**Charity Registration No. 326839 Company Registration No. 01890971 (England and Wales)** 

## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **DIRECTORS’ REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** 

**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** 




## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **CONTENTS** 

||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Legal and Administrative Information|1|
|Directors’ Report|2 – 6|
|Independent Auditor’s Report|7 – 10|
|Statement of Financial Activities|11|
|(including an income and expenditure account)||
|Balance Sheet|12|
|Statement of Changes in Equity|13|
|Statement of Cash Flows|14|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|15 – 34|





## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION** 

|**Charity Status**<br>**Charity Registration Number**<br>**Registered Office**<br>**Correspondence Address**<br>**Company Registration Number**<br>**Trustees and Directors**<br>**Administrator / main contact**<br>**Website**<br>**Bankers**<br>**Auditors**<br>**Solicitors**<br>**Investment Advisors**|Registered in England and Wales<br>326839<br>Suite 104<br>6 The Broadway<br>Mill Hill<br>London NW7 3LL<br>PO Box 57691<br>London<br>NW7 0GR<br>01890971<br>Lady Patricia Hobson OBE (Chair)<br>Deborah Hobson<br>Jennifer Richardson<br>Elizabeth Kelsall<br>Emma Cook<br>Mark Turner<br>www.hobsoncharity.org.uk<br>Lloyds Bank Plc<br>39 Threadneedle Street<br>London EC2R 8AU<br>RSM UK Audit LLP<br>St Olaf’s Hall<br>Church Road<br>Lerwick<br>Shetland Isles, ZE1 0FD<br>Edwin Coe LLP<br>2 Stone Buildings<br>Lincoln’s Inn<br>London WC2A 3TH<br>Sarasin & Partners LLP<br>Juxon House<br>100 St Paul’s Churchyard<br>London EC4M 8BU|
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## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **DIRECTORS’ REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** 

The directors are pleased to present their report together with the audited financial statements of the charitable company (“the charity”) for the year ended 31 March 2023, which also represents the trustees’ report which is required to be prepared by Part 8 of the Charities Act 2011. 

The directors of the charity are its trustees for the purpose of charity law, as set out on page 1, and throughout the financial statements are collectively referred to as the trustees. 

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting policies set out on pages 15 to 17 and with applicable United Kingdom accounting standards, current statutory requirements, the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 (Charitable Companies), 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, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (‘FRS 102’) and the charity’s governing document. Legal and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. 

## **Objectives and activities for the public benefit** 

The Hobson Charity was founded in 1985 and was established to achieve the following objectives: 

- The relief of poverty, suffering and distress of those in need in the United Kingdom, including the provision of facilities for recreation and leisure in the interests of their social welfare; 

- The advancement of education amongst the inhabitants of the United Kingdom; 

- The furtherance of other charitable purposes beneficial to such communities of the United Kingdom as the charity may think fit; and 

- To make grants to such associations, trusts, societies or corporations established for charitable purposes 

The trustees will consider applications for grants which are in accordance with the stated objectives of the charity and: 

- are from a registered charitable organisation based in England and Wales; 

- do not include salary, people or core running costs of any kind; and 

- are not repeat or multi-year requests. 

Exceptions to these principles are only considered in (very) exceptional circumstances. 

In the short-term, the charity carries out its objectives by making grants to a wide range of charitable causes as quantified in note 5 to the financial statements. The charity aims to distribute grants to those charitable organisations that the board of trustees decide are in line with the objectives of the charity. By providing such financial support the charity seeks to enable other charitable organisations to achieve their objectives. 

The trustees’ long-term aim is to maintain total funds at a level which will generate investment income to fund future grant making at a level of approximately £1.2m per annum in perpetuity. In the current year, the charity achieved total investment income of £1,449,087 (2022: £1,383,608). The Charity had been staggering its reinvestment plans to spread its risk exposure, becoming fully invested in the final quarter of the year ended 31 March 2022. Under the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the charity has the power to invest without any restrictions any monies of the charity upon such investments and in such manner as may from time to time be expedient. 

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## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **DIRECTORS’ REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 (CONTINUED)** 

## **Objectives and activities for the public benefit (continued)** 

The trustees confirm that in accordance with section 17 of the Charities Act 2011, they have referred to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity’s aims and objectives and in planning their future grant making activities. 

During the year ended 31 March 2023, the trustees aimed to distribute a minimum of £1,200,000 (2022: £1,200,000) in grants. In October 2022, changed the focus from Covid-19 to the Cost of Living, the trustees are now focusing their attention to urgent Cost of Living related applications from 'frontline' service charitable organisations. The section ‘Achievements and performance’ below contains further details of grants made during the year. 

## **Achievements and performance** 

During the year the trustees approved 201 grants totalling £1,702,782 (2022: £1,457,701). Of this total, £1,135,288 (2022: £818,055) falls due for payment in future years. This was more than the charities’ objective for the year due to the large number of applications held back from the prior years. The following table puts the charity’s grants for the year into broad categories and shows the prior year for comparison. Full details of the grant recipients are set out in note 5 to the financial statements. 

|ut in note 5 to the financial statements.|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Category**|**2023**<br>**Amount**<br>**£**|**2023**<br>**Number**<br>**of grants**|**2022**<br>**Amount**<br>**£**|**2022**<br>**Number**<br>**of grants**|
|Animals|108,540|10|28,870|5|
|Arts|5,000|1|-|-|
|Bereavement|17,000|2|16,000|2|
|Cathedral|20,000|1|3,000|1|
|Community|111,322|24|205,222|30|
|Disability|233,824|37|254,748|42|
|Domestic Abuse|22,000|3|17,000|3|
|Education|5,000|1|2,800|1|
|Elderly|36,060|4|18,870|4|
|Environmental|1,000|1|22,006|5|
|Family|19,366|5|7,998|2|
|Health & Wellbeing|24,551|3|25,683|6|
|Homeless|90,266|11|59,672|9|
|Hospice|99,652|13|179,451|20|
|Life-Limiting|19,513|4|13,000|2|
|Medical|513,767|18|186,321|21|
|Mental Health|47,146|9|64,337|8|
|Museum|61,500|4|67,710|7|
|Music|16,730|2|62,300|7|
|Poverty|94,665|19|70,417|17|
|Rehabilitation|12,400|2|2,000|1|
|Rescue|29,698|1|34,727|6|
|Social Care|-|-|4,000|1|
|Theatre|-|-|25,000|1|
|Veterans|34,700|5|10,000|2|
|Youth|79,082|21|76,569|14|
|**Total of grants approved in year**|**1,702,782**|**201**|**1,457,701**|**217**|
|**Less: grants cancelled from previous**<br>**years**|**(88,180)**||**(69,408)**||
|**Total**|**1,614,602**||**1,388,293**||



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## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **DIRECTORS’ REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 (CONTINUED)** 

## **Achievements and performance (continued)** 

During the year 201 grants (2022: 217) were awarded to 200 different beneficiaries (2022: 216) in furtherance of the charity’s objectives. 

The charity received investment income (net of the managers charges) of £1,240,306 from Sarasin & Partners LLP Investment Fund (2022: £1,214,519) the increase is as expected. 

The charity received interest of £50,357 (2022: £6,157), incurred governance costs of £87,900 (2022: £87,589) and investment management fees of £158,424 (2022: £162,932). 

The trustees invested a further £nil (2022: £1,566,606) in the current year into the portfolio held with Sarasin & Partners LLP. The fair value of the investment portfolio at the balance sheet date was £39,060,817 (2022: £41,522,136). The trustees believe this portfolio is adequately diversified and will provide beneficial investment returns in the future. 

## **Financial review** 

The charity’s activities resulted in net outgoing (2022: outgoing) resources on the Unrestricted Income Fund for the year of £411,839 (2022: £255,206). 

The total amount received during the year into the Unrestricted Income Fund was £1,290,663 net of the investment managers charges (2022: £1,220,676). The usual principal funding sources of the charity are the income from the investments and bank interest. Donations received amounted to £nil (2022: £nil). These sources generate enough income to enable the charity to meet its objectives. No transfers were made from the Expendable Endowment Fund to the Unrestricted Income Fund. The Expendable Endowment Fund decreased by a net amount of £2,464,941. This was made up of a decrease of the unrealised gain of £2,464,941 (2022: £812,449 increased unrealised gain) on the Sarasin & Partners LLP Investment Fund. The charity holds an expendable endowment fund to ensure the aims of the charity can be met in perpetuity. 

As at 31 March 2023 the charity had total funds carried forward of £44,796,545 (2022: £47,673,325). 

The trustees consider the risks associated with the assets in which funds are held and aim to maintain an appropriate mix of assets in order to realise the long-term aim. 

## **Reserves policy** 

The trustees have been holding previous years underspent income during the transition from property to equities as a buffer to ensure that there are sufficient funds to donate. The trustees consider that this level will provide sufficient funds to respond to applications for grants and ensure that support and governance costs are covered. Part of the accumulated unrestricted fund has been used to fund the £36m of long term investment portfolio to ensure ongoing operations in perpetuity. 

The balance held as unrestricted funds at 31 March 2023 was £18,675,369 (2022: £19,087,208), of which £3,510,828 (2022: £3,922,667) are regarded as available reserves. 

## **Plans for future periods** 

At the time of writing, the trustees are continuing to actively prioritise urgent cost of living applications from ‘frontline’ service charitable organisations as well as prioritising applications for urgently needed equipment or other specific items. 

The charity is a paperless organisation, the trustees have developed an online application portal, any potential applicants are advised to visit the portal found at www.hobsoncharity.org.uk for up-to-date availability of funds and advice on how to apply.  The portal is managed by the administrator, Mark Turner who can be contacted by email at post@hobsoncharity.org.uk or if email is not possible then to the correspondence address PO Box 57691, London, NW7 0GR. 

Grant applications must: be consistent with the charity’s objectives; exclude core costs, people or salary costs; and include the project details, a detailed budget and the most recent year end financial statements. 

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## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **DIRECTORS’ REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 (CONTINUED)** 

## **Plans for future periods (continued)** 

The trustees intend to distribute a total of approximately £1.2m from the unrestricted funds during the year ending 31 March 2024 and to review how the charity’s grants have been applied by the recipients of previous donations and grants and progress made by projects that the charity’s funding has made possible. 

The trustees continue to work with their investment advisors Sarasin & Partners LLP in seeking alternative appropriate investment opportunities. During the prior year, the charity reached their target investment holding with Sarasin & Partners of £36m. 

The trustees are confident that through a combination of different income streams, they will receive sufficient income to enable the charity to meet its objectives. 

## **Structure, governance and management.** 

The Hobson Charity Limited is a private company, limited by shares and a registered charity governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association. 

The charity may by ordinary resolution appoint a person who is willing to act to be a trustee either to fill a vacancy or as an additional trustee. Subject to Article 31, a trustee may be appointed under the Memorandum and Articles of Association to hold office for life or any other period or upon such terms in respect of their retirement as the trustees shall at the time of their appointment determine. Any person may be appointed or elected as a trustee, whatever may be their age, and no trustee shall be required to vacate their office by reason of their attaining or having attained the age of seventy years or any other age. 

The trustees have considered the recruitment, appointment and training of new trustees. They agreed that any new trustee would have to be reputable, professional and be selected based on their suitability for the role. Training in financial accounting should be a requirement, although this would be dependent on the experience and knowledge of the trustee. Training in the role and responsibilities of a charity trustee would be mainly in the form of publications available from the Charity Commission. Any queries would be addressed to relevant professional advisors as required. As part of the induction process, new trustees are familiarised with the charity’s governing document. 

All trustees give their time freely and no trustee remuneration was paid in the current and prior year. 

Decisions are made by the trustees with regards to grant making and other areas, with the consent of all trustees at board meetings. 

## **Principal risks and uncertainties** 

During the year the trustees have undertaken a risk assessment. The assessment helped to identify the major risks to which the charity is exposed. 

The principal risk and uncertainty for the charity is that not enough income is generated in order to award grants and cover any governance costs. The charity holds a mixed portfolio of investments and the trustees have established a system to review major risks and to mitigate those risks by regularly reviewing the portfolio.  The exposure of the charity to price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk from holding its investments is therefore limited. 

## **Reference and administrative information** 

The reference and administrative information set out on page 1 of forms part of this report. 

The trustees who served during the year are shown on page 1 of this report. 

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## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **DIRECTORS' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 (CONTINUED)** 

## **Statement of trustees' responsibilities** 

The trustees (who are also directors of The Hobson Charity Limited for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report (incorporating the directors' report) and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). 

Company law 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 charitable company and of the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to: 

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; 

- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; 

- make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 

- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements, and 

- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business. 

The trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 

In so far as the trustees are aware: 

- there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company's auditors are unaware; and 

- • the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditors are aware of that information. 

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions. 

In preparing this report. The Trustees have taken advantage of the small companies exemptions provided by section 415A of the Companies Act 2006'. 

The trustees authorise the Directors' Report. 

By order of the trustees 



Lady Patricia Hobson QBE Emma Cook **Trustee Trustee** 


Jennifer Richardson **Trustee** 

Date: 24/10/2023 

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## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **Opinion** 

We have audited the financial statements of The Hobson Charity Limited (the 'charitable company') for the year ended 31 March 2023 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities (including an income and expenditure account), the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Changes in Equity, the Statement of Cash Flows and related Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of 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 charitable company's affairs as at 31 March 2023 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended; 

- have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and 

- have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. 

## **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 charitable company 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 charitable company’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 Directors’ (as Trustees) Report other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the Directors’ report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. 

Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.  If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves.  If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. 

We have nothing to report in this regard. 

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## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED (CONTINUED)** 

## **Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006** 

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: 

- the information given in the Directors' Report prepared for the purposes of company law, for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and 

- the Directors' Report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. 

## **Matters on which we are required to report by exception** 

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Directors' Report. 

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion: 

- adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or 

- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or 

- certain disclosures of trustees' remuneration specified by law are not made; or 

- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or 

- the Directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies' regime and take advantage of the small companies exemption from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report. 

## **Responsibilities of trustees** 

As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities set out on page 6, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) 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 charitable company’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 charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. 

## **Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements** 

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. 

## **The extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud** 

Irregularities are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations.  The objectives of our audit are to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding compliance with laws and regulations that have a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, to perform audit procedures to help identify instances of non-compliance with other laws and regulations that may have a material effect on the financial statements, and to respond appropriately to identified or suspected non-compliance with laws and regulations identified during the audit. 

In relation to fraud, the objectives of our audit are to identify and assess the risk of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud, to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the assessed risks of 

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## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED (CONTINUED)** 

## **The extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud (cont.)** 

material misstatement due to fraud through designing and implementing appropriate responses and to respond appropriately to fraud or suspected fraud identified during the audit. 

However, it is the primary responsibility of management, with the oversight of those charged with governance, to ensure that the entity's operations are conducted in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations and for the prevention and detection of fraud. 

In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud, the audit engagement team: 

- obtained an understanding of the nature of the sector, including the legal and regulatory framework that the charitable company operates in and how the charitable company is complying with the legal and regulatory framework; 

- inquired of management, and those charged with governance, about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities, including any known actual, suspected or alleged instances of fraud; 

- discussed matters about non-compliance with laws and regulations and how fraud might occur including assessment of how and where the financial statements may be susceptible to fraud. 

As a result of these procedures, we consider the most significant laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the financial statements are FRS 102, Charities SORP (FRS 102), Companies Act 2006, Charities Act 2011, the charitable company’s governing document, and Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016. We performed audit procedures to detect non-compliances which may have a material impact on the financial statements which included reviewing the financial statements including the Directors’ Report, remaining alert to new or unusual transactions which may not be in accordance with charity law, inspecting board minutes and confirming that there has been no correspondence with the Charity Commission or external legal advisers in the period. 

The audit engagement team identified the risk of management override of controls and income recognition as the areas where the financial statements were most susceptible to material misstatement due to fraud. Audit procedures performed included but were not limited to testing manual journal entries and other adjustments, evaluating the business rationale in relation to significant, unusual transactions and transactions entered into outside the normal course of business, challenging judgments and estimates. We have also carried out substantive testing over financial income. 

## **Use of our report** 

This report is made solely to the charitable company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006.  Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company’s members 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 charitable company and the charitable company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.We also considered those other laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of financial statements, such as the Companies Act 2006 and the Charities Act 2011 . 

IRENE HAMBLETON (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of RSM UK AUDIT LLP, Statutory Auditor Chartered Accountants RSM UK Audit LLP St Olaf’s Hall Church Road Lerwick Shetland Isles, ZE1 0FD Date 

RSM UK Audit LLP is eligible to act as an auditor in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006. 

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## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** 

|**Notes**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**Income**<br>**Fund**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>**Income from:**<br>Voluntary income - donations<br>**2**<br>-<br>Investment income<br>**3**<br>1,449,087<br>**Total**<br>1,449,087<br>**Expenditure on:**<br>Raising funds:<br>Investment<br>management fees<br>**4**<br>(158,424)<br>Charitable activities:<br>Grant making<br>**5**<br>(1,614,602)<br>Governance costs<br>**7**<br>(87,900)<br>**Total**<br>(1,860,926)<br>**Net income and net**<br>**movement in funds before**<br>**gains and losses on**<br>**investments**<br>(411,839)<br>Gains / (Losses) on<br>investments<br>**10**<br>-<br>**Net movement in funds**<br>(411,839)<br>**Reconciliation of funds:**<br>**Totals funds brought**<br>**forward**<br>**15, 16**<br>19,087,208<br>**Total funds carried forward**<br>**15, 16**<br>18,675,369|**Expendable**<br>**Endowment**<br>**Fund**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>(2,464,941)<br>(2,464,941)<br>28,586,117<br>26,121,176|**Total**<br>**Funds**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>-<br>1,449,087<br>1,449,087<br>(158,424)<br>(1,614,602)<br>(87,900)<br>(1,860,926)<br>(411,839)<br>(2,464,941)<br>(2,876,780)<br>47,673,325<br>44,796,545|**Total**<br>**Funds**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>-<br>1,383,608|
|---|---|---|---|
||||1,383,608|
||||(162,932)<br>(1,388,293)<br>(87,589)|
||||(1,638,814)|
||||(255,206)|
||||812,449|
||||557,243<br>47,116,082|
||||47,673,325|



The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All incoming resources and resources expended are derived from continuing activities. 

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THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2023
2023
2022
Notes
Fix•d a$s&ts
Investments
10
39,060.817
41.522,136
Current assets
Debtor5
Cash al bank and In hand
11
32,482
7,100.938
34,522
7.244.426
7,133,420
7,278,948
Creditors.. amount$ falling du•
within ong year
12
11,102,687)
11.018,9341
Net currerrt assets
6.030,733
6,260.014
Total a$s*ts1o$$ ¢urront Ilabllltl¢$
45,091,550
47,782,150
Creditors: amounts falling due after
m¢xe than one year
13
1295.0001
1108,8201
Net assgts
44,796,550
47.673,330
Represented by:"
Called up share capital
Unrestricted Income Fund
Expendable Endowment Fund
14
16
16
18,675,369
26,121,176
19,087,208
28,586,117
Total Funds
44,796,545
47.673.325
Net assets
16
44,796,550
47,673,330
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of part 15 of the
Companies Act 2006 relatin9 to small companies.
The financial statements were approved and aulhori8ed for issue by the tM)ard of trustees on 24 October 2023.
Lady Patricia Hobson OBE
Trustee
Emma Cook
Trustee
Jenniler R￿hardSOn
Trustee
(Company Registered No. 01890971 (England & Wales))
Icharfty Reglstered No. 3268391

## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

**STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** 

|**Balance as at 1 April 2021**<br>Net income for the year<br>Net gains on investments<br>**Balance as at 31 March 2022**<br>**Balance as at 1 April 2022**<br>Net income for the year<br>Net gains (losses) on investments<br>**Balance as at 31 March 2023**|**Called**<br>**up**<br>**share**<br>**capital**<br>**£**<br>5<br>-<br>-<br>5<br>5<br>-<br>-<br>5|**Designated Income**<br>**Fund forming part**<br>**of the Unrestricted**<br>**Income Fund**<br>**£**<br>3,167,083<br>(464,337)<br>-<br>2,702,746<br>2,702,746<br>(727,260)<br>-<br>1,975,486|**‘Other’**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**Income Fund**<br>**£**<br>16,175,331<br>209,131<br>-<br>16,384,462<br>16,384,462<br>315,421<br>-<br>16,699,883|**Expendable**<br>**Endowment Fund**<br>**£**<br>27,773,668<br>-<br>812,449<br>28,586,117<br>28,586,117<br>-<br>(2,464,941)<br>26,121,176|**Total Equity**<br>**£**<br>47,116,082<br>(255,206)<br>812,449|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||47,673,325|
||||||47,673,325<br>(411,839)<br>(2,464,941)|
||||||44,796,545|



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## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** 

|**Cash flows from operating activities**<br>Net movement in funds<br>**Adjustments for:**<br>Unrealised loss / (gain) on investments<br>Deduct interest income shown in investing activities<br>Deduct other investment income shown in investing activities<br>Movement in liquid assets<br>Decrease in debtors<br>Increase in creditors<br>**Net cash used in operating activities**<br>**Net cash flows from investing activities**<br>Interest income<br>Other investment income<br>Purchase of investments<br>**Net cash provided by / (used in) investing activities**<br>(Decrease) in cash and cash equivalents in the year<br>Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year<br>**Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year**|**2023**<br>**£**<br>(2,876,780)<br>2,464,941<br>(50,357)<br>(1,398,730)<br>(3,622)<br>2,040<br>269,933<br>(1,592,575)<br>50,357<br>1,398,730<br>-<br>1,449,087<br>(143,488)<br>7,244,426<br>7,100,938|**2022**<br>**£**<br>557,243<br>(812,449)<br>(6,157)<br>(1,377,451)<br>(465,641)<br>498,084<br>351,546|
|---|---|---|
|||(1,254,825)|
|||6,157<br>1,377,451<br>(1,566,606)|
|||(182,998)|
|||(1,437,823)<br>8,682,249|
|||7,244,426|



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## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** 

## **1 Accounting policies** 

The principal accounting policies adopted, judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows: 

## **1.1 Basis of preparation** 

The charity is a public benefit entity. 

The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and 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)), the Companies Act 2006, the Charities Act 2011 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102). 

## **1.2 Income** 

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, on the following basis: 

## _(i) Donations and legacies_ 

Donations, legacies and grants are recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. 

## _(ii) Listed investments_ 

Dividends and commission are recognised when receivable and represent income received from listed securities. 

## _(iv) Bank interest receivable_ 

Interest is recognised when receivable by the charity and represents treasury and bank interest. 

## **1.3 Expenditure** 

## _(i)   Raising funds_ 

This comprises investment management fees which are recognised on an accruals basis. Any irrecoverable VAT is added to the related expense. 

## _(ii) Grant making_ 

Grants are accounted for in full in the period the grants are approved and the decision is notified to the recipient irrespective of the period covered by the grant. Grants awarded but not yet paid are recorded as grant commitments in the Balance Sheet. Grant commitment creditors are split between creditors amounts falling due within one year and creditors amounts falling due after one year according to when the grants will be paid (see note 6). 

## _(iii) Governance costs_ 

Governance costs include external audit and accountancy fees, staff costs and legal and professional fees. Governance costs are recognised on an accruals basis. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates. 

## **1.4 Listed investments** 

Listed investments are stated in the financial statements at fair value. Realised gains and losses on the sale of investments are calculated as the difference between the sale proceeds and the original cost. Unrealised gains and losses represent the movement between fair values. Realised and unrealised gains and losses are included on the face of the Statement of Financial Activities (including an income and expenditure account). Listed investments are held primarily to provide an investment return for the charity. 

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## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 (CONTINUED)** 

## **1 Accounting policies (continued)** 

## **1.5 Funds** 

The charity maintains an Unrestricted Income Fund, which includes a Designated Unrestricted Income Fund and an Expendable Endowment Fund. 

Income generated by the Expendable Endowment Fund is recognised as part of the Unrestricted Income Fund. Unrealised valuation gains or losses on listed investments are recognised in the Expendable Endowment Fund. 

The Expendable Endowment Fund was established from donations received for that purpose.  The primary intention in establishing an Expendable Endowment Fund is for funds to be invested so as to generate future income for the purpose of the charity. The trustees shall also be permitted to convert any or the entire Expendable Endowment Fund to the Unrestricted Income Fund, however in any decision whether or not to convert endowment monies into expendable income the trustees should have regard for the primary intention of this endowment. 

The charity established a Designated Unrestricted Income Fund in the year ended 2019 from the donation received. The intention in establishing a Designated Fund is for funds to be granted for the advancement of research and heritage. Another one was created in the prior year for wildlife. These Designated Unrestricted Income Funds are in addition to the Designated Unrestricted Income Fund for the advancement of education which was created in the year ended 2018. 

Any funds receivable during the relevant accounting year but not utilised are carried forward as part of the Unrestricted Income Fund. 

## **1.6 Cash at bank and in hand** 

Cash and cash equivalents are represented by cash in hand, deposits held at call with financial institutions and other short-term highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value. 

## **1.7 Financial instruments** 

## (i)  Financial assets 

Basic financial assets, including trade and other debtors and cash and bank balances are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at present value of future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. 

Such assets are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method. 

At the end of each reporting period, financial assets measured at amortised cost are assessed for objective evidence of impairment. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities (including an income and expenditure account). If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities (including an income and expenditure account). 

Financial assets are derecognised when: 

- (a) The contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled; or 

- (b) Substantially all the risks and rewards of the ownership of the asset are transferred to another party; or 

- (c) Control of the asset has been transferred to another party who has the practical ability to unilaterally sell the asset to an unrelated third party without imposing additional restrictions. 

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## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 (CONTINUED)** 

## **1 Accounting policies (continued)** 

## **1.7 Financial instruments (continued)** 

## (ii)  Financial liabilities 

Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other creditors that are classified as debt are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method. Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. 

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the liability is extinguished, this is when the contractual obligation is discharged, cancelled or expires. 

- (iii)  Offsetting 

   - Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amounts presented in the financial statements when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. 

## **1.8 Judgements in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty** 

The preparation of the charity’s financial statements require trustees to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities, at the reporting date. However uncertainty about these assumptions and estimates could result in outcomes that require a material adjustment to the carrying amount of the asset or liability affected in future periods. 

## **2 Donations and legacies** 

|**onations and legacies**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**|**Total Funds**|**Unrestricted**|**Total Funds**|
||**Income Fund**|**2023**|**Income Fund**|**2022**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Donations|-|-|-|-|



There were no donations received in the current or prior year. 

## **3 Investment income** 

|**nvestment income**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Income from UK listed investments<br>Bank interest receivable|**Unrestricted**<br>**Income Fund**<br>**£**<br>1,398,730<br>50,357<br>1,449,087|**Total Funds**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>1,398,730<br>50,357<br>1,449,087|**Unrestricted**<br>**Income Fund**<br>**£**<br>1,377,451<br>6,157<br>1,383,608|**Total Funds**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>1,377,451<br>6,157|
|||||1,383,608|



|**4**|**Raising funds**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Unrestricted**|**Total Funds**|**Unrestricted**|**Total Funds**|
|||**Income Fund**|**2023**|**Income Fund**|**2022**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
||Investment management fees|158,424|158,424|162,932|162,932|



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## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 (CONTINUED)** 

|**5 Grant making**<br>**Animals**<br>Cats Protection<br>Cuan Wildlife Rescue<br>Falconry Centre, Hagley Ltd<br>Freshfields Animal Rescue<br>Horse Sense Wirral<br>Mayhew Animal Home<br>National Animal Welfare Trust<br>Pet Food Bank Service<br>Team Poundie<br>Zoological Society of London (ZSL)<br>**Arts**<br>Rambert School of Ballet & Contemporary Dance<br>**Bereavement**<br>Cruse Bereavement Care<br>Lullaby Trust<br>**Cathedral**<br>Corporation of Liverpool Cathedral<br>**Community**<br>Bath, Weston, All Saints<br>Brighton Fringe Ltd<br>Castle Point Social Car Scheme Limited<br>Church of St John the Evangelist, Kingston Park<br>Community Heart Productions<br>Explore York Libraries and Archives Mutual Ltd<br>GodFirst Christchurch<br>His Place<br>Jewish Training Academy for Girls (JTAG) Ltd<br>KEYS Project<br>Loughborough Junction Action Group<br>Medbourne Village Hall<br>Poplar HARCA<br>Sailors' Society<br>St Barnabas Church, Peasemore<br>St Edward's Church, Eggbuckland (Church Hall)<br>St James Church, Staunton<br>St Mary Magdalene, Shabbington, Buckinghamshire<br>St. James The Great, Audlem<br>St. Margaret's Church , Stoodleigh|**Paid**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br> <br>15,000<br>- <br>- <br>3,000<br>5,000<br>4,340<br>10,000<br>- <br>2,000<br>- <br>39,340 <br> <br>5,000<br> <br>- <br> -   <br> -   <br> <br> -   <br> <br>- <br>300<br>- <br>240<br>- <br>3,000<br>5,000<br>- <br>- <br>450<br>2,592<br>- <br>- <br>3,000<br>- <br>3,240<br>- <br>- <br>- <br>-|<br>**Payable**<br>**2024-25**<br> <br>**£**<br> <br>- <br>  10,000 <br>  4,200 <br>- <br>- <br>- <br>- <br>  5,000 <br>- <br>   50,000  <br> 69,200 <br> <br> -   <br> <br>  10,000 <br>  7,000 <br>  17,000 <br> <br>  20,000 <br> <br>  10,000 <br>- <br>  5,000 <br>- <br>  4,000 <br>- <br>- <br>  15,000 <br>  4,440 <br>- <br>- <br>  10,000 <br>  2,820 <br>- <br>  9,163 <br>- <br>  5,000 <br>  5,000 <br>  5,000 <br>  1,000|<br>**Total**<br> <br>**£**<br>  15,000<br> 10,000<br> 4,200<br>  3,000<br>  5,000<br>  4,340<br>  10,000<br> 5,000<br>  2,000<br>  50,000|
|---|---|---|---|
||||108,540|
|||||
||||5,000|
||||10,000<br> 7,000|
||||17,000|
|||||
||||20,000|
||||10,000<br>  300<br> 5,000<br>  240<br> 4,000<br>  3,000<br>  5,000<br> 15,000<br> 4,440<br>  450<br>  2,592<br> 10,000<br> 2,820<br>  3,000<br> 9,163<br>  3,240<br> 5,000<br> 5,000<br> 5,000<br> 1,000|



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**THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 (CONTINUED)** 

|**5 Grant making (continued)**<br>**Community (continued)**<br>St. Mary's Church, Hartpury<br>Tenbury Community Pool Ltd<br>West Somerset Railway Association<br>Winchester Pavilion Project<br>**Disability**<br>Action For Kids Charitable Trust<br>Aim Up<br>Alkaptonuria Society Ltd<br>Allsorts Gloucestershire<br>ASPIRE (Association for Spinal Injury Research,<br>Rehabilitation, and Reintegration)<br>Bexley Beavers<br>Blind Veterans UK<br>BucksVision<br>C F Dream Holidays<br>Camphill Rudolf Steiner School Ltd (Camphill School<br>Aberdeen)<br>Carers First<br>Cerebra - For Brain Injured Children and Young<br>Compass Disability Services<br>Croydon Voluntary Association for the Blind<br>Ethel Trust<br>FitzRoy Support<br>Foundation For Conductive Education<br>Garwood Foundation<br>Helping Disabilities Trust<br>Jigsaw Trust<br>Kisharon<br>Lake District Calvert Trust<br>Liquid Listening<br>Motor Neurone Disease Association - MNDA<br>NMC Midlands Ltd<br>Open Country<br>Options for Supported Living<br>Peter Pan Centre Ltd<br>Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity<br>Sandcastle Trust<br>Saracens Sport Foundation<br>Seashell Trust|**Paid**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>-<br>5,927<br>-<br>-<br>23,749 <br> <br>2,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>2,300<br>700<br>-<br>900<br>4,395<br>-<br>10,800<br>2,000<br>3,893<br>8,407<br>2,500<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>2,609<br>4,692<br>-<br>2,640<br>-<br>5,000<br>-<br>5,000<br>1,125<br>1,860<br>1,790<br>-<br>-<br>-|<br>**Payable**<br>**2024-25**<br> <br>**£**<br>  3,000<br>-<br>  3,150<br>   5,000 <br>  87,573 <br> <br>-<br>  10,000<br>  5,000<br>  1,897<br>-<br>-<br>  10,000<br>-<br>-<br>  20,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>  4,400<br>  7,460<br>  50,000<br>-<br>-<br>  9,986<br>-<br>  2,415<br>-<br>  3,535<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>  5,000<br>  18,742<br>  2,867|<br>**Total**<br> <br>**£**<br> 3,000<br>  5,927<br> 3,150<br>  5,000|
|---|---|---|---|
||||111,322|
||||2,000<br> 10,000<br> 5,000<br> 1,897<br>  2,300<br>  700<br> 10,000<br>  900<br>  4,395<br> 20,000<br>  10,800<br>  2,000<br>  3,893<br>  8,407<br>  2,500<br> 4,400<br> 7,460<br> 50,000<br>  2,609<br>  4,692<br> 9,986<br>  2,640<br> 2,415<br>  5,000<br> 3,535<br>  5,000<br>  1,125<br>  1,860<br>  1,790<br> 5,000<br> 18,742<br> 2,867|



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## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 (CONTINUED)** 

|**5 Grant making (continued)**<br>**Disability (continued)**<br>Snow Buddies UK<br>Society for Mucopolysaccharide Diseases - MPS<br>Springboard Opportunity Group<br>VICTA Children Ltd<br>York Blind & Partially Sighted Society (MySight York)<br>**Domestic Abuse**<br>First Light South West Ltd<br>Jericho Foundation<br>Oxfordshire Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Centre<br>**Education**<br>Access Project<br>**Elderly**<br>Birmingham Jewish Community Care<br>Bridge Care Limited<br>Dementia Support - Hampshire & IOW<br>Jewish Care<br>**Environmental**<br>Caring For Life<br>**Family**<br>Bonny Downs Community Association (BDCA)<br>Children's Adventure Farm Trust<br>Hessle Road Network<br>Home-Start West Berkshire<br>Why me? UK<br>**Health & Wellbeing**<br>Progressive Farming Trust Limited<br>Stroke Association<br>**Homelessness**<br>1625 Independent People<br>Amber Foundation<br>Connection Support<br>Emmaus Sheffield<br>Emmaus South Lambeth Community<br>HandsOn London<br>Renova Trust|**Paid**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>-<br>10,000<br>2,005<br>2,550<br>2,283 <br>79,449 <br> <br>4,000<br>-<br>-<br>4,000<br> <br>5,000<br> <br>4,560<br>-<br>322<br> -  <br>4,882<br> <br>1,000<br> <br>4,184<br>8,240<br>2,978<br>1,000<br>-<br>16,402<br> <br>4,551<br>-<br>4,551<br> <br>5,000<br>-<br>5,000<br>-<br>-<br>1,800<br>-|<br>**Payable**<br>**2024-25**<br> <br>**£**<br>  3,073<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br> 154,375 <br> <br>-<br>  15,000<br>   3,000 <br> 18,000<br> <br> -  <br> <br>-<br>  20,000<br> 1,178<br>  10,000<br> 31,178<br> <br> -  <br> <br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>  2,964<br> 2,964<br> <br>-<br>  20,000 <br> 20,000 <br> <br>-<br>  5,266<br>-<br>  5,000<br>  300<br>-<br>  7,500|<br>**Total**<br> <br>**£**<br> 3,073<br>  10,000<br>  2,005<br>  2,550<br>  2,283|
|---|---|---|---|
||||233,824|
||||4,000<br> 15,000<br>  3,000|
||||22,000|
|||||
||||5,000|
||||4,560<br> 20,000<br> 1,500<br> 10,000|
||||36,060|
|||||
||||1,000|
||||4,184<br>  8,240<br>  2,978<br>  1,000<br> 2,964|
||||19,366|
||||4,551<br> 20,000|
||||24,551|
||||5,000<br> 5,266<br>  5,000<br> 5,000<br> 300<br>  1,800<br> 7,500|



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## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 (CONTINUED)** 

|**5 Grant making (continued)**<br>**Homelessness (continued)**<br>Response Organisation<br>Routes to Roots (Poole) CIO<br>Waltham Forest Churches Night Shelter-WFCNS<br>Limited<br>Your Place (London) Limited (Previously, Caritas<br>Anchor House)<br>**Hospice**<br>Ashgate Hospicecare<br>Harlington Hospice Association Limited<br>Havens Hospices<br>Hospice Charity Partnership (known as Birmingham<br>Hospice)<br>Lifelites<br>North London Hospice<br>North Yorkshire Hospice Care<br>Overgate Hospice<br>Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent<br>South Bucks Hospice<br>St Clare West Essex Hospice Care Trust<br>St John & St Elizabeth Charity<br>Willen Hospice<br>**Life-Limiting**<br>Chance to Shine Foundation Limited<br>Hope For Tomorrow<br>Joss Searchlight<br>Odyssey Project Limited<br>**Medical**<br>Action Medical Research<br>Brainstrust<br>Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT)<br>Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group<br>Cobalt Health<br>Dudley Group NHS Foundation Charity<br>Institute of Cancer Research<br>Murray Parish Trust<br>Prostate Cancer UK<br>Royal Free Charity<br>Royal Marsden Cancer Charity<br>St Bartholomew's Heritage|**Paid**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>10,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>21,800 <br> <br>7,164<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>5,000<br>-<br>-<br>5,014<br>-<br>3,000<br>-<br>2,000<br>10,000<br>32,178<br> <br>-<br>-<br>1,500<br>-<br>1,500 <br> <br>10,900<br>-<br>5,000<br>7,800<br>10,000<br>3,420<br>16,678<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>62,774<br>-|<br>**Payable**<br>**2024-25**<br> <br>**£**<br>-<br>  25,000<br>  15,400<br>  10,000 <br>  68,466 <br> <br>-<br>  2,000<br>  10,000<br>  10,400<br>-<br>  25,000<br>  5,760<br>-<br>  4,314<br>-<br>  10,000<br>-<br> -  <br> 67,474<br> <br>  4,975<br>  8,083<br>-<br>  4,955 <br> 18,013 <br> <br>-<br>  4,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>  10,000<br>  10,000<br>  31,438<br>-<br>  50,000|<br>**Total**<br> <br>**£**<br>  10,000<br> 25,000<br> 15,400<br> 10,000|
|---|---|---|---|
||||90,266|
||||7,164<br> 2,000<br> 10,000<br> 10,400<br>  5,000<br> 25,000<br> 5,760<br>  5,014<br> 4,314<br>  3,000<br> 10,000<br>  2,000<br>  10,000|
||||99,652|
||||4,975<br> 8,083<br>  1,500<br> 4,955|
||||19,513|
||||10,900<br> 4,000<br>  5,000<br>  7,800<br>  10,000<br>  3,420<br>  16,678<br> 10,000<br> 10,000<br> 31,438<br>  62,774<br> 50,000|



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## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 (CONTINUED)** 

|**5 Grant making (continued)**<br>**Medical (continued)**<br>Strongbones Children's Charitable Trust<br>Target Ovarian Cancer<br>University Hospitals Birmingham Charity<br>University of Manchester<br>Wellbeing of Women (WOW)<br>West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust<br>Charity<br>**Mental Health**<br>Acacia Family Support<br>Arts and Minds (Cambridgeshire and Peterborough<br>Foundation for the Arts and Mental Health)<br>Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital<br>Brent Adolescent Centre For Young People (BCYP)<br>British Horse Society<br>Growing Well Limited<br>HUMEN<br>Normandy Community Therapy Garden<br>Oakleaf Enterprise<br>**Museum**<br>Brunel Museum<br>Coldharbour Mill Trust Limited<br>Milton Keynes Museum Trust Limited<br>Wallace Collection<br>**Music**<br>National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain<br>Royal School of Church Music<br>**Poverty**<br>Achieved Dreams<br>Aspirations Program CIO<br>Blooming Blossoms Trust<br>Christians Together Calderdale<br>City Harvest<br>Cystic Fibrosis Trust<br>Faithworks Wessex<br>Friends For Families (Sevenoaks)<br>Lincoln St Swithin<br>Off The Fence Trust Limited<br>Orchards|**Paid**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>6,757<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>10,000<br>-<br>133,329 <br> <br>2,000<br>-<br>-<br>3,328<br>5,000<br>3,000<br>10,000<br>11,748<br> -  <br>35,076<br> <br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br> <br>1,500<br>15,230 <br>16,730 <br> <br>-<br>12,000<br>-<br>-<br>5,000<br>5,000<br>-<br>10,000<br>4,547<br>-<br>546|<br>**Payable**<br>**2024-25**<br> <br>**£**<br>-<br>  10,000<br>  5,000<br>  250,000<br>-<br>  10,000 <br>  380,438 <br> <br>-<br>  5,000<br>  5,520<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>  1,550<br> 12,070<br> <br>  11,500<br>  10,000<br>  20,000<br>  20,000 <br>   61,500 <br> <br>-<br>-<br>-<br> <br>  500<br>-<br>  4,500<br>  5,000<br>-<br>-<br>  5,000<br>-<br>-<br>  3,000<br>-|<br>**Total**<br> <br>**£**<br>  6,757<br> 10,000<br> 5,000<br> 250,000<br>  10,000<br> 10,000|
|---|---|---|---|
||||513,767|
||||2,000<br> 5,000<br> 5,520<br>  3,328<br>  5,000<br>  3,000<br>  10,000<br>  11,748<br> 1,550|
||||47,146|
||||11,500<br> 10,000<br> 20,000<br> 20,000|
||||61,500|
||||1,500<br>  15,230|
||||16,730|
||||500<br>  12,000<br> 4,500<br> 5,000<br>  5,000<br>  5,000<br> 5,000<br>  10,000<br>  4,547<br> 3,000<br>  546|



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|**5 Grant making (continued)**<br>**Poverty (continued)**<br>Parish Trust<br>Parochial Charities<br>Racing Welfare<br>Richmond Furniture Project<br>Sandwell African Women Association<br>School-Home Support Service (UK)<br>Watford & Three Rivers Refugee Partnership<br>YMCA East Surrey<br>**Rehabilitation**<br>Headway Cambridgeshire<br>Nelson Trust<br>**Rescue**<br>Bravo Medics<br>**Veterans**<br>ABF The Soldiers' Charity (2 grants)<br>Open University<br>Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund<br>Walking With the Wounded<br>**Youth**<br>Active Hope Ltd<br>Andrew Simpson Foundation<br>Church Pastoral Aid Society (CPAS)<br>Create (Arts) Limited<br>Discovery Sailing Project<br>Drama Expressions for Children<br>Kenelm Youth Trust Limited<br>Leeds Children's Charity at Lineham Farm<br>Mayor's Fund for London<br>National Youth Jazz Orchestra<br>Northdale Horticulture<br>Portsmouth Sail Training Trust (PSTT)<br>Quest for Learning<br>ReachOut Youth<br>St Andrew's Club<br>Starlight Children's Foundation<br>StreetGames UK<br>Talent-Ed Education<br>Villiers Park Educational Trust|**Paid**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>6,000<br>6,572<br>5,000<br>-<br>-<br>5,000<br>5,000<br> 5,000 <br> 69,665 <br> <br>-<br> -  <br> -  <br> <br> -  <br> <br>2,000<br>7,000<br>10,000<br>5,000<br>24,000<br> <br>-<br>4,635<br>5,000<br>-<br>1,600<br>4,200<br>-<br>4,500<br>6,265<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>2,250<br>5,770<br>1,500<br>4,728<br>4,000<br>4,025<br>-|<br>**Payable**<br>**2024-25**<br> <br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>  5,000<br>  2,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br> 25,000 <br> <br>  2,400<br>  10,000<br>  12,400<br> <br>  29,698<br> <br> 10,700<br>-<br>-<br> -  <br> 10,700<br> <br>  4,100<br>-<br>-<br>  3,414<br>-<br>-<br>  8,400<br>-<br>-<br>  4,000<br>  4,400<br>  1,125<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>  2,000|<br>**Total**<br> <br>**£**<br>  6,000<br>  6,572<br>  5,000<br> 5,000<br> 2,000<br>  5,000<br>  5,000<br>   5,000|
|---|---|---|---|
||||94,665|
||||2,400<br> 10,000|
||||12,400|
|||||
||||29,698|
||||12,700<br>  7,000<br>  10,000<br>  5,000|
||||34,700|
||||4,100<br>  4,635<br>  5,000<br> 3,414<br>  1,600<br>  4,200<br> 8,400<br>  4,500<br>  6,265<br> 4,000<br> 4,400<br> 1,125<br>  2,250<br>  5,770<br>  1,500<br>  4,728<br>  4,000<br>  4,025<br> 2,000|



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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 (CONTINUED)** 

|**5 Grant making (continued)**<br>**Youth (continued)**<br>Youth & Community Connexions<br>Youth Adventure Trust<br>**Subtotal before reductions**<br>**Prior year grant commitments cancelled**<br>**Total**<br>**Grants made by Fund**<br>Income<br>Education<br>Research and Heritage<br>Wildlife<br>**Total**<br>Please see note 19 for 2022 comparatives<br>**6 Analysis of accruals for grants payable**<br>**Notes**<br>Grants commited during the year**5**<br>Grants commited in prior periods<br>**12, 13**<br>**Analysis of accruals for grants payable - prior year**<br>**Notes**<br>Grants commited during the year**19**<br>Grants commited in prior periods<br>**12, 13**|**Paid**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>-<br>1,370 <br>49,843 <br>567,494<br> (88,180) <br>479,314<br>331,429<br>71,739<br>36,875<br>39,271<br>479,314<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>840,288<br>238,569<br>1,078,857<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>709,235<br>286,349<br>995,584|<br>**Payable**<br>**2024-25**<br> <br>**£**<br>  1,800<br>-<br> 29,239 <br> 1,135,288<br>-<br> 1,135,288<br>555,913<br>109,275<br>400,900<br>69,200<br>1,135,288<br>**2024-25**<br>**£**<br>295,000<br>-<br>295,000<br>**2023-24**<br>**£**<br>108,820<br>-<br>108,820|<br>**Total**<br> <br>**£**<br> 1,800<br>  1,370|
|---|---|---|---|
||||79,082|
|||||
||||1,702,782<br>   (88,180)|
||||1,614,602|
||||887,342<br>181,014<br>437,775<br>108,471|
||||1,614,602|
||||**Total at**<br>**31.03.23**<br>**£**<br>1,135,288<br>238,569|
||||1,373,857|
||||**Total at**<br>**31.03.22**<br>**£**<br>818,055<br>286,349|
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## **THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED** 

## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 (CONTINUED)** 

## **7 Governance costs** 

|**Governance costs**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Notes**<br>Professional fees<br>Audit fees<br>Other accountancy services<br>Staff costs<br>Bank charges<br>Other|**Unrestricted**<br>**Income Fund**<br>**£**<br>18,600<br>10,785<br>29,385<br>50,000<br>205<br> 8,310<br>87,900|**Total Funds**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>18,600<br>10,785<br>29,385<br>50,000<br>205<br> 8,310<br>87,900|<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**Income Fund**<br> <br>**£**<br>12,900<br>18,525<br>31,425<br>50,459<br>240<br> 5,465<br>87,589|<br>**Total Funds**<br>**2022**<br> <br>**£**<br>12,900<br>18,525|
|||||31,425<br>50,459<br>240<br> 5,465|
|||||87,589|



All governance costs are in relation to grant-making activities. 

## **8 Staff costs** 

|Staff costs were as follows:<br>Wages and salaries<br>Social security costs<br>The average monthly number of employees, including the trustees,<br>during the year was as follows:<br>Administration and support|**2023**<br>**£**<br>50,000<br> -  <br>50,000<br>**2023**<br>7|<br>**2022**<br> <br>**£**<br>50,000<br> 459|
|---|---|---|
|||50,459|
|||<br>**2022**<br>7|



No employees in the current and prior year received employment benefits of greater than £60k. 

## **9 Trustees remuneration** 

No remuneration or expenses were paid to trustees in respect of the current and prior year. 

|**10 Listed investments**<br>At  1 April<br>Historical cost<br>Unrealised gains on revaluation<br>Liquid assets<br>Fair value<br>Add acquisitions at cost<br>Unrealised (loss) / gain on revaluation<br>Movement in liquid assets<br>Fair value at 31 March|**2023**<br>**£**<br>35,534,771<br>5,521,718<br>465,647<br>41,522,136<br>-<br>(2,464,941)<br> 3,622<br>39,060,817|<br>**2022**<br> <br>**£**<br>33,968,165<br>4,709,269<br> 6|
|---|---|---|
|||38,677,440<br>1,566,606<br>812,449<br>465,641|
|||41,522,136|



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## **11 Debtors** 

|Accrued income<br>Other debtors<br>**12 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**<br>**Note**<br>Other accruals<br>Accruals for grants payable<br>**6**<br>**13 Creditors: amounts falling after more than one year**<br>**Note**<br>Accruals for grants payable<br>**6**|**2023**<br>**£**<br>-<br> 32,482<br>32,482<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>23,830<br>1,078,857<br>1,102,687<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>295,000|<br>**2022**<br> <br>**£**<br> <br>-<br> 34,522|
|---|---|---|
|||34,522|
|||<br>**2022**<br> <br>**£**<br>23,350<br> 995,584|
|||1,018,934|
|||<br>**2022**<br> <br>**£**<br>108,820|



Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost comprise trade creditors, other creditors, general accruals (excluding the audit fee accrual) and accruals for grants payable and amounted to £1,379,087 (2022: £1,114,854). 

## **14 Share capital** 

Allotted, called up and fully paid 

At 31 March 2023 5 (2022: 5) Ordinary Shares of £1 each 5 5 

## **15 Trust funds** 

## **Unrestricted Income Fund:** 

|**Unrestricted Income Fund:**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Unrestricted Fund<br>**Designated**<br>Educational Fund<br>Research and Heritage Fund<br>Wildlife Fund<br>**Total net assets**|**As at**<br>**1.04.22**<br>**£**<br>16,384,462<br>1,557,997<br>533,863<br> 610,886<br>19,087,208|**Income**<br>**£**<br>1,449,087<br>1,449,087|**Expenditure**<br> <br>**£**<br>(1,133,666)<br>(181,014)<br>(437,775)<br> (108,471)<br> (1,860,926)|<br>**As at**<br>**31.03.23**<br> <br>**£**<br>16,699,883<br>1,376,983<br>96,088<br> 502,415|
|||||18,675,369|



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## **15 Trust funds (continued)** 

|**Expendable Endowment Fund – current year**<br>**(including Unrealised Investment Gains):**<br>Balance as at 1 April 2022<br>Net outgoing resources<br>Balance as at 31 March 2023|**£**<br>28,586,117<br> (2,464,941)|
|---|---|
||26,121,176|



## **Unrestricted Income Fund:** 

|**Unrestricted Income Fund:**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Unrestricted Fund<br>**Designated**<br>Educational Fund<br>Research and Heritage Fund<br>Wildlife Fund<br>**Total net assets**|**As at**<br>**1.04.21**<br>**£**<br>16,175,331<br>1,755,732<br>763,795<br>647,556<br>19,342,414|**Income**<br>**£**<br>1,383,608<br>1,383,608|**Expenditure**<br> <br>**£**<br>(1,174,477)<br>(197,735)<br>(229,932)<br>(36,670)<br> (1,638,814)|<br>**As at**<br>**31.03.22**<br> <br>**£**<br>16,384,462<br>1,557,997<br>533,863<br>610,886|
|||||19,087,208|



The designated funds reflect our commitment to specific areas of importance, allowing us to make a meaningful impact in the realms of education, research, heritage, and wildlife conservation. 

## **Expendable Endowment Fund – prior year (including Unrealised Investment Gains):** 

|Balance as at 1 April 2021<br>Net incoming resources<br>Balance as at 31 March 2022|**£**<br>27,773,668<br>812,449|
|---|---|
||28,586,117|



## **16 Analysis of net assets – current year** 

|Fund balances at 31 March 2023<br>are represented by:-<br>Investments<br>Current assets<br>Liabilities<br>Total net assets|**Share**<br>**Capital 2023**<br>**£**<br>-<br>5<br>-<br>5|**Unrestricted**<br>**Income**<br>**Funds 2023**<br>**£**<br>12,939,641<br>7,133,415<br> (1,397,687)<br>18,675,369|**Expendable**<br>**Endowment**<br>**Fund 2023**<br>**£**<br>26,121,176<br>-<br>-<br>26,121,176|**Total Funds**<br>**2023**<br>**£**<br>39,060,817<br>7,133,420<br> (1,397,687)|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||44,796,550|



The Designated Unrestricted Income Fund has current assets of £2,631,157 (2022: £3,085,860) and liabilities of £655,671 (2022: £383,114). 

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## **16 Analysis of net assets – prior year** 

|Fund balances at 31 March 2022<br>are represented by:-<br>Investments<br>Current assets<br>Liabilities<br>Total net assets|**Share Capital**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>-<br>5<br>-<br>5|**Unrestricted**<br>**Income**<br>**Funds 2022**<br>**£**<br>12,936,019<br>7,278,943<br> (1,127,754)<br>19,087,208|**Expendable**<br>**Endowment**<br>**Fund 2022**<br>**£**<br>28,586,117<br>-<br>-<br>28,586,117|**Total Funds**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>41,522,136<br>7,278,948<br> (1,127,754)|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||47,673,330|



## **17 Control** 

The trustees consider there to be no overall controlling party. 

## **18 Related party transactions** 

There were no related party transactions during the year. 

## **19 Comparatives for Grant making year ended 31 March 2022** 

|**Animals**<br>Hearing Dogs for Deaf People<br>Hope Rescue<br>Oak Tree Animals' Charity<br>Scottish SPCA<br>Woodlands Wildlife Sanctuary<br>**Bereavement**<br>Compassionate Friends<br>Scotty's Little Soldiers<br>**Cathedral**<br>Bradford Cathedral<br>**Community**<br>Ainon Baptist Church<br>Breaking Barriers<br>Bridge Church, Bolton<br>Bridgerule Village Hall Limited<br>Brightwalton and Catmore<br>**Continued on next page**|**Paid**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br> <br>-<br>-<br>470<br>-<br>10,000<br>10,470<br>4,000<br>12,000<br>16,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>20,000<br>-<br>-|<br>**Payable**<br>**2023-24**<br> <br>**£**<br> <br>5,000<br>8,400<br>-<br>5,000<br>-<br>18,400<br>-<br>-<br>-<br> 3,000<br>2,500<br>2,762<br>-<br>6,000<br>7,225|<br>**Total**<br> <br>**£**<br>5,000<br>8,400<br>470<br>5,000<br>10,000|
|---|---|---|---|
||||28,870|
||||4,000<br>12,000|
||||16,000|
|||||
||||3,000|
||||2,500<br>2,762<br>20,000<br>6,000<br>7,225|



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## **19 Comparatives for Grant making year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)** 

|**Community (continued)**<br>Christ Church, Harwood<br>Emmanuel Group of Churches<br>English Province of the Order of Preachers<br>Holy Trinity Headington Quarry, Oxford<br>Hope Community Church Pontypridd<br>Lavant Churches<br>Milton Abbot with Dunterton PCC<br>Newport Pagnell United Reformed Church Charity<br>Octavia Foundation<br>Ridgeway Methodist Church<br>St Andrew's Church, Alfiston with Lullington<br>St Augustine's Church, Ipswich<br>St Boniface Church Whipton<br>St Botolph's, Longthorpe<br>St James in the City<br>St James, Sutton, in the Diocese of Chester<br>St Martin with St Peter, Worcester<br>St Mary the Virgin Church, Hanbury<br>St Michael and All Angels Church, Middleton Tyas<br>St Peter's Church, Rhoose<br>St Philip and St James, Ilfracombe<br>St. Mary The Virgin, Monken Hadley<br>Westcliff St Peter<br>Worth, Pound Hill & Maidenbower<br>**Disability**<br>Autism Bedfordshire<br>B.A.S.I.C Brain and Spinal Injury Centre Limited<br>Castel Froma Neuro Care Ltd<br>Centre 404<br>Cherry Trees<br>Coventry Rugby Community Foundation<br>Cpotential Trust<br>Devon Link Up<br>Diverse Abilities Plus Ltd.<br>Dogs for Autism<br>East Sussex Hearing<br>English Heritage Trust<br>Federation of London Youth Clubs<br>Flyde Rugby Community Foundation<br>Ecumenical Partnership Initiatives, known as<br>Workplace Matters|**Paid**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>5,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>3,163<br>-<br>3,575<br>-<br>5,000<br>-<br>8,500<br>2,730<br>-<br>3,267<br>-<br>-<br>5,534<br>-<br>30,000<br>-<br>4,100<br> 90,869<br>-<br>5,000<br>-<br>5,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>5,000<br>5,000<br>-<br>-<br>5,000<br>-|<br>**Payable**<br>**2023-24**<br> <br>**£**<br>2,000<br>10,000<br>5,000<br>-<br>6,000<br>10,000<br>5,287<br>7,200<br>-<br>1,000<br>-<br>5,000<br>-<br>10,000<br>-<br>-<br>3,379<br>-<br>8,000<br>10,000<br>-<br>8,000<br>-<br>5,000<br>-<br>114,353<br>7,000<br>-<br>3,864<br>-<br>4,800<br>4,440<br>20,000<br>5,000<br>-<br>-<br>1,000<br>10,000<br>-<br>3,000|<br>**Total**<br> <br>**£**<br>2,000<br>10,000<br>5,000<br>5,000<br>6,000<br>10,000<br>5,287<br>7,200<br>3,163<br>1,000<br>3,575<br>5,000<br>5,000<br>10,000<br>8,500<br>2,730<br>3,379<br>3,267<br>8,000<br>10,000<br>5,534<br>8,000<br>30,000<br>5,000<br>4,100|
|---|---|---|---|
||||205,222|
||||7,000<br>5,000<br>3,864<br>5,000<br>4,800<br>4,440<br>20,000<br>5,000<br>5,000<br>5,000<br>1,000<br>10,000<br>5,000<br>3,000|



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## **19 Comparatives for Grant making year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)** 

|**Disability (continued)**<br>Guild Care Limited<br>Independent Provider of Special Education Advice<br>INSPIRE Foundation<br>Iris Theatre<br>KEEN London<br>KIDS<br>Lambeth Elfrida Rathbone Society<br>Martha Trust<br>Mid Devon Mobility<br>Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Norfolk<br>National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS)<br>National Star Foundation<br>Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children<br>Orchard Hill College<br>Outward Housing<br>Royal National College for the Blind<br>Royal Society for Blind Children<br>Schoolreaders<br>Side by Side (Children) Limited<br>St Elizabeth's Centre<br>Torch Trust for the Blind<br>TRACKS (Autism)<br>Treloar Trust<br>Tuberous Sclerosis Association<br>Umbrella Derby and Derbyshire<br>Yad Voezer Day Centre Limited<br>**Domestic Abuse**<br>East Surrey Domestic Abuse Services<br>Haven, Wolverhampton<br>Hestia Housing and Support<br>**Education**<br>Malorees Parent Staff and Friends Association<br>**Elderly**<br>Age Concern East Sussex<br>Methodist Homes (MHA)<br>Horsley, Bookham & Leatherhead Riding for the<br>Disabled<br>Southbourne with West Thorney, St John's<br>Southbourne|**Paid**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>1,392<br>3,000<br>-<br>8,400<br>2,000<br>2,100<br>3,914<br>-<br>9,460<br>5,000<br>-<br>2,500<br>-<br>4,955<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>7,619<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>5,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>3,000<br> 5,000<br> 88,340<br>7,000<br>-<br> 8,000<br>15,000<br>-<br>3,237<br>-|<br>**Payable**<br>**2023-24**<br> <br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>10,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>3,699<br>-<br>-<br>4,000<br>-<br>10,000<br>-<br>4,142<br>5,000<br>5,000<br>-<br>6,500<br>4,963<br>5,000<br>-<br>5,000<br>20,000<br>20,000<br>4,000<br>-<br>-<br>166,408<br>-<br>2,000<br>-<br>2,000<br>2,800<br>-<br>5,958|<br>**Total**<br> <br>**£**<br>1,392<br>3,000<br>10,000<br>8,400<br>2,000<br>2,100<br>3,914<br>3,699<br>9,460<br>5,000<br>4,000<br>2,500<br>10,000<br>4,955<br>4,142<br>5,000<br>5,000<br>7,619<br>6,500<br>4,963<br>5,000<br>5,000<br>5,000<br>20,000<br>20,000<br>4,000<br>3,000<br> 5,000|
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## **19 Comparatives for Grant making year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)** 

|**Elderly (continued)**<br>Sudbury Neighbourhood Centre (Middlesex) Ltd<br>Wainman Trust<br>**Environmental**<br>Bioregional Development Group<br>Heart of England Forest<br>Surfers Against Sewage<br>Sylva Foundation<br>**Family**<br>Norwood Ravenswood<br>Oakley Preschool Playgroup<br>**Health & Wellbeing**<br>Biddulph Youth and Community Zone Limited<br>Bunbury ESCA Festival<br>East and North Hertfordshire NHS Charitable Fund<br>Horticultural Therapy Trust<br>Jonas Charitable Trust<br>Life Education Wessex and Thames Valley<br>**Homeless**<br>Cambridge Cyrenians Limited<br>Centrepoint Soho<br>Depaul UK<br>Emmaus Dover<br>John Trotter Trust<br>Mags Day Centre<br>Nomad Opening Doors<br>Rowan Alba<br>Warming Up The Homeless<br>**Hospice**<br>Cornwall Hospice Care<br>East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH)<br>Ellenor<br>Farleigh Hospice<br>Conservation Education and Research Trust<br>(Earthwatch Europe)|**Paid**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br> 3,237<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>5,000<br> -  <br>5,000<br>1,578<br> -  <br>1,578<br>1,200<br>5,000<br>-<br>-<br>4,000<br> -  <br>10,200<br>5,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>3,000<br>872<br>-<br> 8,872<br>-<br>3,500<br>8,104<br>-|<br>**Payable**<br>**2023-24**<br> <br>**£**<br>4,675<br> 5,000<br>15,633<br>5,000<br>5,000<br>1,000<br>-<br> 6,006<br>17,006<br>-<br> 6,420<br>6,420<br>-<br>-<br>10,000<br>3,355<br>-<br> 2,128<br>15,483<br>-<br>28,500<br>4,500<br>3,000<br>10,000<br>2,300<br>-<br>-<br>2,500<br> 50,800<br>2,700<br>-<br>-<br>15,430|<br>**Total**<br> <br>**£**<br>4,675<br> 5,000|
|---|---|---|---|
||||18,870|
||||5,000<br>5,000<br>1,000<br>5,000<br>6,006|
||||22,006|
||||1,578<br>6,420|
||||7,998|
||||1,200<br>5,000<br>10,000<br>3,355<br>4,000<br>2,128|
||||25,683|
||||5,000<br>28,500<br>4,500<br>3,000<br>10,000<br>2,300<br>3,000<br>872<br>2,500|
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## **19 Comparatives for Grant making year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)** 

|**Hospice (continued)**<br>Five Towns Plus Hospice Fund Limited<br>Garden House Hospice Care<br>Hospice of St Francis (Berkhamsted) Ltd<br>Kirkwood Hospice<br>Mary Stevens Hospice<br>North London Hospice<br>Rowans Hospice<br>Rowcroft House Foundation Limited<br>St Barnabas Hospice Trust (Lincolnshire)<br>St David's Foundation Hospice Care<br>St John & St Elizabeth Charity<br>St Joseph's Hospice Hackney<br>St Raphael's Hospice<br>St Richard's Hospice Foundation<br>Tameside and Glossop Hospice Ltd<br>Wessex Children's Hospice Trust<br>**Life-Limiting**<br>Grampian Children's Respite Care (Charlie House)<br>Willow Foundation<br>**Medical**<br>Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust<br>Barking, Havering & Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust<br>Big C Appeal Limited<br>Cardiac Risk in the Young<br>Chronicle Sunshine Fund<br>Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals Charity<br>DKMS<br>Ezra Umparpeh Limited<br>Leeds Cares (Leeds Hospitals Charity)<br>Leukaemia and Myeloma Research UK<br>Lily Foundation<br>Lucy Air Ambulance for Children<br>Luton And Dunstable Hospital Charitable Fund<br>Moorfields Eye Charity<br>Oxford Hospitals Charity<br>Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability<br>Scar Free Foundation<br>Southampton Children's Hospital Charity<br>St Luke's Hospice - Sheffield<br>University College London<br>University of Liverpool|**Paid**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>-<br>929<br>-<br>3,000<br>6,695<br>50,000<br>6,500<br>8,023<br>8,000<br>1,984<br>-<br>5,800<br>4,490<br>-<br>-<br> -  <br>107,025<br>-<br>5,000<br>5,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>1,629<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>8,000<br>-<br>10,000<br>9,500<br>-<br>15,000<br>-<br>12,030<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>50,000<br>-<br>106,159|<br>**Payable**<br>**2023-24**<br> <br>**£**<br>8,686<br>-<br>10,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>10,000<br>-<br>-<br>7,140<br>10,000<br> 8,470<br>72,426<br>8,000<br> -  <br>8,000<br>10,000<br>5,000<br>3,300<br>5,000<br>-<br>10,000<br>2,614<br>1,500<br>-<br>1,296<br>-<br>-<br>5,000<br>-<br>7,000<br>-<br>10,000<br>5,035<br>8,000<br>-<br> 6,417<br> 80,162|<br>**Total**<br> <br>**£**<br>8,686<br>929<br>10,000<br>3,000<br>6,695<br>50,000<br>6,500<br>8,023<br>8,000<br>1,984<br>10,000<br>5,800<br>4,490<br>7,140<br>10,000<br>8,470|
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||||179,451|
||||8,000<br> 5,000|
||||13,000|
||||10,000<br>5,000<br>3,300<br>5,000<br>1,629<br>10,000<br>2,614<br>1,500<br>8,000<br>1,296<br>10,000<br>9,500<br>5,000<br>15,000<br>7,000<br>12,030<br>10,000<br>5,035<br>8,000<br>50,000<br> 6,417|
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## **19 Comparatives for Grant making year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)** 

|**Mental Health**<br>Alder Hey Children's Charity<br>Mind Islington<br>NOPANIC<br>Rock2Recovery<br>Sussex Emmaus<br>Teens Unite Fighting Cancer<br>Turning Corners<br>Weybridge Men's Shed<br>**Museum**<br>Bristol Aero Collection Trust<br>British Glass Foundation<br>Dyson Perrins Museum Trust<br>Dyson Perrins Museum Trust<br>East Surrey Museum<br>Mary Rose Trust<br>Victoria and Albert Museum<br>**Music**<br>Darbar Arts, Culture Heritage Trust<br>Mayor's Music Fund for Young Londoners<br>Opera North Limited<br>People's Orchestra<br>Royal Philharmonic Orchestra<br>Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust<br>Westminster Abbey Trust<br>**Poverty**<br>Alderley Edge School for Girls<br>Alexandra Rose Charity<br>Basildon Community Resource Centre<br>Beyond Limits<br>Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Trust<br>Brierley Hill Babybank<br>Carriers of Hope, Coventry<br>Community Council of Shropshire<br>Courtney Foundation<br>FareShare<br>Hope for Justice<br>Les Alden Foundation<br>London Early Years Foundation<br>Prison Advice and Care Trust (PACT)|**Paid**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>-<br>3,000<br>-<br>30,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br> 9,620<br>42,620<br>19,990<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br> -  <br>19,990<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>10,000<br>-<br>10,000<br>5,000<br>-<br>1,632<br>-<br>5,250<br>4,000<br>2,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>1,500<br>5,000<br>5,000<br>5,000|<br>**Payable**<br>**2023-24**<br> <br>**£**<br>7,917<br>-<br>2,736<br>-<br>5,000<br>5,234<br>830<br>-<br>21,717<br>-<br>10,300<br>2,160<br>5,000<br>2,000<br>18,260<br> 10,000<br>47,720<br>1,500<br>4,000<br>20,000<br>2,400<br>4,400<br>-<br>20,000<br> 52,300<br>-<br>10,000<br>-<br>5,650<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>3,370<br>2,775<br>6,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-|<br>**Total**<br> <br>**£**<br>7,917<br>3,000<br>2,736<br>30,000<br>5,000<br>5,234<br>830<br> 9,620|
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||||64,337|
||||19,990<br>10,300<br>2,160<br>5,000<br>2,000<br>18,260<br>10,000|
||||67,710|
||||1,500<br>4,000<br>20,000<br>2,400<br>4,400<br>10,000<br>20,000|
||||62,300|
||||5,000<br>10,000<br>1,632<br>5,650<br>5,250<br>4,000<br>2,000<br>3,370<br>2,775<br>6,000<br>1,500<br>5,000<br>5,000<br>5,000|



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|**Poverty (continued)**<br>Regal Respite Limited<br>Seafarers' Charity<br>The Zink Project CIO<br>**Rehabilitation**<br>Amazing Grace Spaces<br>**Rescue**<br>East Anglian Air Ambulance<br>Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust<br>Great Western Air Ambulance Charity<br>Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance<br>Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance Trust<br>Thames Valley Air Ambulance<br>**Social Care**<br>St Andrew's Children's Society<br>**Theatre**<br>Royal Academy of Dance<br>**Veterans**<br>AF&V Launchpad Limited<br>Care for Veterans<br>**Youth**<br>Bryntail Cottage Charity<br>China Plate Theatre Ltd.<br>Christian Youth Enterprises Sailing Centre<br>City Gateway Limited<br>Exodus Project<br>Highlights<br>Outreach and Community Action Project<br>Read for Good<br>Sport 4 Life UK<br>Springboard Charity<br>Starlight Children's Foundation<br>Sudden Productions<br>New Hackney Education Business Partnership<br>Limited|**Paid**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>1,500<br>5,000<br>1,740<br>42,622<br>2,000<br>-<br>-<br>5,325<br>810<br>4,997<br> -  <br>11,132<br> -  <br> -  <br>-<br> 5,000<br> 5,000<br>-<br>11,000<br>-<br>9,430<br>3,995<br>2,500<br>3,427<br>5,000<br>-<br>-<br>3,180<br>-<br>-|<br>**Payable**<br>**2023-24**<br> <br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>27,795<br>-<br>10,000<br>7,995<br>-<br>-<br>-<br> 5,600<br>23,595<br> 4,000<br> 25,000<br>5,000<br>-<br> 5,000<br>3,500<br>4,000<br>10,000<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>1,637<br>3,500<br>-<br>4,400<br>1,000|<br>**Total**<br> <br>**£**<br>1,500<br>5,000<br>1,740|
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||||70,417|
|||||
||||2,000|
||||10,000<br>7,995<br>5,325<br>810<br>4,997<br>5,600|
||||34,727|
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||||4,000|
|||||
||||25,000|
||||5,000<br> 5,000|
||||10,000|
||||3,500<br>15,000<br>10,000<br>9,430<br>3,995<br>2,500<br>3,427<br>5,000<br>1,637<br>3,500<br>3,180<br>4,400<br>1,000|



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|**Youth (continued)**<br>Young Lewisham Project<br>**Subtotal before reductions**<br>**Grants made by Fund**<br>Income<br>Education<br>Research and Heritage<br>Wildlife<br>**Total**<br>**Total**<br>**Prior year grant commitments cancelled**|**Paid**<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>-<br> 38,532<br>639,646<br> (69,408)<br>570,238<br>389,870<br>50,639<br>114,259<br>15,470<br>570,238|<br>**Payable**<br>**2023-24**<br> <br>**£**<br>10,000<br> 38,037<br>818,055<br>-<br>818,055<br>534,086<br>147,096<br>115,673<br>21,200<br>818,055|<br>**Total**<br> <br>**£**<br>10,000|
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