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2025-04-05-accounts

Annual Report and Financial Accounts 5 April 2025

Registered Charity Number 287077

5 Wilton Road, London, SW1V 1AP

Contents

1. Reference and Administrative page 1
2. The Report of the Trustees page 2
3. Statement of Financial Activities page 14
4. Balance Sheet page 15
5. Statement of Cash Flows page 16
6. Notes to the Accounts page 17
7. Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities page 31
8. Independent Auditor’s Report page 32

The Linbury Trust Annual report and Financial Accounts, 5 April 2025

Reference and Administrative

The charity (No 287077) was established and became a registered charity under a Trust Deed dated 5 May 1983.

Trustees
Registered Office
Principal Officers
Bankers
Solicitors
Auditor
Investment Managers		 Emily Stubbs
James Barnard * &
Julian Sainsbury
Lady Sainsbury CBE
Laura Marshall
Mark Sainsbury * & ** (Chair from 6 April 2024)
Richard Butler Adams * (Chair to 5 April 2024)
Sarah Butler-Sloss
Investment Committee
* Impact Investing Committee
5 Wilton Road
London SW1V 1AP
Stuart Hobley
Karen Everett
Director, The Linbury Trust
Chief Executive Officer, Sainsbury Family
Charitable Trusts
Royal Bank of Scotland
36 St Andrew Square
Edinburgh
EH2 2YB
Broadfield Law UK LLP
One Bartholomew Close
London EC1A 7BL
Sayer Vincent LLP
110 Golden Lane
London EC1Y 0TG
Cazenove Capital Management
12 Moorgate
London EC2R 6DA
Troy Asset Managers Limited
44 Davies Street
London W1K 5JA
Windmill Hill Asset Management Limited (to February 2025)
Waddesdon
Buckinghamshire HP18 0JZ
Globalance Bank AG (from April 2025)
Gartenstrasse 16
CH-8002 Zurich

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The Report of the Trustees

The trustees present their report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025.

Reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the Trust deed, and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: SORP applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102.

The Linbury Trust is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts which share a common administration but are otherwise independent of each other.

Each of the current Trustees has extensive experience of trusteeship generally and of the charity sector more specifically.

Trustees are aware of the Charity Commission's guidance on Charities and Public Benefit.

The Trustees have given due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Trust’s aims and objectives, setting grant making policy and in planning future activities.

In this annual report they provide information about the Trust's aims, and about its activities and achievements in the many areas of interest that the Trust supports. They consider that this information demonstrates the benefits to the Trust’s beneficiaries, and through them to the public, that arise from carrying out those aims.

Trustees are aware of the Charity Governance Code which sets out the principles and recommended practice for good governance within the sector. The Trust operates its governance arrangements against the principles within the code and believes that it is compliant with the code whilst maintaining its need to operate its governance efficiently.

The section below headed ‘Review of the Past Year’ (p 6-12) provides an overview of the Trustees’ actions during the year in each of the grant-making categories listed below and, selectively, gives a flavour of the valuable work undertaken by our beneficiaries.

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The year in context

The Trust’s previous report for 2023-24 set out the measures and support being provided to many of our grantees; the Trust remains acutely aware of the ongoing challenges faced by the charity sector and that charity finances are compounded by the impact of cost-of-living, with many grantees facing increases in staff costs and energy bills; as well as cuts to local authority funding, and greater competition in grantmaking overall. This is especially tough for smaller charities, including those who are supporting communities already impacted. The Trust is responding by talking and listening to those we support and acting accordingly, including more support for core costs, multi-year funding to support grantee stability, and help for capacity building, such as funding reviews of governance, funding, and evaluation.

Although the Trust has core funding themes, we continue to pursue work that operates at the intersection of these; grants which use arts in care settings to improve quality of life, or where green spaces and gardens add to people’s physical and mental health. Where these themes overlap often results in alchemy that has a lasting positive impact.

The Trust continues to support work related to energy efficiency helping organisations to reduce carbon, reduce running costs and free up budgets for core work. We deliver this work as a cohort so, in addition to funding, grantees regularly come together to take part in training, sharing, and learning. In December 2024 the Trust agreed a new partnership with two other funders, the Wolfson Foundation, and The Headley Trust, to fund a wider range of organisations with aspirations for improved energy efficiency. Decisions on these grants will be made in late 2025, with a new learning-based cohort, supported by Ashden Climate Solutions in Action, starting in early 2026.

The Linbury Trust became a signatory to the Funder Commitment on Climate Change and continues to be part of the 360 Giving grant making movement.

The Trust has reconfirmed its effective partnership with Theatres Trust; Theatres Trust run a small grants programme with targeted grants that help local theatres adapt to become more resilient and accessible for a wider range of people, with interventions such as essential repairs, improved access for disabled people, and upgrades to digital infrastructure. Recognising challenges highlighted above, The Linbury Trust has increased its grant to Theatres Trust.

The Trust’s partnership with the King Charles III Charitable Fund, continues, supporting the Coronation Food Project grant programme. This scheme is aimed at local organisations across the UK committed to reducing food waste and food insecurity.

The Linbury Trust has also become part of Comic Relief’s Power of Pop Fund, a pooled approach with a number of other funders, supporting cultural organisations focused on addressing racial and migration justice through popular culture.

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The Trust’s Grant Funding

The total value of new grants awarded in 2025 was £8,546,942 (2024: £7,424,830)

GRANTS AWARDED 2024/25

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Social Purpose Culture
£3,469,100 £3,348,715
Overseas &
Emergency Relief
£5,000 Environment
£1,724,127
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The total value of grants paid in 2025 was £7,842,287 (2024: £8,994,842)

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GRANTS PAID 2024/25
Social Purpose
£1,734,192
Older People Small Grants
£192,000 £95,615
Linbury Energy
Efficiency grants
£211,400
Environment
£1,516,692
Culture
£3,715,722
(incuding £2,250m to the
Education/
National Gallery)
Young People
£376,666
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Grant making policy

The Trustees take a proactive approach towards grant-making and unsolicited applications are not usually accepted. Through partnership work and research, staff and Trustees identify organisations they want to work with. The Trustees’ practice is to give grants only for work which they believe will be meaningful, may reduce inequality, have impact and be value for money.

The Trust funds under a number of broad themes, including culture, environment, and social purpose; increasingly, the Trusts is supporting engaging and exciting highquality work that intersects across our funding themes. For example, helping arts organisations to become more energy efficient; social welfare charities that use arts to improve wellbeing outcomes; to environment organisations that use green space to reach a wider range of people, and to improve life choices.

Decisions are taken by the Trustees four times a year, and day to day management is delegated to the Principal Officers. All staff and Trustees are expected to support the work of the Trust with the highest integrity. A conflict of interest may arise when a Trustee’s interest relates to a charity applying for support. Conflicts are declared, noted in the minutes and the individual concerned is not part of any decision-making discussion. Details of any related party transactions are disclosed in note 12 of the financial statements.

Risk assessment

The Trustees have examined the major strategic, business and operational risks to which the Trust may be exposed. Through the joint office of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts (SFCT), adequate systems are in place to meet such potential risks as the Trustees have identified. The Trustees continue to keep processes under review. The Trustees have identified the uncertainty of financial returns as the charity’s principal financial risk. This risk is mitigated through the appointment of three experienced investment management firms, and by the diversification of the portfolio referred to in the following section.

Another possible risk is misuse of funds by a grant beneficiary. The Trustees mitigate this risk by normally restricting grants to charities that are registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, and / or for work with a charitable, voluntary and community focus, where the applicant may be exempt from registration. Grants are made only after a thorough assessment and are regularly monitored.

Reserves policy and going concern

The Trustees approve grants for payment over one or more years. These are brought into the accounts where there is a commitment to pay. The Trustees meet these commitments out of income, and where there is insufficient income, they do so from expendable endowment. Accordingly, Trustees take the view that all available funds should be seen as one; they have therefore adopted a Statement of Financial Activities that merges all resources. The Trustees are not aware of any material uncertainties that would prevent the financial statements from being prepared on a going concern basis.

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It is the policy of the Trustees to ensure that there are sufficient resources to meet commitments as they fall due. The Trustees are satisfied that the totality and composition of the Trust’s resources are sufficient for this purpose. The Trust and its Trustees are fully aware of the requirements and the duties set out in the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016. The Trust does not undertake fundraising from the general public and does not use professional fundraisers or commercial participators.

The income of the Trust is not bound by any regulatory scheme, and the Trust does not consider it necessary to comply with any voluntary code of practice relating to fundraising. The Trustees do not approach individuals for the purpose of raising funds, Trustees do not have specific requirements related to fundraising activities, nor do Trustees consider it necessary to design specific procedures to monitor such activities.

As shown on page 14, at the year end the total funds of the Trust consisted of Expendable Endowment of £135.0m (2024: £141.3m).

Investment powers, policy and performance

The Trust Deed empowers the Trustees to appoint investment advisers, who are given discretion to invest the funds of the Trust within guidelines established by the Trustees.

The Trustees’ investment policy is to maximise funds available for grant-making while preserving the real value of the endowment over the medium term.

The Trust’s endowment continues to be invested in stock markets. The Trustees are committed to being socially and environmentally responsible investors and incorporate, promote and advocate environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into the management of their investment assets. In doing so, the Trust requires its investment managers to fully integrate ESG considerations into their investment process, to comply with the Trust’s ethical investment policy and to engage actively on ESG issues with investee companies.

The investment committee of Trustees regularly meets the Trust’s investment advisers to discuss strategy and to review performance. The consolidated managed investment return across the portfolio was 4.7% (2023/24: 9.3%) which is a higher value than the benchmark (ARC GBP Steady Growth) of 2.06% (2023/24: 9.4%)

Impact Investing

The Trust has continued to develop its work on impact investing; this takes an impactfirst approach, prioritising social impact above financial return, and investments fit within the Trust’s existing areas of focus. A sub-committee, with dedicated terms of reference are taking this work forward. Investments made this year total £130k.

Review of the past year

The Trust's total income for the year was £5.7million, driven by Donations and Gift Aid amounting to £2.5 million (2023/24: £5.0m).

In 2024/25 the Trustees paid grants totalling £7.8m (2023/24: £9.0m); they approved 85 grants (2023/24: 104) amounting to a total value of £8.5m (2023/24: £7.4m). Many of the grants that Trustees approve are awarded on a conditional basis, and may be

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payable over several years; accordingly, such grants do not appear in full in the Statement of Financial Activities in the year in which they are awarded. Trustees regard the level of grants actually paid during the year as a more helpful measure of grant-making activity and have used this measure of their activity within this Trustees’ Report. They anticipate that the nature of grant-making of recent years will be maintained for the foreseeable future.

As a proportion of grants paid, costs of administration were 9.2% (2023: 7.3%).

The following sections describe the Trust’s activities in each of the major categories of grants, including categories where payments have been made but no new grants have been awarded. Trustees believe that the readers of this report will find a representative list of the larger grants actually paid during the year to be helpful; these are itemised in the following pages.

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Culture

The Linbury Trust believes strongly in the value of the arts in modern life; that a first trip to a museum, an opera, or a dance performance has the power to fuel a life-long passion. Supporting access to high-quality cultural experiences can be transformative, from community engagement in culture; supporting young people’s engagement in creative industries, o museum collections, archives and dance adding joyful value in healthcare settings. Funding ranges from small grants to support dance and choreography, multi-year funding to support community involvement and access to culture, to occasional major capital projects.

Grants paid in year: £3,715,722

Grants paid in year: £3,715,722
Create Arts £50,000
To expand arts-led community work and capacity in the North-West.
First payment of a three-year grant.
Gainsborough's House £50,000
Towards an arts-led learning programme.
First payment of a three-year grant.
National Gallery
 £2,250,000
Towards the redevelopment of the Sainsbury Wing.
Second payment of a three-year grant.
Paraorchestra & Friends £50,000
To support their artistic and community-focused programme led
by disabled musicians and performers.
Third payment of a three-year grant.
Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration £50,000
Towards community participation and engagement programme.
First payment of a three-year grant
Suffolk Artlink £50,000
A grant to support core funding.
First payment of a three-year grant.
The Sainsbury Archive £50,000
Towards operating costs.
Theatres Trust
 £127,500
To increase the budget available for their grants programme.
Trinity Community Arts £70,000

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration £50,000 Towards community participation and engagement programme. First payment of a three-year grant

Towards a three-year arts-based programme in Bristol, supporting 3,000 people per year. First payment of a three-year grant.

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World Heart Beat Music Academy

£55,000

Supporting the community-focused music education programme. First payment of a three-year grant.

William Morris Gallery Trust £60,000

Towards a new public programme focussed on people under-represented in the Museum. First payment of a three-year grant.

35 projects received grant payments of less than £50k totalling £853,222.

A total of £3,348,715 was awarded in approved grants under this category.

Education and Young People

The Trust has a layered approach to supporting young people and their education and aspirations. This can include scholarships and bursaries, to the development of programmes that will foster curiosity, to improving life opportunity and choices, especially for young people living in poverty.

Grants paid in year: £376,666

Roundhouse Trust

£50,000

Towards their youth focused work, supporting pathways into the creative industries. Third payment of a four-year grant.

Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment £58,666

Scholarships on their MSc for Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment. Third payment of a three-year grant.

10 projects received grant payments of less than £50k totalling £268,000.

Environment

The Trust continues its support for the environment, including work which helps to better connect people with nature, how the natural world can contribute to meaningful changes in wellbeing, and to understand the impact of climate change. This year we funded a number of energy efficiency grants that are helping grantees across all areas of our work to make positive climate adaptions.

Grants paid in year: £1,728,092

Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation £340,000

A one-off grant to improve the energy efficiency of their heating system and to help prepare for a forthcoming district heating network.

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Ashden Climate Solutions
 £120,000
Towards core funding.
First payment of a three-year grant.
Chiswick House and Gardens Trust £70,000
To continue and expand the horticulture and gardening participation
programme.
First payment of a three-year grant.
Country Trust £50,000
Core funding towards its IT function and impact measurement.
First payment of a three-year grant.
Green Light Trust £50,500
Towards core costs.
Second payment of a three-year grant.
King Charles lll Charitable Fund £100,000
Support for the Coronation Food Project.
Second payment of a three-year grant.
Square Food Foundation £50,000
To run the How to be a Chef programme.
Second payment of a four-year grant.
Zoological Society London £58,000

Zoological Society London

Towards their pioneering programme to restore seagrass across the Thames Estuary. First payment of a three-year grant.

5 projects received grant payments towards Linbury Energy Efficiency grants totalling £211,400.

24 projects received grant payments of less than £50k totalling £678,192. A total of £1,724,127 was awarded in approved grants under this category.

Older People

The Trust looks to fund projects that support older people to live well, especially those that reduce isolation, and schemes that improve health and wellbeing, and social engagement.

Grants paid in year: £192,000

Claremont Project

£50,000

Third payment of a four-year grant towards Dance-based activity for older people.

5 projects received grant payments of less than £50k totalling £142,000.

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Social Purpose

Through our Social Purpose category, the Trust aims to address issues of inequality, poverty and tackle disadvantage; we also seek to support those organisations looking to achieve positive and lasting change. This includes work around homelessness as well as refugees and asylum seekers and incorporates frontlines services, as well as work that uses culture, green spaces, and training and development, to improve life choices.

Grants paid in year : £1,734,192

Grants paid in year:£1,734,192
Amber Trust
 £64,000
Towards their work using music / arts to support children, and their
families living with Batten’s disease / childhood dementia.
First payment of a three-year grant.
Amna (formerly Refugee Trauma Initiative)
 £70,000
Towards expanding their support for refugee children.
First payment of a three-year grant.
Baobab Centre for Young Survivors in Exile
 £50,000
Core funding of the Baobab centre, providing mental health
support to refugees.
Third payment of a three-year grant.
Connection at St Martin in the Fields
 £60,000
To employ a second staff member, supporting their migration advice work.
First payment of a three-year grant.
Crisis
 £60,000
Towards the Critical Time Intervention programme, for people facing
homelessness on release from prison.
Second payment of a three-year grant.
English National Opera
 £70,000
Towards Breathe Programme, supporting people with Long Covid and
respiratory conditions, using singing to improve wellbeing.
First payment of a three-year grant.
Gingerbread
 £70,000
Towards the core costs providing advice / guidance to single parents.
First payment of a three-year grant.
Live Music Now
 £50,000

Towards the core costs providing advice / guidance to single parents. First payment of a three-year grant.

Live Music Now

Towards the Music in Care Programme, using music to support wellbeing of older people with long-term neurological conditions. Second payment of a three-year grant.

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Local Solutions £55,000 Towards core costs of their work supporting young people living in disadvantage. Second payment of a three-year grant. National Brain Appeal £71,000 Towards the arts and nature-led activity work improving wellbeing of people living with dementia. First payment of a three-year grant.

Old Diorama Arts Centre

£50,000 £50,000 £59,000 £50,000 £170,000 £50,000

To expand their arts-led work with homeless community, including the One Roof Festival, led by artists with experience of homelessness. First payment of a three-year grant.

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

For their locally focused music-led school and community programme. Second payment of a three-year grant.

Playground Theatre

Towards the theatre-led community outreach programme. First payment of a three-year grant.

Refuaid

Supporting their programme to help refugees get professional qualifications reaccredited in the UK with loan funding.

Third payment of a three-year grant.

Refugee Council

Core running costs for the London Destitution Service, helping refugees and asylum seekers facing significant stress and hardship. First payment of a three-year grant.

Wigmore Hall Trust

To run the Music for Life programme, using music to support people living with dementia.

First payment of a three-year grant.

29 projects received grant payments of less than £50k totalling £685,192.

A total of £3,469,100 was awarded in newly approved grants.

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Small Grants Programme The Trust also awards a number of small grants throughout the year. These grants are often less than £1 Ok and often focused on projects relating to dance, choreography and performance, or work around capacity building. 21 projects received grant payments totalling £103,615. Approved by the Board of Trustees on the 8 October 2025 and signed on their behalf by CHAIR Mark Sainsbury

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025

Notes
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS from:
Donations including gift aid
Investment income
2
Bank deposit interest
Total Income
EXPENDITURE on:
Cost of generating funds:
Investment management fees
Charitable activity
Grant-making - Costs of administration
3
- Grants payable
4
Total Expenditure
Net expenditure before net (losses)/gains
Currency exchange gains
(Losses)/Gains on investments
5

Net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 2025
£'000
2,500
2,386
805
5,691
249
743
8,065
9,057
(3,366)
476
(3,407)
(6,297)
141,280
134,983		 2024
£'000
5,000
2,137
859
7,996
283
656
8,945
9,884
(1,888)
29
6,333
4,474
136,806
141,280

There are no gains and losses in either the current year or preceding period other than those recognised in the statement of financial activities.

All funds are held as expendable endowment funds. All of the above results are derived from continuing activities.

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BALANCE SHEET AS AT 5 APRIL 2025 Charity Number 287077 Notes 2025 £'ooo 2024 £'ooo £'ooo FIXED ASSETS Inveslments Loans to beneficiaries 132,395 136,937 132.395 136,937 CURRENT ASSETS Debtors Cash at bank and in hand 640 2,965 3,605 1,347 3,933 5,280 CURRENT LIABILITIES Creditors - amounts falling due within one year 737 747 NET CURRENT ASSETS 2,868 4,533 Net assets less current liabilities 135,263 141,470 Creditors - amounts falling due after one year (2801 (190) NET ASSETS 134,983 141,280 Expendable endowment 134,983 141.280 TOTAL FUNDS 134,983 141,280 The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees on the 8 October 2025 and were signed on their behalf by.. Trustee Mark Sainsbury

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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025

Notes
Net cash used in operating activities
10
Cash flows from investing activities:
Interest and dividends
Proceeds from sale of investments
Purchase of investments
Effect of foreign exchange rate gains
Net cash provided by investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities:
Receipt of expendable endowment
Net cash provided by financing activities
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year
Cash and cash equivalents brought forward
Cash and cash equivalents carried forward		 2025
£'000
(8,271)
3,192
73,861
(56,858)
476
20,671
2,500
2,500
14,900
4,929
19,829		 2024
£'000
(7,956)
2,996
26,582
(25,044)
29
4,563
5,000
5,000
1,607
3,322
4,929

Analysis of the balance of cash as shown in the balance sheet

Cash at bank and in hand
Investment cash (Note 5)		 Change
in year
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
£'000
2,965
3,933
(968)
16,864
996
15,868
19,829
4,929
14,900

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2025

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements 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 UK 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.

(i) The financial statements have been prepared to give a 'true and fair view' and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a 'true and fair view'. This departure has involved following Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.

(ii) The trust constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.

(iii) In the view of the Trustees, there are no material uncertainties casting doubt on the going concern of the charity.

(iv) Having assessed the Trust's financial position and plans for the foreseeable future, the Trustees are satisfied that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.

(v) The endowment assets of the Trust remain significant, and the Trust will continue to pay out to its beneficiaries in accordance with the Trust's objects.

The principal accounting policies adopted are as follows:

a) Income Recognition

(i) Income is shown gross which includes the associated tax credit unless the tax so deducted is considered irrecoverable.

(ii) Dividends are included by reference to their due dates.

(iii) Interest is included when receivable.

b) Expenditure on Charitable Activities

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

(i) Costs of generating funds represent amounts paid to the Trust's external investment advisors.

(ii) Charitable activities expenditure comprises grants and donations awarded by the Trustees in accordance with the criteria set out in the Trust Deed, together with grant related support costs.

(iii) Grants for which there is a binding commitment are accounted for within the Statement of

Financial Activities.

(iv) Other grants and grant instalments are accounted for in the Statement of Financial Activities when conditions attaching to the grant are fulfilled.

(v) Costs of administration relate in the main to the grant-making activity of the Trust and include a share of the staff and office costs of the joint office of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts, which are allocated in proportion to time spent on Trust matters and grants paid.

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

c) Investments

(i) 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. Any change in fair value is recognised in the statement of financial activities. Investment gains and losses, whether realised or unrealised, are combined and shown in the heading 'Net gains/(losses) on investments' in the statement of financial activities.

(ii) Social Impact Investments are valued at their fair value. Where fair value is not practicable, social investments are recognised at cost less impairment.

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

d) Loans to beneficiaries

(i) Trustees make loans in furtherance of the Trust’s charitable objects. Any financial return is likely to be below market rates but can be justified by the charitable impact.

(ii) Loans to beneficiaries represent loans made at less than a market rate of interest for charitable purposes. They are included at the amount advanced less any repayments and impairments.

e) Financial Instruments

The charity has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.

Investments, including bonds held as part of an investment portfolio, are held at fair value at the balance sheet date, with gains and losses being recognised within income and expenditure.

At the balance sheet date, the charity held financial assets at fair value of £115.5m (2024: £135.9m).

f) Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

g) Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

h) Creditors

Creditors are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

i) Pensions

Contributions to defined contribution plans are charged to the statement of financial activities in the period to which they relate.

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

j) Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the charity's accounting policies, which are described above, Trustees are required to make judgements, estimates, assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects the current and future periods.

In the view of the Trustees, no assumptions concerning the future or estimation uncertainty affecting assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date are likely to result in a material adjustment to their carrying amounts in the next financial year.

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

2. INVESTMENT INCOME

Income received on investments is analysed as follows:

UK Government Fixed Interest
Other fixed interest
Equities
Alternatives
Other
COSTS OF ADMINISTRATION

Salaries and associated costs (note 11)
Office costs
Auditor's remuneration		 2025
%
1%
1%
73%
17%
8%
100%
2025
£'000
473
258
12
743		 2024
£'000
30
18
1,752
406
180		 £'000
27
8
1,918
184
-		 %
1%
0%
90%
9%
-
2,386 2,137 100%
2024
£'000
430
214
12
656

3. COSTS OF ADMINISTRATION

The auditor's remuneration excluding VAT is £10,100 (2024: £9,650).

During the year no Trustee received any remuneration or reimbursement of expenses (2024: NIL).

Included in the cost above were governance costs of £18,178 which were comprised of salaries and associated costs of £6,058 and auditor's remuneration of £12,120 including VAT (2024: £16,355 which were comprised of salaries and associated costs of £4,775 and auditor's remuneration of £11,580 including VAT).

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

4. ANALYSIS OF GRANTS

ANALYSIS OF GRANTS
£'000
Reconciliation of grants payable:
Grants committed but unpaid at 6 April 2024
Grants conditionally approved
18,546
Grants approved in the year
8,547
Loans forgiven in the year
-
Grants cancelled, amended or refunded
(54)
Grants conditionally approved in the year
(18,974)
Grants payable for the year
GRANTS PAID IN THE YEAR
Grants committed but unpaid at 5 April 2025
Commitments at 5 April 2025 are payable:
Within one year (note 8)
After more than one year (note 9)
A list of grants payable is included in Appendix A.		 2025 2024
£'000
18,546
8,547
-
(54)
(18,974)		 £'000
699

8,065
(7,842)		 £'000
20,191
5,870
1,555
(125)
(18,546)		 £'000
749





8,945
(8,995)
922 699
2025 2024
£'000
642
280		 £'000
509
190
922 699

4. ANALYSIS OF GRANTS (continued)

The total of grants paid in the year can be classified as follows:

Culture
Education and Young People
Environment
Older People
Overseas
Social Welfare
Small Grants		 2025
£'000
3,716
377
1,720
192
-
1,734
103
7,842		 2024
£'000
5,485
456
1,183
209
60
1,478
124
8,995

For information on individual grants within each of these categories, refer to pages 7-12.

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

OTES TO THE ACCOUNTS OTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
5
FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS
2025
£'000
Market value at 6 April 2024
135,941
Less: Proceeds from disposals
(73,861)
Add: Acquisitions at cost
56,858
(Losses)/(Gains) on investment assets
(3,407)
Market value at 5 April 2025
115,531
Investment cash
16,864
Total Investments
132,395
The investments held as at 5 April 2025 were as follows:
2025
Market
Value
£'000
Investments
UK Government Fixed Interest
8,360
Other fixed interest
5,001
Equities
87,220
Alternatives
11,161
Term Deposits
3,101
114,843
Impact investments
Unquoted
688
115,531		 2024
£'000
131,146
(26,582)
25,044
6,333
135,941
996
136,937
2024
Market
Value
£'000
2,823
680
106,019
7,965
17,896
114,843
135,383
688 558
115,531
135,941

The Trust has entered into commitments to invest in private equity funds (social impact investments). In addition to above noted £0.688 (2024: £0.558 million), at the balance sheet date, outstanding commitments totalled £0.465 million. (2024: £0.190 million).

6. LOANS TO BENEFICIARIES

LOANS TO BENEFICIARIES

Balance at beginning of year
Loans forgiven
Balance at end of year
2025
£'000
-
-
-		 2024
£'000
1,555
(1,555)
-

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7.
DEBTORS
2025
£'000
Prepayments
4
Other debtors
636
640
8.
CREDITORS - amounts falling due within 1 year
2025
£'000
Grants payable within one year
642
Accruals
44
Other creditors
51
737
9.
CREDITORS - amounts falling due after more than 1 year
2025
£'000
Grants payable 1-5 years
280
280
10. RECONCILIATION OF NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES		 2024
£'000
76
1,271
1,347
2024
£'000
509
164
74
747
2024
£'000
190
190
RECONCILIATION OF NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net movement in funds
Deduct gift of endowment
Deduct income shown in investing activities
Add back losses/deduct gains on Investments
Deduct gains on currency exchange
Loan forgiven
Decrease in debtors
(Decrease)/increase in creditors
Net cash used in operating activities		 2025
£'000
(6,297)
(2,500)
(3,192)
3,407
(476)
-
707
80
(8,271)		 2024
£'000
4,474
(5,000)
(2,996)
(6,333)
(29)
1,500
384
44
(7,956)

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11. ANALYSIS OF STAFF COSTS

11. ANALYSIS OF STAFF COSTS
Staff costs:
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs		 2025
£'000
384
47
42
473		 2024
£'000
349
43
38
430

As mentioned in Accounting Policies note (b), the Trust is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts which share a joint administration at the Registered Office. 4% (2024: 4.5%) of the total costs of these trusts have been allocated to The Linbury Trust, including a proportionate share of the costs of employing the total number of staff serving in the office in 2025.

The average total number of SFCT staff employed during the year to contribute to the work of the Linbury Trust was 13, most of whom worked for the Linbury Trust on a part-time basis (2024:9). This was equivalent to 2.9 full-time employees (2024: 2.8).

The Trust considers its key management personnel to comprise the Trustees and Principal Officers. The Trustees all give freely of their time and expertise without remuneration, expenses or other benefit in cash or kind (2024: £nil). Cost for key management is £183,605 (2024: £176,739).

The number of employees whose total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for services provided to the Trust exceeded £60,000 was as follows: 2025: one employee who earned between £110,000-£120,000 (2024: one employee who earned between £100,000£110,000).

12.[RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS ]

£2.5m of donations were received from Lady Sainsbury which included £0.500m of Gift Aid. (2024: £5m).

There were no loans to beneficiaries (2024: £1.5m).

During the year, The Linbury Trust approved 85 grants; for three of these a conflict of interest was declared in the applicant organisation. In such cases, the individual raising the conflict was not part of the decision-making process. Applicant organisations are not controlled by The Linbury Trust and the Trustees are mindful of the need to consider any potential conflicts of interest when making grant awards.

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12. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS continued

The Trust is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts which share a joint administration at the Registered Office for cost effectiveness. At any one time there are amounts payable between trusts some of which fall under the definition of related parties by having trustees in common who are also siblings.

The following amounts are primarily employee costs and are included in Other Debtors (Note 7).

£12,961 due to Mark Leonard Trust (2024: £10,905)

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Appendix A

The amount payable in the year ended 5 April 2025 consisted of the following:

Major Capital Projects
£
National Gallery
2,265,722
Culture
Create (Arts)
50,000
Dance East
58,000
Dancers' Careers Development
46,000
Food Museum (formerly Museum of East Anglian Life)
72,000
Gainsborough's House
50,000
Impermanence Dance
41,000
Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
50,000
Somerset House Trust
46,000
Suffolk Artlink
50,000
The Paraorchestra & Friends
50,000
The Sainsbury Archive
110,000
Theatres Trust
150,000
Trinity Community Arts
70,000
William Morris Gallery
60,000
World Heart Beat Music Academy
55,000
Grants payable up to £40,000
590,123
Education and Young People
Earls Court Youth Club
40,000
Longford Trust
40,000
Roundhouse Trust
50,000
Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
58,666
Yehudi Menuhin School
35,000
Grants payable up to £30,000
153,000
Environment
Ashden Climate Solutions
223,850
Chefs in Schools
60,000
Chiswick House and Gardens Trust
50,000
Claremont Project
50,000
Country Trust
50,000
Dulwich Picture Gallery
50,000
Gilbert White & The Oates Collections
75,000
Global Legal Action Network (GLAN)
59,000

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Appendix A continued

Environment continued
Green Light Trust
King Charles lll Charitable Fund
Plantlife
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation
Square Food Foundation
Woodland Trust
ZSL - London Zoo
Grants payable up to £45,000
Older People
Britten Pears Arts
Claremont Project
Macular Disease Society
Sainsbury Veterans Welfare Scheme
Grants payable up to £20,000
Small Grants
Grants payable
Social Welfare
Amna (formerly Refugee Trauma Initiative)
Comic Relief
Connection at St Martin in the Fields
Crisis
English National Opera
Gingerbread
Hope for the Young
Local Solutions
National Brain Appeal
Old Diorama Arts Centre
Playground Theatre
Refugee Council
Seenaryo
Grants payable up to £50,000		 50,500
100,000
80,000
340,000
50,000
60,000
58,000
321,336
30,000
87,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
131,315
70,000
100,000
60,000
60,000
70,000
70,000
70,000
55,000
71,000
70,000
59,000
170,000
66,500
882,192
8,065,203

As per Note 4. Analysis of Grants

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Appendix A

The amount payable in the year ended 5 April 2024 consisted of the following:

Major Capital Projects £
National Gallery 2,250,000
Loan forgiven in the year
Rambert School of Ballet & Contemporary Dance 1,500,000
Culture
Akademi South Asian Dance 40,000
Clore Leadership Programme - Clore Duffield Foundation 47,000
Dance for All 40,000
Dancers' Careers Development 43,000
DDmix (Diversity Dance Mix) 50,000
East London Dance 45,000
Handel Hendrix House Museum 40,000
Linbury Prize 2023 217,000
McNicol Ballet Collective 80,000
Northern Ballet 50,000
Outside In 50,000
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - Birmingham City University 45,000
The Paraorchestra & Friends 50,000
The Sainsbury Archive 50,000
Theatres Trust 176,000
Grants payable up to £40,000 476,000
Education and Young People
Antigua and Barbuda Youth Symphony Orchestra 40,000
Longford Trust 40,000
Roundhouse Trust 50,000
Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment 57,204
University of Winchester 70,000
Yehudi Menuhin School 35,000
Grants payable up to £30,000 164,000

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Appendix A continued

Environment
Ashden Climate Solutions 228,850
Chiswick House and Gardens Trust 130,000
Green Light Trust 59,000
Horatio's Garden 45,000
King Charles lll Charitable Fund 140,000
National Opera Studio 49,419
Northern Ballet 49,400
Octagon Theatre 49,023
Royal College of Music 50,000
St Michael's Hospice - Basingstoke 46,600
Wildscreen Trust 50,000
Woodmeadow Trust 80,000
Grants payable up to £45,000 275,258
Older People
Britten Pears Arts 40,000
English National Ballet 40,000
Macular Disease Society 30,000
St Michael's Hospice - Basingstoke 50,000
Grants payable up to £20,000 49,000
Overseas
British Red Cross - Headquarters 50,000
Small Grants
Grants payable 106,077
Social Welfare
Amber Trust
64,000
Baobab Centre for Young Survivors in Exile 60,000
Cardboard Citizens 50,000
Clement James Centre 50,000
Crisis 60,000
Gingerbread 50,000
Hope for the Young 50,000

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Appendix A continued

House of St Barnabas-in-Soho/Only a Pavement Away 50,000
In Place of War 92,000
Live Music Now 50,000
Local Solutions 55,000
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 50,000
Refuaid 70,000
Refugee Council 70,000
Seenaryo 62,000
Streetwise Opera 50,000
Wigmore Hall Trust 50,000
Grants payable up to £50,000 584,500
8,890,331
Add: House of St Barnabas loan written off 54,983
Total as per note 4 as at 5 April 2024 8,945,314

As per Note 4. Analysis of Grants

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Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

Law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the charity's financial activities during the period and of its financial position at the end of the period. In preparing financial statements giving a true and fair view, the trustees should follow best practice and:

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 financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. 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 corporate and financial information included on the charity's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

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Independent Auditor’s Report to the Trustees of the Linbury Trust

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of the Linbury Trust (the ‘charity’) for the - year ended 5 April 2025 which comprise the statement of financial activities, balance sheet, statement of cash flows and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

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 financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements 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 financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements 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 Linbury Trust’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements 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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Other Information

The other information comprises the information included in the trustees’ annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, 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 financial statements 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 financial statements 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

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 statement of trustees’ responsibilities set out in the trustees’ annual report, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements 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 financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, 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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Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with regulations made under section 154 of that Act.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements 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 financial statements.

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 are set out below.

Capability of the audit in detecting irregularities

In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, our procedures included the following:

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of a potential bias and tested significant transactions that are unusual or those outside the normal course of business. Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealmenl. forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentalion. A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council's website at.. www.frc.org.uklauditorsresponsibilities. 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 section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and regulations made under section 154 of that Act. 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 auditof'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. Date.. 16 October 2025 Sayer Vincent LLP, Statutory Auditor Invicta House, 110 Golden Lane, LONDON, EC1Y OTG Sayer Vincent LLP is eligible to act as auditor in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006