THE JOHN ABBOTT'S TRUSTEES LADIES' HOME

Registered charity 1054844 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDES HOUSING FOR ELDERLEY LADIES

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR WOMEN AGED 50 YEARS OR OVER WHO ARE NOT MARRIED AND ARE IN FINANCIAL NEED AS A RESULT OF BEING REDUCED IN CIRCUMSTANCES. PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO WOMEN SO QUALIFIED WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF THE PARISH OF HALIFAX AS CONSTITUTED ON THE 11 JULY 1886.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED BUT SEE OBJECTS

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Calderdale, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that income exceeded expenditure by £2,069 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a net increase in assets. The trustees confirm that sufficient reserves are maintained to finance at least six months of normal total expenditure and believe the funds are in a generally sound financial condition.

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 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• EDWARD NORMAN WOODchair
• DOROTHY ANNE THOMAS
• Debbie Gallimore
• Judith Ann Crowther
• PETER HORSFALL BENSON

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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