Ch*ritynumbtr. 283617
Cobtree Manor Estate
Trustee's Report and Financial Statements
For the YearEnded 31 March 2021

Cobtrtt M*•or Eslate
CoDtsDts
Paxe
RefereD￿ and •thnini5trptiYe dettiilsofthe eknity. its 1"twttt3 Hnd advis¢rs
TDJ5¢<¥s r¢port
IndHxndent audito￿ wort on the f5tyonci￿ ststem¢Dts
St*ment OrrM￿la] activities
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Balat￿ sheet
Not¢5 to the financial 3tstemeMS
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Cobtret M*Aor Ftstst¢
Admilli>trativt Dttai]a•f the Charity* its xhd Adviser#
For the YearEDdtd 31 Mattk 2121
TnE¥tttJ
MAid%toMe Borough Council
There aT¢ M individual tru5tee5. All elected tnembErs of th¢ MaidsloDe Bomugh CouD¢iI F¢rfornJ
dulles of In￿£5 but ar¢ noltn*¢s intheirowi right A full Iisi of sllembers i5 avoilabk on request.
Charity regi%twtd •uJnb¢r
283617
PriD¢ip•l offKt
maidS￿lle Borough Coun¢il
Maidstorte House
King Str￿t
Maidston¢
K¢nt
ME15 6JQ
UHY Kent LLP tl& UHY Hack¢rYoung
Chart¢r¢d Ac4ouniants
Statutory Audito
Th*mes House, Romart SquaTe
Sittin8bourne
Kent
MEIO 4BJ
Bank¢
All finjds are managed by Maid8tone B¢)rou8h Council at..
Lloyd8 Baokplc, City Office
Bailey Drive
Kcnt
50LS
Solirito
Head of Legal PartDcrship
Mid-K¢m Ltga] Services
Maid5tODe Borough Coullcil
Maid5tonE Housc
Kent
ME15 6JQ
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Cob¢ree Manor Estate
Trllstecjs Report
For the Year Ended 31 Mgrch 2021
Th¢ Maidstone Borough Council acting as Corporate Tr￿41¢¢ io the r¢g]5ter¢d Charity known ￿-C0btret Manor F￿late, prescnts its
aThtLual Teport in rtltition to thc financial y¢ar ¢llding 31 March 2021.
Trllsttes
Thc trustc¢ who strvcd during theyw 15 showi on the itlfomiatiott pa8e.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
GoveTlliDg Object
The governing obje¢t of the Charity [￿n&in$ thai d¢fifJd in the1¢gs¢ of the Cobtrt¢ F.stak dai¢d 13 July 1971 lthvea] the C<)btree
Chswity Trnst Limited (the 1<88or) and the Maidstone Borough Council (the lessee}. The govaTritLg objed is stated as..
'-1 o hold Cobtr¢c Man4)T and Cobtrce Manor FJ51at¢ foT the benefit oftht inhabitants of M8id$ion¢ and other members of the general
public in one or oth¢r or a]1 of the following ways..
By maitttaining the Cobtr¢¢ MaJ)or Estate as att spac£ as d¢fiTred by the Opety Spae*& Act ITh and if the
Lessees think fit providing theT¥ai fa¢iliii¢s for organiscd game5 and tsth¢r sports"
With ih¢ con5¢nr vf . .Ithe Cobtree Charsiy TNst Limited and the Kent Ctsunly Councill... in such oth¢r way for
th¢ b¢n¢fit of thc inhabitsnts of Ntaidqtone and othcr mcmbeTS of th¢ genL4xI public as the Council shall frow time
to lime thiE]k appropriaie.,
Object of th¢ Charfty
'Ib¢ lat¢ Sir Gattard T)Twhitt-DrAkc beoueathe41 his fonD¢r estste to the Cobtree Charity Thst Limit¢J 8Dd $¢t (hwn in the ￿xIle1]S
Èo his Will rcquiremtnts for its future use. In seeking to inleryr¢¢ these, somelimes conflicting. codicil8 the Maidslone Borough
CtsunLtl and Cobtr¢¢ Charity Trust LiTniied agre￿ that the Estat¢ in iis entlTW. and the intCDdcd ¢haritsbl¢ objtLt4 should be le&%ed
to and govcrncd by. the Maidstone Borough Cout)¢il.
Ihe Mwdstone Borough Cthmcil, Corpordtc Truste¢ to the Charity, h8s deterDJilled and regularly T¢￿￿#w$ a seues of policies to
guide the actioDS of its Members and employee5 ijj fulfilling the governins object of th¢ Ch8rity.
Members of the Cobtree Manor E5taie Charity Co]nrnittee mattaBe all aspects of the Charity on behalt. o* th¢ Council. InfonThaJ
liaison continues with the Trustees kn th¢ Cobtr¢¢ Charity Trust Limited. particularf}' rcgard to considering ￿ltential
dcvdopm¢nts. Members of thc Cobtree Cha)ity Trust Limited are ill￿ted io attend the m%linBs of tbe Cobtree Mallor Estat¢ Charity
ConJm51t¢¢.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
Organisation of the Clwlty
Th¢ Trustee 10 the Re8iStcrcd Chariry kntswn as the Cobtrec m￿Or &4tate rqngin¥ thg Corpotale Body of the Maidston¢ Borough
CobnGil. How the functions of th¢ Corporate Ttu¥tee are implem¢nt¢d is re4Eerated in tht section above.
A]1 Indi￿rndU￿ elttted M¢mbffs' tu the MaidsioJ)e Borough Council dT¢ itisttucied to pdorni any duli¢s and responsibilities th¥y have
in Te]ation 10 the charity as thoush they acting as individual trust¢¢s; &lhcit that they are not indI￿l(lua1 tnL*ttcs in c}￿rItY Law.
All elected Members and OffieeTS of the Council ar¢ r¢minded of ihe Council-s obligaÈions io the Chariiy and how these nttd 10 be
considerL¥J quiie stparat¢ly from the nornial duties of the Council acting as thc Local Autliority. An A to 2"aid mettjoir" is madc
availablc to all M¢n)b¢r5 and Officcrs via the Council's inteTnal intranet site.
Under the iernv of the 1￿c￿￿)rt which iht Charity bolds th¢ Cobtree Manor Esthtc, aJ)d Èn th¢ 5pttifi¢xl circumsLqnces. the Coujhcil
continuc5 to li￿5¢ with ￿th the freehold own¢r of th¢ Estat¢, the CobLree Ch￿Lty Trust Litnit¢%l, atmi the Kent County Council.
Advl¢t to Tru5tee5
The ad￿ce for trusie&s publishedby the Charity Coffjmission is giv£* to new tnemks of the charity committee and new guidanc¢ is
notified and tnade available io Ih¢m as it js T¢￿1V(￿ from the Commission. Q)mTnittec membets have free ￿£¢5S to all M¢￿b¢r9 of
staff to ¢nsuTe thai can be fully aware of the special considerations. a¢livities and implications of, and for, the charity
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Cobtree Manor Estate
Trustee's Report
For the Year KDded 31 March 2021
The following pwraphs inc]udedto d¢monstt4te tLOW th¢Ch8rity is n￿etIng its obligatioll to provide 3 publifji*nefit. The
ptiTtIXry activities of the Charity are to mallage and maintsin three facilities to which thc 8¢JJeral public have acccss..
th¢ Cobtree Maner Padc- which is a parkland ¢￿VIrOnM￿l with woodlatK] a[￿ meadows containing a wde variety of trc
and 5hrLkn 8ttd which is freely aceog8ibl¢ to thc gen¢ral publi<
th¢ Cobtre¢ M8n¢r Pth( Golf Course- which is apay and play facility 4¢¢ts$ibl¢ to dl,. and
Keni Life- a farffl heritsge attra¢tiott, ittcludirtg a collection of hi#Ori¢ art¢fa¢t4 which is open ￿ thepublic either on a￿Y
n et)tyy or througb an Ynnual tnefflbetship fe
Cobtree Golf Course
Year
Rounds Pla ed
39,927
201512010
201612017
40593
201712018
3V72
201812019
36008
201912020
2fj006
202012021
27281
Rounds played in 202012021 was 27,281, which is a s]ight incr¥ase on thenumber from 201912020. This is ¢spr&ially sigrtificant
consideting the course was not open for the full 12 tnonths ￿ a Tesult of thcCovid-19 pandanic.
The course was closed for approximately 26 w¢¢ks of 2021V2021 because oEmultipl¢ lockdown periods. Golf on¢ of the first
leisure a¢tiVLtie5 that could be donc as each lockdo￿￿ was e8se(L 80 itt openpoioos Cobtre¢ wos a very popu]aT 8ttr&xiw
hellce achievitig 27,281 rounds Six ujonths of allowAble ts*le.
WhaTr the course could r¢-op¢n it had w do so wth limity] fvod And Eeverage oplii>ns, limited ¢vaJts and llo large functions. This
hampered Secortd￿ Irade but fortun￿elY it did not rthcc th6 amDunt of golf that wa8 playcd.
The golf cour8e attra¢t¢d lots of playets who had not played bdor¢ or who had not playd for a while. The Op¢￿tOrhopeS to
capitalise on this in th¢ recovcrypeTiod and retsin thesenew vi81t0￿ &8 regular cu8tomtr5.
Cobtree Manor Park
Thepuk wa8 awartsl a Grea) Flag Award for 202012021.
Thcpark had reo)rd visit(>T numbers in 2020 as a rcsultof the Covid-19 pand¢mi¢. With resttictions limitittg where people ￿Uld go
d what they could do, th¢paTk a very busy destinaiii>n ev¢ry day. The rnana8etnent team changed som¢ of the park
operations to cnsuT¢ so¢ial distancing and tompliance with Ch8ng￿ to government rtstrictions.
With fin8nciaJ uDr¢rtainty across the rest of the estate, larger projerts had tv be put 0]) hold, but illve8tment was made ints) additional
overtlow Car parking space, bollards to pr￿1 unauthoris&J p4rking and automatic gates wthich haveranoved the need for ongoing
swuriry cos
Th¢ staff at tht park have been am&lgamated with Ihe paTk5 gnd op¢n spaw staff at theeouncil who manage and overs¢¢ the othqr
parks ill the Ix>iou8b. This rwjuces the cost ￿ CMEC and provides a tllore r&ilient and diverse1&gm that CMLC rely upon and
b¢ 8 part of.
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Cobtree Manor Estate
Trustee's Report
For the Year EDdcd 31 IYJr¢b 2021
A varied pro￿al￿￿]e of ¢vents and adivities delivered by th¢ Park team and partThcr organisations h&8 been Off￿e￿ thToughout the
ytsu. These included family-friendlyy nabjreand wildlifc th¢med ev&Jt$ And the popularEa8ter aTrd Halloween trails. which each
attracted more than 150 Pdrticipants.
Kent Llle
As awpular l¢isw¢, hospitality and towism attraction in the sthjih Kent Life inevitably SLJffcrcd &% a rcsult of the pandemia It
was forca4 to c105e in MaTch 2020 and r¢-owed in July 2020 with ttqtrictions in plat¢.
SoTne events were dtliwered io reduced audienccs in the summer 01.2020, but DeccmbeT 2020 a 8ubsw¢nt lorkdown forted
anoth¢r Glosure which disjuptcd tbe Christmas and winter cvojis programme. Th¢ venue had to remaill clos¢AJ for th¢ runainderof
the 202012021 financial year.
Additlonrtl VolunieerHelp and14lun￿blEJnc￿rn£
Th¢ vsual vtslbntetr help gi￿ on th¢ ¢¥M¢ 1$ ref•red to abov£ In 2020 th¢n)djority of this help pr¢vatrA be¢ause of
r¢8tri¢tions explicitly preveyjting il or because the individuals involved did not feel safc and COnfid￿t enough for the2r gTOUPS to
Revlew of P￿bItC Benellt
The Trus*¢ contLllI￿ to considet and thsure that the Chgrity meets 115 Twuiicmcni io comply with th¢ test of public benefit. Thc
C4)btree fvlanor Park runain8 frctly aecessiblc to the grn¢AI public and the pay and play golf COUTS¢ is d¢cessible to all (hose wbo
wish to takc advantage of it fa¢ililia% at rea￿￿ble cosL whilst Kent Life prowi<ies a V￿lea family day out foT a T&q8onable fee.
Related Party Dlsclo¥ure
The Maidsione Borvugh Council is the Co￿Orate TTU51ee of ihe Charity. In addition the Council itself owns part ot"th¢ land upo
which the Cobtree Nfanor Park Golf CouTS¢ 1$ built'tknt ateouniing a￿ngemenTS b¢tW￿ the Couttcil and ihe Charity are th¢
Council is Te5PQll5ible Eor all receipts and pa)rynents for Ix)th the golf cours¢ 4nd the Cobtrcc M￿0[Park. Al the end of each financi3]
year th¢ iulal nel opeTaling Surplus or deficit of the Manor Park Is tran8femyJ to the actoijnts. For the golf course 719ihs of
the iot&i net opeTating suwlu8 or d¢fi¢il is th￿$f¢r[ed to thechaxtty accounts. ren￿17￿8 the splii of land owry)eTship. Th¢ remainillg
219th5 Bre shown in the awounts of the Cowicil.
The Council al&0 employs a Manager whu jvinily ttwges Mote Park and the Mallor PdTk. A pgjk rwigtt ¢mployd b}, the council is
aysigned to the Park also.. Th¢5e posts cxist as ￿ of a smllG¢ level agTeemeni for parks and opul sp8CtsmwJagement of
C.'ohtrct Mattor ParK the totsi ¢ost of which is shown in the Charily aLcounts under the arrang¢n)ents SP￿￿ried above. When
equit&l, dddiuonal labour for covering rangLY holjday and SOll￿ w¢¢kends in the summer season is &lso paid for by the Clwity.
Other officers of the Coun¢il are engaged from time to lim¢ in duties specific&llyr¢lattsJ to th¢ op¢rntion and martagemeni of the
Estate. They are not part of the afortmentionel scrvice level agreement and their line alld associ*d wsts are 8PPOrtioned
accordingly to th¢ cObtr￿ accounts.
Full detai18 of the fin￿¢1￿1 imwd¢t of tkn￿e related paty transaction ts provid￿ in not¢ 22 to the fuwJ¢ial statem￿ls.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Flnanel*l Review
Jncom¢ for the year arnounted 10 £463k, a slight d&rtase on lotal income tsf £472k in theprn40us ycar. All maill incom¢ ¢lass¢g
showi on the Ststement of Fingncial Adivits¢g ("SoFA)" remained wnsist¢nl, although within the heading for income from
charitsble a¥ttivities there were reductions in Kent Life incornc and a rise in car Park and g(Jlf course incomc.
Charitsble Losts mse 10 £500k froTn £445k: with the increas¢1gxgely &ttriblllable to in¢tcased s￿d on TcpaiT5 and maintenollct. The
additional spcnd irtcluded 5omc.%ignifi£ant one-off items such a5 the ingts]lation of the new automatic gat¢s and new play equipmenL
as well ￿ other play area repairs that wqy neixlfxl.
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Cobtree ManoT TrJSt#te
Trustee's Report
For the Year Ended 31 Marcb 2021
Brfor¢ gains rwrtthl on investments this me￿¢ thc r¢sult for the ytar was a deficit of £36k (2020: sU￿lUS of £27k). The £155k gai
oll inv¢sttnellls12020.. loss of £L93kl brings net inwm¢ for lh¢ year per the SOFA to £119k {2020.' Del ¢XF¢nditUTe of £165kl. The
gain oll iThvesttn￿ts rtprcsoits the movement in th¢ y¢ar on the chtiTity' listed investment 5￿U￿ticS. as sho￿￿ in note IS.
Th¢ fil￿ nK>vement in bjrtds for they¢ar rtlates lo fjxed awt revaluations. The carrying value of the fiKcd assets ha5 decrtL4
by £60k to rcfie¢t the lat&qt valuations. The overall ]nov¢Tn¢Dt iti fimds was therefore an increase of £59k (2020.. d￿¢4&e of £785kl.
Th¢ basic net su]plu8 of irtcome over ¢xpcnditurE kforethe IThv<%tM￿t attd rcVa1u￿1On Movemen￿ (xhntinuedto b¢ US￿ to
¢omplet¢ tbeTepayment of debt dueto the Maidston¢ Bthough Cowlcil.
Interest due to the Charity in re5tK¢t of th¢ endowmethtt held on tbe Charity's b¢haJf by the Borough Couttcil is included
part of the ullrestri¢ted iE)come.
The Balance she*t shuw8 net assets ai 31 Mgrch 2021 of £4.44m,up from £4.38m at the end of th¢prior year. Much of this value És
Tclztd to the charity'% tsThgible fix¢d assets and othcrinvestments held ill endowrncni fu]]ds, which wmprise £4.12m of the totsl. The
Temainillg thDds sit a5 uDF¢St[i¢t￿ fr¢¢ rtserves of £291k ¥nd restricted fund5 of £32k.
Res¢rvÉs Pollry
Restricted reserves aT¢ J)JaIntain￿ in Tespe£i of thepamanent eijdowment fi￿d8.
Risk Monagtment
Ihe Ttustee continues to rcview the business and 0￿￿tional risks which the Charity faces, and id¢Dtifies Wh￿ appro￿te 8tq)s to
minimise the impact of any i¢J¢ntifjeJ risks. All contractors workittg on the Estat¢ ar¢ 3150 required to undertakcrisk assessments
appiopriate to their activiti¢s.
PLANS FOR FifniRE PERIODS
The Tmsttt has now iTnpl¢mented themastsrplan for ihe Cobtree ManorPark a￿a has usedrestrve fvnds for its implfmeJ)tation,
wyth th¢p¢rmission of the Ch3Tiry Commission, which will grath￿lY b¢ r¢-paid In futurc a m&sterplan for the e8tatc as a wthole will
neoj to d¢vi$al.
TRUSTEE'S RESPONSIBILITIES
Th¢ TTU5tr is reswible for prepari￿ the fjnancial stat¢n)¢nts ID Jt¢OTdance wilh applicable law and the Unikd Kingdom
G￿erallY Actepled Acu)untirtg Practice.
tAw applicable io charitie5 in England aDd W8le6 re4uircs tlke trus*¢ to prepare finanoal stat¢rn¢nts foT eath financi31 which
givc a ITUC and fair view ofthe Charity's financial attimties during the year attd of its fin￿Cial position atth¢ end of th¢y¢aT. Jn
PWaTing th&%e st8tements ihe Th￿1¢£ is rquiT¢d tu:
select suitable accounting wJlici¢s 8Dd apply them cotisistenily,.
mÈkc judgements and that ar¢ r¢asonabl¢ and pTudtht'
5bt¥ whether applicable accouniing standardi* hAve been followed, Subject to any mat¢ria] dq)artures disclosal and
plained in the financial slalunenls..
prepart the fi]kincial stat￿ents on thc going concem unlttq it 1$ ittappropriatc to presutne that the Ctlarity will ¢ontithue IA
busintss.
The Trnstee has overall responsibility for ensuring Ihattbe Charity has appropri*¢ svst¢Tn5 of wntrols, financial and otherwise. It is
Iso 14xponsible tor keq)ing proper ae¢ounting records which diKlosc with reasonable aceuracy at any tiTn¢ the financial position of
thc Charity and 10 ￿&bI¢ to eiisuT¢ thatthe fiT￿￿tha1 Statements comply with the chariti￿ Ad 2011. It its also responsilTrle (or
safegu￿aInS ihe assets of th¢ Charity and hente foi iakinb reasonabl¢ st￿% for the prevention and dete£tion of hud and other
i]rt8ulaJiti&q.
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Cobtree Manor Estate
Trustee's Report
For tht Year EDded 31 M*rch 2021
Thi5 r¢port was approved by theTrustee and signed on its beha]f by
Couneillor htrik G4rt¢
Chaimoo of tkn¢ Cobtree M￿Or Estate Ch8rAty ComDJittee
Dat¢..
2s/oi/202L
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Cobtrtt M4nor knt¢
lDdtptAdtntAudlto￿, Report to tht Mtmber5 of Cobtrte ManorE8¢at¢
Opittio
We have audited th¢ fMwLcial slat¢m¢nts IkfcobtT¢¢ Manor Estat¢ (th¢'¢harity'l for the ytar ¢nded 31 March 2021 whichcotnpri5¢ th¢
Stat¢m¢nt of FinaDcig1 A¢tiviti¢4 th¢ Balan¢¢ Sh¢eL thc St&temellt of CLph Flows aDd the related tM)fr& including g surnmary of
signifieani ￿counting poli¢i¢s. Th¢ financial r¢portlJl8 frarnewoyk that ba$ been applied in their preparation i5 applicable law and United
K￿BdOM A¢countllJg itt¢ludtsb8 Fitiati¢iai ￿¢￿tti￿8 sttttd￿ 102'The Fin4pfj￿l K¢wrting Standatd app1]￿ble in the UK
8nd Rcpublit of Ire18ttd' (Uttitcd Kingdom Gener￿[Y A￿epted A£￿v￿tIng PraGtic¢l.
The fi￿￿￿￿74] statemBnts have been prepared in accordanc< with AcCow1tr￿ ¥nd R¢wrting by Chariiies prepaTill8 their *ctouDts in
rdan¢¢ with th¢ Fiiian¢ial R¢porting Standards appli￿1¢ in th¢ UK and R¢publi¢ of Ir¢land IFRS 102} in prc(cren￿ to th¢
Acwuntin8 and Reporting by Charities.. Slatemeni of Recommended Ptactice issued on l April 2(X)5 wthirh TcfeTrcd to UJ thc extant
8u]ations has been withdraw￿.
This has been dolle ill for the a¢cou￿5 to pwvide a trug lairview ill accoTdBllc¢ with th¢ G¢￿Tal￿ A¢¢epted Attountill8
PractiL% effective for￿P￿th8 puiod5 beEinnitJK on or4fter l JHnuEry 2015.
In tsur opthion the 51*m¢nts'.
iv¢ a true Hnd fair view ofthe 51ate ofthe chuitys Affairs ￿ at 31 March 2021 And of its incoming resouttes 8nd appJleati(m of
resources for ihE year then endcd.
hive been properly prepared in atcordatht¢ with U•rt¢J Kitigdom fjentrally A￿ptsd A¢￿Unting Practice: &tJd
have been Prepa￿d ill ac¢ordau¢e withthe Nuirell￿￿ts of Charities Act 2011.
B•sts for fyplknlo
We conducted our audit in BCCOTdBnce with lDternalional Stsndards on Auditing USAS (UK)) 8ttd 8ppJieabk law. OUT
responsibilities wJdertho8e standards ar¢ further deJ¢riE¢d in the AuditOTS' responsibilities for the audit of th¢ fJnwKi41 stst¢ments
se¢tion nf our report. W¢ ar¢ independent of the ¢h￿ty in a¢¢oTdan¢e with the ethital requiremet)1s th2t &r¢ r¢l¢v9nt to our audii of the
r]]Jatt¢]al statements itt the Unit¢d Kiti8d0￿ iL¢ludill8 the Fin8￿Cial Rep)rtiDg Council's Ethicd Stjndarf and wt hove fulfilled our
otherethi¢al re$tx>n$ibilities in Lccordan¢e Ivith the%e requirttnentk We believe that th2 audit eviknc¢ have obtained is sllffi¢ient And
aPPTOWi4te to PTovi& ll bHsis for Our opinK)n.
Co•rlu¥Éolls rdwtillgto yiDg ¢ont¢r
Jn auditiDgthe finan¢ial 51ot¢m¢DI4 bave ￿nclUded￿9¢ the T￿￿￿.5 uye of the going wncem b88is of wounting itl th¢ p￿pa￿tt0Tr
of the rJJJan¢I￿ statsments LS appropriite.
Bastd on the work wc hav¢ p¢rforn)¢d. havc not i¢kntificd any matcffial uttcertaimits ttlatin8 to events orconditions irldividually
or eollethively* may cosi significant dou￿ on the ¢h8rity's ability io continue as a goAD8 eonc*m for ap¢riod of ai l¢aM tw¢lve month5
froTtL whett the r]twi¢ial ststtments aTe ttuthoiised for isslle.
Our resw)msibilities And the rcspon8ibiliti¢softh¢ Tnjsrces with respctl to EoiThg cozKem aT¢ dwTknd in th¢ reltvanl 5ECtion5 of this
r¢port.
Olknr iwfornwti
Th¢ oth¢r iDforni&tiQD ¢omprisES th¢ iDfonnaiioD iDGlud¢d ID th¢ Arnwal Repon Oth￿ than the fLnan¢ii1 statements and ow Auditors.
Rcp)n th¢r¢on. Th¢ TTUSt¢¢ r¢sw>nsibl¢ for the 01h¢r inforniAtion CODtsincdwithinthc Annual Report. Ouropinion Im lh¢ firjancial
stsi¢meMS do¢$ wl ¢ovcrilK other infomiaiion and ¢xe¢pt to th¢ cxttni othtLwise explicitly stated in ourrEpori, VK do nol ¢xpre55 any
forni of Assurance wnclusion thereon. Our resp)nsibility i8tO Ttad the oiher thfomiat*)ti alld, in doing so, consider wh¢ther the other
inforn]*ion 1$ ttLalerially incon5i5teut wilh tlK finEncial slaleTnenlS QT our knowledge obtsined in the cours¢ of th¢ audi¢ OT Othetwixe
appesT5 lo bE makrilllly mis5tai¥d. If wt idEnlify sueh mateTixI inionsislencies or appareDi tn&lerial tni55rat¢m¢nt& ￿ aJe ftequited to
dcterniine ithetherthis gives rise to R mthrial n]i$st&lEmeTht ￿ the fin￿CIal statement5 th¢ms¢lves. Jf. based on the work M¢ have
rforne4 conclude that thcrc is ll tnatcriaj misslaletncDtof thisother iDfonDatioJ4 v￿ 8re reqll]r￿ io r¢p)rt that f*L
W¢ have nothin8 lo in this Rgard.
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Cobtr¢¢ Malor Estat¢
IDdependentAuditor•' R¢p•Tt to tbe Mwbtrs of Cobtret MAAOf Est*t¢ (con¢iDuedl
Mxtters on whi¢h we are r¢q•lr¢d to report by t￿ypI￿￿o
We h8ve nothing to T¢POrt in te$F¢¢t orth¢ (olloiving matters where the ChoritLes (A¢wwJts 2nd Reports} Re8ulztions 2{￿8 require5 US
to reptrrt to you if. ill our opinion..
the itiforniatioJkgiv¢n in the Trwtec's R¢wbrt is inconsi¥trnt in any ]nateri￿ re4xd withth fman¢yoJ stht¢mcn￿. or
suffi¢ieJJt ac£ounting ttcorth h&vc not b¢¢n kcpt: or
thE finttncial 8]t not iti agrt¢m¢ni wilh th¢ acwunting ￿rOTdS wjd rEturns' or
VK ￿v¢ nol reteived all the inforniation ¢xplanation$ w¢ r¢quire ftrr out audit.
R¢JponsibilitieJ oftrniieti
As ¢xptsina D)¢)￿ ￿1]Y in the Trusite's ResP)n￿bilitIeS StatsmenL the Trust¢¢s are re5ponsibic for the prEPardI￿rI of the f>nancia]
Ststements whieh giv¢ a Inje f&ir view, attd for suth thternal ¢oJJtrol as tbc Tyu5r¢¢s det¢￿IDe i5 rteCc$$￿ to ertibk the prepAAtio
orrinancial statements that free from mat¢rial mi851aletDent, whether duc to fraud OT em)r.
In preparing the fJJwi¢tai starements. Ih¢ Trust¢¢s aT¢ T¢byonsible for a5ses$tng lthe charity's ability to ¢ontinu¢ as agoing coiKcn4
dixlo$in& a$ appli(*ble. m8ttCts rclor¢d kn going eoncern and u5in8 the going C￿nce￿ bAsts of i¢¢outtting unkssthe Trustees either
intrnd to liquidate the clwiiy or 10 ¢￿t Operatior￿ or have fto rtali8ti¢ ah¢rnative io th 50.
AMdltor5' r¢spollsibiliti¢$ for th¢ audit of the fiD*xci*I &tAte]kntnts
We have been appointed as auditor UD¢kr section 144 ofthe Chariiies Act 2011 alld report in acU￿￿8ncc withthe Act AThd rekvaDt
r¢xulations math or having etFe¢t ther¢wJder.
OUT objective5 are to obtain Texsonablc ￿uranCe aFx)ui whcthu thc finan¢i4J staternct￿ ￿ a whok fte¢ from matsrial misstaiemtn
thether due or error, and ￿ i8sue an Auditors. Rep)rt that in¢lud¢5 our opuuon. R<asonable a55urance 15 a high levvl of
8ssuranc¢. but is not a guarantr that ￿ ttudit tonducted fft a¢wrdallce with ISAS (UK) will 8lw#y$ detect a tllateriai misststetllettt WJK
t exiys. Misststements caD aris¢ frorn fraud or eTwf and arE considpTrd [r￿e[jaI if, ll)dividu4lly or in the aggregate, they could
tel￿]Y be expected to influ¢n¢e th¢ ¢¢onomi¢ thisions tsf)w¢r8 t)keAh on the b8sis of these finaD¢iaJ st•t¢m¢nt&
Irr¢guJarities. including frau4 inst*n¢es of llon*ompliante with Jaws 4JMI re8ulatioJts. We design pro¢eduwe8 in line with our
testx)nsThJ illtie4 ouilthed alx)ve. to detect material misslal¢m¢nls in ￿$￿¢tOr1Tr¢gU1lrJlIcs, including fraud. The extent to Mthich our
procedures are ¢apablc of dde¢tllb8 trTe￿Ill]lle8. in¢ludiLg fraud is detailed b¢low'.
How the •UdItw￿ to•slOtr¢d ￿pable of d¢te¢linK irw¢yl•rhiu in¢ludi*g frAud
Our4WToach to identifyitt8 Alld assessing the risksof material mi55taiemenl ITh re¥K¢t of irreguiariTie$. including fraud and tk)
compli4￿ wtth Jaws and TcgulaIiot￿ wa5 &s follow$'.
ithntifjed th laws and r¢gulations applicable to Ik ¢haTity throu8b discu￿0￿8 With mw¢ttLenL 8T￿ from ow
knowledge and ex￿￿¢￿¢¢ of t￿ charity and nol-foryofil s￿l0r..
we fO¢￿d OD SFecific I&ws a]Mi ￿gUlaT￿]n$ which ¢onsidered may hav¢ a dire(* mdteyial etyeci OD the actowjts or the
opeTalions of the charity. incjuding th Charitics Aci 201 I..
id¢niifJ¢d law5 and ￿guI￿lI￿n$ were tommutiiclied wththin the oudit team and the legm remained ttler( to iL*tstittsof tLOn
¢ompliaftce throughourthe audil.
We as5e8sed the S￿￿te￿ibilIty of tht ¢iwity's a¢¢ountsto matcriai inch￿l￿g0btainjttB underslanding ofknw frnud
mi8ht occur, by..
makLn8 ¢nqiiiric5 of mww8¢mEnLa5 to whEre thBy con%i&red there susceptibilty to frgul theirknowicdge of actuaL
SUspeC￿d and alleged fraud., arLd
con5iderin8 the intttrnal ￿nt￿lS in plac¢ to miiigatr risks of fraud Bnd ￿1￿compli1￿ce with lfjws and regulalio
To adth5sfr risk of frnud through maTh8gemtni bi&s and override of ¢onirol& we..
Éxrfornied aDal)rtical proC¢dur￿ to id¢ntify ?ny or llnexpgc￿d relationships;
testtd jolurt￿ entties ro id¢ntify unusual transJ¢tions',
9sses5ed whether jud¥¢menl$ and assumptions in de*nniningth¢ aceoutttitig e#iinates sel oui in the acuunting p)litie$
w¢r¢ in41i¢alive nfpotential bias. Bnd
inv¢stagat¢d the ratiQDal¢ t¢hsnd $i8Difittttti oi ￿n￿$￿al trartsaciions.
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Cobtr¢t Manor Estate
Ind¢p¢Nd¢D¢ Audlton, Report to th¢ MtmberA ofcobtr¢e M*m•r KrtAtt (eoAtlllued)
In T¢Spor￿¢ to th¢ risk of irr¢guJaritieS and non.¢onwli8n¢¢ with laws and regul•tions, we designed pro¢eduTes which inclu&4 P￿t
not limited to..
4gre¢illg fllJ2nciaI Statement diselo$ures to thJdeTtyiD8 su￿rt[rtE dowmEttWion;
T¢ading minutcs of m¢¢tiDg5 of th05c th8Tgc£l with governan¢¢,' and
enquiring of mwrnent ￿ ro a¢Th￿l and ptential liiig&ion and ¢laims.
Thvte aTe ittherent limitatlD115 in our Rudit proc¢dutes described lllxjve. As a result there is a li5k thRt ￿ will not dete¢1 a]1 tnt8ularilie4
itiGludiD8 those leadiDg to amaterial tlliS5tst¢ment in the fjnyn¢I￿ 5t&t¢D*Dts OT DDwOrnplia￿t with r¢gu]ation. Thi8 risk intreases the
rnorE that compliHne£ with 91gw ofTeguJatioD IS Temoved fTQrn th¢ ¢v¢nls and transa¢tious r¢fl¢ci¢d in th¢ fLrtancial statetnenw 35 we
will be l¢sg 11ltely kn bewlle &ware Ofinstan￿ of nowompliance. 1The risk is alw greatsr regarding irregu1￿1t1e$ or¢urring du¢ to
fraud rather than eJTor, a% frhud involves intelltional cOt￿talMen¢ forgery. collusioffj omission or misrepre8tntstio
A fwth¢rdtscriprtiott of ourr¢sFK*JJsJbilit*s for th¢ auditof thc fin2n¢ia] statrmcnts i% I0¢at￿ on the Fitiancial Rer￿1￿8 Council's
We￿2* at.. www.frc.or .
audit0￿re$
ibili
s. This descripbon forms psrtof OUT Auditors, Report.
UJt•f our rtptrrt
This r¢port is m4(k solely to th¢ ¢haTiry'$ tN5t¢¢4 45 a body, in a¢cordanc¢ with P&rt 4 of th¢ Charitie5 (Ac¢ourtis aDd Rgports)
R¢Eulaiion$ 2008. Our audit wwk has b¢¢n und¢rtak¢n so that we might siatc to the ¢h8rrty's trn5tee$ those mattersM¢ are Tcquired to
stat¢ to th¢m ￿ an Auditors, Rcporn and for no othu purpose. To the fullest extent petmitted by law. do t￿t accept or asswlle
resp)nsibiliry to anyonc othcr than the ¢tr￿lty slld its In￿$. &$ a kndy. for ouraudAt wotL forthi$ TetX)tL orforth¢ opinions have
formed.
UHY Ktni LLP
Ch•rt¢r¢d AccouDtants
S1atwory Auditi)rs
Th8Ttt¢S House. RomAll Squ&Ye
Sillingbournc
Keni
MEIO 4BJ
Dat¢..
26 January 2022
UHY Kenl LLP tla UHY HackerYoull8 ￿e eJi8ibleto act as auditors ill terms of wioll 1212 of th¢ Cotiwies A¢t 21106.
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Cobtret M*ttor E4t*t*
Staten*Dt of finan¢i*l Artivili¢i
For lht Y¢*r Ettd*O 31 Mlvth 2•21
UNrestrirtt41
funds R¢itrl¢ltd fuAd8
2021
2021
Endowment
funds
2021
Totsl
Tolal
fymds
1020
202J
In¢omt ind Mdowm¢n¢s
tkn&tiotis and lega¢ies
ChHritablc activities
576
352.IMO
47,771
36.15J
26,463
27,041
352,040
47.771
36,155
43,483
327.216
54,438
47,575
Other tr￿]ng activities
Inve￿MenTy
TotAI in¢omt A•d
436,542
26.465
463,007
472,712
EipeDditure ott:
Charitabk activitie5
396.552
26.465
76,547
499,564
44J,633
TotAI e%peDditUT¢
396.552
26,465
76,547
499,564
445,633
Ntt ID¢omt4txpendityr¢l
btfore otl 8*insl(1o8￿} on
iDveitmt#ly
39,
(76.547}
(36.J571
27,079
Nel ggill51{knsses) otj
imvestments
155.245
155,245
(192.574)
inc•thelleX￿di¢Vrt}
'I"nnsfers beTh￿n funds
39.990
(23,9791
78.698
118,688
(J65,495)
20
23.979
m¢￿e￿*￿t in fu*d$
befor¢ othtr rew%Divd
8Alng/lloJse$)
16,011
23,979
78.698
118.688
(J65,495)
Other re<o¥nixd
IDsI(Iossc51:
L0$3¢5 on rvJiuationof
fixed os%ts
{60.000)
{60,0001
(020.000)
l• fllDdJ
23.979
18.698
58,688
(785,4S1J)
Recontililtion of h•ds:
Toial fwids brought fonwd
Net movement in fimdJ
274.716
16.011
8,393
23.979
4,09A849
18,698
4,379.958
S8.688
5,J65,453
1785,495)
Total funds t*rri¢d
forw*yd
20
290,727
32.372
4,115,547
4,438,646
4,379,958
The Ststhent of Financial A¢tivitie8 inclwle5 all 8llins and105SCS tE£O8TJised inthe year.
The notrs OTh p•g¢s 12 to 26 fo￿ part of finArttiil stthtnents.
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Cobtree M4Dor EBf•te
BAIADee Shttt
As It 31 MINh 2021
21ni
2020
Nr*te
Fixed aliets
Tangible ass¢ts
Invesrmellts
13
2,552.163
825.393
J.000.o
2,7JO,564
670,148
i.oJo.000
15
knv¢stm¢nt
14
4J77.558
4,396,712
Current ￿￿ets
D¢btors
Cash at bank and in hand
16
257.914
242.668
13tP.333
247.484
5110,582
377.817
credito￿ amouDts hjling withiD OIL¢ y¢ar
17
{31M,461)
(194.996)
Ntt turrent *iiets
196.121
J82.821
Totsl ustts Itsi eurreAI lthbllltl
4,573,079
4,579.533
ediiofs.. AmOUtsI8 fa]]iti8 due aftermore thats one
18
(135.0331
(199.575)
Totsl #èt al￿tts
4.438,646
4,379,958
Ch•rlty fulldi
EJJdowment fijnds
20
4.115.547
32.3n
290,727
4,096,849
8,393
274.716
R¢stsi¢t¢d funds
Unr¢stridui fi￿d5
20
20
Tot*1 fottd$
4,43&646
4,379,958
The r￿la1 s￿￿ents W¢Te approvd aDd aut]yJris¢d for is5￿ by thF Trust¢¢ aud SI￿¢47 on th¢ir khalf by:
Coun¢lllor Pltrlk Garten
Chalrjnan ofthe Cobtret Manor Eitate Ch*rtty Commiltee
2I/01/20 22
Th¢ notes on psges 12 to 26 fonn p4rt ofihese f￿a￿Lia] stsfrments.
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Cobtret Manor E51att
Yotu to tho Financial Staternenty
For thtVearENded 31 MITfh 2121
General inform*tWD
Cobtree M8tt0tr Estate is &n unincorytrrattd ¢harity with the charity number 2￿3617.
AtrountlD% pojiriej
2.1 B*sts •f pr¢p*r*tioA of fiThAncl￿ $t*temen¢
The financial slateTDenls hive l*en Prepared in a¢¢oTdantt wtth th¢ Chariti¢$ SORP IFRS 1021 l*tond cditN)rt)
A¢counting RepDrti]J8 by cI￿ltIes.. StaTem¢nt of Retommended Plaal￿ gpplicsble to chaTitie5 Prepari￿ their
a¢count5 ID ￿COrdanC¢ with the Fin￿¢111 Reporting Standard appli¢8bl¢ in the UK and Republic of Iteland IFRS 1021
{effediv¢ March 2018A th¢ Fijwcial ReportiDg StsndaTd applicable ID the UK and Republi¢ of lrtland IFRS 1021 and the
Clwities A¢i 2011.
Cobtr¢¢ Estate meets thE defmition of o public I￿*fit emity vnd¢r TrIiS 102. As%ts Ind liabilities are thitialty
Te¢ognised llt historical cost or trattsaction value unless othenvise st*¢d in Ih¢ r¢kvant actounting policy.
2J Golng ¢o•te
Thc trusl¢¢3 4s¥e$5 thher the of going ¢fjnctrn is appwriate i.e. whether thcr¢ ate any rnat¢ri￿ w)¢twau)ti¢$ r¢lated
tu ¢vents or conititii)n5 that ]nay clst $18nificaTht doubt on the ability of the charitabk company to continue as • going
The trw*5 tD#ke thi5 8sse&%meni ift respe￿ of a ￿liOd of at ka5[ on¢ y¢•T frottl th¢ of authoris4tion for issue of d
SIMinly kfor¢ thc 31 March 2020 yesr eDd, the COV1D-19 p#ndethi¢ stn*k and so the trustees have tatefully considered
the i]np4rl uf COVID.19 th¥if *W>8ment.
Ch**ges to op¢r•twD¥
G)bty¢¢ OP¢Talors b¢ggn lo ¥Jt¢r their operlliin¥ aTr4n¥cm¢nL% from 16 Mar¢h 2020 onwards umil. undcr In5th￿liOn from
the Govthuneni. th¢y ¢]os¢d and ceased operatiolls on 23 March 2020.
Cobtree MaM>r Patk Go]f Course had b¢cn clo%d for 58 days but is now opernting at full c&pxity although t￿ clubbous4
bar and r¢4BurBnt rernai]￿d c105ed. The tnajotity of the slaJT rtmaintd on turlou8h but a suffi¢icni numbcr r¢twncd to
SUP¢TViS¢ th¢ venu¢ aNJ thc pe4)ple on site. The course and clubhouse were again required io ¢105¢ by law in Nov¢mb¢r
2020. They nmain¢d ¢]os¢d until 2021. wh¢n th¢ ¢ourse wos able to re-optsn. The clubhou8e re-opeJ￿d, with
strictions im May 2021. and rwp¢n¢d fully in July 2021.
Since closing on 23 March 2020. Plannith8 Solution4 the op¢rI￿r of Kent Lifr. had fvrloughed all staff Bport from tw
am M￿nt￿r9 who had E¢¢n 8iT¢ ￿¢ry day ¢he¢ktti8 the Pttmi8es and ¢orm8 for the animals. Keni Life Tt￿F¢n¢d on 4
July 2020 and rem•wKd OFtn until De￿mber 2020 when il required by Iw lo clost 8gaiti. It tropened in ￿*8¢$
bel￿¢¢￿ M4rch 2021 aThd Ju]y 2021 unril all aspects op¢n Bgain a5 ￿￿31.
Cobtree Cllfé had aheted the Café service oll 20 March 2020 10 pfovLd¢ tabawdy food drlljks only. They provided the
servict on this basis until th¢y w£re rcquired to c105e on 23 Ma￿h 2020. The Café was re-op¢ntd on a toke￿WaY kns
fmm 8 July 2D20 and Ternain¢d o￿n for th¢ rest of th¢ year on a take-llway b&si
C.ontra¢tor rrntal #mtttdmtttts
R¢nt paid by MyTithe Active at Cobtrte Matwr Park Golf Course was suspended for a Friod of 58 day& The contract fee
paid by Pl4nning Solutions at Kent Life sus￿nded for the whole of the QI ptriod. The reTht f¢e paid by Cot4r¢e Cafe
Lid ai ihe Cobiree Café is suspended for the duration of the Café's Closure wiod.
Cat¢.. Rcnt r¢lief 8LYtn April 2020 to Junc 2020. Conttact th¢n to ￿gU￿rt¢rrn5 pyrnents.
Kem Lift.. Renl relief given April 2020 to Jut* 2020. Contra¢tthett reMrtt¢d to re8ulartermy and ￿yrncn
Golf ¢oune.' Refftt relief given forApril to May 2020. CotLtra¢tth¢D rettuJKd to reBulHr tenn$ thl pay]nents.
ConrlusioD
Prud¢nt T¢v￿¢d fore¢85ts havc bc¢D pr¢pared for the ¢omth8 year, tsking Ihe 8bove ittio account. and using the assumptson
that the ¢barity will ￿ abl¢ w con¢inu¢ provtdin8 Services even ill the evenl of any future io¢k&)wn p¢riods.
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Cobtr¢e M*ttor E￿1¢
Notes t(k the Fin*n¢ial St*temtnts
For tht Ytar En&td 31 March 2021
At¢ouDting politiu {tmti•utdl
22 Goi•g ¢oitern (¢•Dll•ued)
Taking the above i]kn Dceount the tnLSt¢¢s hav¢ ¢onclud¢d th¢￿ ar¢ no matrrial unc¢rtallJties about Ihe chaiily's abi]ilY to
continue BQiD8 coD¢¢rn and that it t¢mains appropriate to wntuwe to adopt the goitt8 ¢on¢¢rn t*sis of A¢￿￿￿tir￿8 i
trtFfjring th¢ fuJan¢ial slat¢m¢ots.
IJ Intom¢
All into￿e is recogLised ollc¢ the charity has entitlernenl to the inwm¢, il i$ probable th8t th¢ inrom¢ will b¢ reeeived and
th¢ omoujbt of IT￿0m¢ [¢￿]y￿bi¢ ¢4n bp m¢asuTed reliabty.
2.4 Expudit¥r¢
EX￿ndIture 15 ItcogiiLsed on¢E thcrc 15 a k8EI ur coll5truclive obli8ation to tr8Dsf¢r ¢¢onomi¢ ￿llefit tD & third p8rty, it is
probable that A tr8rt8fer of ec4￿0￿1( beTJefits will be required in setmetnent and th¢ 8mOUttt of thc obligation ¢an be
measwtd reliably. EXpe[￿lt￿rt is cl8ssifJed by aclivity. The costs of¢a¢h ¥¢livlly atr tnth up of the totsi of direth ¢i)s
attd sh#red illrlvdiDg suppon ￿StS involv¢d in undertaking t￿h a¢tivity. Dire¢t tost5 atiributable to a single adivity
9T¢ ollo¢ated di￿￿]Y to that activity. Shattd costs whith c4)rttribute to mOTe than one activity and YUp￿rt Costs wthich
nol attr1￿￿ble to a sing]¢ arfiviry ar¢ apportioned betwyen those i¢tiviues on a bgsis consistsnt with the u8e of i¢sourc¢5.
Ccntral sr8ff ¢osts are allocated on the ba$is of time 5peni 2nd depreciation charg¢s allo¢ar¢d on portion of the Lw'$
Ex￿ndItUre on charitsble aclivities is lljcwred OD d￿¢￿)Y utLd¢rtaking the activiiies whith th¢ Charity's objectives.
a5 well ay &ny asg)cÈal¢d 5UPWrt (l￿3.
2J IDla•gibleAsstts im•rthatlon
Matsri&l int8n8iblt assets are cHpitsli5ed snd recogDis¢d when futs]re wonomi¢ benefLiS art probsbie andth¢ ¢ost or val
f the be metsured reliably. Intsngible a5xts 8T¢ inib.glly r¢¢ogni5¢d at ¢0518nd 8te subsequently measured at
tost netofAmorbsation arly provisioTh Cor imp9)n￿enL
¢¥¢imat¢d u¥¢ful livesare as fol]ows:
Amorti￿li0tt is provAded oll the followAtig bosis:
Website dtvelopmettr
25 % stya58ht lij
2.6 T#n%iblp ￿ed wets XDd depret14t￿n
T￿￿￿TrIe fix¢d ass¢ts •T¢ ¢aTTied at costorvaiu8tion.M of deprecAAtion 8nd atty p￿viSiOn for iTnpainncnL
A review for impA1m￿nI of a f￿ed is c8rried oui ifevcnts or ch￿ge5 in circumstan¢¢J indictte that the carrying value
of any fL¥td asset mly not be rccov£rable. Shortfalls IhE Carrying value of fjxcd a&%tts attd the￿ recoverabl¢
Jjoullts Bre rt(¥Jgtii*d AS iltipiintieTit& lrnpainD¢nt b¥x¢s iTe Trcognised inth¢ Statement of fJttthcAtti activTrties.
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Cobtrtt ￿nOTEst•l¢
Notes t• th¢ FID*xciAI StstemeDts
F•rth¢ Y¢*r Emdtd 31 M•r¢h 1021
Ateollnting poliriu (¢o•ti•ued)
2.6 Tartiibk fixed aijets d¢prtciation {tontittutdl
D¢we¢iAtion is charged so as lo allocate the cost of tangible r￿ed asgets Icss th¢ir Tcsiduaj value oVerthE1re￿iM1t¢d usefijl
liv¢4 using th¢ str•igbL-lillt metho
Depre¢iation is provided on the following b￿5..
Long-term le85ehold prorrtrty
Motorvehicle5
Fixturcs and fttiDE$
o- 12.S¥rf>D Cost
10.25% on cost
The ￿$]dUal values. livcs depreciHtion tncthods ttviewe4 and adjusted prospedively if 8ppropriatt.
or if th¢y¢ is an indie&tion of a s1grLifi￿it ¢hyn8e since the IL%t reporting date.
tA)ng.term leasehold propcrty includes Cobtree MBnor PaTk Golf CouTS¢, Kettt Life Museum and Cobtree Manor Park
Visitor tentre. As dis¢los¢d in note 13 thue are held under a 999 year Jcas¢. No depreciation 1$ chtryed on these &k8ets o
the btt8i8thit they are revalued annually.
Ikas¢hold proFrty 4b) inGlu¢ks. at cost, improvements * the Cobtre< Play ATh and ro thc Car paTk 8t C.obtr¢¢ MaDor
P￿. These as8CtS •T¢ d¢preciBted overtheir deemed useful livc&
2.7 IDVeStmtnts
Fixed as8¢t inV¢swn¢ots 4r¢ tt fomi of fLnan¢ial instnunent Dre initially tc￿8n18¢d ai tkir tran50Ction ¢ost and
sub8equenTly mcwr¢d •t th¢ir fair vs]ue at the BaiaDCC sheet dar¢ for inve5ttDent pmperties and closing quoi¢d market
price foroihET invvstments.
All gain¥ and 10s5cs are taken to Statement of ffinanci&l pLtivilies as they ari%. Ruliscd gain5 ond losses QD
Dvesmients ar¢ ¢akulated ￿ the difftttntt ￿1¢5 proceeds and tkir opening ¢arryin8 valu¢ OT their PU￿has¢
if acquired Subsequent tn the fjrst doy of tbe fjllancial y¢aT. UDredised Baitjs snd ]osses are ¢akuJatrd as ihe
d]iTe￿nce ￿tween the fair value at the year end 3nd theiT ¢arryin8 value. Inv¢sth¢rtt #aujs attd k)ssts. whether tealised or
unTealis¢d, or¢ ¢ombined 8lld showTJ in th¢ he&dlDg'Ga￿￿1]0Ssesj on infvemments. UJ th¢ Sl¥t¢rnent of fiDuncial activities.
Jnve*ment prop¢rti¢S are me&4uT¢d at fair value ai each r¢rortiD¥ date with change5 in fair value re¢o8tiis¢d In'gai￿ on
rtVAluation of fixed a￿ts, added to the endowment fijnd to which iIKy T¢l*.
2.8 Fl•2iei41 instnLme•ls
The eharity only has fi[W￿L1] 4S￿ts alld firtan¢ia] li•bilities of A kind that 9ualify a$ b&8ic fMJan¢ial iNlrum¢nts. Basi¢
rin4n¢ial inslrllments are initia]Iy T¢¢Otnised At traM￿tion vajut and subs¢qu¢lltty measured ai their sett]ement va]LX
the Bxception of bartk loans which art subsequEnily JneasuTed at amonised ￿$t￿8]ng the effective ll)te￿￿￿tth￿l.
2.9 Fund 4t¢oun¢iD#
GeneAJ fiLttds sre funds which available for use ai tht di￿[¢1]￿ll of the Ttustee iti funhty8nce of th¢
8¢nernl objKtivts of tht Chariry and which knve not bcen des1￿)￿1¢d foroth¢rpury03¢*
R¢stri¢t¢d fimds ar¢ fuDds which are lo be used in I￿￿Tdance with ￿t]rIe ￿$tri￿]01Lf imposed by doyws OT ￿lch have
been raised by chgrity for p4rticular purwses. The co￿$ ofTaisiDg and athDUJiStering sueh fujth art ¢harBed thc
5PECLfK fund. The aim and ofeach T¢s¢ri¢tcd fimd is sei in th¢ note4 to the finèn¢iAI Statemet￿.
Inv¢sttn¢nt incorne> gains ond losses art allocated to the 4ppropri&te fund.
P#8e 14

Cobtree M*nor ￿lItt
Notts to tht Fittaknti*l St*ttme#ts
For tkt Ye*r Elldtd 31 M%￿b 2021
JDeoAe from dollatiO￿ i•d legAt
U•re$tricled
d*
2•21
Restriettd
f•nth
2021
T•tal
funds
2t]21
Tofol
2020
Will ititome
26,465
26,465
576
43.483
Donatior15
576
576
26,465
27,041
43,483
Analysu of2020 tololbyfw
43,483
43.483
IM¢om¢ from ¢hirltsbk AttlTrltA¢s
Unrntricted
flln
T•tsl
fumdg
2fr2J
Tot41
fypOJ
2020
2021
Golf tlub revenue
133.745
17,924
146,641
53,730
133.745
17.924
146.641
S3.730
127,857
17,9X4
109,927
71.106
332
Cafc i1￿￿tLe
Car park inwrn¢
KentLift iD¢ome
352.040
352.040
327,216
Anttlysil of2020 I￿al byfuud
327,216
327.216
Inrome fr•th dartiblt tradill8 *ttMtIts
Uire%tri¢ted
TotAI
Dd
2021
Toial
2021
2020
Retttal incom¢
47.771
47.771
54.438
A￿lYsiS of2020 totsl byftu
54,438
54.438
P•&e 15

Cobtrt* M*ttorK*tat¢
to the Financial St*temtllts
FDr the Yt8r E#ded 31 March 2021
lllvestYa¢nl liume
UDrntricted
fund$
2021
Total
fundi
2021
Totol
2020
lllyeslment ifteome
36.155
36.155
47,575
AMlYs￿OI2Q2O ¢0141 byfynd
47.575
47.575
AL4lysii of exptnditsrt Dll tharitsblt activities
by typt
IIDre5tri¢ttd
funds
kntriEted
funds
2021
EndowM¢tyt
Tot*1
funds
2021
Totol
2021
2021
2b2Q
ctwitabk activiti¢s
396.552
26.465
76,547
499.564
445,033
A￿lYsiS of2020 10th1
325.603
43.483
76.547
445.633
S•mmary by ¢xpendltsn type
Tot*1
Toial
fvnd5
2020
Staff tosts
2021
Deprtti#tioD
Oth¢rtwts
2021
2021
2021
Charirnbl¢ xctiviti
87,458
122.722
289.384
499.564
445,633
APwI￿lS of2020 ioiol
101.156
J21.058
223,419
445,033
Psge 16

Cobtret M*llor Dtslat•
N•tu to tht Fittanti*l Slxttmtits
r tbe Year Ended 31 MAr£h 2021
Ath*lysii of expenditstt by a¢tivitit8
Total
fundj
2021
Total
Dttttt twts
2•21
2020
Charitable activities
499,J64
499.564
445,633
Aiwlysls 012020 it>t&l
445,633
445.633
Anatysb of dlTe¢t cojts
Total
hnds
2•2l
ToÉul
fAuds
2020
Staff salaries
Stsff tiaining. WElfare And otber¢osts
RepaiTS and mairjfrnal￿e
Grounds maint¢n&nce
87,458
JOJ,J56
3.881
58,999
29,017
1,088
JtI.404
JI.506
8.735
2,066
72,95J
30,327
R¢Dt r41¢s
H¢at fynd li8hi
Jrk8uTan¢e
8.778
11.370
8.502
Cleanillg
Cateritig swiplies 8Dd proNisiotLS
Ptintin& w4g¢ aJ)d $tsiionEry
t£8Bi and profe&sionAI fees
Tcl¢plM>n¢ and intrrnct
Other f¢¢$ and s¢rvi¢es
Equipment hir¢ and m8intetwKe
inrerest
193
40,444
24,837
40
54.226
9,Q58
8.859
121,DJ8
54.928
44.767
7.009
122,722
Depreciation
499.564
445,633
2021
2020
Fees payabk to the clthTitys4yditQT foTthe audit of thE chori￿$ •nnuNI
5.545
5,410
P8ge 17

Cobtree Manor Est•t¢
Notes to th¢ frlxutiil St*ttmtDts
Forthe Yt*r End¢d 31 Ma￿h 2021
io.
Stsff tosts
Maidstone BoTough Council ernploys Ytrious stsff whose rok5 ¢xis¢ 50kty forth¢ benefit of the Charity. These costs o
Fe¢harga to th¢ Charity gtL4. to refft¢t the sub*anet of the &Tran￿Ment, the costs are reflected irltbe actounts &$ staff CO￿$.
2021
2020
Wa8e5 and salaries (includi￿ 88etKy staffj
SOCI￿ sccuriry ¢05ts
Contributiotl W (kfLn¢d ¢ontribution pen8ioJJ 8¢hemes
69.350
5,914
12,184
86,596
5,727
11.833
87.458
/Ol,J50
Thc avcrggc numb¢rof per50rt$ employed by the ch8rity duTit)g the ytar as follow&'.
2021
2020
Park Rattg
M4na8er
No ¢mployee ttceived remun¢TatioD wnovllting to rTh)r¢ £60,OQO in eidxr yeAr.
The eo4XJfale In￿*t. Maid%i¢)nt Borou8h Coun¢iL is wn5id¢r¢d to l* thc key management person￿1 of the charity. No
employee benefits psid to the It￿¢¢t during the year (2020- £Nil).
Trustre J r¢muN¢r•lwn and txpttsst
Dwing thc ytar, no Tn￿1¢¢8 r¢¢¢ived any remuneration or other beDefJts Q020- £NILJ.
During th¢ year enthd 31 March 2021. ￿ Ththe expe[￿5 hgve been IncU￿ed1202o. £NJLI.
Pag¢ 18

Cobtrtt M*norFtst*te
For tbe Yexr Elldtd 31 M*r¢h 2021
IL
Ibtsn%iblt*$3¢ts
Website
dtvtlopmt*t
Cait
At l April 2020
so,000
At 31 Marcb 2021
50,000
Amortisalw
Al l Arytl 2020
50.000
At 31 MATth 2021
50.DOO
r4et book YAIu¢
At 31 Maryh 2021
Ai 31 March 2020
13.
TADgible fiKed *sJets
LoDPttnn
proptrty Motor vehl¢l
ttint$
T•tal
At l April 2020
Additions
Rev8luwtsons
2.802.511
58,523
2.861.034
8,323
(S0,IX)O)
8,323
(50,000}
At 31 March 2021
2,752.511
.323
58.523
2,819,357
D¢pr¢¢i&tio
At l April 2020
Ch*r8e for the year
115205
115205
29265
5.853
144,47
121722
At 31 M8r¢h 2021
0.410
1.664
35.1 18
267.192
Iyet book VAlue
At 31 March 2021
2.522.101
6.659
23,40S
2,552.165
At31 Mftrth2020
2,687,306
29.258
2.716.504
Page 19

Cobtrte Manor F.st*tt
Not¢s to ¢h¢ Fth•ty¢hi St•i¢nJ¢ttts
For th¢ Y¢¥r End¢J 31 m4￿h 2021
13.
I'*D#ibl¢ fiI¢d Alséts Icotttlttlltd)
The estttte is held urtdtr 1 999 year le￿¢ whicb 18 duc to ¢KPiT¢ in 2970. The loug lesseknld lartd And buildings are uxd &)kly
for direct charitsble PUTP>SeS Hnd form pari of Ihe pertnantni cndowJ)ent of the Ciwty.
All properties ￿t rtvalued ￿)nU8]lY by a professional flrn) of ¢hFrt¢red SLLrv¢yors periodically. usiJJ8 a inarketapproa¢h'. The
last valu•tion t4)ok Pl￿ in Mareh 2021.
The amount under cost model of th¢ a55¢ts which h&ve been rev￿￿1 would have btett £1.673.127 QO20-
£1.673.127).
14,
lttve•tmtDt pn)perty
Long Itrni
propETty
Valuatio
At l A￿1 2020
sury*lU￿(derL¢ltI on revaluation
,oio,wJo
iio.000)
At 31 March 2021
1.000,000
inve$tmenl prOF*rt￿S are beld to generatc a re￿￿ irtcome strcam fortk Charity. All inv¢strn¢nt prop¢nies 8re r¢v8lued by
profe￿i0nal of chanered 5urv¢yors anrlual cycle (subjeci tr) exi￿lD£ tettan¢ies wlxre appropiiatt). A va]u&tion took
pla¢e irt m￿¢￿ 2021.
One exception kn thi5 is the Tyl&nd prffjxny Mthi¢h is c8rri¢d at £Nil valu¢ on ￿ EUV bllsis. This proporty i5 CUTretitly le4
with a pepp¢I￿rn r¢nL on a 125 year le&se eJJdin8 in 2117. No readily av*¢iabk m8rtet valuc was aY4ilabl¢ for this pro￿rtY at
31 M8r¢h 2021 and hcne¢ th¢ EUV b95is is de¢TDed to bE tnost aPp￿￿late basis availabk withoui undue io the Chariry.
Fix¢d wss¢¢iknvutmtnts
Listed
Investmmts
eojf or valwalion
At l April 2020
ReVah￿l0n5
670.148
155,245
At 31 March 2011
825,393
l¥tl book value
At 31 MRTrh 2021
825.393
Al 3J Mar¢h 2020
670.14
P4¢ 20

C•btrtt MADor ￿tate
Notes to the FinaDtuJl St*temtthts
For tht Ytar EDdtd 31 M*rth 202A
15.
Fixed *Met ittve*tmtMts (c•ntinued)
Material investllK•ls
The 4bov¢ list¢d inv¢stm¢nts aJ¢ fully invesled in the M&G Chwifund wlLi¢h qualif￿ 8h &lternatsv¢ invcsm)tM fijnd.
Rlsk profik
The inv¢sts maithty in the shates of UK listed dividend tYayiDg couEpaDie4 RDd a portion Dfthr furtd is 41$0 invc#¢d inthc
shares of dividend psyitig Comp￿leS listed ov¢r5¢&s. It is th¢r¢for¢. 5ubi¢£t ty th¢ pri¢¢ volatility of the UK ov¢is¢as
stockrnarkets and th¢ perfoTrnan￿ of IndivLdu￿ ¢ompani¢s. The fund may also ￿ subicct to fluctuatioms in cUr￿lleY cxchan8t
The ti]nd's focus on gLY)d quality companie$ with attracttve dividend growth PTospe¢ts. Divi(kTrd distributions fvom the fi￿d,
Iwldirtgs however are noi SUaTE]Jte¢d 8ud may vthy. Diversifi￿11￿￿ across Ind￿￿tri£S ttnd maLtet ¢apitttli$ati(￿J i5 key in
managing liquidily risk reducing mzrket risk. The fund's Tisks ore m¢&8ured and maTr28ed by M&G as an inlegral rArt of the
illvestment proEe55.
Debtors
2021
21J20
Trade debtors
Other debtors
Prepayments and &ccruEd ￿n￿me
220.279
79.667
17.023
33.643
37,635
257.914
130.333
17.
CredilorJ'. Amownts hlli*%du* Ivithill OthE yt4r
2021
2020
Other taxation and social security
AmouTrt owed to Maidstone Borough Covncil
Othtf Creditors
251
298,665
5,545
189,716
5,280
304.461
194,996
A form81 repayment iwement estabJisl*d wlth Mxidstoue BoTough Council foT the chllrityto rep8y the ltr*ned by
the th Couthcil iti respect tsf eX￿nditUTe in T¢SW of thc improv¢mcntto Cobtr¢¢ ManorPaTk CHT wk.
R¢NymeDts b¢EaD from l April 2019 on¢¢ th¢ work was compktt, 8md int¢r¢st is payable at ar&te of (Publi¢ Works Loan
Board ral¢ 2YTrpIus 1%). Th¢ will balance own8 to thc CouM¢il IL r¢spc¢t of the ¢arpatk loarl at 31 M4r¢h 2021 was £199,375.
Itt addition 10 the ¢arJMrk loan the total IMlatt¢e owed to the Couthtil ttiso ittclud¢$ oth¢r amounts of £234,123. The combin¢d
iolal of £433,698 has been 5plil betsvceD attNM]nts falliDg duE Within ODE ye8T la$ ab)v¢} and after tllore tkn QDE year Isee not¢
Pa8e 21

Cobtr¢t M*Dor Emt¢
N•tes ts the Fi•imri•l Stst¢m¢nts
For the Year Elldtd 31 M*r¢h 2021
Cr¢tht•n: Amounts falli•gdue •fter More ¢h*R •tt¢ y¢*r
2021
2020
Arnowjtoyrd ttb Maidstonc Borou8h Couneii
135.033
199,575
See ]wr8tive at the end of Nt¢ 17 expl&iDin8 the balance owed to the Council.
19.
202]
2020
Financial Assets ttte45uYed at fairvaluc through iti¢om¢ gThd expettditure
825,393
670,148
Fin8ncial assetsmc8Jut¢d at fairv8luE IhTDugh itttome andex￿nditsJTc Compri￿ listed irtv¢sbn¢nt$.
Pa8c 22

Cobtrtt Manor Ethtt
Notts to the FinAnttal Stattmtnts
For tht Yt*rErtdtd 31 MATch 2121
20.
SlatemtDt of fu•ds
S¢#t¢mellt of funds- ¢DrrMt year
Bal*net It I
April 2021J
Tr•ttsf¢n
IDlo•t
Ci*in51 Baknnce 4131
MAr¢h 2021
ExpMdthure
Unre4tri¢ttd fuAd#
General fiJnd8
274.716
436.542
1396,5521
123,9791
290.727
EndoMqnvn¢ (xpitsl
funds
4.096,849
{76,547)
95245
4.115,547
Restrirt¢d fumdy
Will Tn￿l
26,465
(26.465}
Cobtree MaDor Park
c4rpork
MBC ¢aT pth loa
270.605
1262,212)
(38,6581
62,637
231,947
(199.575)
8,Y93
26,465
126,465)
23.979
32,372
To¢AI of fu•d$
4.379,958
463.1)07
(499,564)
95.245
4.43&646
These cornpri5e fur￿5 that the trustee5 are free to use in accordBDce with the chaTit8bk obi¢¢ts.
R¢Jtriil¢d F*Dd3
The Will TnL8t FUth￿ Ihe iticome from *'hich is ￿ed ￿ m8ititairt the tLtt81 PATk The &4ets of thi5 fimd are ￿ld by Cobtsee
ChaTity T￿$t LiJnik4 a 5cpEfdle enlity.
Cobtrce Ma￿T Park oryrp3rk aswiatrd Jo•n from MBL. this rep￿￿th3 IIL¢ n¢tbook value of the taTpark aDd the amount
of th¢ outstAttding wo¢iat¢d loan.
Fero￿llent Eudowm¢Mt C*pltsl Fwid
Thc ￿MI8￿C￿l endowm¢nt upital fimd ¢omprisesthc long-tetm f￿¢d assets of the ¢h*ity, bein8 the long-i¢asebold 18rtd dtyj
buildtll8s, iovestTttent prorertie$ pttd the portfolio of listed itiv¢st)￿ellts Is &tsikd ID Th)t¢5 11. 12 gnd 13.
23

Cobtrtt M**or E8late
r4otes to tht Fin*DrI￿ Ststsmtllts
For Ihe YeArEDded 31 March 2021
Stattrnetti •f futtds l¢o•tlDMed)
Stxtrmemt olfuDd$- prior yur
Balonceot
J Apri12019
come
PEMditwe Transfers in/o¥r
(L￿se￿j 31 A4Grch 2020
ljnrutricttd futhdi
GcTrEral fvnd5
179.483
429.229
1325.6n3)
,393)
274, 710
Eodowment ¢apilal
Dds
Endowmertt eapital
4.98J.970
170,547)
(812.574)
4,096,849
R¢$ttir¢¢d funds
Wtll T￿￿1
43.483
(43.483)
Cobtree Manor Park
LW P9rk
MBC car park loan
301,224
(301,224)
0.619)
39.012
270,605
Q62.212J
43,483
(43.483)
8,393
8,393
TotAI Dffund$
5.165,453
472, 712
(J45,633)
12,574)
4,379.958
21.
Anilysis of ￿Sets bthvttll funds
Analysis of bthvttB fundi- ¢urr¢nt
IIDrestricled
fuDds
21121
RE*trieted
fundi
2121
Total
(und8
2021
2021
T4ThEible fixed assers
Fix¢d 8YS¢t illV¢3kn)ents
Investjnent property
Currenl asscts
29.704
231307
2,290,154
825.393
2,552,165
¥2S,393
i.000.(Krf)
500.582
{304.4611
{135.033J
i.ooo.000
JOO.582
(304.4611
64.902
Creditors du¢ within on¢ y¢ar
Creditors du¢ in mor¢ ihan one year
1199.935)
Total
290,727
31372
4,115.547
4,438.646
P8ge 24

Cobtr¢t M*tt¢r Est*t¢
Notrs to the Finan¢iil Ststtmtnts
Fortht Ytar EDded 31 M#r¢h 2021
21.
•f Met Assets between Itonllbued)
Th¢ rr5tri¢t¢d ¢rcdiiorbal4n¢es r¢lat¢ tt> baian¢es owcd lo th¢ corpor8ts tswtee, Maidthne Borough CounciL in r¢5Wt offimd5
provid¢d during 2018.19 10 fvnd p•rk wth$ Ih&t have t¢¢n capitaiised as tangible r￿ed a$5el additions. It LA a
requ1￿ment of rhe repaymetst awement forthese Amounts to be tr¢4ted as ond disr195¢d 8$ 4 T¢strithd balance ill the atynual
Atta￿k of #¢1 •wts b*twÈ*n fllAd$- prhryur
7oÉal
fy4ds R¢stricIedft￿ts
2020
2020
fupTds
2020
2020
TAll87J )]e fixed Assets
Fixed inYe5bncnts
29,258
270.605
2,416,70J
670.148
J,oJts,o
2,7J6,504
070,148
1,030.0ts0
377,8J7
(J94.996)
(199,575)
Investmellt property
CuTr¢rrt ass￿5
377,81T
(132,359)
Creditors duc wilhuj one year
CreditOTS due in more th4n one ye
(02,637)
(199,5?5)
274,716
8,393
4.096.849
4.379,958
22.
Rt]#ted pArty trAttwtlions
Maidslonc Borough Council (MBC) isthe Corporatr Tn￿tre of the Charty.
MBC owns part of the IADd MILich the golf cowse ts built. The *¢ountit4 Affal￿ethe￿ts bEhAEen MBC and the ¢h8rity Aye
thai MBC is resp￿￿81ble for 811 receipts attd paytnents for both the 8olf Course and the MarM*r ParL At the ¢nd ofearh fTn3ncial
Ye￿ the the expEnditure r¢lating to Cobtre¢ Mgnor E5t4t¢ is slM>Wi in th¢ Charity's ￿¢OUttts.
For the 80lf CO￿ 7J*hs of th¢ totsl r¢v¢nu¢ istran5f¢rT¢d to thE ￿$1 ac¢0￿1$, r¢flt¢tiTh8 the split of lattd ownership. The
T￿￿lIng 219ths Jrt showi in th¢ a¢¢￿￿ts of th¢ Cowwil.
The Slatem¢ntof Finall￿al A¢iiviti&4 includes i￿Orne of £207,981 Q020- £225,778J IYJ telAtiott to OP¢Tating the ¢staie in
cordartte with thi$ a￿￿¥t￿¢￿ a8 knken down below.
2021
2020
Golf club revenue
Will tsust inwm¢
Rental income
133,745
26,465
47.771
127,857
43.483
54,438
207.981
225,778
Ex￿￿1¢Ure retlethed through the Siitemeni of Fiti8nci&l A¢tivities incl￿deS opcrating ¢osts in r¢]￿lOn to in¢ome styeam$ ab)ve.
AS discloxd in note lo. MBC ¢mploys 3t8ff who5¢ role5 exist solely forthe berKfit of th¢ Charity. ajjd hence tbe cost ot'their
ernployrnent is shown within sL8ff cosik In total, stsff costs include E87,458 {2020. £JOI.156) of r¢¢hatged etDployJnentcosts.
During tbe yearMBC provsded various other strvi¢%s to th¢ ch￿lty, which have been th¢luded within'other fe¢s 4nd s¢rvi¢¢
in ¢haritable ex￿nSe￿ Durin8 the year totsl ￿cha￿e$ of £18.193 (2020- £62,444) wen made for th¢5¢ xervi¢¢s.
At 31 M8rcb 2021. the Charity Owtd £433.698 Q020- £389.291) to Maidgtotte BoTtr￿ C￿￿clI.
PAE¢ 25

Cobtr¢* M*kntsr Ext•t¢
N•t¢S to th¢ Fin&llfi&l Stxtsmtknts
For the Yc*r Fdnded 31 Marcb 2021
C•ntrolllng p*rty
IILC Chority i8vAder th¢ control of the CoTporate Tru5te¢ Maidstone Bortsugh Co￿¢11.
24.
CobtT¢e Manor Estate is a registered Charity and is ￿K￿for¢ wtcntiolly ¢x¢JDpt from taxatitrn on its iL¢ome attd 88itis ss Ihe
ity falls within th¢ definition of a charitsbie trud Ls definEd in Part I, Schedul¢ 6 of the Finan￿ Act 2010. No tax charge has
#ri￿￿ thITiD8 the yeAr.
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