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2025-03-31-accounts

MAY WONG SMITH TRUST

REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

SCOTTISH CHARITY NUMBER: SCO008666

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, ST ANDREWS

MAY WONG SMITH TRUST

CONTENTS

Page
Trustees’ Annual Report 1-3
Independent Examiner's Report 4
Statement of Financial Activities 5
Balance Sheet 6
Statement of Cash Flows 7
NotestotheAccounts 8-11

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MAY WONG SMITH TRUST TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

The trustees present their annual report and financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charity's trust deed, the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) and 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.

Objectives

The principal objectives of the charity are promoting, establishing and maintaining St Leonard's College as part of the University of St Andrews; providing fellowships, scholarships and prizes to students in the University of St Andrews and assisting such students financially and generally looking after their welfare.

Grant and Award policies and public benefit

The charity has established procedures for awarding hardship grants to meet identified need and academic awards to reflect meritorious performance. Applications for hardship awards are mainly made to assist with living costs or rent and individual circumstances and contributions are carefully considered. Two trustees meet, each spring, with a representative from Student Support Services at the University of St Andrews to discuss a list of cases and associated recommendations and to agree the awards to be made. The trustees involved in the selection are rotated year on year. Academic awards are based upon results and recommendations from the Departments of Economics and Management and the School of International 3 Relations. The trustees believe these procedures achieve the best possible public benefit. e) Review of achievements and performance: How the charity programmes delivered public benefit yg In the year ended 31 March 2025 there was net income of £785 (2024 - £2,298) before reflecting investment as: gains of £18,552 (2024 losses of £8,077). Expenditure on charitable activities amounted to £26,498 (2024 - aa £23,624). The total reserves carried forward at the year end amounted to £463,808 (2024 - £444,471). < Included in this total are investments with a market value of £452,730 (2024 - £434,178). E The trustees are delighted to report that two undergraduate scholarships of £750 each and ten prizes of £120 3 each were awarded to individuals. An award of £23,000 was made to the University of St Andrews Student 6 Welfare Fund. Details of grants are provided in note 4 to the accounts.

Monitoring achievement and future developments

The trustees monitor the outcomes of their activities by means of receiving reports from the University of St Andrews Students Welfare Fund regarding the progress of the beneficiaries of the hardship awards.

The aims for the current year are to maintain the level of academic awards and to maximise the amount of hardship grants within available funds.

Investment policy and performance

The Trust Deed confers wide powers of investment upon the trustees so long as investments are in the interests of the charity.

The investment policy of the trustees is to achieve a spread of investments to produce income generation and long term capital growth. The trustees follow a conservative approach taking into account the advice of their investment advisers.

The charity’s work is entirely reliant on the income from its investments. Quarterly reports from the charity investment advisers are carefully considered at each half-yearly meeting of trustees. Future amounts for awards are considered taking into account the actual and projected levels of income. The strategy of the trustees is to budget to apply all forecast income in pursuit of the charitable purposes whilst protecting the capital invested so as to preserve future income levels and so sustain the activity level of the charity.

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MAY WONG SMITH TRUST TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

The trustees are satisfied with the total return from investments in the year and will monitor the position closely in the year to 31 March 2026.

Risk management

The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed by creating a risk register covering both external and internal risks and providing safeguards against these. They review the register at least annually. The risk register and reviews consider the procedures in place to address and minimise the risks and changes are applied as appropriate. The trustees also maintain a register of interests with declarations to be signed by all individual trustees and this is also kept up to date.

The principal risks faced by the charity lie in the performance of its investments and operational risks from ineffective grant making as well as the capacity of the charity to make effective grants. A further risk is the ability to recruit able trustees with relevant skills and experience.

The trustees consider the variability of investment returns from their investments to be the charity's major financial risk. This risk is mitigated by the structure of their investments and taking in to account information and advice from their expert professional advisers with considerable experience in the charity sector. The structure of the investment portfolio is reviewed every three years.

The risk of ineffective grant making is addressed by the receipt of reports on the progress of beneficiaries from 3 the University of St Andrews Students Welfare Fund. e) Reserves policy xy The trustees aim to maintain free or liquid reserves of approximately £5,000 which equates to approximately & three months of unrestricted normal charitable expenditure. The trustees consider that this level is prudent and ea) reasonable given the foreseeable income from the investment portfolio. ; Structure, Governance and Management 3 The charity is an unincorporated trust, established and governed by a Trust Deed and Settlement dated 22 5 February 1972 by Professor J. W. Nisbet together with appropriate deeds of assumption, conveyance and cn resignation. In 2012 a donation of £188,906 was received from the May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust and was accepted as an endowment, the terms of which are disclosed in note 1.3. The trustees are grateful for this donation which produces income to enable the charity to continue to provide assistance to the University of St Andrews Students Welfare fund and the trustees have designated funds relating to the income and revaluation movements arising from the endowment.

The charity is supervised by the trustees who normally meet twice in each year.

The day-to-day administration is carried out byPp

The charity has procedures for the induction of trustees which include a meeting with existing trustees and the issue of an induction pack. During the meeting key matters such as obligations of trustees, financial issues and future plans and objectives are discussed. The induction pack contains key documents including a copy of the Charity Trust Deed, most recent minutes and latest annual financial statements.

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TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Reference and administrative information

Scottish Charity number SCO008666 Operational Address School of Economics and Finance, Castlecliffe, The Scores, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9AR Independent Examiner HE encderson Black & Co, Chestney House, 149 Market Street, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9PF Bankers Royal Bank of Scotland, 113-115 South Street, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9QB Investment Advisers M&G Charities, PO Box 9038, Chelmsford, CM99 2XF Trustees The-- have served as trustees during the year and sincetheyear end. 3 Trustees’ Responsibilities in relation to the financial statements 3 The charity trustees are responsible for preparing a trustees’ annual report and financial statements in Accepted Accounting Practice). xs accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally a [aa] The law applicable to charities in Scotland requires the charity trustees to prepare financial statements for & each year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of its income and expenditure z for that period. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to: 3 1. select suitable accounting policies and then comply them consistently; § 2. observe the methods and principles in the applicable Charities SORP; an) 3. make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 4. state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) and the provisions of the charity Trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity in accordance with legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements.

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MAY WONG SMITH TRUST

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF MAY WONG SMITH TRUST

| report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025 which are set out on pages 5 to 11.

Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (a) to (c) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently | do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.

This report is made to the trustees, as a body, in accordance with the terms of my engagement. My work has been undertaken so that | might state to the trustees those matters | am required to state to them in an accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the trustees for my work or for this 5 independent examiner's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, | do not o) report. x Independent Examiner’s Statement & In the course of my examination no matter has come to my attention: aa) 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: ° to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44 (1) (a) of the 2005 Act and E Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts 4 of the 2006 Accounts of the 2006 Accounts the 2006 Accounts 2006 Accounts Accounts Regulations, and a ° to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation

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MAY WONG SMITH TRUST

Statement of Cash Flows

for the year ended 31 March 2025

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Total Prior year
funds funds
2025 2024
£ £
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net cash used in operating activities (see below) (26,456) (23,576)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Investment income 27,283 25,922
Net cash provided by investing activities 27,283 25,922
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year 827 2,346
Cash and cash equivalents brought forward 11,085 8,739
Cash and cash equivalents carried forward 11,912
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Analysis ofchanges in net debt
Cashat 1 April 11,085 8,739
Cash flows in year 827 2,346
Cashat31March eee
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11,085
Reconciliation of net expenditure to net cash flow from operating activities Reconciliation of net expenditure to net cash flow from operating activities
Net income/(expenditure) for the year (as per the
statement of financial activities) 19,337 (5,779)
Adjustments for:
Investment income (27,283) (25,922)
(Gains)/losses on investments (18,552) 8,077
Increase in creditors 42 48
Netcashusedinoperatingactivities (26,456) (23,576)

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MAY WONG SMITH TRUST Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025

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Rc at their discretion, have created a fund for a specific purpose.
imal The designated May and Stanley Smith fund comprises the income and revaluation funds arising from
= the endowment described in the following paragraph. These are to be distributed in accordance with
The May and Stanley Smith endowment fund reflects a permanent endowment received from the May
z the conditions of the endowment.
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MAY WONG SMITH TRUST Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 (continued)

1.7 Fixed asset investments

Investments are a form of basic financial instruments and are initially recognised at their transaction value and subsequently measured at their fair value as at the balance sheet date using the closing quoted market price. The statement of financial activities includes the net gains and losses on revaluation and disposals throughout the year.

1.8 Realised gains and losses

Accruals

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Trustees estimate the requirements for accruals using post year end information. This identifies costs
[o} that are expected to be incurred for services provided by other parties. Accruals are only released when
U there is a reasonable expectation that these costs will not be invoiced in the future.
B 2 ‘Transactions with trustees and employees
s No remuneration was paid to trustees in the year (2024 - none). No expenses were reimbursed to
ms trustees in the year (2024 - none).
pO The value of the work done by trustees in giving of their time for meetings and other matters on behalf of
¢ the charity is not reflected in the accounts as it cannot be quantified.
& During the year a total of £nil (2024 - £nil) was donated to the charity by the trustees.
GS There were no employees in the year (2024 - none).
G 3 ‘Income from investments 2025£ 2024£
Unrestricted General account
M&G Charifund EIF - 15,033 units (2024 - 15,033 units) 13,605 12,928
Interest on deposits 297 279
13,902 13,207
Designated May and Stanley Smith income fund
M&G Charifund EIF - 14,785 units (2024 - 14,785 units) 13,381 12,715
13,381 12,715
27,283 25,922
4 Expenditure on Charitable activities 2025 2024
£ £
Unrestricted General account
Awards and prizes to students 2,700 2,820
University of St Andrews Student Welfare Grant Fund - hardship grants 9,619 7,285
Independent examiner's fee 798 804
13,117 10,909
Designated May and Stanley Smith income fund
University of St Andrews Student Welfare Grant Fund - hardship grants 13,381 12,715
13,381 12,715
26,498 23,624
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° Oo 452,7,730 5 The historic cost of investments at 31 March 2025 and 31 March 2024 was £369,906. a As described in note 1.3 the permanent endowment amounting to £188,906 is held in an endowment = fund. Revaluation gains and losses arising on the investment of the fund are reflected in the z designated May and Stanley Smith Revaluation fund (see note 6). o 5 Market Market Historic = Value at Loss on Value Cost at

MAY WONG SMITH TRUST

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the year ended 31 March 2025 (continued)

5 Investments
Market Market Historic
Value at Gain on Value Cosi at
01/04/24 Reval'n 31/03/25 31/03/25
£ £ £ £
Unrestricted General account
M&G Charifund Equities Inv Fund for
Charities (Income) - 15,033 units 218,892 9,353 228,245 181,000
218,892 9,353 228,245 181,000
Mayand Stanley Smith funds
M&G Charifund Equities Inv Fund for
Charities (Income) - 14,785 units 215,286 9,199 224,485 188,906
215,286 9,199 224,485 188,906
434,178 18,552 452,730 369,906
Included in the accounts as follows:
Unrestricted General funds - as above 228,245
Unrestricted Designated funds (see note 6) 35,579
Endowment funds 188,906
452,7,730
,730
Market Market Historic
Value at Loss on Value Cost at
01/04/23 Reval'n 31/03/24 31/03/24
£ £ £ £
Unrestricted General account
M&G Charifund Equities Inv Fund for
Charities (Income) - 15,033 units 222,964 (4,072) 218,892 181,000
222,964 (4,072) 218,892 181,000
Mayand StanleySmith funds
M&G Charifund Equities Inv Fund for
Charities (Income) - 14,785 units 219,291 (4,005) 215,286 188,906
219,291 (4,005) 215,286 188,906
442,255 (8,077) 434,178 369,906
Included as follows:
Unrestricted General funds - as above 218,892
Unrestricted Designated funds (see note 6) 26,380
Endowment funds 188,906
434,178

The historic cost of investments at 31 March 2024 was £369,906.

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MAY WONG SMITH TRUST

Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 (continued)

6 Unrestricted Designated May and Stanley Smith funds

Income Revaluation Total Income Revaluation Total
fund fund 2025 fund fund 2024
£ £ £ £ £ £
Income
Investment income 13,381 - 13,381 12,715 - 12,715
Expenditure
Grant paid (13,381) - (13,381) (12,715) - (12,715)
Gains/(losses) on investments - 9,199 9,199 - (4,005) (4,005)
- 9,199 9,199 - (4,005) (4,005)
Balances brought forward - 26,380 26,380 - 30,385 30,385
Balancescarriedforward - 35,579 35,579 : 26,380 26,380

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