HARCOURT ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 1055157 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision and administration of Almshouses for the elderly in need in the Town of Masham in the County of North Yorkshire

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,729 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total reserves increasing to £252,192. The trustees consider the cash flow position to be good and the future prospects to remain good, noting that the charity can continue to develop on a consistent basis for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Watson Buckle Limited. 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Jane Ballchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• CHRISTINE JOYCE GREENSIT
• DAVID JOHN FRANCIS BROADLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dame Elizabeth Susan Cunliffe-Lister DCVO · trustee of 2 other charities
• SARAH WEBSTER
• SHAUN BLADES
• SHIRLEY MARGARET BROADLEY

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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