ANNUAL REPORT – YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
NAME: THE OXFORD LANE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY
ADDRESS: BRINKHURST, OXFORD ROAD, MARLOW, BUCKS SL7 2NL Registered Charity No. 205436
The Charity is administered by a Board of Trustees, as follows:-
Board Members:
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●Cllr Jason Batten - Chairman & Co-optative
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●Cllr Alex Collingwood - Buckinghamshire Council
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●Cllr Jason Batten - Marlow Bottom Parish Council
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●Cllr Rachel Robinson-Marlow Bottom Parish Council
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●Mrs Janet Pritchard - Co-optative
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●Mrs Julie Tempest-Mitchell - Treasurer & attends Trust Board meetings
The Board of Trustees meets as a minimum, four times a year and are responsible for the strategic aims of the trust, sets the weekly maintenance charge and has overall responsibility for the finances.
Aims
To provide Almshouse accommodation for 10 persons of good character who have lived in Bisham, Great Marlow, Marlow Bottom or Marlow Parishes for five years (or have immediate family living in the said parishes) and are aged 60 or over. To maintain the fabric of the building and environs for the residents.
The accommodation offered is a bed-sitting room with kitchen and toilet. There is a bathroom and separate shower room on each of the two floors, a communal lounge and kitchen with laundry facilities.
Achievements:
The board have refurbished various common parts of the building including the creation of a drying room. The gardens around the property have been improved for the enjoyment of residents and a further flat has been refurbished to include a shower within the residents own unit. Plans and funding options continue to be considered to convert some of the current, vacant, bedsitting rooms into selfcontained one bedroom flats.
All general maintenance and repair work has been completed as planned during the year.
Cllr Jason D Batten, Chairman Oxford Lane Almshouses Charity
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J IIE OXI."ORD I.ANI" ALMSI IOUSES CIIARITY BALANCI SI IEE'I. AT 31. MARCII 2025 2024 2025 rixr.D ASSF.TS rreeliold Property al cost rreehold ImprovLmeiits Less Accumulated depreciation 31,946 31,946 22,088 -1104 CURRF.NT ASSF.TS Cash at Bank Current Business Reserve 95 Day Liquidity 25.673 20,094 61,795 10,438 20,377 64,197 Cash in Hand 103 107,665 83 95,095 Creditors 107,665 699 94.396 TOTAL assets less current liabilities 139.611 147,326 * Freehold improvements to be depreciated over 10 yrs CAPITAL AND RESERVES Accumulaied Reserves £139611 £147326
REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT EXAMINER TO THE TRUSTEES OF OXFORD LANE ALMSHOUSES CHARITY (Registered charity number 205436) I report on tho accounts of Oxford Lane Almshouses Charity for the year ended 31 March 2025, whlch are set out on pa8es 2 and 3, Respectlve responsibilities of trustees and examlner As the charity's truslees you are responsible for the preparatlon of the accounts You as the charlty's trustees conslder that an audit Is not requlred lor the year under sectlon 144(2) of the Charitles Act 2011 but that an Independent examinatlon Is needed under seclon 145(1) ol the 2011 Act. Itls my responslbility: To examlne the accounts under sectlon 145 of the 2011 Act To follow the procedures lald down in the general dlrections given by the Charity Commlssioners undcr scctlon 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act, and To state whether particular matters have come to my attentlon. Basls of Independent Examlners Report My examlnatlon was carrled out In accordance with the General Dlrections glven by the Charlty Cornmlssloners. An examlnatlon Includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charlty and a comparlson of the accounts presented wlth those records It also Includes conslderation of any unusual Item5 of di5closure5 In the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees conceinlng any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evldence that would be requlred In an audit, and consequently no oplnlon is given as to whether the accounts present a "true and falr. vlew and the report Is Ilmited lo those matters set out In the statement below. Independent Examiners Statement In connection with my examlnatlon, no matter has come to my attentlon., (l) Whlch gives me reasonable cause to believe that In any material respect the requlrernents (a) to keep accountin8 records In accordance with Section 130 of the 2011 Act, and (b) to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirement of the 2011 Act have not been met. or 12) to whlch, In my opinion, attentlon should be drawn in order to enable a proper understandln8 of the accounts to be reached. David J Hollywood, CA Stoneyway, 8ovingdon Green, Marlow, Bucks, SL7 2JH Dated.