## **THE BUNNY AND BRADMORE CHARITIES comprising THE PARKYNS SCHOOL CHARITY (9528187) THE APPRENTICE CHARITY (528224) THE BUNNY AND BRADMORE GENERAL CHARITY (214735)**
**are administered by the Clerk to the Trustees, Kate Read, from 17, Victoria Road, Bunny, Nottingham, NG11 6QF**
## **ANNUAL REPORT for 2024**
## **FOUNDATION**
The Parkyns Almshouses were built in the year 1700 by Sir Thomas Parkyns Bart., second son of the Lady Anne Parkyns.
Lady Anne, by a Deed dated 12[th] July 1709, created the Parkyns School Charity, the school originally having been part of the Almshouse building with the hospital attached
The Almshouses together with the charities known as the Bread Charities, the Great Leake Allotment, the Coal Charity, the Nottingham Land Charity, the Sir Thomas Parkyns Charity and the Lady Anne Parkyns Charity were all amalgamated into the General Charities by a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners dated 29[th] August 1963. A new Scheme dated 11[th] September 1997, since amended, consolidated all the General Charities and revised the administration and the Trustee representation.
The School and Apprentice Fee Charities were regulated by a Scheme of the Minister of Education dated 17[th] October 1963, as subsequently amended, and their accounts are brought together under the Education Charities.
## **OBJECTS**
The Education Charities exist to provide further educational benefits to young persons in the Parishes of Bunny, Bradmore and Costock and to help the Bunny C E School with facilities which it cannot obtain through the local Education Authority. The Parkyns School Charity owns and maintains the structure of the old School, which is leased to the Bunny Parish Council and used as the Village Hall.
The General Charity’s first concern is to provide almshouses for needy persons initially from Bunny and Bradmore but, if necessary, from a wider area, and to maintain them to a high standard of accommodation; thereafter to provide benefits for needy persons in Bunny and Bradmore, and in general to give assistance to persons in distress.
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## **REVIEW OF THE YEAR**
The Trustees in office at the end of the Year were:
Appointed by Bunny Parish Council Mr K Cannon Appointed by Bradmore Parish Council Mr P Crompton Co-opted Members Mr G G Norbury Mr M Marchant Mrs H Whyte Mr H Barr (Chairman) Ex-officio trustee Rev. T H C Meyrick
The Clerk to the trustees was appointed from 1st January 2024 and the retiring clerk agreed to work along side her whilst she familiarised herself with the role.
During the year Mrs Featherstone’s place as the Bunny Parish Council nominated trustee was taken over by Mr K Cannon.
Mr Thorneycroft resigned as a trustee and chairman of the trustees but agreed to support the maintenance of the properties through his company. Mr H Barr was coopted as a trustee and invited to be the chair of the trustees which he agreed to do for a maximum period of two years from June 2024.
The longstanding resident of the first floor flat number 126, Mrs M Downes, sadly died in January. The trustees took the opportunity of carrying out a full upgrade of the flat before seeking a new resident relying on funds from the Extraordinary Repair Fund.
Following completion of the works the flat was advertised but a suitable almshouse resident was not found and a temporary resident was installed. The central heating boiler in the ground floor flat number 124 referred to in the previous annual report has been replaced.
The Trustees continue to carry out routine maintenance to the almshouse buildings and servicing of equipment as necessary to ensure that a high standard is maintained.
The works referred to in the schedule of condition for the Village Hall referred to in the last annual report have been partially completed.
The insurance for the Village Hall was reviewed at the time of renewal and a new insurance has been put in place.
The Trustees have met in the meeting room in the usual way. The History Society continues to store materials in its cupboards in the room and to hold committee meetings there.
The Trustees have continued to make grants to students for books or course materials in the usual way.
## **THE COMING YEAR**
Routine maintenance of the almshouse building will continue to be carried out as required from time to time together with servicing requirements.
It is planned to have the remaining works on the schedule of condition for the Village Hall undertaken in 2025.
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The Trustees will carry out an inspection of the almshouse building and the flats to ascertain their state of repair and review what repairs (if any) are required.
The trustees will be readvertising the first floor flat early in the year with a view to finding a suitable almshouse resident.
## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ AND GOVERNORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES**
The Trustees and Governors are required to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charities and of their financial activities for that year.
In preparing those financial statements they are required to :
1. Select suitable accounting policies and to apply them consistently
2. Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent, and
3. Prepare the financial statements on the ongoing concern basis unless it is appropriate to assume that the Charities will cease to exist.
They are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charities and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charities and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud.
## **ACCOUNTS**
Throughout the accounts all figures are rounded to the nearest pound and are shown in pounds sterling.
The Accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Charities Act 2011 with an Income and Expenditure Account and Balance Sheet for each Charity. The Act requires that the investments be stated at Market Value at the Accounting Date, and as a result, the following changes in value are recorded:
Parkyns School Charity £ 556 Apprentice Fee Charity £ 257 General Charity £1654 These have been recorded in the accumulated funds.
A Cyclical Maintenance Fund is maintained to even out the costs of maintenance for the Almshouses over the years; the balance at 31[st] December 2024 was £377.
The Trustees are also required by a Scheme dated 22[nd] May 1972, to provide for the extraordinary repair, improvement or rebuilding of the Almshouses by maintaining an Extraordinary Repair Fund, the balance of which, at 31[st] December 2024, was £30,934.
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The Trustees and Governors have taken the view that it would not be practical or financially sensible to have valuations of the two properties made every year since they are inalienable. The accounts record the insurance valuation in each case and this is kept under annual review. The total insurance valuation of the properties at the 31[st] December 2024 was £2,238,309
## **SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES AND GOVERNORS**
**H.Barr (Chairman)…………………………………………………**
Dated 2025
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## **THE BUNNY AND BRADMORE CHARITIES**
## **GENERAL CHARITY**
## **PARKYNS ALMSHOUSES Schedule 4 CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED for the year ended 31st December 2024**
|||||**Gross **|**Income**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Residents**||**Term**||**2024**|**2023**|
|Mrs M A Downes|Weekly|licence||800|4800|
|Mr A Hibbitt|Weekly|Licence||4800|4800|
|Mr D Wilkins|Weekly|Licence||1350|0|
||Deposit|||450||
|Men’s Institute|Annual|Acknowledgement||225|225|
|||||7625|9825|
||||||**Schedule 5**|
|**INCOME FROM INVESTMENTS for**||**the year**|**ended 31st**|**December 2024**||
|||**Market**|**Cost**|**Gross**|**Gross**|
|||**Value**||**2024**|**2023**|
|**CAPITAL FUND**||||||
|M&G Charity Multi Asset Fund||||||
|(Income Units)||||||
|41480 Income Shares||38506|15673|1680|1576|
|**INCOME ACCUMULATION FUND**||||||
|M&G Multi Asset Fund (Income Units)||||||
|9754 Income Shares||9054|3875|395|370|
|Charities Offcial Investment||||||
|Fund||5073|250|138|136|
|**EXTRAORDINARY REPAIR FUND**||||||
|M&G Multi Asset Fund (Accumulation||||||
|Units)||30934|22619|1781|1646|
|||**83566**|**42417**|**3994**|**3728**|
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## **THE BUNNY AND BRADMORE CHARITIES**
## **GENERAL CHARITY**
## **BALANCE SHEET at 31st DECEMBER 2024**
|**ASSETS -**
PARKYNS ALMSHOUSES
PARKYNS BOOK
INVESTMENTS -
Capital At market value
Income Accumulation
Funds
PREPAYMENTS -
Insurance
BANK BALANCES
**Less LIABILITIES**
Deposit held
Almshouse Contributions
Representing:-
**ACCUMULATED FUNDS**
**Insurance valuation of the**
**Almshouses**||**Cyclical**
**General**
**Maintenance **
**Funds**
**Fund**|**Extraord -**
**Total**
**inary repair**
**Fund**
**2024**|**Total**
**2023**
80631
13722
668
23552
118591
337
337
118254
**118254**
**1,138,302**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Not valued
Not valued
38506
14127
661
23801
377|30934 69440
14127
661
24178||
|||77095
377
450
332|30934 108406
450
332||
|||782
76313
377|782
30934
107624||
|||**76313**
**377**|**30934 **
**107624**||
||||**1,385,469**
||
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## **THE BUNNY AND BRADMORE CHARITIES**
## **GENERAL CHARITY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the year ended 31st December 2024**
|**Schedule**
**GROSS INCOME**
**FROM:**
Almshouses
4
Investments -
5
Capital funds
Accumulation
of Income
Transfer from Extraordinary
Repair Fund
Bank Interest
**Less EXPENDITURE -**
**Almshouses -**
Maintenance
Water & Sewerage
Insurance
Gas
Sundry Expenses
**Transfers -**
Cyclical Maintenance Fun
Extraordinary Repair Fund
General Funds
Welfare grants and gifts
Administration -
Clerk’s Fee
**SURPLUS /DEFICIT OF**
**INCOME**
**SURPLUS**on revaluation of
investments -
unrealised
**SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR**
BALANCE AT
1st JANUARY 2024
**BALANCES at 31st**
**December 2024**|**Schedule**|**General**
**Cyclical**
**Extra-**
**Total**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Mainten-**
**ordinary**
**ance**
**Repair**
**Fund**
**Fund**
**2024**
**2023**
7175
7175
9825
1680
1680 1576
533
1781
2314 2153
16000
16000
0
1131
2
1133
1004
26519
2
1781
28302 14558
20575
20575 1327
733
733
622
1322
1322 1373
933
933
1128
1212
1212
435
0
0
0
250
-250
0
0
16000
16000
0
120
120 1434
1200
1200
1200
26345
-15750 42095 7519
**174**
2
-13969 -13793
7039
1654
1529
3183
2060
1828
**2**-12440
-10610 9099
74531
375
43374
118280
109180
**76359 377**
**30934 107670**
**118280**|
|---|---|---|
|||1828
74531
**76359 **|
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## **THE BUNNY AND BRADMORE CHARITIES**
## **EDUCATION CHARITIES**
## **PARKYNS SCHOOL CHARITY Schedule 1**
|**Tenant**
**Term**
Bunny Parish Council
Term of years up to 31st December 2029|**Gross**
**Gross**
**2024**
**2023**|
|---|---|
||2988
2988|
## **INCOME FROM INVESTMENTS for the year ended 31st December 2024**
|**PARKYNS SCHOOL CHARITY**|**PARKYNS SCHOOL CHARITY**||**Schedule 2**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Market**|**Cost**|**Gross**|**Income**|
||**Value**||**2024**|**2023**|
|M&G Charibond Charities Fixed Interest|||||
|Common Investment Fund|||||
|1622 Income Shares|1750|1675|79|65|
|M &G Equities Investment Fund|||||
|for Charities (Charifund)|||||
|1658 Income Units|24412|2399|1492|1417|
||26162|4074|1571|1482|
|**APPRENTICE FEE CHARITY**|||**Schedule 3**||
||**Market**|**Cost**|**Gross**|**Income**|
||**Value**||**2024**|**2023**|
|M&G Charibond Charities Fixed Interest|||||
|Fund (Charibond)|||||
|461 Income Shares|497|476|23|18|
|M&G Equities Investment Fund|||||
|for Charities (Charifund)|||||
|740 Income Units
|10896|1069|666|633|
||11393|1545|689|651|
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## **THE BUNNY AND BRADMORE CHARITIES**
## **EDUCATION CHARITIES**
## **BALANCE SHEETS at 31st December 2024**
|**Schedule**
**ASSETS -**
VILLAGE HALL (Note
INVESTMENTS -
At market value
2/3
PREPAYMENT -
Insurance
BANK BALANCES
**Less: LIABILITY -**
Rent received
in advance
**NET ASSETS**
Representing:-
**ACCUMULATED FUNDS**
**Note:**
**Insurance Valuation**|||**Parkyns**
**Apprentice**
**School**
**Fee**|**Parkyns**
**Apprentice**
**School**
**Fee**|**Total**
**2024**|**Total**
**2023**
36741
408
36516
73665
747
72918
**72918**
**617,816**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Not valued
26162
11393
321
35114
5072||Not valued
37555
321
40186||
||
||61597
16465
747||78062
747||
||||60850
16465
**60850**
**16465**||77315
**77315**||
||||||**897,840**||
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## **THE BUNNY AND BRADMORE CHARITIES**
## **EDUCATION CHARITIES INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the year ended 31st December 2024**
|**Schedule**
**from -**
Village Hall
1
Investments
2/3
Bank Interest
**Less EXPENDITURE -**
Grants for education and
social training
Village Hall - Insurance
Repairs
Sundry expenses
Excess in respect of Village Hall
insurance claim
Administrative Expenses -
Clerk’s Fee
**SURPLUS**
**SURPLUS**on revaluation of
investments -
Unrealised
Balance at 1st January 2024
BALANCES at
31st December 2024
|
|
|**Parkyns**
**Apprentice**
**Total**
**Total**
**School**
**Fee**
**2024**
**2023**
2988
2988
2988
1572
688
2260
2133
754
377 1131 1003
5314
1065
6379
6124
0
500
500
800
642
642
817
1013
1013 55
153
153
0
0
0
100
267
133
400
400
2075
633
2708
2172
**3239**
432
3671 3952
556
257
813
-753|
|---|---|---|---|
|||
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I, Isabella Whyte, MSc have at the request of the Bunny and Bradmore Charities perused their annual account for the year ended 31st December 2024 and confirm that these appear in order. I have not carried out a detailed examination or audit nor have I checked compliance with the requirements of the Charities Acts. Signed……………………………….
Dated……………………………….. 23/10/2025