## **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 

2. 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 

5. 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 

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

## Building Works and Maintenance 

7. 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 

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

10. 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
n*ibiliti&¥ of ¢rustrts and exxminer
' ¢h<iritl' % tnLStccs ar¢ re%rAinsiblc foi thc p￿ParatIon of thc xwunts. 'the charity's ttusi¢cs
Lonsider t11￿ an audil is ￿)1 rcquird for ihis >'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 i*ms 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 conscqi*nily 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 mat*r 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
n*ibiliti&¥ of ¢rustrts and exxminer
' ¢h<iritl' % tnLStccs ar¢ re%rAinsiblc foi thc p￿ParatIon of thc xwunts. 'the charity's ttusi¢cs
Lonsider t11￿ an audil is ￿)1 rcquird for ihis >'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 i*ms 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 conscqi*nily 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 mat*r 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