ABINGER CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES
King George’s Cottage, Abinger Bottom, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6JW (Registered Charity Number: 200124)
ANNUAL REPORT for the year ended 30[th] September 2025
ACTIVITY
It continues to be the case that low-income households find it difficult to make ends meet and most noticeably. Those households have a very low level of savings to fall back on when some unexpected event occurs which either, suddenly reduces their income, or requires additional spending that simply cannot be met from the monthly budget. We know that the financial support we provide makes a real difference to households across the Ancient Parish of Abinger at moments of crisis.
INCOME & EXPENDITURE
We continue to be extremely grateful to the Henry Smith Charity which provides grants to support our work providing financial support to needy people. Henry Smith have changed their grant cycle such that from 1[st] January 2025, grants will be made on the basis on a calendar year rather than the year to end March. This required an adjustment in the amount paid this year such that the income from them of £26,150 is for more than 12 months. We have been particularly grateful to have been awarded a supplementary grant of £10,000 per annum in each of the past 2 years over and above the annual grant which is equivalent to £10,700 adjusted for the 12-month period. Our investments and interest provide an additional £1,380 bringing our total income adjusted for the year to £22,080. Our spending for the same period was £23,181 and given our substantial reserves we are quite comfortable with the excess spending for the year. We intentionally increased our spending on our regular distribution of Sainsburys vouchers to £13,320 (£11,153 in 2024) given the needs of our recipients. Our donations to charities remained stable at £3,000 (£1,000 each to the Belong Project, Dorking Foodbank and the Brigitte Trust). We passed on an additional £1,000 to the Belong Project from the donation we received from an individual in the village. We provided £5861 (£3,363 in 2024) of one-off support to people in the Community.
RESERVES
Abinger Consolidated Charities is well funded and has approximately a year’s spending in reserve which is a legacy from the way in which the Charity has been managed for many years. The current Board of Trustees is comfortable to reduce this level of reserves as necessary given the very steady and dependable income from Henry Smith and the fact that the Charity has never had to resort to fund raising even though it could do so if necessary.
Kim Clark Chair of Trustees
ABINGER CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES King George's Cottage, Abinger Bottom, Dorking RH5 6JW (Registered Charity Number : 200124)
Total Assets
30th September 2025
| CCLA 128480001T 231 23 19 3960 128480002T 7 72 19 3960 128480003T 109 00 19 3960 Bank Current account Business reserve |
4 484 94 149 74 2 114 16 6 748 84 513 93 26 044 99 26 558 92 33 307 76 |
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Income and Expenditure Account
ar ended 30th September 2025
| One off | Charitable | Regular | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | Donations | Donations | Donations | |||
| Current | Account Opening balance | 107 71 | ||||
| Deposit | Account Opening balance | 21 950 59 | ||||
| 22 058 30 | ||||||
| 1/10/24 | Electric blankets for Maureen Brandt | -151 23 | ||||
| 31/10/24 | Interest from Business Reserve | 26 13 | ||||
| 14/11/24 | Sainsburys Christmas vouchers | -6 635 95 | ||||
| 14/11/24 | Cook voucher for Suzanne Bennett | -100 00 | ||||
| 25/11/24 | Henry Smith Donation | 8 900 00 | ||||
| 29/11/24 | Interest from Business Reserve | 19 69 | ||||
| 29/11/24 | COIF Income | 48 88 | ||||
| 5/12/24 | Amazon gift voucher for Antonia Wylie | -200 00 | ||||
| 31/12/24 | Interest from Business Reserve | 17 75 | ||||
| 6/1/25 | Subsidy for Daniel Johnson | -200 00 | ||||
| 10/1/25 | Ads in Parish Mag | -110 00 | ||||
| 17/1//25 | Contribution to John Crooks funeral | -1 000 00 | ||||
| 31/1/25 | Interest from Business Reserve | 16 93 | ||||
| 17/2/25 | Subsidy for Emma Barker | -100 00 | ||||
| 21/2/25 | Subsidy for Emma Barker | -400 00 | ||||
| 28/2/25 | COIF Income | 48 93 | ||||
| 28/2/25 | Interest from Business Reserve | 14 41 | ||||
| 11/3/25 | Subsidy for Philip Parkes | -500 00 | ||||
| 12/3/25 | Subsidy for Emma Barker | -500 00 | ||||
| 17/3/25 | Ryan Donation | 1 000 00 | ||||
| 21/3/25 | Subsidy for Isobel Morris | -500 00 | ||||
| 31/3/25 | Interest from Business Reserve | 15 97 | ||||
| 14/4/25 | Subsidy for Maureen Brant | -200 00 | ||||
| 14/4/25 | Subsidy for Emma Barker | -500 00 | ||||
| 30/4/25 | Interest from Business Reserve | 15 10 | ||||
| 30/5/25 | Interest from Business Reserve | 13 63 | ||||
| 30/5/25 | COIF Income | 48 93 | ||||
| 3/6/25 | Donation to Brigitte Trust | -1 000 00 | ||||
| 3/6/25 | Donation to Dorking Food Bank | -1 000 00 | ||||
| 12/6/25 | Donation to Belong Project | -2 000 00 | ||||
| 3/6/25 | Sainsburys Summer Vouchers | -6 684 70 | ||||
| 13/6/25 | Rent subsidy for Daniel Johnson | -400 00 |
| 30/6/25 Interest from Business Reserve 31/7/25 Interest from Business Reserve 29/8/25 Interest from Business Reserve 29/8/25 COIF Income 2/9/25 Henry Smith Donation 2/9/25 Monty Rose Travel Subsidy 30/9/25 Interest from Business Reserve Closing balance |
9 96 9 15 8 36 48 93 17 250 00 -1 000 00 17 52 |
4 348 39 |
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| 27 530 27 -5 861 23 -4 000 00 -13 320 65 |
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| £26 558 92 |
Justine Ryan Water Lane House, Water Lane, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6PR 12" January 2026 I, Justine Ryan, can confirm that I have checked the accounts for Abinger Consolidated Charities, charf(y number 200124 for the year ending 30th September 2025 and that I have no queries on those accounts. I confirm that I have no associatson with the charity and that l am fit to do thls by virtue of my position as Treasurer of the Evelyn Hall Management Committee. Justine Ryan Treasurer Abinger Common Village Hall (The Evelyn Hall) Charity number: 297282