THE LI￿LE HOUGHTON CHARITY
Little Houghton in the County of West Northamptonshire
FINANCIAL STATEMEiirrs for the year ended
31 December 2025
Charity No 243452
LH Charity 2025

THE LIME HOUGFffoN CHARITY
financi01 Statementstorthe yearended aiDe¢¥￿b￿202S
Legal and Administratlve detsils
Charity Registr*ion number
Address
48 Bedford Road
Northampton
NN7 IAB
Trn5tses
co￿￿ Edward Stanton
MauriceJ(thn Ford
Bankers
Natwest Bank pk
41 Drapery
NNI 2EY
One Jthgel lane
London
EC4R 3AB
Investment Advisers
RBC Brewin Dolphin
16 St Helerfs PlacÈ
London
EC3A 6DE
Solicitor5
hcrlaw
Etgin Hou
Billing Road
Northampton
NN15AU
Independent Examiner
GMBM(
Badby
Daventry
Northamptonshlre
NNII 3AN
UE¢h*MyiwlZQ25

7HEUtTLE HOUGItTON CHARITY
WJnan¢ialStatementSfortheyear￿3IDeEemIWZo2S
Report Df the trustee5
Thetsu5tees presenttheirreportwrth firkirxial 5ktemerrtsforthe yearended310ecember2025.
5trurture¥ governan￿ and management
The Lttdè Holghton charity 1.the ChariWI vrd5 ethb]ished hr dwitth puryws by a kljeme dated 4 May 20D4 to
govern charities wiousty known as {11 Lrtue Houghtrjn Town Eslts CF¢rity (2) Llttle Houghton Charfty and131 ijtde
Houghton Chvrth Land and Litde Houghton Churth Cotta
Trustees
The prt%entrnembershipof theE0VÈrni￿ body issetouton PHBE L
ThetrusteEs are app)inted underttEkhwEaryJ gJt¥ecitospeOftethi￿trUsl￿es aWEap￿inted for ￿rts.
Rlsk assessment
The trustees have assessed any rfsk5 to which th? thaiity w be and condudethat they are ol minirnal, rf any,
si￿1r1caftCe. No Risk polry hastherefore beenwrillen.
Objectlves and aclivities
accordance wlth the scher￿ the Charl￿$ prirKipal ol¥ecbve isto hoW a55ets and rrmme therefrom forthe purposes Df
the Charity narnety for the provssron of h￿iDE accownr￿daIio￿ for the relief of person5 resident in the area of benefit
who are In need. hardshsp or distress. andfor the ￿pair aEKI MaIntenar￿ of the Church of st Marythe Ifirgin In the parish
of Litt￿ Houghton in the County of West NortFHmptorJ5hire and the Dti)ce* of PetertK)fL)ugh, together with its goods and
omaments and churchyard.
The role of trustee5 is to hold the knnd5 ofthe (haTity and to appty NKome tt*refrom forth2 maIntena￿e of thÈ
Charitvs assets, the benefftof indi41d￿￿andwpport0f the parish church.
Achievements and performance
The trustees maintsin their potscy of provrthng aC£omnm￿tJOll for eNRi￿e per￿ forthe help of tlk)se in need. and for
the purp05e5 ofthe ChurdL ofst wryt￿ WJrBirn Litde Ho¢*.
Assets
Yhe freehold property prtTrfes%onalty revatued on 31 December2019. Thevahjation forthe land has been esttrn*ed
3ta fiEure refJEcknng recertt saletransact*?nsfDr5mall parte]s of aViLiJ1￿ral land in Northarnptonshire.
Investment policy and bSnancial review
The trustees contlnued to ensure that a reasonalAe thl of Is achieved ￿ order to malrrtain propethe5 in 3 good
Slate of repairand to fltrtherthe olJie£ts of the Charity.
Reserves poficy
All ofthe Funds of thecharity are ￿Icted andtl*refore thereare no Yyee. resu4*
Public benefit
In accordance with its const￿tion the Charity pmvide5 knxsing accom[￿dat￿ and funds for the assr5tance of those ln
need, andforthe rna1ntÈnan￿Qf the parith chur
T￿￿ee< respoN%ibilities and finantial stateM￿ts
Thetrustees are reSp￿￿Ible lor malntainir¥ prQperaccourthe￿£Ords-loT preparlngannual financial siat2ments; frjr
safeguarding the assets of the Charltyandfortsknllg reasonabtestepsfrirthe wevention and detecbon otfvaud or
other irre8ularities.
ON BEHALF
Dated 11
day of n*
2ff26
LHawltyReport201S

THE urriE HOuG}￿oN CHARTrY
financia15tatementsfortheyear ÈndEd31 Derernbtr2￿S
PRINOPALPOUOES
FINANCIALSTATEMEiifs ANDAccouriTs
Basis of preparation
Thefinancial 5tatefftents have been prepared foljowingthp recommendatiDrts knthe Staternent of R￿QT￿rnended Pract*e.'
accountingand Rep)￿n￿ by Charities ISORPI 2015.
The accrual bas￿ of accounting 15 used forprepardtton of theaaYJu￿.
Secuittie53restated at marketvaJu4 and land and pYopÈrtY i5vakEeil as in&Kated in the Reportof the trustee
Intome
Incomei5 recognlsedwhÈn recovab
Dividends and lnterestOASharehoti￿gS
All Income is r￿¥￿ested.
Expenditure
Expen(rrture ￿ reco￿Sed on an accruafs basi
Fund accounting
The ificome fund is re5trirted and is used forthe$￿ifiC purpwas laid down in the awÈtySchem& Expenthturofrjr
those purposes15 chargedtothe fund.
INVESTMENTS
Thiee ofthe fourcottsge5 are reeulady Insperted by marwwngagentsthe f(NJrth ￿thetrUSiees. All dlsclosed orreported
fauks or repairs receive promptattention.
The InvestsnèrtAdv￿ers PFovide 3 DiKretiDnarySeThke Adetsued Rtr4iewwith the trustee5 15 undertakenannually.
LHaJorJtyPolicte52025

THE UTfLE HOUGHTON CHAR17Y
FIn3ncial StatementsfortltÈyearended 31 DeceTnber2025
REPORT of th- l￿dePendent knminertothe trustees
I report on the financial Statements of the Lrtde Houghton Charity forthe year ended 31 December
2025 which are set out on pages 5. 6 and 7.
My report is made in accordance with the regulations made by the Charttte5 Act201L Underthat
A¢ the tnEStee5 are of the opinion that a fijll audÉt is wt.wuired.
Basis of Independent Examinefs Report
My examination was carried out in accordafice with the general direttions 8Nen by the Charity
Comrnission.
That examination included a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison
of the financial statements presented with th0￿ records.
The procedures undert2ken did not provide all the evidence *hati.￿Uld be requirEd in an audit aftd
consequently I give no opinion as to whetrierthe financial 5tdtements present a 'true and fairf view
and the report is limited to those matters setout in the staternent below.
Independent Examinerfs statement
In connection Lvith nry examinatio￿ no matter has come to my attentton:
which gives me reasonable to believe that in any material respett the requirements
to keep accounting records in accordan￿ with the said Att and
to prepare statements which accord wtth the ècccunttng ￿CordS an6 compl¥ with the
accounting requiremenis of the Act
have not been me¢ or
to which, in my opinion. attention should be drathm in order to enable a proper under51anding of
the financial statements LO be reached.
GMBM05erKA
Independent Examiner
Badby. Daventry
Northamptonshire
5 May 2026

THE UTtLE HOuG1tT￿ CHARIIY
Balance Sheet at 31 December 2025
ffxed A55ets
land and property
784,000
CurrentAssets
Natwest Bankcurrentaccount
CCiA Fund Deposit
8rewin Dolphin Securitie5
44.76 unts CCiAAccumuktion unrts
Paytnents advan￿. InsurarKe
Debtor
37329
2521
170W9
11,437
594
2N17
15&936
IL665
L887
22Q183
193.499
£226.L83
193.499
DedLtcicrÈditors
Totsl Net CurrentA5sets at al Derember2025
TOTALNET ASSETS at 31 De￿MbLy2025
010 18a
£977
REPRESEiwfED BY:
Endowment Funds
Income Funds:
Re5thcted Funds
784.(KJO
193.499
£ 977 499
The firtan¢i¥l statements were appr<wed bytt*Tru5tees on
2026
C E Stdnton
Trustee
MJFord
T￿￿￿
The a(componyingpdoesondnotesfvm Integmlportof thuefinuwrylstotenlents
LH(trM￿B52o25

THE LftrLE HOUGHTON CHARftY
Financial Ststcmentsfortheyear ended 31 December2025
Statement of ￿nanCial Acbvitle£
GENERAL INCOME & EXPENDrruRE ACCOUNT
024
28330
land
COIF deposit Interest
Brewin Dolphin dwidEnds
28,830
720
118
3.740
103
3.761
Totsl income
£3
Ex
enditure
General repairs and renewa15
Property insurhKe
Man3gemenVre-lett£nEfees= Greener Retrtals
Managernentfees.. B￿win Dolph
Sociallpastoral work
Re.roofing cottages
Repair5 to boundary wall
Grdnt: for Church board
Woodbumerfrlr Rectory
Office costs
3,554
1971
1934
1,512
477
45.174
355
518
557
Total Expendrture
57.501
Net income lexpenditurel for the year
FUNDS
Restritted - Income
Balance brought forward
Net expenditure for the year/net income
Unrealized Gain on Investments
193,499
23.034
9,605
202.062
-24.093
15530
Balan￿ carrled fon¥ard
P193.499
Endowttlent
Balan￿ bioughtforward: Property
Land
730,C
730,th)J
Totsl Fund5 at 31 December 2025
All income and eypenditure deCJvesfrom cortinuingactyvioes
The uccompanwnopdioesondnotesfvrmon integr01￿rt0Ithese￿naO1Sthtern￿ts
LH 0￿rI￿￿E2025

rln3ncrd1staten￿fort￿eveHrE￿ded 311)e(w￿l025
Notes tothe finandal statements
l Fixed Assets: Land and property
T￿fiXed assets compFtse:
111 7.9.11 and IS MeadowLane. (ittleHrAEhiDn. trethwithgardertsther2to
121
8288 acresorthereabwtof agricultural knd s¥iuatedoff the Bedford Road. Little Hou2hton. and
comrnonty known as SandV5alb)trr*nY.
Bastsfof Valuations:
111 The properties- woFes￿nal vakRtknn on31 DEcembw2019 at Frpeholdw4th Vac3rt Possessvjn: £730X)00
121 The land-bythe tn￿￿% based on average cvrrentS71epricosfursTrtall parcds in Northamptonshl
at £5500 peracr& £54.OCML Vakjesao Pe￿d1[allY reV*v￿dand comparedwith land prlces.
2 Endowrnent Funds
The Endovm)ent Fund comww hr5toric Lpquests a￿1 assety the earlEst of whlch datesfrorn 1653, which zre IEld
to provide incorne ITr perpetuityforthefurtherart￿oftheTru5V5 objectives.
ResEritted Funds
]NCOME EXPEM)mJRE
au2.2025
Endowrnent
784.C
Incorne and Investwts/GaM
42
226.138
Caplial cornmitments
There were no eapital o)rnmitinentszt31 Dm]E¢r202512024 NIU
Creditors and contingent liabiltties
There We￿ nocreditorsor contiEWt li￿￿rrtEeSat 31 Decsnber202512024 NIL)