Charfty r￿.
1165878
Social Hou&ng rK•." 4859
THE BLUE HOUSE
The Brldge
Frome
Somers•t
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UNAUDrrED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
31st March 2024
IL E F￿￿1 & Assockntes Ltd
8rtered Mana9errwt AC￿￿￿tantS
61 Flobin$ Lano
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M Ch881
J Do￿lIng
M England
R Grifffths. AFvAnt•d 19KW2023
R Ish6￿￿j
A Oak¢s
S Sand
Prlnclpal Offlc•
The Brfdg•
Fru
Sornrsot
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B•nkor•
CAF 8ank Ltd
25 King¥ Hlll Av•nu•
Klngs Hill
West Malllng
Kent
ME19 4JQ
Ex•mln•r
Natslle Froud Bmus MA ACM4 CGIM FFA FIPA FISM IASWW
R. E. Froud & Assocaat¢8 Ltd
81 Roblns Lano
Fro￿*
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The Blw Hou8e w85 reg￿ttted wAth Ihe Charty c(YrmiSs￿as a ChafitsbJ& Inr•)￿ ￿5&1￿ ICIO} *ilh eff￿4
4th Mawth 2016 Lvx16r nwnber 116S878. wvemirvJ dcurwi h thè Crflukjn ￿ Th9 BILte FI￿.
A doomènt W￿118d Rules al The Tnstees. as all￿d for in cla￿ 26 of Constibjbon,
*dopt•d by the Tr￿&18•% at a Board rnwting h•fd <Jn 4th 2016. doamtrnt Jeis OLrt the Nles by *whk
the Trusto9s m¥n89v the Hclw. The Blue is reglstued wth ts Hon* Comunilias Agw
has b••n mgrpd hmo tre nwin L¥)*d Il*Eth¥. 2 MhJ•nts r•pth in 1tterKkn￿ at *¥rt 0f￿h meeb"n
CowOPt•d Tnwts••
a brtef ststoment ol I￿r $kll* expor￿n￿$. ¥#J to nw•t wilh Thè d•clabJn *411 th•n b• to th•
Th• ch•rity p*t a m•rw. d•ml th ¥1 * to rrth¥.
The 81ue House pro￿￿8$ T•gdenW ￿)mOdatiOn thy l• vAth Ils con￿ltUtk￿.
lo prowd• affordab￿ htyJslThJ lo 8ggd pers￿$ ￿re bcffn tn, or are at thè of thok appoinimenl.
Inh?bTrt•nls of th• cl bonèfil. Th• bwg thts of Frfft swrountlng ￿nsI*s. kn Ihe •th4tM ol
th• thgrity the TnMte•s hav• I￿shY•r￿a ihe Chanty Convni#sion'$ 9uhJm banoni foe ttwrgi19. IfKyJm•
Is mainlydèrhod from the Weekty ¢L￿trIbU￿.0￿ (MICS) of raskJw40.
The kn..
. ktsp Wcs at t￿ rnthh)vThi l•W ￿1r8 luhjth￿ frryn ErW*rf'
. 0881st rn8id¢rrts in d•wniryJ al benefts b whkh are
. an •mwMty fDr m•Jent¥,
Thls Ihne 19st I st8ted that yé•r had 1088 rt41en9i￿ tr*n thv prnvlous t4¥0 yearn would
hope that sm or bettar C•xrfd be uld ol trM$ yew. H￿￿er. it h•$ had (lffweni thglw m•hPy ￿ to
lh* tyJlk*4 rt8elf•nd tr) TnJ#éos.
rmlinulrvd to malnialn it in a way thai i¥ 8pprr4X* knr tre 211t conw. ha¥ not o)nx will*xrt Its cWl&weJ
the fmthno L* asb￿ts areas had ￿ b• as as upgraaino of am I
fn (%)ors ond assodated systems. AJI of this hos al•0 led l(> s(Tho major vrt•md ro1urtxsh￿￿t with a$6￿t￿d
risks (wooththip w411￿p￿. etc) to bg rnmo4ed. The Tun5ts1 em•r9ency 3ystem has been
IM Brldge and repl*errwl& Th¥ f￿0￿ thannol has W to bè allain wpwtlrDm Ihv cour
any ol neighbtsr¥ wlatsd T￿ IL Tr alw rTh¥ boghning to gi¥e cause for w
rwl trj be rerAacèJ in the frypseeth 1th1￿. In ts meantkn*, we have to srknj son* £9.884 ffi ryring t
to keep I￿rn wothkng. Pafkwy the from tJJrtilap of the House c￿lIr￿ to bo a probkni aTrY D8viO
continues lo monttorth￿ to Lwt d lus *ilty. His sl8ff hA¥• Eontinued to be (wl$l￿d￿.
had 8 qilnquennd sw¥ey carri￿ ￿ vrtbrh w*sed tr* (Nor tho 108t of y•aws, t*rt
th• need for the fire prec4ubon ￿)￿ks 4$ a6 the Tmork on the window& rnas￿ and r
I?￿1 need ty be canied next year. We hwe hpd a 3uwn Lrf £225.000 grven to us amd &#'¥e
the Ipthtt4p of SbAart Brn (Trus￿) arttl w &r• w8tbry hs furtrw fee4tr*

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AIIN
¥C￿nI8•￿ who nj) thos ￿try Meek. cefebrabj the KirYd'$ Corwli￿ the Trustees KThithng ¥ lunch p8rty
for the Resthnts In ts garden. Th s￿b￿￿$ c1￿1T aftemoon lea8. Ow Gard￿6 Hidden G8rdens
e also siJu•ftA ebrnls year £2136 vrds raised to go trywards funhw mairtenance A
ol Ihl8 h￿NIghts th8 ol rai¥ing ts prtsfd• of thB in 1fi8 turwhksiffj
quh*ly Ilwe are cJJThenUy no wits.
The TrLOteeSiry￿thIdthS￿￿ F• thrnugh ts yeartr* mgrg8 ConYnill80 meetrngs with the TnJ*¢e
board rroelrys {who othtr rrK)rth, CgFc6i* morths k) main B￿rd). So far li8 i• w*lL
longst￿ Tnths. Jwl Campbel *Thl Roso dryin. Sadty, Chris di￿ aftaf 80¥•rn1
y•xs of Ml health. Th•y*iD b• rnis*a, and th• Tfustses are •(*ety to r•plxo tmm.
Fln•nel•l Ywl8w
Th• CPNIrtts"&s Afl 2011 It* trj Blata￿￿3 for aath finwthl year whbr* givo
ond falr Wiew of the *ats of •ffah d Th• •1 ts end ol ￿ y•w W th• suwus ty defKlew f¢r
th¢ Yearth￿ end¢d.
any Im?, th? Ilnanaal po*ttr¢ ol Tl* 6lwJ and trj •n•trA• lo •n￿ that ts flnartwl stslthm¢nl¥
¢omF4y wllh th• Charltio• 2011.
Thg TfPAt••s •rn th rnSp)n￿blI(of safÈguarthng Ihe 4SS•ts ofTh• Hou8fjand how for tsking I￿on•bI• $
for Ihe pr8vffitKn offrdud and oth•r wre9uknriiw. In pr•p4rirvJ fmr¢i?l slAlem￿ls, th¢ Tru8te8S
aro rnWif•d to suitabF• acmunlw¥ pokw a• thx¢)*ed in itras (Sxumoth, and tlw appty them on a cOn￿stant
basls. and eslima*s that are pn)Jgnl •ThJ reasonth. The T￿ musl also rwro fina￿81
st•temth)ts on a tr)inB CrA￿ern basis unttss it is inopprowi•te Io prn6ume thftt Bl¢M Hotme continue in
Fknug• s* lo iive8t wi •pprtr4•d frmd& & Fth•￿•0ffttr Mon￿0￿ Ih frnnd41 ￿lU￿1
and makes any rn(x*nm￿d￿Iorty to th• Tntho•.
oflho buhding and lh8 matrrten8n(* olsarvKe8.
a [Xc￿lem•rrt il derAdtrJ b ter￿nate our r¢Igli￿•1up wifh aLvJuritarrts Burton Sweet. 11
was dK41knJ lo ask R. E. Frwj & A$s￿e8 Ltd. to t*e over ￿p#fats.0n ol tho Blu& kk4J8e
th• toard ￿￿￿te85 ty.
.. and on t*h*l of
iam Cheal (Ch•"m￿l
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FWIAL STATEMEpifs OF THE BLUE IIOUSE
I th? stat8Thnls for the w endèd 31 2tr24. vthlch C4Jmprkn tho stst•mont ol
notes.
aL*¥itw (Inc4t*JkJo •nd wor￿re ￿nt), 8tstem•nt d rirwi¢X pothjn, •nd lh* r•lat•Y
tru*ees arn responsue lor the wep#ralM)n of tho *aterrents tn accorijance the
requimrnents ol the Arl 2011. I rEpJn in my exarinati￿ of the Chgriws ac¢xwnts carrf•d
out under se¢Oon 145 of tybe 2011 ar￿ oul my exaniywtkn I lo1￿•￿￿ ￿1 appfi(*bl
dincrknns gfven by Ihe Chanty uThJer *#ion 14S(5Xbl of th• l am lo undéfi&• th)
rr*wiK>n by a w¥16fie(I mwrthrrfth• Clortemd Injliluts of Morwrr*ntA¢¥￿nI•￿ts ICIMAI.
In corsngc*lon with rny txaffjDat￿n. l o)nfmi Ihai r￿ matter Dyn& kn my ¥116nib)n in
examiMtion gI￿n9 rT* ￿uSe ￿ befwe ihal in gny Mat￿￿1 10
. •Ce￿ntIng k8pl In wp•ct of Chwtty •• rtsqulr•d by 130 of th& Ad,, or
actOLnts *lo nol aco)rd reo)rds,' or
the accounts do not c¥)nwy wlth Ihe •p￿￿¥blo wuW•mont8 tho femi g)nteni ol
ac(yJunts Set out n thè ch￿71183 (Acc4wnts and Ra￿ts) Reg￿81￿¥ 2008 oth•r than any
requtronmt that and w￿1 ll a nmtter ecwhlev*d •8 F4rt 01
•n wM*•p•nd•nt e¥amin•t*)n.
I h4v• nD &)nc4m$ 8rKt tth• •C¥C4s no othef nw8r¥ In r•nfidction wilh Ihg ommknatkjn to whKh
*t?ntK)n shwld be kn th1# rw In ord•r to •ftabl• ¥ wopw undoistBndin9 c* lh• tr) b•
Natallo F
8Mus PAA ACMA CGMA FFA FPA FISM IASWW.
Ind•ptrndvni E¥amthor
on behaK ol FL E. FNd & L
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TA
ENT
1 MARCH
•KOMe AND EXPENI)IfuRE
furth T¢tyi Iw
DCnal0￿ and bJara8s
150.626
6.067
150,6
3,022
122,03fJ
rat•1
1￿237
115337
125.944
Expendl
Expenditurn on dHrStablo
1178,0181
1.?98
1178.01BI 112%.G4BI
11,198
1-79,? IBI
1179,21EI
6.278
141.OZO
1162,97GI
6278
11ts2.47t>l
21.95•
127,5¥41
Ro¢oncIll•ll¢￿ olfvnd•
Tcrf•l fvnts
188,896
431219
4S117S
32Qth)
17A95
•15.591
•nd low has r•)i bow pr•parnd.

THE BLUE HOUSE
2024
2F23
FIXED ASSEYS
TangiNe A￿ts
Invesbnènts {81 Vah*)
453.175
271.718
431219
28S,441
10
724.
CURREiif ASSErs
stor*
100
4,404
127 876
Cash al bank and kn hBnd
4.163
81.358
85.621
132.380
CREDITORS: lallko vAItrth on• 12
12,619
13.444
118.937
Llnrn¥triCt￿ fund*
Restri11￿ fund$
Er￿￿nOThI fvnd8
13
13
13
328,801
25.920
453.175
195,481
188,896
431.219
815,590
89 fthand•l •l•tsments m wo¥od by ts ￿j￿￿e8 on th• ...
g*n•d on thetr b•ttall by..
nd ore
M Ch*al
Ch•lmwn
Pap6

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qSTMAR¢H
140TES TO THE FAIANC￿L STATEIIEKTS
Th•se flnand* staIern￿ts hBve b88n prepar&J li c0rnpfr4￿ FRS 102 Th FI[￿￿1 Rep)itr¥ Skn(krd
4)Qli¢*￿ In thè UK th• Rwic <A Irdar*f, th8 SlalemErt of Ro(yynm*th Prnckn lo c*wibas
•parlThJ accordwth ￿n￿da1 R•F¥m StaThja￿ aPWkJbbJ kn thè LR( aThJ Re￿1*
Iieknd IFRS 1021 lth•ittes SORP IFRS 10211 and Chwkns A¢ta)11.
unEen¥irfies aff￿￿ the abwiiy ofth8 th•to 08 a c<rfK¢m.
(l•f•rr•d unl* t￿$¢ wrfoJ$',
L•gad88 on • rnetyvable b•¥i8 eh•rfty l¥ oThOUod to ft ¢an b• rwourtyj
I•￿•FI Is probJt48. Whw• lty•c606 hAvo tsoon to tho dwsty. or th• th•r¥ly 18 of thè 6nnUrwJ of kNubJts.
and Ihe erll4fA for rvctws￿oTr IwY• rnjl bo•n mrt Ilhin Ihj Is nc* Ixxjme btrt Is tr8alod as a
ccffilin9*lt osiol and dh5(*8thl if materw.
Inveslmonl in￿rrA Ib Nidudod on • r•Jlv4bl• bx*.
for lo rnairlAbh cwab"on*
EV￿￿1U[* Is In ltr• It l• Irwrnd. •th1bJlrt4• VAT rATh￿ bo
COAtr *hkh li￿ and F*JpMOrvd In ev￿1¥ ar￿ c￿l&￿t￿￿rA and go￿&
Irtha¥•d lor r•841
(knts a¥AJd•d am Alkrthd kn thrfIAtl• Ornrtj treakni as a fiatiilty in lh•
•C**x¥nis a• scon as thoy 1•9ol w ￿￿truc￿"¥￿ ot4w11K￿. In th ca58 ol frn 8*YrdB. Ihe luwKfj
for dl IrrM￿lI￿I￿Y wless ￿r¥ am co￿￿LtIm th Aoed to b• m•1 by th• to •Mt4• tr•
&¥pw￿￿&f￿r¥ h thwwjy *pgcific xlivitlg• ahd hts boon IriclLbJ￿I In Iho•e c¢•i rnt¢o)M8.
costs, *tti(* are tr) 11￿ r￿* rAtspJry. ar• apkyxOon•d xrfA•B Cate￿￿$ on Ihg W of on
•3sessrnent ol I￿¥kk￿d c8rr*d out frem bm• to tim8. Ovwt*Jd Costs twn alk)rnted lo thoiilth
Twyiblo fix8d8ss&ts
5xed assots aro at coil IBS5 t*¢#8kn. IB fakthated 80 as to off the cosl of #D
Jsct. les5 ils estimated tsltim*g residuol Val￿, ovar twful Jtfe of ihal Jtss¢L d•w•r4•ll￿ on
v4u•.

THE BLUE HOUSE
OR THE
ED 31ST MAR
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEfiTS. ¢ont'd
Fuedosset•ivestnwks
Investn￿lS ar& indsjded 8t rrthel vaue at 31 MKh. Th SOFA incltths tr* ngt gws 8TrJ ljsses aty
reval¢JatKJns and thJing tho wr.
st￿ are v81u&J al tre eost net realtsai48 V￿u8, ats MakN￿ rtuo a1knwa￿ fDr c￿￿181E aThl Slrfiv
ft￿1￿0 Iténw. D￿81&￿ items •re not v•bJod in 81o¢k arxl rn¢(Wi50d 0￿￿tten 8c4d.
artye 7A4)en by ts donor or fvnd8 •Tr T8ls¢d part*)JlBr r8Bththed wrposes. D•*nthd fuThJ
1￿M part of th• urThstrKlgd furKts and hav• bbon id￿1￿￿￿ 86 bthg IOT pwlcujar PUryKW5 by th• Twtstses.
2023
Totsl
funds
funds
Totsl fundB
15),626
19).626
122.03$
EndfJ*rMnt
Tt)tsl
fundi
Totsi fund•
expeNDffUAE Cl￿￿￿A8LE ACTivmES
&Jpport
Tot41
Fund•
2024
DIMet Costs {Nth 6)
Cor• athlty Luls. alrMfb)Jse
156,
21,049
21049
178.018
178018
Support
112.641
23,005
135,646
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STA
NOTES TO FDIANCIAL StA7EIEIITS. conr
2023
w98￿Y n*lntwbartts ￿ntrIbUt￿n6 and ut
1￿.626
122.036
Tumov8r Irom ￿￿lIng
ManagThnt
Mainlgnan¢o
150.626
122.035
37.598
45.639
29,405
23.005
89.491
25242
21,049
c08ts
Oporalng exp•nU￿r* cfi 8c¢W latty
Oporatorg *uWld•fbX) on aod•l
17&018
136,848
6. svppoKr COST8
2023
rr & *lephoDfr
oiriee cost¥
lknmanc• coots
10.188
5.286
1,619
8.700
8,058
2,488
3.781
7. GI)VERNAIKE Com
2023
A¢YJxrfgnty. legol and pmle••h)npl
F•es & subs¢dpkns
a•nk c*ar9•5
3.831
3,708
74
STAFF COST3 F•J￿ER$
2024
2023
WagoB & S•lBrf68
51.115
44.306
No &mpkiyws rec*fved e￿￿ments of rrtyo £60,(KQ kn or Jyar.
ND tnjstse r8(*iv￿ 8ny r￿n￿r￿1￿ durk¥ ts Djnvrtor prky
Pao• 9

THEB
UE HOUSE
1ST MARCH 2024
NOTE5 TO TrE FIlIAPK￿ STATEMEKfs. e¢rfd
g. TANGf6LE FIXED ASSErs
At31 2023
Athfilknn¥
431.219
21.956
431.219
21.956
At 31 VArc* 2024
4S3.175
Al 31 M•rol 2023 & 31 htsrch 2024
Al 2024
453 17S
453.175
At Marth 2023
431.219
431.219
Th• lrnehcAd prnr*rty the trth)u￿. a 1 Ilyted bult th 1726 •& w •ln¥trtsJ¥o and
tw'i tharlty sfftuthl an FrnThJ adjacent io Ihe to￿ c*ntr•.
10. WWESThENTS
2023
Vknlh)n
At 1st Nxil
Net goinslOo8s08)
Net book vahje 8131 Voch
285.441
6.278
271 718
278,668
11. DEBTORS
2023
Pmp8yTh*ntg and a¢<yu•d
l)ther debt
2,116
2.047
1285
3.139
4.163
11 CREDITORS F￿L￿G DUE Ilrn OME YE•Ji
Trade credlo
Taxation and sooal $opJrity
Ac¢ruals and de1￿[0d inu
X24
2023
878
12,oee
13
1,563
Z.G19
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THE BLUE HOUSE
IK)TES TO TFE FMNQAL STATEWS. ¢Mfd
END
At 1 &)rll
2023
At31
Unrn•trl¢t•d ￿nd¥
R•atrlcr•d lunth
195.481
165237
2024
(179,216)
6278
141,020
Cydtal m8tht•nanco fund
Clctt n￿01¢nOn￿ lurwj
108.101
54.875
25.920
1108.101)
154.8751
25,920
431219
I IG2,JI 76,
21.956
165
453,175
807.895
Prlor Y••r
Atl
31
240.381
125.944
2023
R•¥trkn•d fvnth
Cthk m8lntenanc• l•Jv*
1131i,450)
111.08n
12d,3QSI
195,481
Cyrfical m"ntarwK• lund
IOB,101
54.875
25.920
108.101
54.875
407.973
Tow furKts
23.3X
431.219
i fi.4501
111.OR71
f*(* kI8￿￿n&t￿t Fund . thi8 1$ o r•strthd fvnd tyyan tyj the whkh ￿1￿ t* by the
T￿$toe¥ to r￿￿ond malnlain Ih? CW (Jxk Tt)w•r.
Endo*Th** FuThl. tr4• fwd r•pr•gwty th• prW.
14. RELATED TRAN￿￿5
Pag8 71

THE BLUE HOUS
2023
INCOME
Coffee Ih)mlry
l)onal*x
From• F¥8￿
Htre of thur¢h hal
Intor•st rocè￿ab
Knit & Nattgr
U•tr of guesi rowi
607
700
573
1.065
887
578
WMC
61.510
89.116
83.705
165
125,944
Flet 21 uwJ8t•
782
Parti&s and orfLs
wpport
447
377
74.360
Ratss
17.632
laries and w•$
Stsff cos18
329
51,115
43S
8,858
Insurnr*
Trdv41 aThl wb4t•n¢•
Ac¢ountarw, *al •nd
Health and 4af•ty
Subscaplb
Bank ctharges
A(fv•rtslw & PR
&mdry •xp8r*s
6.178
5.071
3.101
11.184
3.109
122
74
12
1m6
179216
N•t wnslOo¥J08)
111.0871
OPERATING SURPLU8IIDEÈKITI FOR ￿ YEAR
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