FARMER AND LEMMOIN-CANNON CHARITY

Registered charity 1167718 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JAMES FARMER

Provide supported accommodation for elderly residents of Castle Donington

Objects

1) TO APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM2)TO APPLY INCOME OF THE CHARITY FOR RELIEF IN NEED IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF CASTLE DONINGTON WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS3)TO PROVIDE RESIDENCES IN THE ALMSHOUSES BELONGING TO THE CHARITY FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF RESIDENTS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE SCHEME.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £33,043 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to significant one-off expenditure on property repairs and maintenance. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that the balance sheet remains strong with free reserves of £224,955. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, and the accounts were subject to independent examination rather than a full audit.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram · linkedin

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALexander Wilson Logan
• CHARLES GERALD DALBY
• Dr Mike McGhee MBBSLOND
• Mark Rogers
• Melvin Kenyon

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

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