REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 05015106 (England and Wales)

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1101905

Report of the Trustees and

Audited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st January 2025

for

The Dame Hilary Cropper

Charitable Foundation Limited

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Report of the Trustees

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Report of the Independent Auditors

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Statement of Financial Activities

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Balance Sheet

9

Notes to the Financial Statements

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The Trustees, who are also directors of the Foundation for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the Foundation for the year ended 31 January 2025. The report of the Trustees incorporates the Directors' report, as required by company law. The Trustees have adopted the provisions of 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).

Peter John Cropper

The Trustees open this year's report by recording the passing of co-founder, Peter Cropper, long-time trustee, director, and benefactor of the Foundation, who died peacefully in North London on 23 August 2024. His passing followed a lengthy period of declining health, and his resignation as trustee and director in April 2024.

Peter established the Foundation in 2004 with his wife, Dame Hilary, with the intention of improving the lives of young South Africans from the previously disadvantaged community. He took immense pride in, and inspiration from, the work of the Foundation, and great joy from the connections he made with South Africans from a wide range of backgrounds, treating everyone with equal dignity, respect, and friendship. The Trustees will continue to honour the vision of our founders, in memory of Dame Hilary and Peter Cropper.

Objectives and activities

Objectives and aims

The Foundation's aims are to manage the trust fund and its income, and to apply them anywhere in the world, either directly or through grants to other established charities. Its primary objectives are the advancement of education and relief of poverty amongst young people however the Trustees in their absolute discretion may determine.

The emphasis is on helping young people who are disadvantaged through poverty, illness, or the lack of family support, by providing them with education and care, and assisting them to become self-sufficient, so that they can lead more fulfilling and productive lives within their communities. The focus is on developing countries, especially those that are struggling with abject poverty and debilitating illness.

Public benefit

The Trustees confirm that they refer to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Trust's aims and objectives, planning activities, and setting the grant-making policy.

Grantmaking

Grants may be made to other established charities to help them more effectively promote their own charitable objectives. The choice of organisations selected to receive such grants will be made taking into account their efficiency and effectiveness in fulfilling their stated objectives and by the extent to which they foster self-help among disadvantaged young people.

Volunteers

The administration of the Charity is run by a volunteer under the control of the Trustees. No remuneration is paid to the bookkeeper for their role in maintaining the activities and records of the Charity.

During 2024/25, one Trustee received fees of £5,093 to deliver a project to identify potential new beneficiaries for the Foundation, described further below.

Achievements and performance

Charitable activities

During 2024/25, the Foundation was proud to have completed 20 years of charitable activities in South Africa - the country that the Trustees determined should be the principal focus of the Foundation's activities.

For the last 13 years, the Foundation's primary focus has been PYDA, based in Stellenbosch in the Cape Winelands and established by the Foundation in 2012. PYDA operates as a local not-for-profit, running vocational training and personal development programmes for unemployed 18- to 25-year-old South Africans. It seeks to develop the skills of young people, to qualify them for employment. David Torres remains a director of both the Foundation and PYDA.

During 2024/25, following an outreach programme co-ordinated by the Trustees, the Foundation entered into funding arrangements with 4 new beneficiary organisations in South Africa, one on a one-year basis and three on a 3-year basis, but all operating in the field of youth support and development in the Western Cape. The Trustees look forward to seeing how these organisations, all of which are small and local, and most of which are relatively young, develop over the next few years.

Financial review

Principal funding sources

The principal source of the Foundation's income is a capital fund held as expendable endowment. The fund is invested and managed on a discretionary basis by a fund manager. The Foundation also receives a small number of restricted and unrestricted donations from third parties.

Financial performance

As of 31 January 2025, total funds amounted to £2,806,289, of which £2,727,483 were expendable endowment funds, £120 were restricted funds, and £78,686 were unrestricted funds. The endowment fund is backed by the investment portfolio which can be accessed, as needed. The remaining restricted and unrestricted funds are backed by current assets.

During 2024/25, total income was £106,846. Outgoings totalled £149,045, with £124,638 expended on charitable giving and £24,407 on costs. Outgoings were funded from income and accumulated reserves, leading to a £42,199 reduction in reserves.

The Foundation had an overall surplus of £134,207 for the year ending 31 January 2025 (2024 deficit: £27,021), supported by gains in the endowment fund.

The Trustees would like to express their thanks and appreciation to those organisations and individuals who have provided financial support to the Foundation during this past year. Their generosity is helping to improve the lives of many young people in South Africa, together with their families and communities.

Investment policy and objectives

The capital fund is held as expendable endowment and has been invested to achieve a balance of income and capital growth. The investment fund continues to be managed by Rathbones Investment Management Limited.

Within those broad principles, investments are managed on a total return basis at Risk Level 4, with around 65% invested in equities, as defined by the Foundation's Statement of Investment Policy, which includes a commitment to the principles of environmental, social, and governance-based investment. The Trustees monitor the performance of the investment portfolio, and its management, on a regular basis.

Reserves policy

To date, the Trustees' intention has been to establish a level of reserves that will allow the Foundation to support substantial projects, whilst maintaining the endowment fund, which nonetheless remains available to them for use, should a particularly worthwhile project arise.

Future plans

The Foundation will continue to support good causes in South Africa through the application of the skills and experience of its Trustees, and through financial donations.

The value of future donations is determined by the expected level of return from the investment portfolio and exchange rate movements, which are reviewed on a regular basis to ensure that commitments made are affordable.

Structure, governance and management

Governing document

The Foundation is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. Its governing document is the Memorandum of Association dated 14 January 2004.

Organisational structure

The Trustees set out the organisation's objectives and aims, and agree the strategy and policies needed to deliver on those aims. The Foundation retains no staff.

Recruitment, appointment and induction of new Trustees

Trustees are appointed following a search of suitably qualified individuals and an invitation extended by the chairman to the successful candidate based on a trustee resolution. New Trustees undertake a period of orientation through individual meetings with existing Trustees, a review of the Foundation's governance documents, past minutes, financial statements, and Board papers. Trustees requiring formal training on specific topics will be entitled to undertake such developments at the Foundation's expense.

Risk management

The Trustees have conducted their own review of the major risks to which the Foundation is exposed, and systems have been established to mitigate those risks.

Reference and administrative details

Registered Company number

05015106 (England and Wales)

Registered Charity number

1101905

Registered office

3 Danebrook Court

Langford Lane

Kidlington

Oxfordshire

OX51LQ

Trustees

Carl St John Cropper

Nicholas Jackson (Chairman)

Nikki Munro

Ian Patrick Stephenson

David Andrew Torres

Peter Cropper (resigned 15.4.24)

Auditors

Haines Watts Wales LLP, Statutory Auditors

7 Neptune Court

Vanguard Way

Cardiff

CF24 5PJ

Bankers

Metro Bank

77 St Peters Street

St Albans

Hertfordshire

AL1 3ED

Absa Wealth

Block B, De Wagenweg Office Park

Stellentia Road

Stellenbosch Central

Stellenbosch 7600

South Africa

Solicitors

Wilsons Solicitors LLP

Alexandra House

St Johns Street

Salisbury

Wiltshire

SP1 2SP

Investment Managers

Rathbones Investment Management Limited

10 George Street

Edinburgh

EH2 2PF

Directors' report

The Trustees contribute a blend of complementary knowledge and skills. They have experience of diverse countries, cultures, corporations, and charities, together with a shared commitment to the objectives of the Foundation.

Biographical Details of Trustees

Carl Cropper is a bioscience graduate with over 30 years' experience in the pharmaceutical industry in roles in medical affairs, business development, sales, and marketing. In 2016, he established his own commercial consulting business. He lives in the city of St Albans in the UK with his wife and their four children. He is the son of founders Peter and Dame Hilary Cropper, both now deceased.

Nick Jackson is Chief Compliance Officer at Lightsourcebp, a global leader in the development and management of solar energy projects. He trained as an engineer and has over twenty-five years' industry, consulting, and international development experience. He has led teams on a number of high-profile ethics and anti-corruption cases, served as head of group ethics and compliance in the oil and gas industry and as the first ethics officer of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria.

Nikki Munro joined the Pinotage Youth Development Academy as Programme Director in 2012, resigning in 2022. During her career she has worked in the fields of human resources, learning, communication, and youth development. Her work within the corporate sector has focused on organisational development and transformation. She established her own business, working in various industry sectors as a leader, consultant, and executive coach. With a strong track record of effective implementation, she has spent her career adding value in her home country of South Africa.

Ian Stephenson is a Structural Engineer who has specialised in the design of building structures. He grew up in Cape Town and attended both school and university there. After qualifying he worked on a variety of projects in South Africa. He moved to the UK in 1987 and has worked on projects all over the world. He has held senior management roles with leading engineering consultancies in London. He formed his own engineering consultancy in 2014.

David Torres is a Professor of the Practice and Executive in Residence at Middlebury College in Vermont in the US, where he teaches courses in Global Health and Social Entrepreneurship. Previously, David was based in Cape Town, South Africa, where he served as Senior Advisor to the President and CEO of mothers2mothers, a Cape Town-based NGO working in the field of HIV and maternal and child health. David worked at mothers2mothers for 12 years in a number of leadership roles, covering special projects, business development across Sub-Saharan Africa, fundraising and donor relationship management, and organizational governance. Prior to joining m2m in 2006, David worked for 22 years in a variety of roles across a number of different countries in Latin America, the US and the UK for JP Morgan Chase and Co, and predecessor firm, The Chase Manhattan Bank.

Trustees' responsibility statement

The Trustees (who are also the directors of The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (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 incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

- observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP;

- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

- 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 keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to 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.

Auditors

The auditors, Haines Watts Wales LLP, Statutory Auditors, will be proposed for appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 28th May 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

Nicholas Jackson - Trustee

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited (the 'charitable company') for the year ended 31st January 2025 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet and 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 (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 31st January 2025 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 Auditors' 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 trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our Report of the Independent Auditors thereon.

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.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, 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 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.

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 Report of the Trustees for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

-	the Report of the Trustees 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 Report of the Trustees.

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 trustees were not entitled to take advantage of the small companies exemption from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report or in preparing the Report of the Trustees.

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the Trustees' Responsibilities Statement, 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.

Our 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 a Report of the Independent Auditors 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 our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Our planning procedures identify the legal and regulatory frameworks applicable to the operations and financial statements of the company. These are reviewed internally with the audit team including relevant industry experience and expectations as well as externally with the client management. The key laws and regulations we considered in this context were the UK Companies Act 2006, UK GAAP (FRS 102) and relevant tax legislation.

Once identified, we assess the risks of material misstatements in relation to the laws and regulations, irregularities, including fraud and adjust our testing accordingly. Our audit procedures include:

-

Discussing with Trustees and management which areas of the business they believe to be more susceptible to fraud, and whether they have any knowledge or suspicion of fraudulent activities

-

Obtaining an understanding of the key controls put in place by the company to address risks identified, assessing the effectiveness of those and discussing how these are maintained and monitored internally;

-

Assessing the risk of management override and review and testing of journal entries made into the accounting system;

-

Challenging assumptions and judgements made by the company in relation to the significant accounting estimates employed in the preparation of the financial statements;

-

Discussing with Trustees and Management the legal and regulatory obligations of the business and whether they have any knowledge or suspicion of non compliance.

Despite the audit being planned and conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) there remains an unavoidable risk that material misstatements in the financial statements may not be detected owing to inherent limitations of the audit, and that by their very nature, any such instances of fraud or irregularities likely involve collusion, forgery, intentional misrepresentation, or the override of internal controls.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Independent Auditors.

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 auditors' 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.

Clive Edwards (Senior Statutory Auditor)

for and on behalf of Haines Watts Wales LLP, Statutory Auditors

7 Neptune Court

Vanguard Way

Cardiff

CF24 5PJ

17th June 2025

2025

2024

Unrestricted

Restricted

Endowment

Total

Total

fund

funds

fund

funds

funds

Notes

£

£

£

£

£

Income and endowments from

Donations and legacies

2

2,018

600

-

2,618

3,279

Investment income

3

104,228

-

-

104,228

100,666

Total

106,246

600

-

106,846

103,945

Expenditure on

Raising funds

4

-

-

10,614

10,614

9,828

Charitable activities

5

Exchange losses and (gains)

-

-

-

-

183

Charitable expenditure

124,038

600

-

124,638

56,797

Administration

13,793

-

-

13,793

15,425

Total

137,831

600

10,614

149,045

82,233

Net gains/(losses) on investments

-

-

176,406

176,406

(48,733

)

NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

(31,585

)

-

165,792

134,207

(27,021

)

Reconciliation of funds

Total funds brought forward

110,271

120

2,561,691

2,672,082

2,699,103

Total funds carried forward

78,686

120

2,727,483

2,806,289

2,672,082

2025

2024

Unrestricted

Restricted

Endowment

Total

Total

fund

funds

fund

funds

funds

Notes

£

£

£

£

£

Fixed assets

Investments

10

-

-

2,727,483

2,727,483

2,561,691

Current assets

Debtors

11

40,415

120

-

40,535

28,832

Cash at bank

42,357

-

-

42,357

85,589

82,772

120

-

82,892

114,421

Creditors

Amounts falling due within one year

12

(4,086

)

-

-

(4,086

)

(4,030

)

Net current assets

78,686

120

-

78,806

110,391

Total assets less current liabilities

78,686

120

2,727,483

2,806,289

2,672,082

NET ASSETS

78,686

120

2,727,483

2,806,289

2,672,082

Funds

13

Unrestricted funds

78,686

110,271

Restricted funds

120

120

Endowment funds

2,727,483

2,561,691

Total funds

2,806,289

2,672,082

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 28th May 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

Nicholas Jackson - Trustee

1.	Accounting policies

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) '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)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, with the exception of investments which are included at market value, as modified by the revaluation of certain assets.

Income

All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the Foundation is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.

Investment income from the expendable endowment are treated as unrestricted funds to meet the costs of the trust in furtherance of its objects.

Donations received for specific projects are treated as restricted along with any Gift Aid receivable.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised when the trust is committed to the expenditure. All costs in furtherance of the objectives of the trust are set against the income, except for expenditure relating to the permanent endowment, which include charges levied by the investment managers and realised and unrealised gains or losses arising of the fund. The costs incurred include irrecoverable VAT.

Grants may be made to other established charities to help them more effectively promote their own charitable objectives.

The choice of organisations selected to receive such grants will be made taking into account their efficiency and effectiveness in fulfilling their stated objectives and by the extent to which they foster self-help among disadvantaged young people. Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end date are noted as a commitment but not accrued as expenditure.

Governance costs

Governance costs include the costs of the preparation and audit of the statutory accounts and the cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.

Taxation

As a registered charity, the Company is exempt from United Kingdom Corporation Tax on its income applied for charitable purposes.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the

trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

Foreign currencies

Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the average rate ruling for the month at which the transaction occurred. All differences are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities.

Assets and liabilities

Investments are stated at market value at the balance sheet date. The Statement of Financial Activities includes the net gains and losses arising on revaluations and disposals throughout the year.

Debtors and creditors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Debtors are included on the basis that there is sufficient information to confirm that the balance relates to the appropriate period. Creditors are also included on the basis that they relate to costs of the current financial year that have not yet been paid.

2.	Donations and legacies

2025

2024

£

£

Donations

2,321

3,158

Gift aid

297

121

2,618

3,279

3.	Investment income

2025

2024

£

£

Income from listed investments

103,503

99,827

Deposit account interest

725

839

104,228

100,666

4.	Raising funds

Investment management costs

2025

2024

£

£

Portfolio management

10,614

9,828

5.	Charitable activities costs

Grant

funding of

activities

Support

Direct

(see note

costs (see

Costs

6)

note 7)

Totals

£

£

£

£

Charitable expenditure

-

124,638

-

124,638

Administration

(43

)

-

13,836

13,793

(43

)

124,638

13,836

138,431

6.	Grants payable

2025

2024

£

£

Charitable expenditure

124,638

56,797

The total grants paid to institutions during the year was as follows:

2025

2024

£

£

Pinotage Youth Development Academy

52,983

56,192

The Homestead

-

5

Lily of the Valley Children's Home

600

600

Molo Mhlaba

18,039

-

Ukhanyo Foundation

17,670

-

Word of Mouth

17,671

-

Where rainbows meet

17,675

-

124,638

56,797

7.	Support costs

Governance

Management

costs

Totals

£

£

£

Administration

9,866

3,970

13,836

Support costs, included in the above, are as follows:

2025

2024

Total

Administration

activities

£

£

Insurance

172

154

Computer costs

536

43

Marketing

164

108

Consultancy fees

5,093

8,939

Travel costs

3,861

2,185

Bank charges

40

42

Auditors' remuneration

3,970

3,954

13,836

15,425

8.	Net income/(expenditure)

Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):

2025

2024

£

£

Auditors' remuneration

3,970

3,954

9.	Trustees' remuneration and benefits

There were no trustees' remuneration for the year ended 31 January 2025 nor for the year ended 31 January 2024.

Trustees' expenses

During the year the charity made payments of £3,861 (2024: £2,185) to trustees in relation to expenses incurred.

Trustee transactions

Payments totalling £5,093 were made to a trustee in relation to consultancy fees. During the year trustees donated £200 to the charity.

10.	Fixed asset investments

Listed

investments

£

Market value

At 1st February 2024

2,561,691

Additions

217,814

Disposals

(363,450

)

Change in Market Value

173,193

Net movement in cash

138,235

At 31st January 2025

2,727,483

Net book value

At 31st January 2025

2,727,483

At 31st January 2024

2,561,691

The investment portfolio includes investments converted to GBP from Euro, South African Rand and US Dollar. The market value is calculated using the year end exchange rate and the change in market value during the year reflects, inter alia, the relative movement in the currency over the financial year.

Cost or valuation at 31st January 2025 is represented by:

Listed

investments

£

Valuation in 2025

2,727,483

As at 31 January 2025 the Historical Cost of the Fixed Asset Investments was £2,386,997 (2024: £2,525,062).

11.	Debtors: amounts falling due within one year

2025

2024

£

£

Gift Aid receivable

295

120

Prepayments and accrued income

40,240

28,712

40,535

28,832

12.	Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2025

2024

£

£

Accrued expenses

4,086

4,030

13.	Movement in funds

Net

movement

At

At 1.2.24

in funds

31.1.25

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

110,271

(31,585

)

78,686

Restricted funds

Lily of the Valley Children's Home

120

-

120

Endowment funds

Expendable Endowment

2,561,691

165,792

2,727,483

TOTAL FUNDS

2,672,082

134,207

2,806,289

Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming

Resources

Gains and

Movement

resources

expended

losses

in funds

£

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

106,246

(137,831

)

-

(31,585

)

Restricted funds

Lily of the Valley Children's Home

600

(600

)

-

-

Endowment funds

Expendable Endowment

-

(10,614

)

176,406

165,792

TOTAL FUNDS

106,846

(149,045

)

176,406

134,207

Comparatives for movement in funds

Net

movement

At

At 1.2.23

in funds

31.1.24

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

78,650

31,621

110,271

Restricted funds

Pinotage Youth Development Academy

76

(76

)

-

The Homestead

5

(5

)

-

Lily of the Valley Children's Home

120

-

120

201

(81

)

120

Endowment funds

Expendable Endowment

2,620,252

(58,561

)

2,561,691

TOTAL FUNDS

2,699,103

(27,021

)

2,672,082

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming

Resources

Gains and

Movement

resources

expended

losses

in funds

£

£

£

£

Unrestricted funds

General fund

100,945

(69,324

)

-

31,621

Restricted funds

Pinotage Youth Development Academy

2,400

(2,476

)

-

(76

)

The Homestead

-

(5

)

-

(5

)

Lily of the Valley Children's Home

600

(600

)

-

-

3,000

(3,081

)

-

(81

)

Endowment funds

Expendable Endowment

-

(9,828

)

(48,733

)

(58,561

)

TOTAL FUNDS

103,945

(82,233

)

(48,733

)

(27,021

)