CARACTACUS HOUSING

Registered charity 1098524 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity was established in 2003 to help those people who were struggling to remain local in the West Somerset and Mid-Devon regions. It has grown steadily and now owns 20 properties all tenanted to local people on low incomes in need of accommodation at a reasonable rent.The charity continues to provide financial assistance to local person(s) in extreme financial need.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE (‘THE OBJECTS’) THE PROVISION OF LOW-RENT HOUSING AND/OR FINANCIAL OR MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE IN NEED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: PLEASE SEE CLAUSE 4 OF GOVERNING DOCUMENT

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds stood at £4,162,039 at the end of the year, with a net expenditure of £2,511 recorded for the period. The trustees report that the investment fund value is at an 'effective and dependable level to secure the future of the charity for the foreseeable future.'

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

17 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (17 freehold); recorded price paid £1.9m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Michael Piperchair
• Gulten Tandra FORSTER
• Ian David Crawford
• JUSTIN CHARLES SHELFORD BIDWELL
• KIM ANDERSON
• Leslie Silverlock
• Rachel Frances Campbell Johnston

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

Operates in: Devon · Somerset

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS' CHARITABLE TRUST.

• THE HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS' CHARITABLE TRUST income £4.8m
• CAREPOINT HOUSING LIMITED income £923k
• WORCESTER MUNICIPAL CHARITIES (CIO) income £1.4m
• CARE HOUSING ASSOCIATION income £8.2m
• CARIS CAMDEN income £256k
• POORS CHARITIES income £111k

Side by side with its peers

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