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2025-08-31-accounts

Fl fPROVIDL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for th¢ year ended 31st 2025 Cottrjll Ma￿￿ Lllnited 13 Vansittan Estste Winkn

r LADY PR Pa8¢ 1.2 Tr¥stee's Rryort Siatement of Trn￿ees' ResEK)nsibi1i￿e$ Accountani's Rwrt sithmeni of Financid Activitie5 Bal￿¢¢ Sheet 7-11 Note5 b) the Accouttts

Page I FILLLS MAR rp HIRE The Fund of the CtyJ¥r¢wl￿ de5 Filles d¢ St¢ Mari¢ de la PFOW'thnce of the Convent of ourIaty of PTovidence. Alton. Hampshire w&$ founded in April 1938 and b¥ame a Tru￿ in 196$ llnd is 8 regi￿ered charity. number 232908. ID the ffj8me of D•￿terS of Our Lady of Charithble Tru¥( {"CtFngregaiion") The Trusi¢ts of th¢ C.onBr¢8auon aR'. Helen E]￿eth Samuel LA￿S￿llMa Jos¢ph Margaret (iarnian Marie-A[￿L M&rot John Bu¢t The Trustees are appoint¢d by. and ¢4n be r•nov¢d by th¢ SwnoT GeneToI of the CLM8Yegatton. headouArt¢r¢d in Lucknow. Inth'L Addr¢ss D4u8hiers of Provid¢rt¢ 45A Chyrth IArte Holyboume AItoD GU34 411D Bank¢r'. N&ion4F westintnSt￿ Battk plc SoliutOf5.' Poth¢cary Witljamweld. Thom•s House, 84.E￿Ie$lQTh Square Pimiico, London swi Ipx Ac￿untant.. Cottrill Limittd 13 v￿sItt￿rt E￿ale WTniLsor Berkshir¢ SL4 ISE

Page 2 PROVIDENCE T LADY ofP ov For su¢h chAnt￿e purp)ses Advance the religl0￿% and otheT th￿11ble 7M)rk for the ttme being carried oti by or under the dL"rection of the eongregatsM &8 the tnmtts, with th¢ aw)roval of the s￿¢T10r￿￿t¢ra1. sh￿1 from time to time thjnk fit: and if at any time the Con8re8atson thall ce4se to exisi or shall cease to ¢8rry on or th'reci gny chantablc wYJrk. then for s￿￿ lawful charithbl¢ pur[￿ coDnectsJ with the adYwcen￿nt of the Roman Catholic faith as the tru5t¢¢5 sh￿1 thide Th¢ Con¥regatiort is he￿quartered in Luck￿w India under the oveTrll bvuidanc¢ of the Swor General. The rongr¢gauon rnn and owrd Altm c.￿V￿l School rs¢h￿1-) an irjdependeni re8LStered incorporated chan"ty. Three of the C.on8regaiion s Trttytees were DireckTrrs oFthe School. 'Ihe sam￿1 p￿d the Con8re8&tson a rental sum for the use of ihe land and builthngs. Owin8 w ¢xisting ar￿ fore¢&￿$ im declining pupjl numb¢o Ji was decided kn ¢10s¢ the ￿hr￿)I on 31" Augu51 2024. The $8ie of the school land builthn85 was completed in Mzy 2025. Somts of the sales pro¢￿dS wew¢ invested in the purth￿ of a now hom< in HolytK)ume. for the exislu membets of the Congre￿￿0￿ Th¢ Temainder of the fwlds have artd will coniiftut to be inv¢Aed to provide Incom¢ for the Con8rL¥&tion and for the furtheMce of its charitsble d>Jects in the LK ov¢rsw. The General Trund had a surplus for th¢ year of £ 4.990.IYI7. (2024 Surplu5 £ 214691) Thes¥ ar¢ Boverned by the Trust Deed ￿1¢h perniits the fund5 tt) be inveeAI 8uthonsed for the invosttnenl of trust funds. As stated in Nots 8 to the acco￿￿ the reserv￿ all Jvailablefor th¢ day to day requirements of the Congre¥atson. The CoAgr¢gatw)n s as*ts ar¢ 5uffi¢ient lo ttretits obb"sattO RES The TTust¢¢s h4d of rdaining fTe¢ r¢serves of £1S0.1)00 tr¥ coveT arry major Structural reytitrs which nllght b¢ required to the Consregatioll s major building The fTee rBseTVES amount ￿ £4.010.054 (2024 free r￿rVeS £ l (K).5791. 'The newproperty at 45A Church Lane will Tequite Ampi0Nemt￿ts. so th¢ £1 so.0￿ i5 sts11 considered Loan$ to the School ￿tal £ Nil Jt th¢ yearffid. Newthinaliotk8 h) th¢ s(aKJoI m th¢ year wt811ed £ 2,030.942. A SI￿l[l¢an1 pan of this was to cover the closuJe ￿sts0[the S¢hwl. Approved by the Trustees at their meeting beidon 2￿ February 2026". and $18t)¢d on their behalf by: Helen Eli7&)eth Samud ..

Page 3 RE ATI FILL MARIE thoc NV o￿LD￿Nc HIR AT OFT EES, RESPONSIBILITIES The pwpose of this stameDt is ro d"LStinBuish the tr￿Sle￿. [￿￿$[bill￿e5 for the 8crJwits from those of the AcwuAtant &9 stad Jn his report The Charities Act 2011 Tequir¢s the tru￿￿ ￿ pr¢pare t￿}￿￿t$ for ed financial year %¥ich ￿ve a true and fair view of the chan"ty's f￿ancIal aCts￿￿eS during the year and of its fin￿Cial positi(Trn at the 4>1d of th¢ year In preparll￿ the accounts the trus•s thould follow be￿ I￿•¢t and.. s¢l¢rt $uit&ble ¥countin8 p)li¢ies apply them OJnsJ$ten￿y. mak• Judgwnents and ¢sts'mates that are Tewia>le and prudent. follow the reeommcndations of the Clwi'ty COmn￿$s1o￿ ofthe acco￿ting profesuon with re￿ard to fonn and c(MJteni ofthe accounts. or ￿ th'sclose and explain any departures therefrom. prepare the aCcO￿ts on th? ￿￿1n￿l b￿5 it is inappToprittJ 4sswDe that the chan'ty will be able to contrnue to me¢t its objeftivu. The tru5t¢¢$ are r¢S￿nSible for ktqXn￿ ￿cO￿tin¥ record8 are swh to dis¢los¢. wtth re&g)nabl¢ aE¢ur%y. the financi￿ position of th¢ charity time. ¥¢d ￿ ¢nablo the trustees ￿ enyjrt thal the Dcwunts comply With ihe C.haritie5 Act 2011 and th¢ c.harity (A¢wwLts Re[￿) Re8￿13￿0ns 20Q8. They are also responsibl¢ for saf¢8uarib"ny the charity's ￿Set5. and h￿fje for taking weasLmable Sty for th¢ pre¥￿￿.9n and detectton of emy, fr8ud other irreguEarities.

Page 4 Re￿rt of the Aco)untani w the Tn&ee5 of The FUND ofthe CONGRECATION des FILUS de Ste. MARIE d¢ kn PROVIDENCE orth¢ CONV￿ of our LADY of PROVIDENC4 ALTOJY, HAMPSHIRE I reporl on th¢ ￿Co￿ts of the Trust foT the Ye￿ ended Aug4tst 31st 2025. ￿1(￿ are sd out On Pa8e5 5 ￿ 10. Respective Reiponsibilitits of T￿￿ and Exathi•er The charity's tr￿Ste¢S are responsible for th¢ pr¢pArM of th¢ ¥¢o￿tr. The charity's tr￿￿¢¢8S constder that an audil i$ no¢ r¢quir¢d for this year uthder sectM)0 144(2)of tho clwi.lies Act 201 I (the 2011 Ac¢) thai an indepond¢nt ¢x4min&tton is needed. It is my responsibility to.. examine the acwunts und¢r s¢ttsoA 145 of the 2Ql l Aci". • to follow the pro¢edur¢s Iwd th¢ general Th're£tions given ￿ the Ch¥iry Commission under section 14513Xb) of the 2Ql l a¢t and to ￿lte wheth¢r parncular havt come ks my aft￿￿on. Basil of l￿dependent eum5ner'i np•rt My examin41ion w&$ ¢8rried out in xcowthce wTrth the Cw>wal ThTectK￿Y Lpven by the Charity Comrnis510ners. An exAwAination includes a review of the accouThtin¥ records kept by the chanty and cornpan￿n of the accoLtnts pr¢serti¢d those recoT(Ls. It also includes consJd¢ratton of any WLtysu41 itens or th5c105ure5 in the account& and wki118 explanatt0￿ from you &$ trustees concernin8 such rnatte￿ Ilte proceduros ￿dertaken do not prO￿lde all the ebi£kncc ihal wDuld b¢ WULred in an audi(8nd c4)nsequen￿Y I do nol express an audit opinion on the Nryew given by rheaecoth)ty. lThdep¢ndent euml•¢r's $tawit In ¢onn¢¢tion with rny examinaty'orL 110 rn¥tler hts corne 10 my allentiLMI.' 111 which Bivesme reag)nable to believe that iti any meri81 respeci the requirements keep re￿)rdS in ¢cOrd￿¢¢ with se¢non 130 of th¢ 2011 ACT: ¥Jd io Prep￿ accounts whith aCCOTd th¢ accowttnB recor& and ts comply with the accountin¥ req￿￿rern¢nts of the 2011 Act have been met. or 12lto wlll.th in my opini(ffl. att￿tion should be drawn in wder lo eDable &prw ￿de￿I￿ndulg of the accounts to be r¢xh¢d. Cottrill Mason Limited 13 Vansittart Estate Wind50r SL4 ISE scm￿lA[A Accountant & T&K Advistt 20. February 2026

Page 5 D ofthe CONGREGATION FtLLE MARIE I PROVIDEN INCOMtNG RESOURCES Other income Bank and oiheT interest 124.430 23.314 76,197 29.622 Total Incomlng Resourees 147.744 105.819 RESOIIRC.F.S F.XPF.NDF.D Dircct Charitable Lixp¢nditure Pr¢mis¢s (ProfilyLoss on sale of buiidiug Donations 176,414 (7.011.034) 2,030.943 9,819 1.027.379 (4.803.677) .037.198 Other FJxpenth'tur¢ Mana¥ern¢nt & administration 226,035 175,130 Total Resourcej F.xpendcd (4,577,642) ,212.128 Net loeomin% Reyourcesl(Oulgoiogs) 13aiances brought forward 01.09.24 4.725,-386 264,691 (1.106.509) 1,371.200 Balan￿ ¢arried forward 31.08.25 4.990.077 264.691 The notes ¢XL P•Bes 7 to 10 form PArt of th¢se

Page 6 CONG ATI MARIE de PR CE No 20 Tr"IXTr:D ASSETS Tangible fixed assets School buildings and equipment 980.023 Investments 3.250.(KK 97,193 4.230.023 211.305 CURRLIYT ASSETS Debtors Cash in Hand and at Bank 1.811 55.000 759.253 761.064 .010 546,811 3,425 C.REDITORS.. thie within ODC year NET CURRENf ASSI:TS 760,054 53386 TOTAL NET ASSETS 4,990.077 264,691 UNRESTRicfF.D FUIYDS 4.990.077 264,691 Approved by th¢ Trn5E¢es on 16 Novemb¢r...... 2025 nd $i￿ed on its behalf by Hel¢n Elizkneth Samu¢l........ The ￿leS on p4e5 7 ty 10 fotrn part of ihese ac(l)￿ts

Page 7 ft NGRECATI N des FILLFS de St& MARIE de laPROVIDEN ONVENf•f • ovi l AccouKfiNG POLICIES IBAgi$ oCPr¢prnlio The acrA)unts are prepaTed widerthe histori¢al conventw and in ac￿rdanCe wth 4wlicthle accounting standards and the Statement of Recoffltrknded Practice , Ataxmtmg by Ch2n"tie5. b)T￿n￿ble Depreciation is provided on 811 ￿sible fixed in use. othef than freehtsld IAnd, at rates arbd base5 c￿c￿la￿d to WTile oEfthe cost less &1imated [￿dUal value of each L8sei over Its expected lif¢ follo￿... mo￿1 Yehi¢les over 4 y¢ars Ilems cost￿8 less than £3,1MKI are ￿luen off ￿ art exptss¢ Is a¢ouir¢¢L c)EipeDditur* Expenditwe is ailoclted to expense he￿.n￿S either on & dued cost basisor wrtt'onod ac¢ordittg to llme sp￿￿t The irTccovcrable clcmcntof VAT is included with th¢ i¢¢m of ¢Xp￿S¢ ￿ whith li r¢lat¢5.

Page 8 FILL MARIE PR 2.OTHER INCOME Other Rent 124.430 49,530 26.677 124.430 76.197 3.ANALYSIS OF TO'I'AL RESOURCLS EXPthDED Staff costs Direct Charitable Expenditure Te4￿h7n¥ Losts Welfare Premises Support ¢osls Donatiolls 2,030,943 2,030,943 2.030,943 2,030,943 Other F.xpenditure Admillistration 6,784 395,665 402,449 6.784 2.426.608 2.433,392 Management and administrnlion of the charity includes: A¢coLLntant's RemUne￿I0n'. For auth't For other sernces 1010 ioio The staff cosls are inCu￿ed in respect of cleaners and gardener5 who maintain the property

FUND of t MARIE PR NVENT four Y tsf PROV 3 1rt2025 4.TAYCIBLE FIXED ASSW3 ost Frcchold tu[D￿u[L& ui Septcmber 1.2024 Additioiis Disposals 464.640 980.023 464.640 48,368 6,700 519,708 48.368 513.IK18 Augusl 31.2025 980.023 6.700 986.723 Seplemlxr 1.2024 Charge for year Disposals 350.528 48J68 6.700 405.586 .150.528 48.168 398.896 ALigust 31st 2025 6.700 6.700 Net book value 31.08.24 120.457 nil nil 120.457 N¢t book value 31.08.23 980.023 nil 980,023 The VAlue forFumitur¢ and Equipmenth&s boen vnv•J Atby&qtmaJnBthe cost. since tt o)nsists of & rnixture of purch￿ •d ￿ft$ over a long p￿0d withow rewrds bet'ng ￿￿lIable lo crea* an a￿￿rate vall￿110￿. 5. INVESTME￿5 Term bank depositOShares 3.250.(K)O 50200 97,193 50200

Pa¥e 10 FUND ofttfft (YIN RECATION des FILLDS de MARIE de laPROVIDENCE 6.DEBTORS Rent Prepayments l.oan lo the School Debtors- Congregation l.811 NIL 7,CRED￿0RS. Dw •me year Creditors- cOn￿e8atiOn h¢r tax¢s and social s¢¢urily Accruals Other creth.tors 300,819 i.oio I,oio .010 301,829 8.FUNDS The Convent's fun(L8 Are hdd t• ￿Ver norlnal fluct￿1￿$ in wvrkin8 capitaF and are a]1 held in the Gefterai Reserve 9.COIYTRACIS AND COMMIThIKW3 No ¢api(al ¢xpenditure h&8 Ixen contracted for ID 2025. (2¢n4 £nil).