CHANDOS & DENT'S ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 1168158 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of affordable accommodation to persons of limited means and of good character who live in the borough of Tewkesbury or the parishes of Cowley, Coberley, Up Hatherley, Leckhampton, Prestbury, Swindon Village, Cutsdean, Temple Guiting , Guiting Power and Sevenhampton. A preference is given to persons living in Winchcombe.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION AND SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE ALMSHOUSES OF WHICH THE CHARITY IS A TRUSTEE AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE.3.2 RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PERSONS WHO ARE:3.2.1 RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AT THE TIME OF THEIR APPOINTMENT AND3.2.2 PERSONS IN SUFFICIENT NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND REQUIRING URGENT SUPPORT, WITH A PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO PERSONS PRIMARILY WHO ARE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE PARISH OF WINCHCOMBE AND SECONDLY TO RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT PROVIDED ALWAYS IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE NO APPLICANTS FROM WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FROM PERSONS FROM A WIDER AREA PROVIDED THAT THEY SATISFY 3.2.2.3.3 IN THIS CONSTITUTION THE EXPRESSION "AREA OF BENEFIT" SHALL MEAN THE BOROUGH OF TEWKESBURY INCLUDING THE TOWN OF WINCHCOMBE AND THE PARISHES (OR FORMER PARISHES) OF ALDERTON, BROCKHAMPTON, DIDBROOK, HAWLING, PRESCOTT STANLEY PONTLARGE, STANWAY, SUDELEY MANOR, COWLEY, COBERLEY, UP HATHERLEY, LECKHAMPTON, PRESTBURY, SWINDON, CUTSDEAN, TEMPLE GUITING, TODDINGTON, GUITING POWER AND SEVENHAMPTON IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Latest income

£123k

Latest spending

£99k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds are held in reserve, with specific allocations for contingency, commitment, and unallocated purposes. The charity reports a positive balance at year-end, indicating adequate resources to meet its liabilities and ongoing operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £1.8m)

“Contingency Reserve equating to 24 months of the budgeted MMC income. b) Commitment Reserve equating to the anticipated expenditure over five years, as estimated by the Buildings Committee. c) Unallocated Reserve equating to the balance of funds for future projects which the Charity identifies in furtherance of its aims.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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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Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
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Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £265k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Norman Clive Carterchair
Brenda May Cove
Charles Marriott
Geoff Hanson
Heather Elizabeth Simonds
Lynne Catherine Buckingham
Mark Tonkin
Martin Maxted
Philip Wright
Richard Hawkins

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£123k	£99k
31/12/2024	£126k	£41k
31/12/2023	£116k	£109k
31/12/2022	£108k	£72k
31/12/2021	£106k	£30k

Common questions

Is CHANDOS & DENT'S ALMSHOUSES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds are held in reserve, with specific allocations for contingency, commitment, and unallocated purposes. The charity reports a positive balance at year-end, indicating adequate resources to meet its liabilities and ongoing operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MILLENNIUM OAK TRUST	1	—

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WYCOMBE ALMHOUSES.

WYCOMBE ALMHOUSES income £176k
WIMBLEDON ENDOWED ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £196k
THATCHAM PAROCHIAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £144k
HENRY BURTON ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £183k
WILLIAM JONES'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £245k
CHOBHAM POOR ALLOTMENTS income £277k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHANDOS & DENT'S ALMSHOUSES	£123k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WYCOMBE ALMHOUSES FY2025	£176k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WIMBLEDON ENDOWED ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2024	£196k	—	within	—	no doubt
THATCHAM PAROCHIAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2024	£144k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HENRY BURTON ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£183k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WILLIAM JONES'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£245k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.