THETFORD MUNICIPAL AND UNITED ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 1059877 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MUNICIPAL AND UNITED ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Provision & maintenance of almshouses

Objects

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

Area of benefit: THETFORD

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Breckland, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£28k

Latest spending

£11k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £688.66 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total receipts of £25,672.89 against payments of £24,984.23. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £23,657.86, which the trustees describe as 'considerable' and invested through a firm recommended by The Almshouse Association. The independent examiner confirmed there are no concerns with the accounts and underlying records, indicating stable financial health.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The charities have considerable reserves which invested by a firm recommended by The Almshouse Association. (held: £24k)

“The charities have considerable reserves which invested by a firm recommended by The Almshouse Association.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Billie-Jo Anne Lawler · trustee of 2 other charities
Brenda Canham · trustee of 4 other charities
Denis Crawford · trustee of 2 other charities
JANE LILLIAN JAMES · trustee of 2 other charities
TERENCE LAMB · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£28k	£11k
31/12/2023	£26k	£25k
31/12/2022	£26k	£46k
31/12/2021	£27k	£11k
31/12/2020	£26k	£39k

Common questions

Is THETFORD MUNICIPAL AND UNITED ALMSHOUSE CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £688.66 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total receipts of £25,672.89 against payments of £24,984.23. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £23,657.86, which the trustees describe as 'considerable' and invested through a firm recommended by The Almshouse Association. The independent examiner confirmed there are no concerns with the accounts and underlying records, indicating stable financial health. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MARGARET OGILVIE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY.

MARGARET OGILVIE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £27k
THE BERWICK ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £61k
THE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY OF SIR EDMUND WRIGHT CREWE AND OTHERS income £166k
ANN SMYTHS ALMSHOUSES, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ST MARY ELMS ALMSHOUSES income £43k
MERTON UNITED CHARITIES income £48k
THOMAS FRYER ALMSHOUSES income £41k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THETFORD MUNICIPAL AND UNITED ALMSHOUSE CHARITY	£28k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MARGARET OGILVIE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2024	£27k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BERWICK ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£61k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY OF SIR EDMUND WRIGHT CREWE AND OTHERS FY2025	£166k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ANN SMYTHS ALMSHOUSES, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ST MARY ELMS ALMSHOUSES FY2024	£43k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MERTON UNITED CHARITIES FY2025	£48k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.