## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From: 01 January 2025 To: 31 December 2025** **Charity name: Viscountess Barrington Homes for Disadvantaged Ex-Service Personnel** ## **Charity registration number: 1207850** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide housing for beneficiaries,**
**defined as former members of the armed**
**forces or dependents thereof, who are in**
**need by virtue of disability, financial**
**hardship, sickness or old age, and are**
**capable of independent living. Applicants**
**should ordinarily be resident within 100**
**miles of Shrivenham, Oxon, or have**
**family ties to the Shrivenham area**| |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|**To maintain, and upgrade where**
**appropriate, the properties owned by the**
**Trust, to ensure that active and**
**independent residents can enjoy**
**accommodation in line with 21st century**
**living, at contribution rates that are**
**affordable to those in need**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees have had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity Commission on**
**public benefit**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **N/A** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 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|**2025 has seen a consolidation in line with**
**the charity’s aims, following a few years**
**of major refurbishment which resulted in**
**a much improved housing portfolio. M**
**Major expenditure centred around the**
**replacement of two old inefficient**
**boilers/heating systems with modern**
**economic replacements, and the**
**eradication of damp in a 1920’s built**
**property. Residents have benefitted from**
**warmer, less damp properties which has**
**reduced their heating bills.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**N/A**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Trust remains in a sound position**
**financially, with the value of assets far**
**outweighing any liabilities**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The immediate aim of maintaining a £50K**
**contingency fund to deal with the day to**
**day running of the Trust, and provide**
**resources for unexpected emergency**
**events, has been achieved**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£20K on top of the contingency**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **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 prime source of regular income**
**remains the maintenance contributions**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Our principal risks are; loss of key staff,**
**and the potential for slips, trips and falls.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Charity Commission Scheme**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |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 recruited locally. This topic**
**is discussed regularly at trustee**
**meetings when trustees are encouraged**
**to identify potential candidates. This is in**
**addition to local advertising as**
**appropriate. Due consideration is given**
**to appropriate skill sets, and many**
**Trustees have a military background**| ## **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|
**Trustees are required to review policies**
**and procedures ahead of accepting the**
**position. Attendance at training courses**
**such as those run by the Almshouse**
**Association is encouraged**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Day to day management of the Trust and**
**its properties is handled by the Clerk.**
**However, a close relationship is**
**maintained between the Clerk and Chair,**
**especially with regard to major**
**maintenance issues. Reporting to all**
**Trustees occurs periodically, but always**
**more frequently than at the bi-annual**
**trustee meetings**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**Another Viscountess BarringtonTrust**
**manages the Memorial Hall and**
**Recreation Ground in the village; our**
**properties surround their facilities.**
**The access road to some of our**
**properties is owned by them, so a close**
**relationship is sought.**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**Viscountess Barrington Homes for Disadvantaged ex-**
**Service Personnel (CIO)**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**Viscountess Barrington Homes (VBH)**| |Registered charity number|**1207850**| |Charity’s principal address|**19 Stainswick Lane Shrivenham**
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**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
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**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---| ||Andrew Sudlow
Chair
David Ahern
Martin Chaston
Peter Harrison
Paul Armitage
Christopher
Mackarness|| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** ## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **N/A** ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** |**Declarations**|**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)**|Andrew Sudlow| ||| |**Position (eg Secretary,**|Chair| |**Chair, etc)**|| ||| |**Date**|1 March 2026| VB Homes: 2025 Accounts (Summary) £2,312.54 £0.00 £2,342.98 Transfers out Transfers in Interest £0.00 £30.44 £2,342.98 £16,889.59 112,882.00 £23,100.39 Contributions £129,771.59 Transfer to CB Loan A/C Transfer to CB Saving A/C Property Expense Repay AA Loan Repay CB Loan To Petty Cash account Management Costs ~15,000.00 -21,000.00 -20197.98 -10500.00 -17227.16 -1440.00 -21306.06 -£106,671.20 £23,100.39 £24,286.00 0.00 21000.00 £46,223.60 Transfers out Transfers in Interest 937.60 £46,223.60 £0.00 £293.85 Transfers in from Barclays 1440.00 £1,440.00 Cash paid out -1146.15 -£1,146.15 £293.85 TOTAL CASH BALANCE £43,488.13 £71,960.82 Net Gain Total Interest £968.04 LOAN ACCOUNTS ri £106,898.50 £105,000.00 £211,898.50 £24,100.10* £10,500.00 £34,600.10 £32227.16 capital - £8127.06 interest £82,798.40 £94,500.00 £177,298.40 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report ¥ Report to the trusteesl members of Viscountess Barrington Homes for Disadvantaged Ex-service Personnel On accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 Charity no (if any) 1207850 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3111212025. 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. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention ( ") 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 Independent examiner's statement 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. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: IGC Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: S PFL &TIq £TII& E I S'T+llIKIE M IER October 2018