Hart Knowe Trust Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31st October 2025
Hart Knowe Trust Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31st October 2025 Trustees, Annual Rewt Trustees and Administration Detai15 Hart Know8 Trust was constituted as a Scottish Charitsble InCporated Organisation Ino.SC0443031 on 8 October 2013 and is govemed by its constitution. The Gharity is made up of its trnstees who are the only members. They are able appoint further iruslees to serve until the following Annual General Meeting when all the trustees must retire from office but are eligible for re-election. The CUent trustees, who also seNed during the year are". Vin Harris, Marityn Harris and Stanley Wynd. The principal address of the tharity is H8rt Knowe, Eskdal8mulr. Langholm. Dumfriesshire DH13 OQH. e¢ts of the hari The charity was sel up by Vin and Marityn HalS to realise thelr vlslon to help others in such a way that they will, in turn, be able to benefit others. The main object of Hart Knowe Trust is the a(fvancement of education. providing opportunities for training and the development of human polential to improve the quality of individuals, own lives and enable them to help others. It is also established to relieve poverty and distress, and advance community development by assisting voluntsry organisations, chanlies and other social enterwises lo further their effectiveness. and Achievem n During the year Hart Knowe Trust continued to give grants and fjnancial support to individuals and organisations to further educational opportunities, to relieve povety and to assist charities develop their capacity. The charity, represented by Vin Harris {trsJsteel provided advice, mentoring and VrkShopS to further mindfulness and other educational opportunities. Hart Knowe Trust has continued to develop and support Compassion in Action projects in India, Turkey, Nepal and Scouand. Awakenin Potential Overview Mindfulness trdnsfoms people's lives.. enhanang their ability to face life's challenges and helping them to achieve more than they imagined. Hart Knowe Trust supports mindfulness training because we are aware of how it empowers people to take r88ponsibility for their ovm lives, and it lends to awaken the aspiration to help others. Innovations in Mindfulness Sinc8 2022, when we launched the fi1 'lnnovations in Mindfulness Awards. the Hart Knowe Trust has been WOTking with The Mindfvlness Initiative {5.theM1ndfUlnessin1tlat1Ve.0rg), a leading UK based organisats'on. Our shared purpose is to make mindfulness accessible to all areas of society Ihrough encouraging and supporting innovation and creativity in the field of mindfulnéss.
Hart Knowe Tnjst Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31st October 2025 Trustees, Annual Report (continued) In 2023 we developed a new website.- Innovations in Mindfulness to promote the Innovations In Mindfulness Awards, to prowde resources and to establish a LX)mmunty of mindfulness innovators www.innovationsinmindfulness.or ). The website now has an active Blog wth contributions from the Innovations in Mindfulness community. As well as providing free access lo the'Fieldbook for Mindfulness Innovators,, 'Sharing Your Treasure- a Workbook for Mindfulness Innov8tors' has been added. The development of this publication was funded by Hart Knowe Trust. The Workbook was launched al the Manchester Mindfulness Festival. Hart Knowe Trust Was a key sponsor for this event because it shares our aim of sharing the benefits of mindfulness with a wider audience. In 2022 and 2024 we supported the 1" and 2nd "Innovations in Mindfvjlness Awards with the aim of celebrating achievements and encouraging innovative approaches for helping individuals and communilies who currently do not have access to high quality mindfulness training. S¢)me of the finalists and winners of these awards continue to develop Iheir innovative ideas with advice and mentoring from our trustee. Vin HaTTiS. The winner of the 2024 Awards, BAM! Boxing and Mindfulness for inner city youth groups from hAindful Peak Performance received a grant from Hart Knowe Trust to develop a pilot proiect with Loughborough University. The project teaches sports coaches and mentors to bring mindfulness into their work with young athletes. This initiative is regarded as being aligned with Sir Gareth Southgate's mission to encourage mentoring and positiv8 role models to young people. Following the successful pilot course, Loughborough University has now commissioned Mindful Peak Performance to deliver further training to their teaching staff. Sharin Your Treasure As a result of our invofvement with various mindfulness projects, Win Harris became increasingly aware of the potential benefits Ihal can be achieved Ihrough helping meditation teachers connect with groups and individuals who may have thought that meditation was not for them. On behalf of Hart Knowe Trust, Vin created 8 pioneering enterprise training programme for mindfulnesslmeditation teachers called 'Sharing Your Treasure.. This unique pr(KJramme helps people explore sustainable ways to tum their h8art-felt aspirations into effective action. Sharing Your Treasure has been delivered for organisations including: Tergar- an intemational meditation c(Mnmunity The Mindfulness Initiatrve- an organisation championing the Inner dimension of social change. Tergar Institut8- an educational college in Nepal bridging tradition and Innovation. We have funded and launched the "Sharing Your Treasure Workboow, a resource for mindfulness teachers to serve as a practical guide, offering frameworks and insights to navigate th8 evolving landscape of mindfulness training. The next step in this project, a 4-week training course based on the Wothok, has been tested and is now being made available in the UK and Europe.
Hart Knowe Trust Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31st October 2025 Trustees, Annual Report Icontinued Com assion in Acllon Pr ects in India Hart l<nowe Trust ¢ontinu8S to give financial support for Ihe distribution of humanitarian aid to people living in Bodhgaya, Bihar, one of the poorest regions of India. Although the Trustees have not been able lo visit the projects this year, we have sent trusled representatives to India to review the existing projects and to find out what more we can do to build on the foundations that have been est8blished. Conversations are underway to recruit and train a team of vdunteers wth connection5 to Akong Rinpoche's organisations who will be able to manage the Soup Kitchen on behalf of Hart Knowe Trust. The local wnneclions we have made over many years continue to pass on fvnds and monitor the oiects. Food has been distributed by the-soup Kitchen Project" and initiatives to improve glrls. hostel faciltties in nearby villages have been increased. The Scholarship project has been successfvjl in giving young people in the Bodhgaya area the opportunity to improve their education, enhancing the prospects for themselves and their families. Other Locations Ongoing funding has helped Syrian refug8es and other vulnerable people inTurkey. Our support has enabled an organisation with trusted local connections to keep up their support of refugees and the poor in Izmir. In addition to providing food and shelter. they have provided legal advice and supported education through their classes teaching Turkish and art to Syrian refugee childr8n. They also made physiotherapy available for children with earthquake and war injuries and those with cerebral palsy. We continue to provide much needed regular support for education in a remote Tibetan Nunnery in Nepal. In Scotland and the rest of the UK, grants were given to individual5 in difficult circumstances. We donated funds in response to the humanitarian emergency in Gaza and supported the Scottish r Ambulance Charity to help them provide emergency health services in remote areas. Ins Irln Fikns Akon a Remarkable Life Hart Knowe Trust was invclved in funding, produang and dislributing the award-wnning film"Akong-a Remarkable Life". The film tells the moving life story of the late Akong Rinpoche, an eminent Buddhist teacher and humanitarian who was a life-long friend. mentor and teacher to the founders of Hart Knowe Trust. More Than One Lrfe The Hart Knowe Trust is now operating in 8 similar role to create an educalronal film, which begins where the first film ends. The new film is called -more Than One Life- a joumey into the heart and science of reincarnation.. Thi5 is seen as a long'temi prciecL and Ihe team continues to film in depth interviews [h experts represenling a vdide range of views on reincamation.
Hart Knowe Trust Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31st October 2025 Truste88' Annual Report (contlnued) Our website www.hartknowe.org has been redesigned to reflecl our recent achievements. It continue5 to be a valuable way to communicate our values and aspirations as we collaborate with organisations and individuals in the pursuit of shared obiectrves and positive outcomes. Donations in kind The charity received office facilities donated by Mr. and Mrs. Harris. ReseNes The trustees have set the minimum level of reserves at £50,000. They consider that this will provide for any commitments Ihe charity may have made and, in the event of winding up, be sufficient to cover costs and outstanding liabilities. The amount caled forward at the end of this year will provide sufficienl funds to complete the planned development of the above projects and wll also enable the charity to support other future initiatives as they arise. This report was approved by the Trustees on 13 July 2026 and is signed on their behalf by.. Signed . V Harris
Hart Knowe Trust Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31st October 2025 Indepondent ExamlneVs Report I report on the accounts of the tharity fc the year ended 31st October 2025. Rospoctive rosponsibilities of TThsiees and examiner The charity's Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance withthe terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scouand) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts Iscouandl Regulations 2006. The Trustees consider that the audf( requirement of Regulalion 10{1) Id) of the Accounts Regulations does nol apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1) (c) of the Act and to stale whether particular matters have ciwne to myattention. Baslg of Independent examlnerf¥ statsment My examination is carried out in accordan with Regulation 11 of the Charitie5 Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. An examination includes a review of the a(untIng 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 explanalions from the Trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken donot provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit Opinic on the view given by the accounts. Independenl examlnerfs sLement In the course of my examination. no matter has come to my attention 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) {al of the 2005 Act andRegulalion 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and • to prepare acry)unts whith accord with Ihe accounling records and ccrfnply th Regulatlon9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations have not been mel, or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a rmperunderstanding of the accounts to b8 reached. Signed /_/zi 2oZ Ian C Lancaster FCA N B Lancaster & Co. 6 Brunswick Street Carlisle
Hart Knowe Trust Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 31 st October 2025 Restricted Unrestricted funds funds Total 2024125 Total 2023124 Recei Donations Fee income Sales Bank interest 5.591 87.700 5.872 404 6,416 93,291 5,872 404 6.416 61,527 5.309 134 3,198 Total receipts 5,591 100.392 105,983 70,168 Payments for charitable actiMti8S: Grants and donalions made Indla project costs Film production and distribution costs Mindfulne55 proJeGts Websile Office Bank charges 8,794 1.835 38,377 14,678 3,024 32,386 1.100 40 90 47,171 16,513 3.024 32,386 1,100 40 90 38,611 133 38 28,000 50 86 Total panen1$ 10,629 89,695 100.324 66,918 Transfers between funds Surplusl(deficitl for year (5,0381 10,697 5,659 3.250 Cash funds brought forward 15,910 215,286 231.196 227,946 Cash funds carriad fonward 236 855 231 196
Hart Knowe Trust Statement of Balances as at 31 October 2025 Bank and cash on hand 2024125 2023124 Opening balances Surplus l {deficitl for year Closing balances 231.196 5,659 236.855 227.946 3,250 231,196 R•stricted funds Balance at 0111112024 1.244 14,666 Received Paid Balance at 3111012025 Projects in India Projects in Nepal Support for refugees 591 {1.835) {3,7941 5,000 110,6291 10,872 5,000 5,591 15,910 10,872 Pra in India and Ne al Donations received for the projects in Bodhgaya, IndSa and for educatlon in a Tibetsn nunnery in Nepal. Su ort for refu ees Donation received for support of Syrian refugees and other vulnerable people in Turkey, following the earthquake. Assets and liabilitios At the year end, in addition to the cash held in the bank, the charity had Grfl Aid daims due of £25.135 (2024.. £50.457) and no liabilities. Grants and donatlons made Individu811 organisation inds orgs orgs orgs Number of grants 2024125 2023124 Charitable activity- Education Education Relief of povety Community Development 1,754 3,750 398 29,143 5,320 38,611 11 42,597 2.820 47,171 Total Education - in the year, a grant wa5 made to one individual to contribute to school costs. Relief of poverty- in the year, grants and donations were made to institutions and organisations for Iheir work with the poor and those suffering adverse conditions. Communty devekJpmenl- in the year. donations were made to five registered tharities, which were gcncral in nature and given to increase the effectiveness ofthese organisations.
Hart Knowe Trust Statemont of Balances as at 31 October 2025 Trustee paantS The members of the board of trustees did not receive any remuneration or expenses in this or the previous year. Approved by the trustees on 13 July 2026 and signed on their behalfr. Signed . V Harris