Registered Charity Number: 208512
The St. Mary’s Charities (also known as St. Mary’s Hospital Charities)
The Trustees’ Annual Report and Unaudited Receipts and Payments Account For the year ended 31st December 2025
The St. Mary’s Charities
(also known as St. Mary’s Hospital Charities)
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| CONTENTS | |
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| Legal & Administration Details | 1 |
| Trustee’s Report | 2 – 4 |
| Independent Examiner’s Report | 5 |
| Unaudited Receipts and Payments Account | 6 |
| Statement of Assets and Liabilities | 7 |
| Notes | 8 |
The St. Mary’s Charities (also known as St. Mary’s Hospital Charities)
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Legal and Administration Details for the year ended 31 December 2025
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Registered Charity Number
208512
The Corresponding Member
Mrs Janet Palmart
The Principal Address
Church Office Church Centre Causeway Horsham RH12 1HE Telephone: 01403 253762 Email: almshouses@horshamstmarys.org.uk
The Trustee s : - four for the time being and by virtue of their office and one co-opted
Revd. Canon Lisa Barnett Rector of the Parish of Horsham Mrs Sue Keegan (appointed 10/2/2025) Churchwarden of the Parish of Horsham Mrs Catherine Hatton Churchwarden of the Parish of Horsham Mr Peter Fruin Churchwarden of the Parish of Horsham Mr Stephen Benson Co-opted Mrs Morag Davies Co-opted
The Hon. Treasurers
Mr Clive Palmart, Mrs Janet Palmart
The Hon. Secretary to the Trustees
Mr Michael Miles
The Warden of St. Mary’s House
Ms Joanne Kinsley-Smith
Bankers National Westminster Bank PLC 47 The Carfax Horsham West Sussex
Insurers Grout Insurance Brokers (RSA underwritten)
Independent Examiner Mr Mark Thompson (Kestrel Accounting)
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The St. Mary’s Charities (also known as St. Mary’s Hospital Charities)
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Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2025
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The Trustees have pleasure in submitting their annual report together with the unaudited accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2025.
Administration Details Constitution
The charity is set up under a Trust Deed which sets out the objectives and purposes of the charity.
Structure, Governance and Management
The Trust Deed was adopted on 6th March 1908 as amended 26th June 1953, Charities Commissioners Order sanction of 13th December 1990 and further amendment January 2005.
St. Mary’s House is managed by the Trustees, which comprises the Rector of the Parish of Horsham, the Churchwardens of St. Mary’s Church, Horsham and two co-opted Trustees. The Trustees meet at least four times in each year and deal with the administration of the charity overseeing financial accountability, risk management and any other administrative business of St. Mary’s House. The operational management of the organisation is undertaken by the Trustees and volunteers.
Objectives and Activities
The purpose of the Charity is the provision and maintenance of accommodation for approximately 10 persons, normally of pensionable age, who do not have the financial resources to purchase their own accommodation. The Charity aims to provide a caring and supportive Christian community for its elderly residents.
The only employee of the Charity is the Warden of St Mary’s House.
The bulk of the accommodation is as units comprising sitting room, bedroom, bathroom/toilet and kitchen. There is one two-bedroom unit. The units are split between two houses, east and west.
Activities during the year
A new shower was installed in Flat 4 and new electric meters were also installed across the property. Outside of the property, work was undertaken on the relaying of the footpaths.
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The St. Mary’s Charities
(also known as St. Mary’s Hospital Charities)
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Report of the Trustees - continued for the year ended 31 December 2025
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Public Benefit Statements
The Trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on their legal duty on public benefit and are satisfied that that the Charity delivers public benefit; due regard is paid to the guidance on public benefit when deciding what new projects the charity should undertake.
Investments
A routine maintenance fund is in existence. It is the Trustees’ general policy, wherever possible, to pay for all maintenance and repairs from income. When the decision is taken to transfer monies to the Reserve the Trustees always take full account of the general financial position of the Almshouse as well as what they see as the medium-term needs (i.e. up to four years ahead)
All investments are currently held with:
The Central Board of Finance of the Church of England and
The M&G Charity Multi Asset Fund
Other Assets
The Land and Building Asset (based on replacement insurance valuations at February 2024) £2,848,000
Liabilities
There are no liabilities
Trustees
No remuneration was paid to the Trustees during the year (2024 £ nil).
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The St. Mary’s Charities
(also known as St. Mary’s Hospital Charities)
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Report of the Trustees - continued for the year ended 31 December 2025
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Statement of the Trustees’ Responsibilities
The Charities Act 2011 requires the Trustees to keep proper books of account with respect to the affairs of the charity, and to prepare statements of unaudited accounts for each accounting year consisting of a Receipts and Payments account together with notes to the accounts. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
In preparing these accounts, the Trustees are expected to:
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Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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Follow the recommendations of the Charity Commission and of the accounting profession with regard to the form and content of the unaudited accounts and to disclose and explain any departures there from;
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Prepare the unaudited accounts on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will be able to meet its objectives; and
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Consider the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
Declaration
The Trustees have approved the Trustees’ Report and signed on behalf of the Trustees.
Signature …..Stephen Benson…..
Position …..Trustee………………
Date 19[th] June 2026
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The St. Mary’s Charities
(also known as St. Mary’s Hospital Charities)
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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2025
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I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of The St. Mary’s Charities (also known as St. Mary’s Hospital Charities) for the year ended 31 December 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the Trustees of the Charity, 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 2011 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.
My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the Group’s Trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an Independent Examiner’s Report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the group and the Group’s Trustees, as a body, for my work or for this report.
Independent Examiner’s Statement
I have completed my examination. I can confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with my examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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Accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by Section 130 of the Act; or
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The accounts do not accord with those records
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The financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a “true and fair view” which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
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.
Signed …. M D Thompson…. Kestrel Accounting, Institute of Financial Accountants
Date 22[nd] June 2026
Address 3 Brown Twins Road, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, BN6 9XT
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The St. Mary's Charities (also known as St. Mary's Hospital Charities)
Year Ended 31 December 2025
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
| GENERAL FUNDS Note Income Receipts Weekly Maintenance Charge: Rent Heating Total: Income from Investments Dividends 1 CBF Deposit Interest 2 Bank Interest Other receipts Miscellaneous - Guest Rent Miscellaneous - Donations from Residents Miscellaneous - Other Income TOTAL RECEIPTS: Direct Charitable Expenditure Projects 3 Other payments: Water Rates Electricity - net 4 Telephone Insurance Repairs, Maintenance etc 5 Cleaning Gas Warden Miscellaneous and office expenses NAA Subscription Alarm System TOTAL PAYMENTS : Excess (deficit) of receipts over payments Transfers between funds Bank and Investment Balances at 1 January 2025 Net Gain / (loss) on investments Bank and Investment Balances at 31 December 2025 |
Unrestricted Endowment TOTAL TOTAL Funds Funds 2025 2024 £ £ £ £ 41,446 - 41,446 42,310 8,349 - 8,349 8,244 49,795 - 49,795 50,554 86 265 351 335 4,566 - 4,566 3,930 267 - 267 622 631 - 631 710 200 - 200 - - - - 50 55,545 265 55,810 56,201 6,386 6,386 980 3,309 3,309 2,565 2,299 2,299 1,906 160 160 160 2,056 2,056 1,865 12,647 12,647 9,585 1,593 1,593 1,674 7,659 7,659 4,584 6,708 6,708 6,744 1,506 1,506 217 500 500 500 2,484 2,484 2,346 47,307 - 47,307 33,126 8,238 265 8,503 23,075 265 (265) - - 8,503 - 8,503 23,075 131,714 31,914 163,628 138,365 214 4,946 5,160 2,188 140,431 £ 36,860 £ 177,291 £ 163,628 £ |
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The St. Mary's Charities (also known as St. Mary's Hospital Charities)
Year Ended 31 December 2025
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
| Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Endowment | Endowment | Total | Total | Total | ||||
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| Funds | Funds | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||||
| Cash Funds | ||||||||||
| Bank Current Account | 25,767 | 25,767 | 50 | 50 | ||||||
| Bank Reserve Account | 50 | 50 | 21,589 | 32,536 | ||||||
| Petty Cash | (18) | (18) | 223 | 131 | ||||||
| Investment Assets | ||||||||||
| CBF Deposit - Routine maintenance fund | 112,536 | - | 112,536 | 107,970 | 74,040 | |||||
| M&G Charity Multi Asset Units - Accumulation Units | ||||||||||
| ERF | - | 7,866 | 7,866 | 6,758 | 6,256 | |||||
| Robert Woodruff Crowhurst 160 Units | - | 22,549 | 22,549 | 19,371 | 17,933 | |||||
| M&G Charity Multi Asset Units - Income Units | ||||||||||
| Eversfield Bequest | - | 248 | 248 | 223 | 215 | |||||
| Lea Bequest | - | 1,353 | 1,353 | 1,214 | 1,175 | |||||
| Tanner Charity | - | 552 | 552 | 496 | 480 | |||||
| Susan Ellen Miller | - | 1,142 | 1,142 | 1,025 | 992 | |||||
| Robert Woodruff Crowhurst | - | 3,150 | 3,150 | 2,827 | 2,736 | |||||
| General Fund | 2,096 | - | 2,096 | 1,882 | 1,821 | |||||
| TOTAL | £ | 140,431 |
£ | 36,860 |
£ | 177,291 |
£ | 163,628 |
£ | 138,365 |
| Movements of cash during the year | M&G | |||||||||
| **Bank accounts ** | CBF Deposit | Charity Multi | Total | Total | ||||||
| and | petty cash | accounts | Asset Units | 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||||
| Balance as at 1 January 2025 | 21,862 | 107,970 | 33,796 | 163,628 | 138,365 | |||||
| Total receipts | 51,244 | 4,566 | - | 55,810 | 56,201 | |||||
| Total payments | (47,307) | - | - | (47,307) | (33,126) | |||||
| Transfers between assets | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Net Gain / (loss) on investments | - | - | 5,160 | 5,160 | 2,188 | |||||
| Balance as at 31 December 2025 | £ | 25,799 |
£ | 112,536 |
£ | 38,956 |
£ | 177,291 |
£ | 163,628 |
Signed on behalf of the Trustees.
Signature Janet Palmart
Position Treasurer, The St. Mary's Hospital Charities Date 19th June 2026
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The St. Mary's Charities
(also known as St. Mary's Hospital Charities)
Year Ended 31 December 2025
Notes to the Accounts
| Unrestricted | Endowment | Endowment | Endowment | TOTAL | TOTAL | ||
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| Funds 2025 | Funds | 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Note | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| 1 | Income from Investments - Dividends | ||||||
| Eversfield Bequest | - | 10 | 10 | 10 | |||
| Lea Bequest | - | 56 | 56 | 53 | |||
| Tanner Bequest | - | 23 | 23 | 22 | |||
| Susan Ellen Miller | - | 47 | 47 | 45 | |||
| Robert Woodruffe Crowhurst | - | 129 | 129 | 123 | |||
| General Fund | 86 | - | 86 | 82 | |||
| Total | £86 | £265 | £351 | £335 | |||
| 2 | CBF Deposit Interest | ||||||
| St Mary's Hospital Charity | 4,566 | - | 4,566 | 3,930 | |||
| Total | £4,566 | £0 | £4,566 | £3,930 | |||
| 3 | Direct Charitable Expenditure on Projects | 2025 £ |
2024 £ |
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| New electric meters | 1,200 | - | |||||
| New shower flat 4 | 3,429 | - | |||||
| Relay outside paths | 1,757 | - | |||||
| New shower Flat 5 | - | 740 | |||||
| Contribution to gazebo | - | 240 | |||||
| Total | £6,386 | £980 | |||||
| 4 | Electricity expenses are shown net of residents contributions | ||||||
| Gross expenditure £5,064 less receipts from residents £2,765 (2024: | £4,009 | - £2,103) | |||||
| 5 | Repairs and maintenance | 2025 £ |
2024 £ |
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| General repairs | 3,737 | 2,456 | |||||
| Gardening expenses | 1,751 | 1,830 | |||||
| Boiler servicing and repairs | 347 | 1,422 | |||||
| Electrics, PAT testing | 534 | 1,098 | |||||
| Fire Alarm servicing | 1,972 | 811 | |||||
| New carpets flat 15, guest room | 599 | - | |||||
| Premises manager | - | 1,000 | |||||
| Plumbing repairs | 3,144 | 667 | |||||
| Decoration to flats | 393 | 111 | |||||
| Lift servicing | - | 140 | |||||
| Other | 170 | 50 | |||||
| Total | £12,647 | £9,585 |
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