REGISTERED CHARITY NUNIBER.. 241658 RANDS ELEF.MOSYNARI' AND R N ECCL CAL CHAIUTIFS TRugfEFS REPORT AND Accouprrs FOR THE YEAR FNDED DE EfvIBER 20 RAWDS ELE MOSYNARI. AND RANDS NON ECCI.ESIASTICAL CHARITIES INDEX TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE I￿AR ENDED DECEMBER 202> Page Le8al a￿1 Administsatiit InfoTmaiion RerA)n ofthe Tr￿S￿eS Inde￿nden1 Examineis Ret Statrmeni ofFinancial Acti%ities Balance Shtei Noles 10 the Awx]n15 RANDS ELEEMOSYNARY AND IAsficAL CHARITIES LEGAL AND ADfvllINLSTRATIVE INFORM FOR THE YEAR NDED 31 CETrIBER 202) Chariiy name.. Rands El¢erw%. ynary a￿1 Rands Non Ecck5]&￿[lCaI ￿arItie.% Chariry registration numbcr.. ?41658 Chariiy addre%8'. Shil¢ock Hou 99 Bancrofi Hitchin SG5 INQ TrU￿ceS.. Rosetnary Gain5f(￿ IChairpcTsonl Andrea Cox (Dcccascd l8-Mar-251 Retr Mary Fanc d¢ Salis Carol Winch Danic15 MegatL AI1¢ Barbara Silvesion John Burdcn {AMMMn*d 14 tA*ficAL CHARITIES The tnjskes prei¢nt their annual rep￿ with the fiEwicLa] statements of the ¢hatiry for the year e]￿ed 31￿ tkcembei 2025. The tsijsttts ddopled the provisions of ACc￿JAIllls Rewxting by ChaTiiies". Statement of Recomtnended Ptdetice applicable io chartties Preparing thehr accounts in accordance with the FuMKia] Re]xKttng Sundard applicable in Ihe UK and Republic of Ireland IFRSIO?) Icffecuir Isi January 2019 j. Objectives and ActSvitles Objecliyes and ainLS The objeciives of thc chariiy ate ￿ povide tr￿S of Tesi r(Yd¢s¢rving naii¥es ￿ resideth￿ of the PaTi5h¢5 orHo1￿￿11. thai rnay find accorntt%xl*ion and securily in the lttal ci>tnmuniiy ￿ 5uii iheir patticulat tequiTeH*ni4 and needs. SigntfKaDI %livilie5 The chari1￿5 objeciives are achiei'ed by colleciing an maintellat￿e contribuEions Iiom th¢ ￿sIdEnts who occup)" the houses of resi under the control of thc irusLees. Such charges are utilised itl rnainthining. tepairing and r¢furbislung the ht¥A5es as ll￿eSSary and ihe paying f(r the Supp￿ costs ftr the funciioThin8 of the thariiy_ Pubilc benetit The tNsitts ￿l'e pJid du¢ regard ￿ Ihe Cknariiy Commissions Public Benefii Guidance and c(ympiled seciion 1715) ol the Clwiiies Aci 2011 in eiercising Iheir powers and duiies. and ha¥e S￿%hI io demr￿￿traIt thai the chariiy coniinues 10 proi'ide benefits LO suitsblc ￿rson5 who relak direcuy io tts objeetitres. The btrtfits ate publicly akailable ￿ all qllalify. All applicauons 2Te subj￿1 ￿ due prrKess and C￿)SIdera(10￿ witlxoui discriminatith). Athlei'ements #ttd PerfoTmance ClhArltAble adivitit5 The properties L()ntrolled b} the kn1>￿e$ eorttioue ￿ be maintai[￿{1. rePaI￿d and iefurbished in ilLQL the existill8 and new residents are PTI)pcrly ¢d￿red for. The (wsttts hai'e conitnued 10 make available the IKw5 of re51 uThJei their contsol. Tr ¢[￿￿nE demand has Teflec*d the nccd for svch a ctLarii)' thai provid¢5 a }￿Uable 5UPPM 5enicc in thc Iwal communiry. The comiThuc a proBrattunc of rcpair5. rnaintrnance and Tcfuthishrn¢ni so thai ￿cUPAn¢>. 15 ronsianrl}' * a high level. Trinancial RewitH' inancial position Thc fJnarKial rcsulL4 for the year as shown page.* 6 and 7 reflect thc NW1n￿￿￿[￿e ¢OtytributiOllS collected from residenL< invesimeni Incon￿ received in the )'ear. the CO5￿ incurroj in colleciing ihe inconx and maintsiTrino Ihe proFtnie>. Ihe suppon costs and ihe financial sw4e of artairs of Ihe chzriiy ai 3151 Decemkr W?5. P￿ncIPle sources ofthcorne The rnajoT sources of IThL0￿ are maiNenance contributi(x)s fm r¢sid¢#ts and ithWSLn*nt i￿ome from ini'¢sunenis mad¢ of stjrplus fund$ under the coniwl of the tsijstees. Mainienance LMITibuii*x)s fTum resi of £9.Y97 1)U?4.' nei exFndiiure £l2.923I. RANDS ELEEMOSYNARY AND RANDS NON ECCLLSIASTI REPORT OFTHE TRUSTELS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JIST DECENIBF.R 202) AL CHARITIES Investrnent pollcy Corthiilerdiion is giv¢n w the requiremeni io incur costs requfftred the p￿￿TrIeS, therefore having consid¢ied the opiions available Ihe (rusiees have decided io relain an amouni of fun(Ls with John Shilco¢k Ltd, ID a clients accounL a5 a repair fund and 10 ￿(ain excess funth ttt recogniscd chariiy iThirsrrr*ni funds thai are f￿r1>. easil). accehsible. The policics adopred by thc rrnstees are such thai invtstcd n￿leS arc carcfull). managcd with a low risk. Resen"e5 policy Ti*al fvnds hcld by the chariiy ai 31.gt Dccember ￿?5 ￿'ere £￿9J84 (20?4: £W5.718). ReieThe.% are rcquircd for.. Unexpected repairs and maintenancc thai could be ne¢¢s50ry ai any IINK. Change% in iniernal TefurhishrtKnis as necessary. ￿1th1￿ to acCo[ll￿Kthlc 5peLifie or s￿claI]s1 ￿ed$ of r¢sidtnts. Based on Ihc chariiy'5 aciiviiies and the age ofthe Pro￿rtIes. the trusiees aim ￿ have vnreitricÈed reiervcs ￿eD￿er the hiS￿)riCal 'aluaiyon of Ihc prtwniei o(£4(X).(KM) a]kl orte year's eX￿ndi￿re. The esiimaied averagc Jearly eX￿ndItUre is £40.1￿. AI 3151 Dcccmbcr )095. Ihc chartiy's unrestrieknl (unds i¥ere IA eKcess o(the reserve p)lic). I￿1 tsusiecs consider ihis p￿￿trI1 as it ensures Ihe chariiy h&s suffitieni resix]Tees io coitr the risks of unexttt*d repairs and mairtlertance 10 the prynies. The irvsices consider thai the presenl level of tnainienance con1rib￿1oTr5 from residents and inve5u￿￿t i4Kome iooe(her with rcKTrcs is Su￿1¢1¢n( 10 cnsurc the presenL charithble aciikiiies can be maiThuiThed and are su￿1¢1¢ni LO tttti ihe objecuvcs ofthe charii).. Rtsk managtment The thlsiees coniinue io asstss and th¢ majtr risks LO which they coThsiderthe charii) 1$ eXw￿ed ￿l¢￿1¥F]Y in relati ioinsurance. operaiioThs and fin#n¢c_ Structure, GovernAnc¢ ajd M4nagempTht Govtrnlng documen¢ Th¢ go%'crnin¥ do¢utncDt of rhe regisiered chariN is d schetDe ddied 26th August 1924 and a Sc￿me of 31sr M4}. 1979. The chaJiiy'5 OEKTiiuonaJ dddress is 5kn"k￿k H￿Se. 99 B￿r0fl HirchiTh. H¢n& SG5 INQ. Organisational structure Thc charity h&% a board of made up of the Yieat co%￿1n8 the Holwell area, thosc app>in*d by thc pansh council and £￿4)ttd tnjstses w'ho shall rLsid¢ or¢arry on busiiitxx In or rtear the beneficial are& The tTUSteei meet 2 or 3 a[￿Orn and arc rcsp)rL%ibk fortht objectives athd aciivitiC5 of the chari¢y. All the uusiees contribuic Ihc rnanagemeni of thc chariiy. The Irusiee.4 are.%Upp￿ed by a clerk provided by Jdjn Shikwk LTII. profcS5i￿al ￿0￿￿YadII1$crs. M'ho L5 re5p)nsiblc ror.. The coll¢ciion of tllainier￿nce Conin￿J11UTrs from Te5iLkTr￿. sMJniioTing and re￿￿1￿* M the nuin*Thancc and wplli￿ tequircd iii respect ofthe prq)erties conlrollcd by thc Irustee5. Fnsuring ihdi all direciives of the trustees are appropria￿lY 1mp1c￿ntrd. A tK>licy ()f regular meeiings mcani thai a]1 a$￿¢ts of a¢Jministrring ￿ charii)" ar¢ fully rei'iewrd arml monitored. Trustees induction and tr2inln% All Injsiees are familiar wilh thc il'ijrk" of charriy *)d are ftni'oli'ed in the ai11￿1]e￿. All trustees are issued m.iih a c￿Y Lifihe Charii). cor[￿￿1$StonerS b￿llet The Esseniial Tfu%iee- and a cop). trfiht lalt%i financial Sialen)en￿ io eohanL-e their undersian¢thng of their staww" ¥¢sp)usibiliii¢i. Plans for future periods The houies are of afft age thai repairs ar￿ mainienè￿e are cothstsnil%' required to cimply wilh r¢sid¢nts n¢¢d> and relei'ani The rnjskes hake no specifjc plans thr LO continue the of the wopertie% adminÈs*rchariidble rewurlts as appropri￿￿e, t￿]￿claI15. Iv ¢nsure the propeni¢s iEr¢ repatred. mainiained artd refurbLSbed ¢b ￿ll$faCtory. stdn¢Jdftl fLY exisiin4Y and neM" re.%idertis. NDS ELEEMOSYNARI. AND RANDS P40N ECCLESIAsrtCAL CHARITIFS REPORT E TRUSfEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED r DECEMBER 202> TTUStees The trusiees wljo i¢rv¢d during ¢he were.. Roscrnary GaitLsford {Chairpcf50n) Andrea Cox (Deceased 18-Mar-251 Rcy Mary Fanc dc Sails Carol Winch Daniels Megan All¢ync BarbaTO Silvesron John Burden (Appoinied 14-(ki-2il Statement of Trthstees Responslbllitles The tnjsiees are re$tw)nsible for preparing the of the TnJstre5 and the fma]*ial StsTements in aceordtrt¢¢ ￿7th applr¢abl¢ law and Uni¢ed ￿.￿gdoM ACC￿nI1￿8 StandaTd5 (Unii¢d Kingdom Ger*rally Attepod AecoJThiing Practice). The law appli¢able to ¢hariries in En8latMt Wth& th¢ Chariiics Aci 2011. Chariiy {Accounis and Rep(Mtsl Regulation$ 2￿8 and the PTOVtsiOtkS ofthe rrusideed requires the UUSLees io prepare fJnancia] stsiements foreach finanLial year ￿h]Ch Bive a ¢nJe and fair ktew. of the stsie of affairs of the ehariiy and of the incoming re50wces and applicaiion5 arc rcsource& including Ihe income and expenditure. ofthe chariry th* ￿riod. In weparin8 ihese fthancia] the tnLSLee5 art ryited w.. - seleci suithble accounting policies aTrd then 4)ply them consi5t¢nily- - d)serke the methds a[￿ principles in the Charitj SORP., - make judgert￿nIs and e51imiires ihai are [t￿rtable atMI wwknty. - prepare the finaniial SW¢menLi the soirtg b¥is wi1¢5S li is io presume the charity will continue in business. The inJs*es are responsible fw Leeping pryr aCC￿nU[lg reC￿￿S which di5c105e *ith reasonable )￿￿raCY ai any ILItLe the rinancial EKEilion of thc chxtit). and ioenablc them io eThs￿re that the financial sratcmenLS comply ￿1th the Chariiics Act 201 I. the Chariiy (Awounts and Reportsl Regulaiifm$ 2(K18 and the pro%isÉLML% of the truAdLed. The) are al40 responsible for 8afeguarding th¢ of the ch¥ityand hence for ts&ing re￿*￿1t Sleps fw the ryevention and detectiw of frn￿l and her itrcgulariiic5. Thc Termm ￿a$ approved by ￿der ofthe B(ANI of TnJs*es ￿ 25th JuDe 20J? and 5igrd ￿ its behalf by.. i( r). Gainsford Trusitt RANDS ELEEMOSYNARY AND RANDS NON ECCLESLiSTICAL CHARITIES ILYDEPENDENT EXANIINERS, REPORT TO THETRUSTEES OF 4ND.S ELEEMOSYNARY AND RANDS NON ECCLESIA ICAL CHARITILS FOR THE YEAR FJ4DED 31sr DECEP*lB IndependeTht examiner's report to the tnL4ees Of R*nds EieenbJSii￿Th and RaTwJs Noll Ecrlt5iXStitAI Ctharities I report to Ihe trusiees on my examinaiion of the financLal siaiemenis of Rands Eleemos>mary and Rands" Ecclesiasucal ch￿ill¢S year ended 31st DecemEer ryO?5. M"hi¢h ate Sei Olli oft Page& 6 to I l. Responsibilitie5 and basi5 of report A% the chariiy's trusÉccs you arc rcsPOn5ible for the preparation of thc ffftnancAal stttrmcnL% in accardathce with the requi￿rnt￿¢S of the Chariiics Act 2011 I'thc )01 l Act'}. Haling saiisfled myself thai ihe financial stsitm¢nts of the charity ar¢ wuw¢d audiied atld arc cligible f(K iodependeni examinaiion, I rcwrt in Yes￿¢1 my cxaminauffi ofytyjr chariiy's finartial s¢atertnis as carrhed oui undcr SeLts￿ 145 of th¢ 2011 Aci. In carrying trjt my examinaiion I have foliow¢d the applic*bie dileci1￿$ giyen by the Clwiiy Commission Under seciion 145{5llb} of Ihe 2Ql I ACL Independent ex&n￿ller'S Statetmnt I hai'e cotnpleted ThyexatThination. I ci)nfirm thai Do [￿J￿rial have LO my atleftiion in conneciity) with th¢ examinaiion giving The cause LO kliei'e ITh an). tnawrial rcsFti'. accouniing recorils were tmx kept in re5peri of thc Charity as requited by sec11￿ 130of the J)1 l Aci: or 2. thc finanrial 5131eTncnts do t1￿ wilh those rec(Yds.' (Y 3. financial 51al¢meDts rornplb. wilh the xcwThiing require￿￿rns the forni atml conieni of financial statcments Sei out in the CIwiiic5 (Accounts and Re[￿5) RegulaiioD$ 2(#)8 thlw than any requiremeni thai thc fJnaThcial sui¢rnents gil'e a'iru¢ and fair ILCW. uthich is a maller c(KsideTa as pan of an i]Kiepen(ktht examination: or 4. the financial siaiemenis have noi been prepared Ln accordartt u'iih the meth￿5 and principles ofthe Statemeni of Reconunended Praciice f(K accouniing and rtwJrtin8 bychariues {applic¥ble iochariite5 prepating their accounts in accordonce ￿lIh the Fjnancial RewtsTh8 s￿dard applicable in the UK Republi£ of Ireland IFRS 10211. I ha%'e nocortcerns Jrtd haNe Come across nooth¢r rnaticr5 in comiectim with the exanwnation io which ￿¢￿110￿ should be sn Ihis repm in cthr 10 enabl¢ a propel utLdetSLItLding of the finJt)Ci2] staiemenis lobe rexhed. Philip Dean Hicks and Company Chart¢￿d Accoun(anls Firs1 H￿r. 99 Bancrofi H1￿h1n SG5 INQ Dale.. ?5th June ?0?6 Pa£e RANDS ELE MOSYNARI. AND RANDS NO144 ECCLESIASTICAL CHARMES STATEhIENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES {IDcorporating Intome and EIpt￿li¢￿Te Account) FOR THE YFAR ENDED 31ST DECEfvIBER 2025 UtyrtMrfcied Restricted fund 2025 Total 2024 T￿al Nthe IncoJDe Irom charitable *etivities: Mainte[￿e contribtsti(xKs from tesidmLS Donations Investment income." Divide[￿ irwme Inicrest re¢eivcd Other Intome: Other incon* Tot￿ income 50.707 SO,707 44.171 210 6,12 1,722 6,120 1,722 1,940 58549 52.311 Exper￿lI￿r0 Cost of T¥ising CosLS of collecung residents wn1rii￿Il￿5 6,144 5.467 Expendilure 4)D charitable ¥tivities: Charitable acubiiies 59,767 Total expendi¢ure 48052 485>2 65,234 Net incomelltxpenditurel ￿rore other Omptyhen￿vC rrKome 9,997 9,997 112,9231 Other cornpreheThslTre Inton in￿rStMent< broughi imo acc￿￿1 957 Net Ineollrfexptnditure) bEfore Eakns 4nd i(&es 10.9 10,9SI 112.9231 Other recogni5ed Balm￿￿1055e5} Unreali5ed gall￿110$S) on in%'esin*nt$ (7.￿) 17.0881 3.743 Ne¢ rnoi'ement in fuJM15 (9.180) Reconciliation orrunds Tixal fund5 brOu￿h1 fonty2td 925.7A8 92i.718 934,898 Tot91 funds ca￿led forn'Ard IA. 929 929014 92i.718 The noks on pages 8 10 1 I fornx p4n oftheie finaKiai 5wewrtnts. All tsf the a￿)1't result> arc d¢ri%'ed Irom conrinvino Xli￿lIeS. There are no cther ￿L￿ni%¢￿ gain% ur kJ$5¢5 ￿h¢[ than those siai¢d aboi'c. Page 6 4NDS ELEEMOSYNARY AND RANDS NON ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITIES BALANCESHEET AS AT 31sr DECEhJBER 2025 VDresttict¢d R¢stricted rund Note 202) 2024 Fixed Assets Tangible a&s¢LS Intre%tnKnis Totsl r￿ed assets 490.000 184.714 674.714 4￿,00l1 184,714 674,714 4￿.{MY) 190.845 680.845 Current assets Debtor5 SIK)rt l¢rm de￿)Its Cash at bank Cash held by John sh11c￿k Lid Total turrenl 2,016 130.869 16.146 8.647 257.678 132591 98.7)6 31283 263874 132091 9&756 31383 263,874 Curront Liabilities Credilon.. Amounts falling due within one year io. 9,004 12.805 Ne¢ Current assels 254170 2>4,￿ 244.873 Net 45scts 9295&1 929584 925.718 The funds ofihe ¢harit): ur￿eS￿l£le￿ lunds ii. 929J&l 929584 925.718 The noics on page% 8 10 1 I partof the%e financial Materrtnt Thc fiThanciai Slaiemencs approi.eil Iij" the B02rd ￿Tn￿lCo4 th June 2￿_6 u.ere signed C￿ it% behalf by: Rose Jr) GainsfoT 59.767 41408 Toial cxpeThJiture 483>2 65.234 5. Trusttes. Rtmuneration and Benefits There was no irusiee¥ remuneration or cthr benefjts foi the )'¢arended 31si D2cettthr ?02) the }¢ar ended 31$1 D¢¢¢mb¢r 2024. 6. Co rdtivts for the S¢atenwn¢ of Fwan¢ial Artivilie5 Unrestrided fund Restrieted fund Note 9024 Income Income from charitable activilie5: Mainienaacc contribuiions Irom residents Donaiions Investment iTrcome: Dividend irttotne Int¢resl Tec¢i%'ed Other incorne: Other income Total income 41.171 ?10 41.171 210 1.940 Expenditure Cost ￿r raising funth: CoNli of coll¢crinu resident% Lcin(ribuii￿I> F.¥penditun on charitalAt actiYiti¢s: ChatiLLble dctii'ilie¥ i.467 5.467 59.767 59.767 Total expendilure 65.? 65.?>1 RANDS EI.EETrIOSYNARY AND RANDS NOYI ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITI&S NOTES TO THE AccouNrs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECFthIB om amtlves for the Siatemeni of Financial Adivities- C4Mt" UnTe5trirted Restricted fund Note 2024 Net expendlture bpfore other eomprehen5ive Incorne (12.9231 112.9231 Other COmPTeheLsive income M&G inves1n￿[￿lS brt￿gh1 inio acec￿lI Net expenditure btfore gains {12.9231 112,923) Other rervEni5ed 8alLs Unrcaliscd gain on in￿es￿￿￿￿ 3.743 3.743 Net rno%¢m¢nt in fund {9.1801 19.1801 Reconciliation of futsds T(Aal funds broughi f(xward 934J98 934.898 Total funds cArrled forward 9? j.718 925,718 7. Tan 'ble Fixed A Freehold Propertit5 Historic Tralua¢Ton: Ai Iht Jarjuary ?0?5 and at 31st DeceEnFKr 490,(￿0 & Fi ¢ Inl'estmen COIF Charitits Investmetst COIF Charftie5 Proptrt). M&G (Iwrifutyd Total 20 Tutal 2024 IArket Value5 A5 ai Isi January MLG iniestmenis brought inio aLLI)uni {L05i)IGain on rei'alua¢ion olin%"e4￿Krtts As ai Jlst Dec¢mber 163?1fj 19084) 957 {7.0881 184,714 187.102 957 106 1,123 3.743 190,845 155.689 ?7.902 Units held 8.057.6? 76.05? 52 65.(Ml The units held in ihe M&G Charifund. iirre pre¥i¢)u51y irKlu&d in the clkatiiy s act￿rtts. bAL thI￿ShI iohave Eeen held siTKe th¢ fund's launch dale of Isi March I9￿. 9. Debtors 202) ?0?4 MaiiiienanLe Lotkrriburions in otr¢ar5 PrePa￿￿￿ni$ 723 ,293 1.014 Pa£e 10 RANDS ELEEI¥IOSYNARI' AND RAND ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITIFS NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS R THE YEAR EDIDED JIST DECF.hlBER 2025 10. Creditors: An￿nts Fajli Due Wlthln One Year 202.- 2024 M3inleaance contributions in ad%ince Oihcr crcdiiors - E.ON Oiher crcdiwr4- Garden mainteE)aoc¢ Accwals 1.920 1,060 6,024 9.817 11. Fund5 Ge￿ra1. To receive main*nance COntribuiion> (rom residenLS atld invesimeni incotrt. To provide fuThds (or Ihe colleclton of fflainienance coniribuiions a￿j the costs of the chariiy. To niana£e Ihc properties atMI ensurc the). are fully insurcd. maintsined and after. Ba]anccs 151 January Balanccs 31st DeceJnb2r Inirsuneni losses Incoming 0th180ing Unresiric*d Funds.. General 92i,718 9•j,718 59506 i9￿06 {485521 {48?5?1 [7,11881 {7,0881 929,584 929.584 Ba]ances Isi Biilances 3151 December 20?4 In¥esttneThi gains 20?4 Un¥esiri