Carshalton Old Rectory Association: Trustees’ Report for 2023-4
Registration number 1165834.
Objectives and Activities
The objects of CORA are:
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To preserve the Old Rectory, a Grade II* listed historic building in the Carshalton Conservation area.
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To open the building to the public and to promote the arts, heritage and conservation of the area for education and public enjoyment.
CORA does not have any paid staff and is wholly reliant on the work of volunteers.
Achievements and Performance
When news of the proposal to sell the Old Rectory was announced, CORA held various meetings with Council representatives to look for an alternative solution. We also publicised the proposed sale to the wider public on our website and on Facebook as well as at the 2023 Eco Fair and Frost Fair, where information leaflets were distributed.
At our suggestion, the Council approached the Landmark Trust to see if they might be interested in taking on the building. CORA contributed to the Council’s submission to the Trust. Landmark expressed interest and sent two representatives to look at the house but despite liking the building, they subsequently decided not to take it on. The Council therefore proposed to test the market and put the house up for sale as a private residence, with the report expected to go to Council committee for approval in the early autumn. We could not support this proposal. There are inherent dangers in selling to a private buyer that would, in our view, put the Grade II* listed building at risk, particularly if the buyer underestimates the costs involved. Should the restoration fail, there would be no way to retrieve the situation once the house is sold.
Throughout the year, CORA continued to monitor the general state of the building and tried to ensure that the Council carried out essential repairs. To keep in touch with the ward Councillors and lobby them where necessary, Sue Kelsall regularly attended the Local Area Committee.
Publicising the Old Rectory has been a priority since CORA began. Consequently, we have reprinted Sue Horne’s history of the Old Rectory - A Respectable Parsonage House - which is on sale at Honeywood Museum and at any events we attend.
Regular newsletters are also produced by Sue Horne to keep members informed. A range of articles on local history are included for added interest and each new issue is put on the website. The CORA Facebook page is updated when there is news to pass on.
We had a stall at the Coronation Community event at Honeywood, the Eco Fair in August and the Frost Fair in December.
Financial Review
The income for the year was £448 and the expenditure was £211 leaving a surplus of £237. Of the 50 re-printed copies of A Respectable Parsonage House we have sold two and given one copy to the Landmark representatives. There was £1277.27 in the bank at the end of the year.
Structure, Governance and Management
CORA is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation governed by a constitution following the Association Model.
The initial trustees were drawn from other organisations which were active in the local area but they acted on a personal basis and not as representatives of those groups.
Plans for the future
We will continue to oppose the Council’s plans to sell the Old Rectory and keep on looking for other ways to save the building. Once the results of the Council’s trial marketing of the house are known, we will then decide what we can best do to protect the Old Rectory.
Reference and Administrative details
| Charityname | Carshalton Old RectoryAssociaton |
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| Other name the charityuses | CORA |
| Registered charitynumber | 1165834 |
| Charity’s principal address | Flat 5 31 Camden Road Suton SM1 2SH |
| Secretary | Sue Horne |
Names of the charity trustees who managed the charity in 2022-3
John Richard Phillips (Chairman) Susan Margaret Kelsall (Treasurer) Susan Horne (Secretary) Laurence Elliott Julia Heather Gertz Jean Carole Knight Derek Channon Yeo
There are no corporate trustees and there are no trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity.
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
CORA does not hold any funds on behalf of other people or organisations.
John Phillips on behalf of the Trustees 28 May 2024
Carshalton Old Rectory Association
– Income and Expenditure 6 April 2023 5 April 2024
| 2024 £ Income: Subscriptions and donations 385 Gift aid 49 Book sales 14 Total 448 Expenditure: AGM refreshments 44 Website 95 Printing, postage and stationery 24 Other 30 Cost of books sold 18 Total 211 Surplus/(deficit) for the year 237 Statement of financial position–5th April 2024 Quantity 2024 £ Assets: Opening stock 0 - New stock 50 298 Cost of sales (3) (18) Closing stock 47 280 Cash at bank 1,277 Net current assets 1,557 Creditors - Net Assets 1,557 Funds: Opening funds 1,320 Surplus/(deficit) for the year 237 Closing funds 1,557 |
2023 £ 275 44 149 |
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| 468 45 235 208 59 123 |
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| 672 | |
| (202) | |
| 2023 £ 123 - (123) |
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| - 1,459 |
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| 1,459 (139) |
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| 1,320 | |
| 1,522 (202) |
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| 1,320 |