## **THE HAMAMELIS TRUST (CHARITY NUMBER 280938) Financial Statements** **for the year ended 5 April 2025** Bottle Works The Bars Guildford Surrey GU1 4LP Tel: 01483 791800 Fax: 01483 411400 Ref: 8666423/APM/LZD ## **The Hamamelis Trust (Charity Number 280938)** **Contents to the Financial Statements for the year ended 5 April 2025** ||Page| |---|---| |Charity Information|3| |Trustees' Report|4| |Receipts and Payments Account|7| |Statement of Assets and Liabilities|8| |Notes|9| 2 ## **The Hamamelis Trust (Charity Number 280938)** **Legal and Administrative Information at 5 April 2025** **Charity Registration Number** 280938 **Settlor** Mr John Ashley Slocock **Governing Instrument** The Trust was set up in 1980 by John Ashley Slocock and enhanced on his death in 1986 **Trustees** Mrs Laura Dadswell Dr Adam Stone Mr Philip Horton **Law of trust** England and Wales **Principal Address for** Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP **Correspondence** Bottle Works The Bars Guildford Surrey GU1 4LP **Solicitors** Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP Bottle Works The Bars Guildford Surrey GU1 4LP **Investment Managers** TrinityBridge Wigmore Yard 42 Wigmore Street London W1U 2RY Greenbank Rathbones Investment Management 30 Gresham Street London EC2V 7QN **Accountants & Examiners** Azets Audit Services Limited Ashcombe Court Woolsack Way Godalming Surrey GU7 1LQ 3 ## **The Hamamelis Trust (Charity Number 280938)** **Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 5 April 2025** ## **Specific Investment Powers** The Trustees' powers include full discretionary powers to make grants. They also have full discretionary power to make investments. ## **Appointment of New Trustees** The current Trustees have the power to appoint new Trustees by Deed. ## **Objects of the Charity** The objects of the charity are for any purposes recognisable as charitable. Currently the main areas of work are for medical research and ecological conservation. Grants made in each year are split into approximately equal proportions between each area. Grants are occasionally made to other projects. Generally, the trust makes grants to institutions and not to individuals. Projects outside the UK are not considered. Projects in the Godalming and Surrey areas are given special interest. ## **Future plans of the Charity** The future plans of the Charity are to continue its grant making activities. ## **Organisational and decision making process of the Charity** The Trustees make grants normally after discussion at periodic meetings. ## **Investment policy and the performance achieved against the policy.** The trustees intend that the real value of their assets be maintained and enhanced over the long term by investment in a portfolio comprised of equities, fixed income stocks, other structured products and cash. This portfolio is intended also to reflect the need to achieve diversification of investments. It is hoped that the portfolio overall will perform in line or above the ARC Charity Steady Growth Index. During the year to 5 April 2025, the Greenbank portfolio had an annualised return of -6.0% (2024: +4.0%). During the year to 31 March 2025, the Trinity Bridge (formerly Close Brothers) portfolio had an annualised return of +1.0% (2024: +8.4%). During the year to 31 March 2025, The ARC Charity Steady Growth Index had an annualised return of 2.64% (2024: 9.38%). ## **Applications** All applications are asked to include a short synopsis of the application with estimated costings of the project for which the grant is requested. The Trustees will not acknowledge unsuccessful applications. Medical applications are assessed by Dr Adam Stone, a medically qualified trustee. ## **Review of the development, activities and achievements of the Charity during the year** At 5 April 2025 the Trust held cash totalling £100,155.55 (£634,684.52 in 2024). The investment portfolio was valued at £3,104,746.44 (£3,762,804.02 in 2024). Net income from investments and cash deposits totalled £87,198.78 (£116,144.14 in 2024). During the year, the net deficit was £534,528.97 (2024: £446,179.25 surplus). In the year, grants totalling £1,080,500.00 have been paid in furtherance of the charity's objectives (£58,500.00 in 2024). During the year a grant of £1,000,000 was applied for the use of Phyliss Tuckwell Memorial Hospice Ltd (registered charity number 264501) 'the Grantee'). The donation was made for the purpose of supporting the construction costs associated with a new purpose-built hospice building at an existing site in Farnham, Surrey. The new purpose-built hospice building will assist the Grantee with providing more compassionate, specialist end-of-life care for adults with advanced or terminal illnesses and support their families in West Surrey/North-East Hampshire with the aim of providing the best quality of life possible during their final days. 4 ## **The Hamamelis Trust (Charity Number 280938)** ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 5 April 2025** _- continued_ ## **Reserves policy** The Trust has no ongoing financial commitments that require it to maintain reserves. However, investments are maintained to ensure that the level of income is sufficient to cover any grants paid in the year. ## **Risk management** The Trust has no operational risks. Its risks are related to investment strategy and it guards against those risks by ensuring, with advice from investment professionals, a reasonable diversification on investments. ## **Relationship with other charities** There is no relationship with any other general grant making charitable trust. ## **Grant making policy** The charity aims to expend an amount on grants that is in line with the long term average of the total return generated by the portfolio. ## **Grants paid** |_Charitable Organisation_
_Charity No._
The Sofa Project
287088
Somerset Wildlands
1191953
Brace
297965
Little Ouse Headwaters Project
1098232
Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue
1143603
Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex
1021367
Scampps In Surrey
1181248
Medics 4 Rare Diseases
183996
The PSP Association
1037087
GASP Motor Project
1128635
Surrey Drug & Alcohol Care
1151494
Shine
249338
Butterfly Conservation
254937
Orchid Cancer Appeal
1080540
Somerset Wildlife Trust
238372
Phyllis Tuckwell Memorial Hospice Ltd
264501
The Jigsaw Trust
1075464
The Meath Epilepsy Charity
200359
The Fountain Centre
1089086
Compassion in World Farming International
1095050
Shooting Star Children's Hospices
1042495
Lifelites
1165791
Retina UK
1153851
Barn Owl Trust
1201419
Sheffield Wildlife Trust
700638
City Gate Community Projects
1093245
Plant Heritage Reg Cty
1004009
Crohn's in Childhood rsaa
278212
Pancreatic Cancer Action
1127689
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People
293358|_Amount (£)_
£2,000.00
£2,500.00
£2,500.00
£2,500.00
£1,000.00
£4,000.00
£3,000.00
£2,500.00
£2,500.00
£3,000.00
£3,000.00
£2,500.00
£2,500.00
£2,500.00
£2,500.00
£1,000,000.00
£5,000.00
£2,000.00
£3,000.00
£2,500.00
£3,000.00
£5,000.00
£3,000.00
£2,500.00
£2,000.00
£2,500.00
£2,500.00
£3,000.00
£3,000.00
£3,000.00
£1,080,500.00| |---|---| 5 ## **The Hamamelis Trust (Charity Number 280938)** ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 5 April 2025** _- continued_ ## **Public benefit** The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in Section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit. The beneficiaries of the Charity are those organisations which are associated with Medical Research or Conservation Projects. The Charity benefits the public by providing financial assistance to the aforementioned beneficiaries. ## **Donation to Phyllis Tuckwell Memorial Hospice Ltd** 19/01/26 Mrs Laura Dadswell, Trustee On behalf of the trustees 6 ## **The Hamamelis Trust (Charity Number 280938)** **Accounts for the year to 5 April 2025** ## **1. Receipts and Payments Account (General Purposes Fund)** |||**2025**|**2024**| |---|---|---|---| |||**£**|**£**| |**Income**|||| |Gross income from investments|note 2|**57,166.03**|79,250.43| |Foreign income|note 2|**20,926.68**|27,863.63| |Foreign withholding tax|note 2|**(2,428.31)**|(2,521.36)| |||__________|__________| |||**75,664.40**|104,592.70| |Deposit Account interest|note 2|**11,159.30**|11,551.44| |Accrued interest||**375.08**|-| |||__________|__________| |||**87,198.78**|116,144.14| |**Other Receipts**|||| |Proceeds from sales of investments||**1,649,991.64**|1,559,076.12| |||__________|__________| |**Total Receipts**||**1,737,190.42**|1,675,220.26| |||============|============| |**Direct Charitable Expenditure**|||| |Grants payable||**1,080,500.00**|58,500.00| |**Other Expenditure**|||| |Purchase of investments||**1,143,818.84**|1,115,145.81| |Legal & Professional fees||**21,253.80**|26,177.40| |Accountancy fees||**1,380.00**|1,320.00| |Investment Manager fees||**24,373.65**|26,715.81| |Other expenses||**20.00**|4.00| |Accrued Interest Relief||**-**|524.51| |Loss on currency exchange||**373.10**|653.48| |||__________|__________| |**Total Payments**||**2,271,719.39**|1,229,041.01| |||============|============| |Net receipts / (payments) for the year||**(534,528.97)**|446,179.25| |Cash and bank balances at 5 April 2024||**634,684.52**|188,505.27| |||__________|__________| |**Cash and bank balances at 5 April 2025**||**100,155.55**|634,684.52| |||============|============| The notes on page 9 form part of these financial statements 7 ## **The Hamamelis Trust (Charity Number 280938)** ## **Accounts for the year to 5 April 2025** ## **2. Statements of Assets and Liabilities at 5 April 2025** ||**2025**|**2024**| |---|---|---| ||**£**|**£**| |**Cash Funds**||| |Penningtons Manches Client A/C|**33,034.24**|41,880.06| |Trinity Bridge Bank A/C|**32,816.33**|43,587.30| |Greenbank Bank A/C|**34,304.98**|549,217.16| ||__________|__________| ||**100,155.55**|634,684.52| ||============|============| |**Investment Assets (at cost)**||| |Quoted UK and overseas equity investments|**1,842,773.21**|1,883,054.71| |Government and corporate loan stocks|**767,988.49**|616,792.14| |Quoted unit trust and OEICs|**448,588.57**|965,899.91| ||__________|__________| ||**3,059,350.27**|3,465,746.76| ||============|============| |Market value of investments excluding realty|**3,104,746.44**|3,762,804.02| ||============|============| The notes on page 9 form part of these financial statements 8 ## **The Hamamelis Trust (Charity Number 280938) Notes to the Accounts** ## 1 **Quoted and unquoted investments** The investments are included in the statement of assets and liabilties at cost or market value when received in trust. ||received in trust.||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |2|**Trust Income**|||**2025**|| ||Gross income from investments||Gross|Tax|Net| |||||paid|| ||||**£**|**£**|**£**| ||Dividends
UK Company||28,240.23|0.00|28,240.23| ||Unit Trust/OEIC Interest Distribution|Gross|17,515.66|0.00|17,515.66| ||Unit Trust/OEIC Dividend Distribution|UK|4,475.54|0.00|4,475.54| ||Gilt Interest Received Gross||4,748.35|0.00|4,748.35| ||Loan Stock Interest Received Gross||2,186.25|0.00|2,186.25| ||||________________________________||| ||||57,166.03|0.00|57,166.03| ||||________________________________||| ||Deposit account interest||||| ||Trinity Bridge Gross Int||1,369.17|0.00|1,369.17| ||Penningtons Manches Gross Int.||742.30|0.00|742.30| ||Greenback Gross Interest||9,047.83|0.00|9,047.83| ||||________________________________||| ||||11,159.30|0.00|11,159.30| ||||________________________________||| ||Foreign income||||| ||Foreign interest||5,289.67|0.00|5,289.67| ||Foreign dividends||15,637.01|2,428.31|13,208.70| ||||________________________________||| ||||20,926.68|2,428.31|18,498.37| ||||________________________________||| ||||________________________________||| ||**TOTAL Trust Income**||89,252.01|2,428.31|86,823.70| ||||======================================||| 9 The Hamamelis Trust Independent Examiner's Report For the Year Ended 5 April 2025 Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The Hamamelis Trust I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the financial statement of The Hamamelis Trust Ithe charity) for the year ended 5 April 2025. Responsibilities and basis of report As the trustees of the charity you are responsible ft)r the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'the Act'l. I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the 2011 Act. Independent examiner's ststement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act,. or the financial statements do not accord with those records- or the tinancial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination 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. Debra Saunders FCA, Bsc (Honsl Azets Audit Services Limited Ashcombe Court Woolsack Way Godalming Surrey GU7 ILQ Dated.. 29 January 2026