## Lavenham Charities For the Poor Receipts and Payments Accounts for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 ## Lavenham Charities for the Poor Contents of the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2024 ||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** |**Independent examiner's**
**statement**
**Professional qualification:**
**Name:**
**Signed:**
**Responsibilities and basis**
**of report**
**Address:**
**Set out on pages**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Report to the trustees**|4
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**Date:**
CO10 7SS
234510
**Charity No.**
07/10/2025
Julian Donovan Stiff
Sudbury
Suffolk
8 Long Pastures
Glemsford
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
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of
the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31
December 2024.
Lavenham Charities for the Poor
31-Dec-24| |---|---| Page 1 Lavenham Charities for the Poor ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** **From** Period start date Period end date 01/01/2024 31/12/2024 **To** ## 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 J Pitcher
Mr S Faiers Resigned
Mr A 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
Mrs Y Robinson
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 07/10/1993. Trustee selection methods Existing Trustees by rotation and re-election, new Trustees by invitation and election. Page 2 Lavenham Charities for the Poor **----- Start of picture text -----**
Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the
To provide Almshouse accommodation and support
charity set out in its governing
to the needy of the village.
document
Summary of the main activities 1. 8 Almshouses are provided in the village.
undertaken for the public benefit 2. Grants to the needy are usually distributed twice a
in relation to these objects year.
Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main The Charity continue to provide Almshouse
achievements of the charity accommodation and support to the needy of the
during the year village, as it has done for about 400 years.
Section E Financial review
The reserves are maintained to provide income to
Brief statement of the charity’s
distribute as grants to the needy of the village and for
policy on reserves
improvements to the Almshouses as required.
Section F Declaration
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**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** |**Date**
Chairman
**Position**
02/04/2025
**Signed** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
J Robinson
Jeremy Robinson|Vice Chairman
02/04/2025
J Gosling
**Jane Gosling**| |---|---| Page 3 Lavenham Charities for the Poor 234510 ## **Receipts and Payments Accounts** **----- Start of picture text -----**
For the period
01/01/2024 To 31/12/2024
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 - 990 - 990 976
Maintenanace Contributons - Almspersons [ - ] 23,439 - 23,439 30,314
Interest & Dividends - 825 - 825 544
Other Income - - - - 83
Land Rental & Wayleaves 2,984 - - 2,984 9,010
Intertest & Dividend 1,421 - - 1,421 1,236
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 4,405 ] 25,254 - 29,659 42,163
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 4,405 25,254 - 29,659 42,163
A3 Payments
Maintenance/Improveemnts to
Almshouses - 57,026 - 57,026 7,469
Telephone Rental - - - - 100
Vacant House Costs - 4,580 - 4,580 2,347
Administration - 9,144 - 9,144 5,385
Insurance - 1,056 - 1,056 1,089
Subscriptions - 493 - 493 196
Landlord Safety - 666 - 666 -
Grants to the Needy 8,080 - - 8,080 7,710
Land Agents Fees - - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total [ 8,080 ] 72,965 - 81,045 24,296
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 8,080 72,965 - 81,045 24,296
Net of receipts/(payments) - 3,675 - 47,711 - - 51,386 17,867
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 11,496 69,845 25,000 106,341 88,475
Cash funds this year end 7,821 22,134 25,000 54,955 106,342
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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
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
COIF - 415230001T "Old Town Lands"
COIF - 415230001R "Ext Repair Fund
M & G NAA Fund
COIF - 822600001T "Charitable Fund"
COIF - 9628400001B
**Details**
45 Acres Arable Farmland
8 No. Almhouses
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
Lloyds Bank - Treasurers Account - 454140
Cyclical Maintenance fund
**Details**
Accountancy Fees
**Details**
COIF - Deposit Account
CCLA Endowmwent Fund
Lloyds Bank - Instant Access - 01194312
Lloyds Bank - Treasurers Account - 129754
J Gosling
Signature
J Robinson|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**19,829**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,305**
**7,321**
**-**
**500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,821**
**22,134**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Restricted
**35,564**
Restricted
**64**
Restricted
**5,549**
Un-restricted
**4,258**
Un-restricted
**1,010**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Un-restricted
**-**
Restricted
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**Unrestricted**
**372**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Jeremy Robinson
Jane Gosling|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,000**
**-**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**25,000**| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**36,368**
**68**
**5,735**
**1,041**
**4,354**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Date of
approval
02/04/2025
02/04/2025| Page 5