BUCKINGHAM ALMSHOUSES AND WELFARE CHARITY

Registered charity 1161308 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve people who have a strong local connection to Buckingham, Gawcott, Lenborough or Bourton ("the area") who are in need by providing amshouses and items, services or facilities calculated to relieve the need of such persons.

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

Latest income

£89k

Latest spending

£84k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £541,680, which the trustees aim to keep positive as income from residents is expected to exceed unavoidable expenditure. The charity has a bank loan secured against its properties, with total liabilities of £161,269, resulting in net assets of £541,680. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a positive level of free reserves (held: £542k)

“The trustees aim to achieve a positive level of free reserves, as the income from residents should exceed unavoidable expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (16/03/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

STEPHEN ROY TOWNSENDchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Fran Davies · trustee of 1 other charity
Heather Haydock · trustee of 2 other charities
Jane Mordue
Jon Harvey · trustee of 1 other charity
Lisa O'Donoghue
PAUL STUART HIRONS B ENG
Ray Gibbs
Rev WILLIAM OLIVER CLINTON PEARSON-GEE
Richard William Hughes · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£89k	£84k
31/03/2024	£88k	£68k
31/03/2023	£83k	£64k
31/03/2022	£73k	£41k
31/03/2021	£73k	£50k

Common questions

Is BUCKINGHAM ALMSHOUSES AND WELFARE CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £541,680, which the trustees aim to keep positive as income from residents is expected to exceed unavoidable expenditure. The charity has a bank loan secured against its properties, with total liabilities of £161,269, resulting in net assets of £541,680. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.