THE CRESCENT HOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 1172032 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CRESCENT HOUSE

The relief of women who are elderly, infirm, disabled or in need of convalesvence by provision of accommodation in a residential home.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE RELIEF OF WOMEN WHO ARE ELDERLY, INFIRM, DISABLED OR IN NEED OF CONVALESCENCE BY THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECT, BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES MAY PROVIDE A RESIDENTIAL HOME. WHERE VACANCIES EXIST AT THE RESIDENTIAL HOME WHICH CANNOT BE FILLED BY WOMEN, THE TRUSTEES MAY ADMIT TO THE RESIDENTIAL HOME MEN WHO ARE ELDERLY, INFIRM, DISABLED OR IN NEED OF CONVALESCENCE.

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

Causes: Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity achieved a net surplus of £59,597 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. The Trustees report that unrestricted reserves total £252,661, which provides 4.3 months' cover against annual expenditure, exceeding their stated policy target of three months. The filing confirms no material uncertainties regarding the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10574995 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• KING, Anthony — director, appointed 02/09/2025on trustee list
• OVERTON-HART, Robert James — director, appointed 15/01/2023on trustee list
• SARJUDEEN, Gillian Valerie — director, appointed 31/10/2021on trustee list
• MORGAN, Rosemary Esdale — director, appointed 20/01/2017on trustee list
• MORGAN, Jonathan William, Dr — director, appointed 20/01/2017on trustee list
• PUTTOCK, John Edward — director, appointed 20/01/2017on trustee list
• PUTTOCK, John Edward — secretary, appointed 18/05/2021

Official officers record.

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.

CQC provider record: The Crescent House Charity — Deregistered, 1 registered location.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Crescent House: Good (28/12/2019) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN EDWARD PUTTOCKchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• Anthony King
• Dr JONATHAN WILLIAM MORGAN
• Gillian Valerie Sarjudeen
• ROSEMARY ESDALE MORGAN
• Robert Overton-Hart

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove

Income and spending

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