Annual report for 2022 of the Trustees of the Swavesey Fire Relief CIO
(known locally as Frere Cottages). Registered Charity No. 1190054
1. Charity Correspondent
Mr John Pook
2. Bank
Barclays Bank plc Chesterton Road, Cambridge
3. O bject of the Charity
The Swavesey Fire Relief Fund was established by a scheme of 24[th] February 1914 to buy land on which to build and manage a number of cottages suitable for the occupation of poor persons resident in Swavesey, but in receipt of a secure income. Preference was to be given to those who had been rendered homeless by the major fire of March 1913. If a cottage is not required for occupation as thus outlined, the Trustees are empowered to let the cottage for the time being for the best charge that can reasonably be obtained. The cottages are designated as almshouses and residents as licensees not tenants. They pay weekly maintenance contributions (WMCs) not rent.
The object of the charity was unchanged when the Swavesey Fire Relief CIO was updated from June 22[nd] .2020.
This Annual Report covers the full year for the Charity from January 1[st] . 2022 to December 31[st] 2022.
4. Trustees during 2022
Mr John Pook (Chairman and Representative Trustee)
Mr James Dodson (Representative Trustee)
Mr Stuart Faben (Representative Trustee) Mr Clive Barnes (Co-optative Trustee) – June 2019 Ms Bridget Lofts (Representative Trustee) – March 2019 Mr Jonathan Benson (Representative Trustee) from June 2020 Mr M S Herrington (Co-optative Trustee) from December 2020 Representative Trustees are appointed by Swavesey Parish Council and The Parochial Church Council of St Andrews Church Swavesey.
Mr Herrington took over the role of treasurer from Mr Pook
5. Work of the Charity in 2022
During 2022 the original cottages provided housing for four single people as licensees in view of their need for accommodation. WMC payments were reviewed maintained at their existing level given the impact of the COVID pandemic.
Various minor maintenance works and grounds maintenance have been carried out. Settlement to one of the cottages is subject to an ongoing claim and being resolved by the Charity’s insurance company.
The Trustees received a generous offer of financial support in 2018 to develop the large garden to the rear of the site to provide two new one bedroom single storey cottages to meet the need for affordable accommodation in Swavesey in accordance with the Trust’s aims. The Trustees sought and obtained planning permission for two additional cottages to be constructed in November 2020. The Trustees commissioned Nick Phillips Architects to take the design forward and obtain tenders to build the new cottages. A Swavesey building contractor, Dean and Dean, submitted a successful tender and the two new cottages were completed and occupied on December 1[st] 2022.
Two new single residents were selected and they signed the licenses to occupy the cottages. They both met the requirements set out in the object of the charity.
From 2020 the Trustees have updated the charitable status of the Frere Cottages to a CIO (Incorporated Charity Status). The Charity was registered by the Charity Commission on June 22[nd] 2020.
6. Public Benefit
In carrying out the work, Trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s Public Benefit Guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant.
John Pook, Chairman
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