THE FORESTERS HOMES TRUST

Registered charity 1047967 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SHELTERED HOUSING

Objects

TO PROVIDE ALMSHOUSES AND ASSOCIATED AMENITIES INCLUDING AMENITIES SPECIALLY DESIGNED OR ADAPTED TO MEET THE DISABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE ELDERLY FOR THE ACCOMMODATION AND BENEFIT OF ELDERLY PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND IN PARTICULAR SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE WIDOWS OR MEMBERS OF FORESTERS FRIENDLY SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £611,654 to £611,654 (note: text shows 611,654 brought forward and 611,654 carried forward in Note 12, but SOFA shows -4,224 net incoming; however, Note 12 explicitly lists Unrestricted funds as 611,654 at 31 Dec 2024). The charity reported a net deficit for the year of £4,224. Net assets total £692,225, with unrestricted funds comprising the majority of this balance.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRENDA WATSONchair
• ANDREW JAMES POOLEY · trustee of 2 other charities
• JAMES SOLLIS
• JANET SUSAN POOLEY
• JOHN SPRINGHAM

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOREST HILL COMMUNITY CHURCH.

• FOREST HILL COMMUNITY CHURCH income £275k
• NEW FOREST FOR UKRAINE income £192k
• THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST income £1.2m
• FOREST HILL (SHELTERED) HOUSING LIMITED income £257k
• Notting Hill and Harlesden Methodist Circuit income £200k
• YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k

Side by side with its peers

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