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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 1 April 22 31 March 23

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 802802

The Kingsmill Trust

Charity's principal address Graham House, The Avenue

Combe Down Bath Postcode BA2 5EH

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	RJK MERYON	Treasurer
	RA MERYON
	DE MERYON

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted

Trust Deed

Trust

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Trustees select new trustees

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

This is a family trust.

David Meryon is our son, and is married to Ruthie Meryon.

Matthew Thorne is married to our daughter, Iona.

Mark Silver is married to our daughter, Rosanna.

At some future stage, Iona Throne and Mark Silver will probably become trustees.

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

To distribute the Meryon families’ annual charitable donations, principally to Christian projects, mainly in the UK but also in countries abroad. Unrestricted funds for annual distribution according to the year’s Summary of the objects of the perceived needs. charity set out in its Restricted funds for specific projects such as Archbishop Alapayo in governing document Rumbek (Southern Sudan), Hanni Alkazraji (Albania) and Pastor Saras in Bethlehem.

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Almost all expenditure is for ‘public’ benefit; a small quota supports individual needs.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Richard and Rosalind Meryon choose their joint shared beneficiaries. David Meryon chooses his, as does Matthew Thorne.

Restricted funds are 100% channelled.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

In this year 100 % of expenditure is directly for the charitable causes. Bank charges which are kept to an absolute minimum (£0 this year), mainly by using approved couriers to take grants when they travel; risk of fraud is avoided by requiring Receipts signed by the recipients. In FY22-23: Income: £ 138,204 Expenditure: £ 56,924 Investments: £96,757 In-year excess: £ 4,523. Balance to carry forward into FY23-24: £7620.

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves No reserves are held as there are no monthly operating costs.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

Principal income has come from:

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

Richard and Rosalind Meryon David Meryon Matthew and Iona Thorne Support for: Pastor Saras in Bethlehem Archbishop Alapayo in Southern Sudan Hanni Alkazraji (home is in Albania).

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• All expenditure except any bank charges has been iaw the key

• • investment policy and objectives of the Kingsmill Trust. objectives including any ethical investment policy Income is usually rapidly turned into expenditure; however the adopted. 2021 legacy is subject to especial investment handling.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

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Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Richard John Kingsmill MERYON Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc) Date 13 June 2023

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