## Lavenham Charities For the Poor Receipts and Payments Accounts for the Year Ended 31 December 2022 ## Lavenham Charities for the Poor Contents of the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2022 ||Page| |---|---| |Independant Examiners' Report|1| |Trustees' Report|2| |Receipts and Payments Account|3| Lavenham Charities for the Poor ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** |**Set out on pages**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Report to the trustees**
**Address:**
**Independent examiner's**
**statement**
**Professional qualification:**
**Name:**
**Signed:**
**Responsibilities and basis**
**of report**|4
to
5
**Date:**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of
the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 December
2022.
Lavenham Charities for the Poor
FMAAT
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in
connection with the examination to which attention should be
drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the
accounts to be reached.
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 2011 Act and in carrying
out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions
given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of
the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material
matters have come to my attention in connection with the
examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any
material respect:
 accounting records were not kept in accordance with
section 130 of the Act
Sudbury
Suffolk
8 Long Pastures
Glemsford
31-Dec-22
CO10 7SS
234510
**Charity No.**
11/10/2023
Julian Donovan Stiff| |---|---| Page 1 Lavenham Charities for the Poor **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **From** 01/01/2022 **To** 31/12/2022 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Registered charity number Charity's principal address** Lavenham Charities for the Poor 234510 18 Peek Close Lavenham Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9FR ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee (if
for whole year
any)
Reverend S Earl
Mr S Faiers
Mr A Fayers
Mrs S Fayers
Ms J Gosling
Mr J Heeks
Mr R Norman
Mr T Rhodes
Mr J Robinson Chairman
Mr P Robson
Mrs D Twitchett
Mrs M Wilding
Section B Structure, governance and management
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## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Charity Commission Scheme 24/04/1963, varied 07/10/1998. How the charity is constituted Trustee selection methods Existing Trustees by rotation and re-election, new Trustees by invitation and election. Page 2 Lavenham Charities for the Poor ## **Section C Objectives and activities** |**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its governing**
**document**
**Summary of the main activities**
**undertaken for the public benefit**
**in relation to these objects**
**(include within this section the**
**statutory declaration that trustees**
**have had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity Commission**
**on public benefit)**|To provide Almshouse accommodation and support
to the needy of the village.
1. 8 Almshouses are provided in the village.
2. Grants to the needy are usually distributed twice a
year.| |---|---| |Section D
Achievements and performance|Section D
Achievements and performance| |---|---| |**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity during**
**the year**|
The Charity continue to provide Almshouse
accommodation and support to the needy of the
village, as it has done for about 400 years.| |**Financial review**
**Section E**|| |**Details of any funds materially in**
**deficit**
**Brief statement of the charity’s**
**policy on reserves**|The reserves are maintained to provide income to
distribute as grants to the needy of the village and for
improvements to the Almshouses as required.| |**Declaration**
**Section F**|| **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Date**
**Position**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**|Chairman
04/10/2023
J Robinson
Jeremy Robinson|Vice Chairman
04/10/2023
J Gosling
**Jane Gosling**| |---|---|---| Page 3 Lavenham Charities for the Poor 234510 ## **Receipts and Payments Accounts** **----- Start of picture text -----**
For the period
01/01/2022 To 31/12/2022
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
"Old Town Lands" Dividends - 973 - 973 948
Maintenanace Contributons - Almspersons [ - ] 25,541 - 25,541 28,798
Interest & Dividends - 237 - 237 204
Other Income - 21 - 21 -
Land Rental & Wayleaves 5,968 - - 5,968 6,027
Intertest & Dividend 392 - - 392 148
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
26,772 - 33,132 36,125
AR) [ 6,360 ]
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 6,360 26,772 - 33,132 36,125
A3 Payments
Maintenance/Improveemnts to
Almshouses - 34,664 - 34,664 13,721
Telephone Rental - 199 - 199 203
Vacant House Costs - 1,092 - 1,092 195
Administration - 4,831 - 4,831 6,552
Insurance - 931 - 931 885
Grants to the Needy 6,940 - - 6,940 5,655
Land Agents Fees 576 - - 576 90
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total [ 7,516 ] 41,717 - 49,233 27,301
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments [ 7,516 ] 41,717 - 49,233 27,301
Net of receipts/(payments) - 1,156 - 14,945 - - 16,101 8,824
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 10,116 69,459 25,000 104,575 95,751
Cash funds this year end 8,960 54,514 25,000 88,474 104,575
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Page 4 Lavenham Charities for the Poor 234510 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|J Gosling
Signature
J Robinson
COIF - Deposit Account
CCLA Endowmwent Fund
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
Lloyds Bank - Treasurers Account - 454140
Cyclical Maintenance fund
**Details**
**Details**
COIF - 415230001T "Old Town Lands"
COIF - 415230001R "Ext Repair Fund
M & G NAA Fund
COIF - 822600001T "Charitable Fund"
COIF - 9628400001B
**Details**
Lloyds Bank - Instant Access - 01194312
Lloyds Bank - Treasurers Account - 129754|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**52,328**
**85**
**-**
**2,101**
**8,460**
**500**
**-**
**-**
**8,960**
**54,514**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Restricted
**246**
Restricted
**1**
Restricted
Un-restricted
**29**
Un-restricted
**7**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Jeremy Robinson
Jane Gosling|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**25,000**
**-**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**25,000**| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**32,571**
**57**
**5,456**
**3,899**
**959**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
04/10/2023
04/10/2023| Page 5