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2020-12-31-accounts

LINTON PARK ALMSHOUSES Registered Charity No.262420 - Member of The Almshouse Association - No.M1465

BRIEF REPORT DETAILING THE WORK OF THE TRUSTEES DURING 2020

  1. Trustees: Mrs P Burden, Mr R Butters, Rev P Callway (Chairman), Mr P Cooper, Mr R Leagas. Mrs K Cooper (Clerk). There were 2 meetings of the Trustees in May and December by Zoom because of the Covid-19 pandemic. There is currently no Borough Council representative Trustee.

  2. Finance

  3. a. CAF Cash account balance at 31/12/2020 £16,119.

  4. b. CCLA COIF Deposit Account Balance at 30/12/20 - £18,50, yield 0.0144%.

  5. c. Shawbrook Bank CAF 12- month Fixed Rate Saver Issue 2, Interest Rate 1.4% Matured on 29/5/2020 £18,000 + interest of £249.93. Reinvested full amount including interest into new account with same interest rate as last year 1.4%. Investments:

  6. d. COIF Charities Investment Fund Accumulation units. 1396.06 units valued at £287,859 at end of year.

  7. e. M&G Accumulation shares: 10,564 units valued at £977 at end of year.

  8. f. Mr J Whitmarsh, ACIB, examined the year end accounts and signed the Charity Commission Independent Examiner’s Report on the account, with no undue matters coming to his attention.

  9. g. Half-yearly repayments of £1,575 and £787.50 were paid to the Almshouses Association in March and September for the £30,000 and £15,000 interest free loans received from them. The balance of £8,775 is due to be repaid in 2022.

  10. h. Clerk’s remuneration was paid at £195.00 per month.

  11. i. The Rent Office advised an equivalent fair rent for these properties to be £160 per week. However, the Trustees considered it inadvisable and unnecessary to increase the Weekly Maintenance Contribution at this time which will remain at £139 per week.

  12. Residents There were no changes of Residents during the year. All residents remained healthy during the pandemic and took care of themselves and their neighbours.

  13. Emergency Call System PPP Taking Care, who have a national call centre continue to provide monitoring of the system at an annual payment of £1,185.40.

  14. Data Protection Policy based on a sample policy from The Almshouse Association is in place.

  15. Buildings Largely due to the pandemic there was minimal work required to the buildings.

  16. External Goodwin Pest Management continues to carry out monthly inspections for any pest activity at £145 per quarter (+VAT). The rear boundary fence was replaced at a cost of £2,206.50. The 5 garden sheds are in various states of repair. Trustees decided to take ownership of them where possible, maintain them and replace derelict sheds.

  17. As a Christmas party was not possible, supermarket vouchers of £50 were given to the residents.

K Cooper Clerk to the Trustees

September 2021

LIKfoN PARK ALMSHOUSES for the year endirwj 31 D&mber 2020 2019 Recalpts 2020 2020 2019 36,140.LM] 1,335.83 1,762.18 O.CK) Nat ASS￿ of Ajmthxws Banks COIF 4.981.28 2,479.26 1,719.14 285.24 3,495.60 1,752.25 47.97 27.50 249.93 277.16 ri￿0nk L￿1r 1,185.40 sa￿ ofw 838.04 3,216.50 18,914.14 276.98 P4Jminirati Value of irbvestn 46,748.19 Wrtte up (COIF) 155.71 WTtte up (M&G) 140.00 872.68 317.01) 0.00 2,340.00 60.00 15,952.69 133.00 927.58 249.20 43.00 1,935.OD 25,140.67 -32.12 Tenants Gits 34.032.57 rkltWdthdt year 45.573,29 49.476.30 £ 83 508.87 £ 61.525.98 £ 83508.87 Balance @ 1.1.20 287￿61.03 Balan￿ in.. tÈficiUgJWus for 2020 455ll.29 •• co￿ Detrit £18.503.47 £16.119.52 £0.00 18.249.93 288.836.40 8.475.97 10,642.21 0.00 I8.￿)0.00 263,727.85 Cath hekl jmstK￿ AS￿0]a￿￿ I￿ {8,715.00) -13,500.00 £ 332.934.32 £ 332,934.32 £ 287346.03 NAACIF 10.564 acwmulatton sthares (convert&J from income shares DEC 2013) Value @ 31.12.20 £977.34 (C(6t 1974 £250) CDIF a¥3rilie5 InVestTh￿t FuTrJ £oJmulation Units 1396.06 units Value @ 31.12.20 £287,859,C6 {CL £105,(1]O) CLERK: ￿C￿nts INDEPENDENT EXAMINER (Report att&)agJl ggned: Name.. P Cal 144 Heath Roaj Coxheath Mai(kn* ME17 4PL nton Hill, Lrntc J 1£ LwLLqVw( 17 Iq(Lr2 ME17 4AW

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) B Ivtr D(..C￿tr￿. ac20 Set out on pages Respective The Charitls trustees are responsible for the preparation of the ac¢ounts. responsibilities of The tharity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year trustees and examiner under section 144 of the Chartbes Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibilty to= examine the accounts urtder section 145 of the Charities Act. to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Chartty Commission (under sedion 145{5)(b) of the Charities Act, and to state 4*hether particular matters have come to my attention. Basls of Independent My examination was carried oui in accordance wtlh general Directions given examine￿$ statement by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the chartty and a comparison of the accounts presented ￿ryth those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts. and seeking explanations from the trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not prowde all the evidence that would be required in an audit. and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fairf view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent In connection wtÈh my examination, no material matters have come to my examiner's statement attention (other than that disdosed below") vthich gives me cause to believe that in, any material resFect: accounting records were not kept in accordance wrth section 130 of the Charities Act or the accourrts do not acoyd with the a¢¢ounting records I have come across no other matters in connection with trE examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enab￿ a proper understanding of the aGGounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the b￿￿[ets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualifi&ition(sl or body (if any): h (dS5DCTrAh, Cb Address: HILL e klo IER December 2017

LIKfoN PARK ALMSHOUSES for the year endirwj 31 D&mber 2020 2019 Recalpts 2020 2020 2019 36,140.LM] 1,335.83 1,762.18 O.CK) Nat ASS￿ of Ajmthxws Banks COIF 4.981.28 2,479.26 1,719.14 285.24 3,495.60 1,752.25 47.97 27.50 249.93 277.16 ri￿0nk L￿1r 1,185.40 sa￿ ofw 838.04 3,216.50 18,914.14 276.98 P4Jminirati Value of irbvestn 46,748.19 Wrtte up (COIF) 155.71 WTtte up (M&G) 140.00 872.68 317.01) 0.00 2,340.00 60.00 15,952.69 133.00 927.58 249.20 43.00 1,935.OD 25,140.67 -32.12 Tenants Gits 34.032.57 rkltWdthdt year 45.573,29 49.476.30 £ 83 508.87 £ 61.525.98 £ 83508.87 Balance @ 1.1.20 287￿61.03 Balan￿ in.. tÈficiUgJWus for 2020 455ll.29 •• co￿ Detrit £18.503.47 £16.119.52 £0.00 18.249.93 288.836.40 8.475.97 10,642.21 0.00 I8.￿)0.00 263,727.85 Cath hekl jmstK￿ AS￿0]a￿￿ I￿ {8,715.00) -13,500.00 £ 332.934.32 £ 332,934.32 £ 287346.03 NAACIF 10.564 acwmulatton sthares (convert&J from income shares DEC 2013) Value @ 31.12.20 £977.34 (C(6t 1974 £250) CDIF a¥3rilie5 InVestTh￿t FuTrJ £oJmulation Units 1396.06 units Value @ 31.12.20 £287,859,C6 {CL £105,(1]O) CLERK: ￿C￿nts INDEPENDENT EXAMINER (Report att&)agJl ggned: Name.. P Cal 144 Heath Roaj Coxheath Mai(kn* ME17 4PL nton Hill, Lrntc J 1£ LwLLqVw( 17 Iq(Lr2 ME17 4AW

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) B Ivtr D(..C￿tr￿. ac20 Set out on pages Respective The Charitls trustees are responsible for the preparation of the ac¢ounts. responsibilities of The tharity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year trustees and examiner under section 144 of the Chartbes Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibilty to= examine the accounts urtder section 145 of the Charities Act. to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Chartty Commission (under sedion 145{5)(b) of the Charities Act, and to state 4*hether particular matters have come to my attention. Basls of Independent My examination was carried oui in accordance wtlh general Directions given examine￿$ statement by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the chartty and a comparison of the accounts presented ￿ryth those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts. and seeking explanations from the trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not prowde all the evidence that would be required in an audit. and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fairf view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent In connection wtÈh my examination, no material matters have come to my examiner's statement attention (other than that disdosed below") vthich gives me cause to believe that in, any material resFect: accounting records were not kept in accordance wrth section 130 of the Charities Act or the accourrts do not acoyd with the a¢¢ounting records I have come across no other matters in connection with trE examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enab￿ a proper understanding of the aGGounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the b￿￿[ets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualifi&ition(sl or body (if any): h (dS5DCTrAh, Cb Address: HILL e klo IER December 2017