**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBERS: 201337, 205749, 310104 and 1109274** **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 FOR LONG ASHTON CHARITY TRUSTEES** ## **LONG ASHTON CHARITY TRUSTEES** ## **Contents of the Financial Statements FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** ||Page| |---|---| |Report of the Trustees|1 to 2| |Independent Examiner's Report|3| |Statement of Receipts and Payments|4| |Statement of Assets and Liabilities|5| |Notes to the Financial Statements|6| ## **LONG ASHTON CHARITY TRUSTEES** ## **Report of the Trustees FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** The Trustees present their report with the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024. ## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity numbers** Long Ashton Parochial Charity 201337 Lady Smyth's Almshouses 205749 Francis Derrick Educational Charity 310104 Chorley's Charitable Trust 1109274 ## **Principal address** 28 Keedwell Hill Long Ashton Bristol BS41 9DR ## **Trustees** Mr M Taylor (Chairman) Mrs CP Johnson (Vice Chairman) Reverend J Harris Mrs A Neale Mr D Milne Mr Christopher Mitchell Mr Jonathon Crutchlow Mr Derek Odey ## **Bankers** NatWest Bank 9 The Triangle Clevedon BS21 6NE ## **Independent Examiner** Matthew Bracher BSc FCA Gravita Bath House 6-8 Bath Street Bristol BS1 6HL 1 ## **LONG ASHTON CHARITY TRUSTEES** ## **Report of the Trustees FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** ## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** ## **Governing documents** The charities are controlled by their deeds of trust and constitute an unincorporated charity. ## **Recruitment and appointment of new trustees** Trustees are recruited and appointed by the existing trustees. ## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** ## **Objectives and aims** ## **Long Ashton Parochial Charity** In May 1881 the charities of William Moryce, Sir John Smyth, Mrs Hester Fenn, Maria Bower, Mrs Mary Smyth, The Dowager La Smyth, George Whiting, Peter Maze and Elizabeth Coulton were consolidated, administered and managed by the trustees unde the title of the 'Long Ashton Parochial Charity'. In 2005 the Charity Commission confirmed that all 9 charities are to be used for the maintenance of the Long Ashton Almshous - numbers 13,15,17,19,21,23,25 and 27 Long Ashton Road. ## **Lady Smyth's Almshouses** This charity is for the upkeep and maintenance of the Almshouses as listed above. ## **Francis Derrick Educational Charity** Income from the land owned by the charity is given to Birdwell School and Northleaze School in equal parts. The trustees sold a strip of land to Sustrans, the sum invested and the interest received given to the schools annually. ## **Chorley's Charitable Trust** A fund was set up in 2005 with the intention that the capital is to be invested in interest bearing deposits at the discretion of the Long Ashton Charity Trustees. The interest is to be distributed for the upkeep of the Fabric of All Saints Church, Long Ashton, possibly at five yearly intervals after a quinquennial inspection of the Church. Whether or not the payment is made towards any particular repair is to be solely at the discretion of the Trustees of this Charity. The Trustees have given due regard to the guidance published by the Charity Commission on Public Benefits. ## **ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE** In 2024 there were no resident changes. ## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** ## **Reserves** The level of reserves is kept under review by the trustees during the year and at each year end to ensure there are sufficient fund to meet unexpected expenditure. At the year end there was an overall surplus of £9,309 for the year with £245,034 held in cash assets and a market value of £361,232 held in M & G shares. ## **ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES** Mr MRJ Taylor - Chairman 29 July 2025 2 ## **LONG ASHTON CHARITY TRUSTEES** ## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or - the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Matthew Bracher BSc FCA Gravita Chartered Accountants Bath House 6-8 Bath Street Bristol BS1 6HL 29 July 2025 3 **LONG ASHTON CHARITY TRUSTEES** ## **STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** |_charity number_
**RECEIPTS**
Weekly maintenance contributions
Ground and allotment rent
Investment income - per client
Donations
**TOTAL RECEIPTS**
**PAYMENTS**
Utilities
Gardening
Repairs and maintenance
Insurance
Accounting
Clerk honorarium and expenses
Grants to other charities
Other
**TOTAL PAYMENTS**
**NET OF RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS**
Cash funds brought forward
**CASH FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|**Lady Smyth's**
**Almshouses**
_205749_
**£**
31,115
7,195
1,119
**39,429**
8,980
2,973
16,633
1,884
630
1,676
353
701
**33,830**
**5,599**
186,821
**192,420**|**Long Ashton**
**Parochial**
**Charity**
_201337_
**£**
-
968
661
**1,629**
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,511
-
**1,511**
**118**
-
**118**|**Francis**
**Derrick**
**Educational**
_310104_
**£**
-
182
257
150
**589**
-
-
-
-
-
-
450
-
**450**
**139**
3,000
**3,139**|**Chorley's**
**Charitable**
_1109274_
**£**
-
-
3453
-
**3453**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**-**
**3,453**
45,904
**49,357**|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
31,115
1,150
11,566
1,269
**45,100**
8,980
2,973
16,633
1,884
630
1,676
2,314
701
**35,791**
**9,309**
235,725
**245,034**|2023
**£**
29,952
1,166
5,894
2,019| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||39,031
8,021
3,038
19,549
2,377
600
1,423
2,264
472| |||||||37,744| |||||||1,287| |||||||234,438| |||||||**235,725**| 4 ## **LONG ASHTON CHARITY TRUSTEES** ## **STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANT ASSETS AND LIABI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** |**Long Ashton**
**Lady Smyth's**
**Parochial**
**Almshouses**
**Charity**
_charity number_
_205749_
_201337_
**£**
**£**
**CASH FUNDS**
Cash funds - CCLA Deposit Fund
8,223
-
Cash funds - NatWest Bank
33,234
118
**OTHER MONETARY FUNDS**
-
-
1 year bond - Skipton Building Society
59,285
-
2 year bond - Skipton Building Society
-
-
2 year bond - Skipton Building Society
-
-
Skipton Community Saver
91,678
-
**CASH ASSETS**
**192,420**
**118**
**OTHER ASSETS**
M & G income shares at valuation
15,110
15,654
M & G accumulation shares at valuation
319,023
-
COIF Property Fund
11,445
-
**345,578**
**15,654**|**Long Ashton**
**Lady Smyth's**
**Parochial**
**Almshouses**
**Charity**
_charity number_
_205749_
_201337_
**£**
**£**
**CASH FUNDS**
Cash funds - CCLA Deposit Fund
8,223
-
Cash funds - NatWest Bank
33,234
118
**OTHER MONETARY FUNDS**
-
-
1 year bond - Skipton Building Society
59,285
-
2 year bond - Skipton Building Society
-
-
2 year bond - Skipton Building Society
-
-
Skipton Community Saver
91,678
-
**CASH ASSETS**
**192,420**
**118**
**OTHER ASSETS**
M & G income shares at valuation
15,110
15,654
M & G accumulation shares at valuation
319,023
-
COIF Property Fund
11,445
-
**345,578**
**15,654**|**Long Ashton**
**Lady Smyth's**
**Parochial**
**Almshouses**
**Charity**
_charity number_
_205749_
_201337_
**£**
**£**
**CASH FUNDS**
Cash funds - CCLA Deposit Fund
8,223
-
Cash funds - NatWest Bank
33,234
118
**OTHER MONETARY FUNDS**
-
-
1 year bond - Skipton Building Society
59,285
-
2 year bond - Skipton Building Society
-
-
2 year bond - Skipton Building Society
-
-
Skipton Community Saver
91,678
-
**CASH ASSETS**
**192,420**
**118**
**OTHER ASSETS**
M & G income shares at valuation
15,110
15,654
M & G accumulation shares at valuation
319,023
-
COIF Property Fund
11,445
-
**345,578**
**15,654**|**Francis**
**Derrick**
**Educational**
_310104_
**£**
-
(118)
-
-
-
3,257
-
**3,139**
-
-
-|**Chorley's**
**Charitable**
_1109274_
**£**
5,597
-
-
-
-
43,760
-
**49,357**
-
-
-
**-**|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
**13,820**
**33,234**
**-**
**59,285**
**-**
**47,017**
**91,678**
**245,034**
**30,764**
**319,023**
**11,445**
**361,232**|2023
**£**
13,146
34,149
-
56,602
-
43,307
88,521| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||33,234|118||||| ||-
59,285
-
-
91,678
**192,420**
15,110
319,023
11,445
**345,578**|-
-
-
-
-
**118**
15,654
-
-
**15,654**||||| |||||||235,725| |||||||29,767
295,338
10,802| ||||**-**|||335,907| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 29 July 2025 and were signed on its behalf by: Mr MRJ Taylor - Chairman 5 ## **LONG ASHTON CHARITY TRUSTEES** ## **STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** ## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** ## **Basis of Accounting** The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements are drawn up on the Receipts and Payments basis of accounting. All donations and other income are therefore accounted for when received. All expenditure is accounted for when paid. ## **Fund accounting** Lady Smyth's Almshouses have a common purpose as agreed with the Charity Commission. ## **2. TRUSTEES' EXPENSES AND RENUMERATION** There were no trustees' renumeration or other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2024 nor for the year ended 31 December 2023 ## **Trustees' expenses** There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 December 2024 nor for the year ended 31 December 2023. 6