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2023-12-31-accounts

The Woodclyffe Almshouses Trust

C harity Commission No: 204467

Annual Report of the Trustees for the Year ended 31[st] December 2023

Trustees/Constitution/Organisation

  1. At 31[st] December 2023, the Trustees were as follows:

Rev’d John Cook – Chairman Neill Pitcher – Property/Survey Dr Mark Puddy – Medical Adviser Maryam Akhtar - Hon. Treasurer Colin Lewington - Building Maintenance Jane Batting - Social/Welfare Lis Butler – Hon. Secretary

  1. Graham Adlington continues as Warden of the Almshouses.

Meetings

3 The trustees’ meetings were held on 22nd March, 7th June, , 4th October and 6th December.

4 The Residents Liaison was held on 6th December 2023. There were no issues

Residency Matters

  1. Weekly maintenance and heating charges were increased on 1[st] April 2023 to £125 for Flat 6 (single occupancy), £131 for double occupancy for three flats and £118 for single occupancy for the other four flats.

Health, Safety and Fire

  1. Fire precautions. Fire instructions are well displayed in the Almshouses.

Building Works and Maintenance

  1. The trustees continue to invest in a programme of upgrading both the individual flats and the common parts and exterior of the building. The quinquennial survey continues to guide work that is undertaken to maintain the building.

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Finance

  1. Income for the year was £54,673 and expenditure £45,857

  2. Paul Worthington was re-appointed as Independent Examiner to the Trust

Lis Butler Honorary Secretary

14th September 2024

Chty number 204467 The Woodclyffe Almshouses Trustees, Report and Unaudited Accounts 31 December 2023

c￿tents Bak*ce Sheet

Independent Examiner'$ Report to the Truyttt5 of ihe WO￿¢tyffe Almhouje Tru5L Wargrxv Charity. No: 204467. I rep)rt on xcounrs of Trux lor ended 31 DCCCMl￿ 2023. which arc all&hcd ctive r¢s nibiliti&¥ of ¢rustrts and exxminer ' ¢h'ear utth ¥￿tIon 144 1)f the Charitics Acl ?Ql l (the Chariri¢s Aci) and that an indeP-.￿jc￿ ckwnination 18 nethl. It is my resrybnsibility lo: exami￿ thc arLX)unL% undcr scaion 145 Chariii¢s ACL to I"ollow thc proccdurL% laid down in the Seneral Dir¢Llii)n% given by th¢ Chariiy LOmmi￿10n under sLYlion 14.5{5Kb) of thc Chwiiies ACL lo slat¢ w￿her P￿icUlar matters hav¢ to my attcnlion. Baw of inde t cxxmitier's My ekimindlion w'as carri¢rfJ oul in &cort14mL¢ thc gcrb¢ral l)ir¢ctions ¥iven b> the Cknrily C"c)nMI)issi(In. An eMminali(In incI￿J￿ a rryi¢w i)r thL' xcounting reLurds' kcpt b). the charity. a￿1 8 ¢(pmpiWiSOn of the accounts PTViented ￿7th IlK)5e records. li Jls() inclth consid¢rntii)n of any uniL%u¢il ims or dI.￿l￿sU[CS in lh¢ ¥countS WKI seeking Cxp1ar￿[1OnS from yvu as triisiccs onL¢mirtg any swh maners. The pn)Ledurcs urKI¢TLthen do not provi(k all thc c%idcnc¢ that wbuld rLyuired in an audii and conscqinily opinion is ¥)iven as lo w'h¢ther th¢ ac¢ounL% pres¢nt 'tru¢ aNI fuir view and tIK re￿r( is limit￿ k) thos¢ matt¢rs set out in ihc ￿￿len￿ni IKIoTh'. Inde eDdent examiner's st¥lem¢ In cvnnection with my eXa￿tiM M matr has to my aiieniinn: { l > which bViV¢S me r¢wnabk cause ts) ￿lIeVe thai in any material the rcquiremenL$: io keep ￿cOUn￿n8 re￿rds. in ￿￿Orda￿¢ wilh section 130 of the c.harits￿ Acl: dnd lo prepar¢ ¥Lounts ￿ti]ch I￿LI)nt with thc wmmling r￿OrdS. aThl LM)mply the accouniing wuircments" ufth¥" Lharili¢& A havc IKen nirf: or (2) lo whiLIL in my opini1)￿ att¢Dtion blK)uld be drawn in order to awble a projxr un(kr4arKling or th¢ accounts to b¢ reachcd. sig￿*d Name: Pauj Andrew Worthingion A(Idress.' Thc orch￿ Back5ideaAs. WargTave. Berkshir¢ RCJI 0 8JP D81c: 26 Februury 2024

WOODCLYFFE ALMSHOUSES TRUST. WARGRAVE 1167 P•J•rf 2.17S 313 PAYIIEIITS O Wat*f Ra•ii 23.112 2S,S38 3212 4.071 2.4¥ O Tfwtyf¢rto FLffMt Icw) 4475• 143TT C 24 123 1.Tr)1 1•.914 lJ,J14 4&•S7 114J22) IT 8.817 (i.M)

WcX￿LYFFE ALMSH(YJSES TRUST. WARGRAVE 2023 CYCLLAL MAINTETrthNCE FUND ICMF) IlrY¥tsisJ in COIF Clwrties DeF•xit Fund> S&979 56.525 120.WO) -31 BalwKe ai eNJ of ye EVERGENCY REPAIR FU￿> IERF) (Invested shwes in NAA CIF) ASSETS a¢ THE TRUSTaf 31 Dgcembor LAND ANO BUILDINGS Z929.076 3.368.144 INVESTMENTS ANO CASH RESERVES Va n.708 T￿51￿$ In I Unredjsed Pr(fil{L(wl ￿ Y 72 708 3519 Jhves • 2￿} S3 6.840 79.548 ITa327 179. Trnnthr4 In l (Ow) UfK•akMd PfrfrfLoss) m Y 179. 738 1.703.162 0 11208.26 11,159 1x1.895 $6,325 COIF Oep 38.316 8.969 ,7S9 6.849 13.87$ TOTAL INVESTMENT AND CASH RESERVES

Chty number 204467 The Woodclyffe Almshouses Trustees, Report and Unaudited Accounts 31 December 2023

c￿tents Bak*ce Sheet

Independent Examiner'$ Report to the Truyttt5 of ihe WO￿¢tyffe Almhouje Tru5L Wargrxv Charity. No: 204467. I rep)rt on xcounrs of Trux lor ended 31 DCCCMl￿ 2023. which arc all&hcd ctive r¢s nibiliti&¥ of ¢rustrts and exxminer ' ¢h'ear utth ¥￿tIon 144 1)f the Charitics Acl ?Ql l (the Chariri¢s Aci) and that an indeP-.￿jc￿ ckwnination 18 nethl. It is my resrybnsibility lo: exami￿ thc arLX)unL% undcr scaion 145 Chariii¢s ACL to I"ollow thc proccdurL% laid down in the Seneral Dir¢Llii)n% given by th¢ Chariiy LOmmi￿10n under sLYlion 14.5{5Kb) of thc Chwiiies ACL lo slat¢ w￿her P￿icUlar matters hav¢ to my attcnlion. Baw of inde t cxxmitier's My ekimindlion w'as carri¢rfJ oul in &cort14mL¢ thc gcrb¢ral l)ir¢ctions ¥iven b> the Cknrily C"c)nMI)issi(In. An eMminali(In incI￿J￿ a rryi¢w i)r thL' xcounting reLurds' kcpt b). the charity. a￿1 8 ¢(pmpiWiSOn of the accounts PTViented ￿7th IlK)5e records. li Jls() inclth consid¢rntii)n of any uniL%u¢il ims or dI.￿l￿sU[CS in lh¢ ¥countS WKI seeking Cxp1ar￿[1OnS from yvu as triisiccs onL¢mirtg any swh maners. The pn)Ledurcs urKI¢TLthen do not provi(k all thc c%idcnc¢ that wbuld rLyuired in an audii and conscqinily opinion is ¥)iven as lo w'h¢ther th¢ ac¢ounL% pres¢nt 'tru¢ aNI fuir view and tIK re￿r( is limit￿ k) thos¢ matt¢rs set out in ihc ￿￿len￿ni IKIoTh'. Inde eDdent examiner's st¥lem¢ In cvnnection with my eXa￿tiM M matr has to my aiieniinn: { l > which bViV¢S me r¢wnabk cause ts) ￿lIeVe thai in any material the rcquiremenL$: io keep ￿cOUn￿n8 re￿rds. in ￿￿Orda￿¢ wilh section 130 of the c.harits￿ Acl: dnd lo prepar¢ ¥Lounts ￿ti]ch I￿LI)nt with thc wmmling r￿OrdS. aThl LM)mply the accouniing wuircments" ufth¥" Lharili¢& A havc IKen nirf: or (2) lo whiLIL in my opini1)￿ att¢Dtion blK)uld be drawn in order to awble a projxr un(kr4arKling or th¢ accounts to b¢ reachcd. sig￿*d Name: Pauj Andrew Worthingion A(Idress.' Thc orch￿ Back5ideaAs. WargTave. Berkshir¢ RCJI 0 8JP D81c: 26 Februury 2024

WOODCLYFFE ALMSHOUSES TRUST. WARGRAVE 1167 P•J•rf 2.17S 313 PAYIIEIITS O Wat*f Ra•ii 23.112 2S,S38 3212 4.071 2.4¥ O Tfwtyf¢rto FLffMt Icw) 4475• 143TT C 24 123 1.Tr)1 1•.914 lJ,J14 4&•S7 114J22) IT 8.817 (i.M)

WcX￿LYFFE ALMSH(YJSES TRUST. WARGRAVE 2023 CYCLLAL MAINTETrthNCE FUND ICMF) IlrY¥tsisJ in COIF Clwrties DeF•xit Fund> S&979 56.525 120.WO) -31 BalwKe ai eNJ of ye EVERGENCY REPAIR FU￿> IERF) (Invested shwes in NAA CIF) ASSETS a¢ THE TRUSTaf 31 Dgcembor LAND ANO BUILDINGS Z929.076 3.368.144 INVESTMENTS ANO CASH RESERVES Va n.708 T￿51￿$ In I Unredjsed Pr(fil{L(wl ￿ Y 72 708 3519 Jhves • 2￿} S3 6.840 79.548 ITa327 179. Trnnthr4 In l (Ow) UfK•akMd PfrfrfLoss) m Y 179. 738 1.703.162 0 11208.26 11,159 1x1.895 $6,325 COIF Oep 38.316 8.969 ,7S9 6.849 13.87$ TOTAL INVESTMENT AND CASH RESERVES