## **SYLVIA WRIGHT TRUST**
Report and Unaudited Financial Statements Year ended 31 May 2025
Charity Registration No.0326139
Shruti Soni Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants 117A St. Johns Hill Sevenoaks TN13 3PE
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## **SYLVIA WRIGHT TRUST**
**Status:** Charity Registration No.0326139 The charity's governing document is the declaration of trust dated 1 June 1982 as amended by supplemental deed dated 4 April 1997. **Registered Office:** 14 Kings Road Bramhope Leeds LS16 9JN **Trustees:** Tony Allinson Anthony Craven Gilpin Geoffrey Charles Fuller John Christopher Howley Susan Elizabeth Sanderson Glenn Miller Jean Susan Wilson Peter Woodhead Natasha Mascarenhas Finola Fox Vincent William Gibbons Bernadette Barnes **Independent examiner:** Shruti Soni FCCA FCIE Shruti Soni Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants 117a St. John's Hill, Sevenoaks TN13 3PE **Bankers:** Barclays Bank plc **Investment Managers:** RBC Brewin Dolphin
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## **SYLVIA WRIGHT TRUST**
Trustees' Report for the year ended
## **31 May 2025**
The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2025. This is also a trustee's Report as required by the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements and the requirements of the Constitution.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
The objectives as set out in the Trust Deed are as follows:
For the trustees for the time being to collect sums of money and to pay or apply the capital and income into the trust fund for such charities or for such charitable purposes and in such proportions and in such manner and subject to such terms and conditions as the trustees may in their uncontrolled discretion determine.
Sylvia Wright Trust continues to raise funds to support charities determined by the trustees of the Trust. During the year under review the principal activities of the Trust have been to raise funds for the support of a school for the hearing impaired, an integrated education and therapy centre for physically and mentally handicapped children, and a nursing training college in Tiruvannamalai, southern India. Additional grants were made to two charities working in the same sector in Tamil Nadu. Further support was given to the family of a longstanding employee of the Indian society who passed away in 2023.
The trustees continue to have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
The charity is governed by its constitution, which is its Trust Deed. The charity is an unincorporated charity, managed by its trustees. New trustees are nominated by a current trustee and approved by a majority in the Trustees’ meeting.
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**
The Trust has continued to support the work of Sylvia Wright in southern India where she provided excellent education and development to children with hearing impairment over many years in an area with few alternative facilities. Another project supports families with physically and mentally handicapped children in a purpose-built facility in the school grounds, meeting a similar need. The nursing training college she established continues to thrive. The Trust's efforts to support the development of the Rangammal Memorial Rehabilitation Society (RMRS) in India are key to preserving the long term future of Sylvia's projects. The objective is for it to become an Indian-led, Indian-funded organisation. In late July 2023 Sylvia retired from the RMRS and returned to the UK.
## **RESERVE POLICY**
Sylvia Wright Trust follows a conservative approach to Stock Market Investments for building up its reserves for any unexpected contingencies or obligations.
The trustees believe the Trust has accumulated sufficient reserves on a prudent basis. The charity's primary activity is grant making and other than governance costs it does not have commitments for running expenses.
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## **SYLVIA WRIGHT TRUST**
Trustees' Report
for the year ended
## **31 May 2025**
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
The charity's total income for the year was £438,467 (2024: £137,891). Expenditure was £166,522 (2024: £172,593). Net income before gains on investments for the year stood at £271,945 (net expenditure 2024: £34,702). Gain on investments due to an increase in their market value not included in the above was £8,081 (2024: £21,617). At the year end the charity had total reserves of £795,624 (2024: £515,598). Of these £49,241 (2024: £47,837) were restricted and £746,383 (2024: £467,761) were unrestricted. The trustees believe its reserves are adequate to cover the Charity's costs for more than one year.
## **Going Concern**
The trustees are satisfied that the charity will continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.
## **Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The 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 state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
a) select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
b) observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
c) make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
d) state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
e) 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 adequate 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, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. 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. This report was approved by the Board of Trustees on 9th March 2026 and signed on its behalf.
_________________________ Name: Mr A Allinson, Chairman
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## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of SYLVIA WRIGHT TRUST**
I report on the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 May 2025 as set out on pages 6 to 14.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since the company's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Shruti Soni ACCA** Date: 9th March 2026 Shruti Soni Ltd e Chartered Certified Accountants 117a St. John's Hill, Sevenoaks TN13 3PE
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## **SYLVIA WRIGHT TRUST**
## **Statement of financial activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account)**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
|**Unrestricted**
**fund**
**Note**
**£**
**Income from:**
Donations and gifts
**404,046**
Gift aid
**20,117**
Sale of Christmas cards
**-**
Dividends and bank interest
**13,437**
**Total income:**
**437,600**
**Expenditure on:**
**Cost of raising funds**
Fundraising events cost
**-**
Printing and postage of Christmas Cards
**-**
Cost of collecting through Gift Aid
**216**
**Direct cost for Charitable activities**
Grants paid to India
**2**
**136,718**
Contribution to Higher Education Fund
**-**
Grants for Capital projects
**5,000**
**Support costs**
Remuneration
**-**
Travel and accomodation
**12,940**
Insurance
**83**
Website
**338**
Printing and postage
**1,329**
Investment management fees
**3,376**
Bank charges and Sundry
**396**
Independent examination fee
**1,710**
Notional (profit)/loss on forward contract
**4,416**
**Total expenditure:**
**166,522**
**Net income/(expenditure)**
**271,078**
**271,078**
Gains / (losses) on investments
**7,544**
**Net movement in funds**
**278,622**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
**467,761**
**Total funds carried forward**
**9**
**746,383**
**Net income / (expenditure) before other**
**recognised gains and losses**|**Restricted**
**fund**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**867**
**867**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**867**
**867**
**537**
**1,404**
**47,837**
**49,241**|**2025**
**Total funds**
**£**
**404,046**
**20,117**
**-**
**14,304**
**438,467**
**-**
**-**
**216**
**136,718**
**-**
**5,000**
**-**
**12,940**
**83**
**338**
**1,329**
**3,376**
**396**
**1,710**
**4,416**
**166,522**
**271,945**
**271,945**
**8,081**
**280,026**
**515,598**
**795,624**|Unrestricted
fund
£
106,919
18,897
4,785
6,320
136,921
-
2,077
216
148,140
-
-
-
11,607
741
257
2,475
2,482
610
1,704
828
171,137
(34,216)
(34,216)
18,562
(15,654)
483,415
467,761|Restricted
fund
£
-
-
-
970
970
-
-
-
-
1,456
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,456
(486)
(486)
3,055
2,569
45,268
47,837|2024
Total funds
£
106,919
18,897
4,785
7,290
137,891
-
2,077
216
148,140
1,456
-
-
11,607
741
257
2,475
2,482
610
1,704
828
172,593
(34,702)
(34,702)
21,617
(13,085)
528,683
515,598|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above. Movements in funds are disclosed in Note 9 to the financial statements.
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## **SYLVIA WRIGHT TRUST**
## **Balance sheet**
## **As at 31 May 2025**
|||**2025**||2024|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Note|**£**|**£**|£|£|
|**Fixed assets:**|||||
|5
Investments||**705,048**||267,633|
|**Current assets:**
6
Debtors
Cash at Bank|**2,745**
**98,546**||21,012
240,856||
|**Liabilities:**
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year|**101,291**
**10,715**||261,868
13,903||
|**Net current assets**||**90,576**||247,965|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**||**795,624**||515,598|
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**Total net assets / (liabilities)**||**795,624**||515,598|
|**The funds of the charity:**
General funds
Restricted income funds
Unrestricted income funds:|**746,383**|**49,241**|467,761|47,837|
|Total unrestricted funds||**746,383**||467,761|
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**Total charity funds**||**795,624**||515,598|
Financial statements were approved by the Board on 9th March 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
Trustee
Name: Mr A. Allinson Date: 9th March 2026
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## **SYLVIA WRIGHT TRUST**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
## **1 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) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP FRS 102 1A), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011 and UK GAAP.
Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy or note.
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 the 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) issued on 16 July 2014 rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.
## **b) Public benefit entity**
The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.
## **c) Going concern**
The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
There are no key judgements that the charity has made which have a significant effect on the accounts.
The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.
## **d) Income**
Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and that the amount can be measured reliably.
Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.
## **e) Interest & dividend receivable**
Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank. Dividend is recognised as and when received or when the right to receive has arisen.
## **f) Fund accounting**
Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets these criteria is charged to the fund.
Unrestricted funds are donations and other incoming resources received or generated for the charitable purposes. Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes.
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**For the year ended 31 May 2025**
## **SYLVIA WRIGHT TRUST**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **g) Foreign currencies**
Transactions in foreign currency are recorded at the rate ruling on the date of transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rate ruling at the balance sheet date. All differences taken to the Statement Of Financial Activities.
## **h) Expenditure**
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. Expenditure is classified under the following headings:
- Costs of raising funds relate to the costs incurred by the charity in inducing third parties to make voluntary contributions to it, as well as the cost of any activities with a fundraising purpose.
- Expenditure on charitable activities includes the costs of Grant making and related activities undertaken to further the purposes of the charity and their associated support costs
- Support costs include the cost of overall direction and administration of the charity's activities, comprising the overhead costs of the central function.
## **i) Listed investments and other financial instruments**
Investments are a form of basic financial instrument and are initially recognised at their transaction value and subsequently measured at their fair value as at the balance sheet date using the closing quoted market price. Any change in fair value is recognised in the statement of financial activities. Investment gains and losses, whether realised or unrealised, are combined and shown in the heading “Net gains/(losses) on investments” in the statement of financial activities. Up until September 2024 the charity used other financial instruments like derivatives to mitigate the exchange risk for future foreign currency grant payments. In October 2024 the Indian Government introduced a requirement for all foreign payments to Indian charities to be paid in the currency of the originating country. The Trust cancelled all its outstanding forward currency contracts at that time.
## **j) Debtors**
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
## **k) Creditors and provisions**
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. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
The charity only 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 with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
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## **SYLVIA WRIGHT TRUST**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
## **2 Grant and donation making**
|Rangammal Memorial Rehabilitation Society (for furtherance of education)
Rangammal Memorial Rehabilitation Society (for the IETC)
Maithree and Satya Special School (for children with special needs)
Little Sisters of the Poor, Leeds (for the relief of poverty)
**To individuals**
Bursary for Higher Education
Support of former longstanding employee of RMRS suffering from cancer
**To institutions and charities**|**2025**
£
97,857
38,480
4,500
-
-
881
**141,718**|**2024**
£
97,655
40,417
6,000
3,000
1,456
1,068
**149,596**|
|---|---|---|
## **3 Taxation**
The charity is exempt from Income tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes.
## **4 Related party transactions**
The charity trustees were not paid or received any other benefits from employment with the charity in the year (2024: £nil). No charity trustee received payment for professional or other services supplied to the charity (2024: £nil).
No payments were made to Sylvia Wright during the current or previous year. Sylvia Wright was previously a related party to the Charity because of her position as Head of Indian Operations which she retired from in late July 2023.
No payments or reimbursement of travel and subsistence costs were made to any trustees for trustee meetings during the year (2024: £nil)
No trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contractor transaction entered into by the charity during the year (2024: £nil). The trustees take part in the day to day running of the Charity.
Of the total donations £23,529 (2024: £8,183) has been received from five (2024: five) trustees during the year. There is no restriction on the use of these donations.
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## **SYLVIA WRIGHT TRUST**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
## **5 Investments**
|Net Gains/(loss) realised
Investments in individual equities/funds over 5% of portfolio value:
Investments > than 5% =
Vanguard Funds PLC S&P 500
Federated Hermes Short Term STG Prime
FDDI Institutional Cash Series ICS Sterling
Non UK equities
Global and other investments
Cash
Cash Funds (execution only)
Investments comprise:
UK and overseas bonds
Cash held
Fair value at the end of the year
Historic cost at the end of the year
Additions at cost
Disposal proceeds
Net gain / (loss) on change in fair value
Fair value at the start of the year
JPMorgan Liquidity Funds SICAV
UK equities|**2025**
**£**
263,161
409,141
(124,261)
1,108
6,973
556,122
148,926
**705,048**
**511,427**
42,506
44,641
161,430
73,027
234,518
148,926
**705,048**
35,686
61,235
85,000
88,282|**2024**
**£**
139,551
239,280
(137,287)
(1,313)
22,930
263,161
4,472
**267,633**
**219,237**
38,462
41,717
114,810
68,172
-
4,472
**267,633**|
|---|---|---|
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## **SYLVIA WRIGHT TRUST**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
## **6 Debtors**
|Other creditors
Accruals
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Prepayments
Accrued income: Gift Aid Receivable|**2025**
**£**
**165**
**2,580**
**2,745**
**2025**
**£**
**-**
**10,715**
**10,715**|**2024**
**£**
315
20,697
**21,012**
2024
£
3,372
10,531
**13,903**|
|---|---|---|
## **7 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
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## **SYLVIA WRIGHT TRUST**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
## **8 Analysis of net assets between funds**
|**Total restricted funds**
General funds
Investments
Net current assets
**Net assets at the end of the year**
**Restricted funds:**
**Net assets at the end of the year**
**Movements in funds**
**Total funds**
**Total unrestricted funds**
Bursary Fund
**Unrestricted funds:**
Investments
Net current assets|1-Jun-24
£
47,837
47,837
467,761
467,761
515,598|Incoming
resources &
gains
£
1,404
1,404
437,600
437,600
439,004|Unrestricted
fund
£
705,048
41,335
**746,383**
Unrestricted
fund
£
267,633
200,128
**467,761**
Outgoing
resources &
losses
£
-
-
(158,978)
(158,978)
(158,978)|
Restricted
fund
£
-
49,241
**49,241**
Restricted
fund
£
-
47,837
**47,837**
Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
**2024**
**2025**|**Total funds**
**£**
**705,048**
**90,576**
**795,624**
**Total funds**
**£**
**267,633**
**247,965**
**515,598**
31-May-25
**£**
**49,241**
**49,241**
**746,383**
**746,383**
**795,624**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
## **9 Movements in funds**
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## **SYLVIA WRIGHT TRUST**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
## **9 Movements in funds (continued)**
|**Total restricted funds**
General funds
**Total unrestricted funds**
**Total funds**
**Restricted funds:**
Bursary Fund
**Unrestricted funds:**|1-Jun-23
£
45,268
45,268
483,415
483,415
528,683|Incoming
resources &
gains
£
4,025
4,025
136,921
136,921
140,946|Outgoing
resources &
losses
£
(1,456)
(1,456)
(152,575)
(152,575)
(154,031)|
Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-|31-May-24
**£**
**47,837**
**47,837**
**467,761**
**467,761**
**515,598**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
## **Purpose of restricted funds**
The Bursary fund is to provide Bursaries to students in India for higher education
## **10 Financial commitments**
## **Financial commitments, guarantees and contingencies**
The total amount of future financial commitments not included in the balance sheet is £nil (2024: £190,869). The financial commitment last year related to forward contracts for foreign currency and the amount due within one year totalled £127,915. The Trust no longer enters in forward contracts due to the change in Indian laws.
## **Financial liabilities measured at fair value**
_Derivative financial instruments - Forward contracts_
The charity previously entered into forward foreign currency contracts to mitigate the exchange rate risk for future foreign currency grant payments. At 31 May 2024, the outstanding contracts committed to sell £127,915 were to mature within 12 months of the year end and £62,953 later. These contracts were all settled in November 2024.
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