2025-04-05-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 06 April 2024 To 05 April 2025

Charity name: Margaret Guido's Charitable Trust Charity registration number: 290503

Objectives and Activities

Objectives and Activities	Objectives and Activities	Objectives and Activities
SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document Para 1.17 The Trustees shall hold the capital and income of the Trust Fund upon trust to apply the income and all or such part or parts of the capital at such time or times and in such 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.
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 provides grants in accordance with the Will.
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.

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

Achievements and Performance

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Achievements and Performance	Achievements and Performance	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 totaling £35,400 to the following charities:  National Trust  Institution of Engineering and Tech

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41

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

Financial Review

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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 In addition to the free reserves the charity
financial position at the end has bank balances of £9,106 (2024:
£24,323) and investments valued at
of the period
£644,875 within the expendable endowment
fund which can be released to support the
activities of the charity.
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 The Trustees pursue a policy of maintaining
policy for holding reserves a free reserve available to be spent in the
furtherance of the charity’s objectives as
stating why they are held
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 £11,695 (2024:
£13,169).
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 N/A
reserves
Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 No funds in deficit
deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 N/A
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
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Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal Para 1.47 sources of funds (including any fundraising)

Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46	Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46	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’s trusts:	Description of charity’s trusts:	Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document Para 1.25 Trust deed dated 19 October 1984
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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Policies and procedures Para 1.51
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees
The charity’s organisational Para 1.51
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works
Relationship with any related Para 1.51 No trustee received any remuneration or
parties was reimbursed any expenses in the year
under review.
Ludlow Trust Company Limited was paid
£6,074 (2024: £5,573) for trust
administration and cash management
services during the year under review.
These fees are authorised under clause 15
of the trust deed.
Other
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Reference and Administrative details

Charity name Margaret Guido's Charitable Trust	Charity name Margaret Guido's Charitable Trust
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number 290503
Charity’s principal address	Ludlow Trust Co Ltd Tower Wharf Cheese Lane BRISTOL BS2 0JJ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
Ludlow Trust
1
Company Ltd
2
3
4
5
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Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name
Gary Collins
Walter Coxon
Ali Sarikhani
Ziba Sarikhani
Christopher Thurlow
Matthew Wickers
John Dennis (resigned 25th October
2024)
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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

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

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Type of adviser Name Address
Investment Managers Coutts 440 Strand, London, WC2R 0QS
Bankers Coutts 440 Strand, London, WC2R 0QS
Accountants Charter Tax Consulting 8th Floor, 1 Southampton Street, London,
Ltd WC2R 0LR
Independent Examiner Katie Wilson Blue Spire Limited, Cawley Priory, South
Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1SY
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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) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date
	Chris Thurlow
	On behalf of Ludlow Trust Company Ltd (Trustee)
	04 February 2026
	04 February 2026

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TRUST NAME CHARITY NO
Margaret Guido's Charitable Trust 290503
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 06/04/2024 05/04/2025
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Income from investments 17,852 - - 17,852 17,195
Income from Interest 1,453 - - 1,453 638
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 19,305 ] - - 19,305 17,833
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
Sale of investments - - 448,756 448,756 498,397
- - - - -
Sub total - - 448,756 448,756 498,397
Total receipts 19,305 - 448,756 468,061 516,230
A3 Payments
Charitable Payments 35,400 - - 35,400 34,032
Investment Management Fees + VAT - - 3,242 3,242 3,083
Trust Administration Fees + VAT 6,025 - - 6,025 5,547
Cash Management Fee 49 - - 49 26
Legal Fees - - - - 2
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total [ 41,474 ] - 3,242 44,716 42,690
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Investment purchases - - 440,036 440,036 457,147
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Sub total [ - ] - 440,036 440,036 457,147
Total payments 41,474 - 443,278 484,752 499,837
Net of receipts/(payments) - 22,169 - 5,478 - 16,691 16,393
A5 Transfers between funds 20,695 - - 20,695 - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 13,169 - 24,323 37,492 21,099
Cash funds this year end 11,695 - 9,106 20,801 37,492
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

04/02/2026

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets	Signature Capital account Income account Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Coutts portfolio Details Details	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - 11,695 - - - 11,695 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Endowment - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - Print Name Chris Thurlow on behalf of Ludlow Trust Company Limited (Trustee)	Endowment funds to nearest £ 9,106 - - 9,106 OK Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) 644,875 - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional) Date of approval 04 February 2026

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

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

04/02/2026

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Margaret Guido’s Charitable Trust

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 05 April 2025

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.

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.

Katie Wilson FCA Blue Spire Limited Cawley Priory South Pallant Chichester West Sussex PO19 1SY

Date

04 February 2026