THE DAVENPORT HOTrIES
TRUSTEES, REPORT AND
FINANCIAL sTATE￿IENTs
PERIOD ENDED 31 LURCH 2024
Chthty Nutnb¢r 215415

THF, DAVETrIPORT HOfvIES
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES lor the perIod ended 31. March 1024
Thc Ttustces have adopted ¢heprovi5LODS of the Siatcmetlt of RecouMneod¢d Practice (SORTr)'knwunting aod
ReportULg by Ch&riti¢s' IFRS 102) in preparing the arhnud rwrt snd fjnancial gt8tement$ Df the Charity.
The fiDan¢ittI ytatemcnts hhve been prep4red in accord￿Ce wlth th¢ ￿¢0￿lting polici￿ set out In notes ¢0 the
Ccounrs and comply with the Charity'& 8oveming do¢u]nMI, thr Charitie9 Act 2011 alld AcctsuDting alld
RepOn1￿ by CharitiCB.' St&l¢nieiLI of RBconThieDded Pr&¢ttc¢ applicable 10 cb3nuas pr¢purittg thtir acc(IUDt8 io
accordance with the Fin&n¢ial R¢porring Standard applicoble in the UK at)d Republic of Irel8md published on 16
July 2014.
Refereoee ind Admlnlitr*dve tnforrnitlo
The TrE￿ is r¢Ki4ter¢d with the Chariiy Commi8sioN re8i$tratioo Dumber 215415. The Tnts( h88 been &c¢¢pl
È chArity by HM Revenue & Customs aad ￿ &u¢h its Incom¢ attd c&pit&l ¥•it￿ are exempl frc*m t&xatsoo.
Th¢ Charity's princip￿ AddrcBS is 30 Beniloy Heath Coll￿e8, Tilehouse Crteen LAne. Knowlo, Solihull, B93
9EL
Trusteei
The Tntyt￿ H410 acied in tho period Are..
Pre8ertt tenll of olfice èxpircs.,
r)oMd John Cvrn¢y - Lh&irmaD
Kevill Cooke
JaA Cove
SieplLCTr Lbarlo8 Goodchild
Michael Frnnk Hoiford
CTrah4m McGuinn¢$6
EiliT4b¢th Myry Spencer
Sirnon Wi]Ico¢k
18 July 2027
18 September 2028
20 Aprd 2027
24 F¢bru8ry 202J
26 April 2026
04 September 2024
01 August 2028
31 OGtober 2027
MrMcGuiDne88 ¢ea%d to be a Tru8tee on 17.4.2023.
Mr Cooke w18 appointed aB a T¢u8teB on 18.9.23
The preAettt Truyleety are member8 of tE]e local ¢ommimiiy who arc in sympathy with th¢ awtJ5 of the Charity.
They ate local people of integrity wh08¢ d￿ereftt ?xperiences combine add to the ChaTit*$ i¢tsvi¢ie8 &t
Other Advlseri
HSBC BAllkPlc of pn Box 68, I30 New Street B2 4ru
W&llAc¢ Robiti8on And N£oryan, 4 Dwry Lene, Solihull, West Midland8, R913BD
Evelyn Partner8 InYedkne￿ MattaEement LLP. l4th Floor, 103 Colmor¢ Row,
Bimiiti8h&n, B3 3ACI.
Solieitor3'.
Investmeni m￿ager8..
Auditor
. W. HinkA LLP of l9 Highfield Road, Edgb8stoTh Bimjingham, 315 3BH 8¢t4d u auditor durinB the peri¢)d
and prop)se thcnryelv￿ for rtrwpDintsnent for ihe Current fthallcid year.

THE DAVED4PORT HOMKS
REPORT OF TEtE TRUSTEES lor the perlod ended 31° MArch 2024 {eonthiutdl
Structhr¢, Covern•nee M￿ageMent
Governlng Document
The Charity 18 Kovern¢d by & SrlLO]ne cmted on 6 August 2003 ll￿der an Order from the Charity Comrnission
for Ellgland aDd Wales under the pow¢r given in the Chariiies Act l993 attd 18 knowtt u The DaV¢ll￿ Hom
1215415).
Tht ourr¢nt S¢h¢ra¢ 8oYeLTB the ¢baritle8 previou81y known 8B The Davenport HomvA {2l5415),' and Thr
Samuel Wel$h Memotial Home5 (2169351.
R¢¢rul¢w¢at Ind AppolnimeTh¢ ofTruste¢J
The brdy of Trast¢E8 ¢tsn818ts, whcn complet¢, of ryo¢ le8J than iix and llnl more thun ¢igh¢ competent p¢r80ts8.
Each Trustee is &ppoixied for & terni of five y¢on by 4 r¢solution of the Trustee8, Upon the COttLpl¢tiollof their
lenD of 0￿1¢¢ any competent Thjstee may be reappointed,
Rlsk MAnigem¢nl
Th¢ rl$k$ to which th• Charity is expo8ed 8re underregular review.
Polibi¢s have been adopted to tnAbgate potential risks to rhe Charity, its Rcsidents and En)ployee8,
Oblectlvej
The obj￿t8 of th¢ Charity, L8 8Ct out ltt the Jaie8L S¢tLeme, la) the PTQVi910rt of housiDg aKomtDodBtion for
beD•fi¢i4ries' And (bl 9uch Ch￿1(￿ble purp08¢8 for ¢he b¢nefit of the rc5idents Hs the Trustce8 dceide, Tb¢
Tru5tecs h&ve ref¢ryed to the guidance bonLiined in the C'harity Commt8glOll'8 general guidance oa public
b¢n¢fit when r¢viewitt8 dic Ch￿lty,& aims &fjd obJ¢ctiV¢8 and planning activities. Ill p￿tIcular. the
Tru&tees have con8idered how planoed aGtivltie8 will conttibuto to the alma objeciiv¢g 8et.
Pubile Bert¢llt
The Ch8Tity provides a¢coMt[Lod￿1On ￿ thoge who uttable to olford comme￿141 r¢nts. Ir ￿￿ILt￿laS ¢loJe
onlact with th¢ residenl¥, enauring tbit thcir health ￿ld wolf8rc are protcctcd.
Ori*lllJAtlonAI Striicture
All matt¢rs oEpoliey and ttwiagemertt of the Charity are deterniined by the TnJst¢e$ at their regular meetings,
which takc place four lim¢8 eath year. Inforniai rnccungg 8180 t8ke placc, more frcqu¥ntiy, to r¢vi¢w oll8oin8
opera¢ioDAI
u(knri8ed by th¢ S¢herne the fn]stw baye &ppoitited apart lime Tru31 AdrDitsi8tratc¢lPTOPCTty Maoager, I
general t£Thns the day io d&y admiThiytration of the Ch8rity i8 carrird out by th¢ Tru81 AdmiAi81tator who attend8
C￿hTruStCC6, meeting to report ott ail in)portallt matter5 deal¢ with 8in¢¢ thc I￿( meeting.
Th¢ Tru$tces cstabliyhed a wcb8ite at ]¥wJVJ￿0rLall￿4[I
updaied durillg yearunderreview.
Th¢ Trusteeu hava appoiDied a Liaison Officer who Ss & part time employee to adminL%¢er ￿ the geo¢ral wdeare
and envirotjmmt oC&iL residents on a day lo day basis. Sh¢ reports weekly lo thc Trnst Administrator Dnd
8roup of TnJstce8. or niore fr￿￿entlY if Th¢G￿S8ry, ou any matter requiring atlenljon by the Tnstee8. tn
addition. shc altrnd8 each fonn￿ meeting of the TtU8tees 10 report On &rnor6 gen¢r&l bd&is fynd to taL"e partin
the di8CU85ions of the Truste#8 ott tsu mattery relevant to the general Welfa￿ of th¢ residents.
whi¢h has been revi8¢d and

THE DAVENPORT HOMES
REPORT OF THE TRusfEES for the peAod ended 31" Mar¢h 2024 l¢ontlnu¢d)
OrgalllsatlonAI Strnetwre (contlnued)
tndividual Trustff6 make themselves available regularly to meet the Trust AdThTDistr&tor, the Liei¥on OtTicer
and te8idents to ¢nJure thAt &ll rnattcrs of concern are deAIt with promptly. Certaill TN$i¢e8 Witb sp¢ciaIist
knowledge andexperi¢nc¢ attend tbe Sil6 KguI￿r]Y to 8dvi8e, within the bounds of their spcciali¥l experti8e, ort
action it IS ]KfC68ary for the Tn¥t¢¢8 to th. PropErty. legal financial mat*rs dealt widL iu this way.
AchlevemeDty PerfunnJD¢• And FlnanclAI Rtvlew
It jg the attn of the Charity, both presentIy and in the ￿tyre, to provide comfortable and well-maintained
p￿￿rtIc3 for the us6 of r&4idents alld 10 provide & secure and pea¢efvl ¢nvir()nment in which they may Ilvo.
Th¢ cban.ty pres¢ll￿Y ha8 adequllte finan¢iai re80urcoy and pl8ll8 inpla¢e t(t amble the Chan"ty to meet these
objcGlives.
All cottsge8 8nd flats have bt4ll occupiod throushout th¢ y¢Jx ex¢ept for Short periods between the d¢parNrt
and pTrival of betseficiarie8 and wh¢re rO￿tbish￿en1 ha8 been taking pl￿¢.
Th¥ Tru¥tV¢8 4Te pl¢wd that the social wolfare of the resident8 18 beirts mairtthined by th¢ a¢tivitiu of the
Liai8on OfQ¢erand of the re81dent8 ihems¢lve8. These llGtivitios nornially include sooiAI functions it Btniicy
Heath Coltases, trÈpJ to local plaBcs of intere8t and 4 Cl)ri5tmas luncbo¢>rt.
A programme io upgrnde the kI￿hen8 and batbroDmo of rhe Cbarity'8 older cott&¥eH is almost complwe, with
just 2 cottAge5 QU181andiDg,
Thc fJn&ttcia] 8tatements di8cIoBe dethi18 of th¥ fittllttGi￿ transa¢ii0tt8 for the p￿10d and it wlll be ¥ecn that 4tl¢r
providitt8 foi tli¢ upk¢ep ofthe thBhou¥e¥, ben¢fit¥ for r6yidets￿ gov¢rntttt¢ aod costs of g¢nerating fu]th.
thcre wa5 a deficit of £23,567.
Durin8 the period th¢r¢ ha8 b¢ell increuye In the m4rket value of the Charity'8 invethenlN result the
value ofdic CIwity'5 Funds &t 31￿.￿arCh 2024 was £5,343,867.
The Trus*￿ arE of tbe opinion that the Balatt¢e She#t dis¢los¢$ ￿ndS adequate for the puryM)6e of fidfilliDg the
oblt8ationg of the Charity.
fnv¢stment Pou
The S¢hetne imposes re61ricttot)s on the inYe8tmeLt powers of th¢ Tru8tee8.
Th¥ Trusiees have approved 1nvrgjts￿8lll policy that requir￿ the productson of ott odequate iftcome retyrn
¢oa8i$ieni wilh e4 requiremcul ¢0 maintain the real Value of the cDpits] of the Chariiy. The Tru5tee8 bave
bppointed Evelyn Por¢ner8 Inycstmcnl M￿08eMent LLP of14th Floor, 103 Colmor¢ Row, Bimiingbatu. B3
23G to act Jnveslment Manag¢r8 lo tho Charily wilh fiLll di8cretiouTrry power5. Their ￿rfOrn)allQe 15
motLitored using the FTSE All sba￿ tnd¢x 86 a benchmark
Rmerw Poucy
Thc invesknents of the Ch8ri¢y prcduee income which, togeth¥r with tho re9idents' Weekly Moinlenon¢e
Cotttribution, 18 Lorttmlly norc tban that necess￿ to cover the costs of admini$t¢ring alld mAiJJiailling the
preBEDt thhou8e8. It 18 the TNstee8 policy to rBtain m &moullt approxirnatin8 to tho esiamatcd tot81 operatios
exp¢JJ8e5 for the lortbcoming yéar in the unrestrict￿ Income Fund. Fll￿d9 $urplu5 to theso requirethettts Lre
trall5ferred to a funddesisnated to mert developtycDts. The Trn5trcs are con8tantly considering ways in
wkn'ch tbese 8uTlua S￿d¥ may be u8ed io i￿re￿ the number of almshou5c uni15 Opcrnted by tkn Charity or t
arry oul major i]nproveixLents to exi8Eio8 aG¢onynodatiOD.

'I'IiE DAVENPORT HOLK
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the perlod ended 311t 2024 l¢onll4*ed)
for Futw¢ Terlod8
The Tru$lc<y plan to continlle to operats the almshou8og and will cowid8r ways in which 8urplu8 ¢aTh be
utilised to 53rth￿ th¢ objects of the Chrity.
St4tement of Truiltt8' Rtsponslbllldes for tho Ilnancl81 ¥t4trm•nis
The ThL81ee4 arn re4)onsible forpropjritig tho T￿￿1¢¢8, Rwrt and the fitsattcial Jtatwents iti aooordanrn with
appLi¢abl¢ jaw attd Unitcd Icingdom Accoun[tt￿ Swidard8 (Urtited Kingdom Gen¢r•lly Accepted Accounting
Pwticej.
Th¢ law appbcable to Chan'ttes ID EnglAlld & Wales r4uires the TNst¢e8 10 prepare fLnRllGiAI g¢at¢ments for
each fiNaDcial year which give 4 tNc and faLT view olthe 81ate of th¢ Charity's affairs aryd of thc incoti]iti8
re8Durce8 and appll¢atlon of rrsources of the Ch￿lty for that periLKJ.
In pr¢pariAg th¢se finmcial st4t¢mthkt8, tho Tru8lee8 are requJTvd to..
(4) 8ele¢t suitable accouttiitig p)lieisy And 4iply t￿rn coll815t￿tly:
Ibl obscrve th¢ mcthods and pAnciple8 in the Charitie4 SORP.
(¢) jud8¢m¢Dts and ealimAtes that are reasonable and pThdcllr;
(d) 5Éate wbethrr 4ppli¢able a¢¢ouDtiD8 $landards bave beeo follow¢d,
iubjeGt lo any material dcparture8 di￿1030d and explained in the
fmallcSal s￿¢￿0￿￿,. and
{e> pr¢par¢ the fw4ncial ytalementrs on a going concem b&8i4 un]ess
it is considcrcd inopproprialo to a8wme that tbe Tn]8t wlll continuo.
The Tn]stee8 respotTrsible for keeping proper accciirtting recoTds Ihat di8cIoAD with rwonable 6e4uracy at
aoy timc the fLnanci81 po811ion of Cbarity and enable them 10 eniure thai th¢ financiAI 8¢aiements comply
with the Charllie8 Act 2011. th¢ Cbanty IAcBouttt8 attd Reith81 Re￿18110￿ 20Q8 md th¢ proviaions of the
Sthcme.
The Trll8tee¥ arB al80 ruponsible for safe8uarding the assets of the Chwlty for tath8 reasonable 8tsp8 for
tho preverltioa and d¢t¢clion of froud and other iTTegUI￿1t7¢8.
Ap
oved by the Tryit¢ei OD 4, November 2024 Jlgned on thelr behaifby:
J. COW4EY

INDEPENDE￿ AUDrfoR'5 REPORT TOTHE TRUSTEES OF THE DAVENPORT HOMES
Opwiian
We haveaudited the finanaal statements of The Davenport Homeslthe'charftfl forthe period ended 31 fvlarth 2024 whlch compriseof
thestatement of Flnanaal Athfjes, 8alance Sheètand notes to the finallaal 5tatementy Incluthngslgnlncantbccownwng PDlk*s. The
flnandal reportI￿fraMew0rk that has been applied in their preparaticnig appllcable law and united Ki￿d0M Account1￿ Standards,
IndudlrÉ Fin￿claIReportthg Sts￿ard 102 The Financk71RepoityStondordopplKobleln the UKundRepubllc oflrelond (United ￿ngdorn
Generally Accept￿ Accounting Prathlcel.
In ouroplrlontheflnandal stslements..
8fve a true and fairvlewofthestate ofthe tharltrf5 affa￿￿ as at31 Marth 2Q24. ard tsf Its IrKomlfi8 resour￿ and èpplcatlon ol
resourc& lrtiudln8 Its Income and expenditure, forthe pedod then ended,.
have beenproperty prepared in acC￿danCeWith Unlted Kingdom General￿Accepted Prèrtlce. and
hwe be￿pre￿￿ In acmrdancÉwlth the requlrementsoftheCharitie5kt 2011.
Basts foroplnl
We conducted our*Jdlt In accordance wlth Intern3tbnal Standards en Aud￿& IUKI IISAS IUKII and appllcable law, Our responsllllttle5
under thosestsndards are furtherdescribed in the aUditor¥espDnslbll￿ses lor the a￿11 of theflnancll statementssection of our rewrt.
Weare independeniofihe chadiyln ac£ordance wlth the ethlc?l Tequirementsthai are Televat)t to our audlt ofiheflnanclal ststements In
the includln8the FRCS Ethi￿1 Standard, ard we have fL•lfilled our otherethlcal rsw&bllifje5 In accordance wlth th&%e
requlrements. We tellevethatthe audlt ev1der￿ewe have trbtalned i%5ufflcierst a￿1 •pproprbieto provlde¥ basL% for ouroplnlon.
co￿5￿￿$ rdatlngtO8olngtonc•rn
In auditln8 ther￿ancIal statements. we haveconduded that th• truS￿e%, ￿e0f the 8oln8 concern bas15 o1accounth￿ In theprlparatlon of
the flnarKlal statements Isapwoprf?te.
Based on the work we have wforrned, we havenot kdentlfled affly materlal unortalnYe5 tsjatlngtts Èvents oi condltlons thal ￿nd￿Idual
tsrcdrecthve￿. may casts1￿1f1COfttd0Ubt on thechartty's ablllty to CDnVnue as a 8olngconcerTr fora perSod of at least mnth5 from
when the flnanclal ststemantsarè authorf5ed for Issue.
r reSp￿s1￿11t1es and therwonsi￿1itjes ofthetrustees wlth respect to go11￿ concwn we dwlbed In the relevantsectlons of th
report.
other lftfomulon
The other Informatlofi tomprlsesthe Information included in the tru5t*b' annual reFN)rt , other than the fln?ncial statements and our
audltorfs ieportthereorn. Thetrustees are re5ponslble forthè tsther Infomiatlon. ￿rOpInIon on the nnantlal staternents does notcoverthe
othÈr Infomlatioftandwe do noteyess anyforrn ofassuTanceconclu51on thereon.
Ourresponsibllbtyls lo read theother Informatlon and, In doln8 50, conslder whethertheother Infofmati(n15 materlalty hcDrfj15tentwlth
thefinanclal staiemwts orthJrknowled8e obtalned In the course of rheaudltor otherw￿appea￿1O be rnatèrlally misststed. If we
Identlfy suth matedal inconsbterKies or apparent material mi55taternents, we arerequlred to determlnevthether th15 gfves wlse to a
materlal m155tatementin the finarrial statementsthemselves. If, based onthework we haveperformed, we conc1￿Je that there Is
mattrlal mi55tatemwt olthL5 Otherinformètlorn we are ￿qUIred to report that facL
We have DotNnB to report In thls re8ard.
Mattetson whlthwe arerequlred to rqp)rt byexcep
We have nothlng to report in respect of tho followSn8 matters in rdatlry) towhlth the Charttles IAcccKJnts and Reportsl Re8ulatknn5 2￿8
requ1￿ usto repjrttoyou If, sn ouroplnlon:
the Inlormatlon glven In thetrustee5' report15 mojnsistent in anymBterlal respettwth thehnandal ststwnents,'or
suffident acceuntlng rocorrts have notbeen kept,. or
thefina￿lal statements are not In ￿reeMentWr(h theacccwntin8 records,. or
we have not récefved all the InformJtlon and 2yplanalonswe requlreforeur audlt.
Re5poThslbllR*50f trustees
As explain￿ rnorE fully in the INst￿, responslbllltie5 *atemenL the trustees are res￿$￿ef0rthep￿p￿rats0n of the flnarnoal
Slaternents and ft5rbeing5at15fied that theyth a trueand hirwew, and for suth internal corntrol as the trustees deterrnlnek necessaryto
enablethe preparation of flnanaal statementsthatare free frum material mi&5taternen¢ whetherdue to fr8ud or errw.
In prepamgthefinancil 5t?tements, the trustees arere5ponsfalefor assesslngthecharfpls al￿1￿¥ to ¢ontlnue&% a gohg cOn￿rTh
dlsdosin& as applTrble, matters related togolng concem 3nd ugngthe gging CO￿er￿ ba515 of accountlngunl&ss the trustees dther intend
to Ilquldatethe charlty orto cease OP￿all(￿S. or have norealisdca1terna￿VebuttQdo50.

INDEPEND£KfAUDrrows REPORTTOTHE TRusfEES OF THE DAVENPORT HOME5 Icontlnuedl
A￿st{￿ reSpon￿bIl￿[•Sf0r th• audrtof tho Ilnanclal *tements
We havebeen appolnted a5 auditor uThkrsecth>n 144ofthe Charkn'e5Act 2￿land reportin aCcOrthn￿Wfth theAttand relevant
re8ulètiorts made Orb￿n8 effett thereunder.
Qur oblettlves aretoobrdin oasonable assuran￿ abotrthvhetherthe finanaal statement5¥ awhole arefreefrom mawal mlsstatemenL
whetherduetj ltsud or errcr, and ta i9sue anauthtorfs reportthatinclude5 our oplnlon, Reasonable assuran￿ Is a hl8h level of asswrance,
but Isnota 8uaranteethat an aUdItt￿d￿¢[e￿ h) accordancewlth ISAS IUKI WUI alway5 detecta matuial mwtatementwhen it ￿$ts.
Mlsstaternents arlse from fraud ￿ worand èreconstdered ￿tErIal if, Indi￿dUallYOr in the ag8reEate. they could r￿sonablYbe
experted to Influence the economic derl4lotts tsfUSe￿ taken on the b3sLs of Ihese ftrtandal ststern￿ts.
Irrwlarftles, Includlng fraud, are Instances of non-compllance wtth laws and re8uladons. Wede5ign prO￿dureS In linewth our
responslbllltles, outllned above, to detect material rnlsstatements IrT respect of irre8ularllles, indudlng fvaud. The extentto whlGhtyJr
prO￿dUr￿ we capable of detecung Irregularlties, hdudlng fraud Is detalled below..
We ￿entified areas of laws re8ulail¢*Sthat coukl reasonably be eKpecLed to have a materfal effectcnthe flnandal statefflenisand
sojssed the pollae5 and protsdures re8ard1ngcom￿LlnCe.
Spedtkareas consldered were as follows..
ulringwlth managementand thrsto ￿1n an understsndlngof Ihetharfty ltsdflncluthngopwayons. financlal fepgttn8and
known fraud or wror.
EvBluatlng and under5tandlngthe Internal control sysiem.
Performinganalytical procedures as expecteLJ 0runexpert￿ varlances In account balances or dasse5 of trans￿￿sappear.
Te5Yng cbcumentatlon su￿rtIng account bilano5 ty d•sse$ of transactlons.
In8 tothelnherentllmltatronsoFan audlt, therelsan unavolthble rwkthatwe may not havedetec*d all Irr4ul8rlles Indudln8those
iEadlng to rnaterlal m155tatéments In the flriartllil staiem8nt5 or non4ompliance wlth re8u18t1ts￿ evpn IhouBhwe have property puinned
aNJ performed ouraudltln attordènce %4lth a￿d￿ngstandard5,
Th15 rlsk Incmse5 the morethat complI￿£@￿th a kaw ￿ reguSatlon15 removed from the event5 and iransathn5 reflerted In theflnandal
51atements, as wewlll beless Ilketyto become awafè¢f instancesof non<ompllance. Tha Ask is aLso 8reater re8ardln8 Irregularl￿eS
due to frawj ratherljban erior, as fraud Invo￿eS Inten￿n31 ¢on¢ealmen4 forgery, cc41uslon, ern￿10￿ ormisrepresentatloTh
Afurtherdesthptlon of our respOn￿bIlItIES Is avaSlable on theFRCs Web￿te at..
nc
audl
-f r.n)Is d￿l￿tIon forms part Dlour
auditorfs report.
We communlcatewlth thasè charged wih 8Dvemance regardln& among other matter5, the planned scopeard tlming oliheaudltaTrd
slgnlflcantaudlt finLln8s, Includlng any￿8￿￿Cant deficlende51n Sntwrtal control thotwe Identify durlng our audlt.
Use olourreport
Ths report L% Thades¢lè￿to the tharltvs tru5tee5, as a bth, In %cordance wlth Part4 afthe Charltles (Accounts and fteportsl Regulatlons
Ouraudltwork has been undertaken sothat we ml8hl State to the charivs irustee5 thosematrers we are rewired tostsreto Ihem
an aud￿0￿5 reportand forno Dtherpurpose. To the fulle51 extent permltted by law, wedgnot aC￿pt or assume respinsl￿IItytO￿ytsne
otherthan thethartty and the chari¢Vstrust*s as a body, forour *Jdltworlforthls repvrL or lortheepbniu￿ we hav¢f￿rned.
JW Hink5 LLP
0)art￿ed Accountants and Statutory Auditor5
19 Highfield Road
Edgbaston
Birmlntham
Westmhllands
B15 38H

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THE DA YENPORT HOMES
BALANCE SHEET at 31 March 2D24
31 Mare
2Q24
5 Aprll
2023
Flxed A&5ets
TaDgible assets (Note ?)
Inv￿t￿¢￿ts (Nots 8>
2,067,916
3268,927
2,092268
3,076,034
3,336,843
5,168302
CurtEUt AfisE
D¢btors (No* 9)
BaDk alld ¢a8h
13.076
24,149
7.090
33.580
37.225
40,670
ta88 Liabilities
Atnounts falli08 the within
one y•ar INote 10)
30,201
18.953
Not CuTrrnl A&49ts
7,024
21.717
Nei Awts
£5,343,867
£5,190,019
Fund8 (Note Lll
I￿Ome
Uore81ftCtol Income
De&1￿￿ted for A]m$hou￿$
89,799
113,366
89,799
113,366
Capitsl
Expendable Endowment
Perni￿ent F.ndowment utitiged for Alntthou8cB
3,186,152
2.007,916
2,984,385
2,Q92 ?68
5.254,068
5,076,653
£5,343.867
£5,190,OI9
The noies on pa¥e$ 10 10 17 f4mi part of these fJn&o¢id 8tat¢m¢nts.
Approved by the TTU$te¢g ¢n 4th Nov¥mber 2024..
D. J. CORNEY
frx J. COVE
M. F. HOIFORD
MTS M SPENCER
S. C. Goo￿H[LD
S. WILLCOCK
K. COOKE

THE DAVENPORT HOMES
N(VtES TO THE FllYANCIAL STATEMENTS
for tbe perlod ended 31 March 2024
l. Summ&ry rjf 41gnlfitittt 4¢cowitiug Poli¢itt
(i) GeTherAI Infornutlon and bfish of pr¢par4tlo
The Dthvenport Hfmi¢8 is an unincoryornted tharity registered in EDgland
And Wale8. Th¢ address of ¢be office is given in the Ref¢reace and
AdmiDi5trdtivc InfoTThaiion section p&ge l of these financi41 stst¢m¢ots.
The tharitys principal activiti￿ are the provision of IM)u&ing ￿¢0￿mOdati
The ciwily ¢0tt9tiMte8 a publi¢ bellefit entiry u defill￿ byFRS 102. Tre
finan¢ial $tht¢m¢nls have b¢en prepared in &ccordance witb AGcouDtin¥ and
Reportitig by Ch￿Ille8. Statcme4Jtof Reeottllnended Practice appti¢abk to
to Gh8Ti1i￿ preparin8 their accoun(s in Accordance with the Flnanci&l
Reptrrtin8 Stsndard appticable irt the Uttited Kingdom aJd R¢pubts¢ of
tnland (FRS I02} i88ued Oll 16 July 2014, the Chariric8 A¢¢ 2011 UK
Gener￿ty Acc¢pwd Pw¢icv ￿ it 4pplles from l JallU￿ 2015.
The fin4n¢ial ststement¥ have been prep2red ¢0 Siv¢ A'ttue atld fai
view Ind have departed from the ch￿ttle& lAc¢oUn￿ and Rq)offs)
Regularions 2008 only to the ¢xt¢ni required to provth a'truc and fair
view,. Th"B depamirc hal involved fallowlng the Accounttng and Roponin8 by
CIMtlties'. Si&tetnent oeRe¢omn)eDded Practice appIl￿ble to char21ie$
prep¥rin8 their wcounts LD ae¢tsrddttce with the Firtdts¢i&l Rcportin8
StAttdard applicable ill th¢ UK ond Republi¢ of Ireland (FBS I021 iswed on
16 July 2014.
The finAll¢iAI 8tat¢m¢nts are pr¢p4r¢d on 4 80in8 wncern bL4ia under the
hiylorical cost Conveation, modified to illclude cettsin items ai fair
value. Th¢ financial 81At¢menrs are prepared ill 8terling which 18 thc
￿￿tIonal currcttcy of the chtirity.
The 8iRttificaDt o¢countiDg policie8 applied in the pr¢para¢ion of Ibe$¢
fu￿0¢1￿1 8iawmenl$ are 801 out b¢low. Th¢s¢ poli¢ies hJve be¢tt
cotl818tendy applied to all yeors presented unle88 othorwis¢ ststed.
Ib) Vuttdi
Unrestricted fund8 Ire 4vailabl¢ for use al the dI￿re￿oll of the
tnLs¢c¢s in ￿rther￿¢t tsfthe general obje¢tive8 of the clwrity.
tk8igDat¢d fiinds 4r¢ th09e fund¥ which are unr￿tri¢lcd ill llature but
which have been de8L8nAt¢d by the Tru8*e8 ￿ bo u￿d in a parti¢ular
Illan￿¢r.
Re8tri¢led fund8 4re furtds which are to be itt ￿CordanCe with
8peeific rc&lri¢tious iinposed by donors or which have been raiwj by the
¢lwily for particular purtK)SeB. The ¢08t of rnising and administering
fund8 are charged 4gaitt8t the specrfic The Charity h88 no
trict￿ fi¢iid8.
Endowment fvrtd5 represent thoge &8uets which TnV8t be held pern8nenttyby
the charity. Jncome arisiDg on the elldownent fi￿d8 CHnb¥ used
accordlrtce wxtb th¢ objcGts of tlL¢ charity attd ib itt¢lud¢d unrestrictcd
in¢offir. Atty capitsl gain8 or losscs arising forni parlof the ￿lld. Charges
or le$￿ advice rdating to the fund ar¥ ¢h¥xgfxI winst th¢ fimd.
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THX DAVENFORT HOMES
NOTKS TO THE F]NAYL CIAL STATEMENTS
for the period end¢d 31 MArch 2024 IGontiDu¢dl
(c) tncome reeo¥JLition
Ail illGomEng re8ources are in¢1￿18& in the Statement of Firtgncial Adivitie8
(SDFA) the Charity is le¥a]ly ¢otiiLfl 10 the try¢om¢ after any
perforllwi¢e ¢oadiiion5 have been mc4 the amouttt be measured reiiably
and il is prob&ble that the iDcom¢ will b¢ receivcd.
Inv¢sull¢ni incom¢ 18 eam¢d through holdin8 188els forillvestmenl purpDK8
sueh As shaT¥'Y ￿1￿ property. It 1￿clude1 dividend8, illi¢r¢81 attd renl.
Where it is rt¢t pra¢uBable to identify invesim¢ni ruana8cm¢nÉ costs iocurred
withtu a scheme with r¢asonable AKuwy th¥ inv¢Junenl iticom¢ is reportcd
nei of these colts. li IA included when the 8TrOUlll can bc meo8ured
reiiibly. IDlerest inlome is recogn￿ed u8ing the offectivo inter&8t method
and dTvidend Alld rejii inGome is reco8tii¥ed •$ th¢ ¢haTtty's nght ro receive
paynettt i$ ¢$18blished.
(d) Expettdlture T￿o￿￿1t10￿
All ¢xp¢ndittwe 16 tccounled for ott arL aC¢n￿l8 bag1$ tyttd hws blen
cl888ifLedundcr th¢ headitt8s that aggregate all co8ts r#lated to the
category. F.xpendiluT¢ i¥ reco8niscd whern there 13 4 legal or ¢on$tru¢llve
obligation to makc payra¢nis ta third paff i0¥, It is probable tlvli th¢
¢itltym¢ni will b¢ r¢quired and Ihe amount of the obli4aliu4 call be measured
r¢114bly. Ir 16 ¢ateguru4ed under the following hoading8'.
- Expenditure on charitsbl¢ aGtivitstt includes the upkeep of a]JD3houseq attd
benefits forresldents a8 w•ll 98 the &dmthi¥tr&live costs.
. Other expenditure ￿presents thos# il¢m$ not fallill8 into the cateiories
bov¢.
Irre¢overnble VAT ig ch8t8ed a8 an expen￿ 4gilnst the nctivlty forwhith
ex￿dIt41T¢ 4r08e.
(el GowerNanc¢ ¢o$tJ
GovemAn¢¢ ¢osl$ includ¢ those eosis I8$￿Iated with maeting (he
onstittjtinnal and 5rAtylory requir¢m¢nlg of th¢ cjjarily l￿d iticknde
aecouorancy fee8, audit fees pJTrd coats linkrd to the 8tr4kgio manA8etsJ#nt
oftheeharity.
ID Tangible 5•IetJ
Purcbage8 of land and building5 are capitsli8¢d at Gosi. AsBetg
douai¥d to the truNt or acqibired &t lesg than iheirairrent vthe
Te capiialssed ai tlie curr¢ni value at Ilie date of aL(iiiisiiiun.
Subsequent expenditure on a fi.xed &$5¥1 that ctthanc¢s the value of
Ehe a￿¢1 15 Gapilali8ed, Ally fLXtureg and fittiTrg5 wuired on the
I￿1¢111 purch8s¢ or erection of a buildin8 8Te ¢apilali8¢d ￿ part
of tlie knilding Loyls. Al] replaccmeDts orr￿tUreS and fi¢iings arE
¢lwgcd As a r¢v¢mi¢ expense.

TH& DAVENPORT IIOMES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMELN'rs
for tbe perlod ended 31 Mareh 2024 Iwntinued)
(O Ta￿8ibl¢ amets (Contitm￿)
Pur¢h&8es Of fiUni￿re othEr equipmettt alld any fixtures and
fi'ttings deened to be additions, &$ di&iin¢i fron repIacements, are
capiidi8ed if the initial COBt of the &SgBI cxcttds £2,000.
Othcrwi8¢ the c08¢18 freated as A revgllue expe08¢.
D¢preciauott writtoll off fixod 8&8ets It rFL¢8 appropriate to
their usefjjl economic live8. Th¢ rate8 used are..
Fr¢¢knld land
Nil
Freehold I￿)IdIng$
1% per annum (Estiraaled life of 100 year51
FurnityJr¢ & equipment 20U/o per anllum (Estimated ￿£¢ of S year81
ThaTw$tees review t&e carrying vAlue4 of all fixed asscts e
year and in ca8¢ where tho net ¢arrying vlllue of an asjet ts
gknr Ibom its recovenble arllount all irnp4innent charge 18 ruadt lo
wri* down tho ¢arrying v8lu¢ ¢0 the lower rKove¥able amouut.
(s) Illveitrnonts
Inveotments are Teoo8ni8¢d Inltially ai fair vAlue which 18 I￿rnIallY
tran￿liOn price excludll¥ tr#Jl8actioTh cuyl&. Subsequently, they ar
me&4urd gt fair vAlu¢ with changcy recoKni8ed in'llet gatsk8lllos$eql on
investnLent8' in the SOFA if the share5 are publicly traded or their fair
VAlue Ca￿ (pth¢nVI￿ b¢ me&#ured reliably. other inv¢$tsllrnts are n￿#sUred a¢
ci)¥110&g impairment.
Cumnl &58¢1 IAv¢gtstwts are shor¢ tenn higbIy liquid investments and llre
held al fair vplue. These include on deposit Attd cabh equivolents with
a ntsEwity of ie8$ than on¢ y¢qT.
l Debtorn alld credltori ree¢lvabielp•yxblo wlthln one yefjr
D¢btor8 creditors with no Rthted interoBt r&te and receivable or payable
With￿ year are recorded 8t tr￿s&Cu0ll price. Any louses arising from
irnpairnicnt are recogniscd in expgndibjre.
(l) Tax
The clkority 18 an exempt tharity within th¢ me8nti)8 of ¥¢hedule 3 of the
Ch&ritie8 Ac¢ 20114Ld IS COUBidered to P&Ss rhe tests set out ill Parn￿￿ph
I Schedule 6 Fin8o¢e Act 2010 and therrforE li meets the dcfinilion of a
eharity for UK corporation lax pllrPw￿.
U) Gothg concerA
The fuwlcial Statements have beeo prep9r¢d on a 80in8 con¢¢rn basis &8 the
uste¢8 b¢liEvr that no thaterial uneertftitttiti exisL Tb6 In￿te¢S Iw
CODsidered th¢ IEVEI of fund8 held and the expecteAI level of income and
pellditutr for 12 month8 fro￿ authoriging the9e fiuon¢ial gtsiemetits. The
budgcted illcome and cxp¢nditure is sutTJciellt with thc level of r￿erVeS for
the ¢bwYty to be Able to continue e$ & going oonc
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THK DAVELYPORT HOME3
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEf4TS
for theperlod emded 31 March 2024 (contitiue&)
ta¢om¢ Irom operitltt8 activiti
2024
21123
Coutiiburion8 ftorn re8idonts
Weekty maintell8nce ¢hargeA
Oas charges
CofttributK)ns toward8 ciffi¢e co81$
Other illcome
170,262
4,466
2,OQO
49
174,021
3,433
2.000
24
£176.777
£179.478
from fundi held by Inveitment m￿18¢
2024
2023
Tn¢oJn¢ from tnycstments listed
on & recogttl8ed 8w¢k excI￿nge
86.076
80,210
IlltEreNt OD fjJod8 held on d¢y)sit
£86,076
£80,210
4. Clarltable ¢xp¢ndllure
34
2023
Upk¢ep of Almshou￿ and be￿¢fits for re3id¢Dts
Hcating and lighting
Water rates and ¢QUll¢il thx
IDBuran
Depr¢¢iauoii of buildin89
Rcpairs 8nd r¢newa15
EquIp[nc￿c
Property
Estate cxpen$¢s
Sal&Ti¢S und pcLsioo ¢olltribution8
Offjce expenBe$
Sulldry cxpcnsea
10,569
10,169
3,529
24,352
6,262
9,824
3,760
24,352
960
92.031
28.643
50,228
5,489
3,516
1,971
114J50
27,444
49,483
£229,486
£242,831
ch￿8<d asainst Perni&nont Elldowin¢nt
Depre¢ia¢ion
Chllr8ed against UDrestrict¢d Incots
All other ch8ri¢able cxpon8e5
24,352
24.352
205,134
218,479
£229.4S6
£44?,831
Governattce £osts
2024
2023
Accountsncy and audit f¢¢s
T￿￿tee8, indenwiiy insur&ncc
Other professional fees
9,702
1.765
16,561
11,550
1.880
684
£28,098
£14.1 14
13

THE DAVE[￿RT HOMFS
OTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for Ihe period ended 31 March 2024 (continued)
Remuner•tloJL Hnd other beneflts
Nooe of tb¢ Tr￿te86 rec¢iv¢8 f¢mulleratioll orother bertefits frotn the Tnwt.
Dur￿8 the p¢riod D. Comey reKived £470 (2023 £4201, M. HolfDrd receivtsj
£20912023 £7) and M. Spenccr recciv¢d £299 (2023 £Nil) iti roirnbursement
of outof pocket ￿pen8•S incured on beh4lf for th¢ Tn￿t.
During the period th¢ avernge nutnber of employee8 w88 1 fvll-tiroe and 2
paTI.time {2023 1 full.tillLe and 2 part-timc). Th¢lr total rett)UAeration
WAS £50228 (2023 £49,483).
T￿n￿ble ftsed 4ivts
Freehold knd aj￿ &ltn8hou8v8 buili th¢rts)n
L￿d
Bulldlny
Tfrtal
CoBt
At 6 April 2023
85,296
2,589.090
2,674,586
Addition8
At 31 March 2024
85,296
2,589,090
2,674,386
Depreciation
Ai 6 April 2J23
382,118
582,118
Charge for the poriod
24J52
24,352
At 31 Mfjrch 2024
606,470
606,470
WrIt￿n down value at 31 March 2024
£85,296
£1,982,6•0 £2.067,916
Wrlttets dowi v8]ué 115 April 2023
£85,296
£2,006,972 £2.092,268
Charity'8 freehold land ￿ buildings are stated al hi8toricol ¢os¢ leB$ 8CLumulNted
depreci&tii)n. Higtorical tost include8 expeJ]diture that is dircctly attributable io briag
thr land and buildw to a eortdltion Dec08$8ry lor it lo be ¢apable of operAting in the
n14nneT llltO￿d by the Tru8te¢g. D¢pre¢i&t4on is ¢harged a¢ 1% of ¢o$l* per attnut
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TBE DAVENPORT HOML
E40TES TO TJIE FINANCIAL STATEMENrs
for the perlod ended 31 March 2024 {£ontuJued)
InvulmeNts
2024
2023
axt Df inve8tsllenL4 litsted on
r￿o￿]8td Swck Exchange
At 6 Apri] 2023
Purchases
Co8t of
2,377,734
455,610
(373,493)
2227,467
460,038
1309,7711
At 31 March 2024
2,459,851
2.377,734
Surplw on rcv4Euation
At 6 April 2023
Eitmitwled oll sale$
Adju8tsneui for Ihe period
615,472
986,215
{l2,542) (164,941)
163,061
{205,802)
At31 March 2024
765,991
615,472
Market Value &131 marc￿ 2024
£3,225.842 £2.993,206
Invesimentl 8t i¥lJrket Valv ¢omprl8ed:
(lovernm¢nl 8tock
(Xher r￿ed int¢rest securili¢$
Equitie8 and unit trug1$
102.918
276,410
2,84fi,5l4
166,023
2,770.857
3,225,842
43,085
2,993.206
81.8?8
Unittvested ca8
£3,268.927 ,076.034
Ai 3 l Mflrcl) 2()24 the Ttusi h￿Id nu invebimenES which individually representod
iiiexcLS$ of 5Yo of the total value of the porifolio.
The f8ir value oEli$loJ inve¥irn¢nl¥ È.4 d¢l¢rmined by refereuce 10 tho quoted
pnce for ideDiical assct$ w an mTrrlcct at th¢ balance sheet dai
All inve8ttll¢nts are ULTied It tboir fair vAlue. Inve&tments equi¢ie8
and r￿ed interest securitics arc all traded in quotcdpublic markets,
primarily the London Siock Extihange. Floldings in ¢otwiion invcslment Fund8,
uni( and open-CDd¢d inve¥trn￿nl conJpani&$ ur¢ al tlic bid pri¢e.'I"hc
h&si$ of lair ￿Illu¢ for qiiotcd invc5uneti¢8 is equivaleni (o Ibe markci
v8lue, u4ing the bict pri¢¢. L*8tl $ales and purthases are ￿0s￿l6¢d at
the dlte of trade at C08t (that ￿ their transaction value).
15-

]IIE DAVKNPORT EOMKS
NOTES TO THE Fll¥ANCTAL STATEMENTS
for the perlod ended 31 M&rch 2024 Icothtinued)
tnvestmellts (corttitiucdl
Tlre main risk to the LThErity frotn ffftau¢id iDStnuuent8 li¢8 in tbe
bitiaiion of WIC￿al0 inve8tm¢tst muk£ls alld volatibLy in yield. The
Charity is rcltant on dividsnd yield to its work. LiquidAty risk
ts bntiGip8ied to be Imv 88 ajl assets arc traded. The Charlty's
jllveslm¢n￿ are rnainty traded in marf(¢ts with 8ood liquidity and high
trllding volum&4. Thc Charity Iw tto tnotgrial illvesthi¢nt holdiAg$ Its
markets $ubJect to exchange controls OT tr&din8 reBtri¢tiorL4.
The Charity tha￿ge$ these ittv05ttnenl ri8k8 by retsillill8 expert advistts
and op¢rJtin8 on lnwtn￿ntpolIGY th41provid￿ for a high dcgm of
diveThifie&tLOn Df holding8 Wlthm inve5tmeM ola88e8 thai ar¢ quoied
recognised stock ¢xchan8es. The Charity doeu not make use order1voti￿9
Bod 8imilarcomplax fmancilll irL4tNn)ènts a8 it tAke4 the view th4t
inv¢Btments are held for tkneir IDthger term yi¢ld totsl
bi8tOri¢ 8tudieB of quoted finallC￿l iL%ttum¢nl8 h&ve showts Ihai
volatLlity ill 8JLy particulor S ycar period will llormally b¢ corr￿ted.
Debto
2024
2023
Dlvid¢lld$ and IAter¢8¢ th ttallsit
Sulldry and PropoyllMt8
1,855
11,221
5.122
1968
£13,076
£7,090
10. Uihllld¢8: Amounts f•llln8 d￿¢ wlthln one y•llr
2n24
2023
Aeerna18
30,201
18,953
£30,201
£18,953
11. Fllod•
The Tntst h&8 four fill￿8. two of whickn ar¢ Capitht the Exp¢thble Endowment
Fund and the P¢mwtwnt Enduwmeni Yund and two of which arc incotlle OJud8, the
Designated for Alm8hou5¢8 Fulld the Unrestrictd Income Fund.
ThE EKpendubl¢ E4thwmaot Fund r¢preJeoL4 th¢ 8¢n¢ral capital of thc Tr￿t. the
fro]IL whi¢h provides the chari￿8 illcoming resoureL8. The Pcrniallent
Endowment Fund beellutiiiseA for the acquigitioll of aimshou8a, Iwd and
bltildingg and distribu￿d.
The UDregtri¢tsd Income Futtd represents the gener81 uoallo¢atBd in¢ome of the th￿lty.
During the year tb8 TrLkgte&q tr80afett¢d a netatnount of £50,851 from theUrre*tricted
Jncoll￿ Fund ID the Expeodable EDdowtnent Fulld.
16-

THE DAVENPORT HOMF
r40TES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT8
for the perlod eJLded 31 Mareh 2024 leontinued)
12. Analys1$ of awti between
DeJlgDAted
lllcomt
Unreitrlct¢d
come Alm¥bou#
Total
D¢btor8
Uninve8kd ¢
Bat￿ snd
13,070
82.775
24.149
13,076
82,775
24,149
120.000
120,000
s.. Lsabiliti¢8
30,201
30,201
£89.799
£89.799
Cipltsl
Expendibl•
P•rm•neMt
EndowThen¢ Endoivment
Tol
Twible wets
Li8t¢d iavestmLm
Lnlnv¢gtsd c&8b
Blnk Gash
2,067,916
2.067.916
3225,842
139.690)
3,22J,842
139.690)
£3,186,15?
£2,067.916 £5,254.068
13. Rel•ttd party trAniftetlotti
DurTll8 th¢ year Iru¥t received £2267 (2023.. £22731 iu rwr of oifice reotal and t¢l¢phooe,
from thc W. E. CTharitable TLUJt, a Irt￿t of whicb D. Corneyj trustC¢, 18 Also a trustee.
At tho yoar end Ibore IB a debtor from tho W. E. Dunn CharitAble TN8t of £247 (2023.. £267).
14. Y¢*r end th•ng¥
The tr￿te¢S hav¢ Qletskd to change the year end fr¢)m 5th April lo 311t M8xch to with moni
ettd reporring and admini8trative purposes. A8 & re&ulL the oomparatiV¢ iDlom)atiotL pre8cnted in
th¢ linancial 9t&tements (including the related notes) moy ttotbe etttircly comparnbl¢ in e￿ry
rejpec
17-