**Company registration number 08948230 (England and Wales) Charity registration number 1156636 (England and Wales)**
## **WARDENS TRUST**
# **ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**
## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
|**Trustees**|Dr A E S Gimson||
|---|---|---|
||Mrs W Orme||
||Mrs C Dent||
||Mrs E Jackman-Graham||
||Colonel G Stibbe||
|**Secretary**|Mrs W Orme||
|**Country of incorporation**|United Kingdom|08948230|
||(England and Wales)||
|**Charity registration**|England and Wales|1156636|
|**Principal address**|The Beeches||
||Littlethorpe||
||Ripon||
||HG4 3LW||
|**Registered office**|The Beeches||
||Littlethorpe||
||Ripon||
||HG4 3LW||
|**Independent examiner**|Helen Rumsey FCA||
||Ensors||
||Blyth House||
||Rendham Road||
||Saxmundham||
||IP17 1WA||
## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **CONTENTS**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees report|1 - 4|
|Independent examiner's report|5|
|Statement of financial activities|6 - 7|
|Balance sheet|8|
|Notes to the financial statements|9 - 18|
## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**_
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 30 April 2025.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements, the Companies Act 2006 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 and activities**
The charity (previously known as the Warden's Charitable Trust) was set up in 1988 with the objectives of the material, mental, physical and spiritual welfare of persons who are suffering from mental illness, arrested or incomplete development of mind, psychopathic disorder, any other disorder of the mind, or physical disability and illness, and the education and material physical and spiritual welfare of young persons. The charity has operated within the objectives of its Memorandum & Articles of Association, progressively expanding its amenities and services to meet an increasing demand.
The charity's objects and principal activities as set out in the Memorandum and Articles of Association are that of:-
- The relief of persons who are suffering from mental illness arrested or incomplete development of mind psychopathic disorder or any other disorders of the mind and from physical disability and illness.
- Advancement of education and the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure-time occupation for the young persons with the object of improving their conditions of life and to develop their physical, mental and spiritual welfare.
- Such charitable institution or institutions at such time or times as the trustees may determine.
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## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**_
## _Strategies for achieving aims and objectives_
## **Strategy**
Our short term strategy was reviewed during 2020/21, and as previously, during 2024/25 the trustees agreed to:
• Improve facilities within the whole Wardens Trust estate, Avocet flat, main hall and camping in order to increase footfall from our target population.
• Continue to offer services and facilities both within our hall and within the community for lonely and socially isolated individuals.
• To maintain adequate reserves (general and restricted) to finance administration costs and infrastructure.
• To respond to changes in local needs for our target population as they develop, by involvement in local authority Community Partnership schemes.
These aims were reviewed again in light of current and proposed future strategic infrastructure projects local to Wardens Trust (Windfarm projects and Sizewell C).
## **Evidence of need**
Wardens Trust aims to deliver services and facilities to persons of any age who are or might be suffering from mental or physical disability, illness or disorder, and to assist them in their mental and spiritual welfare.
The facilities include a 4.5 acre seaside site in Suffolk, with a main hall and kitchen, a 4 bedroom 12 bed annexe and the Avocet holiday flat for disabled users. There is a large cliff-top camping area outside.
The amenities are only available on a pre-booking basis and are fully described further on the Trust website www.wardenstrust.org
During the year, demand for the facility and the services was high. Our email mailing list of over 200 names and over 60 user organisations is healthy.
## _Public benefit_
The trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.
## **Achievements and performance**
## _Significant activities and achievements against objectives_
Wardens Trust continued to deliver services to young and old, and anyone with mental and physical disabilities.
Visitor numbers in 2024/25 continued to increase. Specialist Bath Day and Lunch Clubs, having restarted in 2023/ 24, continue to be very well-attended.
The charity's infrastructure funding objective in 2023/24 was the provision of an outside toilet block with disabled access which as been built and commissioned during 2025.
Donations and grants received during the year continue to be a crucial source of income.
Of note this year, we were successful with our application to Suffolk Community Foundation for a grant from the Sizewell C funding pot for improving lives and communities in the surrounding area of this national infrastructure project. In January, we received the first year's funding amount (£41,350) of a 3 year grant, with the second and third tranches to be received on the second and third year anniversary dates. This funding is restricted for the purpose of providing bathing facilities on bath days and lunch club activities for those in need in the community.
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## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**_
## _Investment performance_
Investment income is derived from a share portfolio managed by Brewin Dolphin on behalf of Wardens Trust.
## **Financial review**
The accounts show a net surplus for the year of £20,503 (2024: a deficit of £7,277). The closing fund balances total £125,086 as at 30 April 2025.
## _Going concern_
The trustees are confident that the charity remains financially viable given the financial and budgetary framework in place, this alongside accumulated reserves and the investments held, in their opinion supports the plans for the future. These accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
## _Reserves policy_
The charity's reserves policy is reviewed annually. This is set at approximately one year’s turnover (excluding new developments) plus an amount set aside for business continuity should there be a major issue with the hall not covered by our buildings insurance policy. The reserves policy considers the major risks, financial and reputational to the charity and considers mitigations for those. The Trustees assessed the major risks during 2024/25 and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks.
Income is mainly derived from fees and grants, but it remains the longer term financial strategy to slowly increase the former so as not to be so reliant on the latter.
## **Plans for future periods**
The charity's next funding objectives are to:-
- a) improve the UK Power Networks electricity supply of the hall;and
- b) develop a plan for long term sustainability of the roof of the hall.
## **Structure, governance and management**
Wardens Trust is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England and Wales.
The charity is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association as adopted on 19 March 2014. The charity was incorporated as a company on 19 March 2014 and started operations on 1 May 2017.
None of the trustees has any beneficial interest in the company. All of the trustees are members of the company and guarantee to contribute a maximum liability of £1 in the event of a winding up.
The trustees, who are also the directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:
Dr A E S Gimson Mrs W Orme Mrs C Dent Mrs E Jackman-Graham Colonel G Stibbe
## _Recruitment and appointment of trustees_
The selection and appointment of trustees is considered by the Board of Trustees and discussed at Trustee meetings when any suitable candidate is put forward.
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## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**_
The trustees report was approved by the Board of Trustees.
Mrs W Orme
Dr A E S Gimson
7 March 2026
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## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF WARDENS TRUST**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Wardens Trust (the charity) for the year ended 30 April 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the charity (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (the 2006 Act).
Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act 2011.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
- 1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the Companies Act 2006.
- 2 the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
- 3 the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that the financial statements give a true and fair view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
- 4 the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
## **Helen Rumsey FCA**
Ensors Blyth House Rendham Road Saxmundham IP17 1WA 23 April 2026
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## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**_
|**Current financial year**
**Unrestricted**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**general**
**designated**
**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**Notes**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**Income from:**
Donations and legacies
**3**
31,190
-
64,107
Charitable activities
**4**
41,266
-
-
Investments
**5**
842
1,004
-
**Total income**
73,298
1,004
64,107
Charitable activities
**6**
100,995
-
16,912
Net gains on investments
**10**
1
-
-
**Net income/(expenditure) and**
**movement in funds**
(27,696)
1,004
47,195
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Fund balances at 1 May 2024
42,506
58,988
3,089
**Fund balances at 30 April 2025**
14,810
59,992
50,284|**Total**
**2025**
**£**
95,297
41,266
1,846
138,409
117,907
1
20,503
104,583
125,086|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
39,684
42,637
2,130
84,451
95,106
3,378
(7,277)
111,860
104,583|
|---|---|---|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (CONTINUED) INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**_
|**Prior financial year**
**Unrestricted**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**general**
**designated**
**2024**
**2024**
**2024**
**Notes**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**Income from:**
Donations and legacies
**3**
33,309
-
6,375
Charitable activities
**4**
42,637
-
-
Investments
**5**
872
1,258
-
Total income
76,818
1,258
6,375
Charitable activities
**6**
88,731
-
6,375
Net gains on investments
**10**
3,378
-
-
**Net income/(expenditure) and movement in funds**
(8,535)
1,258
-
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Fund balances at 1 May 2023
51,041
57,730
3,089
**Fund balances at 30 April 2024**
42,506
58,988
3,089|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
39,684
42,637
2,130
84,451
95,106
3,378
(7,277)
111,860
104,583|
|---|---|
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## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **BALANCE SHEET**
## _**AS AT 30 APRIL 2025**_
|**Notes**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
**12**
Investments
**13**
**Current assets**
Debtors
**14**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: amounts falling due within**
**one year**
**15**
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**The funds of the charity**
Restricted income funds
**16**
Unrestricted funds - general
**18**
Unrestricted funds - designated
**17**|**2025**
**£**
7,461
36,461
43,922
(33,858)|**£**
61,063
53,959
115,022
10,064
125,086
50,284
14,810
59,992
125,086|**2024**
**£**
8,724
20,656
29,380
(28,596)|**£**
39,841
63,958|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||103,799
784|
|||||104,583|
|||||3,089
42,506
58,988|
|||||104,583|
The company is entitled to the exemption from the audit requirement contained in section 477 of the Companies Act 2006, for the year ended 30 April 2025.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for ensuring that the charity keeps accounting records which comply with section 386 of the Act and for preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the financial year in accordance with the requirements of sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved by the trustees on 7 March 2026
Dr A E S Gimson
Mrs W Orme
Company registration number 08948230 (England and Wales)
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## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Charity information**
Wardens Trust is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is The Beeches, Littlethorpe, Ripon, HG4 3LW.
## **1.1 Basis of preparation**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 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)". The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities applying FRS 102 Update Bulletin 1 not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under historic cost convention, modified to include the fixed asset investments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
## **1.2 Going concern**
At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
## **1.3 Charitable funds**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.
Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors or grantors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.
Designated funds have been set aside at the discretion of the Trustees for specific charitable activities.
## **1.4 Income**
Income is recognised when the charity is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.
Donations received for the general purposes of the Trust are included as unrestricted funds. Donations for activities restricted by the wishes of the donor are taken to ‘restricted funds’ where their wishes are legally binding on the Trustees.
Income from donations, legacies and grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipt is probable and its amount can be measured reliably.
Donated or gifted goods and services are recognised as income at the point that the economic benefit from the goods or services have passed to the charity and when the amount can be reliably quantified and measured.
Income from charitable activities received represents amounts received for services provided.
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## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
**(Continued)**
## **1.5 Expenditure**
Resources expended are accounted for on an accruals basis. Most expenditure is directly appointed to cost categories based on the amount attributable to that activity in the year. Charitable activities costs included costs of preparation of the statutory accounts.
## **1.6 Tangible fixed assets**
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following basis:
Leasehold improvements 10 years straight line basis Motor vehicles 25% reducing balance
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities.
## **1.7 Fixed asset investments**
Fixed asset investments are initially measured at transaction price excluding transaction costs, and are subsequently measured at fair value at each reporting date. Changes in fair value are recognised in net income/(expenditure) for the year. Transaction costs are expensed as incurred.
## **1.8 Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks.
## **1.9 Financial instruments**
The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the charity's balance sheet when the charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
## _**Basic financial assets**_
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
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## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
**(Continued)**
## _**Basic financial liabilities**_
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## _**Derecognition of financial liabilities**_
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
## **2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements**
In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
## **3 Income from donations and legacies**
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2025**
**2025**
**£**
**£**
Donations and gifts
6,190
-
Legacies
25,000
-
Grants
-
64,107
31,190
64,107
**Donations and gifts**
Sundry donations
6,190
-
6,190
-|**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2025**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
6,190
33,309
-
25,000
-
-
64,107
-
6,375
95,297
33,309
6,375
6,190
33,309
-
6,190
33,309
-|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
33,309
-
6,375|
|---|---|---|
|||39,684|
|||33,309|
|||33,309|
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## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**_
|**Income from donations and legacies**|**Income from donations and legacies**|||||**(Continued)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|
||**funds**|**funds**||**funds**|**funds**||
||**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|**2024**|**2024**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Grants**|||||||
|Grants received (note 17)|-|64,107|64,107|-|6,375|6,375|
||-|64,107|64,107|-|6,375|6,375|
|**Donated goods and services**|||||||
|Donated or gifted goods and services totalling £1,787 are included in||||sundry donations above (2024: Nil).|||
|**Income from charitable activities**|||||||
||||||**Unrestricted**|
**Unrestricted**|
||||||**funds**|
**funds**|
||||||**general**|**general**|
||||||**2025**|**2024**|
||||||**£**|**£**|
|Fundraising activities|||||457|540|
|Fees|||||12,546|10,837|
|Bathing fees|||||7,251|6,019|
|Other income|||||3,379|8,579|
|Charitable rental income|||||17,633|16,662|
||||||41,266|42,637|
|**Analysis by fund**|||||||
|Unrestricted funds - general|||||41,266|42,637|
## **3 Income from donations and legacies**
## **4 Income from charitable activities**
## **5 Income from investments**
|**Unrestricted Unrestricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**general designated**
**2025**
**2025**
**£**
**£**
Income from listed
investments
601
1,004
Interest receivable
241
-
842
1,004|**Total**
**Unrestricted Unrestricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**general designated**
**2025**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
1,605
647
1,258
241
225
-
1,846
872
1,258|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
1,905
225|
|---|---|---|
|||2,130|
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## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**_
## **6 Expenditure on charitable activities**
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**general**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**general**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**Direct costs**
Depreciation and
impairment
5,655
-
5,655
4,641
-
Rent and rates
431
-
431
63
-
Electricity and logs
10,305
1,500
11,805
14,024
-
Cleaning
8,108
-
8,108
7,090
-
Ground maint, repairs
and renewals
18,606
2,500
21,106
8,581
1,375
Vehicle expenses
4,572
-
4,572
4,767
-
Insurance
3,459
-
3,459
2,881
-
Housekeeper
19,765
-
19,765
14,189
-
Bathing
5,582
12,912
18,494
10,646
5,000
Website costs
730
-
730
740
-
Administration and
commission
2,766
-
2,766
3,977
-
Telephone, postage and
stationery
702
-
702
1,005
-
Fundraising and publicity
5,179
-
5,179
1,588
-
Accountancy and
bookkeeping
4,652
-
4,652
5,900
-
Bank charges, software,
Lunch Club activities
10,483
-
10,483
8,639
-
100,995
16,912
117,907
88,731
6,375
**Analysis by fund**
Unrestricted funds -
general
100,995
-
100,995
88,731
-
Restricted funds
-
16,912
16,912
-
6,375
100,995
16,912
117,907
88,731
6,375
**7**
**Net movement in funds**
**2025**
**£**
The net movement in funds is stated after charging/(crediting):
Fees payable for the independent examination of the charity's financial
statements
980
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
5,655|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
4,641
63
14,024
7,090
9,956
4,767
2,881
14,189
15,646
740
3,977
1,005
1,588
5,900
8,639|
|---|---|
||95,106|
||88,731
6,375|
||95,106|
||**2024**
**£**
940
4,641|
## **8 Trustees**
None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during either year.
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## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**_
## **9 Employees**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
||**2025**|**2024**|
|---|---|---|
||**Number**|**Number**|
|Trustees|5|5|
There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.
## **10 Gains and losses on investments**
||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|
||**2025**|**2024**|
|Gains/(losses) arising on:|**£**|**£**|
|Sale of investments|1|3,378|
## **11 Taxation**
The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.
## **12 Tangible fixed assets**
|**Leasehold**
**improvements**
**Motor**
**vehicles**
**£**
**£**
**Cost**
At 1 May 2024
43,053
8,100
Additions
26,878
-
At 30 April 2025
69,931
8,100
**Depreciation and impairment**
At 1 May 2024
8,611
2,702
Depreciation charged in the year
4,305
1,350
At 30 April 2025
12,916
4,052
**Carrying amount**
At 30 April 2025
57,015
4,048
At 30 April 2024
34,443
5,398|**Total**
**£**
51,153
26,878|
|---|---|
||78,031|
||11,313
5,655|
||16,968|
||61,063|
||39,841|
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## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**_
## **13 Fixed asset investments**
||**Listed**|
|---|---|
||**investments**|
||**£**|
|**Cost or valuation**||
|At 1 May 2024|63,958|
|Withdrawal|(10,000)|
|Valuation movement|1|
|At 30 April 2025|53,959|
|**Carrying amount**||
|At 30 April 2025|53,959|
|At 30 April 2024|63,958|
All listed investments above are held within a share portfolio managed by Brewin Dolphin on behalf of the charity trustees. The shareholdings included within the portfolio with a fair value at 30 April 2025 of more than £2,500 are:
|£2,500 are:||
|---|---|
|Fil Invs SVCS UK Fidelity Moneybuilder (UK Bonds)|£3,926|
|Jupiter UT Managers Strategic Bond (Overseas Bonds)|£3,325|
|Vanguard Funds (North American Equities)|£3,793|
|MI SEL Managers North America Equities|£3,260|
|Blackrock FM Ltd Cont'l Europe Income D Units|£2,743|
|Schroder Unit Trust Asian Income L Units|£2,686|
|Ishares Physical Gold|£3,179|
|3I Infrastructure Ord NPV|£2,776|
## **Fixed asset investments revalued**
Investments have been revalued at fair value on a market value basis at the year end, the comparable historical cost was £48,828 (2024 : £61,046).
## **14 Debtors**
|**Debtors**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Amounts falling due within one year:**
Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income|**2025**
**£**
2,923
4,538
7,461|**2024**
**£**
4,350
4,374|
|||8,724|
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## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**_
## **15 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
|**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|||
|---|---|---|
|Trade creditors
Accruals and deferred income|**2025**
**£**
27,308
6,550
33,858|**2024**
**£**
22,029
6,567|
|||28,596|
## **16 Restricted funds**
The restricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used.
||**At 1 May 2024**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**At 30 April**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**resources**|**expended**|**2025**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Adnams Community Fund - cooker|2,339|-|-|2,339|
|Suffolk Community Foundation - bathing|||||
|activities|750|-|(750)|-|
|Suffolk Community Foundation (Sizewell C|||||
|funding) - bathing and lunch club activities|-|41,352|(12,162)|29,190|
|Suffolk County Council - Winter Watts cost of|||||
|living community grant|-|1,500|(1,500)|-|
|Suffolk & Essex Coasts and Heaths - build|||||
|BBQ area and accessible washroom for|||||
|camping|-|2,500|(2,500)|-|
|The National Lottery community fund - to|||||
|replace and improve bathing care equipment|||||
|and facilities|-|18,755|-|18,755|
||3,089|64,107|(16,912)|50,284|
|**Previous year:**|**At 1 May 2023**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**At 30 April**|
|||**resources**|**expended**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Adnams Community Fund - cooker|2,339|-|-|2,339|
|Suffolk County Council - for pond area|750|-|(750)|-|
|Suffolk Community Foundation - bathing|||||
|activities|-|5,000|(4,250)|750|
|Suffolk County Council - accessible ramp for|||||
|pond area|-|1,375|(1,375)|-|
||3,089|6,375|(6,375)|3,089|
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## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**_
## **16 Restricted funds**
## **(Continued)**
Restricted funds have been established with the following purposes:
Bathing days fund - to offer more bathing days support and accessibility for elderly people in the community.
Lunch Club fund - to provide a lunch club and hot meal provision for those in need of support in the community.
Cooker fund - to provide a new cooker for the hall.
Winter Watts Cost of Living community grant - to provide support for heating costs.
Developing a pond area - for the use and enjoyment of visitors.
Developing camping facilities - to build a BBQ and wash room facilities, and enhance the area with bird nesting boxes, benches all to enjoy.
## **17 Unrestricted funds - designated**
These are unrestricted funds which are material to the charity's activities.
|**At 1 May 2024**
**Incoming**
**resources**
**At**
**£**
**£**
Investments/ current assets
58,988
1,004
**Previous year:**
**At 1 May 2023**
**Incoming**
**resources**
**At**
**£**
**£**
Investments/ current assets
57,730
1,258|**30 April**
**2025**
**£**
59,992
**30 April**
**2024**
**£**
58,988|
|---|---|
## **18 Unrestricted funds**
The unrestricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which are not subject to specific conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These include designated funds which have been set aside out of unrestricted funds by the trustees for specific purposes.
||**At**|**1**|**May 2024**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**Gains and**|**At 30 April**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**resources**|**expended**|**losses**|**2025**|
||||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|General funds|||42,506|73,298|(100,995)|1|14,810|
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## **WARDENS TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025**_
|**18**|**Unrestricted funds**|||||**(Continued)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Previous year:**|**At 1 May 2023**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**Gains and**|**At 30 April**|
||||**resources**|**expended**|**losses**|**2024**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
||General funds|51,041|76,818|(88,731)|3,378|42,506|
|**19**|**Analysis of net assets between funds**||||||
||||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|
||||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**||
||||**general**|**designated**|||
||||**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|
||||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
||**At 30 April 2025:**||||||
||Tangible assets||61,063|-|-|61,063|
||Investments||23,959|30,000|-|53,959|
||Current assets/(liabilities)||(70,212)|29,992|50,284|10,064|
||||14,810|59,992|50,284|125,086|
||||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|
||||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**||
||||**general**|**designated**|||
||||**2024**|**2024**|**2024**|**2024**|
||||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
||**At 30 April 2024:**||||||
||Tangible assets||39,841|-|-|39,841|
||Investments||28,928|35,030|-|63,958|
||Current assets/(liabilities)||(26,263)|23,958|3,089|784|
||||42,506|58,988|3,089|104,583|
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