|!~1CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>AND WAlES|!~1CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>AND WAlES|!~1CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>AND WAlES|!~1CHARITY COMMISSION<br>FOR ENGLAND<br>AND WAlES|Ehtatieth|Hous|Cookham<br>Annual|Cookham<br>Annual|Cilaiit<br>accounts for the period|Cilaiit<br>accounts for the period|Cilaiit<br>accounts for the period|ho|1188342||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||Period start date|||01/04/2022||'ru|Period|end date|31/03/2023||
|||||||si||||||||
|||||||0||||||||
|||||||c||||||||
|||||||ci|Unrestricted||Restricted|Endowment|||Prior year|
|Recommended<br>categodies by activity||||||lo||funds|income funds|funds||Total funds|funds|
|||||||||f|f||f|f|f|
|incoming resources (Note 3)||||||||F01|F02||F03|F04|F05|
|Income and endowments|from:|||||||||||||
|Donations and legaoes||||||501||47,318||||47,318|119,515|
|Charhabte<br>acthdaes||||||502||44,836||||44,836|32,686|
|Other trading activities||||||503||1,701||||1,701|3,895|
|ifesliiients||||||504||787|||||15|
|Other income - furlough<br>grant|||||||||||||3,140|
|Other||||||506||||||||
|Total||||||||94,642|||||159,251|
|Resources expended|(Note||4)|||||||||||
|Expenditure on:||||||||||||||
|Raising funds|||||||||||||217|
|Charitable<br>ctiviues||||||||101,649||||101,649|97,587|
|Separate matenal item ofexpense||||||510||||||||
|Other||||||511||||||||
|Total||||||S12||101,883||||101,883|972)04|
|Net income/(expenditure)|||before investment|||||||||||
|gains/(losses)||||||513||7,241||||7,241|61,447|
|net gams/lames)<br>an in eslments||||||514||5,978||||5,978|2,497|
|Net income/(expenditure)||||||515||13,219||||13,219|58,950|
|Other recognised<br>gains/(losses):||||||||||||||
|Gains and losses an revaluation||offixed assets forthe charity's|||own use|513||||||||
|Other gwns/poems)||||||519||||||||
|Net movement<br>infunds||||||||13,219||||13,219|58,950|
|Total funds brought forward||||||521||393,854||||393,854|334,904|
|Totalfunds confed forword||||||||380,635||||380,635|393,854|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||6|||||||||
|||||Uu<br>'o|Unrestricted<br>Restricted<br>funds<br>income funds|||Endowment<br>funds|Total this|year|Total|last year|
|||||o|F.||E|E|E|||E|
||||||F01||F02|F03|F04|||FOS|
|Fixed assets<br>Tangible asseis|||(Note 6)||185,925||||185,925|||186,673|
|||||||||||||186,673|
||||Totolfixed assets||||||||||
|Current assets<br>Stocks<br>(Note 7)<br>Debtors<br>(Note 8)<br>Investments<br>(Note 9)<br>Cash at bank and in hand||||807|500<br>2,111<br>74,673<br>118,457||||2,111<br>74,673<br>118,457|||1,276<br>80,652<br>128,721<br>211,149|
||||Total cunent assets|810|||||||||
|Crerritors: amounts falling due within one<br>year<br>(Note 10)<br>Net cueeat assets/(liabilities)||||811<br>811||1,031||||1,031||3,968<br>207,181|
|||||||||||||393,854|
||Total assets less current liabilities||||||||||||
|Creditors: amounts|||falling due after one||||||||||
|||||816|||||||||
|year<br>Provisions|for liabilities|||816|||||||||
|Total net|assets orliabiTities|||816|380,635||||380,635|||393,854|
|Funds of the Charity<br>Unrestricted<br>funds||||818|380,635||||380,635|||393,854<br>393,854|
||||Totalfunds|871|||||||||
|||||||||||||Date of|
|Signed by <br>tl1lstees|two|trustees on behe Ifof ail the|||Signature||||Print Name<br>Michael Clark|||approval<br>05/06/2023|
|||||||||||||05/06/2023|
|||||||||Martin|Sheehy FCA FCCA DChA||||





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|||||||unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||funds|income funds|funds|Total funds|Poor Veer|
||||Analysis||||||6|f|
|Donatkms and|Donations and gifts|||||20,592|||20,592|17,035|
|legacies:|Gift Aid|||||2,506|||2,506|4,550|
||Legades|||||8,000|||8,000|71,000|
||General grants provided|||by government/other|||||||
||charities|||||16,220|||16,220|26,930|
||Other||||||||||
||||||Total|47,318|||47,318|119,515|
||Membership|Subscriptions||||4,511|||4,511|4,755|
||Lunches|||||29,567|||29+67|21,110|
||Rent|||||10,452|||10,452|3,907|
||Activities||||||||||
||Sundry lrtconie|||||||||745|
||Theatre|||||||||2,028|
||Art Commission|||||||||142|
||Other||||||||||
||||||Total|||||32,687|
|Other bmhng|Eucdraising||||||||||
|acbvmest||||||1,701|||1,701|3,895|
||Theatre||||||||||
||ActNiiies||||||||||
||Other||||||||||
||||||Total|1,701|||1,701|3,895|
||Interest income||||||||787|15|
||Dividend income||||||||||
||Rental and|leasing|income||||||||
||Other||||||||||
||||||Total|787|||787||
||Furlou<br>h|nt||||||||3,140|
||Other||||||||||
||||||Total||||||
|TOTAL IIIICOME|||||||||94,642|159,252|





|Note 4|Analysis ofexpenditure|Analysis ofexpenditure|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||This|year|||Last|year||
||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment||
|Analysis|||funds|income funds|funds|Total funds|funds|incomefunds|funds|Total funds|
|Expenditure<br>on raising funds:|||||||||||
|Staging fundraising|events||234|||234|217|||217|
|Total expenditure|on raising funds||234|||234|217|||217|
|penditum<br>on charitable||activhiesl|||||||||
|Employment|||56,583|||56,583|52,S40||||
|Catering|||7,904|||7,904|4,163|||4,163|
|Contract catering|||1,060|||1,060|||||
|Insurance|||1,502|||1,502|1,488||||
|Maintenance|||4,632|||4,632|3,131|||3,131|
|Cleaning|||2,100|||2,100|1,516|||1,516|
|Telephone|||1,638|||1,638|1,372|||1,372|
|ITServices|||2,054|||2,054|1,040|||1,040|
|Waste Disposal|||971|||971|1,380|||1,380|
|Gas StElectricity|||4,633|||4,633|3,270|||3,270|
|Courses &Training|||1,143|||1,143|566|||566|
|Activities|||5,464|||5,464|4,936|||4,936|
|Theatre|||||||3,932|||3,932|
|Stationery|||1,131|||1,131|1,288|||1,288|
|Licences|||159|||159|159|||159|
|Professional Fees|||7,240|||7,240|1,523|||1,523|
|Bank Charges|||90|||90|||||
|PPE|||||||119|||119|
|Furniture<br>Storage|||||||483|||483|
|Sundry||||||934|1,312|||1,312|
|Leasehold Premises Amortisation|||980|||980|980|||980|
|Extension Amorisation|||2,000|||2,000|2,000||||
|Furniture<br>and Equipment||Depreciation|331|||331|7,914|||7,914|
|Lift Depreciation|||238|||238|2,064|||2,064|
|Total expenditure|on charitable activities||101,649|||101,649|97,587|||97,587|
|TOTAL EXPENDITURE|||101,883|||101,883|97,804|||97,804|





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|5.1Staff Costs|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||This year||Last year||
||||f||6||
|Salaries and wages||||55,478||51,999|
|Social security costs|||||||
|pension costs (deffined contribution|scheme)|||1,105|||
|Other employee benefits|||||||
|||Total staff costs||56,583||52,840|



|5.2Average head count in the year||This year<br>Number|Last year<br>Number|
|---|---|---|---|
|The parts ofthe charity in which the||||
|employees<br>work||||
||Total|||





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|6.1Cost orvaluation|6.1Cost orvaluation|6.1Cost orvaluation||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||Other land &|Plant,||Fixtures,|Total|
||||||buildings|machinery|and|fittings and||
|||||||motor vehicles||equipment||
|At ihe beginning|ofthe year||||216,177|26,090||120,053|362,320|
|Additions||||||||1,663|1,663|
|Revaluations||||||||||
|Disposals||||||||||
|At end ofthe year|||||216,177|26,090||121,716|363,983|
|6.2 Depreciation||and impairments||||||||
|||||Basis|SL|SL||SL||
|||||Rate|Term oflease|Over 8or5|years|Over 8or5years||
|At beginning<br>ofthe year|||||59,438|19,898||96,312|175,648|
|Disposals||||||||||
|Depreciation|||||2,980||331|238|2,411|
|Impairment||||||||||
|At end ofthe year|||||62,418|19,567||96,074|178,059|
|6.3Net book value||||||||||
|Net book value|at|the beginning|ofthe|year|156,739|6,192||23,741|186,672|
|Net book value|at|the end ofthe|year||153,759|6,523||25,642|185,924|





|7.1 Please state the carrying am<br>analysed<br>between activities.|ount ofstock and wo|rk in prog|ress|
|---|---|---|---|
|||Stock||
||For|Food|and|
||distribution|Consumables||
|Charitable activities:||||
|Opening|||500|
|Added in period||||
|Expensed inperiod||||
|Ciosing|||500|
|Total this year|||500|
|Total pmvious year|||500|





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|8.1|Analysis|of|debtors|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Trade|debtors|||||
|Prepayments||and|accrued|income||
|Other|debtors|||||
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|---|---|---|
|Analysis ofcurrent asset investments|This year|Last year|
|Cash orcash equivalents|||
|Listed investments|74,673|80,652|
|Investment<br>properties|||
|Social investments|||
|Other investments|||
|Total|74,673|80,652|



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|Note 10<br>Creditors and accrua<br>10.1Analysis ofcreditors|ls||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Amounts|falling due||Amounts|falling due after|||
|||within one||ear|more|than|one|ear|
|||This year|Last year||This year||Last year||
|||K||8|E|||E|
|Bank loans and overdrafts|||||||||
|Trade creditors|||||||||
|Accruais and deferred income||1,031||879|||||
|Taxation and social security|||||||||
|Other creditors||||3,089|||||
||Total|1,031||3,968|||||





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||||||t The chadity's<br>governing<br>document<br>is that ofa CIOAssociation<br>Constitution,<br>dated 4 March 2020.||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||I**s** **co**nst t u ted Thecharity isa CharitabIe Incorporated 0r9anisation<br>i<br>nstituted||||
||Trustee selection methods||||Trustee selection||
||||||The charity recruits trustees as necessary,<br>usually when a skills gap <br>or is identified.|arises|
||||||A potential<br>candidate<br>is selected<br>by using a network ofcontacts. The|role|
||||||is discussed<br>with the candidate<br>who would then meet with other trustees||
||||||and observe a trustees'<br>meeting<br>before the position would be formally||
||||||offered or confirmed.||
|Additional|||governance<br>issues (Optional information)||||
|You may choose to include<br>additional<br>information,<br>where|||||The Charitable<br>Incorporated<br>Organisation<br>was registered<br>with the Charity<br>Commission<br>on 4 March 2020, charity number 1188342.||
|relevant, about:|||||Induction<br>and training<br>ofnew trustees||
|~|policies||and procedures||||
||adopted||for the induction|and|When atrustee is appointed,<br>they are required<br>to read 'The Essential||
||training||oftrustees;||Trustee', guidance<br>published<br>by the Charity Commission.<br>Ifthey have any||
||the charity's<br>organisational||||questions,<br>they are encouraged<br>to ask the Chair or other trustees.||
||structure||and any wider||||
||network <br>works,||with which the charity||Consideration<br>ofmajor risks||
|e<br>~|relationship<br>with any related<br>parties;<br> trustees'<br>consideration<br>of<br>major risks and the system||||The trustees have examined<br>the major strategic, business and operational<br>risks which the charity faces. The most significant<br>risk is associated<br>with<br>the charity's care ofits members<br>and other stakeholders.<br>The charity takes<br>every step to ensure that it provides a safe and legal environment<br>for its||
||and procedures<br>to manage||||members,<br>visitors, volunteers<br>and staff.||
||them.||||||
||||||The trustees are content that other systems are in place to mitigate||
||||||general business<br>and operational<br>risk. The trustees do not believe that||
||||||there are any other areas ofsigniticant<br>risk.||





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||To promote the welfare ofthe aged in any manner<br>which is now is or|
||hereaRer may be deemed<br>by law to be charitable<br>within the county of|
|Summary ofthe objects ofthe<br>charity set out in its<br>governing<br>document|Berkshire and in particular, to cater forthose over 60 mainly<br>living in<br>Cookham<br>and district, that is particularly<br>the lonely, the frail and the<br>elderly and to provide space for their needs and companionship.|
|Summary ofthe main<br>activities undertaken<br>forthe|In setting our objectives and planning<br>our activities, we have given<br>careful consideration<br>tothe Charity Commission's<br>guidance<br>on public|
|public benefit in relation to|benefit.|
|these objects (include within<br>this section the statutory<br>declaration<br>that trustees have|Elizabeth<br>House provides<br>its members<br>with companionship<br>as well as<br>access to a wide range offacilities, together<br>with the aim ofpromoting|
|had regard tothe guidance|wider community<br>involvement<br>and integration.|
|issued by the Charity<br>Commission<br>on public<br>benerd)|The charity achieves this by providing<br>the best possible care and support<br>to its members<br>and by making<br>full use ofits facilities and the passion of|
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|We can report that Elizabeth<br>House has had another excellent year and|We can report that Elizabeth<br>House has had another excellent year and|
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|the trustees are confident that we continue to fully deliver our mission to||
|provide support and companionship<br>to independent<br>senior citizens in the||
|local community.||
|Whist the negative impacts ofthe Covid pandemic<br>have now largely||
|passed, we remain<br>vigilant to the threat<br>it poses and ensure that our||
|members<br>follow all NHS guidelines<br>in reacting to possible infection.||
|Regular testing is no longer required<br>but members<br>are required<br>to test|if|
|they have symptoms<br>which might be indicative ofa Covid infection. As|a|
|result, we have not had to unilaterally<br>dose the centre due to widespread||
|infection.||
|Our previous manager<br>resigned atthe end of2022totake up a position||
|elsewhere,<br>but the trustees were able to recruit a suitable replacement|in|
|time to ensure that there was no disruption to the service, nor the quality||
|ofservice the centre offers its members.<br>It is a measure<br>ofthe||
|commitment<br>and dedication<br>ofour staff and volunteer<br>helpers that this||
|was achieved. The centre has ensured that its members are offered a||
|wide range ofactivities,<br>including<br>exercise classes, music, quizzes,||
|handicrafts as well as visiting entertainers.<br>We encourage<br>visits from||
|local schools and our members<br>benefit from their interaction<br>with young||
|people, just as the children<br>benefit from interaction<br>with elderly people|in|
|the local community.<br>One trip for members<br>on the Thames has already||
|been booked for 2023 and outside visits remain a priority for our||
|members. We are very grateful to outside donors who make such trips||
|possible. We have restructured<br>our Theatre Club but continue to arrange||
|theatre visits for members<br>and friends, ensuring<br>that the less mobile||
|members<br>are catered for. We also continue to provide onsite hairdressing||
|and podiatry care for members,<br>charged at discounted<br>rates.||
|Levels of inflation are ofconcern to the trustees and regular,<br>ongoing||
|reviews are conducted<br>ofour costs and income, to ensure that we are||
|operating<br>on a sound financial footing. This applies<br>in particular to our||
|lunches. Cost inflation<br>in food is currently<br>very high and we are||
|committed<br>to maintain<br>our policy of offering nutritious,<br>freshly cooked||
|meals at a price which our members can alford. This means a constant||
|examination<br>of our food purchasing<br>and our management<br>ofstock, as||
|well as monitoring<br>our pricing policies. This applies equally tothe prices||
|we charge to third parties for outside rentals ofthe centre's rooms.||
|Regular training courses are arranged<br>for staff and volunteers<br>in various||
|appropriate<br>discipline,<br>embracing<br>health and safety, food hygiene and||
|first aid.||
|As a Day Centre we welcome elderly people as members,<br>but we are not||
|structured<br>to provide full care services. This means that the trustees have||
|to work with the manager<br>and with our members<br>and their families to||
|determine<br>where extra help is needed or when the centre is no longer|the|
|best place for the member to come.||





||It is the|policy ofElizabeth|House to maintain<br>unrestricted<br>funds which|
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|Brief statement ofthe<br>charity's<br>policy on reserves|are the <br>annual|free reserves held <br>running costs. The|by the charity at a level sufficient to meet the<br> trustees are committed<br>to review this policy|
||annually|to ensure there are sufficient free reserves to provide financial||
||flexibility over the coming||years.|
|Details ofany funds materially<br>in deficit|None|||







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