**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 2021** 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 owns a small agricultural plot which is let on an annual basis. As at 31[st] December 2020 The Charity also had £22,794.85 and £23,981.85 in two Current Accounts at Lloyds Bank (Total £46.776.70) 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) 2021 was a quiet year with no change of residents and little renovation outlay compared with recent years. The Charity was therefore able to stabilise its financial position. ||**The Matthew Chubbs Almshouses Charity**|**The Matthew Chubbs Almshouses Charity**|**The Matthew Chubbs Almshouses Charity**|**The Matthew Chubbs Almshouses Charity**|**The Matthew Chubbs Almshouses Charity**|**The Matthew Chubbs Almshouses Charity**|**The Matthew Chubbs Almshouses Charity**|
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| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Accounts for the Year Ended 31st December**|||||||| |||||||||| ||**Lloyds Number 1 Account**|||||||| ||Receipts||||||2021|| ||
Maintenance Charge||||30426.24|||| ||Rent of Plot||||0.00|||| ||Dividends/Interest||||120.64|||| ||Almshouse Association Grant||||0.00|||| ||**Total Receipts**||||30546.88|||| ||Payments|||||||| ||
Insurance||||1166.73|||| ||Almshouses Association Membership||||182.00|||| ||Honoraria Warden Clerk and Auditor||||1600.00|||| ||Miscellaneous,TV Licencingand Gardening.||||206.82|||| ||Water||||1056.59|||| ||Gas SafetyCertifcates Servicingand Repairs||||0.00|||| ||Repairs and Maintenance||||6762.30|||| ||Legal Expenses||||0.00|||| ||Council Tax||||0.00|||| ||**Total Payments**||||10974.44|||| ||Defcit/Surplus for theyear||||19572.44|||| |||||||||| ||**Opening and Closing Bank Balances for 2020**|||||||| ||||||Lloyds No 1|||| |||||||
account||| |||||||||| ||OpeningBalance|||||9222.41||| ||Plus Surplus||||19572.44|||| ||||||28794.85|||| ||Add Rent ofplot|||||||| ||Add Mrs S Mallett settlement fgure on vacation|||||||| |||||||||| ||Transfer from No 1 Account to No 2 Account||||-6000.00|||| |||||||||| ||ClosingBalances at Lloyds Bank at 31st December 2020||||£22,794.85|||| |||||||||| ||Chairman.......................................||Vice Chairman|.....|...................|||| |||||||||| ||Clerk..............................................||Date...............|......|....................|||| |||||||||| ||I confrm that I have examined the books and records of the Charityand this r|||||||| ||in accordance therewith.|||||||| |||||||||| ||Independant Examiner.......................................................................................|||||||| |||||||||| ||Address..............................................................................................................|||||||| |||||||||| ||Date.......................................................|||||||| **2021** 2020 25477.64 0.00 118.29 0.00 25595.93 1136.70 179.00 1775.00 746.85 1058.89 1070.00 39301.31 2312.40 547.41 48127.56 -22531.63 Lloyds No 2 account Sinking Fund 17824.35 17824.35 150.00 7.50 6000.00 £23,981.85 ............... .............. report is ........... ............ Tht Matthew ChubbsAlmsh￿ses tharity LioydsNurnberl•4ount Receipts Maintenance Chary RéntofPbt ' Diwxlewjs I lThtefe5t mshOuseAswtiatic￿ Grnnt Totsl Re￿ipts Pa ments 2020 2019 254n.641 27317.57 118.29 25595.93 37125.45 Insura￿ Almshw5e5 Aswciatth Membwship , N￿OI•r￿a w￿r￿ertC￿r* arKIAuditor ' MIS￿1[1￿¢0uS.Tv kno￿{n8 and Gardéwq. Waier Ga5 safetyCertsfK*e5serv￿ng and Répairs Repai[5 ènd MaintènarKe Legal Expense5 Counal Tax Totsl Payii*nts Defiat I surp1usf0rthe￿ar 1775. 1498.61 102.07 1219.94 1058.89 1070.(M) 39301.31 2312_40 547.411 a8127. 10482.44 26643.01 -22531.63 . OP￿￿￿4nd aogThx 8*nk Bala￿*$fOr202o dsNo2 count nkin OpeninB BalaKe i Less 37754. -22531.63 15222.41 Rent of p l Add Mrs S Mal￿ttSel￿erne￿f￿Ure on vxat 674.35 11824.35 Tra￿ferfr0M No IP£tourttot40 2 pm)unt BaLintrsai Lky￿S Bank at 31st(￿rnbEr 2020 £9.222.41 £17.824.35 40 Chairmart....... I confjfm that I have examinedtl* bcoksarKI re(ordsof tl*CharityaThl ths report is inaccordance rherewith. lrylppetsyani Examiner.......