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Independent auditor’s report 5 April 2026

Independent auditor’s report to the trustees of The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust

Opinion

We have audited the accounts of The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust (the ‘charity’) for the year ended 5 April 2026 which comprise the statement of financial activities, the balance sheet, the statements of cash flows, principal accounting policies and the notes to the accounts. 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).

In our opinion, the accounts:

Basis for opinion

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 accounts section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the accounts 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 accounts, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the accounts 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 accounts 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.

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Independent auditor’s report 5 April 2026

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, including the trustees’ report other than the accounts and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the accounts does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the accounts or our knowledge obtained in the course of 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 this gives rise to a material misstatement in the accounts themselves. 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.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charity and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the trustees’ report

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

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement set out on page 2, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts 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 accounts that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the accounts, 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.

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Independent auditor’s report 5 April 2026

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the accounts

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.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the accounts 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 accounts.

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:

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:

We assessed the susceptibility of the charity’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

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Independent auditor’s report 5 April 2026

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:

As a result of our procedures, we did not identify any key audit matters relating to irregularities.

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the trustees and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the accounts 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 Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. 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 and the charity’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Buzzacott Audit LLP Statutory Auditor 130 Wood Street London EC2V 6DL

Date: 22 July 2026

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

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Statement of financial activities Year to 5 April 2026

Notes Expendable
endowment
fund
£
 Unrestricted
general
fund
£		 Total
2026
£		 Total
2025
£
Income and endowments from:
Investments
1
Legacies
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
. Investment manager fees
Charitable activities
. Promoting and enhancing charitable work
2
. Governance costs
4
Total expenditure
Net income / (expenditure) before other
recognised gains and losses
Gains / (losses) on investments
6
Net Income / (expenditure) for the year / net
movement in funds
Transfer between funds
Net movement in funds
Balances brought forward
at 6 April 2025
Balances carried forward
at 5 April 2026		 —
2,077,609
2,696,363

—

2,696,363

2,077,609		 2,647,828
—
2,077,609
2,696,363
4,773,972		 2,647,828
332,853
—
—
—

3,091,049

11,800



332,853



3,091,049

11,800		 306,498
2,615,580
11,702
332,853
3,102,849
3,435,702		 2,933,780
1,744,756
24,314,710
(406,486)

—

1,338,270

24,314,710		 (285,952)
(3,207,457)
26,059,466
(535,847)
(406,486)
535,847
25,652,980


—		 (3,493,409)
—
25,523,619
96,237,751
129,361

2,370,331
25,652,980


98,608,082		 (3,493,409)
102,101,491
121,761,370
2,499,692

124,261,062		 98,608,082

The transfer from the expendable endowment fund to unrestricted funds relates to capital gains realised on the disposal of accumulation units that were originally purchased for income-generation purposes.

The charity has no recognised gains and losses other than those shown above and therefore no separate statement of total recognised gains and losses has been presented.

All of the charity’s activities were derived from continuing operations during the above two financial periods.

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Balance sheet 5 April 2026

Notes 2026
£		 2026
£

2025
£		 2025
£
99,024,182
(416,100)
98,608,082
96,237,751
2,370,331
98,608,082
Fixed assets
Investments
6
Current assets
Debtors
7
Cash at bank
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year
8
Net current assets
Total assets
Represented by:
Funds and reserves
9
Expendable endowment fund
Unrestricted general fund		 179,223
6,413		 124,587,426
(326,364)
50,856
44,044
185,636
(512,000)		 94,900
(511,000)



124,261,062
121,761,370
2,499,692
124,261,062

Approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:

Deborah Connor

Trustee

Approved on:

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Statement of cash flows Year to 5 April 2026

Notes
2026
£		 2025
£
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net cash (used in) operating activities
A
Cash flows from investing activities:
Investment income
Interest received
Proceeds from the disposal of listed investments

Purchase of listed investments

Net cash provided by / (used in) investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities:
Legacy income received - expendable endowment
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year
Cash and cash equivalents at 6 April 2025
B
Cash and cash equivalents at 5 April 2026
B
**(3,485,460) **		 (1,826,030)


2,642,325
54,039
26,908,557
**(27,729,384) **		 2,433,829
213,999
20,678,050
(28,227,272)
1,875,537 (4,901,394)


2,000,000		 —
2,000,000 —

390,077


3,284,035
 (6,727,424)
10,011,459

3,674,112		 3,284,035

Notes to the statement of cash flows for the year to 5 April 2026.

A Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash used in operating activities

2026
£		 2025
£
Net movement in funds (as per the statement of financial activities)
Adjustments for:
(Gains) / losses on investments
Investment holdings received via legacies
Legacy income
Investment income
Interest income
(Increase) / decrease in debtors
Increase in creditors
Net cash used in operating activities		 25,652,980
(24,314,710)
—
(2,000,000)
(2,642,325)
(54,039)
(128,366)
1,000		 (3,493,409)

3,207,457
—
—
(2,433,829)
(213,999)
606,950
500,800
(3,485,460) (1,826,030)

B Analysis of cash and cash equivalents

Analysis of cash and cash equivalents
2026
£		 2025
£
Cash at bank and in hand
Cash held by investment managers
Total cash and cash equivalents		 6,413
3,667,699		 44,044
3,239,991
3,674,112 3,284,035

The charity had no debt at 5 April 2026 (2025 – none).

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Principal accounting policies 5 April 2026

The principal accounting policies adopted, judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the accounts are laid out below.

Basis of preparation

These accounts have been prepared for the year to 5 April 2026.

The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policies below or the notes to these accounts.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with 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 United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Charities SORP FRS 102), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.

The accounts are presented in sterling and are rounded to the nearest pound.

Critical accounting estimates and areas of judgement

Preparation of the accounts requires the trustees to make significant judgements and estimates.

The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty or any key judgements made in the preparation of the financial statements.

Assessment of going concern

The trustees have assessed whether the use of the going concern assumption is appropriate in preparing these accounts. The trustees have made this assessment in respect to a period of one year from the date of approval of these accounts.

The trustees of the charity have concluded that there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern. The trustees are of the opinion that the charity will have sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due. With regard to the next accounting period, the year ending 5 April 2027, the most significant areas that affect the carrying value of the assets held by the charity are the level of investment return and the performance of the investment markets (see the investment policy and the risk management sections of the trustees’ report for more information).

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Principal accounting policies 5 April 2026

Income recognition

Income is recognised in the period in which the charity has entitlement to the income, the amount of income can be measured reliably and it is probable that the income will be received.

Income comprises donations, legacies and investment income. All income is accounted for on an accruals basis in accordance with the conditions of the Charities SORP FRS 102.

Donations are recognised when the charity has confirmation of both the amount and settlement date.

Investment income from listed investments is recognised once the income has been declared and notification has been received of the amount due. Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.

Legacies are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the legacy, the executors have established that there are sufficient surplus assets in the estate to pay the legacy, and the fulfilment of any conditions attached to the legacy is wholly within the control of the charity.

The charity has, to date, only been the receiver of one legacy, being that from the trust's settlor following his death. Given the complex nature of this estate, this income has only been recognised to the extent that a receipt can be measured reliably. Distributions are recognised upon receipt or, if earlier, when the charity has been notified of the executor's intention to make a distribution and can quantify the intended value with a degree of reasonable accuracy. In the event that the gift is in the form of an asset other than cash, such as financial assets traded on a recognised stock exchange, the recognition timing and value is based on the date that the title of the assets were transferred to the charity.

Expenditure recognition

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and includes attributable VAT which cannot be recovered. Expenditure comprises direct costs and support costs. All expenses, including support costs, are allocated or apportioned to the applicable expenditure headings.

Expenditure on charitable activities comprise of grants payable in promoting and enhancing charitable work carried out by other charitable organisations and the cost of administering the grant programme. Grants payable are included in the statement of financial activities when approved and when the intended recipient has either received the funds or been informed of the decision to make the grant and has satisfied all related conditions. Grants approved but not paid at the end of the financial year are accrued for. Grants where the beneficiary has not been informed or has to meet certain conditions before the grant is released are not accrued for but are noted as financial commitments in the notes to the accounts.

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Principal accounting policies 5 April 2026

Allocation of support and governance costs

Support costs represent indirect charitable expenditure. In order to carry out the primary purposes of the charity it is necessary to provide support in the form of financial and governance procedures, provision of office services and equipment and a suitable working environment.

Governance costs comprise the costs involving the public accountability of the charity (including audit costs) and costs in respect to its compliance with regulation and good practice. Support costs, including governance costs, are allocated to the charity’s single charitable activity.

Fixed asset investments

Listed investments are a form of basic financial instrument and are initially recognised at their transaction value and subsequently measured at their fair value as at the balance sheet date using the closing quoted market price.

The charity does not acquire put options, derivatives or other complex financial instruments.

As noted above the main form of financial risk faced by the charity is that of volatility in equity markets and investment markets due to wider economic conditions, the attitude of investors to investment risk, and changes in sentiment concerning equities and within particular sectors or sub sectors.

Realised gains (or losses) on investment assets are calculated as the difference between disposal proceeds and their opening carrying value, or their purchase value if acquired subsequent to the first day of the financial year. Unrealised gains and losses are calculated as the difference between the fair value at the year end and their carrying value at that date. Realised and unrealised investment gains (or losses) are combined in the statement of financial activities and are credited (or debited) in the year in which they arise.

Debtors

Debtors are recognised at their settlement amount, less any provision for non-recoverability. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid. They have been discounted to the present value of the future cash receipt where such discounting is material.

Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand represents such accounts and instruments that are available on demand or have a maturity of less than three months from the date of acquisition.

Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised when there is an obligation at the balance sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are recognised at the amount the charity anticipates it will pay to settle the debt. They have been discounted to the present value of the future cash payment where such discounting is material.

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Principal accounting policies 5 April 2026

Fund accounting

The expendable endowment fund represents assets held as investments and any gains or losses on investment transactions. The trustees have the power of discretion to convert the fund into income.

The unrestricted general fund represents monies which are freely available for application towards achieving any charitable purpose that falls within the Trust’s charitable objects. It includes income arising from the expendable endowment fund.

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Notes to the accounts 5 April 2026

1 Investment income

Investment income
2026
£		 2025
£
Income from listed investments
. Equities
. Fixed interest
Interest receivable
. Bank interest
. Cash held by investment managers		 2,091,440
550,884		 2,232,445
201,384
2,642,325 2,433,829
3,681
50,357		 44,001
169,998
54,038 213,999
2,696,363 2,647,828

2 Promoting and enhancing charitable work

Promoting and enhancing charitable work
Total
2026
£		 Total
2025
£
Grants payable (note 3)
Support costs:
. Administration expenses
. Foreign exchange differences
. Governance costs (note 4)		 3,082,166
8,346
537
11,800		 2,599,329
9,146
7,105
11,702
3,102,849 2,627,282

All expenditure on charitable activities is unrestricted.

The key management personnel of the charity in charge of running and operating the charity on a day to day basis comprise the trustees.

One trustee, Deborah Connor, received £7,110 (2025 - £7,333) for management of grant payments and preparation of the accounts. This is in line with the trust deed which allows trustees to be remunerated for services performed. Three trustees (2025 - two) were reimbursed £251 in respect of travel, subsistence and IT expenses (2025 - £798).

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3 Grants payable

A reconciliation of the grants payable and grants commitments figures shown in these accounts is as follows:

Recipients 2026
£		 2025
£
Abbey People CIO
Access Community Trust
ACE Action in Caerau and Ely
Action For Conservation
Action for the River Kennet
Action on Postpartum Psychosis (APP)
Adfam National
AFAn Arts
Age Concern Neath Port Talbot
Age Cymru West Glamorgan
Age UK Hertfordshire
Alex, The Leukodystrophy Charity
All Saints Church Fulham
Als Pals
Alumah
Alzheimer's Research UK
Ambitious about Autism
Amelia Farm Trust
Angels Support Group
Anthem Music Fund Wales
Army Benevolent Fund
Art Branches CIC
Asthma + Lung UK
Autistic Girls Network
ASH
Avenues East
Awesome Oral Health CIC
Aylsham & District Care Trust (ACT)
Baas Educational Trust
Ballet Cymru
Barn Theatre Trust
Barnardo's Cowbridge
Beat (formerly Eating Disorder Association)
Become Charity
Barry YMCA
Be the Band
Beaufort Cottage Educational Trust
Bill Tutte Memorial Fund
Biodiversity and Environmental Education Society (BEES)
Bishops Stortford Youth Project
Blind Veterans UK
Bliss, The National Charity for the Newborn
Blue Marine Foundation
Blue Smile
Botanic Garden Conservation International
Boxing Futures
Bowel Cancer UK
Boys and Girls Clubs of Wales		 —
—
—
10,000
25,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
7,500
15,000
7,500
5,000
4,000
20,000
10,000
14,440
10,000
3,000
10,000
6,000
5,000
8,300
6,960
5,000
—
5,000
—
8,670
10,000
7,800
6,798
10,000
10,000
10,000
—
—
—
14,000
—
—
—
20,000
—
—
25,000
5,168
—
1,500		 15,000
9,950
4,142
5,000
10,000
—
—
—
—
—
5,000
—
5,000
—
—
5,000
—
3,000
—
3,000
—
—
—
—
5,000
—
3,000
7,500
—
—
—
10,000
—
—
3,000
4,769
5,000
14,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
10,000
10,000
4,200
25,000
—
12,000
—

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Grants payable (continued)
Recipients 2026
£		 2025
£
Brain Tumour Research
Brave Futures (formerly Fresh Start New Beginnings)
Break
Breakthrough T1D formerly JDRF
Breast Cancer Now (formerly BC care Cymru)
Brecon & District Dial-A-Ride Club
British Deaf Association
British Forces Foundation
British Hedgehog Preservation Society
British Limbless Ex-Service Men’s Association (Blesma)
British Liver Trust
British Wireless for the Blind Fund
Brooklands Primary School PTA
British Schools Museum
Brynnoch CiW Primary School
Buglife
Bury Drop in
Cambridge Acorn Project
Cambridge Aid
Cambridge Cancer Help Centre
Cambridge Childrens cancer hospitals
Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre
Cambridge Rare Disease Network
CAMMs Meals on Wheels Ltd
Cancer Support UK
Carers Trust Wales
Caudwell Youth
CARESCO
Caring Together
Caudwell Children
Centre 33 - Centre Thirty Three Young People’s Counselling and Information
Service
Cerebral Palsy Cymru
Challenge Wales
Chapter (Cardiff) Ltd
Chapter One (U.K.) Ltd
Charlie's Gift
Chesterton Community College
Children with Cystic Fibrosis Dream Holidays
Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB)
CHIPS
Citizen Zoo CIC
Circles Alternative Education
City Hospice
Cleanup UK
Coleg Elidyr
Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals Charity
Combat2Coffee CIC
Combat Stress		 —
4,500
—
3,000
10,000
10,835
10,000
2,500
—
10,000
—
1,380
7,500
10,000
10,000
—
10,000
5,000
10,000
—
20,000
20,000
—
—
—
55,918
5,000
—
—
—
—
3,000
—
5,000
7,500
3,998
20,000
9,000
—
—
13,750
—
11,400
10,000
—
5,000
20,000
—		 3,000
—
5,000
—
5,000
—
—
—
5,000
10,000
5,000
—
—
—
—
5,000
5,000
—
—
10,000
10,000
—
5,000
4,900
1,750
56,024
—
300
3,000
3,090
10,000
5,844
4,290
—
5,000
5,000
50,000
—
5,000
5,000
—
2,500
6,046
10,000
10,000
—
—
3,000

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Grants payable (continued)
Recipients 2026
£		 2025
£
Community Learning Partnership
Community Impact Initiative
Community Safety Education CIC
Conservation Education Research Trust (operating as Earthwatch Europe)
Contemporary Music for All (CoMA)
Concrete Rose Collective
Cowbridge Lower School
Cowbridge Ministry Area
Cowbridge Music Festival
Cowbridge Physic Garden
Crackerjacks Children's Charity
Creative Support For Vulnerable Families And Children
Crohn's and Colitis UK
Cruse Bereavement Support
Cyclists Fighting Cancer
Cylch Meithrin Llangyndeyrn
Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Dance East
Deafblind UK
Defibrillators in Public Places
Dementia UK
Diabetes U.K.
Disasters Emergency Committee
Disability Advice Service (East Suffolk)
Disability Huntingdonshire
Disability Snowsport UK (The Uphill Ski Club of Great Britain)
Dora Brown
Dog Assistance in Disability
DPJ foundation
DS Achieve
Duke of Edinburgh Award
East Anglia Children's Hospices
Eden's Project
Edwinstree School Association
Elidyr Communities Trust
Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust
Ely cathedral Appeal Fund
Embracing Arts
Emmaus South Wales
Emmaus Suffolk Ltd
Endangered Species Protection Agency
Engineering Development Trust
Energy Sparks
Envirofest International
Environmental Funders Network
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) UK
ENYP
EPIC Dad Community Interest Company
Essex and Herts Air Ambulance		 —
—
—
2,701
10,000
—
—
—
10,000
—
950
—
—
—
—
—
20,000
3,000
3,000
5,000
—
10,000
—
17,000
4,169
7,000
—
2,400
—
12,000
5,000
5,000
10,000
7,030
3,000
5,000
20,000
3,500
15,000
15,000
20,000
8,400
—
25,000
10,000
5,000
—
—
—		 5,059
3,900
2,200
—
—
5,000
30,000
25,000
3,000
5,000
950
5,000
5,000
14,711
4,000
1,000
—
—
3,000
5,000
15,000
5,000
10,000
—
—
—
9,649
—
5,000
—
—
5,000
—
—
—
5,000
—
—
—
—
—
—
10,000
7,500
2,500
—
3,000
5,000
5,000

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3 Grants Payable (continued)

Grants Payable (continued)
Recipients 2026
£		 2025
£
Eye Nepal
Families Together Suffolk
Family Volunteering Club
Farmers On Crutches
Farming Community Network
Fauna & Flora
Felixstowe Youth Development Group – Level Two Youth Project
Fields in Trust
Field Studies Council
Fight Against Blindness
Fight for Sight
Finnbars Force
Fine Cell Work
First give
First star scholars UK
Food Redistribution Wales (T/A FareShare Cymru)
Footsteps - Walking With You
Fresh Start Charity
Fresh Start Future Enterprises Ltd
Friend in Deed
Friends of the Earth
Garden House Hospice
Get me out the Four walls
Give. Help. Share.
Ghost Fishing
Go Beyond (formerly CHICKS)
Gorilla Organisation
Go Kids Go
Graduate Planet CIC
Green Light trust
Green Schools Project
Greener Growth CIC
Groundwork East
Grove Cottage (Bishops' Stortford Mencap
Grow Cardiff
Growing Hope
Gwent Wildlife Trust
Hamlet Centre Trust
Hay Castle Trust
Hay Music Trust
Head to Toe Charity
Headway
Headway Suffolk
Headway Norfolk and Waveney
Health & Independent Living Support
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People
Hearts for Herts CIO
Herts Vision Loss
Herts Inclusive Theatre
Herts Young Homeless
High Ground
Higher Health
Hijinx
Holy Cross Church
Home Start Cambridgeshire		 15,000
—
7,000
6,000
10,000
—
6,874
10,000
10,000
5,000
4,000
4,000
—
9,713
—
20,000
10,000
10,000
—
10,400
20,000
15,000
3,600
4,000
—
5,000
5,000
5,000
—
14,767
—
9,500
5,000
5,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
5,000
5,000
—
—
3,000
—
8,000
10,000
—
—
6,000
—
5,000
20,000
20,000
25,000
10,000
5,000		 15,000
6,000
—
—
—
5,000
—
5,000
—
5,000
4,000
—
3,043
5,000
—
—
—
8,000
—
5,000
5,000
—
—
—
5,000
5,000
—
5,000
—
5,000
—
—
5,000
—
—
—
—
—
2,320
3,000
—
15,000
5,000
—
3,000
10,000
—
3,000
5,000
—
—
40,000
—
2,000

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3 Grants payable (continued)

Grants payable (continued)
Recipients 2026
£		 2025
£
Home Start Cymru
Home-Start Hertfordshire
Hope for Tomorrow
Hope's Children & Young Peoples Support Services (T/A 'Hope Support
Services')
Horatio's Garden
Hospice of the Valley
Horizon Voices
Hour Community
Hourglass (Safer Ageing)
Hub of Hope Foundation (Hope Chruch)
In Kind Direct
Inspire
Inspire 2 Ignite
InterAct Stroke Support
Ipswich Community Playbus
Ipswich Furniture Project
Ipswich Disabled Advice Bureau
Isabel Hospice
IWM Duxford
John Ellerman Foundation
JDRF
Jones the Dance
Juliet Garmoyle Fund
Jumbulance
Just42
Keech Hospice Care
Kernos Centre
Kidney Research UK
Kids Inspire
Kidscape
Kinetic Adventure CIC
Kinship (Grandparents Plus)
Knebworth rainbows
Lennox Children's Cancer Fund
Letchworth Food Bank
Learning with Parents
Leukaemia Care
Little Hearts Matter
Little Ouse Headwaters Project
Liberty Christian Family Centre Trust
Life Skills Education Charity
Lionwood Infant School Library Fund
Little Lifts
Little Treasures Pre-School CIC
Livery Company. Of Wales Charitable Trust
Llamau
Llanhilleth Miners Institute Ltd
London Sinfonietta
Look Good Feel Better
Macmillan Cancer Support
Macular Society		 5,000
—
10,000
1,990
2,000
10,000
—
—
5,000
5,000
10,000
—
—
3,000
5,000
5,000
—
—
20,000
25,000
—
3,700
—
10,000
—
4,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
8,170
10,000
—
5,000
—
—
15,000
8,500
—
—
5,000
10,000
10,000
5,190
5,000
13,400
—
10,000
20,000
4,955
—
—		 —
5,000
5,000
—
5,000
—
9,416
5,000
4,000
—
5,000
15,000
5,000
—
—
—
3,750
5,000
10,000
—
5,000
—
5,000
5,000
5,000
—
—
—
—
—
—
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
—
8,500
3,000
5,000
—
—
—
—
—
10,000
10,000
—
20,000
4,332
5,000
5,000

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Grants payable (continued)
Recipients 2026
£		 2025
£
Maggie's
Magic Breakfast
Making fitness accessible
Margham Abbey
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Marine Conservation Society
Medical Detection Dogs Charity
Memories Are Golden
Meningitis Now
Mid Suffolk Voluntary Organisations Forum
Mind
Mind Over Cancer
Mission Employable
Motion Control Dance
Motor Neurone Disease Association
Music in Hospitals & Care
Musical Keys
My Life
NANSA
National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society
National Centre for Writing
National Dance Company Wales
national horse racing museum
National Literacy Trust
National Museum of Wales
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain (NYC)
Natural History Museum
Nene Park Trust
Nene Valley Care Trust (NVCT)
Newlife The Charity for Disabled Children
Newmarket day centre
Newmarket Pony Academy (part of The British Racing School)
Norfolk Community Arts
Norfolk Community Foundation
Norfolk community law service
Nucleo
Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals Charity
Norfolk Lowland Rescue
North Herts Minority Ethnic Forum
North London Hospice
Norwich Theatre
Open Road West Norfolk Trust
Orangutan Foundation
Organisation Cetacea (ORCA)
Orbis UK
Ormiston Families
Ospreys Wheelchair Rugby Club
Oulton Broad Water Sports Centre
Our Special Friends
Oxford Hospital Charity		 20,000
10,000
2,000
5,000
—
5,000
3,000
10,000
5,000
—
—
5,000
10,000
14,000
5,000
6,000
5,000
—
5,000
5,000
—
—
20,000
4,910
10,000
5,000
4,131
9,792
4,000
4,500
—
—
10,000
10,000
5,000
10,000
20,000
—
—
—
—
—
3,000
5,000
5,306
—
—
5,000
4,500
10,000
5,000		 10,000
—
—
5,000
10,000
5,000
3,000
—
—
5,000
5,000
5,000
—
—
5,000
4,883
—
5,000
—
5,000
2,500
8,931
20,000
5,133
20,000
—
—
—
—
4,500
5,000
3,800
—
—
—
—
—
5,000
5,000
4,680
3,000
5,000
—
—
—
5,000
5,000
5,000
—
10,000
—

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Grants payable (continued)
Recipients 2026
£		 2025
£
PACT Parents and Carers Together CIC
Pancreatic Cancer UK
Papworth Trust
Peterborough Cathedral
PHOEBE
Place2B Juliet Garmoyle Fund
Prison Fellowship
Parkinson's UK
Phase Hitchin
Phoenix Bird of Prey rescue
Plant Heritage
Playskill
Potential Kids
Prison Reform Trust
Prisoner Support Services CIC
Progressability.org
Prisoners' Education Trust
Prostate Cancer UK
PSP Association
Purple Shoots Business Lending Ltd
Rainforest trust
Ramsey Pre-school CIO
Random Cafe Watford
RDA Stevenage
Reach Community Projects
Read Easy UK
Read for Good
RECycling Of Used Plastics Limited (RECOUP)
Re-Engage
Red Balloon Educational Trust
Redstart Educate
Refuge
Rennie Grove Hospice Care
Repair Café wales
Riding for the Disabled (Woodbridge & District Group)
Re-Utilise
River Action
River Waveney Trust
RNLI
RNLI Barry
Romsey Mill
RNLI Penarth
Rock UK Adventure Centres
Royal National Theatre
Royal Voluntary Service
Royal Welsh Agricultural Society
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Ruth Strauss Foundation
RSPB Cymru
Samaritans Bridgend
Sanddams		 6,920
10,000
4,985
10,000
10,000
15,000
4,220
—
—
—
—
—
—
15,000
—
3,000
—
20,000
5,000
10,000
25,000
—
—
5,000
10,000
10,000
5,000
—
5,000
—
—
5,000
5,000
6,463
5,000
—
5,000
10,000
16,500
3,000
9,489
—
—
10,000
7,000
20,000
15,000
—
3,000
3,000
5,000		 —
5,000
—
—
—
—
—
5,000
5,000
2,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
20,000
3,000
—
5,240
10,000
—
—
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
—
5,000
4,000
10,000
—
10,000
5,000
—
4,995
—
—
2,500
5,000
—
3,000
3,000
—
3,000
850
—
—
20,000
95,125
5,000
—
3,000
5,000

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3 Grants payable (continued)

Grants payable (continued)
Recipients 2026
£		 2025
£
Save The Rhino
Save the Children
School Readers
Scotty's Little Soldiers
Sendat Academy Priory School
Second Chance Stroke Club
Sense
Shelter Cymru
Shift.ms
Sign Health
Society for Mucopolysaccharide Diseases
Sherman Theatre
Shine – Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Information Networking Equality
Sir Gareth Edwards Cancer Charity
Songbird Survival
SOS! Special Educational Needs
Speech and Language UK
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Spinal Research
Spread a Smile
St David's Church in Wales Primary School
St John Ambulance Cymru
St John the Evangelist Penllyn
St Louis PTA
St Margaret's Horsmonden
St Mary's Burwell ( Burwell PCC)
St Peter's Church, Wrestlingworth
St Theodores Church
St Johns Playtime Pre-school
St. Cadoc's Church Llancarfan
Stand By Me
Status Creative CIC
Steel Bones
Still Good Food
Storybook Dads
Sign School
Stowmarket ASD Saturday Clubs
Stroke Association
Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK)
Sue Ryder
Suffolk Football Association
Suffolk MIND
Suffolk Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre trading as Suffolk Oxygen Therapy
Centre
Suffolk Refugee Support
Suffolk Befriending Scheme for People With Learning Disabilities T/a The
Befriending Scheme
Sunny Days Children Fund
Surfers Against Sewage
Swansea Carers Centre
Swansea University		 5,000
—
5,000
20,000
10,000
—
5,000
5,000
3,000
3,000
10,000
—
—
—
4,621
6,800
10,000
5,000
5,000
—
—
—
2,000
3,300
—
10,000
—
3,000
3,000
—
5,000
8,300
20,000
—
5,000
—
—
5,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
3,200

5,000
9,525
—
—
—
8,346
10,000		 —
5,000
5,000
—
—
3,800
5,000
5,000
—
—
—
3,000
3,000
5,000
3,000
—
—
—
3,000
5,424
50,000
5,000
15,000
—
5,000
7,500
5,000
5,000
—
5,000
5,000
—
—
5,000
3,000
—
5,000
5,000
—
10,000
—
—
—
—
5,000
3,000
5,000
7,835
—

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3 Grants payable (continued)

Grants payable (continued)
Recipients 2026
£		 2025
£
Talk The Talk
Techniquest
Teens Unite Fighting Cancer
Teenage Cancer Trust
Tenovus
The Anne Robson Trust
THE ATAXIA-TELANGIECTASIA SOCIETY
The Aloud Charity
The Baca Charity
The Big C
The Brain Tumour Charity
The Brainwave Centre Ltd
The Bridge Mentoring Plus Scheme
The Brilliant Club
The Bumblebee Children's Charity
The Bridge Project Sudbury
The British Racing School
The Charlie Waller Trust
The Cirdan Sailing Trust
The Country Trust
The Cowshed
The David Nott Foundation
The DOT Collective
The Dusty Shed
The Fishermen's Mission
The Forum Trust Ltd
The Froglife Trust
The Garage Trust Limited
The Good Gym
The Greenpeace Trust
The Honeypot Children's Charity
The Hospice of St Francis
The Joe Dix Foundation
The Kings Hedges Family Support Project
The Lighthouse Attleborough
The Lightwave Community CIO
The Living Paintings Trust
The Living Room
The Lullaby Trust
The Lord's Taverners
The Meadows Children and Family Wing
The Mentor Ring
The Mullany Fund
The MOVE Partnership
The Nelson Trust
The No Way Trust
The NR5 Project
The Offshoot Foundation
The Open University
The Outward Bound Trust
The Pepper Foundation		 —
5,100
10,000
—
5,000
5,000
12,000
—
5,000
10,000
5,000
3,000
9,425
11,999
5,000
—
—
20,000
5,000
5,000
7,500
10,000
10,000
—
3,000
5,100
—
10,000
15,000
—
10,794
3,268
—
—
—
6,700
8,000
10,000
4,494
—
9,941
9,130
5,000
—
17,000
6,000
5,000
10,000
5,000
—
5,000		 6,000
4,500
—
5,000
5,000
—
—
4,000
—
9,000
—
—
—
—
—
6,000
3,000
—
5,000
—
—
—
—
4,707
—
—
9,133
—
—
5,000
5,539
—
10,000
5,000
4,000
4,000
5,000
—
—
5,000
—
—
—
2,000
—
—
—
—
—
5,125
3,000

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3 Grants payable (continued)

Grants payable (continued)
Recipients 2026
£		 2025
£
The Prince's Trust Cymru
The Racing centre
The Reading List Foundation
The Reanella Trust
The Red Hen Project
The Sick Children's Trust
The Swan Youth Project
The Sidney Nolan Trust
The Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation
The Towers and Hill Charity
The Wavertree Trust
Theatr na nÓg
Thorpe Woodlands Adventure Centre Trust
Theodora Children's Charity
Time Banks UK
Time Norfolk
Tinplate Workers' Charitable Trust
Tir Coed
Together for Short Lives
Toc H
Tomorrow's Generation School
Transforming Autism Project
Trash Free Trails
Trees for Life
Tutor The Nation
Ty Hafen Hospice
UK Men's Sheds Association
University of Birmingham
University of East Anglia
University of Suffolk
Vale of Glamorgan agricultural society
Versus Arthritis
Villiers Park Educational Trust
Voluntary Norfolk/SOS bus
Volunteering Matters
Viva Arts and Community Group
Wales Millennium Centre
Wallich-Clifford Community
Watford FC's Community Sport and Education Trust
WaterAid
Watford Sheltered Workshop Limited
WD6 Food Support
We Are Listening
Wellchild
Wellspring Family Centre
Welsh Air Ambulance Charitable Trust
Welsh Dance Theatre Trust
Welsh Guards Charity
Welsh Guards Lt. Colonel's Fund
Welsh National Opera
Welsh Refugee Council		 —
20,000
5,500
—
—
6,000
—
5,239
10,000
10,000
16,000
5,000
8,937
—
17,610
5,000
5,000
9,988
5,000
—
10,000
—
4,929
5,000
—
10,000
10,000
—
10,000
3,000
5,000
—
—
—
—
25,000
15,000
9,540
10,000
—
—
—
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
2,613
5,000
—
10,000
—		 5,000
20,000
—
5,000
10,000
5,000
5,000
—
—
—
9,000
—
3,780
1,000
—
—
5,000
—
—
3,914
10,000
3,000
4,925
5,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
5,000
—
—
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
—
515,000
—
—
5,000
3,000
20,000
—
—
—
5,000
—
—
5,000
10,000
5,000

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Notes to the accounts 5 April 2026

3 Grants payable (continued)

Grants payable (continued) Grants payable (continued)
Recipients 2026
£		 2025
£
Welsh Singers Showcase
West Norfolk Befriending
Whitley Wildlife Fund
West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Charity
West Hill Preschool
Whizz Kidz
Wild Cru
Wildlife Trust for BCN
Wings for Warriors
Wintercomfort for the Homeless
With Music In Mind
Wooden Spoon Society
World land trust
Y Bartneriaeth Awyr Agored / The Outdoor Partnership
YMCA Barry
YMCA Cardiff
YMCA Norfolk
YOPEY
Young Lives vs Cancer (formerly CLIC Sergant)
Young People Taking Action
Youth Talk
4YP		 —
—
—
10,000
6,000
10,000
13,800
20,000
—
10,000
—
—
—
20,000
3,600
15,000
5,000
—
25,000
—
5,000
9,324		 4,000
4,505
5,000
—
—
4,000
5,000
10,000
3,000
9,371
5,000
5,000
5,000
—
—
—
—
5,000
5,000
5,000
—
—
3,082,166 2,599,329
2026
£		 2026
£		 2025
£		 2025
£
Grants payable at 6 April 2025
Grants awarded in the year
Less: Grants paid during the year
Grants payable at 5 April 2026 (note 8)		 500,000
3,082,166		 3,582,166
(3,082,166)		 —
2,599,329		 2,599,329
(2,099,329)
500,000 500,000

In addition to the above liabilities, grant commitments of £81,708 have been made to three charities where the future instalments are contingent on their fulfilment of performance measures. If fulfilled, these grants will be paid in the years to 5 April 2027 and 2028.

4 Governance costs

Auditor’s remuneration:
. Statutory audit fees
. Other services provided by auditor		 2026
£
11,800
—
11,800		 2025
£
11,000
702
11,702

5 Taxation

The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust is a registered charity and therefore is not liable to income tax on income derived from its charitable activities, as it falls within the various exemptions available to registered charities.

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Notes to the accounts 5 April 2026

6 Investments

Investments
2026
£		 2025
£
91,442,426
28,227,272
—
(20,567,795)
(3,317,712)
95,784,191
3,239,991
99,024,182
90,369,843
Listed investments
Market value at 6 April 2025
Additions at cost
Holdings received from legacy
Disposals (proceeds £ 26,908,557; realised profit £ 4,121,362)
Net unrealised investment gains (losses)
Market value at 5 April 2026
Cash held by investment manager
Total investments as at 5 April 2026
Historical cost of listed investments
At 5 April 2026		 95,784,191
27,729,384
—
(22,787,196)
20,193,348
120,919,727
3,667,699
124,587,426
97,799,599

Included in the cost of listed investments are investment holdings which were transferred to the charity via the receipt of a legacy in 2024. Although these investments had £nil cost to the charity, the historical cost figure referenced above relates to the market value of these investments as at the date of transfer.

Listed investments held at 5 April 2026 comprised the following:

2026
£		 2025
£
UK equities
Overseas equities
UK fixed interest
Commodities		 60,524,414
52,131,262
4,410,246
7,521,504		 44,420,690
39,680,454
5,233,005
6,450,042
124,587,426 95,784,191

Investments representing a material proportion of the portfolio investment were :

5 April
2026
Market
value
£




% of
portfolio

5 April
2025
Market
value
£




% of
portfolio
GlaxoSmithKline plc – Ordinary 25 pence shares
Astrazeneca
SSE Plc
Shell plc
Lazard GLB Japan Strategic Equity Fund
Royal Mint phy gold ETC plc
iShares S&P 500 EQ Weight		 5,327,840
3,063,200
3,671,888
3,543,500
4,344,605
4,566,054
5,378,400
4.3%

2.5%

2.9%

2.8%

3.5%

3.7%

4.3%		 4,819,500
2,161,600
2,154,946
2,481,500
3,469,347
3,789,594
4,420,000
4.9%

2.2%

2.2%

2.5%

4.0%

8.0%

9.3%

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Notes to the accounts 5 April 2026

7 Debtors

Debtors
2026
£
179,223
179,223		 2025
£
50,856
50,856
Accrued income

8 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2026
£		 2025
£
Accruals
. Audit fees
Grants payable		 12,000
500,000		 11,000
500,000
512,000 511,000

9 Analysis of net assets between funds

Analysis of net assets between funds
Expendable
endowment
fund
£		 Unrestricted
general
fund
£		 Total
funds
2026
£
Investments
Cash at bank
Debtors
Creditors falling due within one year		 118,016,062
3,667,699
77,609
—		 2,903,665
6,413
101,614
(512,000)		 120,919,727
3,674,112
179,223
(512,000)
121,761,370 2,499,692 124,261,062
Expendable
endowment
fund
£		 Unrestricted
general
fund
£		 Total
funds
2025
£
Investments
Cash at bank
Debtors
Creditors falling due within one year		 96,237,751
—
—
—		 2,786,431
44,044
50,856
(511,000)		 99,024,182
44,044
50,856
(511,000)
96,237,751 2,370,331 98,608,082

The total unrealised gains as at 5 April 2026 constitute movements on revaluation and are as follows:

2026 2025
£ £
Unrealised gains included above:
On investments 23,120,128 5,414,348
Total unrealised gains at 5 April 2026 23,120,128 5,414,348
Reconciliation of movements in unrealised gains
Unrealised gains at 6 April 2025 5,414,348 10,929,764
In respect to disposals in the year (2,487,568) (2,197,704)
2,926,780 8,732,060
Net gains (losses) arising on revaluation arising in the year 20,193,348 (3,317,712)
Total unrealisedgains at 5 April 2026 23,120,128 5,414,348

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Notes to the accounts 5 April 2026

10 Related party transactions

During the year, the charity made a grant of £20,000 (2025 – £20,000) to The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society and a grant of £15,000 (2025 – £45,000) to The Rectorial Benefice of Cowbridge of which John Homfray was trustee for both organisations. The Trust also made a grant of £nil (2025 – £5,000) to Cowbridge Physic Garden of which John Homfray’s spouse is a trustee. A grant of £25,000 (2025 – £nil) was made to Envirofest International of which George Gibson’s Spouse is a trustee.

11 Post Balance Sheet Events

There have been no further distributions received from the estate of Mr Simon Gibson subsequent to the year-end (2025: a receipt of £2,000,000 was received post year-end, included within income in 2026).

There are no other post balance sheet events to disclose.

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Notes to the accounts 5 April 2026

12 Comparative statement of financial activities – Year ended 5 April 2025

Notes Expendable
endowment
fund
£
 Unrestricted
general
fund
£		 Total
2025
£
Income and endowments from:
Investments
1
Donations
Legacies
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
. Investment manager fees
Charitable activities
. Promoting and enhancing charitable work
2
. Governance costs
Total expenditure
Net (expenditure) income before other recognised
gains and losses
(Losses) gains on investments
6
Net (expenditure) income for the year / net
movement in funds
Balances brought forward
at 6 April 2024
Balances carried forward
at 5 April 2025
—
—
—
2,647,828

—

—
2,647,828

—

—
—
2,647,828
2,647,828
306,498

—
—
—

2,615,580

11,702
306,498

2,615,580

11,702
306,498
2,627,282
2,933,780
(306,498)
(3,207,457)
20,546

—
(285,952)
(3,207,457)
(3,513,955)
99,751,706
20,546

2,349,785		 (3,493,409)
102,101,491
96,237,751
2,370,331		 98,608,082

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