WIVENHOE HOUSING TRUST [WHT]

Registered charity 1157022 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WHT, WIVENHOE HOUSING TRUST [CIO]

Provision of almshouses

Objects

(1) THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES FOR BENEFICIARIES; (2) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE; (3) RELIEF IN NEED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CLAUSE. RELIEF IN NEED (1) THE TRUSTEES MAY RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY: (A) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO THEM; OR (B) PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR THEM; OR (C) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO OTHER PERSONS OF BODIES WHO PROVIDE GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES TO THOSE IN NEED. (2) IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE TO ASSIST SOMEONE UNDER THIS CLAUSE (WHO IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED) WHO IS RESIDENT OUTSIDE OF, OR ONLY TEMPORARILY RESIDENT IN, THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

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

Registered contact address: Colchester, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£126k

Latest spending

£46k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is considered satisfactory with total funds increasing to £3,479,401. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Reserves are held in various designated funds, including a Building Reserve Fund, to support future objectives such as the construction of new almshouses.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 11

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Colin Andrews
David Hutchings
Deborah-Lea Taylor
Gill Sleightholm
Peter Martin Hill · trustee of 4 other charities
ROBERT NEEDHAM
Robert Neve
Sarah Brooks
Shaun Boughton

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£126k	£46k
31/12/2024	£119k	£66k
31/12/2023	£78k	£19k
31/12/2022	£84k	£70k
31/12/2021	£76k	£28k

Common questions

Is WIVENHOE HOUSING TRUST [WHT] financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position is considered satisfactory with total funds increasing to £3,479,401. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Reserves are held in various designated funds, including a Building Reserve Fund, to support future objectives such as the construction of new almshouses. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BROWNE AND WINGRAVE ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES.

BROWNE AND WINGRAVE ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES income £87k
THE WILLIE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £47k
FELSTED ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £53k
WISBECH CHARITIES income £99k
THE ST OSYTH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £49k
WATERS ALMSHOUSES income £35k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WIVENHOE HOUSING TRUST [WHT]	£126k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BROWNE AND WINGRAVE ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES FY2026	£87k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE WILLIE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£47k	—	above	—	no doubt
FELSTED ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£53k	—	above	—	no doubt
WISBECH CHARITIES FY2025	£99k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ST OSYTH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£49k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.