REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1158437
CHARiri
COMMISSION
REPORT OF THE
TEES AIYD
UNA15DITED FtNANCIALgfATEMENTS FOR THE Y
NDED 31 MARC
LEWES HOUSE OF ffiIUEP4
Htp
FORMERLY KNOWN AS AGE CONCERN LEWES
FI CRT Lituited
Flat 24 WelliDgtoniaCotht
tAine Close
BNI 6fD

WFS HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP
Y KNOWN AS
NCERF4 ￿wEs
corfrENIS OF THE FINANCL4L STATEMENTS
R THE YEAR
I hlARCH 2024
Report of the Trustees
1 ￿ 6
Illdtpend¢Dt Examinerfs Re￿rt
Statelllellt of Fln•ndal A¢tlviti¢s
Balance Shtet
Casb Flow St8ternent
io
Notes lo the Cash Flow St&tezDent
Note4 to the FID4D¢i&I Statements
12 to 19

l￿wE5 HOUSE OF FRtENDSBIP
FO
KN
WN AS AGE CON
ItEPORT OF THE TRLSTEES
FOR TFIE YEAR Ef*DED 31 TrIARCH 2024
The th]stee5 present ther ror￿ with the fv)an¢iaJ $￿en￿lts of the ¢harrty for the ve4r ended 31 Mwrh 2024. The
t]U5tert have adopted the provision5 of Reporting by C￿ll1es.' Statement of Recom]ll¢nd¢d Pwtr"ce
appli¢able to ch&iti¢S PNMTing their a¢¢ounts in accordanc£ with th¢ FiDan¢iai ReportXtt8 applieable iT) tho
UK R¢pllblic of Freland IFRS 102) {¢ffective l JanuaE) 2019).
OWECTIVES A14D AcfiviTIES
Objectivcs #ndaims
lffjw¢s H(5U5e of Friendship exists fo proJnotE the wellkng of older ID any which or horeAfts8r
maybe. deemed by law to be charitsbk aroU￿d i<i*
The staff alld YO1￿ tI￿e objeLtsives during the year by c(*ttinuiDg to en¢4)ufd8e partiCjPdtj￿ in actt&rytLes
held its th¢ House itsejf (after th¢ Covid it)terlude) and by Cothi￿10g the lunch delivery seTrice to members, hotnes
wheTr [eq￿tre&
Publit ￿th¢flt
l£wes House of Friendship exi%ts to sllptKrtthe oldermunbpxs of the ComD￿jty of IKwes and its SurroTh￿ill8 vilLages
aDd small tOWDS and was, throughout the year, a Friend of Age Fa4t Su5gex. Its aCtiN￿leS are desiglled 501tly to
b¢ll¢ftt its members, thc public from whi¢h its aTE dEawffj and th¢ COnYnUDty in which it is locate(L

LEWES HOUSE OF FRTBNDSHtp
FO
AS AGE CONCERN LEWES
REPORT OF THE TR
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JI MARCH2024
ACEttEVEMELYT ANDPERFORMANCE
Chgrltable actlvlties
Thi$ Ye￿ hEs seeJL the House stsrt to ftel that th¢ Covid itherlude T¢alty has now ended," twrttably, sorne mellLbus
remain unhappy aEotrt goitig it)to social scttiDg5. The tn￿e6 are pleased to report that tlLe E]umber of kwple
part in a¢tivilies I￿the HOUSE itself is starting to get backto pEt-p3thi¢ levels. There Trere 200 mEmbers by the ejjd of
the yew- up from 170 the tfjyvioosyur.
The ExecutNe CotDmitte¢ met seven oc￿1￿nS durtTrg the year 8Dd to grapple FAith about fiDallce
a￿dthe funr¢. These ?￿xEetIeS wete allay41 to sottte bythe receipt ofa very geller0￿$ legaey from 1be lat¢ Audrey
JaEnes wbo had b¢en a mejnber of th¢ House. While this legacy has provi4Jea a welcome breathitig Sp￿¢, the CODunitte¢
remaiDefj CQD¢emLxi that TTf-y¢ar could not bal8nc¢ given accelerdtiug costs 8nd stattc income. The Executive
corn￿lttee therefoTe co)rtinued to review the forward with help frolll ¢xterna] eonsllitaDts. It had been atfi￿Cipated
that the strategic re￿eW woutd be eompl¢teJ by the titne of WTittng this 8miuAI teport and the re5knt platt would
bave bren nearing public*ioL &t￿ettably. this b&$ not beeD tK)ssible for various Jyasons beyond the co]ttrol of the
comTllirt¢e. How￿ET. the neF Chair: Folly SEt)ter, h&8 project and it is MOV￿ fonvard once D￿￿¢. It is
expe¢t¢d rbat a plan foT th¢ future wilt be pubiithl towths the etml of the year.
Polly Senter beCall￿ CIMit in Novemlxr 2023 following Heather Hicks. de¢ision 10 5taDd havin8 coJDplcted l6
yest5 in the Tole utttil her dewdrtstre at the cOncl￿s1o￿ of the AGM in Allgust 2023. Heather was S￿Ceed¢d t{￿ a very
brief period by JoanTra Crook who was apw>inted dtthe 2023 AGM; the resigned ill October2023.
At th¢ skn of the year. Jolm PigolL a very long-stsrHITfig mejllbet of th¢ ExwuÉiYe C0￿mIttee, Treasurer for ma
of hi5 yeurs of s¢ryice, det¢rmill￿ it titne for bim to leave ￿ His dedieation to the Hous¢ acknowledged
at the AGM a5 was that of Tr[eath￿ Hi¢ks 8t￿ both were presertted gifL8 to r￿0g￿lse how much tbey had
contributed to the deyelopment of the Hous¢ and li work. Sue W￿lsh¢rjoI￿ed the COmrnTttee towards the end of th¢ y¢ar'
her wisdom andkDowl¢dge of tht H￿￿¢ba}e b￿￿￿elcO￿￿bY COM￿ colleagues.
A key issue dealt by the conttDitt¢e concerned the efficiency of the House in rELtiioD to ellergy and the
asgoc5aied energy ¢osts. Polly has tsken the lead OD this issu£ and has engaged help fron Ovesco to a￿SS bow it might
poss)Trile to eliminate thaugbts, ]Daintsin a attd comfortable ellviromneDt for our membeJ3 and our te
Sint￿taneOuSlYfethlCing our energy ¢osl&
The rnajor activtties of the House Mntinued tlyough the year. ThaDkg kn the skill aTLd ¢ommitin¢nt of KeidL Sopbie and
Ra¢bel, exceUeDt ILom¢-cwked 1￿CheS wer< sern'ed to about 150 people eacb week throughoth th¢ WiDtcr moDths.
Established acuvities the Ext￿ ￿erCISe ukll]ele le&s0￿s. the trdft group and the choiy flo￿￿kd. Qi
GonB cothiaued throDgh to February. A llew balance Cl￿ was 48￿￿[lth¢ aTtLmm atjd ￿tinued until May2024 wbil¢
a bereav<￿¢￿ grow was established ID Febwary 2024.
Rosie Taylor ¢n2bled the Hou5t to parhcip&E in the Heritage Ot£n Dlys established irt the tOWD d1￿]￿8 Stpknnber. She
and colleagues offered afternfy)n aml 5b¢ rrt*ed a hisbty infor￿allYe display outlining the intriguillg history of the
Hotsse. Rosie also epabled th¢ Hou8¢ to part in Wildfiower tKWES with the witmhm boxeg prowiding beautiful
display5 whose pJ2Dts have survived the wirter atKI CODlinu¢ m bloollL
As the year etsd￿ w¢ Tvere ple￿¢dID WnOUDcethe wryletion of there￿e￿lop0￿Ot of the reat gard¢n ￿ the Hous¢.
project led by Rosie and Su Balcoth throughout thc past twelve ULonths. It w48 Jnade po&sible by ib¢ legacy from
A]]drey JaTne5 and h28 a very attractivt place for Memb¢￿ to elljoy the fresh air atLd the beautiful pl&￿t￿)￿.
For thost iDler¢st¢din gardeni￿ the more acce&sible plant beds will allow theJD toplay a directrol¢ in the dev¢lopment
and rnaillteDaT￿e of ihc 9￿£￿ forthe
It has be¢L a ¢ballenging ycar ill ]LOny ways blrt wc made Progre￿ and the and Ibe trnstee5 bavt been
wellpSUPPOrted by Alex S&hnoJL our reLIkn"vety re£Ethly- app)inted part4ime Mwr. Sbe has played her port all th¢
actiYitie$ noredhe￿ alld h&s introduced a regular N¢w51Etter tt)kc£p mE]llb¢t¥ aware of ailthat is going on atthe Hou5¢.
The trustees offtr thEir sinwe thank5 to the stsffj the c4)mmitt¢e mernFffj and all the Voluntee￿ without whom th¢
HDuse would ju8tnot exisL
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LEWES HOUSE OF FRIEFIDSHIP
FORMERLY KNOWN AS ACE CONCERN LEWES
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE ITAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Financial p05itton
The Trustecs note that ollgoiDg 0￿]ng for th¢ y￿[ w05 £127,IK2 and that ¢x￿)dIt￿re w&s £142,163. The
deftcit for on80itt8 0[￿tIonS w&s therefvre £15,001 forl1* year. of over £20.IKIO on tbe previous year.
This dec￿£ Wa￿ due to certaio exceptional Clrwnsran￿S which 8re unlikety to be repe&a, 8Dd in future years the
deficit is lTri ety toretllrn to a pr¢dicted level of £28.000 to £38,(KK) Feryear.
One Teason for the reduetion itt deficit was the fact that Emploim)ent Allowance llot been ¢18￿9d for the yRa15
2021, 2022 and 2023. Emploirynent AlloM￿Ce is available to smajl organisations wFd reduc￿ the all)out]t of N*ional
IDsurallc¢ cOlltrÈb￿O￿5 thfj orwisation pays ￿ behalf of its en]ploytts. The totsl amowrt tec1aittj￿ for the rni&sing
yeaTS exceeded £10,000 iti with over £7,0(K) credited to the 2￿23124 acciTrullts.
With the refivtiithed Flat4 ID fi]11 op¢y*ion Retttal income Tncreased to oyer £32.(M)O for the year whilst ag¢nt fees
havE reD)aiued kn siati¢ aver the last live years due to &Kcellent Degotiahon by Alex Sa]moa. 1kn effects of Covid
are at last Wdtiittg ana Room Hire ￿COn￿ bas Si4Difieathly rebounded iTnproviTJE to ￿,0(M) for the year am incr¢a&e of
65D/o over the pr￿7(￿￿5 yfdr a[￿ wellalx)veth¢ Itvels pn￿ to the p8ndemi£.
With the increase in meal cbarw caterjllgi￿oMe has improved ￿￿lIst the statTbavek¢pt Clo8¢ control oyer tkn g￿￿ery
cost5 k¢eping them at a sirnilar level to the PTewious yw.
Building ￿a]H￿r￿anre tell)￿$ a substsrtial exp¢DK WakT ill the dinÈn8 r(M￿ the builditig of an offtce for
Alox ané the repla¢¢meJJt of a fre¢z¢r being th¢Trajor t￿¢]￿5 thi%yEar. Fortun&¢ly Flat Mainte[￿l￿ ha5 be¢n for
the year.
utility COS￿ espEcialty the electric heaTin& substantially increased in the financial vear but a new contr8Ct for th¢ next
three years has b¢eu Degotiated from Jut). 2024 ot a saviDg of 40% oyerthe cur￿rt d&iL
Doe to the cloS￿E of fjve bank branche5 in I￿aS irKMding HSBC (whi¢b Iwdi¢d cash and chequrs on behalf of our
Charities Aid FoU￿ddI10￿ current account) the House tspen￿ an *£OllDt ￿1th Lloyds to enabl¢ Ib¢ paJin8 D£ cash,
CAF Bank having arranged for th¢ Post Office to accw the trediting of cheques. Reoitty CAF have a￿¢¢1 wid) th¢
Post Office Éo credit cash as well, w our Lloyd5 aCco￿l is no longer rw]ir￿ Th¢ Lloydg accoutLt be )TrailltsiDed
foy i pert￿Tr￿lI we are ¢4mfident that th¢ Office amgen￿￿5 ar ￿l￿bI
IÉ tt> our moti¢¢ that f(K reason the Annoal Retx)rt foT the i£wes HO￿Se of Friendship for 2022 had bec
rna￿¢d as quaEifi¢d on the Charity COMMI￿ website. This bad T4sulkd ID a ]LUUtber of reje¢tions wt
appli¢ati¢)ns had been applied for. No cxplall*ion wuld be fout¥l for this qualification of the 2022 &ccoullts and fi has
ow been rectified ott the Charity commi￿)0￿ ￿bsite should avoid dtLy furthw 8T￿ app]icaÈion reiectiODS.
Our illvcstmejts ColulnbiaThrtad￿c were left uotouched duriug thÈyear 8nd wer¢ ¥alueJ at ￿2,658 in March
2024.
The legacy fromthe latt Ap(bw JaDJes was ￿￿Trested in higll intrresi savingspwourts Trith a twmber of orga￿lS￿On$ vi
aplatforni n]ll by nagstone. Tr 8ver8ge tate of interest after ¢harges bas amowited to just ov¢r4.￿l0.
Th¢ c￿lty ended the Y￿(gr]Y1￿8 forward a ￿tal of £677.022.

LKWES HOUSE OFFR]EL￿sHtP
FORMERLY KNOWN ASACE CONCERN LEWES
REPORT OF THE TRiISTEES
FOR THE YEAR ELYDED 31 MARCH 21124
FINANCIAL REVtEw
Investment policy and objectiYe5
Tbe trustees co￿SId¢r th￿ rash should be mainlain¢d * a l¢Nrl ofc£15,0(K> irt an ¢4sy a¢¢￿ account to eover Te8ular
¢xpendi￿r< tnode5t Capital Proje￿ and UDfor¢seen ewntial repairs to the fab]i¢ of the House. Funds in excess of this
are avail&ble for investsnenL With the uncertainty PTpvailing in the stsKk rnat*et at pre5enL it has been decided to leave
the Columt)i8 Threa￿e illvestmejts DDch8Dged as they are cwrelldy ittvtsted in long te￿ stoCkrna￿tI fimdg.
For the rE]DainÈllg fuud5, thE decision I￿) rthJ¢ io invett thenj Tn high int¢re5t accounts until greater sthiIity
reths to the market. This was regajtsd as the best option when the low returns from a d¢posit account aDd th¢
long-terrn aim of aehie¥tng higher via lh¢ st￿k ￿￿et were o)msidered The fvods will be spjit Several
FSCS PTOtected PTovidet5 Ovtr periods of time ranging from 3 nk)tKhs to 3 years. This 8ppro&cb will help the charity"
euDd the predtcted all[￿al loss of £35.000 onrnutille o￿l0￿& atrjgivtr easy acw to fimds when reqllired.
This inve8tmem approach will be7EvieW￿l ￿li￿1c81]Y.
polffi
The trwtees rematn ¢onfident that Ihe fmancial T￿lI10n of cbatity fCEDaiDs 50UDd tskillg &¢count of recgttt
and anticipHte(t uoJc¢rtaintle5. ThE chatitys inv￿llents would rDabie the charity to dI%h￿ge its TeyllsJThilttLe5 for at
Le￿ five years eve￿ iti tbè unlik&ly event of a serious decline ID in￿￿¢. However, beyond fiv¢ yffdr4 the outlook i5
ore UDpred&ctable makngplallDiDgnxYre five yew3 ahead vthy éiffiaj
FUTURE PLANS
The major focus for the comtllg y¢ar wiu be the Strdtegrc Review and the pub]icatiOD of the plaD for tbe fim]re of thE
House. Fin￿¢7￿7 solveney will cthJtiDue to be an iD4X)rt2nt driver of thinking aTHI &tion. The energy effi¢i¢ll¢y prfjj¢ct
wi]] ￿ bigh on th¢ ag¢nda aDd involve mlMlesÉ building alterations. This is likely to be quite an expensive aTLd
complex Exoject &s aresuttof th¢lleed fw extertMI approval given the House is located a cons¢rv&tiOn ￿Ea.
STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND hlANAGEMENT
Governing document
LNes House of FrÈelldship i5 a Charit8ble I￿)￿rated OrgaDisation (CIO) rwsrerea OJL 3 Septernber 2014 and is
govemed in awordancc with C1￿[￿ty Conmiission's lluxlel constitsJtion for AsS(KI￿]0￿9. It took overthe asgets aod
activittes of the fomitr char5ty ￿gi￿tAl ttumbtr2¢Y1310.
The tnain decisE0r￿mIL1Dg Fx)dy* the Exe<￿tiVe ConJmitt* comwised tkè tlwee (ntsree8 pkns four other mernbeJ5. The
OU]llLitiet on sev¢n occasio[￿ duriDg2023f24. Th¢ ￿￿JOr thision&tskenbythe committee dllriDg the year weTe th¢
agreenL¢nt to redevelop the r¢argarde￿ the illY¢sltllrnt ola Signific￿tle8aCy. alld thE appoititm¢nt of a Cbar.
Tht Allnual GeneTrJ M¢%ring Wds ￿ld on 10 ALEg4LSt 2023.
Ri$k rnan#geme&t
HaVi￿g Come tbrough the p8ndettiiC JKtiod with a heiglmened awaren￿% of the PDtattial for risk- financial personal
- the trustee5 aTe confidEm that ils ￿17¢1¢$ and osteD]s of JrkNxtsng aT¢ in go(Ml or¢kr aDd that appropriate iD5Lrnce5 are
in platt tornitigate W￿te￿￿al ti5L
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Regisiered Charity number
1158437
Princiwal addre55
Lewe5 Hous¢ Of Fri¢Ldsbip
208 High Str&t
BN7 2NS

LEWES
RIENtK8HTP
FORhtERLY KNOWN AS ACE CONCERN LRWES
REPORT OF
TEES
FOR THE YEAR EL¥DED 31 MARC
Tmte
H Hirks {re5iglled 13.823)
C Moon HOM S
N Stott Htsn TreLsur
J Cycx)k {apw)itrted 13.823) (resigned 17.1023)
P Sent¢r{Chair) ts b¢ fornwty atv)intd atAGM (ap￿]￿ted 13.1123)
CbristopherRobert TylerFCA DCILA FCIE
FI CRT L]￿ited
Flat 24 W¢17ingtonia Collrt
LaiDe Close
Brighton
BNI 6TD
SolTrcltorg
3 BellL0ne
East Sussex
BN7 IJU
Bankers
CAF Bank
25 Kings Hill Avenue
Kings Hill
West MaUiDg
K¢nt
ME194JQ
STATEMENTOF TRUSIEES, RESPONSIBltlnES
The tsust¢e5 responsU)le for prepaTiDg the Re￿rt of the Trnstees and the finm¢i&t ststements Tn accotdance with
applicable law UDit¢dKingdorn A￿OU￿t￿llg Ststthds (UnitedKin8domGenoaJIy Accepted Accounting Practice).
The Jaw applieable to ¢lJaritia8 in Ell￿alld and WaJ4 the Charities Acl 2011. ChaTity (A¢¢ounrs a￿] Rel￿$)
Regulations 2008 and the tjrnyisions of the tnlst d*J requires the ￿￿$t¢¢3 to prepare f￿anciaL Statements for wh
rinanctal year wbith give a true and fair of the statr of affairs of charity and ofthe ill¢oming resource5 and
ayplication of ￿S￿u[co including the itKOllLe and exp¢ndiftu4 of tbe cbarity for thar perio& ID preJ)8Ting those
f￿&￿tIal Stat￿￿ents, the trusrtts ate required tsy
- Kle¢t suitable a￿)￿￿11￿8 w]ici&% aDdth¢n 8ppty tkn consistently.
ob5eTh¢ th¢ methods andwinciplc5 itLthe Charity SORP.
rn8k6 judgements ond estimat¢5 that arr Se￿￿nabl¢ and pnthnt.
state %thether 8pplicabl¢ a¢¢ounttng standard5 hav¢ follow￿ subject to any lloterial depart￿ dis¢loged alld
&ITlailled itLth¢ fv)ancial ststem
prq)are th¢ fin￿Cial ￿￿e]nellts on the Boing concern b&8tS Unless 1¢ is inappropriate to pr¢surne tbat th¢ ¢harity will
contillut busiDes$.
The tntstees are responsiThl¢ for ke¢ping propu arcuuDting tr¢ords Mthich disc105¢ Twonable accurdcy at ally tillLe
the position of the chaTity and to enable them to ensure t1￿¢ the financial statements comply with the Charities
Act 2011. the ChJrty (Ac¢outtts 8nd Re[￿) Regulations 2008 and Ibe pro¥isioTrs of the ttU5t deed They ar¢ also
re5POD5ibl¢ for safeguwaimg tbe a&sets of th¢ ch8riry 8nd hence for tskiog re•s(￿ble steps foT the pre*￿ti￿J)
d￿¢¢liOn of fraud and other illEgu]arities.
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LBWES HOUSE OF FRSENDSHiP
FORMERL
WN AS AGE CONCERN LEWES
REPORT OF THE
TEES
FOR THE YEAR EfqDED 31 MARCH 2024
Approved by ord￿ (Trfthe tward of trustees ￿.... ..._
sigftedon its behalf ty.
ee
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NDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEESO
IEWES HOUSE OF FRIENDSTItp
llldeppndellt ￿a￿l￿et'S rtport to the trn5ttts of I*wes House ofFrieDd5hip
I reprft to the ¢barty trusfeu on Thy examination of the LKwes House ofFriend5bJp (th¢ TTUSt) forthc yeaT
ended 31 March 2024.
Bupon$iknilities and basi5 ofreport
As the chaTtty tru5te¢s of the Trust Y￿ rE5tx)JksJbl¢ frff the preparation of the xcoullts in accoriknce with the
requ2[eM￿ of th¢ Charitits Act2011 (the Acv).
J rwrt ill respect of ¢xamintholl of lh¢ Tn]5Vs ac£ollnts carr￿d out uth SectiOTL 145 of th¢ Acr aJ)d irl CaLI)qDg out
my e%aTllTnation I h&Ye followed all applicl)le DIr￿tionS given by the Cbarity under Scctiott 145(5Xb) of
Ttsd¢p¢ndettt exarninerfs statement
I hav¢ comple*d my e%arniDatioL I CODfrtll that waterial Th*tt¢rs Lxxlle to my attenlioll ill com*ection the
examiDation giviDg me Cause to believe that ttt ally ￿atr[la1 rtSPEft:
accouming reCordsWe￿ kept in respect oftho Trjuas Twiftxl by Slxlion 130 ofthe Ac¢ 01
the attoNnts do not ac£￿￿ with tkn8e record8" or
the ac£ffl]nts do not coD]pLy with the applicable reqlli￿￿ ConccTh￿1lle forni and c4X)tert of acctsurnts set out
in the Ch8Titi¢s <AccoutLts and Rewns) R¢gu]Jtions 2008 other than atty trquitYmeDt that the accouDts giY¢ a
true a￿d fair view which is not a mawf4)nsideJrd &$ partof an Inder￿dentexa￿I￿ll.
I hav¢ no eonwns 8t￿ have corne acr05S ELO Othv tnatt¢rs in connectioll wilh th¢ exatDiDation to which attention should
be drawn Tr this r¢port ffl 0￿CrI0 ￿able a prnper uThl¢twndin8 of accounts to b¢re&¢he
Chri5tophrrRob¢n Tyler FCADCbA FCIE
FI CRTLitDited
Flat 24 W¢Jlinstonta Court
LaitLC CIO
Bri.tshton
East Su&5ex
BNI 6TD
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LESVES HOUSE OF
FOR￿tERLy I<NOWN AS AGE CONCERN LEWES
STA
F FtNAhCIAL ACTIVITIES
R THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
2024
Totsl
fimds
2023
Toral
fimds
U￿1Cted Resknetrd
fimd
tkillations atLd IE8aci¢s
4.574
4.574
561298
Ch8ritable activitits
88.947
88,947
67,231
Inv&stment in¢￿
33,641
33,641
30.294
Tot81
127.162
127.162
658,823
EXPENDrfuRE ON
Raisrng fi￿dS
Charit#bl¢ a¢tivitl¢s
cat¢[]]￿Welfa￿ attd ac¢iviti&s
Support ¢4)sts
139.643
636
140279
135.663
780
Total
141.527
036
142.163
136.443
Net gain￿00$58S} on investsna
10,038
10,038
(4.888)
NET INCOMEI(EXPENDrruRE)
{4,327)
(636)
14.963)
517,492
REcoNCALiATION OFFUNDS
Total fimds brO￿t fonvard
681J49
1&452
699,801
182,309
TOTAL FUDIDS CARRIED FORWARD
677.022
17,816
694.838
699,801

IEWES HOUSE OF FRIEhl)SlllP
FOR1￿ERLy KNOWN AS ACE CONCERN LEWES
BALANCE SHEET
31 TrIARCH2024
2024
2023
Total
fun(b
Notes
D A￿ETs
Tangible &
12
13
10.825
81658
17.816
28,641
82.658
30.758
72,620
93,483
17.816
111299
103.378
CUIIIIENf ASSETS
Srocks
Debtors
Cath at b8ukalld itEhaDd
14
15
4(Y)
2$ $80
5&).423
400
242.954
356,698
25,880
s￿.423
586,703
586.703
6￿,052
CREDITOKS
AThounts falling duewithiD oue year
16
(3,1fy1)
(3,164)
(3.629)
ET CURRENT ASSETS
583531J
583,539
596,423
LIABILYrtES
677,022
17,816
694,838
699.8DI
riET ASSETS
677,or2
17016
694,838
699,801
17
Unrestrided fu
Restricted fimd%
677.022
17.816
681.349
18,452
TOTAL FUNDS
694,838
699,801
Th¢ financial stratern*rt8 were approv￿1 by thr B(wd of Trn*e5 aDd autI￿rised for I￿Ue
.. alld were sigDed on its ￿h81fbY'.
I s oLy2ciZ¢
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E OF FRTENDSHIP
FORMERLY KNOWN AS AGE CONCERN LEWTS
R THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH2•24
2D24
2Q23
Notes
Cash Ilows from operntlDg #ctlvltks
Cash tsen¢rated from operatiotjs
201510
282.211
Nctcash proyided byopffitiDgactiviti¢s
202,510
282211
Cash flows investing 8etsvttiE5
Sale of fixedassel itw¢mnu*s
Interest received
35,758
1215
Netcash PTowded by inNwtyng a¢livities
1215
35.867
Change In easb £8gh eqwiv8kots"
the reiwrtyng period
Cash and cash equtyalcnts atthe
b¢ginning of the Tepbrting peri(Kl
203.725
318,078
356,698
38,620
Cash eAsh e4ulvaknts at tht end or
the reportillE peRiod
5(rf),423
356.698
The kn fom p&tof these f￿ancIal staiem¢nts
10

LEWES HOUS£ OF
EP￿slI[p
FORMERLY ia¥owN AS AGE CON
WE
NIYt£S T
HE YEAR ENDED 31
21124
RECONCILIATION OF NET (EXPENDrr1JRE￿1CoME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM
OPEIL4TING AcfIviTILS
2024
2023
F4et (ewdituY¢￿￿c•rne for the repwtlng perknd {ss pertht
Ststement Df Fin#n¢i•l Activities)
Adjusf¥DeDts for.
DepreciatLtsD eharges
(Gaillylos￿s on In￿StIlleDts
Vnterestrecei¥ed
Decr¢asel{itLcrt￿) itl drbb)Ts
D¢¢reas¢ ill ¢rediti)TS
(4.963)
517,492
2,1 17
(ro,038)
(1,215)
217,074
(465)
2282
4,888
(109)
(240,921}
(1,421)
Net cash provid¢d by opentlo
2(r2.510
2f2211
ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS
At 1.423
C&4h flow
At31.324
Net
Cash atballk and iD
35fi698
203.725
560,423
203,725
560,423
356,698
203,725
560,423
fornpart of these fiDg￿la7 stataEents
Pdg¢ll

LEWES HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP
FORMERLY KNOWN AS AGR CONCERN LEWKS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
AccouKfiNG POLICIES
B88is of preparing th¢ f￿an¢1￿1 5tsternellts
The fina￿cial statemtnts of the charity, which ts A public bemeftt et)tity under FRSI(11 have beeJL prepared tll
ac(￿dall￿ the Charibes SORP IFRS102) 'ACco￿ntIng and Reporting by Cjjarities". Statetllent of
Rrwll]m¢ndfyJ PrartI￿ applicable to charities tffep8rm8 their acciyunts with the FinatLcial Re[￿lIng Standard
applicablr in the UK and Rq)ublir of I￿7a[1d jFRS102} (¢ff¢rtiY¢ l January 2019),. Financi￿ &t￿rting
Stsndard FRS102 Tb¢ FiDan¢ial StsM4ard applicable ID d)¢ UK and Republic of IrelaDd' alld the
CIHrities Act 2011. The financial ￿at&l￿ents h&ve been p￿s￿a UDd¢r historical cost conventioo.
Th¢ ac£ounts are prep￿ in Sterli￿ which is the rurrellcy of th¢ ¢lwity. Monckny aEllOUDts th
financial stHt£mcnts aTE rounded to th¢ Dea￿t £.
a going con£enL
In<ome
All incon￿ is re¢ogni$ed ¢)n¢e the clwity ljas entl￿eme￿ to th¢ iDCQ(lle, it 15 probabk that the i1￿1[￿¢ will i
rec¢ived alld th£ alllou￿ of illCD]llc rwYiv8ble can Ix measur¢d reliably.
Lewo y giÉts are reco8nised OD a casE by knis followiog th¢ granlin8 of probate the
admilli5tratOTlexe¢utor for the estate h&$ CQllllUUDicat¢d itL ￿ltillg ljotb th¢ amourrt and settlement th. Jn the
event that the gift is tn the fiw of asset other than cash or a fmanciaj awl traded a recogDiscd strKk
exd]ange, recogniiion is subject to value of the being teliably measurable with a de￿e of nsotmble
aCc￿raCyand the title toth¢ assrthavingbeen transfe￿4 to the chaTity.
DoKations aTe rec4)gnised when the T￿SthaS Ixa) nott"fi¢d in writTng of both the and settle1￿¢￿t date.
the event that a donation is sUtye￿ to conditioos that req￿lre a level of p¢rfonllaTL¢e before th¢ charity ￿ ethitled
to the finds, the incorne is def￿r¢d aDd not rec4v￿ until eitherthose ¢on4itioos are fioty met or the fvifJkn¢llt
of th￿¢ ¢onditiofjs is wthollj withsn the c4)ntrol of the clwllty aDd it ig probable that those eonditiolls will be
Ifilled ill th¢wortingperi(xL
Interest on fi]]uJs held on deposiÉ i5 included when tweiwabl¢ aud the amOUDt ran k measured Etliably by the
cbaJity; thi5 is norIllallyu￿￿￿Ovr￿￿lonofthe iTLteresl paid orwable by the bank
E￿ndItUre
All expenditure is iDGluded on 00 8¢cn41s bagk8 and is rec0glli￿ Ivlknth¢re is a le8al or collstnwtive obligation
to p4v for ext*Ddttur¢. All ¢osts have d[r￿tlY attrn￿u￿ to oue of the functiODa] catrgories of resource5
in the StatemEnl of Financial Activitie& The charity is not tEgtstered for VAT and aC￿r￿1n8fy
exp¢ndinwe is Sho￿ gros8 of VAT.
Supp)rt costs all costs involving tr publK a¢¢ountsbilty of the charÉty aml its compliance with
re8ul&ion g(KKI practice. These costs inc]ude costs Fe]8ted to the examb￿lOn of th¢ awowits &ll the
costsof conwlyillgAttd ¢onstittrtiond al￿ ststutory requiremen
Stotks
Purclwed 5tock8 gjy vakned at the lower of wst and net r￿l$able vakne attt£ ￿￿kIng due allowatK% for ooy
obsolete OT slow-moving i¥ems.
Taxatloth
The charity is exernpt from t8x on its charitsblt activities.
Fulld a¢¢ourtti￿g
F￿d5￿C[d by th¢ Cbarity Jre:_
Unrestricted geuenl fvnds. aTe fun& wbich ratL b¢ u*d in accord&Dce with the charAtsble objects or tbe
discretion of the Trt￿￿¢s.
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LKWES HOUSE OF FRIEF4￿H[P
RMERLV KNOWN AS ACE COYCERN ￿￿Es
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEM£NTS- eoRthIDed
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
ACCOUNTINC POLICIES- ￿1¢1￿￿¢￿
aecountiDg
Designated fimd5 . these are fi]￿jS scl a5Lde by the TtU5teC5 ￿J1 of u)llrstiiIA￿ for specific futwe
Purpo￿ or prOJe￿ts.
Rttstrictcd fll￿ds. tkse are thatcall olltyb¢ forp￿tICular5￿t￿￿Pryses within the ofyeets of the
Charity. RcstrictiOll5 ar]￿ 5E*c1fi￿ by tb¢ d￿Or or wben fimds ￿ raised for particular restricted
E￿d0￿rneJtt FuD(ts - these fi￿dS represeDt those which Tn￿1 be held pmaneot]y by the ¢h8rity. Ihwmo
8riSiD8 on the EJ￿07￿Ment fjmds used in acconknce with objeets of the c]wity aDd is iDcluded ttg
Further &￿I￿￿on of the Dabwe and kwoose of ea¢b fulld is in¢lu(kxl illthe Dotes ty th¢ Acuullts
Depre¢iitwn
The costs of tang]ble rik￿LaSSets is writrU￿Off over their e£onomic ]iv¥s as bllows:_
FTeehold Builditigs 2YD straight line b&sis
All assets wsting Tnore than £500 (apitsi￿dalld valued at hIs￿rical c05L
R￿liS¢d *nd ullYeallsEd galDS 1055£
All gaiD5 dlld losses are tsk￿ io the sLatell￿n[ of FiDallcial Activities &$ they Srise. Reali5￿ g8ifis ￿al09$eS on
inYe51rnent5 ate drulated a5 th¢ th"ff¢rence bets¥eeD 5ate5 proceed5 alld their opening catrylng value or their
PUTcb8se value if acqutred subsequeDt to th¢ first ¢hy of the fi￿lciat y¢ar. Unr¢21ised aud loss¢s are
calculated &8 the differen¢¢ betwt*n the fair value at the year end artd th¢it carrving value. &eaii5Ed and
areajised &￿vestMe￿ ins losses are cortthioul in the Ststement of Fit)8n¢ial Activits£8.
Flxed Asset Investments
]ttvesttneDts are a fomi of b&8ic fiDaneial ins(nJmeni aDd a￿ in1ri￿lY wwwised at their 1rn1sa¢tion value alld
subsequellkiyllLta5ured at their fairvalue &s at the bat8nce sheet d* using tb¢ ¢losing quoted priee. The
stat¢ment of fiDallcla] activities includes the net gdiD5 alld lo￿ arising the revaluation and disposals tbroughovt
The TT￿stdOe5 not wire pul Optio￿ IterivatiYe5 or0t1￿C￿￿pICx frIa￿CIal instruments.
TheTr￿1￿ forni of fillanCI￿riSk fa¢ed tyth¢ C￿lty]S that of volatility in equty markets #nd iT)Yes(meDt tnat*ets
due to *ider wonomic co1￿ill01￿, the attitth of investoEs ts itivestnKTri tts( and cbattges in sentinjenl
Concerning wiu¢s and Mqthin particular 01 sub sectors.
DONATtONS AND LECACITrS
2ff24
2023
Donations gifts
Legacie5
1388
2>86
1298
560,000
4,574
561298
continlle4L..

LEWKS HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP
RhIERLY KNOSVNAS A
NCERN LEWES
F40TES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- e0nt1th￿td
FOR THE ENDED 31 MARCH 21124
tM)NATIONS AND LEGACIES- cDntinued
Grants rweiv4 incl￿ in tbe alxbve. ar6 as folloTrs:
2024
2023
L6w¢s co￿￿11
600
INVESTME1￿ ￿COmE
2024
Rents received
Deposit a¢courrt int¢re5t
32.426
.215
30,185
109
33,641
30.294
INCOME FROM CHARtTABLK AcnvrfIES
2024
2023
Activity
Cat¢rin&welfare and xttvib£s
Caterillswe]fare and a¢ttvFti¢s
Ca￿￿￿t]faTe a[￿ xtivities
51.130
30263
7,554
47.623
19,608
Welfatt dnd activities
Empltsymeffl allowaJKe
88,947
67,231
RAISING FUNDS
Raising donation5 amd kga¢i¢s
2024
2023
knvestnient broketsfees
984
Costs (5
note 71
¢osts (see
note 8)
Totals
c8tertn&Welf￿ olld a¢tiviti&s
140.279
140279
900
J40279
9(
141,179
Pw14
ontinutd...

LEWÈS HOUSE OF FRIEiW
FORMERLV KNOWN AS AGE CONCERN LEWES
TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMELYTS- eontinueJ
FOR TH£ YEAR £ND
AR
21124
DIREcf COST& OF CHARITAB[￿ AcfIviTIES
2￿24
2023
Cotering
We]fare alld aetivities
18,675
2,892
582
2.053
14250
5,797
9,699
2,185
2.829
544
17,712
.6l5
530
1,941
26213
1,405
5,875
1,849
3,096
289
594
534
Buildiog and equipm¢Dt nmTnt¢nance
CleAlliDg
Ligbt eDd
Letting agents fres
Bth chat
Prtrttin&p)stsge station¢ry
Telepbone
Computer cosrs
Sllndrie5
Staff co
581
381
1576
74,127"
2.117
2,638
66,670
2,282
140279
135,663
SUPPORT COSTS
Supportcosts
Supwt C05ts. inclLLded itlthe abovE areas folio
2024
SuptM)tt
costs
2023
Total
tivities
Tndependobt examiners fees
900
780
TRUSTEES. REMUNERATtON Af4D BEiwlls
There ￿￿re )Jo tsijstew, r¢rn￿l0ll or ottw IKllefits loi th¢ ye¥ e•d￿l 31 Ma￿h 2024 for the year ended
31 March 2023.
There were no tr￿￿te$, expenses pAid for tbe year ¢niU3 1 March 21124 Dor forth¢ yw ended 31 March 2023.
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LEWES HOU
F FREEThDSHtp
FOR.HERLY KNOWN AS AGE CON
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATtMEpifs- continued
FOR THE
ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
io.
STAFF COSTS
Staff crots durÉng tht year w￿£ as foll(yw5."
2024
Gross pay
Ejnploym natirA)ai inSUT
Penwon costs
69.417
4.710
62J66
4304
74.127
The aY¢ragr Jvjtllber of ¢mployees year 4 Q fvll tin* eqDivale4Jt) 12022 . 4 (2 time
equivoltht)) exc]udit)g the dirtttor&*n]5M.
dl￿Ang the year.
II. COMPARATtVES FOR THE STATEMEKfoF FINANCLIL AcfiviTIES 2(U3
Total
t￿d
fi￿d
INCOME APM ENDOWMEf4TS FROM
Donatiolls aud l¢gau"es
561298
561298
Charlt8ble attivities
CaterI￿￿e]farc andatlivAb£s
67.￿1
67231
Inv¢sttuent illcom¢
30294
30294
Total
658.823
658,823
EXPENDrruRE ON
Charitabjc aetivitles
Cdterill&M'¢lfare and activities
Costs
135.027
636
780
Totsl
135.807
636
136,443
Net gain￿(10￿5? on lnvcsl￿Cllts
(4,888)
{4.888)
NET tNCOMEI(EXPENDTfuREI
518.128
(636)
517,492
REC0Tr4CILIATION OF FIJNDS
Tothl funds brougbt foTward
163.22]
19,088
182J09
T￿AL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
68lJ49
1 8.452
699,801
Pa8e 16
cotthu¢d..

HOUSE OF FRtENT)
r4 ASACE
FO
N LEWES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEP4T
FOR THE YEAR E14DKD 31 IMARCH 21r24
TAT4CIBLE FIXED A&SETS
FiKtW¢S
reehoid
Totsls
COST
Al l ApJil 2023 ￿ 31 Marcb 2D24
31.808
41,755
73.563
DEPRECIATION
At l Aptil 1023
ChaTge for year
. 15,867
636
20,938
1,481
42,805
2.117
At 31 Marth 2024
16JO?
28,419
44,922
NET B(K)K VALVE
At 31 March 2024
15.305
13.336
28,641
At31 Mar£h2023
15,941
14,817
30.758
L￿sted
MARKET VALUE
At l April 2023
REvaluatAons
72,620
10,038
At 31 March 2024
82.658
r4ET B(K)K VALUE
At 31 Matrb 2024
&2,658
At 31 March 2023
72,620
C•st orvaluation at 3 1 hd8rth2024 is ]HJresented by..
Listed
investments
Valuation itt2Q24
82,658
P88e 17

IIWES HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP
FORMBRLY KNO￿4 AS
NCERN
NOTES TO TH[ FINATriCIAL STATEMENTS.
R THEY
D 31 MARCH 2024
14.
STOCKS
2024
2023
400
400
I& DEBTORS: AM0￿([s FALLING DUE wrrHtN ONE YKAR
2024
2023
Cat¢rtng 8tsd other debtOTS
IKgacy rrr*ivabl¢
2.917
22,586
377
2,558
240.000
396
25,880
242954
I& CREDITOIIS: Amoinyrs FALLING DUE IvrrHtN OI¥E
2ff24
2(Y23
Ta%atAollthJd swa] se
3,164
1,239
3.164
3,629
17. MOVEMENT IN Fuf4DS
Net
movement
in fimds
At
313.24
At 1.423
Unre51rictEd fu•ds
General fund
681,349
(4,327)
677￿22
R￿ricted fllnds
Endowynent fisnd
14452
(636)
17,816
699,801
(4.963)
694.838
Net￿￿ve1nert IT) fLmd& in the above ate a5 follows:
Incomitig Rwurces
Gains and
loss¢s
Movement
iu fun4s
Unrestrleied fulld$
GelleAI fjmd
127.162
(141.527)
10,038
(4,327)
Restrict¢d fllnds
Endowment fund
{636)
(636)
TOTAL FUNDS
127.162
(141163)
10,038
(4,963)
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LEWES HOUSE OF FRIENDSHtp
OWN AS AGE CON
EW
NOTES TO THE FTNANCIAL STATEMEf*TS-
R YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH Illl4
17.
MOVEMENT IN FUNtXS- ￿ntInUed
ComparaliveJ for rnovement in funds
N¢t
movement
in futjds
At 1.4.22
31.323
Uorts¢rl¢twl
G¢ner81 fimd
163221
518,128
681.349
R¢stiirted
ElldowThellt fund
19,088
(636)
18,452
182.309
517,492
699,801
Co]oi>arativ¢ net Tncluded iD the above¥¢ &5 follow5:
GaiDs and
losses
Mow¢meDt
in fiD)ds
Unrestricte41
General fimd
658.823
(135,807)
(4.858)
518,128
Restrl¢i¢d fuDd
Endowment fi)k
(636)
(630
TOTAL FUNDS
658,823
(136.443)
(4.888)
517,492
Tb¢ EndothTrent fjJMI T¢prestnts those assets must be held prncDtly by the C￿lty.in this case th
frcchold properry.
I& RELATED PARTY DISCAA)SURES
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