HACKNEY PARISH ALMSHOUSES CHARITY

Registered charity 1139580 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DR SPURSTOWE & BISHOP WOOD ALMSHOUSES CHARITY, HACKNEY PARISH ALMHOUSES CHARITY

The object of the Charity is the provision and maintenance of charitable social housing solely through the provision of almshouse accommodation for people in financial need who live in the area of benefit..The trustee may, in exceptional circumstances, appoint a resident who is in financial need and lives outside the area of benefit, or has a family connectionto the area of benefit.

Objects

(1) THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF CHARITABLE SOCIAL HOUSING SOLELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION FOR PEOPLE IN FINANCIAL NEED WHO LIVE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.(2) THE TRUSTEES MAY, IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, APPOINT A RESIDENT WHO IS IN FINANCIAL NEED AND LIVES OUTSIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT, OR HAS A FAMILY CONNECTION TO THE AREA OF BENEFIT. THE TRUSTEES MUST RECORD IN THE RECORD OF THEIR MEETINGS THE NATURE OF THE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES JUSTIFYING THE APPOINTMENT. THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS APPOINTED UNDER THIS SUB-CLAUSE MUST NOT EXCEED ONE THIRD OF THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AT ANY ONE TIME.(3) THE TRUSTEES MAY MAKE IT A CONDITION OF A PERSON'S BEING APPOINTED AND BEING PERMITTED TO REMAIN A RESIDENT THAT SHE OR HE SHOULD PAY FROM RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HER OR HIM A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY IN WHICH SHE OR HE RESIDES AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES THEREIN."

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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 total income of £483,112 exceeded charitable expenditure of £377,108, resulting in a net income of £166,311. Trustees consider reserves sufficient for long-term sustainability, with unrestricted funds at £230,301 meeting their stated minimum requirement. The charity holds significant tangible fixed assets valued at £12,260,000 and has no long-term creditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Dunkley's. 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jonathan Jarrettchair
• Andrew Lane
• Datoru Ben Paul Worika
• JACQUELINE DIANE DRIVER BSC HONS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Olivia Gordon
• PENNY WROUT
• Rev AL GORDON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev John Parmiter · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Marcus Cyril Robert Farrar
• Roelof Dekker
• THE REVEREND ANDREW WILSON · trustee of 3 other charities
• Wilhelm Reinhardt Heinrich Werner Tegtmeyer

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

Operates in: Hackney

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