CHARITY NO: 299963
## **THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST**
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Peak 5 Wilton Road London SW1V 1AP
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|**Contents**||**Page**|
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|**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
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 to October 2024
Ms C Hobbs
Assistant Trust Executive from September 2024
Ms V Lye
Trust Administrator to October 2024
Royal Bank of Scotland
36 St Andrew Square
Edinburgh EH2 2YB
Broadfield Law UK 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 2025.
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 projects outside of the UK, it typically does this via UK partners who can support the administration of the funds. This year no grants were approved for work outside of the UK (2024: 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 mainly 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 820 online applications made this year, 789 were eligible for consideration and out of those, 176 (21%) were successful (2024: 39% were successful). There were 14 other grants approved this year that were initiated by the Trustees directly (2024: 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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## **Report of the Trustees (continued)**
- **Children and young people** who are isolated, at risk of exclusion or involved in anti-social behaviour and projects to help those who have been in the care system. This also covers gang violence and knife crime, education and mentoring as well as projects that work to raise self-esteem and employment opportunities and encourage an active involvement in and contribution towards the local community;
- **Disadvantaged families** , this covers parenting support and guidance, mental health, food poverty, refuges and domestic violence projects.
- **Prisoners, ex-offenders and families of ex-offenders** , specifically projects that maintain and develop contact with prisoners’ families and help with the rehabilitation and resettlement of prisoners and/or ex-offenders after their release.
- **Children’s summer playschemes,** locally run playschemes that provide a wide-ranging programme of activities such as crafts and cooking, or outdoor activities and sport. The schemes cater for children from disadvantaged backgrounds and/or marginalised areas.
- **Other** Although Woodward’s grant-making continues to be primarily reactive, some projects were initiated by the Trustees directly and fall outside the main areas selected for grant-making.
## **Grant-Making Policy**
The Trustees award three types of grants:
- **Small grants** (£250 - £5,000); 186 grants were approved this year (2024: 153).
- **Large grants** (over £5,000); 4 grants were approved this year (2024: 1). Large grants are only made to charities known to the Trustees
- **Children's summer play scheme grants** , (£500 - £2,000); 34 grants were approved this year (2024: 44).
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 2025, the Trust held total funds of £11.8m (2024: £12.3m).
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## **Report of the Trustees (continued)**
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 2025, there were 2 grants due to be paid after 12 months of the year end (2024: £nil). 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 -1% (2024: 6%).
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.
Major risks considered by Trustees include the potential loss of institutional knowledge due to the departure or early retirement of senior staff, inadequate workforce planning affecting talent acquisition and retention, and the threat of cyberattacks targeting the Charity’s core data platforms. To mitigate these, the organisation is implementing succession planning, improving its knowledge retention through improving documentation and role overlap, and promoting staff wellbeing. Talent risks are addressed through the provision of learning opportunities for staff, and the development of career pathways, inclusive policies, and pay progression frameworks.
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## **Report of the Trustees (continued)**
Contingency plans have been developed to ensure the continuity of IT operations in the event its critical technology services are disrupted.
## **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 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 review its guidelines to ensure its grantmaking approach best supports organisations working in its priority areas. The Trustees will be mindful of the number of applications the Trust receives at what continues to be a challenging time for many of the organisations 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 £244,528, an increase of 21% over the previous year’s figure of £202,191. As the investments are managed on a total return basis, the pattern of income from investments may be uneven. As at 5 April 2025, an amount was transferred to income from expendable endowment of £155,139 (2024: £128,178).
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 190 grants (2024: 198) totalling £365,900. 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.
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||**New Grants Approved**|**New Grants Approved**|**Payments Made**|**Payments Made**|
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||**Number**|**£**|**£**|**Number**|
|Children and Young People|84|£121,800|£115,000|76|
|Disadvantaged Families|55|£81,100|£93,650|61|
|Prisoners and Ex-offenders|3|£5,450|£8,700|5|
|Summer Schemes|34|£36,550|£33,750|32|
|Other|14|£121,000|84,000|16|
||190|£365,900|£335,100|190|
A refund of £1,100 was received from Drama in Mind in the year towards the Summer Schemes, total net grant paid and refunded £334,00.
## **Grants paid during the year are listed below:**
## **Children and Young People - £115,000**
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|4-22 Foundation|1750|
|A spark in the dark ltd|1200|
|Action East Devon|1200|
|Active Communities CIC|1300|
|Activiteens|2500|
|Adnan JafferyEducational Trust|1200|
|After18|1750|
|All Ears MHA C.I.C|2500|
|Ashton Vale Club for YoungPeople|1200|
|BigFutures Foundation|1200|
|Blossoms London LTD|1200|
|Bluebells CommunityClub|1300|
|Brave Words CIC|1200|
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|Brightpaths Support CIC|1200|
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|Britannia Youth Organisation CIC|1250|
|Building4Hope|1200|
|Champions Community Sport and Health|1000|
|CIC||
|Change Birmingham Brief Therapy|1500|
|Collyhurst & Moston BoxingClub|3000|
|Creative Opps CIO|1300|
|Creative Optimistic Visions CIC|1300|
|Creative Sparkworks|1750|
|CRESST (Conflict Resolution Education in|2000|
|Sheffield Schools Training)||
|DizzyHeights Staffs C.I.C.|1300|
|Elevate Her UK|1300|
|Escapeline|3000|
|Estudiantes CIO|1200|
|Evergreen PlayAssociation|1750|
|Evolution CommunitySports CoachingCIC|1200|
|Find Your Feet Careers & Enterprises CIC|1200|
|Friends Forever Europe|1300|
|Future For All|1300|
|Future Transformation|1300|
|Grounded Sounds (formerly School Ground|
1750|
|Sounds)||
|Hartcliffe Club for YoungPeople|1200|
|HeadsupMental Health Awareness CIC|1200|
|Heritage CharityLondon|1750|
|Heritage CharityLondon|1750|
|Highlights|1300|
|In The Mix Youth Project|1300|
|Kids Konnect Ltd.|1300|
|League Leaders|1500|
|Mentor Link|1200|
|Mold BoxingCIC|1000|
|MyBigCareer|5000|
|One Tenth Human|1750|
|Oxfordshire DiscoveryCollege|1200|
|Peer2Peer Education CIC|2000|
|People Empowered CIC|1750|
|Pimlico Musical Foundation|1200|
|Project Rewild CIC|1300|
|Proudtobeme|1200|
|Reconnect Education Project CIC|1750|
|Resolve Now|1200|
|Revolution Youth|1300|
|RicNic|1000|
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|Ripple Workshop|1400|
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|Rise Youth CoachingCIC|1300|
|ROKT Foundation|1300|
|Root-and-Branch Out CIC|1200|
|StrathspeyWorks - Grantown Remakery|1300|
|SupportingCarers and Families Together|1750|
|SURT NE|1200|
|Survivors Can Shine CIC|1200|
|Teens Trailblazers|1200|
|The Birch Collective|1750|
|The GoodWork GroupCIC|1750|
|The London ReadingCentre(TLRC)|1750|
|Thunder Projects CIC|1200|
|Totnes Rural Area Youth Engagement|1300|
|(TRAYE)Project||
|Visionaries Education CIC|3000|
|WeJam Foundation|1200|
|Well Kneaded Foundation|1750|
|Windmill Trust|1200|
|YoungCarers Development Trust(YCDT)|750|
|Youthlife|1750|
## **Disadvantaged Families - £93,650**
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|BabyBasics Northampton|1250|
|Barnet Lone Parent Centre|2500|
|Begin Well|1750|
|Berin Centre|1200|
|Bourne FamilyProject|1000|
|Brixton SoupKitchen|3000|
|Catalyst Collective|2500|
|Celebration Church|1200|
|CommunityCounsellingCIC|1200|
|CommunityWelfare Services|1300|
|CookingChampions|1750|
|Cycle of Life Ltd|1200|
|Dads Rock|3000|
|Explore PartnershipCIC|1200|
|FamilySupport Derbyshire|2500|
|Food For Families|1750|
|Forth ValleyWelcome|1300|
|Free Legal Advice Groupfor Domestic Violence(FlagDV)|3000|
|Get Me Out The Four Walls|1200|
|High Peak BabyBank|1200|
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|Home-Start Blackmore vale|1200|
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|Home-Start High Peak|1200|
|Home-Start North Down|2500|
|Home-Start North East Worcestershire|1200|
|Home-Start South Wiltshire|1000|
|Home-Start Telford and Wrekin|1200|
|Hope for Families|1000|
|House of SerenityWomen’s Resource Centre|1200|
|Ignite Life|1200|
|Inspire Women Men and Children|1300|
|Just For Women Centre CIC|1250|
|KeepActive(NE)CIC|1500|
|Kent Enterprise Trust|1200|
|Livestock|1200|
|LivingTruth CIC|1200|
|Lorn ToyLibrary|1500|
|Love Sport Foundation CIC|2500|
|Maa Shanti|1200|
|Merseyside Housing& Debt Advice CIC|1300|
|Moortown West CommunityAssociation|1200|
|Mothers Matter C.I.C|1200|
|No Fuss Meals for BusyParents CIC|1000|
|North Star CounsellingCommunityInterest Company|1000|
|Nurture Families CIC|1200|
|Ozer Umagen|1200|
|Paths Through Change C.I.C.|1750|
|Physical Empowerment CIC|2500|
|PlayCenter Glasgow CIC|1250|
|Quiet Down There|1500|
|Rainbow BabyBank|1200|
|Re:Charge R&R|1200|
|Smethwick CAN|1000|
|The Birth Republic CIC|1600|
|The CommunityHub|1300|
|The Kings Hedges FamilySupport Project|1750|
|Tidal FamilySupport|1250|
|Trauma Informed Parenting|3000|
|Wayfinder Woman Trust|1200|
|Westwood 2015 Ltd|1300|
|Wiltshire Women Empowerment Program|3000|
|Windfall Centre Ltd|1200|
## **Prisoners and Ex-Offenders - £8,700**
**£**
Evole Recovery Homes 1500
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|Feltham CommunityChaplaincyTrust|1750|
|New Hall Kidz LTD(PlayFacility)|2500|
|Reformed Development CIC|1750|
|Therapeuticproductions CIC|1200|
||**Summer Schemes - £33,750**|
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Azamrahyouth club
1100
Bishopston PlayAssociation
1500
Bluebells CommunityClub
1100
Brocagh After School Club Ltd
550
BusyBuddies
1500
Club Ekta CIC
1100
CoventryRugbyCommunityFoundation
1500
Crescent Summer School CIC
1100
Crossbar Foundation
800
Daisies Kids Club
1100
Drama in Mind CIC
1100
Eastside Centre
800
Elite CommunityHub CIC
800
Fusion Familyand Youth Projects
1500
H.O.M.E. at School Association Ltd
1100
I4YPC
800
Inclusive Homework Club
1100
Inspire Arts Trust
1100
InspiringLearningFoundation
1100
Kids Konnect Ltd.
1200
Kilmarnock YMCA Plus SCIO
1500
Kindle Corner
800
MENFA MentoringFor All
1100
NewryStreet Unite Limited
1100
Northern Counties Development Association
800
Parallel Youth Enterprise
1100
Sunahs Crisis Team
800
Team Mushin
1100
Waulkmill Menagerie
800
West View Project Children and Young People's Activity
Centre
1100
WN7 Outreach CIC
800
Youth Ngage Kent CIC
800|
||£|
||Azamrahyouth club
1100|
||Bishopston PlayAssociation
1500|
||Bluebells CommunityClub
1100|
||Brocagh After School Club Ltd
550|
||BusyBuddies
1500|
||Club Ekta CIC
1100|
||CoventryRugbyCommunityFoundation
1500|
||Crescent Summer School CIC
1100|
||Crossbar Foundation
800|
||Daisies Kids Club
1100|
||Drama in Mind CIC
1100|
||Eastside Centre
800|
||Elite CommunityHub CIC
800|
||Fusion Familyand Youth Projects
1500|
||H.O.M.E. at School Association Ltd
1100|
||I4YPC
800|
||Inclusive Homework Club
1100|
||Inspire Arts Trust
1100|
||InspiringLearningFoundation
1100|
||Kids Konnect Ltd.
1200|
||Kilmarnock YMCA Plus SCIO
1500|
||Kindle Corner
800|
||MENFA MentoringFor All
1100|
||NewryStreet Unite Limited
1100|
||Northern Counties Development Association
800|
||Parallel Youth Enterprise
1100|
||Sunahs Crisis Team
800|
||Team Mushin
1100|
||Waulkmill Menagerie
800|
||West View Project Children and Young People's Activity
Centre
1100|
||WN7 Outreach CIC
800|
||Youth Ngage Kent CIC
800|
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**Other - £84,000**
|**Other - £84,000**||
|---|---|
||£|
|Almeida Theatre|5000|
|Compassion in Dying|4000|
|Glyndebourne Productions Ltd|10000|
|Grange Festival,The|5000|
|Grange Park Opera|5000|
|Human DignityTrust|5000|
|London Academyof Music & Dramatic Art(LAMDA)|1000|
|London Academyof Music & Dramatic Art(LAMDA)|15000|
|Paul Cottingham Trust|3000|
|Reprieve|3000|
|Royal National Theatre|5000|
|Safe Passage International|5000|
|Terrence Higgins Trust|10,000|
|Wigmore Hall Trust|3000|
|The SainsburyArchive|5000|
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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:
- Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently
- Observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP
- Make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
- State whether applicable UK Accounting Standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements
- Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
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 17 November 2025 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 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:
- Give a true and fair view of the state of the charity’s affairs as at 5 April 2025 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, for the year then ended
- Have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice
- Have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
## **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:
- The information given in the trustees’ annual report is inconsistent in any material respect with the financial statements;
- Sufficient accounting records have not been kept; or
- The financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- We have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit
## **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.
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## **Independent auditor’s report to the Trustees of the Woodward Charitable Trust (continued)**
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:
- We enquired of management and the board of trustees, which included obtaining and reviewing supporting documentation, concerning the charity’s policies and procedures relating to:
- Identifying, evaluating, and complying with laws and regulations and whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance;
- Detecting and responding to the risks of fraud and whether they have knowledge of any actual, suspected, or alleged fraud;
- The internal controls established to mitigate risks related to fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations.
- We inspected the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.
- We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the charity operates in, focusing on those laws and regulations that had a material effect on the financial statements or that had a fundamental effect on the operations of the charity from our professional and sector experience.
- We communicated applicable laws and regulations throughout the audit team and remained alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout the audit.
- We reviewed any reports made to regulators.
- We reviewed the financial statement disclosures and tested these to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- We performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud.
- In addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, we tested the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments, assessed whether the judgements made in making accounting estimates are indicative 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 concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
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## **Independent auditor’s report to the Trustees of the Woodward Charitable Trust (continued)**
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.
## **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.
## 03 December 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 2025**
|**Unrestricted**
**Expendable**
**Total Funds**
**_Notes_**
**Funds**
**Endowment**
**2025**
£
£
£
**Income from:**
Donations
22,250
-
22,250
Investments
**_3_**
222,278
-
222,278
**Total Income**
244,528
-
244,528
**Expenditure:**
_Cost of raising funds:_
Investment management costs
-
82,289
82,289
_Charitable activities:_
Grant-making:
Grant expenditure
**_4_**
321,750
-
321,750
Grant related support costs
**_5_**
77,917
-
77,917
**Total Expenditure**
399,667
82,289
481,956
**Net expenditure before**
(155,139)
(82,289)
(237,428)
**gains/(losses) on investments**
Net (losses)/ gains on investments
**_8_**
-
(287,765)
(287,765)
Exchange and currency gains
-
35,605
35,605
Transfers between funds
**_10_**
155,139
(155,139)
-
**Net movement in funds**
-
(489,588)
(489,588)
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
-
12,373,214
12,373,214
Total funds carried forward
-
11,883,626
11,883,626|**Unrestricted**
**Expendable**
**Total Funds**
**_Notes_**
**Funds**
**Endowment**
**2025**
£
£
£
**Income from:**
Donations
22,250
-
22,250
Investments
**_3_**
222,278
-
222,278
**Total Income**
244,528
-
244,528
**Expenditure:**
_Cost of raising funds:_
Investment management costs
-
82,289
82,289
_Charitable activities:_
Grant-making:
Grant expenditure
**_4_**
321,750
-
321,750
Grant related support costs
**_5_**
77,917
-
77,917
**Total Expenditure**
399,667
82,289
481,956
**Net expenditure before**
(155,139)
(82,289)
(237,428)
**gains/(losses) on investments**
Net (losses)/ gains on investments
**_8_**
-
(287,765)
(287,765)
Exchange and currency gains
-
35,605
35,605
Transfers between funds
**_10_**
155,139
(155,139)
-
**Net movement in funds**
-
(489,588)
(489,588)
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
-
12,373,214
12,373,214
Total funds carried forward
-
11,883,626
11,883,626|**_Total Funds_**|
|---|---|---|
|**_Notes_**
**Income from:**
Donations||**2024**|
|||**_£_**
_25,000_|
|Investments
**_3_**
**Total Income**
**Expenditure:**
_Cost of raising funds:_
Investment management costs
_Charitable activities:_
Grant-making:
Grant expenditure
**_4_**
Grant related support costs
**_5_**
**Total Expenditure**
**Net expenditure before**
**gains/(losses) on investments**
Net (losses)/ gains on investments
**_8_**
Exchange and currency gains
Transfers between funds
**_10_**||_177,191_|
||||
||244,528
-
244,528|202,191|
||-
82,289
82,289
321,750
-
321,750
77,917
-
77,917
399,667
82,289
481,956
(155,139)
(82,289)
(237,428)
-
(287,765)
(287,765)
-
35,605
35,605
155,139
(155,139)
-
-
(489,588)
(489,588)
-
12,373,214
12,373,214
-
11,883,626
11,883,626||
|||_72,557_
_257,945_
_72,424_|
|||_402,926_|
|||_(200,735)_
_499,923_
_40,910_
_-_|
|**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward||_340,098_
_12,033,116_|
||-
11,883,626
11,883,626|_12,373,214_|
The notes on page 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 2025**
|**Balance Sheet as at 5 April 2025**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Fixed Assets**
Tangible fixed assets
Investments
**Current Assets**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Current Liabilities**
**Creditors -**amounts falling due within 1 year
**Net Current (Liabilities)**
**Net Assets**
**Capital Funds**
Expendable endowment
**Income Funds**
Unrestricted funds|**_Notes_**||**2025**
£
925
11,885,421
11,886,346
(2,720)
11,883,626
11,883,626
-
11,883,626|**_2024_**|
||**_7_**
**_8_**
**_9_**
**_10_**
**_10_**|£
112,819||_£_
_1,388_
_12,464,614_|
|||||12,466,002|
|||||_503_|
|||112,819
115,539||_503_
_93,291_|
|||||_(92,788)_|
|||||12,373,214|
|||||_12,373,214_
_-_|
|||||12,373,214|
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees on 17 November 2025 and were signed on their behalf by:
TRUSTEE
Camilla Woodward
The notes on page 21-31 form part of these accounts.
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## **Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 5 April 2025**
|**Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 5 April 2025**|**Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 5 April 2025**|
|---|---|
|**Cash flows from operating activities:**||
|**Net cash (used in) operating activities**
**Cash flows from investing activities:**
Dividends and interest
Purchase of investments
Sale of investments
**Net cash provided by / (used in) 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)
Losses /(gains) on investments
Dividends and interest
Depreciation charges
Decrease in debtors
Increase/(Decrease) in creditors
Exchange and currency (gains)
**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)||
||112,819
503
_112,316_
18,355
36,698
_(18,343)_|
||131,174
37,201
_93,973_|
The notes on page 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 (charity registration number 299963), registered in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is The Peak, 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. 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 Trust’s investments are managed on a total return basis therefore the pattern of unrestricted income may be uneven. 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**
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.
## **c) Expenditure**
i) 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.
ii) Costs of generating funds represent amounts paid to the Trust's external investment advisors. iii) 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.
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## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **2. Accounting Policies (continued)**
iv) Grants payable are made to third parties in furtherance of the charity's objects. Single or multi-year grants are accounted for when either the recipient has a reasonable expectation 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.
v) Grant related support costs represent staff, office and governance costs incurred in managing the grant award programme. They include a share of the staff and office costs of the joint offices of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts, which are allocated in proportion to the time spent on Trust matters and grants paid.
vi) Contributions to defined contribution pension plans are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
## **d) 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 will be 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. The charity does not acquire put options, derivatives or other complex financial instruments.
ii) Social Impact Investments are valued at their fair value. Where fair value is not practicable, social investments are recognised at cost less impairment.
iii) Forward exchange contracts, which are held as part of the investment portfolio, are held at fair value at the balance sheet date, with gains and losses being recognised within the Statement of Financial Activities.
## **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**
i) 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.
ii) Creditors and provisions 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.
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## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **2. Accounting Policies (continued)**
## **g) 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.
## **h) Exchange and currency gains and losses**
Exchange and currency gains and losses comprise gains and losses on forward exchange contracts, together with the currency gains and losses on cash accounts, held within the Trust's investment portfolio.
## **i) Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty**
i) In the application of the charity's accounting policies, which are described above, Trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and 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.
ii) 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.
iii) 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.
## **3. Investment Income**
Income received on investments may be analysed as follows:
|Fixed interest
Equities
Social impact investments
Bank deposit interest|**2025**
**_2024_**|
|---|---|
||**£**
**%**
**_£_**
**_%_**
194,742
88
_148,240_
_84_
7,882
3
_3,042_
_2_
17,676
8
_23,373_
_13_
1,978
1
_2,536_
_1_|
||222,278
100
_177,191_
_100_|
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## **Notes to the Accounts**
**4. Grants Payable**
|**4. Grants Payable**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Reconciliation of grants payable:**|**2025**||**_2024_**|
||**£**
**£**
**_£_**
60,050
22,209
_10,000_
365,900
_270,154_
(27,359)
_-_
(39,000)
_(22,209)_
321,750
(334,000)
47,800
**ows:**
**2025**
**£**
47,800||**_£_**|
|Commitments at 6 April 2024
Grants not accrued at 6 April 2024
Grants approved in the period
Grants cancelled in the period
Grants not accrued at 5 April 2025
**Grants payable for the period**
Net grants (paid)/refunded during the period
Commitments at 5 April 2025
**Commitments at 5 April 2025 are payable as foll**|||_94,040_
_257,945_
_(291,935)_|
||**ows:**|||
||||_60,050_|
||||**_2024_**|
|Within one year (note 10)||**£**
47,800|**_£_**
_60,050_|
## **Commitments**
**Commitments** g p ( ) y g p from the reporting date are not accrued but are reported as an unaccrued future commitment. As at 5 April 2025, the total amount authorised but not accrued as expenditure at 5 April 2025 was £39,000 (2024: none).
A list of grants payable is included in Appendix A.
## **5. Allocation of support costs**
|Staff costs|**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**_2024_**
**Grant- Governance**
**Total**
**_Total_**
**Making**
**Allocated**
**_Allocated_**|
|---|---|
||**£**
**£**
**£**
**_£_**
53,166
2,233
55,399
_51,573_|
|Share of joint office costs
Direct costs including travel|10,058
-
10,058
_8,882_|
||2,757
-
2,757
_2,746_
463
-
463
_463_
-
9,240
9,240
_8,760_|
|Depreciation
Auditor's remuneration*||
||66,444
11,473
77,917
_72,424_|
|||
*Auditor's remuneration excluding VAT was £7,700 (2024: £7,300).
Included within support costs for 2024 were governance costs totalling £10,653. This was comprised of staff costs of £1,893 and auditor's remuneration of £8,760.
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## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **6. Analysis of Staff Costs**
|**6. Analysis of Staff Costs**||
|---|---|
|Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Other pension costs|**2025**
**_2024_**|
||**£**
**_£_**
45,079
_41,917_
5,135
_4,822_
5,185
_4,834_|
||55,399
_51,573_|
|||
|The Trust is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts which share a joint administration at the
Registered Office. 0.4% of the total support and administration costs of these trusts have been
allocated to The Woodward Charitable Trust (2024: 0.5%), including a proportionate share of the
costs of employing the total number of staff serving in the office in 2024/25.
The actual number of staff employed during the period was 8, all on a part-time basis (2024: 8). This
was equivalent to 0.5 full-time employees (2024: 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 £30,319 (2024: £32,790).
No employee of the Trust earned in excess of £60,000 (2024: none).||
## **7. Tangible Fixed Assets**
|**7. Tangible Fixed Assets**|**7. Tangible Fixed Assets**||
|---|---|---|
|**Leasehold Improvements**|||
|**Cost**||**2025**
**_2024_**|
|||**£**
**_£_**
3,240
_3,240_|
|Cost at 6 April 2024
At 5 April 2025
**Depreciation**
At 6 April 2024
Charge for the period
At 5 April 2025
**Net Book Value**
At 5 April 2025
At 5 April 2024|||
|||3,240
_3,240_|
|||1,852
_1,389_
463
_463_|
||||
||||
||||
|||2,315
_1,852_|
|||925
_1,388_|
||||
||||
|||1,388
_1,851_|
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## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **8. Fixed Assets Investments**
|**8. Fixed Assets Investments**||
|---|---|
||**2025**
**_2024_**|
||**£**
**_£_**|
|Market value at 6 April 2024|12,435,684
_11,451,647_|
|Less: Disposals at proceeds
Add: Acquisitions at cost
Net (losses)/gains on investments|(2,967,907)
_(6,891,596)_
2,570,124
_7,375,710_
(287,765)
_499,923_|
|**Market value at 5 April 2025**|11,750,136
_12,435,684_|
|Forward exchange contracts
Cash held for reinvestment
Total Investments|116,930
_(7,768)_
18,355
_36,698_|
||11,885,421
_12,464,614_|
|||
The investments held as at 5 April 2025 were as follows:
||**2025**
**_2024_**|
|---|---|
|Fixed Income
Equities
Alternative Investments
Social Impact Investments|Cost
Market
_Cost_
_Market_
Value
_Value_|
||**£**
**£**
**_£_**
**_£_**
4,828,860
4,749,137
_5,034,630_
_5,134,529_
2,937,264
2,987,650
_2,850,192_
_3,399,479_
312,324
306,914
_254,670_
_272,782_
2,531,165
3,706,434
_2,425,010_
_3,628,894_|
||10,609,614
11,750,136
_10,564,502_
_12,435,684_|
During the year, £530,000 (2024: £160,000) 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 million (2024: £1.1 million).
As part of the overall management of funds, the investment managers have entered into commitments to sell a total of USD 2,525,000, EUR 300,000 and JPY 33,000,000 under forward rate contracts at 5 April 2025 (2024: sell USD 2,440,000, EUR 350,000 and JPY 37,500,000).
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## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **9. Creditors**
|**9. Creditors**||
|---|---|
|Grants payable within one year
Professional charges
Investment management fee
Other creditors|**2025**
**_2024_**|
||£
_£_
47,800
_60,050_
9,240
_8,760_
6,683
_6,252_
51,816
_18,229_|
||115,539
_93,291_|
## **10. Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds**
|Fund balances at 5 April 2025 are represented by:
Tangible fixed assets
Investments
Current assets
Current liabilities
**Total net assets**
**Movement in the year**
Opening balance as at 6 April 2024
Total income and endowments
Cost of raising funds
Cost of grant-making
Net losses on investments
Exchange and currency gains
Transfers between funds *
Closing balance as at 5 April 2025|**Unrestricted**
**Expendable**
**Totals**
**Funds**
**Endowment**
**2025**|
|---|---|
||£
£
£
-
925
925
-
11,885,421
11,885,421
57,040
55,779
112,819
(57,040)
(58,499)
(115,539)|
||-
11,883,626
11,883,626|
||-
12,373,214
12,373,214
244,528
-
244,528
-
(82,289)
(82,289)
(399,667)
-
(399,667)
-
(287,765)
(287,765)
-
35,605
35,605
155,139
(155,139)
-|
||-
11,883,626
11,883,626|
*During the year, there was a deficit of income over expenditure on the unrestricted funds of £155,139 (2024: £128,178). This has been funded by a transfer from expendable endowment.
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## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **11. Comparative Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds for the year ended 5 April 2024**
|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. This was funded by a transfer from expendable endowment.
## **12. 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 (2024: none).
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## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **13. Comparative Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 5 April 2024**
|**Income**
_Donations:_
Investments
**Total Income**
**Expenditure**
_Cost of raising funds:_
Investment management costs
_Charitable activities:_
Grant-making:
Grant expenditure
Grant related support costs
**Total Expenditure**
**Net expenditure before gains on investments**
Net gains on investments
Exchange and currency gains
Transfers between funds
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward|**Unrestricted**
**Expendable**
**Total Funds**
**Funds**
**Endowment**
**2024**|
|---|---|
||£
£
25,000
-
25,000
177,191
-
177,191|
||202,191
-
202,191|
||-
72,557
72,557
257,945
-
257,945
72,424
-
72,424|
||330,369
72,557
402,926|
||(128,178)
(72,557)
(200,735)
-
499,923
499,923
-
40,910
40,910
128,178
(128,178)
-|
||-
340,098
340,098
-
12,033,116
12,033,116|
||-
12,373,214
12,373,214|
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## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **Appendix A**
## **Grants Payable**
The amount payable for the year ended 5 April 2025 consisted of the following:
|**Children & Young People**
Collyhurst & Moston Boxing Club
Escapeline
Grants up to £2,500 were also payable totalling
**Disadvantaged Families**
Project Food
Trauma Informed Parenting
Grants up to £2,500 were also payable totalling
**Prisoners and Ex-Offenders**
New Hall Kidz LTD (Play Facility)
Grants up to £2,500 were also payable totalling
**Summer Schemes**
31 grants were payable totalling
**Other**
Almeida Theatre
Compassion in Dying
Glyndebourne Productions Ltd
Grange Festival, The
Grange Park Opera
Human Dignity Trust
London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA)
Paul Cottingham Trust
Reprieve
Royal National Theatre
Terrence Higgins Trust
The Sainsbury Archive
Total grants payable per Statement of Financial Activities:|**£**
3,000
3,000
114,550
3,000
3,000
75,100
2,500
2,950
32,650
5,000
4,000
10,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
16,000
3,000
3,000
5,000
15,000
6,000|
|---|---|
||**321,750**|
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## **Notes to the Accounts**
## **Appendix A (continued)**
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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