PARISH OF GREAT WALTHAM ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 1053188 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of eight almshouses for poor persons who have lived in the parish of Great Waltham for at least two years.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY APPLICABLE FOR RELIEF IN NEED IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED ,HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: GREAT WALTHAM, ESSEX

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £68,981 for the year ending 31 December 2025, driven by investment gains and maintenance contributions. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £424,283, with current assets of £29,031 and current liabilities of £575. The trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN LATTIMOREchair
• ANGELA ARNOLD
• Adrian Mitchell
• Alexander Micklem
• IAN PETER BRADLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARGARET ELIZABETH CROOT

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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