## **Chairpersons report - April 2025** by Councillor John Parker, The Town Mayor of Romsey ## **This is the annual report as submitted by the outgoing Chair following his year of office as both Town Mayor of Romsey and Chairperson of Bartlett’s Almshouses, one of Romsey’s Municipal Charities.** Having lived in the local area for a number of years, I have been very proud to serve the Town of Romsey once again as it’s Mayor, and also to Chair the Board of Trustees of one of the Town’s principal municipal charities which provides accommodation for single ladies. Thankfully our lady residents seem to be in reasonably good health, and it is very pleasing to be able to report that we have all the same residents as when I took over the Chair some 12 months ago from my predecessor, Councillor John Ray. The financial side of running any charity has, this past year, been extremely difficult as we are still experiencing problems caused by the ongoing energy crisis, uncertain levels of inflation, and the continuing cost of living crisis which has made things difficult for both The Board of Trustees and our lady residents. Hopefully, some of these pressures now appear to be easing, and hopefully will continue to do so in the forthcoming months. A few difficult decisions may though, I fear, still need to be made concerning future funding for The Almshouses and the provision of these much needed homes to our residents. The costs for maintaining these ten homes are substantial, and we have to ensure they are well maintained both for the present occupiers and also for future generations of occupants. I am pleased therefore to be able to report that the charity remains in good hands and continues to have a strong financial base, and for this I am particularly grateful to the elected officers, our Clerk to The Board of Trustees, our Treasurer, and to The Board of Trustees, all of whom are responsible for the good management of this important local housing charity. Their input is invaluable and the charity would not operate so well without their experience and enthusiasm. At the next meeting of Romsey Town Council I shall be handing over the Chair of the Board of Trustees to the Town Mayor elect, Councillor Russell Theron, and I would wish him every success in this role, which I have enjoyed so much over the past twelve months. Councillor John Parker Town Mayor and Chair 2024/2025. **Barletts Almshouses 1046074 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 01/04/2024 31/03/2025 **To from** ~~ee ee ee~~ ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**to the nearest**
**£**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||| |Weeklymaintenance charge||**89,468**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**89,468**||**77,947**|| |Housingbenefit||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|| |Interest||**2,156**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**2,156**||**1,602**|| |Donations||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|| |Council Tax refunds||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|| |||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**91,624**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**91,624**||**79,549**|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**91,624**
**-**
**-**
**91,624**
**79,549**
~~——————~~|||||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||| |Utilities||**16,806**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**16,806**||**26,910**|| |Repairs and maintenance||**70,711**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**70,711**||**35,093**|| |Insurance||**1,773**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,773**||**1,712**|| |Almshouses Association||**353**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**353**||**343**|| |Propertyrefurbishment||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|| |Secretaryand Treasurer||**9,683**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**9,683**||**8,377**|| |Residents' lunch||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|| |Roof repairs||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|| |Miscellaneous||**1,604**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,604**||**2,589**|| |**_Sub total_ **||**100,930**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**100,930**||**75,024**|| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**100,930**
**-**
**-**
**100,930**
**75,024**
~~——————~~|||||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**- 9,306**
**-**
**-**
**- 9,306**
**4,525**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**108,579**
**- -**
**108,579**
**104,054**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**99,273**
**-**
**- 99,273**
**108,579**
~~===>>~~|||||||||||||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 14/09/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
Buildings
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
TSB accounts
CAF Bank accounts
**Details**
Signature
Supplier payments|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**31,254**
**-**
**68,019**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**99,273**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Unrestricted
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Unrestricted
**779**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Russell Theron|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| |||Russell Theron|17/09/2025| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 14/09/2025 2 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name Bartletts Almshouses **members of On accounts for the year** 31[st] March 2025 **Charity no** 1046074 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 & 2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31[st] March 2025. - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. |**Date:**|14thSeptember
2025| |---|---| **Date:** 14 September **Signed:**[Timothy M Rogerson ] 2025 **Name:** Timothy M Rogerson ~~Cs~~ **Relevant professional** FCA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 18 Saxon Way Romsey SO51 5PT 1 **October 2018** **IER** **Section B Disclosure** **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **October 2018** **IER**