## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1[st] April 2022 Period start date To 31[st] March 2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Charles Amherst’s Almshouses** ## **Charity registration number:209602** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Almshouses for blind or impotent**
**persons who have resided in the ancient**
**parish of Pembury for not less than two**
**years next preceding the time of**
**appointment. Any surplus income to be**
**applied for the benefit of almspeople.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Provision**
**and**
**maintenance**
**of**
**almshouses**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance published by the Charity**
**Commission and believe that all our**
**activities are for the benefit for needy**
**residents in our area of benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Volunteers regularly visit the residents**
**of the amlshouses and arrange for the**
**maintenance of their properties.**| |||| Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**We completely refurbished one of the**
**houses including putting in a new**
**kitchen during the year. The house has**
**now been occupied by a local resident**
**who would otherwise have been**
**homeless due to the redevelopment of**
**the property where he was living.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We simply collect the Weekly**
**Maintenance contributions, monitoring**
**the likely future cost of maintenance**
**and repairs.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**The year has not been a good one for**
**the performance of investments. We are**
**reviewing our investment policy for the**
**future.**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** Para 1.21 Review of the charity’s **We have ended the year with a surplus** |financial position at the end
of the period||**of income of £8,461.43. This will be**
**added to our ear-marked reserves.**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are help for future**
**maintenance. One reserve is to build up**
**a reserve to overhaul the roof in 10 – 20**
**years time. We are told that at current**
**prices this will cost £120K. There is a**
**reserve for routine maintenance. Finally,**
**there is a reserve for exterior re-**
**decoration etc. which happens every 5**
**years. The buildings were built in 1715.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**At the end of the period we held**
**reserves of £112,034.12**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The Charity’s principal source of funds**
**is**
**the**
**Weekly**
**Maintenance**
**Contributions received from residents.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**The investment objectives are safely to**
**grow the fund as much as possible for**
**use in the future maintenance of the**
**buildings.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Investment risk.**
**Risk of having insufficient sums should**
**major works be required and insufficient**
**reserves being held.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Scheme of Trust.**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated Association.**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**The Scheme of 1953 provides:**
**a.**
**One ex-officio trustee being the**
**Vicar for the time being of**
**Pembury**
**b. 3 representative trustees – being**
**2 by the Parish Council of**
**Pembury and 1 by the committee**
**for the time being of The**
**Pembury Women’s Institute**
**c.**
**One Co-optative Trustee.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**A policy for the Induction of Trustees**
**was last reviewed and approved in June**
**2022.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The Charity is a member of The**
**Almshouse Association.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**None known**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Charles Amherst’s Almshouses| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Pembury Almshouses| |Registered charity number|209602| |Charity’s principal address|7 Batchelors
Pembury
Tunbridge Wells
Kent, TN2 4ED.| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Nigel Morris
Stratton|Chairman|Appointed 8thSeptember
2022|Pembury Parish Council| ||Nicola Jane Phipps||Appointed 6thOctober
2023|Appointed by Pembury
Womens Institute| ||Margaret Weaver||Appointed 1stMay2022|PemburyParish Council| ||Pauline Edith
Franks|||Co-optative Trustee| ||Rev Richard Mark
Worssam|||Vicar of Pembury| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |**Surveyor**|David Jarrett|The Jioners Shop, The Historic Dockyard, Chatham,
Kent, ME4 4TZ.| |**Treasure**
**r**|Alan Hughes|7, Henwoods Crescent, Pembury, TN2 4LJ.| |||| |||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** N/A ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** Nigel Morris Stratton **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairman **Chair, etc)** **Date** December 2023 ## **Charles Amherst's Almshouses, Pembury** Statement of account for the year ended 31st. March 2023 |Income
WMC from properties
26820.00
Income fromNAACIF shares
0.00
Total Income
Expenditure
Water sewerage & supply
740.38
Insurance
1427.53
Almshouse Association Subscription
196.00
Chairman's expenses
8.00
Residents Christmas presents
240.00
Maintenance and repair
15309.34
Architect Fees
0.00
Television licences
159.00
Electricity/Gas
107.66
Treasurer's expenses/postage
14.66
Garden Waste Bins
156.00
Total expenditure
Net income over expenditure
Investment
Charifund Accumulation Units
**Bank Statement Balance March 31st. 2023**|Income
WMC from properties
26820.00
Income fromNAACIF shares
0.00
Total Income
Expenditure
Water sewerage & supply
740.38
Insurance
1427.53
Almshouse Association Subscription
196.00
Chairman's expenses
8.00
Residents Christmas presents
240.00
Maintenance and repair
15309.34
Architect Fees
0.00
Television licences
159.00
Electricity/Gas
107.66
Treasurer's expenses/postage
14.66
Garden Waste Bins
156.00
Total expenditure
Net income over expenditure
Investment
Charifund Accumulation Units
**Bank Statement Balance March 31st. 2023**|26820.00
18358.57| |---|---|---| |||8461.43| |||38732.31
73301.81| See over for Bank Reconciliation and Maintenance/Repair costs I have examined the above accounts for the year ending 31/03/2023 and the figures as at that date from the books receipts and bank statements. In my view these give an accurate picture and assessment of the trust's situation for the year and as at that date. John R. Franks A.C.I.B. Independent Examiner 01/04/2023 ## Bank Reconciliation |Opening balance 01/04/2022|64840.38|| |---|---|---| |Less unpresented Cheques|0|64840.38| |Add income to 31/03/2023||26820.00| |Less purchase of shares||0.00| |Less expenditure||-18358.57| |Closing Bank Balance as at 31/03/2023||73301.81| ## Analysis of Maintenance and Repairs |New kitchen
11
Carpeting
11
Replaster & redecoration 11
Electrical repairs & tiling 11
Kitchen fan +light
9
New shower door
17
New toilet unit
17
New Saniflo unit
17
Seals to toilet pipe
13
Service boilers
All
Repair boiler leak
15
Paint
11
Total|6137.00
2366.16
2940.07
1015.20
607.77
214.46
320.00
985.00
95.00
510.00
108.00
10.68| |---|---| ||15309.34| ## **Charles Amherst's Almshouses, Pembury** Statement of account for the year ended 31st. March 2023 |Income
WMC from properties
26820.00
Income fromNAACIF shares
0.00
Total Income
Expenditure
Water sewerage & supply
740.38
Insurance
1427.53
Almshouse Association Subscription
196.00
Chairman's expenses
8.00
Residents Christmas presents
240.00
Maintenance and repair
15309.34
Architect Fees
0.00
Television licences
159.00
Electricity/Gas
107.66
Treasurer's expenses/postage
14.66
Garden Waste Bins
156.00
Total expenditure
Net income over expenditure
Investment
Charifund Accumulation Units
**Bank Statement Balance March 31st. 2023**|Income
WMC from properties
26820.00
Income fromNAACIF shares
0.00
Total Income
Expenditure
Water sewerage & supply
740.38
Insurance
1427.53
Almshouse Association Subscription
196.00
Chairman's expenses
8.00
Residents Christmas presents
240.00
Maintenance and repair
15309.34
Architect Fees
0.00
Television licences
159.00
Electricity/Gas
107.66
Treasurer's expenses/postage
14.66
Garden Waste Bins
156.00
Total expenditure
Net income over expenditure
Investment
Charifund Accumulation Units
**Bank Statement Balance March 31st. 2023**|26820.00
18358.57| |---|---|---| |||8461.43| |||38732.31
73301.81| See over for Bank Reconciliation and Maintenance/Repair costs I have examined the above accounts for the year ending 31/03/2023 and the figures as at that date from the books receipts and bank statements. In my view these give an accurate picture and assessment of the trust's situation for the year and as at that date. John R. Franks A.C.I.B. Independent Examiner 01/04/2023 ## Bank Reconciliation |Opening balance 01/04/2022|64840.38|| |---|---|---| |Less unpresented Cheques|0|64840.38| |Add income to 31/03/2023||26820.00| |Less purchase of shares||0.00| |Less expenditure||-18358.57| |Closing Bank Balance as at 31/03/2023||73301.81| ## Analysis of Maintenance and Repairs |New kitchen
11
Carpeting
11
Replaster & redecoration 11
Electrical repairs & tiling 11
Kitchen fan +light
9
New shower door
17
New toilet unit
17
New Saniflo unit
17
Seals to toilet pipe
13
Service boilers
All
Repair boiler leak
15
Paint
11
Total|6137.00
2366.16
2940.07
1015.20
607.77
214.46
320.00
985.00
95.00
510.00
108.00
10.68| |---|---| ||15309.34|