HURSTPIERPOINT COTTAGE TRUST

Registered charity 1116420 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The ownership and letting of its portfolio of freehold properties known as No's 2-20 Manor Cottages, Manor Raod, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex.The overriding aim of the charity is "to provide housing for the less well off in the village of Hurstpierpoint"

Objects

TO PROVIDE ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS WHO RESIDED IN THE AREA OF HURSTPIERPOINT AND TO USE THE INCOME FROM WHICH FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPAIRS, INSURANCE AND OTHER CHARGES AND ANY INCOME NOT SO REQUIRED TO BE USED FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY REPAIR FUND OR FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ANOTHER HURSTPIERPOINT CHARITY KNOWN AS HURSTPIERPOINT VILLAGE TRUST, REGISTERED NUMBER 290523 PROVIDED THE TRUSTEES RETAIN FULL DISCRETION AS TO HOW THE FUND WILL BE APPLIED.

Area of benefit: HURSTPIERPOINT

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 FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £11,647 for the year ended 31 October 2024, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £6,384,773. The organization is self-sufficient, generating all income from its rental property portfolio, and maintains a stable asset base with no staff costs incurred. Reserves are held in cash deposits as per the trustees' policy to protect the capital base.

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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £270k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW PRIDELLchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANTHONY DALBY
• Alex Jane Semel
• JOHN CASTLE
• Katherine Nelson
• Paul Rogers
• RICHARD CREATON
• Shaun Revell
• Simon Anckorn

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

Operates in: West Sussex

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