**The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust** Charity Registration No: 327148 **Trustees' report and unaudited fi nancial statements**
**For the year ended 5 April 2025**
## **The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust**
## **Legal and administrative information**
## **Trustees**
Sir Hugh Alexander Stevenson Lady Catherine May Stevenson Joseph William Stevenson
## **Charity registered number**
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|**Charity registered number**|327148|
|**Principal offce**|Old Waterfeld|
||Winkfeld Road|
||Ascot|
||Berkshire|
||SL5 7LJ|
|**Accountants**|S&W Partners LLP|
||Accountants|
||Old Library Chambers|
||21 Chipper Lane|
||Salisbury|
||Wiltshire|
||SP1 1BG|
|**Independent examiner**|Julie Mutton FCA|
||S&W Audit|
||Chartered Accountants|
||4thfoor, Cumberland House|
||15-17 Cumberland Place|
||Southampton|
||Hampshire|
||SO15 2BG|
## **The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust**
## **Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|1 - 3|
|Independent examiner's report|4|
|Statement offnancial activities|5|
|Balance sheet|6|
|Notes to thefnancial statements|7 - 14|
## **The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust**
## **Trustees' report for the year ended 5 April 2025**
The Trustees present their annual report together with the fi nancial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025.
The Trustees con fi rm that the annual report and fi nancial statements of the charity comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the charity's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), applicable to charities preparing their fi nancial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) effective from 1 January 2019.
## **Objectives and Activities**
## _**Policies and objectives**_
The Trust was founded by Hugh and Catherine Stevenson by way of Trust Deed on 3 April 1986 as a general charitable trust. The object of the Trust is to provide fi nancial support to other charities at the absolute discretion of the Trustees. The Trust Deed provides for a minimum of two Trustees. Were there a requirement for new Trustees, these would be identi fi ed and appointed by the remaining Trustees. Appropriate ongoing Trustee training is undertaken when considered appropriate. One of the Trustees has signi fi cant experience of the fi nancial markets. The current policy of the Trustees is in the main to support charitable causes in the fi elds of culture and the arts, conservation and heritage, and education, but they can exercise their discretion to make donations for other charitable purposes. A full list of donations made in the year to 5 April 2025 is given in note 5.
## _**Public Bene t**_
The Trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public bene fi t when reviewing their aims and objectives and in planning their future activities.
## _**The Trustees**_
The Trustees who served the charity during the year were as follows:
- Sir Hugh Alexander Stevenson
- Lady Catherine May Stevenson
- Joseph William Stevenson
## _**Financial Review (including reserves and investment policy)**_
The Trust derives its income from investments and from donations which are used to fund grants to other registered charitable organisations.
Total income for the year amounted to £397,003 (2024: £521,099). Total expenditure on charitable activities was £191,605 (2024: £420,050) of which £185,650 (2024: £414,380) related to charitable donations made in furtherance of the Trust's objectives. Net income for the year, before investment gains and losses, amounted to £187,701 (2024: £84,648).
It is the policy of the Trustees at all times to maintain suf fi cient reserves within the trust to meet all future commitments in full, whilst maintaining a level of invested funds capable of generating a signi fi cant return for onward donation. The Trustees monitor the level of reserves on an annual basis.
All funds held are unrestricted. Total unrestricted reserves at the end of the year amounted to £1,914,257 (2024: £1,793,873).
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**The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust**
## **Trustees' report for the year ended 5 April 2025**
## **Investments**
During the year Cazenove Capital Management acted as independent advisors and investment managers.
At the year end the investment portfolio totalled £1,884,608 (2024: £2,249,273) after unrealised losses of £88,218 (2024: gains of £166,698).
## _**Achievements and performance**_
During the year the Trust has been able to support a broad range of organisations in accordance with its recent policy.
The Trustees have reviewed the position for the coming year and have determined that the Trust is in a strong fi nancial position and there are no material uncertainties that may cast signi fi cant doubt on the Trust's ability to continue as a going concern.
## _**Risk Management**_
The Trustees have identi fi ed that the only major risk to which the Trust is exposed is that of incurring signi fi cant losses in the investment portfolio. Performance targets are set by the Trustees in relation to the investment portfolio, and the investment performance is kept under regular review by the Trustees.
## _**Plans for Future**_
The Trustees intend to continue providing grants in a similar manner to that followed in recent years, with the emphasis on culture and the arts but retaining complete fl exibility as to the timing and scale of donations made. The Trustees have considered the activity of the Trust and have concluded that the Trust will be able to continue to operate as planned for the foreseeable future.
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## **The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust**
## **Trustees' report for the year ended 5 April 2025**
## **Trustees' responsibilities**
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees' report and the fi nancial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the Trustees to prepare fi nancial statements for each fi nancial year in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting standards and applicable regulations). Under that law the Trustees must not approve the fi nancial statements unless they are satis fi ed that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the income and expenditure of the charity for that year.
In preparing the nancial 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 judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the fi nancial statements; and
- prepare the fi nancial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which are suf fi cient to show and explain the trustees' transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the fi nancial position of the charity and which enable them to ensure that the fi nancial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the relevant Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the charity's governing document. 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.
Signed on behalf of the board of Trustees:
## Sir Hugh Stevenson
.................................................
## **Sir Hugh Stevenson**
Trustee
> Date: 21 November 2025
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## **The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust**
## **Independent examiner's report for the year ended 5 April 2025**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the fi nancial statements of The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust for the year ended 5 April 2025 which comprise the Statement of fi nancial activities, the Balance sheet and the notes to the fi nancial statements, including a summary of signi fi cant accounting policies.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the fi nancial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the charity's fi nancial statements 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 charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I con fi rm that I am quali fi ed to undertake the examination because I am a member of ICAEW, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I con fi rm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
- the nancial statements do not accord with those records; or
- the fi nancial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of fi nancial statements set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the fi nancial statements give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
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 fi nancial statements to be reached.
## Julie Mutton
..................................................
## **Julie Mutton**
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales
S&W Audit Chartered Accountants 4th fl oor, Cumberland House 15-17 Cumberland Place Southampton Hampshire SO15 2BG
> Date: 24 November 2025
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## **The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust**
## **Statement of nancial activities for the year ended 5 April 2025**
|**Notes**
**Income**
Donations and legacies
Investments
2
**Total income**
**Expenditure**
Cost of raising funds
3
Charitable activities
4
**Total expenditure**
**Net income before investment gains**
Net (losses)/gains on investments
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward at 6 April 2024
**Total funds carried forward at 5 April 2025**
The notes on pages 7 to 14 form part of thesefnancial statements.|**2025**
**£**
**352,906**
**44,097**
**397,003**
**(17,697)**
**(191,605)**
**(209,302)**
**187,701**
**(67,317)**
**120,384**
**1,793,873**
**1,914,257**|2024
£
475,475
45,624
521,099
(16,401)
(420,050)
(436,451)
84,648
196,369
281,017
1,512,856
1,793,873|
|---|---|---|
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## **The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust**
## **Balance sheet as at 5 April 2025**
|**Notes**
**Fixed assets**
Investments
7
**Current assets**
Accrued income
Cash held by investment managers
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one**
**year**
8
**Net current assets/(liabilities)**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Creditors: amounts falling due after more**
**than one year**
9
**Net assets**
**Charity funds**
Unrestricted funds
**Total funds**|**£**
**3,262**
**398,625**
**3,717**
**405,604**
**(375,955)**|**2025**
**£**
£
**1,884,608**
3,423
242,808
6,039
252,270
(347,670)
**29,649**
**1,914,257**
**-**
**1,914,257**
**1,914,257**
**1,914,257**|2024
£
2,249,273
(95,400)
2,153,873
(360,000)
1,793,873
1,793,873
1,793,873|
|---|---|---|---|
The nancial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
## Sir Hugh Stevenson
................................................
**Sir Hugh Stevenson** Trustee
## 21 November 2025
................................................
## **Date**
The notes on pages 7 to 14 form part of these nancial statements.
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**The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust**
**Notes to the nancial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025**
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **1.1 Basis of preparation of nancial statements**
The fi nancial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant notes to these fi nancial statements. The Trustees con fi rm that the annual report and fi nancial statements of the charity comply with current statutory requirements, the requirements of the charity's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their fi nancial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust is constituted as a trust and registered in England and Wales as a charity, number 327148.
The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust constitutes a public bene t entity as de ned by FRS 102.
The functional currency is sterling and the fi nancial statements are rounded to the nearest whole pound.
## **1.2 Going concern**
The Trustees are satis fi ed that the Trust has suf fi cient funds to be able to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these fi nancial statements.
## **1.3 Income**
All income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received, and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.
## **1.4 Expenditure**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic bene fi t to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic bene fi t will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classi fi ed by activity.
Support costs are those costs incurred directly in support of expenditure on the objects of the charity. Governance costs are those incurred in connection with administration of the charity and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements.
Expenditure on raising funds are costs incurred in managing the charity's investment portfolio. Grants payable are charged in the year when the offer is made except in those cases where the offer is conditional, such grants being recognised as expenditure when the conditions attaching are ful fi lled (or when it is probable that conditions will be ful fi lled and satisfaction of the conditions is outside the control of the Trustees). Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end and that have not been recognised as expenditure are noted as a commitment, but not accrued as expenditure.
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**The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust**
**Notes to the nancial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025**
## **1 Accounting policies**
**(Continued)**
## **1.5 Investments**
Fixed asset investments are a form of fi nancial instrument and are initially recognised at their transaction cost and subsequently measured at fair value at the Balance Sheet date, unless fair value cannot be measured reliably in which case it is measured at cost less impairment. Investment gains and losses, whether realised or unrealised, are combined and shown in the heading 'Gains/ (losses) on investments' in the Statement of Financial Activities.
## **1.6 Financial instruments**
Financial assets and fi nancial liabilities are recognised in the balance sheet when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Cash and cash equivalents are classi fi ed as basic fi nancial instruments and comprise cash in hand and at bank, short-term bank deposits with an original maturity of three months or less and bank overdrafts which are an integral part of the group's cash management.
Trade and other debtors and creditors are classi fi ed as basic fi nancial instruments and measured at transaction price. A provision is established when there is objective evidence that the charity will not be able to collect all amounts due.
## **2 Investment Income**
|**Investment Income**|||
|---|---|---|
|Investment income
Interest receivable|**2025**
**£**
**38,838**
**5,259**
**44,097**|2024
£
41,517
4,107|
|||45,624|
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## **The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust**
## **Notes to the nancial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025**
|**3**
**Raising funds**
Investment management fees
**4**
**Expenditure on charitable activities**
Charitable donations (note 5)
Governance (note 6)|**2025**
**£**
**17,697**
**17,697**
**2025**
**£**
**185,650**
**5,955**
**191,605**|2024
£
16,401|
|---|---|---|
|||16,401|
|||2024
£
414,380
5,670|
|||420,050|
The Charity had no employees in the year (2024: none).
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**Notes to the nancial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025**
## **The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust**
## **5 Charitable donations**
The Trustees committed the following charitable donations during the year. Of the commitments made during the year and prior years, £371,000 (2024: £702,000) remained outstanding at the year end.
|**Education and training**
Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation
Reed's School Foundation Appeal
Ufton Court Educational Trust
University College, Oxford
**Total Education and training**
**Health and medicine**
Barry and Martin's Trust
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Thames Hospice
The Sick Children's Trust
4 Cancer Group
**Total Health and medicine**
**Culture and arts**
Art UK
Cathedral Music Trust
Garsington Opera Limited
Glyndebourne
Grange Park Opera
Newbury Spring Festival
Pimlico Opera
Stanley Spencer Memorial Trust
The Art Fund
The British Museum Trust Limited
The Courtauld Institute of Art Fund
The Cromwell Museum Trust
The Foundling Museum
The Holburne Museum
Windsor Festival Society Limited
**Total Culture and arts**|**2025**
**£**
**20,000**
**500**
**-**
**-**
**20,500**
**1,000**
**15,000**
**-**
**-**
**2,500**
**18,500**
**5,000**
**10,000**
**5,750**
**-**
**2,200**
**-**
**2,200**
**1,000**
**1,000**
**-**
**-**
**3,000**
**-**
**(1,000)**
**5,000**
**34,150**|2024
£
-
1,000
2,500
62,000|
|---|---|---|
|||65,500|
|||1,000
-
100,000
15,000
-|
|||116,000|
|||-
-
-
40,000
10,000
6,000
-
-
-
60,000
1,000
2,000
50,000
1,000
5,000|
|||175,000|
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**The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust**
## **Notes to the nancial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025**
## **5 Charitable donations**
|**Charitable donations**
**Conservation and Heritage**
Milton's Cottage Trust
Royal Horticultural Society
The English Heritage Trust
**Total Conservation and heritage**
**General charitable purposes**
Aldermaston and Wasing PCC
Berkshire Community Foundation
Berkshire Vision
Child Autism UK
Clean Rivers Trust
Cranborne Parochial Fund
Daisy's Dream
Dingley's Promise
Launchpad Reading
Me2 Club
Royal British Legion
Salvation Army
St Michael and All Angels, Sunninghill
South East Berkshire Gang Show
Support Through Court
Swings and Smiles
The Amber Foundation
The Engine Shed
The National Trust for Scotland
Thrive
Wallingford Accessible Boat Club
War Memorials Trust
York Minster Fund
**Total General charitable purposes**
**Total Charitable donations**|**(Continued)**
**25,000**
-
**-**
4,280
**2,000**
2,000
**27,000**
6,280
**-**
100
**30,000**
15,000
**1,500**
1,000
**3,000**
2,500
**1,500**
1,000
**1,000**
-
**5,000**
3,000
**5,000**
5,000
**2,500**
2,500
**1,000**
1,000
**1,000**
1,000
**1,000**
1,000
**25,000**
10,000
**500**
-
**1,500**
1,000
**1,000**
-
**-**
500
**1,000**
-
**-**
5,000
**1,500**
-
**-**
1,000
**1,500**
1,000
**1,000**
-
**85,500**
51,600
**185,650**
414,380|**(Continued)**
**25,000**
-
**-**
4,280
**2,000**
2,000
**27,000**
6,280
**-**
100
**30,000**
15,000
**1,500**
1,000
**3,000**
2,500
**1,500**
1,000
**1,000**
-
**5,000**
3,000
**5,000**
5,000
**2,500**
2,500
**1,000**
1,000
**1,000**
1,000
**1,000**
1,000
**25,000**
10,000
**500**
-
**1,500**
1,000
**1,000**
-
**-**
500
**1,000**
-
**-**
5,000
**1,500**
-
**-**
1,000
**1,500**
1,000
**1,000**
-
**85,500**
51,600
**185,650**
414,380|
|---|---|---|
|||6,280|
|||100
15,000
1,000
2,500
1,000
-
3,000
5,000
2,500
1,000
1,000
1,000
10,000
-
1,000
-
500
-
5,000
-
1,000
1,000
-|
|||51,600|
||||
|||414,380|
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## **The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust**
## **Notes to the nancial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025**
|**5**
**Charitable donations**
**Reconciliation of grants payable**
Commitments charged to the statement offnancial activities in
the year
Grants paid during the year
Commitments at 6 April 2024
Commitments at 5 April 2025 are payable as follows:
Within 1 year
In more than 1 year
**6**
**Governance costs**
Accountancy fees
Independent examiner's fees|**(Continued)**
**2025**
2024
**£**
£
**185,650**
414,380
**(517,650)**
(746,380)
**702,000**
1,034,000
**370,000**
702,000
**370,000**
342,000
**-**
360,000
**370,000**
702,000
**2025**
2024
**£**
£
**3,970**
3,780
**1,985**
1,890
**5,955**
5,670|
|---|---|
|||
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## **The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust**
## **Notes to the nancial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025**
|**7**
**Investments**
**Market value**
At 6 April 2024
Acquisitions at cost
Disposals
Unrealised gain
At 5 April 2025
Investments at 5 April 2025 comprise:
**Holding**
Equities - UK
Equities - Europe (excluding UK)
Equities - North America
Equities - Asia
Equities - Emerging market and global
Bonds - UK
Bonds - Emerging markets and global
Hedge Funds
Other
Market value as at 5 April 2025
**8**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Accruals
Grants payable|**2025**
**£**
**2,249,273**
**1,586,037**
**(1,862,485)**
**(88,217)**
**1,884,608**
**2025**
**£**
**32,543**
**73,309**
**698,501**
**199,241**
**326,702**
**169,544**
**132,185**
**75,544**
**177,039**
**1,884,608**
**2025**
**£**
**5,955**
**370,000**
**375,955**|2024
£
2,098,929
735,099
(751,453)
166,698
2,249,273
2024
£
56,505
57,567
765,863
209,982
481,107
201,683
161,997
77,287
237,282
2,249,273
2024
£
5,670
342,000
347,670|
|---|---|---|
||||
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## **The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust**
## **Notes to the nancial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025**
## **9 Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year**
|**Creditors: amounts falling due after more than**|**one year**||
|---|---|---|
||**2025**|2024|
||**£**|£|
|Grants payable|**-**|360,000|
## **10 Related party transactions**
During the year the Trust awarded £30,000 (2024: £15,000) to the Berkshire Community Foundation of which Lady Catherine Stevenson and Sir Hugh Stevenson are vice presidents. During the year the Trust awarded £nil (2024: £62,000) to University College, Oxford of which Sir Hugh Stevenson is an honorary fellow.
In addition, during the year the Trustees donated shares of £352,906 (2024: £475,055) and cash of £nil (2024: £420) to the Trust.
During the year, no Trustees were paid any remuneration or expenses (2024: none).
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