## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] January 2025 To 31[st] December 2025 Charity name: Crookham Almshouse Charity CIO** ## **Charity registration number: 1187136** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The objects of the CIO are:**
**Provision and maintenance of**
**almshouses for those in need in the**
**District of Hart, Hampshire, with a**
**preference for residents of Crookham**
**Village, Ewshot, Church Crookham,**
**Fleet Courtmoor, Fleet Pondtail and**
**Fleet West;**
**To relieve the charitable needs of the**
**residents of the almshouses provided**
**and maintained by the charity.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Public benefit has been achieved by the**
**provision of low cost accommodation to**
**local residents who are in need. Cottrell**
**Court is maintained to a high standard**
**and complies with all relevant**
**regulations and best practice.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Confirmed.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**The Trustees may agree to given**
**financial support to residents in**
**exceptional circumstances**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**NA**
**The Charity does participate in social**
**investment**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The Charity is reliant on the voluntary**
**efforts of its Clerk (who is paid an**
**honorarium to cover expenses related**
**to the role) and its Trustees**| ## **Achievements and Performance** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
Continued provision of almshouse
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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**| |---|---|---| |SORP reference||| |||**Continued provision of almshouse**| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**accommodation with occupancy of 98%**
**for 2025.**
**The Trustees are committed to a full**
**programme of maintenance and**
**necessary repair of the building and**
**facilities as they become evident or are**
**planned.**
**In 2025 major projects included sensor**
**lighting, smoke detection and a new**
**Velux window in order to ensure full**
**compliance with latest regulations.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**The charity has met is objects during**
**the year**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**NA**
**The charity does not undertake any**
**fundraising activities**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**The Trustees have taken a risk adverse**
**investment approach and the cyclical**
**maintenance and emergency repair**
**funds are all invested in M&G Charity**
**Multi Asset fund units.**| ## **Financial Review** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 The charity holds investments in the
financial position at the end M&G Charity Multi Asset Fund for both
of the period its Emergency Repair Fund, ERF,
(accumulation units) and Cyclical
Maintenance Fund, CMF, (income units)
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 The ERF is held to provide long term
policy for holding reserves security of Cottrell Court, in the event of
stating why they are held significant damage and rebuild costs. It
may, as agreed by the Trustees, be used
to provide further almshouse
accommodation either by means of
capital expansion or new premises.
The CMF is held to cover routine
maintenance and improvements to the
premises and facilities.
A general reserve of some £25,000 is
held in a cash deposit account to
represent 6 months running costs of the
almshouse/charity.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 ERF £ 628,761
CMF £ 106,530
General reserve £ 25,484
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 NA
reserves
Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 NA
deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 No such uncertainties exist
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
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|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The Charity is entirely reliant on the**
**sums raised from the monthly**
**maintenance contribution paid by**
**residents, and investment income from**
**its cyclical maintenance fund and**
**general reserve.**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**See above. Investments are made in**
**funds recommended by the National**
**Association of Almshouses.**
**The charity does not make social**
**investment.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The principal risks facing the charity**
**would be through the non-availability of**
**the almshouse. This risk is mitigated**
**through a regular programme of**
**maintenance and a comprehensive**
**insurance programme.**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document|Para 1.25|**Foundation CIO.**
**Constitution registered 23rd Dec 2019**| |How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**4 Trustees nominated by local**
**authorities plus 3 Trustees nominated**
**by the existing Trustees plus 1 Trustee**
**ex-officio, being the priest in charge of**
**the benefice of Christ Church,**
**Crookham.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**New Trustees are invited to attend an**
**induction session with the Chairman**
**and Clerk**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The Charity has a Board which meet**
**twice per year.**
**The Charity works closely with Hart**
**District Council housing department to**
**identify new residents as vacancies**
**allow**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**There are no related party transactions**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity name Crookham Almshouse Charity CIO
Other name the charity uses NA
Registered charity number 1187136
Charity’s principal address 13 Cottrell Court
Gally Hill Road
Church Crookham
Fleet, Hampshire
GU52 6PS
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled to
Trustee name Office (if any)
year appoint trustee (if any)
1 Cllr G E Butler Chairman Hart District Council
2 G M Butler Co-opted by the Trustees
3 I P Birch Co-opted by the Trustees
4 Mrs V C East Treasurer Co-opted by the Trustees
5 Rev M Smith Appointed August 2025 Ex-Officio
6 Mrs D Moss Church Crookham Parish Council
7 Mrs Julia Ambler CrookhamVillage Parish Council
8 Mrs Eleanor Jennings Ewshot Parish Council
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name NA** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year NA** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets NA held in this capacity Name and objects of the NA charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for NA safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| |**NA**||| |||| |||| |||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Ms Jacqui Lewis, Clerk to Trustees (volunteer) ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **NA** **Other optional information NA** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|| |---|---| ||Gillian Butler
Virginia East| ||
Chairman
Treasurer| ||31stMarch 2026| ||31stMarch 2026| **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity Name 1187136
Crookham Almshouse Charity CIO
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 01/01/2025 31/12/2025
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Monthly maintenance contributions 64,739 - - 64,739 62,890
Dividends received 4,378 - - 4,378 4,172
Cash transferred from charity 236243 - - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 69,117 ] - - 69,117 67,062
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 69,117 - - 69,117 67,062
A3 Payments
Administraion 1,309 - - 1,309 1,552
Mortgage Interest paid 8,584 - - 8,584 8,679
Capital repayment 1,045 - - 1,045 950
Insurance 2,257 - - 2,257 2,407
Electricity and water 3,686 - - 3,686 4,660
Maintenance 19,197 - - 19,197 24,609
Cyclical & long term maintenance 16,789 - - 16,789 -
Honorarium 4,000 - - 4,000 3,800
Grants 1,233 - - 1,233 -
Sub total [ 58,100 ] - - 58,100 46,657
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
M&G Charity Multi Asset Fund 10,735 - 10,735 10,315
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] 10,735 - 10,735 10,315
Total payments 58,100 10,735 - 68,835 56,972
Net of receipts/(payments) 11,017 - 10,735 - 282 10,090
A5 Transfers between funds - 10,735 10,735 - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 19,416 - - 19,416 9,326
Cash funds this year end 19,698 - - 19,698 19,416
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 01/04/2026 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
M&G Charity Multi Asset Acc units
M&G Charity Multi Asset Inc units
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Lloyds Bank current account
Lloyds Bank General Reerve
**Details**
**Details**
Freehold land (not valued)
Freehold building (built 1988)
**Details**
Orchardbrook Ltd (mortgage)
Housing Association grant
_V C East_
Signature
_G. Butler_|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**19,698**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**19,698**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**25,484**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Restricted
**-**
Unrestricted
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Restricted
**-**
Restricted
**415,847**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Unrestricted
**87,253**
Restricted
**316,195**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Gillian Butler
Virginia East|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**628,761**
**106,530**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
**Over next 24**
**years**
**On sale or**
**demolition of**
**building**
Date of
approval
31/03/2026
31/03/2026| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 01/04/2026 2 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Crookham Almshouse Charity CIO **members of On accounts for the year** 31[st] December 2025 **Charity no** 1187136 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 - 2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31[st] December 2021. - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. |**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**
**Address:**|_Shree Merriman_
**Date:**|31stMarch 2026| |---|---|---| |||| ||Mrs Shree Merriman|| |||| ||FCCA|| |||| ||The Fairway|| ||17 Kestrel Close|| ||Ewshot, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 5TW|| 1 **October 2018** **IER**