**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 213816** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND** 

## **UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024** 

## **FOR** 

**Vigne Bremner Almshouses** 

MHR Consultancy Limited Ferneberga House Alexandra Road Farnborough Hampshire GU14 6DQ 



**Vigne Bremner Almshouses** 

## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the Year Ended 31 December 2024** 

|||**Page**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Report of the Trustees**||1||
|**Independent Examiner's Report**||2||
|**Statement of Financial Activities**||3||
|**Balance Sheet**||4||
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|5|to|8|
|**Detailed Statement of Financial Activities**||9||





**Vigne Bremner Almshouses** 

**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES** 

## **for the Year Ended 31 December 2024** 

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019). 

## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** 

The Trustees shall apply the income of the Charity in maintaining the Almshouses and surrounding land for the benefit of persons who by reason of their social or economic circumstances have need of such housing. The trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and consider The Vigne-Bremner Almshouses to meet the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. 

## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** 

## **Financial position** 

The Charity’s financial position for the year was satisfactory. The reserves are substantial. 

## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** 

## **Governing document** 

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust and constitutes an unincorporated charity. 

## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number** 

213816 

**Principal address** 30-44 Nursery Road Sunbury on Thames Surrey TW16 6LE 

**Trustees** Rev A V J Downes Chairman D Knight W Evans D Brown J Healy 

**Independent Examiner** Mark Blackwell (ACMA) MHR Consultancy Limited Ferneberga House Alexandra Road Farnborough Hampshire GU14 6DQ 

**Bankers** Barclays Bank PLC Teddington Branch Kingston Business Centre 6 Clarence Street Kingston upon Thames Surrey KT1 1NY 

Approved by order of the board of trustees on ............................................. and signed on its behalf by: 

...................................................................................... Rev A V J Downes - Trustee 

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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF VIGNE BREMNER ALMSHOUSES** 

## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Vigne Bremner Almshouses** 

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Vigne Bremner Almshouses (the Trust) for the year ended 31 December 2024. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the charity trustees of the Trust 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 Trust's accounts carried out under Section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all 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: 

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by Section 130 of the Act; or 

2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 

3. the accounts 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. 

Mark Blackwell (ACMA) The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants 

MHR Consultancy Limited Ferneberga House Alexandra Road Farnborough Hampshire GU14 6DQ 

Date: ............................................. 

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**Vigne Bremner Almshouses** 

**STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES for the Year Ended 31 December 2024** 

|||31.12.24|31.12.23|
|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Total|
|||fund|funds|
||Notes|£|£|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**||||
|Other trading activities|2|41,159|35,857|
|Investment income|3|1,300|860|
|**Total**||42,459|36,717|
|**EXPENDITURE ON**||||
|Raising funds|4|3,396|-|
|**Charitable activities**||||
|Charitable Objectives||32,953|34,240|
|Other||-|1,897|
|**Total**||36,349|36,137|
|**NET INCOME**||6,110|580|
|**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**||||
|Total funds brought forward||161,595|161,015|
|**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**||167,705|161,595|



The notes form part of these financial statements 

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**Vigne Bremner Almshouses** 

## **BALANCE SHEET** 

## **31 December 2024** 

|||31.12.24|31.12.23|
|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Total|
|||fund|funds|
||Notes|£|£|
|**FIXED ASSETS**||||
|Tangible assets|7|1|1|
|Investments|8|136,489|118,489|
|||136,490|118,490|
|**CURRENT ASSETS**||||
|Debtors|9|689|689|
|Cash at bank||32,127|45,316|
|||32,816|46,005|
|**CREDITORS**||||
|Amounts falling due within one year|10|(1,601)|(2,900)|
|**NET CURRENT ASSETS**||31,215|43,105|
|**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**||167,705|161,595|
|**NET ASSETS**||167,705|161,595|
|**FUNDS**|11|||
|Unrestricted funds||167,705|161,595|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**||167,705|161,595|



The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on ............................................. and were signed on its behalf by: 

............................................. A V J Downes - Trustee 

............................................. D Brown - Trustee 

The notes form part of these financial statements 

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**Vigne Bremner Almshouses** 

**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the Year Ended 31 December 2024** 

## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** 

## **Basis of preparing the financial statements** 

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, with the exception of investments which are included at market value, as modified by the revaluation of certain assets. 

## **Income** 

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. 

## **Expenditure** 

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. 

## **Tangible fixed assets** 

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life. 

## **Taxation** 

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities. 

## **Fund accounting** 

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. 

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. 

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements. 

## **2.** 

## **3.** 

## **OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES** 

|**OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES**|||
|---|---|---|
||31.12.24|31.12.23|
||£|£|
|Rent Contributions Received|41,159|35,857|
|**INVESTMENT INCOME**|||
||31.12.24|31.12.23|
||£|£|
|N.A.A. Common Investment Fund|818|857|
|Interest receivable - trading|482|3|
||1,300|860|



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**Vigne Bremner Almshouses** 

**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2024** 

## **4. RAISING FUNDS** 

## **Raising donations and legacies** 

|**Raising donations and legacies**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||31.12.24|31.12.23||
||£|£||
|Support costs|3,396||-|



## **5. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS** 

There were no trustees' remuneration 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. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** 

## **7.** 

||Unrestricted|
|---|---|
||fund|
||£|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**||
|Other trading activities|35,857|
|Investment income|860|
|**Total**|36,717|
|**EXPENDITURE ON**||
|**Charitable activities**||
|Charitable Objectives|34,240|
|Other|1,897|
|**Total**|36,137|
|**NET INCOME**|580|
|**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**||
|Total funds brought forward|161,015|
|**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|161,595|
|**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**||
||Freehold|
||property|
||£|
|**COST**||
|At 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024|1|
|**NET BOOK VALUE**||
|At 31 December 2024|1|
|At 31 December 2023|1|



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**Vigne Bremner Almshouses** 

**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2024** 

## **8. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS** 

|**8.**|**FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||N.A.A.|N.A.A.||
|||Income|Accumulation||
|||Shares|Shares|Totals|
|||£|£|£|
||**MARKET VALUE**||||
||At 1 January 2024|11,278|107,211|118,489|
||Additions|18,000|-|18,000|
||At 31 December 2024|29,278|107,211|136,489|
||**NET BOOK VALUE**||||
||At 31 December 2024|29,278|107,211|136,489|
||At 31 December 2023|11,278|107,211|118,489|
||There were no investment assets outside the UK.||||
||The market value of the investments held with M&G is £419,732 as of the 31st December 2024||||
|**9.**|**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**||||
||||31.12.24|31.12.23|
||||£|£|
||Prepayments||689|689|
|**10.**|**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**||||
||||31.12.24|31.12.23|
||||£|£|
||Other creditors||1,601|2,900|
|**11.**|**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**||||
||||Net||
||||movement|At|
|||At 1.1.24|in funds|31.12.24|
|||£|£|£|
||**Unrestricted funds**||||
||General fund|161,595|6,110|167,705|
||**TOTAL FUNDS**|161,595|6,110|167,705|
||Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:||||
|||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|||resources|expended|in funds|
|||£|£|£|
||**Unrestricted funds**||||
||General fund|42,459|(36,349)|6,110|
||**TOTAL FUNDS**|42,459|(36,349)|6,110|



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**Vigne Bremner Almshouses** 

**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the Year Ended 31 December 2024** 

## **11. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued** 

**Comparatives for movement in funds** 

|**Unrestricted funds**<br>General fund<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**<br>Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>General fund<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**|Net<br>movement<br>At<br>At 1.1.23<br>in funds<br>31.12.23<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>161,015<br>580<br>161,595<br>161,015<br>580<br>161,595<br>Incoming<br>Resources<br>Movement<br>resources<br>expended<br>in funds<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>36,717<br>(36,137)<br>580<br>36,717<br>(36,137)<br>580|Net<br>movement<br>At<br>At 1.1.23<br>in funds<br>31.12.23<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>161,015<br>580<br>161,595<br>161,015<br>580<br>161,595<br>Incoming<br>Resources<br>Movement<br>resources<br>expended<br>in funds<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>36,717<br>(36,137)<br>580<br>36,717<br>(36,137)<br>580|
|---|---|---|
|||580|



A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows: 

|**Unrestricted funds**<br>General fund<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**|Net<br>movement<br>At<br>At 1.1.23<br>in funds<br>31.12.24<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>161,015<br>6,690<br>167,705<br>161,015<br>6,690<br>167,705|Net<br>movement<br>At<br>At 1.1.23<br>in funds<br>31.12.24<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>161,015<br>6,690<br>167,705<br>161,015<br>6,690<br>167,705|
|---|---|---|
|||167,705|



A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: 

||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|---|---|---|---|
||resources|expended|in funds|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||
|General fund|79,176|(72,486)|6,690|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|79,176|(72,486)|6,690|



## **12. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES** 

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 December 2024. 

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**Vigne Bremner Almshouses** 

**DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES for the Year Ended 31 December 2024** 

|**DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**<br>**for the Year Ended 31 December 2024**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||31.12.24|31.12.23||
||£|£||
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**||||
|**Other trading activities**||||
|Rent Contributions Received|41,159|35,857||
|**Investment income**||||
|N.A.A. Common Investment Fund|818||857|
|Interest receivable - trading|482||3|
||1,300||860|
|**Total incoming resources**|42,459|36,717||
|**EXPENDITURE**||||
|**Charitable activities**||||
|Rates and water|1,802||136|
|Insurances and T.V. Licence|1,402|2,754||
|Light and heat|14,807|10,388||
|National Association of Almshouses|-||539|
|Advertising|-||140|
|Garden Maintenance & General Repairs|14,942|20,283||
||32,953|34,240||
|**Support costs**||||
|**Management**||||
|Rates and water|180||-|
|Secretarial Exp. & Sundries|1,992|1,417||
||2,172|1,417||
|**Finance**||||
|Bank charges|54||-|
|**Governance costs**||||
|Accountancy and legal fees|1,170||480|
|Total resources expended|36,349|36,137||
|**Net income**|6,110||580|



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