SIR WARWICK HELE ALMSHOUSE TRUST
Clerk’s Report for the year ending 31[st] December 2025
We seem to have had a busy and expensive year covering different aspects of essential maintenance. We had a fire risk assessment done in April, Lee Fleming did an excellent job of painting the exterior in August, and the deteriorating lead gulley adjacent to the chapel roof was replaced in the Autumn by Stay Dry Roofing.
Sadly we lost long term resident Mrs. Ray Mayhew in November. On clearing out No 1, we found there was a serious issue with vermin chewing the electric cables in the loft area. This necessitated rodent control and removing all the old loft insulation, before the electrician could repair the cables. While only the roof spaces above No1 and 2 were affected, we felt it prudent to check and re- insulate above all the cottages.
No1 cottage has been renovated, painted throughout and new kitchen and shower room fitted. New resident Mrs Janet Shilcott has recently moved in on 12[th] March. A new storage heater has been installed in No1. The heaters in all the cottages were fitted at the same time many years ago, and they are coming to the end of life.
We are working through the fire risk recommendations with new fire alarms connected to the electricity and guaranteed ten year life batteries fitted in all cottages. Fire doors and resistant loft hatches are pending for the coming year.
The general maintenance has been well taken care of by John Wood, and the grounds well looked after by Hugh Niven. Chris Hobbs in No2 has recently celebrated his 90[th] birthday. Peter Chapman in No3 has not been so well of late. Robert Rowland Clerk to Trustees
Sir Warwick Hele Almshouses IRe8istered Charity No: 236926) INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENr YIE 3U12124 YIE 31IIy25 INCOME Reydents Weely MaiTrtenan Contrfbutkns Interest on M&G Investments CAF Gold & CAF Cash Account Intert5t Misccredit £25.299.50 £222.62 £553.82 £24,482.$0 £233.61 £414.86 £4.20 TOTAL INCOME £26m5.94 £25,1.17 EXPENSES Administration (Clerk) Trustee TrainSn8 Almshouses A550ciatlon Proyrty Repair & Mainte1¢ Clreline Alarm System Insurance Flre Rlsk Assessment Trt•tment of mole in1estal1 & other verniln Independent Exarninaiion of Financlal Statements Garden Mainten•nce & Hed8e Cutti Water Elecrlclty (Chopel & 0$[de Iwhtl ContesslonaryTV Ilctnce Septlc Tank emptwn4 ElectrScèl Rep•lrs Bank Char8es on CAF C•th kcount Roof Repalrs Re-in5ulation of RoolSp•ce Palntin8 ol Exterlor Refund of Misc Credits Tr•nsferlo M&G In¥eslM•ntslRepalrAffA1•tJQn fvndj £6.c £600.00 £135.00 £353.fy) £8.l £1,392. £1.517.56 £1,178.00 É1,392.00 £1,566.56 £395.IXI É1,104.00 £75.00 £2,045. £886.46 £1,581.58 £364.fy) f150.[ £i.ffJ. £626.48 £1.165.93 £30.th) £290. £1,593.96 £60.00 £3,884.40 £4,400.00 £7,800.00 £2.477.68 £.{A} £270. £2S,C¥JO.LKI TOTAI expf14SES £106$ £53,986.96 Excess/Deflclt of Income over expendttur• £15,179.29 428.851.79 SUMMARY OF ASSETS YIE JiiW24 Current Accounts: Balance in CAF Cash coMt Balance In C4F Gold Account YIE 31112125 £9.&)8.61 £29,214.12 £382.73 E2.307.24 £7.663.70 £9.970.94 Plus.. Investment Accounts: M&G Investments- Multi Asset Income Account M&G Investments- Multi Asset Accumulation Cot M&G Investments. EXtraordiry Repair Fur Accumula0fi A¢t¢)u E5,102.87 £Z5,275.96 £135.735.45 £5.685.(KI £29,421.61 £186.332.10 TOTAL ASSETS £204,937.01 £231,409.65
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustee81 members of Sir WaThvi¢k Hele Almshouses On accounts for the year ended 31¥1 December 2025 Charity no (If any) 236926 Set out on pages Page 1 only I report to the trustees on my examination of the a¢¢ounts of the above Charity (Ihe Trust.) for the year ended 311121202S. Ré$ponsiblltlo4 and ba$1• of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsibl8 for the preparation of th8 accounts in accordan 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145151(bl of the Ac. Independent I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have oxaminer's statement come lo my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe Ihat in. any material respect: the accounting records ¥ere not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act,. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable r8quirements conceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of Ihe accounts to be reached Slgned.. Date: 0310312026 Name: Samantha Andrew Relevanl professlonal quallflcationls) or body (rf any): ICAEW Address: 93 Church Road Wembury, Plymouth, PL9 OJX IER Oct 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight malerial matters of conrn (see CC32, Independent examination of tharty accounts. directions and guidan for examiners). Give here brlef delalls of any items that the examiner wishes to dlsclose. None IER Oct 2018