Charity no. 1167155
## **Claridge House Report and Unaudited Financial Statements 31 May 2025**
## **Claridge House**
## **Reference and administrative details**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
|**Charity number**|1167155||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Registered office and**|Claridge House||||||||
|**operational address**|Dormans Road||||||||
||Dormansland||||||||
||Lingfield||||||||
||RH7 6QH||||||||
|**Trustees**|The trustees who served during the year|||and up to||the date|of this report||
||were as follows:||||||||
||Fergal Crossan||||||||
||Jennifer Cuff|Appointed||1|July|2025,|resigned|27|
|||November 2025|||||||
||Antony Day|Appointed 29 January 2026|||||||
||Irina Eltsova|Resigned 30||April 2025|||||
||Lesley Evans|Appointed 1 July|||2025||||
||Jane Jenner|Resigned 31||May 2025|||||
||Gail Lineham|Resigned 31||May 2025|||||
||Dr David Robson|Appointed 1 May|||2025||||
||Cherry Simpkin|Clerk (Chair) of Trustees'|||||||
||Anne Simpson|Resigned 31||May 2025|||||
||Georgina Wilson|Resigned 2 January 2025|||||||
|**Manager**|Meredith Wood||||||||
|**Bankers**|Lloyds Bank plc.||||||||
||1 - 3 London Road||||||||
||East Grinstead||||||||
||West Sussex||||||||
||RH19 1AH||||||||
|**Solicitors**|Bates, Wells and Braithwaite||||||||
||10 Queen Street Place||||||||
||London||||||||
||EC4R 1BE||||||||
|**Independent examiners**|Godfrey Wilson Limited||||||||
||Chartered accountants and statutory auditors||||||||
||5th Floor Mariner House||||||||
||62 Prince Street||||||||
||Bristol||||||||
||BS1 4QD||||||||
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## **Claridge House**
## **Report of the trustees**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
Reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the Constitution and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities (effective from January 2019).
## **Objectives and activities**
The object of the CIO is the provision of a Centre for rest and renewal for those who are under stress or strain, or in any condition in which a time of rest and renewal would be beneficial, with a view to helping them attain health and strength in their lives. The Centre also runs Retreats and Quiet Days and short courses aimed at promoting rest and renewal.
The CIO seeks to attract new guests through its website, entry in the Retreat Association's website and handbook, and through a range of publications available to the general public.
## Public benefit
The Trustees believe that the charities object and activities offer public benefit in accordance with the guidance published by the Charity Commission.
Guests come from all over the UK and, typically, include:
- the elderly;
- those with physical disabilities;
- those who need a break from caring for others;
- those recovering from illness, including mental breakdown;
- those diagnosed with terminal conditions;
- those suffering from bereavement;
- those needing to a place of retreat in order to reassess their lives; and
- those seeking respite from care work and stressful job.
Guests can come for an unstructured personal retreat or they can attend one of our courses or workshops, aimed at promoting physical, mental and spiritual well-being, on subjects such as yoga, Alexander technique, coping with change, painting for relaxation, creative writing, Qigong, mindfulness, harp playing, sound healing, forest bathing and various aspects of healing, including selfhealing.
We also offer drop-in sessions for those who need warmth and company, happiness cafes and death cafes. There is no fee to attend.
We also make the house available for groups specialising in helping those with specific health conditions or who are living under stressful conditions to run their own events for their beneficiaries.
Bed and breakfast facilities are also provided on a commercial basis to supplement the charitable income. A number of bed and breakfast guests have returned to attend courses and take individual personal retreats.
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## **Claridge House**
## **Report of the trustees**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
The centre is run in accordance with the philosophy and principles of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) but welcomes people of all religious beliefs or none. We seek to meet guest's spiritual needs by:
- Running led retreats and Quiet Days;
- Enabling guests to come on individual unstructured retreats;
- Holding two 15-minute Quiet Times a day (morning and evening);
- Holding a full-length Quaker Meeting for Worship every Sunday at which guests and the public
- are welcome to attend; and
- Enabling Quaker and other groups to hire the house for their own arranged retreats.
We also have a well-stocked library of books on healing and spirituality.
Healing therapies are also provided such as spiritual healing and massage.
The Trust operates a bursary scheme to help those who are less financially advantaged and would otherwise be unable to take advantage of what we offer.
Claridge House operates a Friend in Residence Scheme under which a Quaker volunteer will live in the house and carry out various duties such as welcoming guests and ensuring they are comfortable, being available as someone to talk to and leading the Quiet Times. The presence of a Friend in Residence helps to maintain the Quaker ambience of the house and contributes to the healing process.
## Risks
Trustees regularly review the major risks to which the charity is exposed and put appropriate actions in place to mitigate these risks.
The cost of living crisis continues to impact on the activities of the Charity with people being less inclined to spend on non-essential items. Consequential, low or late bookings, leading to income reductions and uncertainty, coupled with higher costs due to inflationary pressures, particularly with regards to energy bills, has resulted in increasingly tighter margins. The longer-term effect of this on Claridge House is still unclear with the impact expected to continue for some while.
## Other risks identified:
- Ongoing and increasing costs of maintaining the house and garden;
- Relatively narrow demographic of guests, limiting expansion of guest numbers; and
- Difficulty finding and retaining regular catering and housekeeping staff.
## **Achievements and performance**
The House continues to attract a wide range of guests, who benefit from what the House offers. Guest feedback shows that the aim of the Trust to provide opportunities for rest and renewal continues to be fulfilled. The personal attention given to help meet the needs of individual guests has been much appreciated.
During the year, we continued to widen our links with charities, the local community, other interfaith groups, healing and alternative therapists networks being a Quaker recognised body. Alongside other appropriate groups looking to hire the house for retreats and respite breaks.
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## **Claridge House**
## **Report of the trustees**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
In August 2024, we have held an Open Day to promote our work. This included talks on our work, tours of the house and garden and taster sessions of our activities and healing therapy sessions. This introduced many people to the house and what we have to offer, including local residents.
We have set up a separate therapy room to enable local therapists to better provide services to guests.
We have created a dedicated marketing post to better promote our services and widen our customer base.
We have set up a shop providing fair trade goods, jewellery, and products to promote health and wellbeing. These are also available to buy on our website.
Our website and booking system has been upgraded and modernised to make it more attractive to a wider audience and enable potential guests to book online. However, there have been some problems with the new booking system which we are now looking to replace.
## **Financial review**
The Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the CIO has sufficient funds to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
The charity's overall income for the year was £235,512.
To ensure liquidity and smooth cashflow, all assets are held in cash deposits.
The charity's principal sources of income are guest fees and charitable donations and legacies. The guest income is insufficient to cover running costs and needs to be supplemented by donations if fees are to be kept at an affordable level for most guests and to avoid excessive strain on the bursary fund.
The Charity's total net assets at 31 May 2025 were £946,180 including tangible fixed assets (mainly land and buildings) of £889,041. At 31 May 2025, the charity held unrestricted funds of £40,888 (compared to £56,280 in 2024) and restricted funds of £905,292 (compared to £936,551 in 2024).
## Reserves
The CIO maintains sufficient unrestricted reserves to cover 3 months' worth of fixed costs (currently approximately £36,000).
The Trustees monitor finances closely through regular income and expenditure reports. Their aim remains to achieve trading profitability by increasing the customer base through improved marketing strategies and so that donations and legacies can be used to develop the work of the charity. make capital improvements, and build up the bursary fund.
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## **Claridge House**
## **Report of the trustees**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
## **Plans for future periods**
Going forward, we will, as a board:
- continue to create and implement a longer-term strategy and vision for the house which will include our key priorities;
- ensure the manager of the house and her staff are supported regularly and given the opportunity to develop their skills, knowledge and experience;
- continue to seek ways to build up our guest base by developing and promoting a wider range of courses and varieties of guest experience;
- continue to enhance our profile through marketing and promotional activities;
- seek new trustees with relevant skills and experience to replace existing trustees coming to the end of their terms and to widen the experience of the Board; and
- replace our online booking system.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation ("the CIO") registered with the Charity Commission on 17 May 2016 and governed by a Constitution.
The CIO took over ownership and responsibility for the running of the Retreat Centre known as Claridge House from an unincorporated Trust, Friends Fellowship of Healing: Claridge House ("the Trust") on 31 August 2016.
The Trustees are appointed by the Board of Trustees. Trustees are appointed initially for a period of three years and are then eligible for re-appointment for a further three years. A period of a year must then elapse before a further re-appointment.
The Trustees appoint the manager, who manages the day to day running of the House. The manager reports regularly to the Trustees. Other staff are appointed by the manager.
## **Statement of responsibilities of the trustees**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and the incoming resources and application of resources, including the net income or expenditure, of the charity for the year. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
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## **Claridge House**
## **Report of the trustees**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the constitution. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charity's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
Members of the charity guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The trustees are members of the charity but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.
## **Independent examiners**
Godfrey Wilson Limited were appointed as independent examiners to the charity during the year and have expressed their willingness to continue in that capacity.
Approved by the trustees on 3 March 2026 and signed on their behalf by
Cherry Simpkin Clerk (Chair) of Trustees'
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## **Independent examiner's report**
## **To the trustees of**
## **Claridge House**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Claridge House (the CIO) for the year ended 31 May 2025, which are set out on pages 8 to 21.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the CIO’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
Godfrey Wilson Limited provides bookkeeping services to the CIO. I confirm that as a member of the ICAEW I am subject to the FRC’s Revised Ethical Standard 2024, which I have applied with respect to this engagement.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material 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 CIO as required by section 130 of the Act; or
- (2) the accounts do not accord with those records; or
- (3) the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
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 accounts to be reached.
## Date: 4 March 2026 **Robert Wilson FCA Member of the ICAEW Godfrey Wilson Limited**
Chartered accountants and statutory auditors 5th Floor Mariner House 62 Prince Street Bristol BS1 4QD
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## **Claridge House**
## **Statement of financial activities**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
|Note
**Total income****_(and endowments)_**
**Total expenditure**
**Net income / (expenditure)**
Transfers between funds
**Net movement in funds**
**Total funds carried forward**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
Charitable activities
8
9
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
**Income****_(and endowments)_from:**
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
Other trading activities
Investments
3
4
5
6|
4,274
231,238
-
-
35,133
246,630
246,630
(30,859)
(15,392)
-
-
(15,392)
936,151
56,280
905,292
40,888
Restricted Unrestricted
£
£
35,133
(30,859)
4,274
-
-
-
3,886
160,579
39,720
27,053||**235,512**
246,003
**-**
-
**281,763**
256,071
**281,763**
256,071
**(46,251)**
(10,068)
**-**
-
**(46,251)**
(10,068)
**992,431**
1,002,499
**946,180**
992,431
Restated
2024
Total
£
**2025**
**Total**
**£**
**8,160**
**160,579**
**39,720**
**27,053**
25,094
138,465
54,850
27,594|Restated
2024
Total
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||
|||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above. Movements in funds are disclosed in note 17 to the accounts.
Prior period income and expenditure have been reclassified to reflect the requirements of the Charities SORP (FRS 102) and to be comparable with the current year. The restatements are purely reclassifications of income and expenditure and do not affect net income.
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## **Claridge House**
## **Balance sheet**
## **As at 31 May 2025**
||||||||||Restated|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||**2025**||2024|
|||||Note|**£**||**£**||£|
|||||||||||
|**Fixed assets**||||||||||
|Tangible assets||||12||**889,041**|||920,563|
|||||||||||
|**Current assets**||||||||||
|Debtors||||13|**18,580**||||25,405|
|Cash at bank and in hand||Cash at bank and in hand|||**78,159**||||87,593|
||||||**96,739**||||112,998|
|**Liabilities**||||||||||
|Creditors: amounts falling due within 1 year||||14|**(39,600)**||||(41,130)|
|**Net current assets / (liabilities)**||**Net current assets / (liabilities)**||||**57,139**|||71,868|
|**Net assets / (liabilities)**||||16||**946,180**|||992,431|
|||||||||||
|**Funds**||||17||||||
|Restricted funds||||||**905,292**|||936,151|
|Unrestricted funds||||||||||
|General funds||||||**40,888**|||56,280|
|**Total charity funds**||**Total charity funds**||||**946,180**||992,431|992,431|
Approved by the trustees on 3 March 2026 and signed on their behalf by
Cherry Simpkin Clerk (Chair) of Trustees'
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## **Claridge House**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
## **1. Accounting policies**
## **a) General information and basis of preparation**
ABC Charity is a charitable incorporated organisation registered in England and Wales. The registered office address is Claridge House, Dormans Road, Dormansland, Lingfield, RH7 6QH.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
Claridge House meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note.
## **b) Going concern basis of accounting**
The accounts have been prepared on the assumption that the charity is able to continue as a going concern, which the trustees consider appropriate having regard to the current level of unrestricted reserves. There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
## **c) Income**
Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Income from the government and other grants, whether 'capital' grants or 'revenue' grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.
For legacies, entitlement is taken as the earlier of the date on which either: the charity is aware that probate has been granted, the estate has been finalised and notification has been made by the executor(s) to the Trust that a distribution will be made, or when a distribution is received from the estate. Receipt of a legacy, in whole or in part, is only considered probable when the amount can be measured reliably and the charity has been notified of the executor's intention to make a distribution. Where legacies have been notified to the charity, or the charity is aware of the granting of probate, and the criteria for income recognition have not been met, then the legacy is treated as a contingent asset and disclosed if material.
Income received in advance of provision of a specified service is deferred until criteria for income recognition are met.
## **d) Donated services and facilities**
Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item, is probable and the economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), general volunteer time is not recognised.
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## **Claridge House**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
On receipt, donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.
## **e) Interest receivable**
Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity: this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.
## **f) Funds accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of the charity. Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose. Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity's work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.
## **g) Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.
## **h) Allocation of support and governance costs**
Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Governance costs are the costs associated with the governance arrangements of the charity, including the costs of complying with constitutional and statutory requirements and any costs associated with the strategic management of the charity’s activities. These costs have been allocated between cost of raising funds and expenditure on charitable activities based on the proportion of staff time as follows:
|**2025**
2024
Raising funds
Charitable activities
**0.0%**
**100.0%**
0.0%
100.0%|**2025**
2024
Raising funds
Charitable activities
**0.0%**
**100.0%**
0.0%
100.0%|
|---|---|
|Raising funds
Charitable activities|0.0%
100.0%|
## **i) Tangible fixed assets**
Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life. The depreciation rates in use are as follows:
Buildings and property improvements 2% straight line Fixtures and fittings 20% reducing balance Land Not depreciated
Items of equipment are capitalised where the purchase price exceeds £1,500.
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## **Claridge House**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
## **j) Stock**
Stock is included at the lower of cost or net realisable value. Donated items of stock are recognised at fair value which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay for the items on the open market.
## **k) Debtors**
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
## **l) Cash at bank and in hand**
Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.
## **m) Creditors**
Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
## **n) Financial instruments**
The trust only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently recognised at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## **o) Pension costs**
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for its employees. There are no further liabilities other than that already recognised in the SOFA.
## **p) Foreign currency transactions**
Transactions in foreign currencies are translated at rates prevailing at the date of the transaction. Balances denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rate of exchange prevailing at the year end.
## **q) Accounting estimates and key judgements**
In the application of the charity's accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying 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 if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.
The key sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements are depreciation as described in note 1)i above.
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## **Claridge House**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
## **2. Prior period comparatives: statement of financial activities - restated**
|**Total income**
**Total expenditure**
**Net income / (expenditure)**
Transfers between funds
**Net movement in funds**
**Income from:**
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
Other trading activities
Investments
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
Charitable activities|4,193
241,810
-
-
32,300
223,771
32,300
223,771
(28,107)
18,039
(1,280)
1,280
(29,387)
19,319
Restricted Unrestricted
£
£
4,193
-
-
-
20,901
138,465
54,850
27,594||2024
Total
£|2024
Total
£|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||25,094
138,465
54,850
27,594||
||||246,003||
||||-
256,071||
||||256,071||
||||(10,068)
-||
||||(10,068)||
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## **Claridge House**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
## **3. Income from donations and legacies**
|**3.**
**Income from donations and legacies**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Total income from donations and legacies**
**Prior period comparative:**
Donations
Legacies
**Total income from donations and legacies**
**4.**
**Income from charitable activities**
**Total income from charitable activities**
**Prior period comparative:**
**Total income from charitable activities**
Donations
Legacies
Courses
Group stay courses
House hire
Retreats
Courses
Group stay courses
House hire
Retreats|4,274
819
-
3,067
4,274
3,886
Restricted Unrestricted
£
£
4,193
3,065
-
17,836
4,193
20,901
67,019
35,510
4,067
53,983
-
160,579
Restricted Unrestricted
£
£
63,103
29,865
2,793
42,704
-
138,465
Restricted Unrestricted
£
£
Restricted Unrestricted
£
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|**5,093**
**3,067**
**8,160**
**2025**
**Total**
**£**|**2025**
**Total**
**£**|
|||7,258
17,836
2024
Total
£||
|||25,094||
|||**160,579**
**2025**
**Total**
**£**
**67,019**
**35,510**
**4,067**
**53,983**||
|||2024
Total
£||
|||63,103
29,865
2,793
42,704||
|||138,465||
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## **Claridge House**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
## **5. Income from other trading activities**
|**Income from other trading activities**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Total income from other trading activities**
**Prior period comparative:**
**Total income from other trading activities**
BNB bookings
Extra meals
Other
BNB bookings
Extra meals
Other|-
36,406
-
1,028
-
2,286
-
39,720
Restricted Unrestricted
£
£
-
49,345
-
1,719
-
3,786
-
54,850
Restricted Unrestricted
£
£|**36,406**
**1,028**
**2,286**
**39,720**
**2025**
**Total**
**£**|**2025**
**Total**
**£**|
|||49,345
1,719
3,786
54,850
2024
Total
£||
## **6. Income from other investments**
|**Income from other investments**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Total income from other trading activities**
**Prior period comparative:**
**Total income from other trading activities**
Rent from flat
Tenancy rent
Tenancy utilities
Rent from flat
Tenancy rent
Tenancy utilities|-
9,504
-
16,278
-
1,271
-
27,053
Restricted Unrestricted
£
£
-
9,504
-
15,750
-
2,340
-
27,594
Restricted Unrestricted
£
£|**9,504**
**16,278**
**1,271**
**27,053**
**2025**
**Total**
**£**|**2025**
**Total**
**£**|
|||9,504
15,750
2,340
27,594
2024
Total
£||
## **7. Government grants**
The charity received no government grants in this or the prior period.
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## **Claridge House**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
**For the year ended 31 May 2025**
## **8. Total expenditure**
|**Total expenditure**|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Sub-total**
Allocation of support and governance costs
**Total expenditure**
Wages and salaries (note 10)
Depreciation
Household & provisions
Rates, light and heat
General maintenance
Course expenses
Professional fees
Marketing
Claridge House expenses
Bank charges
Governance|170,928
110,835
**281,763**
Charitable
activities
£
146,093
-
24,835
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|110,835
(110,835)
**-**
Support and
governance
costs
£
-
31,522
-
22,410
19,333
11,421
7,499
7,283
6,161
4,969
237|**281,763**
-
**281,763**
**2025 Total**
**£**
**146,093**
**31,522**
**24,835**
**22,410**
**19,333**
**11,421**
**7,499**
**7,283**
**6,161**
**4,969**
**237**|149,897
106,174
**256,071**
Charitable
activities
£
121,179
-
28,718
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|106,174
(106,174)
**-**
Support and
governance
costs
£
-
32,048
-
22,098
18,082
11,460
6,089
1,151
7,258
6,479
1,509|**256,071**
-
2024 Total
£
121,179
32,048
28,718
22,098
18,082
11,460
6,089
1,151
7,258
6,479
1,509|
|||||||**256,071**|
Total governance costs were £2,637 (2024: £1,749)
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## **Claridge House**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
**For the year ended 31 May 2025**
**9. Net movement in funds**
This is stated after charging:
|Depreciation
Operating lease payments
Trustees' remuneration
Trustees' reimbursed expenses
Independent examiner's remuneration:
Statutory audit (excluding VAT)
Other services|**31,522**
**2025**
**£**
**Nil**
**237**
**2,000**
**1,623**|32,048
2024
£
Nil
309|2024
£|
|---|---|---|---|
|Depreciation
Operating lease payments
Trustees' remuneration
Trustees' reimbursed expenses
Independent examiner's remuneration:
Statutory audit (excluding VAT)
Other services||||
||**2,000**
**1,623**|1,200
2,538||
## **10. Staff costs and numbers**
Staff costs were as follows:
|Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Pension costs
Freelance staff
Other staff costs||**146,093**
121,179
**2025**
**£**
2024
£
**102,227**
**2,968**
**1,752**
**32,896**
**6,250**
100,135
2,083
1,896
16,164
901|2024
£|
|---|---|---|---|
No employee earned more than £60,000 during the year.
The key management personnel of the charity comprise the Trustees and manager. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel were £49,393 (2024: £45,399).
||**2025**||2024|
|---|---|---|---|
||**No.**||No.|
|Average head count|**6.83**||6.50|
## **11. Taxation**
The charity is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes.
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## **Claridge House**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
## **12. Tangible fixed assets**
|**Tangible fixed assets**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Land
£
1,000,000
90,600
367,861
-
-
-
-
-
-
At 31 May 2025
1,000,000
90,600
367,861
468,333
-
80,055
20,000
-
9,424
-
-
-
At 31 May 2025
488,333
-
89,479
**511,667**
**90,600**
**278,382**
At 31 May 2024
531,667
90,600
287,806
**Debtors**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within 1 year**
Buildings
£
Property
improvements
£
**Cost**
At 1 June 2024
Additions in year
Disposals
**Depreciation**
At 1 June 2024
Charge for the year
On disposals
**Net book value**
**At 31 May 2025**
Trade debtors
Gift aid receivable
Trade creditors
Gift vouchers
Accruals
Other taxation and social security
Pension
Deferred income (see note 15)|
Property
improvements
£||Fixtures and
fittings
£||**1,609,790**
**-**
**-**
**1,609,790**
**689,227**
**31,522**
**-**
**720,749**
**889,041**
**Total**
**£**|
|||367,861
-
-
367,861
80,055
9,424
-
89,479
**278,382**
287,806||||
|||||||
||||||920,563|
|||||||
||||||2024
£|
|||||**18,037**
**543**
**18,580**|24,876
529|
||||||25,405|
|||||||
|||||**39,600**
**2025**
**£**
**1,055**
**350**
**2,895**
**955**
**396**
**33,949**|41,130
2024
£
207
500
4,453
832
461
34,677|
## **13. Debtors**
## **14. Creditors: amounts falling due within 1 year**
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## **Claridge House**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
## **15. Deferred income**
|At 31 May
Deferred income relates to bookings received in advance.
At 1 June
Deferred during the year
Released during the year|**34,677**
**(34,677)**
**33,949**
**33,949**
**2025**
**£**|28,657
(28,657)
34,677
34,677
2024
£|2024
£|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
**16. Analysis of net assets between funds**
|**Net assets at 31 May 2025**
**Prior year comparative**
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
**Net assets at 31 May 2024**
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities|889,041
16,251
-
**905,292**
920,563
15,588
-
936,151
Restricted
funds
£
Restricted
funds
£|Restricted
funds
£|General
funds
£|
|---|---|---|---|
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## **Claridge House**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 May 2025**
## **17. Movements in funds**
|**Total restricted funds**
**Restricted funds**
Bursary
Capital
Other
Property
Sanctuary
Terrace|936,151
At 1 June
2024
£
12,216
10,490
11
910,073
3,008
353|936,151
At 1 June
2024
£
12,216
10,490
11
910,073
3,008
353|4,274
231,238
231,238
235,512
Income
£
4,124
-
150
-
-
-|Income
£|Income
£|Expenditure
£|Expenditure
£|Transfers
between
funds
£|**At 31 May**
**2025**
**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|**16,251**
**8,392**
**-**
**880,649**
**-**
**-**
**905,292**
**40,888**
**40,888**
**946,180**|
|||12,216
10,490
11
910,073
3,008
353|||4,124
-
150
-
-
-||(89)
(2,098)
(161)
(29,424)
(3,008)
(353)|||
|||936,151||||||||
|||||||||||
|**Unrestricted funds**
General funds||56,280||||||||
|**Total unrestricted funds**
**Total funds**||56,280
992,431||||||||
|||||||||||
**Purposes of restricted funds** Bursary fund Used to subsidise guests who cannot afford the full fee for staying at Claridge House.
Capital / property funds Represent the net book value of tangible fixed assets. Sanctuary fund Used to provide stays at Claridge House for groups of refugees and asylum seekers.
Terrace fund
Used to hold funds raised for an extension to the terrace.
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## **Claridge House**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
**For the year ended 31 May 2025**
|**17. Movements in funds (continued) - restated**
**Prior year comparative**
At 1 June
2023
Income
£
£
**Total restricted funds**
965,538
4,193
241,810
**Total unrestricted funds**
36,961
241,810
**Total funds**
1,002,499
246,003
**Unrestricted funds**
General funds
36,961
**Restricted funds**
Bursary
Capital
Other
Property
Sanctuary
Terrace
9,555
13,114
11
939,497
3,008
353
4,193
-
-
-
-
-|Expenditure
£
(32,300)
(223,771)
(223,771)
(256,071)
(252)
(2,624)
-
(29,424)
-
-|Transfers
between
funds
£
(1,280)
1,280
1,280
-
(1,280)
-
-
-
-
-|At 31 May
2024
£
936,151
56,280
56,280
992,431
12,216
10,490
11
910,073
3,008
353|At 31 May
2024
£
936,151
56,280
56,280
992,431
12,216
10,490
11
910,073
3,008
353|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||12,216
10,490
11
910,073
3,008
353|
|||||936,151
56,280
56,280
992,431|
||||||
||||||
||||||
## **18. Related party transactions**
Other than as disclosed in note 9 to the accounts, there were no related party transactions in the current or prior period.
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