## **THE BEACON TRUST**
**FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
Charity Number 281411
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
The Trustees present their annual report and financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charity’s trust deed, the Charities Act 2011 and Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard (FRS 102) as applied to smaller charities. **Objectives and activities for the public benefit**
The Trustees are to apply the income and capital in making donations to such charitable purposes as the Trustees may decide.
Any income not so applied may be accumulated and invested for a period of fifty years from the date of the Deed.
## **Achievements and performance of the Trust**
The main beneficiary of The Beacon Trust, as agreed between the Settlor and the Trustees, is the Beacon Orphan Care Project which is an umbrella organisation for a secondary school and orphanage which are based in Malawi. Donations this year have included supporting the students at the High School to work from home by buying laptops, bringing back students at university in China at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as supporting the Beacon Orphan Care Project cope with the pandemic alongside the support of the orphanage.
The Beacon Trust discovered that we had been deceived into providing money for the support of the Khoviwah family which was not used for the purpose given. The deception was reported to the Charity Commission **Financial review**
The Beacon Trust relies on the receipt of donations to fund its donations. **Reserves policy**
The Trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds which equates to approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The Beacon Trust is constituted under a trust deed dated 14 September 1980 and is registered with the Charity Commission under number 281411. The Settlor has the power of appointing new Trustees.
## **Reference and administrative information**
## **Trustees**
Lady Erica R Hedley Hilary J Hutchison Robert Harrington (retired October 2020) Piers Hedley (became trustee in October 2020)
## **Settlor**
Sir Mark Hedley **Correspondence address**
Apt 171, The Keel, 20 Kings Parade, Liverpool, L3 4GG **Bankers**
The Co-operative Bank p.l.c. P.O. Box 250, Skelmersdale, WN8 6WT **Independent Examiner** Raymond Bissex FCA
32 Brooklands Avenue, Waterloo, Liverpool, L22 3XZ
Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by
Erica Hedley (Trustee / Secretary)
24/11/2021
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT**
I report to the trustees of The Beacon Trust, charity number 281411, on my examination of the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2021, which are set out on the attached statements of financial activities, assets and liabilities and notes.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of The Beacon Trust (“the Trust”) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed 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 which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the financial statements did not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
Raymond Bissex 32 Brooklands Avenue Waterloo, Liverpool, L22 3XZ
Date: 5[th] July 2021
## **THE BEACON TRUST**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
|**Income**
Donations
Tax refund on gift aid receipts
_Income from investments_
Aviva plc
**Total income**
**Expenditure**
_Charitable activities_
Maintenance
Income generating
Building costs
Beacon Trust Orphan Care
Rev Timothy Khoviwah
Beacon High School
Beacon High School,
accountants fees
Under 5s Medical Centre
Other
_Management and_
_administration_
Bank charges
Accountancy fees
**Total expenditure**|£
2021
Total
55,524
13,773
69,297
56
69,353
5,150
9,925
-
13,300
7,980
14,380
775
5,000
1,000
57,510
54
160
57,724|£
2020
Total
21,817
4,944|
|---|---|---|
|||26,761
130|
|||26,891|
|||12,000
8,000
5,000
7,100
1,150
12,259
-
-
1,100|
|||46,609
65
160|
|||46,834|
|Net income/(expenditure)
Fund balances brought forward
Fund balances carried forward|11,629
5,573
17,202|(19,943)
25,516|
|---|---|---|
|||5,573|
## **THE BEACON TRUST**
## **BALANCE SHEET AT 31 MARCH 2021**
|**Fixed Assets**
Investment Assets
Norwich Union life assurance policy
No.2425496A (restricted)
Aviva plc – 432 ordinary shares of 25p
Traidcraft plc – 500 ordinary B shares
of £1
**Current Assets**
Debtor: tax recoverable
Cash at bank
**Total current assets**
**Creditors due within twelve months**
Accruals
**Total current liabilities**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Unrestricted fund**
General|£
-
-
500|2021
£
500
16,702
17,202
17,202|£
-
-
500|2020
£
500
5,073|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||13,773
3,089||4,944
289||
||16,862||5,233||
||160||160||
||160||160||
||||||
|||||5,573|
||||||
|||||5,573|
## **THE BEACON TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **1 Accounting policies**
The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared in accordance with Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) which was published on 16 July 2014.
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost.
- (a) Donations are included as when received
- (b) Investment income is included when receivable
- (c) Gift aid tax recoverable on donations to the charity is included in the period in which the relevant donation is received
- (d) Expenditure on grants is recorded once the Trust has made an unconditional commitment to pay the grant
- (e) Other expenditure is included in the financial statements on an accruals basis
- (f) Fixed asset investments are stated at cost
## **2 Taxation**
The Beacon Trust is a registered charity and accordingly is exempt from taxation on its income and gains when applied for charitable purposes.
## **3 Related party transactions**
None of the Trustees were paid any remuneration or expenses by the charity during the year.