DANIEL TAYLOR ALMSHOUSES CIO

Registered charity 1161825 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DANIEL TAYLOR ALMSHOUSE TRUST CIO, DANIEL TAYLOR ALMSHOUSE TRUST LIMITED, DANIEL TAYLOR ALMSHOUSE TRUST LTD

Operation of Alms Houses in South Street Bridport Dorset and other suitable property in the area.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FOR AND MAINTAIN THE ALMS HOUSES IN SOUTH STREET, BRIDPORT, DORSET FOR THE POOR PERSONS OF THE BOROUGH OF BRIDPORT.

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 · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity continues to make a surplus on its activities, although the total funds decreased from £363,180 to £349,438 due to a net movement in funds of £(13,742). The trustees report that work on the conversion of Chancery House has ceased to conserve financial resources, with plans to sell the property. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £349,438, which are not compared against a stated policy target in the document.

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 3 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
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bruce Willoughby
• Derek Bussell
• Ingrid Hull
• John Ernest Harrison
• Keith Allan Day

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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