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CHARITY NO: 299963

THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Peak 5 Wilton Road London SW1V 1AP

Contents Page
1 Legal and Administrative Details
2
2 Report of the Trustees
3-13
3 Independent Auditor’s Report
14-17
4 Statement of Financial Activities
18
5 Balance Sheet
19
6 Statement of Cash Flows
20
7 Notes to the Accounts
21-31

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Legal and administrative

The Woodward Charitable Trust (No. 299963) was established under a Trust Deed dated 26 July 1988 and became a registered charity with the Charity Commission in England and Wales on 9 September 1988.

Trustees
Registered
Office
Website
Principal
Officers
Bankers
Solicitors
Auditor
Investment
Advisers
Objects
Mrs C D Woodward
Mr S A Woodward
Mr T R G Hunniwood
Mrs E L D Mills (to 4 December 2023)
Miss O M V Woodward
Miss K M R Woodward
The Peak, 5 Wilton Road, London SW1V 1AP
www.woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk
Mrs K Everett
Chief Executive Officer
Mrs K Hooper Executive
Ms V Lye Trust Administrator
Royal Bank of Scotland
119 - 121 Victoria Street
London SW1E 6RA
BDB Pitmans LLP
1 Bartholomew Close
London EC1A 7BL
Sayer Vincent LLP
110 Golden Lane
London EC1Y 0TG
J P Morgan International Bank Limited
1 Knightsbridge
London SW1X 7LX
The objects of the Trust as given in the Trust Deed are for general charitable
purposes.

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Report of the Trustees

The Trustees present their report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 5 April 2024.

Legal and administrative information set out on page 2 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.

Organisation

The Woodward Charitable Trust is a grant-making trust and is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts, which share a common administration.

Trustees are appointed by the Settlor and are provided with relevant information relating to their responsibilities as Trustees. The Trustees are responsible for the overall direction and supervision of the Woodward Charitable Trust and set out the Trust’s strategy, grant-making policy and review proposals and approve grants.

The Trust remains primarily a UK funder. If Woodward funds overseas projects, it does this via UK charities which can ensure that funds are being well used. This year no grants were approved for work overseas (2023: none).

Grants are awarded to registered charities and organisations with charitable status, including Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs). Grants can also be awarded to Community Interest Companies (CICs), provided they are working purely for the benefit of the community.

Through its grant-making programme, the Trustees make grants for core costs rather than specific projects as they recognise that smaller charities can find these harder to raise funds for. As the Trust’s resources are modest, the Trustees prefer to fund small to medium-sized charities with an income of less than £200,000 where small grants can have more impact.

Out of the 470 online applications made this year, 308 were eligible for consideration and out of those, 184 (39%) were successful (2023: 37% were successful). 162 online applications were ineligible (34%) (2023: 39.5% were ineligible). There were 14 other grants approved this year that were initiated by the Trustees directly (2023: 14).

Areas of Funding

The Trustees fund charities that help families and young people and whose aims are to improve the life chances of the beneficiaries. They are keen to fund charitable organisations that promote community cohesion and the development of skills that will change the outlook and outcomes for their users. The Trust favours organisations which make good use of volunteers and encourage past and current service users to participate in their operations or management.

During the year, the Trustees concentrated their funding on organisations that aimed to have a positive impact in at least one of the following areas:

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Grant-Making Policy

The Trustees award three types of grants:

Trustees review general applications twice a year. These meetings tend to be in February/March and October. The children’s summer play scheme applications are considered in May/June.

Reserves Policy and Going Concern

The Trustees consider that, when possible, it is appropriate to hold free funds, both to meet the short-term working capital needs of the Trust and in anticipation of the potential payment of subsequent grant instalments. However, in the event that the Trustees find themselves unable to meet current commitments from unrestricted reserves, they would be willing to draw on expendable endowment in order to meet those commitments. As at 5 April 2024, the Trust held total funds of £12.3m (2023: £12.0m).

It is rare that Trustees approve grants for payment over more than one year, but should this happen, it would be subject to certain conditions over the life of the grant. Such payments expected to be made within 12 months of the year end are accrued in the accounts, whilst those due to be paid later than this are not accrued and are released when conditions attached to the grant are fulfilled. As at 5 April 2024, there were no grants due to be paid after 12 months of the year end

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(2023: £10,000). Cash flow projections for income and expenditure are regularly reviewed to ensure that the level of available reserves is adequate and that the Trust can meet all its commitments. The Trustees are not aware of any material uncertainties that would prevent the financial statements from being prepared on a going concern basis.

Investment Powers

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

Investment Policy and Performance

Trustees meet with their investment managers regularly to discuss investment strategy, to seek to ensure that the Trust’s income requirements are met, and that long-term capital growth is in line with relevant indices.

The Trustees have instructed their investment managers to manage the investments on a total return basis to generate long-term positive returns. During the period, the total return on the Trust’s investment portfolios was 6% (2023: -4%).

The Trustees recognise that their investments, as well as their distributions, have social impacts. Consequently, in line with what the Trustees believe to be both best philanthropic practice and prudent long-term financial management, the Trustees have instructed the investment manager to make all liquid investments within an explicitly sustainable framework. Similarly, the Trustees believe that social impact investing can make both good social and economic sense for the Trust. The current aim is that the Trust should hold up to 40% of its assets in investments with general social and/or environmental benefits.

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, systems are in place to manage such potential risks as the Trustees have identified. The Trustees continue to be vigilant and to keep processes under review.

Trustees have identified the uncertainty of financial returns to constitute the Trust’s major financial risk. This is mitigated by having a diversified financial portfolio under the management of a major investment house. The Trustees regularly review investment strategy and monitor financial performance. They also operate a grant distribution formula which helps to ensure the stability of resources for grant awards in any given year.

Another major risk is a misuse of funds by a charity beneficiary. To mitigate the risk, the Trustees normally restrict grants to charities registered with the Charity Commission (England and Wales) or equivalent bodies. The awards are made following a thorough assessment and grants are regularly monitored; multi-year grants are paid only on receipt of satisfactory progress reports.

Charity and Public Benefit

Trustees are aware of the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit and confirm that they have complied with the duty in Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to it. They consider the full information which follows in this annual report, about the Trust’s aims, activities

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and achievements in the many areas of interest that the Trust supports demonstrates the benefit to its beneficiaries, and through them to the public, that arise from those activities.

Charity Governance Code

Trustees are aware of the Charity Governance Code published in 2017 (updated in 2020) which sets out the principles and recommended practice for good governance within the sector. The Trust has reviewed 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.

Future Plans

The Trust will continue to support activities outlined in the Areas of Funding section above on pages 3 and 4. The Trustees will be mindful of the continuing cost of living crisis and how this will impact on many of the charities that are likely to apply in the forthcoming year.

Review of the Past Year

The Trustees met three times during the year to make grants.

The total income on unrestricted funds was £202,191, an increase of 51% over the previous year’s figure of £133,557. As the investments are managed on a total return basis, the pattern of income from investments may be uneven. As at 5 April 2024, an amount was transferred to income from expendable endowment of £128,178 (2023: £219,032).

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 the going concern basis.

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.

During the period, the Trustees approved 198 grants (2023: 191) totalling £270,154, all of which are payable within one year. Grants approved and payments made during the year may be analysed by number and by value in the categories set out below. Payments made relate to grants approved in this and earlier years.

New Grants Approved New Grants Approved Payments Made Payments Made
Number
£

£

Number
Children and Young People 79 111,745 123,995
84
Disadvantaged Families 56 75,300 75,290
62
Prisoners and Ex-offenders 11 14,950 11,700 9
Summer Schemes 44 34,950 34,950 44
Other 8 33,209 46,000 9
198 270,154 291,935 208

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THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST
5 April 20 24
New Grants Approved Payments Made
12% 16%
Children and Young People
Disadvantaged Families
13% 41% 42%
Prisoners and Ex-offenders 12%
6% Summer Schemes 4%
Other
26%
28%
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Grants paid during the year are listed below:

Children and Young People - £123,995

Children and Young People - £123,995
£
10 Count BoxingGym CIO 1,500
Ablaze Bristol 3,000
Activiteens 1,500
Afro-Brazilian Arts & Cultural Exchange Institute 1,000
AJ Sport AcademyCIC 1,000
Almeida Theatre 5,000
Anthem Music Fund Wales 600
ArtsandMind CIC 1,750
BasecampAdventure Trust 1,000
Biosphere Bikes 600
Bournemouth SymphonyOrchestra 5,000
Braintree Youth Project Charity 1,000
Bromsgrove Youth & CommunityHub 2,000
BulliesOut 1,500
Central GalaxyCoventryTrampoline Club CIO 600
Child's Vision 1,250
Choices 4 Growth 1,000
CommunityAlbums 1,000
CommunityPanthers CIC 1,000
Creative Opps CIO 600
CROPS 1,250
Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity 600
Escape Intervention Services Ltd 1,000
Escapeline 1,500
Explore Relationships 1,000
Friends of Yeovil CountryPark 500
Front Lounge 3,000
Game Changed Network CIC 1,500

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GINA Project CIC 1,000
Girls Against AnxietyCIC 1,000
Goldfields Organisation For Local Development Of Sport 1,000
Grange Festival,The 5,000
HappyKids 1,500
HarmonyVarietyClubs ltd 600
Hope4more CIC 600
Horizon Sports Club 1,000
Horizons(Plymouth) 600
Hothouse Theatre 1,250
Jacari 3,000
Jamie McDonnell Fight For Good CIC 1,500
Kids Space 600
Kinross-shire Youth Enterprise 600
Kool Carers South East Ltd 1,000
LET'S LOOC@THE HUB CIC 600
Luna Foundation CIC 2,995
Ms Independent Global CIC 1,000
MyBigCareer 5,000
Off The Grid Adventures CIC 1,000
Plan B AP CommunityInterest Company 1,250
PlayRadnor 1,000
PositivelyEmpowered Kids 1,000
PregnancyOptions Centre(Chichester) 1,500
Prodigal Bikes 1,250
ProgressayImpact CIC 1,000
Proton Foundation 1,750
Proudtobeme 1,000
Rationale Arts 1,000
Reanella Trust 1,250
Reconnect Education Project CIC 1,000
Royal National Theatre 5,000
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation 5,000
Sandwell Youth in Action 500
Set Them UpFoundation CIC 1,750
SK CommunityTrust 1,250
Sounds Like Chaos 1,000
Sparks of Success 1,000
Spirit Eagles CheerleadingCIC 1,000
Stand Against Violence 3,000
Success Club CIO 3,000
Sudden Productions 1,000
Swan Youth Project(Norfolk) 600
The Black and MinorityEthnic YoungPeople’s Project 1,000
The Hebe Foundation 1,000
The Juno Project 600

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The Kennington Association Limited 2,000
Tor Support Services 1,000
Urban Uprising 600
Visionaries Education CIC 1,000
Walk Tall - Therapeutic PlayServices CIC 700
Warnborough Foundation 900
Winchester Street Reach 1,000
Windmills - Acute Bereavement Support for Children & Young People 1,000
in Staffordshire
YoungSpeakers Scotland 2,000
Youth on the Move(London) 1,000

Disadvantaged Families - £75,290

£
All Yours Period Box CIC 1,500
BabyLoss Retreat 1,000
BromleyBrighter Beginnings 1,000
Brown Sisters CIC(tradingas Dora Brown) 1,750
Broxtowe CommunityProjects 1,000
Capa First Response CIC 1,000
Children First FamilyMediation 1,000
Close-Knit CIC 1,000
DiversifyEducation and Communities CIC 600
Eastleigh Child Contact Centre 600
Ein Cegin CIC 1,000
EPIC Dad CommunityInterest Company 1,500
FamilySupport Derbyshire 1,000
GAP - A Thanet CommunityProject 1,250
Give. Help. Share. 1,500
Gloucester Child Contact Centre 500
Happyand HealthyTrust 600
Havens CommunityHub CIC 600
Headroom - YoungPeople's Charity 600
Home-Start Banbury,Bicester & ChippingNorton 1,000
Home-Start Blackmore Vale 600
Home-Start Haringey,Hackneyand Waltham Forest 1,000
Home-Start Kincardine 600
Home-Start Teignbridge 2,250
Home-Start Telford and Wrekin(twogrants) 2,500
Home-Start Torridge and North Devon 1,000
Home-Start Walsall 2,250
Home-Start Winchester and Districts 1,500
Hope for Families 600
Kith'n'Kin CIC 1,000

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L & L Advice Service CIC 2,000
Little Stars BabyBank 1,500
Maddie's Miracle 1,500
Mamahood Space 600
Mothers' Springboard Programme 1,750
Muirhead Outreach Project 1,750
New Leaf Support 600
Northumberland CommunityEnterprise Limited 600
Nurture Families CIC 1,000
NW NappyCollaborative CIC 2,000
ParentingNetwork CIC 2,040
Petworth CommunityGarden CIC 1,000
PregnancyCounsellingand Care(Scotland) 1,000
Project Food 3,000
Purple Elephant FamilySupport CIO 500
Quiet Down There 1,500
Re:Charge R&R 1,000
REACH CIC 600
SHAPE 1,000
Shared ParentingScotland SCIO 1,750
Sherwood Park Hall CIC 600
Support ME Maternal Project CIC 1,500
SupportingOur Community 600
Tarka Child Contact Centre 1,500
The CommunityHub 1,500
The Mindful Parenting& CommunityProject CIC 1,000
The River Manchester 1,000
TotRockinBeats CIC 5,000
TurningCorners 1,000
We Are Family 1,000
Women TodayNorth East 600

Prisoners and Ex-Offenders - £11,700

£
Inverclyde Faith in Throughcare 1,000
Kent Enterprise Trust 1,500
New Hall Kidz 1,500
Prison FamilySupport 600
Proclaim Trust 3,000
Prodigal Arts 600
Sussex Prisoners' Families 1,000
The CIP Project CIC 1,000
Think Through Nutrition(Institute for Food,Brain & Behaviour) 1,500

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Summer Schemes - £34,950 Summer Schemes - £34,950
£
African CommunityHeritage Hub Ltd
600
All Sorts of PerformingArts CIC
750
Andalucia LearningCentre
750
Balintore & District Residents Group
750
Banana Enterprise Network Ltd
750
Believe Achieve CIC
1,200
Bright Park
750
Brocagh After School Club Ltd
750
BusyBuddies
750
Carnagat Area CommunityAssociation
750
CommunityNetwork and Outreach Service CIC
750
Duncombe Street CommunityHouse
750
Flash Musicals
1,200
Friends of MendipSchool PTA
750
Hands On Carers Charity
750
Hillwood CommunityTrust
750
House of Hope Enterprise
750
Infinite WellbeingCIC
750
InterActive Whitby& District
750
Jhankar Beats
750
Kids Festival CIC
750
Kirklees Summer Playscheme Camp
750
Life Changers Foundation
750
LivingHope Belfast
750
Malvern Cube Projects
750
Mill Lane PrimarySchool
750
MusicOnWheels CIC
750
Netherthird CommunityDevelopment Group
750
North Berwick Youth Project
750
NorthQueensferryCommunityComplex
750
People Empowered CIC
750
PlayCenter Glasgow CIC
750
Power House CommunityNetwork
750
ProActive CommunityEndeavour
750
Serens Wish
750
Shiremoor Adventure Playground Trust
1,200
SiMY CommunityDevelopment
1,200
South Oxford Adventure Playground
750
Sports Fun 4 All
750
The H.O.M.E. At School Association Limited
750
The Mentor Ring
750
The Together Centre
1,200
Tower Hamlets Parents Centre
750
WhitleyBayYoungPeoples Centre
600

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Other - £46,000
£
Glyndebourne Productions Ltd(twogrants)
20,000
Grange Park Opera
5,000
London Academyof Music & Dramatic Art(LAMDA)
3,000
Our Dementia Choir
2,000
Paul Cottingham Trust
3,000
Reprieve
3,000
The SainsburyArchive
5,000
UniversityCollege London Hospitals Charity
5,000
£
Glyndebourne Productions Ltd(twogrants)
20,000
Grange Park Opera
5,000
London Academyof Music & Dramatic Art(LAMDA)
3,000
Our Dementia Choir
2,000
Paul Cottingham Trust
3,000
Reprieve
3,000
The SainsburyArchive
5,000
UniversityCollege London Hospitals Charity
5,000

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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.

The Trustees’ Report has been approved by the Trustees on 28 November 2024 and signed on their behalf by:

…………………………………………………………………………………………… TRUSTEE

Camilla Woodward

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Independent auditor’s report to the Trustees of The Woodward Charitable Trust

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of The Woodward Charitable Trust (the ‘charity’) for the year ended 5 April 2024 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 Woodward Charitable 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.

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

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Independent auditor’s report to the Trustees of The Woodward Charitable Trust (continued)

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.

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

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Independent auditor’s report to the Trustees of The Woodward Charitable Trust (continued)

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:

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 noncompliance 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 concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities . This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

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Independent auditor’s report to the Trustees of The Woodward Charitable Trust (continued)

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 auditor’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 24 January 2025

Sayer Vincent LLP, Statutory Auditor

110 Golden Lane, London, EC1Y 0TG

Sayer Vincent LLP is eligible to act as auditor in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006

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Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 5 April 2024

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Unrestricted Expendable Total Funds Total Funds
Notes Funds Endowment 2024 2023
£ £ £ £
Income from:
Donations 25,000 - 25,000 -
Investments 3 177,191 - 177,191 133,557
Total Income 202,191 - 202,191 133,557
Expenditure:
Cost of raising funds:
-
Investment management costs 72,557 72,557 78,097
Charitable activities:
Grant-making:
Grant expenditure 4 257,945 - 257,945 283,519
Grant related support costs 5 72,424 - 72,424 69,070
Total Expenditure 330,369 72,557 402,926 430,686
Net expenditure before (128,178) (72,557) (200,735) (297,129)
gains/(losses) on investments
Net gains/(losses) on investments 8 - 499,923 499,923 (518,804)
-
Exchange and currency gains/(losses) 40,910 40,910 (165,111)
Transfers between funds 11 128,178 (128,178) - -
Net movement in funds - 340,098 340,098 (981,044)
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward - 12,033,116 12,033,116 13,014,160
Total funds carried forward - 12,373,214 12,373,214 12,033,116
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The notes on pages 21-31 form part of these accounts.

All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above.

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Balance Sheet as at 5 April 2024

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Notes 2024 2023
£ £ £
Fixed Assets
Tangible fixed assets 7 1,388 1,851
Investments 8 12,464,614 11,986,050
12,466,002 11,987,901
Current Assets
Debtors 9 - 104,165
Cash at bank and in hand 503 94,400
503 198,565
Current Liabilities
Creditors - amounts falling due within 1 year 10 93,291 153,350
Net Current (Liabilities)/Assets (92,788) 45,215
Net Assets 12,373,214 12,033,116
Capital Funds
Expendable endowment 11 12,373,214 12,033,116
Income Funds
Unrestricted funds 11 - -
12,373,214 12,033,116
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The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees on 28 November 2024 and were signed on their behalf by:

…………………………………………………………………………….. TRUSTEE

Camilla Woodward

The notes on pages 21-31 form part of these accounts.

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Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended 5 April 2024

Cash flows from operating activities: Cash flows from operating activities: Cash flows from operating activities:
Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends and interest
Purchase of investments
Sale of investments
Net cash (used in)/provided by investing activities
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Change in cash and cash equivalents due to exchange rate movements
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
Reconciliation of net expenditure to net cash flow from operating activities
Net movement in funds (as per the statement of financial activities)
(Gains)/losses on investments
Dividends and interest
Depreciation charges
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
Decrease in creditors
Exchange and currency (gains)/losses
Net cash used in operating activities
Analysis of the balance of cash as shown in the balance sheet
Cash at bank and in hand
Cash held for reinvestment (as per note 8)
503
94,400
(93,897)
36,698
403,689
(366,991)
37,201
498,089
(460,888)

The notes on pages 21-31 form part of these accounts.

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Notes to the Accounts

1. Charitable Status

The Woodward Charitable Trust is an unincorporated charity, registered in England and Wales with the Charity Commission (registration number 299963). The address of the registered office is 5 Wilton Road, London, SW1V 1AP.

2. Accounting Policies

a) Basis of preparation

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.

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.

The Trust constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.

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

b) Income

iii) Interest is included when receivable.

c) Expenditure

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2. Accounting Policies (continued)

that they will receive a grant and the trustees have agreed to pay the grant without condition, or the recipient has a reasonable expectation that they will receive a grant and that any condition attaching to the grant is outside of the control of the charity.

The view of the Trustees is that any instalments payable within 12 months of the reporting date are expected to be paid regardless of the status of attached conditions and so these are accrued. Any payments due in more than 12 months from the reporting date, where conditions exist that have not been met at the reporting date, are not accrued but are reported as an unaccrued future commitment.

d) Investments

e) Fixed Assets

Fixed assets are capitalised where the purchase price exceeds £5,000 and depreciated at rates which reflect their useful life to the Trust. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the outstanding life of the lease at the time the work was completed. The following rates have been used:

Leasehold improvements - 14.28% per annum

f) Financial Instruments

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2. Accounting Policies (continued)

g) Cash and cash equivalents

h) Exchange and currency gains and losses

i) Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

3. Investment Income

Income received on investments may be analysed as follows:

Fixed interest
Equities
Social impact investments
Bank deposit interest
2024
2023
£
%
£
%
148,240
84
90,762
68
3,042
2
13,177
10
23,373
13
25,059
19
2,536
1
4,559
3
177,191
100
133,557
100

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4. Grants Payable

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2024 2023
£ £ £ £
Reconciliation of grants payable:
Commitments at 6 April 2023 94,040 116,500
Grants not accrued at 6 April 2023 10,000 30,000
Grants approved in the period 270,154 273,519
Grants cancelled in the period - (10,000)
Grants not accrued at 5 April 2024 (22,209) (10,000)
Grants payable for the period 257,945 283,519
Net grants (paid)/refunded during the period (291,935) (305,979)
Commitments at 5 April 2024 60,050 94,040
Commitments at 5 April 2024 are payable as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
Within one year (note 10) 60,050 94,040
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As mentioned in our accounting policies (note 2c), any grants due to be paid in more than 12 months from the reporting date are not accrued but are reported as an unaccrued future commitment. As at 5 April 2024, there were no grants which met this criteria (2023: £10,000) however grants totalling £22,209 were not accrued as expenditure as they were cancelled shortly after the reporting date.

A list of grants payable is included in Appendix A.

5. Allocation of Support Costs

Staff costs
2024
2024
2024
2023
Grant- Governance
Total
Total
Making
Allocated
Allocated
£
£
£
£
49,680
1,893
51,573
47,944
8,882
-
8,882
8,152
2,746
-
2,746
4,711
463
-
463
463
-
8,760
8,760
7,800
Share of joint office costs
Direct costs including travel
Depreciation
Auditor's remuneration*
61,771
10,653
72,424
69,070

*Auditor's remuneration excluding VAT was £7,300 (2023: £6,500).

Included within support costs for 2023 were governance costs totalling £9,306. This was comprised of staff costs of £1,506 and auditor's remuneration of £7,800.

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6. Analysis of Saff Costs

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2024 2023
£ £
Salaries and wages 41,917 39,225
Social security costs 4,822 4,618
Other pension costs 4,834 4,101
51,573 47,944
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The Trust is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts which share a joint administration at the Registered Office. 0.5% of the total support and administration costs of these trusts have been allocated to The Woodward Charitable Trust (2023: 0.5%), including a proportionate share of the costs of employing the total number of staff serving in the office in 2023/24.

The actual number of staff employed during the period was 8, all on a part-time basis (2023: 7). This was equivalent to 0.7 full-time employees (2023: 0.7). The Trust considers its key management personnel to comprise the Principal Officers. The total employment benefits (attributed to the Trust) including employer pension contributions, of these personnel were £32,790 (2023: £31,609). No employee of the Trust earned in excess of £60,000 (2023: none).

7. Tangible Fixed Assets

Leasehold Improvements

Tangible Fixed Assets
Leasehold Improvements
Cost
Cost at 6 April 2023
Disposals
At 5 April 2024
Depreciation
At 6 April 2023
Disposals
Charge for the period
At 5 April 2024
Net Book Value
At 5 April 2024
At 5 April 2023
2024
2023
£
£
3,240
14,440
-
(11,200)
3,240
3,240
1,389
12,126
-
(11,200)
463
463
1,852
1,389
1,388
1,851
1,851
2,314

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8. Fixed Asset Investments

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2024 2023
£ £
Market value at 6 April 2023 11,451,647 13,296,738
Less: Disposals at proceeds (6,891,596) (10,060,103)
Add: Acquisitions at cost 7,375,710 8,733,816
Net gains/(losses) on investments 499,923 (518,804)
Market value at 5 April 2024 12,435,684 11,451,647
Forward exchange contracts (7,768) 130,714
Cash held for reinvestment 36,698 403,689
Total Investments 12,464,614 11,986,050
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The investments held as at 5 April 2024 were as follows:

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2024 2023
Cost Market Cost Market
Value Value
£ £ £ £
Fixed Income 5,034,630 5,134,529 4,782,925 4,781,408
Equities 2,850,192 3,399,479 2,791,389 2,895,289
Alternative Investments 254,670 272,782 222,906 308,596
Social Impact Investments 2,425,010 3,628,894 2,119,427 3,466,354
10,564,502 12,435,684 9,916,647 11,451,647
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During the year, £160,000 (2023: £770,000) was withdrawn from the investment portfolio to cover the Trust's commitments.

The Trust has entered into commitments to invest in private equity funds (social impact investments). At the balance sheet date outstanding commitments totalled £1.3 million (2023: £1.6 million).

As part of the overall management of funds, the investment managers have entered into commitments to sell a total of USD 2,440,000 EUR 350,000 and JPY 37,500,000 under forward rate contracts at 5 April 2024 (2023: sell USD 4,119,673, EUR 400,000 and JPY 33,250,000).

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9. Debtors

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2024 2023
£ £
Other debtors - 104,165
- 104,165
10. Creditors
2024 2023
£ £
Grants payable within one year 60,050 94,040
Professional charges 8,760 7,800
Investment management fee 6,252 51,510
Other creditors 18,229 -
93,291 153,350
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11. Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds

Fund balances at 5 April 2024 are represented by:
Tangible fixed assets
Investments
Current assets
Current liabilities
Total net assets
Movement in the year
Opening balance as at 6 April 2023
Total income and endowments
Cost of raising funds
Cost of grant-making
Net gains on investments
Exchange and currency gains
Transfers between funds *
Closing balance as at 5 April 2024
Unrestricted
Expendable
Totals
Funds
Endowment
2024
£
£
£
-
1,388
1,388
-
12,464,614 12,464,614
68,810
(68,307)
503
(68,810)
(24,481)
(93,291)
-
12,373,214 12,373,214
-
12,033,116 12,033,116
202,191
-
202,191
-
(72,557)
(72,557)
(330,369)
-
(330,369)
-
499,923
499,923
-
40,910
40,910
128,178
(128,178)
-
-
12,373,214 12,373,214

*During the year, there was a deficit of income over expenditure on the unrestricted funds of £128,178 (2023: £219,032). This has been funded by a transfer from expendable endowment.

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12. Comparative Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds for the Year Ended 5 April 2023

Fund balances at 5 April 2023 are represented by:
Tangible fixed assets
Investments
Current assets
Current liabilities
Total net assets
Movement in the year
Opening balance as at 6 April 2022
Total income and endowments
Cost of raising funds
Cost of grant-making
Net losses on investments
Exchange and currency losses
Transfers between funds*
Closing balance as at 5 April 2023
Unrestricted
Expendable
Totals
Funds
Endowment
2023
£
£
£
-
1,851
1,851
-
11,986,050 11,986,050
101,840
96,725
198,565
(101,840)
(51,510)
(153,350)
-
12,033,116 12,033,116
-
13,014,160 13,014,160
133,557
-
133,557
-
(78,097)
(78,097)
(352,589)
-
(352,589)
-
(518,804)
(518,804)
-
(165,111)
(165,111)
219,032
(219,032)
-
-
12,033,116 12,033,116

*During the year, there was a deficit of income over expenditure on the unrestricted funds of £219,032. This was funded by a transfer from expendable endowment.

13. Related Party Transactions

There are no related party transactions in the reporting period which require disclosure.

No Trustees received any remuneration for their services or any expenses during the year (2023: none).

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14. Comparative Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 5 April 2023

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Unrestricted Expendable Total Funds
Funds Endowment 2023
£ £
Income
Investments 133,557 - 133,557
Total Income 133,557 - 133,557
Expenditure
Cost of raising funds:
Investment management costs - 78,097 78,097
Charitable activities:
Grant-making:
Grant expenditure 283,519 - 283,519
Grant related support costs 69,070 - 69,070
Total Expenditure 352,589 78,097 430,686
Net expenditure before losses on investments (219,032) (78,097) (297,129)
Net losses on investments - (518,804) (518,804)
Exchange and currency losses - (165,111) (165,111)
Transfers between funds 219,032 (219,032) -
Net movement in funds - (981,044) (981,044)
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward - 13,014,160 13,014,160
Total funds carried forward - 12,033,116 12,033,116
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Appendix A

Grants Payable

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

Children & Young People
Ablaze Bristol
Almeida Theatre
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Grange Festival, The
Luna Foundation CIC
MyBigCareer
Royal National Theatre
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation
Visionaries Education CIC
Grants up to £2,500 were also payable totalling
Disadvantaged Families
Brixton Soup Kitchen
Dads Rock
Free Legal Advice Group for Domestic Violence (Flag DV)
Safe Passage International
Wiltshire Women Empowerment Program
Grants up to £2,500 were also payable totalling
Prisoners and Ex-Offenders
Proclaim Trust
Grants up to £2,500 were also payable totalling
Summer Schemes
44 grants were payable totalling
Other
Glyndebourne Productions Ltd
Grange Park Opera
Our Dementia Choir
Paul Cottingham Trust
Reprieve
The Sainsbury Archive
University College London Hospitals Charity
UWL (University of West London)
Wigmore Hall Trust
Total grants payable per Statement of Financial Activities:
£
3,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
2,995
5,000
5,000
5,000
3,000
77,750
3,000
3,000
3,000
5,000
3,000
58,300
3,000
11,950
34,950
10,000
5,000
2,000
3,000
3,000
5,000
5,000
(20,000)
3,000
257,945

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Appendix A

Grants Payable

The amount payable for the year ended 5 April 2023 consisted of the following:

£
Children and Young People
Almeida Theatre
Be Kind Movement
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Front Lounge
Jacari
La Salle Hotel School Liverpool C.I.C.
MyBigCareer
National Theatre
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation
Stand Against Violence
Success Club CIO
The Grange Festival
Grants up to £2,500 were also payable totalling
Disadvantaged Families
Project Food
Twinkleboost CIC
TotRockinBeats CIC
Grants up to £2,500 were also payable totalling
Prisoners and Ex-Offenders
DWRM Consultants
Not Beyond Redemption
Project Turn-Over UK
Grants up to £2,500 were also payable totalling
Summer Schemes
22 grants were payable totalling
Other
Glyndebourne Productions Ltd
Grange Festival
Human Dignity Trust
London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA)
The Sainsbury Archive
UWL (University of West London)
Wigmore Hall Trust
Grants up to £2,500 were also payable totalling
Total grants payable per Statement of Financial Activities
5,000
3,000
5,000
3,000
6,000
3,000
10,000
3,000
5,000
3,000
3,000
5,000
67,750
3,000
3,000
5,000
60,059
5,000
3,000
3,000
7,750
20,960
10,000
10,000
(10,000)
4,000
10,000
20,000
3,000
4,000
283,519

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