THE HENRY GILDER DRAKE CHARITY

Registered charity 1157467 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of affordable housing in the form of almshouses

Objects

4.1 THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE FORM OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION AND ASSOCIATED AMENITIES FOR POOR PERSONS WHO SHALL BE RESIDENT IN THE PARISHES OF ALTHORNE, LATCHINGDON, MAYLAND AND SOUTHMINSTER AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT; AND4.2 IN RELATION TO ANY PROPERTY OR PROPERTIES ACQUIRED OR BUILT BY THE CHARITY TRUSTEES AFTER THE DATE OF ADOPTION OF THIS CONSTITUTION, THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE FORM OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION AND ASSOCIATED AMENITIES FOR POOR PERSONS WHO SHALL BE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT OR HAS A CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: THE DENGIE HUNDRED PARISHES, BEING THE PARISHES OF ALTHORNE, ASHELDHAM AND DENGIE, BRADWELL-ON-SEA, COLD NORTON, LATCHINGDON, MAYLAND, MUNDON, NORTH FAMBRIDGE, PURLEIGH, ST LAWRENCE AND SOUTHMINSTER, STAPLE, SLOW MARIES, TILLINGHAM WOODHAM WALTER, WOODHAM MORTIMER WITH HAZELEIGH, BURNHAM-ON-CROUCH AND MALDON.

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 · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds carried forward were £2,843,860, comprising unrestricted, restricted, and endowment funds. The trustees consider the charity's financial position to be satisfactory and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding its 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 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (98% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Fittock
• BRIAN NOYE
• Debbie Louise Down
• JOANNA JEFFERY
• Linda Joan haywood
• PENELOPE ANN CHANNER
• Ron George Pratt

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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