CHARITY NUMBER: 201425 YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 Fouth 1897 Charity R8Jistration Numter . 201425 (hair of Eijard: Mr C R Knctt FFU(S Chair of Pthrd . Mrs A sd￿)r￿d FCIIA Mr5 H Austwi. [* D MB ITrIB, Mr A p Mrs H tknling. Mr R Fairdujgh FPJQS, Mrs J (kn￿n. Mr S Haniss, Mr C R Kmtt FRI(S, Mrs A ￿￿)fidd FCM Mr P Styan CNIOSH. MCIOB The of Rewjate and Ban*ad Wh c￿tKil The Vior of St Marfs. Regate Mr A P ti93ies FCJIA Mr PTumer (to ￿rch 2024) Mr J &kt(k (from May 2024) 10 RUthvK￿th Roaj. R•Jate. RH2 IXE Mr J Bgee 1st Flc(f, 78-￿ H¥Jh SW RH2 9AP DEPENDENT EXAMINER G Hunt BA FC4 Kre5ton Re￿ LLP. gmingw Fkyjse. Swr¥Jfield Roaj. Hor5ham. West S(LSS4 RH12 2RG Lbyds Bank FtG 1.5 The ￿. CYav*. Vle5t s￿ RHIO Icil THE VICT ou ES ANNUAL RE RT AND NAUDThED ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 DE EMBE 20 Independent Ex3minerfs Rewrt Statement of Finanaal ArtThiities Balan￿ Sheet Notes to the Accounts tktailed StatenEnt of Finanaal ActMtie5 15 HO GOVERNORS. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED BER 2024 Two of our GOVernc￿ Suzannah Latham and Jean Naish retired atthe March Board Meettng. Mrs Natsh wès suffering from111 hea￿h. Latham d￿ded that after 34 years as a Governor, most of which she had *rved as Chair, now was an appropriate time to retire. The &)ard expressed thelr appreciation and thanks for all their efforts on behalf of the charity and our residents. The Mayor presented a certifi￿te of Appreaatvjn to Mr5 Latham in recognition c* her significant contributi(¥) to the charity and the wider alnshou5e movemenL Angela khofiekl was eknted as VI￿ Chair in S￿￿)n to Mrs Latham. At our t￿M￿r Board Meeting Mrs (knkin anr￿n￿d that after 24 years as a (knernor she Y￿uld tE rtiring in Marth. The (knemors thank the Mayor through whose g¢J)d Offi￿sWe were aLle tD hdd our ￿rd Meetings at the Re(gate Town Hall. We o)ntinued to 5uprnt The Amshouse AsxKiab"on that proVi(￿S valuatAe thtce to the Governo￿. The Board ￿tsinS a balanTr of prof&onal eX￿rtIse and pastoral 4alls. All Governors and our ae￿ Mr. Tumer (retired March 2024) and Mr Silcod( who took over the role, gNe their time unstintingly to the administration of the tharity and to ensure the comfort and well￿1ng of our residents. The (r)ntri￿￿on of Govemors is invaluable t￿th in temis of cost sawngs, attentin to ￿Idents and asststanTr with any proNems aristng. ic Benefft The Governors (frustees) have had due regard to the tharty Commisson guidance on puNic benefft when setknng the objects and *tvitie5 of the tharty. tÈtsils of how the chari￿5 actNitEs p￿￿de pub￿.¢ are set out eartier in this rep()rt. and Traini ThrowJhout the year the Board sought to (knors alL￿t with limited succes£ TrTwst tked makes provt5ion for up to 16 Governo￿. These effotts are o)ntinuing with the help of Voluntary Acbot) Retgate & Banstead (VAR8). On apkL)intment to the Board, Governors r￿￿e a g0Veman￿ information file induding'.- A copy of the ChariVsTrust tÈed arKI accompanwng Regulat#)ns A copy of the latest RetN)rt and A£rounts (harity Commission on-line puUication - The Ewrttal Trnstee.. what you need to know. what you need tr) do,. st of Governor5, contaLt detsils and Particular res[￿SIbilitieS st of residents itxludiro basic infom)ation on next of k'n, dcmlor etc. A copy of the-R￿dents. HandiyJ)k" G0vem￿S eledion pro￿dure Standard lettw5 for Inv￿(n9 and pr(tes￿n9 appli(Htions for r￿Ide The Altnshouse Ass(tiab"on online thice to ￿tandardS of Managemen Managerfs dub.es and re5PKinsbilitie5 Ap[￿intment and duties of the Ctffk to the &)vwnoTS DutEs and responsibilities of the Hon. Treagj Policy on speThling limits Risk Asse￿nEnt and Health & Safety Policy (revi￿￿ annually) Policy on safeguardirrfJ vulnerabk adults Policy on c{￿dentialitY of informati)n (GDPR} Terms of refere[￿ ofthe Welfare Commtt Temis of refereKe ofthe Fabric & Finan￿ Qynmittee Page 2 THE YEAR ENDED 31 DE MBER 2024 The Inc￿ from MaintsnarKe conthl￿￿on5 inLyeas&l to £186.548 up from £181.345 in 2023. Invts)rtht income was £30,020 up from £27,130 in 2023. unresth.cted othw irKJ)nr tots11￿ £616 (£T35 in 2023). tkjnated restricted no)me was £2.799 (£1.742 in 2023). E¥[endrtu￿ for ￿ year at £lfA.482 wa5 an irfft￿ on la* yearfs leveLE of £155,526 and refiect our ¢J)going prcyJTrmme of re￿￿l￿n￿ a￿1 repairs. Ex[￿lI￿re for ￿ year I￿J￿*S £2,P99 (£1,742 in 2023) in respect of the re5trirta1 donated in(x)me. net resutt for the year, exdudirKJ the ￿lfi ￿ the redUati￿ in*4]Y￿, was a 9JrrlLts of £55,￿1. compared with the yjrplus of £55.426 in 2023. H(r*￿er, irxlLwJing the unrealiwl gairb on (wr investswits of £24,602 the surJus for the year was £80,103 as COnwa￿d to a ￿rPluS of £68,180 in 2023. At the year erKI the Wdlue of the chanvs as*ts at £679.144 hekl in the M&G (tsity Multi As￿t Fltnd having 0)Mn￿nced the year at £628,722. This year has Se￿ volab.lty in the vaue (A fNestn*nts mainfy a result rfj the effect rf the eronLvn and ￿1[b"Cal Unr￿￿1nty In￿￿t We (ThttrNJe to n￿ltOr the investn*n The Re*rves is todeygnate ￿irt ofthe r￿￿5t0 fy￿1 ￿ 10 year rolliThJ MaInt￿anCe programme whid) is reme￿￿ ead) year at ￿ t￿C￿llEr P(wd n￿tr"r￿J. This r￿ts¥e Is defin&1 as the Extwrdinary Repair Fund (ERF) and is held as aU￿rnU1atK￿ unrt5 in the M&G ￿arity MUAI Asset Fund. The est"nJ3ted cc6t Of￿ nkiinta)ar(e 2024 to 2033 at exCe￿ts the value offvnds inve5ts1 whth, as at 31* 2024. tlrtallal E679.144 up fr(¥M £628.722 as at 31* 2023. The ￿edull￿g of the rrwyx %w)rks within 10 year TMII te UPK￿ the futttre wfomw of fiftanckil rrorket& Folk)wng the adoptwm of FRS102 In 2015 ttE rfftMc￿ a wm of £112,567 in a ¢Jeygnated fijnd in res￿ of the gxj.al Hw9ng Grant of £194.335 rec￿1 b)%￿4rd5 the cost of cDnstruction of tJ)e flats at Reigate. This retwnted appY￿nN7tdy 58% of the pO￿tial of [H￿r￿j the grant At the r*e*nt the Q)vernors cannot envi&ige orcut1thn￿S whereby this grant tr￿oMe repayable whilst the charity in its At the ￿emI￿r 2024 n￿tir¢j. the Eoard the rxdimirbary Lthjet for 2025 bas8J on a 3.5% increase in maintenan￿ Contribuborts 1st INxil 2025. quid funds are required to the yrKX)th effioert tjay to day running of the chanty and are held in accounts wrth Lloyds Bank rk and a COIF (hfity FurKJs dew TheTrustee5 believe that it is pr￿lent to hrAd at least 50% of the tXKjg*￿ annual e￿￿￿libJre as a {apyoyinwtdy £l(10.LKJO). Thbs Is remewed annualty as part of the Rsk AsswW tY( HaviTrJ rewewEd the (harivs InCcKr￿ arxl exrthfjittjre, taknr¥J infr) CC￿￿deratiOn its e￿sbng available cash re9)ur￿, the Govwrrt)rs con%ts it rBis)nable to prqh3re the finanaal s￿te￿￿tS on a going cl￿CeM basi& The Governors and re￿dents are indeLtsJ to ojr Ms Trw Wrfen. She has linlts with bcal suprKxt awaes and helwj our re￿dents rn var[￿5 ￿￿11[￿J intbatives. g)e C￿b"nUeS to S￿>[k 5dfl￿ty for of the almshouses. Page 3 THE VI FOR THE YEAR ENDED EM Residents (fver the a)urse of the year we lost four of our regdents. Mrs Quinnell and Mr Burgess died. Mr Burrage moved *• into a care home but subsequendy died and Mr ￿psard away. We were delighted to wdcome new resdents: Mrs Dawe5 and Mrs Knigh Housln The (harity has been a loro #anding of Ihe Housing (knbudsman se￿￿e that Seeks to rexjlve disputes be￿en landlords a¢KI thelr resldents. Dufing year the Hou￿ng Ombudsman *VI￿ updat&l it5 Conwaint HandlirrfJ Qxje and is making it mandatory for meM￿rS of the scheme to undertake annual sdf assessn*nts. This year there was a angle fomial complalnt that Involved anti S￿al ￿hamour on the part of one of our re￿dents. Fimi action was taken and the stuation was ￿tIs￿d￿0nlY ￿1ved. The Ombudsnwn continues to highlight the woNem of damp and nKwld and alg) noted the ri9ng numter of cornplaints con￿MIng noise. The Govemors take the* issues seriously and ￿k to (kal with the* issues if and when they ari*. However, in sO￿e cases of r￿lSe transmisgon between adjoining properties the￿ is limited remedial actton that the (kjvem￿s can take. Re%dents are reminded to LE mindfvl of their neigh￿￿1$ esttoally at night or early fYKxning. Our Manager and Gjvemors 5ed( to Jjdress issues a5 they arise. We keep undw review our response to issues that may lead to a complaint. As and when any i)f our prosHtie5 b￿OnE vacant we (Dnb"nue our pnJramme of renovats.on and upj￿11￿j as necessary. During the year a pair of our smallest units l￿aMe vacant. We commissioned an architect tr) consider altemative options including a rtdevelopment to provide a two storey building with two flats and an Offi￿ ft)r our manager. ans were prepared and a pre [￿annIng application submission was made to the Hanning Authority. At the year end we have deferred submtiting the planning arplication as we wrsued alternat￿e furKling OPFOrtunities. The iNythr(x)m of one of our alr[￿Ou￿ suffered from excessive condensation suth thatwe consider8J demlishir and rebuilding that part of the t￿Ilding contsining the bathroom. Hanning peTmiwon wa5 obtsined but in the meantime we instslled a Heat Exchange unit that res)Ived the immediate problem of condensatr'on. We have insialled anc*her Heat Eychange unit in a ￿0nd almshouse and where appropriate will be fitbng mre of these units, txjring the year we COMp￿eted the rederDratim a￿1 refurbishment of three units when they knme vacant. We a19) refurbished a kntchen and a bathrwm in two of our (Éwpi8J units. Other lmproveff￿nts induded the provision of a store fcf residents, nthility xooter* repkcement of trKJilers and new loft ￿5$ hatche& A F￿re Risk Assessment was commissioned which highlighted further works Sin￿ the prevK)us assessment in 2020. The prK)rity works had ts￿n comrjeted by the year end with ftjrttw W￿kS tAanned for 2025. Thank5 to the generosty of the Bwdn & June Amos FoLsndation we were aL4e to promde new garden fUrni￿re at Redhill. With the Pror￿1$ for the pha￿ng wt of gas fired talers we continue to ewore aftemative orknns for our residents. P¥4 THE VI THE I retKJrt on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 t￿Mter 2024 whith are set out on pages 7 to 14. si isof the charity'stnjs￿s you are reS￿nsIble forthe prepaTrtion ofthe accounts In alx0rdan￿ w￿h the r8]uIrem￿ts of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe ACV). I retr)rt in restErt of my eKdmination of the charivs acrounts carried out undw section 145 of the Act and in (Arrwng out my examination I have fd10v￿ all the applicat￿e Directions given by the (harity C(Anmission unde* section 14515)Ibl of the Act. ndent examiner's I have completed my ￿MInation. I confirni that no material matters have o)nE to my attention in connection with the erdmInat￿n gwing me cause to believe that in any material reSp￿t '. l. Actounting records were not kept in respkxt of the tharty as wuired by section 130 of the Act; or 2. The accounts do not accord with those ￿(￿d5. or 3. The accounts do not comply with the appliztAe rwuirements con￿mIng the forni and cor¢tent of accounts set t in the Charitreg {A￿unts and RepN)rtsl Regulations 2￿8 other than any wuirement that the accounts give a and fair which is not a matter consdered as part of an independart examination. I have no con￿M5 and have come across no other Matte￿ in Connecti(￿ with the examinats.on to which attention should drawn in this reFort in order to enable a propEr understanding of the accounts to te reached. ILL G. Hunt BA F.C.A. KrestDn Reeves LLP Springfield House Springfield Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 2RG Date., 17th Marth 2025 Page 6 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MBER 2024 Total Charitable ￿1vItIeS 18&548 30.020 616 186,548 30,020 181,345 27,130 Totsl Intome 210 952 EXPENDmiRE ON.. Charlts*le ￿￿vItIeS D8y4trday mainteNHrKe Seffts Totsl E•ertdltu 56.107 56,107 65,027 155 526 Total Incom• Iqs5 total S5,￿1 55,501 55,426 NÉt galns on In¥ertments li 24,602 12,754 N•t In¢om• 80.103 80.103 68,180 Net mov•￿eTrt In funds 80.103 80,103 68.180 Reconclllatlon of fvnds: Tota fvftds brought fDrw¥d {uTrMthct•d fvnds) 935,Cfj3 935,(B3 866,903 Totsl fvnds carrled fohvRnl funds) 1 015 186 935 083 The ViLtoria Ajmshwses has rv)t ￿uIr& or dithirNJed ffj ftThlaT￿l activits￿ (hJriTrJ the ab)ve two finanoal year& The Q￿rity has rK* rwnisad gains kJsse5 othw than Ind￿ in the akne Statwt cl Finanaal ActMtie5. Therefore, no separate statement of totsl r￿(￿j￿iSed gain5 and11Tr5 ￿ nethl. The notes pages 9 to 14 f(m part cl th￿e ￿COUnt& THE vIcfoRIA ALMSHOUSES EET T 31 DECEMBER 24 Fixed assets Tangib￿ ksets En¥Estments io li 154,208 679,144 149,596 628,722 833,352 778,318 Current xsets Detto Cash at bank [￿￿51t aLuwnts 12 6.488 38,802 140,242 185.532 8,423 45,259 I[￿.797 160.4 Cralitors Amounts falling due within one year 13 (3,698) (3.714) 181.834 156.765 Net assets 1,015,186 935,083 Funds UnrestTlcted ￿ndS General fijnds Extraordinary ￿pair fu￿1 CE￿10pMert fund Sooal hougng gTrnt fuThY 14 15 15 15 93,986 679.144 129.489 112,567 82.604 628.722 111.190 112,567 Restrictsl Use fund 16 Total funds 1,015,186 935,083 These ￿c￿nts atvov8Y ty the Pthird of cn ITr M&th 2025 on its L*half Mr C.ILKnott Mr AP.Diggles The rkn)tes on wjes 9 to 14 ￿irt of ttve Kcryml& l. Prlndpal accountlng polk?8S The finanaal statements have pyeparal in ￿rKe with aFflKable knountirKJ StsrKlards in the Lknit ngdom. A summary (* the n￿e li)w￿t accrAJnlirwJ FdKies is set ojt lth. a) GeneRI Inforn*tkn and basls of weparntlon Viciorra AJmshouse5 is a charity register￿1 in the United trSrvJdom. The rsabjre of the thaTtty'5 opErations and inapal actNities are listed in the (&)vemorg RepK¥t. The congitLFte5 a public benefit errtity a5 defined by FRS 102. The financial ststen￿nts are prepared under the historical co& c(¥)vention and in aC0)rdan￿ wrth the Staten*nt of R￿mma)ded Practi￿.. N£counting and RqxKtiTWJ ty a)a¥[t￿ prepariThJ thar ￿)Unts Sn aCfDrdan with the Finanaal Rerx)rbng Stsndard in the UK and RqJutrAK of ErdarKJ (FRS 102) [S￿￿d rylition - lkn)Lw 2019), the Financial Re￿￿n9 StaThlard awAlCab￿ in the R￿￿b1￿￿1rdand IFRS 102) and the (hribe5 Art 2011. The financial statements are prekkired on a co￿eM bags un￿r the histon"c31 cost convents"on, mcear At e￿1 of sear 325.071 10.716 335.787 47 495 325,118 11,211 336,329 542 Net l>ook ￿lut teginniThJ of lear At eN1 of ￿ar 148,713 PaJe 12 ii. Flxed ass* . Ilstwl Inv*mffjts at far ￿ue t beginning of year thith)rs. irNestment iKryne Net tmesbnent gain 628,722 25,820 24,602 591,970 23,998 12,754 At of yegr 679,144 628,722 ExtTakrd1n￿Y repair fvnd: In￿st￿￿ at fair value M&G (hartty Mukn" As*t FuThJ 5,609.453 kcumubb.on Units 5,609.453 kcurnulytion SharES 679.144 628,722 In%*5tmffjts at cost beginning of lear tions during the Itar At end of yt7r 459,389 25,820 435,391 23,998 485.2C8 459,389 Cost at end of E>irnordinary repair fw 485,2C8 459,389 Gain on inve5tm• Net in*stment gai) 12. Dd>tors: anounts falling due within ye 8,423 8,423 13. Cralitofs: wnourts falling dyt wlthin ont ye¥ 3,698 3,698 3,714 3,714 Unrestrlrt•l funds Deslgnknl funds Totsl 2024 funds 2023 beginniwj of lear 82.fA)4 852.479 935.083 866,903 Net mo*ments in f￿ts ,103 BO.103 68,180 Trdrtsfers {68,721) 68.721 e￿1 of ￿ar 93,986 921,21KI 1,015,IB6 935,083 Page 13 vi ALM E Accourirs R THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 15. Deslgnated fvnds Extraordln•y Darelopment Soclal repaii fund housing grant fund fund Total 2024 Totsl 2023 beginnirg of year 628,722 111,190 112,567 852,479 797,592 TTrnsfeJ5 50,422 18.299 68,721 54.887 At end of ￿ar 679,144 129,489 112,567 921,200 852,479 The Fxtraordinary repair fund is a designated fU￿d in%ested in the M&G Charity mul￿ Asset Fund. DurirKJ the ￿ar £50,422 wa5 tra￿erred into the fund so that at the et¥J of the ￿ar the fund ￿presents the value of fuEKts inlpsted in M&G Chaifty Mv A￿t Fund Units. The Development l￿d ￿ a desKJnated fund and reprpsents arnounts set askle towards the future de￿I0￿ent of the h￿J5[r#j prop2rtres. DuritYJ the lear £18,299 was transferred to the De¥elopYnent fund which represents the agreed proF¥)thn of Maintenan￿ contribukn.ons in the lear which ho￿ been set aside towards futu￿ de￿I0[AnenL The Sodal housiThJ grant fund Ls a desKJnated fund and repr￿ents funds set aside for the wial h(￿&r￿j grant whkh ccvjkj o)me Trpayable under ￿rtain ar0jmsian￿5, prfmarty folk)wing the sale of a propetty. 16. Re5tr1rtal fvnds The Restrftted fuThJ represents a (k)naUon of £2,799 recet¥ed from t￿ knios Found3th)n for the sole Lse of purd￿￿ garde fumiture for the Redhlll ￿te. The purdwse price for the fUmth￿ eqLolled the value of the donation and there was a zero balan￿ at year end. 17. Related party trnnsactions There ha￿ beeTr rK) related party tsnsactK)ns In the ￿ar. Page 14