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2026-04-05-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 06th April 2025 To 05[th] April 2026

Charity name: The Veronique Charitable Trust Charity registration number: 279349

Objectives and Activities

SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document		 Para 1.17 To hold the capital and income upon trust to
apply the income and all or such parts of the
capital at such time or times and in such a
manner to or for the benefit of such
exclusively charitable objects and purposes
in any part of the world as the Trustees may,
in their absolute discretion think fit. The
Trustees will take into account the Letter of
Wishes which requests that consideration
be given to benefit the following charities:
Jewish Blind & Physically Handicapped
Society Ltd and Nightingale Hammerson
Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.		 Para 1.17 and
1.19		 In furtherance of the charity’s objects for the
public benefit the trustees provide grants.
Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit		 Para 1.18 In determining the charity’s activities, the
trustees have had regard to the Charity
Commission’s guidance on public benefit.

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

SORP reference
Policy on grant making Para 1.38
Policy on social investment
including program related
investment		 Para 1.38
Contribution made by
volunteers		 Para 1.38
Other

Achievements and Performance

SORP reference
Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.		 Para 1.20 During the year under review the charity
made grants to the following charities
totalling £43,926.
•
Jewish Blind & Physically Handicapped
Society Limited (259480) - England -
£21,963
•
Nightingale Hammerson (207316) -
England - £21,963

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Achievements against
objectives set		 Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set		 Para 1.41
Investment performance
against objectives		 Para 1.41
Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period		 Para 1.21 Total incoming resources for the year were
£6,674 (2025: £11,429), comprising
investment income and bank interest.
During the year the charity made grants
totalling £43,926 (2025: £20,018), funded in
part by a transfer of £28,262 (2025:
£23,405) from the expendable endowment
fund to unrestricted funds to support grant-
making activities.
At the year end the charity held total cash
balances of £199 (2025: £30,808), of which
£145 (2025: £14,539) represents
unrestricted free reserves. In addition, the
charity held investments within the
expendable endowment fund with a market
value of £418,886 (2025: £378,341). These
funds are available at the discretion of the
trustees to support the charity’s objectives.
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held		 Para 1.22 The Trustees pursue a policy of maintaining
a free reserve available to be spent in the
furtherance of the charity’s objectives as
well as covering future needs, opportunities,
contingencies and risks.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 At the end of the reporting period the charity
had free reserves of £145 (2025: £14,539).
Reasons for holding zero
reserves		 Para 1.22 N/A
Details of fund materially in
deficit		 Para 1.24 No funds in deficit
Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern		 Para 1.23 N/A

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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)		 Para 1.47
Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted		 Para 1.46
A description of the principal
risks facing the charity		 Para 1.46
Other Expendable endowment funds are those
which are required to be invested to produce
income, but which may be transferred to
unrestricted funds at the discretion of the
trustees in order that they may be expended
in furtherance of the charity’s objectives.
Unrestricted income funds are available for
use at the discretion of the trustees in
furtherance of the general objectives of the
charity and which have not been designated
for other purposes.

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity trusts:
Type of governing document Para 1.25 Trust deed dated: 18thJanuary 1980
Date registered: 07thFebruary 1980
How is the charity
constituted?		 Para 1.25 Trust
Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees		 Para 1.25 Trustees are appointed by the existing
trustees.
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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:		 Additional information (optional)
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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees		 Para 1.51
The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works		 Para 1.51
Relationship with any related
parties		 Para 1.51 No trustee received any remuneration or
was reimbursed any expenses in the year
under review.
Ludlow Trust Company Ltd was paid £3,694
(2025: £3,609) for trust administration and
cash management fees during the year
under review. These fees are authorised
under clause 11 of the trust deed.
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name The Veronique Charitable Trust
Other name the charity uses None
Registered charity number 279349
Charity’s principal address Ludlow Trust Co Ltd, Tower Wharf, Cheese Lane, Bristol,
BS2 0JJ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name Office (if any) Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year Dates acted if not for whole year Name of person (or
body) entitled to
appoint trustee (ifany)
Ludlow Trust Company
Limited
Corporate trustees– names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name
Walter Duncan Coxon
Alexander Edward Mulroe (Appointed 01 April 2026)
Ali Reza Sarikhani
Ziba Christina Sakine
Sarikhani
Christopher Ian Thurlow
Matthew John Wickers
Gary St John Collins (Resigned 31 March 2026)

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets
held in this capacity		 N/A
Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects		 N/A
Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets		 N/A

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser
Name
Address
Investment Managers National Westminster
Bank Plc.		 2nd Floor, Trinity Quay II, Avon Street,
PO Box 3138, Bristol, BS2 2DH
Bankers National Westminster
Bank Plc.		 2nd Floor, Trinity Quay II, Avon Street,
PO Box 3138, Bristol, BS2 2DH
Accountants Charter Tax Consulting
Limited		 8th Floor, 1 Southampton Street, London
WC2R 0LR
Independent Examiner James O’Rourke Blue Spire Limited, Cawley Priory, South
Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1SY

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

Other optional information

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Marta Kurpickaja Position (e.g. Secretary, On behalf of Ludlow Trust Company Chair, etc.) Limited (Trustee) Date 04 September 2026

The Veronique Charitable Trust 279349 Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date Period end date To from 06th April 2025 05th April 2026

CC16a

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £
6,040
634
-
6,674
-
-
-
6,674
43,926
-
3,669
900
25
810
49,330
-
-
-
49,330
- 42,656
28,262
14,539
145		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £
-
-
-
-
503,678
-
503,678
503,678
-
1,526
-
-
-
-
1,526
490,105
-
490,105
491,631
12,047
- 28,262
16,269
54		 Total funds
to the nearest £
6,040
634
-
6,674
503,678
-
503,678
510,352
43,926
1,526
3,669
900
25
810
50,856
490,105
-
490,105
540,961
- 30,609
-
30,808
199		 Last year
to the nearest £
Income From Investments 6,040 10,579
Interest Received 634 850
- -
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)		 6,674 11,429
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
Sale Of Investments - 269,537
- -
Sub total - 269,537
Total receipts
A3 Payments
280,966
Grants Awarded 43,926 20,018
Investment Manager Fees - 1,937
Trust Administration Fees 3,669 3,583
Independent Examiners Fees 900 -
Cash Management Fees 25 26
AccountancyFees 810 -
**Sub total ** 49,330 25,564
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Investment Purchases - 263,503
-
**Sub total ** - 263,503
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
289,067
- 42,656 - 12,047 - 30,609 - 8,101
28,262 - 28,262 - -
14,539 16,269 30,808 38,909
145 - 54 199 30,808

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

03/09/2026

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities
B3 Investment assets		 Capital Account
Income Account
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Details
Details
Investment Portfolio
Details
Details		 Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
-
145
-
145
OK
Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Endowment
Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
liability relates		 Restricted
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
OK
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Amount due
(optional)
-
-
-
-		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
54
-
-
54
OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
418,886
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
When due
(optional)
-
-
-
-

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Signature

Print Name

Marta Kurpickaja on behalf of Ludlow Trust Company Ltd (Trustee)

Date of approval 04 September 2026

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

03/09/2026

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The Veronique Charitable Trust

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 05 April 2026.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records.

  3. accounts comply with regulations

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

James O’Rourke FCA Blue Spire Limited Cawley Priory South Pallant Chichester West Sussex PO19 1SY

Date 04 September 2026