## **Vigne-Bremner Almshouses** 30/44 Nursery Road Sunbury on Thames Middlesex TW16 6LE Reg. Charity no. 213816 ## **REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 2021** Trustees: Rev. Andrew Downes – Chairman Diana Brown – Secretary / Treasurer Wendy Evans, Joyce Healey, David Knight Co-opted Members: John Mold Administrator: Sarah Pow Trustees’ meetings were held in June & October 2021. There were only 2 face to face meetings due to Covid. The accounts for the year ending December 2020 were presented to the Trustees’ in October 2021 and accepted by all. The annual inspection of the properties took place in August 2021. The central heating boiler is inspected annually by 1st Class Plumbing & Heating, and the fire extinguishers are also checked annually by Chubb. The smoke alarms are checked annually and the batteries are replaced. The gardening contract has remained with a private contractor, and is very satisfactory. The landscaping is gradually being improved with new planting and work to trees. Contributions of £420 remained the same for 2021 All residents were up to date with their payments by the year end. Most of the residents have remained in reasonable health. The Almshouses are run on a voluntary basis by the Trustees but with a self employed paid administrator to deal with secretarial and financial details The Almshouses Association Gazettes were received, and articles of interest reported to the Trustees by the Administrator. Sarah Pow – Administrator October 2021 THE VlGliF.-BRE￿NER ALMSHOLSES 31 DF.CF.MBER 2021 RLPORT AccOL￿Ts THE VIGJE-BREi￿YER ALMSHOL.SF.S REPORT ACCOLryTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 COYTENTS PAGE Charity Inforniation Trustees, Report Independent Examiner's ResM)rt Balance Sbeel Income and Expenditure Account Notas to Ihc Financial Sthtements THE vIGh￿ BRETrLYER ALMSHOLSES REPORT AYD ACCOLNTS YEAR E￿￿ED 31 DECEIIBER 2021 CHARITY LIFOILMATIO. Chari¢!' Registration No: 213816 TRLSTEES: Chainnan Rev. A. Do Se£reiaryiTrcasurer Mrs. D. Brown Mr5. W. Evans Mrs J. Healey Mr D Knight c￿0p1￿ M¢mb¢rs Mrj. Mold BAi%KERS: Barclays Bank PLC Teddington Braneh Kingston Busincss CLYJtre 6 Clarence Stre Kingston upon Thames Surrcy K-I-I INY ACCOUN'fANTS: Haines Watts Chartered Accounlants LIissLld 46 High Street Eshcf S[￿reY KT109QY THF. VIG%￿ BRE￿￿ER ALMSHOLSES TRUSTEE.$ REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 'rhc Tru5tces prescnt their rqM)rt and the accounts of the charity for the year eLwJed 31 Decanber 2021. OBJECTIVES OF THE CHAJUTY The Trustees shall apply the income of the Charity in maintsining the AlnL8houses and surrounding land for the benefLt of perso￿$ who by reason of Iheir social or eeonornic circutnstanLes have need of SULh housing. The trnstees have had regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benef)l and Consider The Vigne- Brcmnor Almshousc5 lo the definition of a public baxfit altiry un(kr FRS 102. REVIEW OF ACTivrriF.S THE YEAR Th¢ Charity's busio¢s5 was conducted satisfactorily thwing the year. REVIEIV OF FTYANCIAI, POSITION FOR THF. YF.AR Th¢ Charily's financial position for the year wa8 salisfactory. The reserves are substantial. ChairnThn........ Datc . 6.7. 7ozL IN￿EPENT)F.NT F.XLMtNTR'S REPORT TO THE TRLISTEES OF THE VIGNF.-RRF.MNER ALMSHObSES YEAJi ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 I report on the accounts of the Vigne-Brcmner Almshouses for the year ended 31 D￿ember 2021 which are set out on pag&$ 4 to 7. Respective Responsibilities of Trnstees and Enmiller The charity's tsuslees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Charity's trustee$ eonsideT that an audit is noi requircd for this y￿r undcr scction 144(2) of thc Charities A¢t 2011 and that an independent examinaiion is neede It is our responsibility tu- Examin¢ th¢ ac¢ounts {und¢r s￿lI0n 145 orth¢ 2011 A¢l): F'ollow the prc¢edur&s laid down in the Cjeneral Directi(KLS given by the Charity Commissioners (under section 145{5)(b) of the 2011 Acl- and Stat¢ wheiher particular matters have come to altcnlio B4sl& u( Independent Ex4mlDer's Statement The examinAtion M'as carried out in accordanc¢ with thc GcncrAI DirLYlions given by thc Charity Commis5ioner5. An examination includes a review of the ac£ounling rxoTds kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts pro%ented wilh tho8e record8. It alsts includcg consider&tion of any unusual iiems or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trusttss c0￿crning any 5ucb rnattors, Thc pr￿ed￿r¢S ut)dcrlakcn do not provide 811 thc cvid(7Jcc thai would be rffjuired in an audi4 and consequently do nol express audit Op￿I￿n on the view given by the acLounts. Independent ExAminer's Staternent I have completed my examination. I confirm thai material mat￿S have come to m> attLntion in connection with thc cxamination giving m¢ causc lo bclievc thal in any malcrial rcspeci: l) accounting records were noi kept in r&specl of the charity as by 8eaion 130 nf the Act,. ()r 21 the accounts do not accord with those records ' or 3) the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirnmts concerning the frjrm and content of accounts sel out in the Chariti&8 (Accounts and Reports} Regulations 2008 other than any requirernent that thc accounts givc a 'truc and fair view, which 15 not a rnatt￿ considerd as part of an independeni examinaiion. I have no concerns and bave come acro￿ no other matters in cOnt￿tIon with th¢ examination to whic attention should be dr&Thll in this rq)ort in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to b¢ reached Stephen Francis on behalf or HAINES WATTS Chartered ,IccnuntsnL Alssela 46 Hlgh Street Esher Surrev KTIO 9QY Date: THE VIcNE-BREm￿ER ALMSHOLTSF BAL￿)CE SHEET YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 2021 2020 FIXED _4SSETS LaJ)d and Buildings ON-CL'RRE.NT ASSETS tnvesmrnts ai C￿1 N.A.A. Income Shares N.A.A. Accumulation Shar<4 11.278 152.211 11,278 122,211 CURRENT ASSETS ChaTilies Dep05ii Fund 8.072 8,072 Pr￿awCnts Cash ai Bank 39,915 49.492 47.987 57.564 CURRENT LIABILITIES Accruals 4(K) 400 NF.T ASSF.TS 211.517 191.054 MEMBERS, FUINDS £211,517 £191,054 ResertrTs £211,517 £191,054 . Chaimun S￿(ary Dat¢: The Notes on pages 6 to 7 forni an integral part of these Accounts. THE VIC.NE-BREKYER ALMSHOUSES INCOME EXPEM)rtURE ACCOUNT YEAR EYDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 2021 2020 Reni Contributions Receivoj includmg heating 40.280 40.284 OPERAfi.NG LXPELISLS Gardcn Maintcnaucc & G¢n(Yal Repairs 11.096 9,503 tnsurances and T.V. LICL￿¢ 1,358 1.316 Water and Semrrage Rates 490 480 Lighting and Heating 5,321 5,888 18,265 17,187 22.015 23,097 OI'F.RHF,ADS Se£r￿arial Expenses & Sundrics 1.605 1.365 National A&so¢iation of Alr￿￿hOUSst. LAND ANTI BUII.DINGS Th¢ Freehold Land and Buildingb are acquired by D¢d vf Gift ddi¢d 13th Md}. 1891 and arc includcd in the ac¢ountg at the ftominAI value of £1. The i￿$ured value of the Builth'ngs and con(ents is £744,000. No valuation of th¢ Frlyhold LAnd has been obtain IYVESTMEYTS (a) N'ational Association of AITrshouses Income Shares Sh•res Ileld 31 Deeember 2021 31 December 2020 Number 24,545 24,545 Cost £11,278 £11,278 Market Value £22,373 £20,524 THE VIGNT-BRE￿ER ALMSHOUSES IIOTES TO F￿￿NcIAL STATEMENTS IIOTES TO THE ACCOLThTS 31 DF.CEMIIER 2021 (b) National A$$￿1￿tion of A]tnshou5¢5 ACcuD￿tion Sbarttq. Shares Held 31 December 2021 31 December 2020 3.614 3.318 Cost £152,211 £122,211 Market Value £378.379 £306.930 The abovc holdings and market value have been verifie4J by the Otricial Cust(xlian for Charitics. During thc ycar, £30,000 (2020.. £20.0(Ki) was invested in National AS$￿78tiOn of Almshouses Accumulation Shares. RESERVES Extra rdSn8ry Repairs CvclScAI Repairs General Total Balances Brought Forward 122,211 8.072 60,771 191,054 Surplusi(deficit) for the Year 30.000 (9,356) 20.463 Balances ai 31 December 2021 £152.211 £8.072 £51,234 £211,517 RELATED PARTY TRAYSACTIONS During the year there were no transactiOL8 with trusteth. or oihtt relat￿ partieb IL> i￿lUde remuneration or cxpcnscs paid. ## To: Steve Francis on behalf of Haines Watts To whom it may concern The following representations are made on the basis of enquiries of management and staff with relevant knowledge and experience such as we consider necessary in connection with your independent examination of the charitable company’s financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021. These enquiries have included inspection of supporting documentation where appropriate and are sufficient to satisfy ourselves that we can make each of the following representations. All representations are made to the best of our knowledge and belief. ## **General** 1. We acknowledge that the work performed by you is substantially less in scope than an audit performed in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) and that you do not express an audit opinion. 2. We confirm that the charitable company qualifies as small in accordance with the conditions set out in chapter 1 of part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. 3. We confirm that the charitable company was entitled to exemption under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 the requirement to have its financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2021 audited. We also confirm that the members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the financial year in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. 4. We have fulfilled our responsibilities as trustees as set out in the terms of your engagement letter, under the Companies Act 2006 for preparing financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view and for making accurate representations to you. 5. All the transactions undertaken by the charitable company have been properly reflected and recorded in the accounting records. 6. All the accounting records have been made available to you for the purpose of your independent examination. We have provided you with unrestricted access to all appropriate persons within the charitable company, and with all other records and related information requested, including minutes of all management and trustee meetings and correspondence with The Charity Commission. 7. The financial statements are free of material misstatements, including omissions. ## **Assets and liabilities** 9. The charitable company has satisfactory title to all assets and there are no liens or encumbrances on the charitable company’s assets, except for those that are disclosed in the notes to the financial statements. 10. All actual liabilities, contingent liabilities and guarantees given to third parties have been recorded or disclosed as appropriate. 11. We have no plans or intentions that may materially alter the carrying value and, where relevant, the fair value measurements or classification of assets and liabilities reflected in the financial statements. ## **Accounting estimates** 12. Significant assumptions used by us in making accounting estimates, including those measured at fair value, are reasonable. ## Loans and arrangements 13. The charitable company has not granted any advances or credits to, or made guarantees on behalf of, directors other than those disclosed in the financial statements. ## **Legal claims** 14. We have disclosed to you all claims in connection with litigation that have been, or are expected to be, received and such matters, as appropriate, have been properly accounted for and disclosed in the financial statements. ## **Laws and regulations** 15. We have disclosed to you all known instances of non-compliance or suspected non-compliance with laws and regulations whose effects should be considered when preparing the financial statements. ## **Related parties** 16. Related party relationships and transactions have been appropriately accounted for and disclosed in the financial statements. We have disclosed to you all relevant information concerning such relationships and transactions and are not aware of any other matters which require disclosure in order to comply with legislative and accounting standards requirements. ## **Subsequent events** 17. All events subsequent to the date of the financial statements which require adjustment or disclosure have been properly accounted for and disclosed. ## **Going concern** 18. We believe that the charitable company’s financial statements should be prepared on a going concern basis on the grounds that current and future sources of funding or support will be more than adequate for the charitable company’s needs. We have considered a period of twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements. We believe that no further disclosures relating to the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern need to be made in the financial statements. ## **Grants and donations** 19. All grants, donations and other income, the receipt of which is subject to specific terms or conditions, have been notified to you. There have been no breaches of terms or conditions in the application of such income. There is no restricted income or expenditure in the period. Yours faithfully .............................................................................................................................. Signed on behalf of the board of trustees Date: