JARVIS ELEEMOSYNARY CHARITY

Registered charity 1167024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The prevention/relief in need hardship or distress in any parishes of Bredwardine/Staunton on Wye/Letton/north Herefordshire primarily but not exclusively by i)providing 12 Jarvis Eleemosynary Charity owned almshouses, managing them to be let for a maintenance fee, to persons in need. ii)one off grants/items and services to individuals in neediii)Grants for charitable recreational purposes

Objects

The prevention or relief in need, hardship or distress in the villages of Bredwardine, Staunton On Wye, Letton, or rural north and south Herefordshire, in particular, but not exclusively by :1. Providing 12 Jarvis Eleemosynary Charity owned almshouses and managing them to be let for a maintenance fee, to persons in need2. One off grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or Charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve need, hardship or distress.3. The provision of grants for charitable recreational purposes, primarily, but not exclusively, for the benefit of the inhabitants of any of the parishes of Bredwardine, Staunton On Wye and Letton.

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 · Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income
£60k
Latest spending
£56k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources were £60,308 against resources expended of £61,299, resulting in a net expenditure of £991 for the year. Net assets increased to £567,801, with free reserves standing at £126,936. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The principal funding source of the charity is the licence fees received from the residents of the Almshouses, along with dividend and interest income from the investments.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient to meet expected expenditure commitments over the foreseeable future (held: £127k)
“The charity generally aims to hold sufficient “free reserves” to enable it to meet expected expenditure commitments over the foreseeable future.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£60k£56k
31/12/2024£60k£61k
31/12/2023£54k£102k
31/12/2022£58k£77k
31/12/2021£54k£36k

Common questions

Is JARVIS ELEEMOSYNARY CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total incoming resources were £60,308 against resources expended of £61,299, resulting in a net expenditure of £991 for the year. Net assets increased to £567,801, with free reserves standing at £126,936. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.