## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From. 1 July 2024 Period start date. To 30 June 2025 Period end date Charity name: Susan Countess of Hardwicke Almshouse Charity Charity registration number: 1198867** ## **Objectives and Activities** |**Objectives and Activities**||| |---|---|---| ||SORP
reference|| |Summary of the purposes of the
charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To relieve the poverty of persons who are in need
and who have previously resided in the Parishes of
Wimpole or Arrington or the surrounding areas
through the provision and maintenance of
almshouses accommodation.| |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|The main activities undertaken in relation to those
purposes are the maintenance and repair of the
four Grade II listed Almshouses and grounds.| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit.|Para 1.18|Trustees work within the Charity Commission
Guidance on public benefit by applying the
maintenance contributions and other invested
income the charity receives for reinvestment and
the maintenance and repair of the Almshouses for
the benefit of the residents.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by volunteers|Para 1.38|| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |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|Charity’s achievements during the year are reactive
maintenance and Grounds maintenance. Planned
maintenance identified from the 2024 Quinquennial
Inspection Report. Unplanned refurbishment of
number 125.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance against
objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the period|Para 1.21|The overall position for income and expenditure
reported was an operating surplus for the year of
£764. Lower than 2024 due to the unplanned
refurbishment of number 125 during the year and
its vacancy for two months. The Trustees consider
the financial position of the Charity to be stable.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the policy
for holding reserves stating why
they are held|Para 1.22|The trustees of the Charity hold that reserves are
essential to maintain the ongoing viability of the
charity. The Charity has two designated reserves;
an Annual Planned Maintenance Fund (APMF) and
a Major Repair/Renovation Fund (MRF). In
addition, sufficient funds will be held as a General
Reserve, in a readily available form, to cover day to
day expenditure – such as insurance, Almshouse
Association membership, bank charges, etc.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Annual Planned Maintenance fund is £10,000.00.
Major Repair/Renovation fund is £88,000.00 held in
an interest-bearing account. General reserve is
£3,000.00.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable| |Explanation of any uncertainties
about the charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|None| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**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|| |Investment policy and objectives
including any social investment
policy adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|The Charity’s governing document is the Charity
Commission scheme No. 1198867.| |How is the charity constituted?
(e.g. unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|The Charity is constituted as a 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|Trustees are selected based on the experience,
skills and dedication necessary for the running of
the Charity. Such as: Surveyors and Managers for
repair and maintenance of a Grade II listed building
and services, Accountants or Finance Directors for
financial management, fund raising and grant
application, Social and Pastoral care for the health
and wellbeing of residents. Pastoral Care is
provided by The Rector of the Orwell Group
Benefice who is the Ex Officio Trustee. The Rector
is appointed by The Diocese of Ely.| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider network
with which the charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Susan Countess of Hardwicke Almshouse Charity| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|None| |Registered charity number|1198867| |Charity’s principal address|18 High Street,
Shepreth,
Royston,
Hertfordshire
SG8 6PP| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Julia Clarke|||| ||Liz Dand|||| ||Nigel Seymour|||| ||Mukesh Malhotra|||| ||Charles Cook|Chair||| ||Jane Hamilton|Treasurer|1 July to 17 October 2024|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** None Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |None||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for None 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 adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **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**
**(Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Charles Cook|| ||
Chair|| ||16 October 2025|| ||16 October 2025|| Susan Countess of Hardwicke Almshouse Charity No 1198867 Balance sheet YE 30 June 2025 ## **Susan Countess of Hardwicke Almshouse Charity (CIO 1198867 - merged with 202087) Financial Statements Balance sheet** |**Susan Countess of Hardwicke Almshouse Charity**
**(CIO 1198867 - merged with 202087)**
**Financial Statements**|||| |---|---|---|---| |**Balance sheet**
**Fixed Assets**
Land and Buildings
**Current Assets**
Barclays Current Account
Deposit Account COIF(0108800001C)
COIF Investment(3205 units @ £19.4144)
Maintenance Contributions outstanding
Prepaid insurance for following year
Insurance claim
**Total assets**
**Current Liabilities**
Maintenance Contribution paid in advance.
**Note 1**
Sundry creditors
Residents deposits
**Note 2**
**Total liabilities**
**Net assets**
_movement in net assets in year_
**Income and Expenditure for year**
**Income**
Contribution due from residents
Dividend and Interest on CCLA accounts
Unrealised Gain/(loss) on investment
**TOTAL**
**Expenses**
Maintenance of Houses
Maintenance of Grounds
Buildings Insurance
Director and Officer insurance
Subscriptions
Clerk's fee
Sundry
125 refurbishment
Legal fees - Land registry & transfer to CIO
Quinquennial Inspection
Maintenance fee written off
**TOTAL**
**(Deficit)/surplus for the year**
**Notes to Financial Statements**
**Note 1**
Contribution in advance
No 123
No 127
**Note2**
Residents deposits
No 123. received April 2015
No 125. Received October 2024
No 127. Received June 2016
No 129. None recorded
**TOTAL**|Jun-25
Jun-24
Jun-23
18,873
18,873
18,873
18,823
18,238
11,325
30,735
27,574
24,525
62,223
65,195
60,206||| ||111,781
111,007
96,057
2,613
2,161
2,028
2,124||| ||133,267
132,041
119,082||| ||283
608
-
1,075
535
0||| ||1,075
818
608||| ||132,192
131,223
118,474||| ||_-970_
_12,749_
Jun-25
Jun-24
Jun-23
21,506
17,377
14,964
3,161
3,049
2,358
(2,972)
4,989
1,852
225
2,124||| ||**21,695**
**25,640**
**21,298**||| ||4,751
3,178
14,437
3,658
5,381
3,015
2,406
2,028
1,917
207
485
460
275
267
153
375
750
173
11
100
6,926
2,526
405
25||| ||20,921
12,130
20,857||| ||||| ||**774**|**13,510**|**441**| ||311
283
297||| ||0
283
608||| ||235
235
235
540
225
300
300
300||| ||1,075
535
760|||