**The Matthew Chubbs Almshouses Charity** Registered Charity No: 247348
Clerk to the Trustees: Sheila Seymour 6 Victoria Square, Poples Well, Crewkerne TA18 7ES Tel: 01460 271665 Email: ssards@btinternet.com
## **Annual Report 2020**
The Matthew Chubbs Almshouses Charity is a registered charity (No: 247348) and a member of The Almshouses Association (membership number 375).
The Charity was established in 1604 with the erection of accommodation in Court Barton "for the relief of 8 poore people of the Town of Crewkerne". A second accommodation block was erected in 1887 in West Street to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The Almshouse buildings are Grade II Listed.
The Charity’s Almshouses are numbers 14, 16, 18 and 20 West Street Crewkerne Somerset TA18 8AX and 33, 35, 37 and 39 Court Barton Crewkerne Somerset TA18 7HP. In addition the Charity owns a small agricultural plot which is let on an annual basis.
As at 31[st] December 2020 The Charity had balances of £9,222.41 and £17,824.35 in Current Accounts at Lloyds Bank.
The Charity is administered by eight Honorary Trustees, four of these are coopted, two are nominated by Crewkerne Town Council, one is nominated by West Crewkerne Parish Council and one is nominated by Misterton Parish Council. The co-opted Trustees are appointed for a period of five years. The nominated Trustees are appointed for a period of four years. The Trustees give their services at no cost to the Charity. The Trustees are assisted by a Warden and Clerk who receive an honorarium to defray their expenses.
Under the Rules and Constitution of the Charity, it is required that prospective residents should be “Residents of Crewkerne, Misterton, West Crewkerne or Woolminstone, aged over 55 years and in need”.
The Charity has 8 residents who pay a monthly contribution towards maintenance costs. The Trustees keep the maintenance charge under review and take a parochial and continuing interest in the wellbeing of the residents and their surroundings. A scheme of gentle, graduated increases to the Maintenance Charges has been introduced as they had fallen below the 70% of commercial rates recommended by The Almshouse Association (authoritative body)
2020 saw considerable outlay on one property (37 Court Barton) when the resident moved on to specialist accommodation. In preparing for the new resident damp problems were discovered leading to major structural work and replacement heating. Adjacent properties do not seem affected, although the heating in two will be upgraded in 2021 for ecological and economic reasons.
Two of the properties changed residents in 2020, which cleared the Charity’s waiting list.
This has since been re-opened with one application.
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|||**Accounts for the Year Ended 31st December 2020**||||||||||
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|||**Lloyds Number 1 Account**||||||||||
|||Receipts||||||2020|||2019|
|||Maintenance Charge||||25477.64||||27317.57||
|||Rent of Plot||||0.00||||150.00||
|||Dividends/Interest||||118.29||||117.88||
|||Almshouse Association Grant||||0.00||||9540.00||
|||**Total Receipts**||||25595.93||||37125.45||
|||Payments||||||||||
|||Insurance||||1136.70||||1096.97||
|||Almshouses Association Membership||||179.00||||0.00||
|||Honoraria Warden Clerk and Auditor||||1775.00||||1498.61||
|||Miscellaneous,TV Licencingand Gardening.||||746.85||||102.07||
|||Water||||1058.89||||1219.94||
|||Gas SafetyCertificates Servicingand Repairs||||1070.00||||460.00||
|||Repairs and Maintenance||||39301.31||||6104.85||
|||Legal Expenses||||2312.40||||0.00||
|||Council Tax||||547.41||||0.00||
|||**Total Payments**||||48127.56||||10482.44||
|||Deficit/Surplus for theyear||||-22531.63||||26643.01||
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|||**Opening and Closing Bank Balances for 2020**||||||||||
|||||||Lloyds No 1||||Lloyds No 2
Account
Sinking Fund||
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account|||||
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|||OpeningBalance||||37754.04||||11000.00||
|||Less Deficit||||-22531.63||||||
|||||||15222.41||||||
|||Add Rent ofplot||||||||150.00||
|||Add Mrs S Mallett settlement figure on vacation||||||||674.35||
|||||||||||11824.35||
|||Transfer from No 1 Account to No 2 Account||||-6000.00||||6000.00||
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|||ClosingBalances at Lloyds Bank at 31st December 2020||||£9,222.41||||£17,824.35||
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|||I confirm that I have examined the books and records of the Charityand this report is||||||||||
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|||**Lloyds Number 1 Account**||||||||||
|||Receipts||||||2020|||2019|
|||Maintenance Charge||||25477.64||||27317.57||
|||Rent of Plot||||0.00||||150.00||
|||Dividends/Interest||||118.29||||117.88||
|||Almshouse Association Grant||||0.00||||9540.00||
|||**Total Receipts**||||25595.93||||37125.45||
|||Payments||||||||||
|||Insurance||||1136.70||||1096.97||
|||Almshouses Association Membership||||179.00||||0.00||
|||Honoraria Warden Clerk and Auditor||||1775.00||||1498.61||
|||Miscellaneous,TV Licencingand Gardening.||||746.85||||102.07||
|||Water||||1058.89||||1219.94||
|||Gas SafetyCertificates Servicingand Repairs||||1070.00||||460.00||
|||Repairs and Maintenance||||39301.31||||6104.85||
|||Legal Expenses||||2312.40||||0.00||
|||Council Tax||||547.41||||0.00||
|||**Total Payments**||||48127.56||||10482.44||
|||Deficit/Surplus for theyear||||-22531.63||||26643.01||
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|||**Opening and Closing Bank Balances for 2020**||||||||||
|||||||Lloyds No 1||||Lloyds No 2
Account
Sinking Fund||
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account|||||
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|||OpeningBalance||||37754.04||||11000.00||
|||Less Deficit||||-22531.63||||||
|||||||15222.41||||||
|||Add Rent ofplot||||||||150.00||
|||Add Mrs S Mallett settlement figure on vacation||||||||674.35||
|||||||||||11824.35||
|||Transfer from No 1 Account to No 2 Account||||-6000.00||||6000.00||
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|||ClosingBalances at Lloyds Bank at 31st December 2020||||£9,222.41||||£17,824.35||
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|||I confirm that I have examined the books and records of the Charityand this report is||||||||||
|||in accordance therewith.||||||||||
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