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2024-12-31-accounts

The Woodclyffe Almshouses Trust

C harity Commission No: 204467

Annual Report of the Trustees for the Year ended 31[st] December 2024

Trustees/Constitution/Organisation

  1. At 31[st] December 2024, the Trustees were as follows:

Chairman Will Rowson - Property Survey Dr Mark Puddy – Medical Adviser Sean Sutcliffe - Hon. Treasurer Colin Lewington - Building Maintenance Jane Batting - Social/Welfare Lis Butler – Hon. Secretary

  1. Graham Adlington returned to his Wardenship after a period of ill health on 13th August 2024 .

Meetings

3 The trustees’ meetings were held on 20th March, 26th June, , 25th September and 11th December.

4 The Residents Liaison was held on 11th December 2023. There were no issues

Residency Matters

  1. Weekly maintenance and heating charges were increased on 1[st] April 2024 to £136 for Flat 6 (single occupancy), £143 for double occupancy for three flats and £129 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 £61,592 and expenditure £54,673

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

Lis Butler Honorary Secretary

10th July 2025

Charity number 204467 The Woodclyffe Almshouses Trustees, Report and Unaudited Accounts 31 De￿mber 2024

The Wo¢xlctyffe Almshouses Trustees, Report and Unaudited Accounts Contents Page Independent ExaMine￿S ReFKJrt Staternent of Financial Activ((Es Balance Sheet

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the Woodctyffe Almhouse Trust, Wargrave. Charity No: 21M467. I report on the accounts of the Tr￿st for the year ended 31 December 2024, which are attached ective res onsibilities of trustees and examiner The charity's trustees are res￿nsIble for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under seciion 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: examin¢ the accounts under s¢ction 145 of the Charities Act. to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Cornmission under seclion 145{5Xb) of the Charities Act. and to state whether particular matters have come to my attentio Basis of inde endent examiner's re ort My examination was carrid oul in accordan￿ with th¢ general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accouDting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual itellts or disclosures in the 2¢counts and seeking explanations from you as tn￿teeS concerning any such matters. The procedures undcrtaken do not provid¢ all the eviden¢¢ that would be required in ￿ audit and consequ¢ntl)' no opinion is given as to whether the accounts Present a 'true and fair view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the stafrment below. Inde endent examiner's stat¢ment In GOT￿e¢￿Oll with my exami[￿knO￿ no tnattcr h&8 come to my attention: (l) which giv¢s me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act. and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not b¢¢n meL' or (2) to whicty in my opinion, attention should be drasvn in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be r¢ached. Signed Name: Paul Andrew Worthington Add￿$$. The Orchard. Backsideans Wargrave. Berkshire RGI 0 8JP Date.. 4 April 2025

WOODCLYFFE ALMSHOUSES TRUST, WARGRAVE RECEIPTSAND PAY￿E￿r$ ACCCYJNT FOR TrE PERIOO ENt)ED 318t 0￿ber 2024 Compwrison 2023 2024 RECEIPTS 17W In¥estmenl InrJme CMFICOEIF 2.175 Cenlrdl 8oad of fft)arKt IFICEOIF tyic(ffi SO,￿ Weekty Ma1)￿ar￿ Charge Healw 313 Refunds 2,058 2.208 57,326 S(673 61.592 PAYMENTS 4,oeo Waitr Rates 3,28Q Insuran( Repaws. CMF iterns Less CMF Dr￿1 2.697 23,212 120.0001 3,212 4.076 ROUb￿ M•'rfenan 2,4 Garden M8intenarKe Trartsferto FutKI ICMF) LESS wthJr￿I frtxn FuTrJ ICMF) 6.012 2.225 18.￿0 17.123 31,369 7B 1,881 Ekthiiity 24,123 1,W1 Teph(W￿ IF(Mest￿e} 1.100 Hornranwn- Warden Subscftplk)Tr NAA 185 Wirth C￿an￿ 24.125 494 824 1.220 28,733 29.322 45.857 6Q691 8,817 &JrF4us Idefi(ietyI o1Rtt￿Fts ov 501 Santander BaL4nc• at 8an 1stJan 2024 CurrentAtcount dltkdud SUryAL*{D8￿e￿l ofRecAF48 over Less.. IrcLKne Teixipied to￿l¢OElF fijnd 6.849 8.817 11.7901 13,875 901 12.0581 13,875 Santsndor Ba￿nG• * Bank 31st DOG 2024 12,718

WOODCLYFFE ALMSHOUSES TRUST. WARGRAVE Year End￿ 31st De￿rnber 2D24 ComparlBon 2023 2024 CYCLICAL MAINTENANCE FUND ICMF) {Invested in COEIF Chants"es Deposrt Fund) BaLan￿ at beginning ofyeat Incorne R￿Ned LESS repairs th8rged against PLUS deposrt made BalaTh% 8t end ol year &fj,525 1,790 120,0001 38.316 38,316 2,058 18.000 58.374 ASSETS OF THE TRUSTat31sttwembw2024."_ LAND AND BUILDINGS Land and Buildings (consisting of 8 dwellings) vested in tr narne of the Othrd Board of Finan Fixiures and Frtb"ngs 3.368.144 Pres￿rt Insured V8buè 3.435.507 INVESTMENTS AND CASH RESERVES Investrnents".. Mart(etValue Inveslment Fund of Ihe Centr81 Board of Finan(x ol Churth of Engts￿l OpeniTrJ Balan Transfers In I (Outi Unrealised ProfftllLoss} in Yeaf Tg.548 3519 sharès 23.1227 72,708 79.548 1,821 81,369 Emergen¢y R￿11 FLmd- Nabonal Assoaation ofAJmshouses C(xnmon Inve5trnent Furnl Opening BaL8r Transfers In I (Out} Unrealised ProfrUILossl In Year 190.895 1.703.162 ac￿mUla￿On shares 179,736 19),895 11.159 15.3C 12,107.14 2C6,204 CycJi(81 Maintenance Fund- invested in 38.316 COIF chanb.es Dep. AJC 58,374 308.759 345,947 Current Acxxxjnl Santarthr Bank Ba 13,875 12.718 322.634 TOTAL INVESThIENT AND CASH RESERVES 358,665

Charity number 204467 The Woodclyffe Almshouses Trustees, Report and Unaudited Accounts 31 De￿mber 2024

The Wo¢xlctyffe Almshouses Trustees, Report and Unaudited Accounts Contents Page Independent ExaMine￿S ReFKJrt Staternent of Financial Activ((Es Balance Sheet

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the Woodctyffe Almhouse Trust, Wargrave. Charity No: 21M467. I report on the accounts of the Tr￿st for the year ended 31 December 2024, which are attached ective res onsibilities of trustees and examiner The charity's trustees are res￿nsIble for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under seciion 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: examin¢ the accounts under s¢ction 145 of the Charities Act. to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Cornmission under seclion 145{5Xb) of the Charities Act. and to state whether particular matters have come to my attentio Basis of inde endent examiner's re ort My examination was carrid oul in accordan￿ with th¢ general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accouDting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual itellts or disclosures in the 2¢counts and seeking explanations from you as tn￿teeS concerning any such matters. The procedures undcrtaken do not provid¢ all the eviden¢¢ that would be required in ￿ audit and consequ¢ntl)' no opinion is given as to whether the accounts Present a 'true and fair view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the stafrment below. Inde endent examiner's stat¢ment In GOT￿e¢￿Oll with my exami[￿knO￿ no tnattcr h&8 come to my attention: (l) which giv¢s me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act. and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not b¢¢n meL' or (2) to whicty in my opinion, attention should be drasvn in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be r¢ached. Signed Name: Paul Andrew Worthington Add￿$$. The Orchard. Backsideans Wargrave. Berkshire RGI 0 8JP Date.. 4 April 2025

WOODCLYFFE ALMSHOUSES TRUST, WARGRAVE RECEIPTSAND PAY￿E￿r$ ACCCYJNT FOR TrE PERIOO ENt)ED 318t 0￿ber 2024 Compwrison 2023 2024 RECEIPTS 17W In¥estmenl InrJme CMFICOEIF 2.175 Cenlrdl 8oad of fft)arKt IFICEOIF tyic(ffi SO,￿ Weekty Ma1)￿ar￿ Charge Healw 313 Refunds 2,058 2.208 57,326 S(673 61.592 PAYMENTS 4,oeo Waitr Rates 3,28Q Insuran( Repaws. CMF iterns Less CMF Dr￿1 2.697 23,212 120.0001 3,212 4.076 ROUb￿ M•'rfenan 2,4 Garden M8intenarKe Trartsferto FutKI ICMF) LESS wthJr￿I frtxn FuTrJ ICMF) 6.012 2.225 18.￿0 17.123 31,369 7B 1,881 Ekthiiity 24,123 1,W1 Teph(W￿ IF(Mest￿e} 1.100 Hornranwn- Warden Subscftplk)Tr NAA 185 Wirth C￿an￿ 24.125 494 824 1.220 28,733 29.322 45.857 6Q691 8,817 &JrF4us Idefi(ietyI o1Rtt￿Fts ov 501 Santander BaL4nc• at 8an 1stJan 2024 CurrentAtcount dltkdud SUryAL*{D8￿e￿l ofRecAF48 over Less.. IrcLKne Teixipied to￿l¢OElF fijnd 6.849 8.817 11.7901 13,875 901 12.0581 13,875 Santsndor Ba￿nG• * Bank 31st DOG 2024 12,718

WOODCLYFFE ALMSHOUSES TRUST. WARGRAVE Year End￿ 31st De￿rnber 2D24 ComparlBon 2023 2024 CYCLICAL MAINTENANCE FUND ICMF) {Invested in COEIF Chants"es Deposrt Fund) BaLan￿ at beginning ofyeat Incorne R￿Ned LESS repairs th8rged against PLUS deposrt made BalaTh% 8t end ol year &fj,525 1,790 120,0001 38.316 38,316 2,058 18.000 58.374 ASSETS OF THE TRUSTat31sttwembw2024."_ LAND AND BUILDINGS Land and Buildings (consisting of 8 dwellings) vested in tr narne of the Othrd Board of Finan Fixiures and Frtb"ngs 3.368.144 Pres￿rt Insured V8buè 3.435.507 INVESTMENTS AND CASH RESERVES Investrnents".. Mart(etValue Inveslment Fund of Ihe Centr81 Board of Finan(x ol Churth of Engts￿l OpeniTrJ Balan Transfers In I (Outi Unrealised ProfftllLoss} in Yeaf Tg.548 3519 sharès 23.1227 72,708 79.548 1,821 81,369 Emergen¢y R￿11 FLmd- Nabonal Assoaation ofAJmshouses C(xnmon Inve5trnent Furnl Opening BaL8r Transfers In I (Out} Unrealised ProfrUILossl In Year 190.895 1.703.162 ac￿mUla￿On shares 179,736 19),895 11.159 15.3C 12,107.14 2C6,204 CycJi(81 Maintenance Fund- invested in 38.316 COIF chanb.es Dep. AJC 58,374 308.759 345,947 Current Acxxxjnl Santarthr Bank Ba 13,875 12.718 322.634 TOTAL INVESThIENT AND CASH RESERVES 358,665