THE DUKE OF LANCASTER HOUSING TRUST

Registered charity 1130880 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the charity are the provision of housing, accommodation, assistance to help house people and associated facilities and amenities for those in necessitous circumstances.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF HOUSING, ACCOMMODATION, ASSISTANCE TO HELP HOUSE PEOPLE, ANDASSOCIATED FACILITIES AND AMENITIES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PROVISION OFWORKSPACES CONNECTED WITH SUCH ACCOMMODATION), FOR THOSE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCESON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,063,581 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a £348,809 revaluation gain on property assets and donations from the Duchy of Lancaster. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £262,874, which the directors consider in line with their policy to hold six months to one year of running costs. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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 Saffery LLP. 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06455755 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MARTIN, Alastair — director, appointed 13/03/2025not on trustee list
• FAWCETT, Tom — director, appointed 16/06/2023on trustee list
• MALONEY, James Edward — director, appointed 16/06/2023on trustee list
• DUCKWORTH, Lisa Jean — director, appointed 10/02/2022on trustee list
• BRUCE-WATT, Hugh William Douglas — secretary, appointed 15/05/2019

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

30 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (29 freehold); recorded price paid £5.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (67% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALASTAIR GILBERT MARTIN CVO
• James Maloney
• Lisa Duckworth
• Tom Fawcett

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Duke of Lancaster's Foundation.

• Duke of Lancaster's Foundation income £2.3m
• LAKELAND HOUSING TRUST income £1.0m
• HULL TRINITY HOUSE CHARITY income £4.2m
• DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND income £643k
• DURHAM ACTION ON SINGLE HOUSING LTD income £1.3m
• THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION income £956k

Side by side with its peers

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