EMERY DOWN ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 1157974 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EMERY DOWN COTTAGES CHARITY

The provision of Almshouses in the parish of Emery Down and Bank for the relief of those in need of affordable accommodation.

Objects

(1) THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION TO THE AGED OR OTHER DESERVINGPERSONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A FAIR AND LAWFUL PROCESS AS DETERMINED BY THETRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME; AND(2) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OR ANY OF THE RESIDENTS OF THEALMSHOUSES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES DECIDE.

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's net income for the year was £17,996, derived primarily from weekly maintenance contributions and investment dividends. Total charity funds stood at £72,143, comprising £57,869 in investment assets and £14,274 in cash, against a Charity Bank loan liability of £87,850. The trustees report that income and expenditure were in line with budget and that the going concern basis is appropriate.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Victoria Mary Edwards OBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• MISS SARA HALL MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark Stephen Gammon
• Sandra Rae Ramsey
• Sian Rachel Davies
• Simon Tidby
• Stewart Lindsay Walker

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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