BRISTOL AND ANCHOR ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 1075673 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of almshousingCommunity Centre

Objects

RELIEF IN NEED IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF BRISTOL, 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, WITH PREFERENCE TO BE GIVEN TO PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND SUBJECT THEREAFTER TO PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST AMBROSE, WHITEHALL.

Area of benefit: CITY OF BRISTOL

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £59,277 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £335,737 and total expenditure of £318,716. The trustees report holding free reserves of £175,193, which they consider sufficient to meet future challenges and aligns with their policy of holding between six and nine months of expenditure. The charity confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Burton Sweet Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ann Smithchair
• BOB DURIE
• David Bateson
• Derek Cann
• Elizabeth Welling
• RICHARD HERBERT JARRATT
• Rev Nicola Coleman
• Sarah Flint

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES.

• THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES income £233k
• BRISTOL CHARITIES income £2.9m
• ST MARGARET'S HOUSE income £1.3m
• MANNING AND ANDERDON ALMSHOUSES income £109k
• THE ANDROS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £225k
• The Almshouse Association income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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