KENDAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 1172208 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

the charities principle objective is to provide affordable unfurnished homes for those in need

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1) THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE FORM OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION IN THE PROPERTIES KNOWN AS THE KENDAL ALMSHOUSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND WHO ARE INHABITANTS OF OR LIVE NEAR THE AREAS COMPRISINGA) THE TOWN OF KENDALB) THE PARISHES OF HELSINGTON, NATLAND, NEW HUTTON, PATTON, SCALTHWAITERIGG, SKELSMERGH, STRICKLAND KETEL, STRICKLAND ROGER AND UNDERBARROW AND BRADLEYFIELD; ANDC) IN NO SUITABLE APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED FROM INHABITANTS OF THE FOREGOING AREAS (A) OR (B), THE AREA OF SOUTH LAKELAND DISTRICT COUNCIL; ANDD) IF NO SUITABLE APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED FROM INHABITANTS OF THE FOREGOING AREAS (A), (B) OR (C), THE AREA OF THE BOROUGH OF BARROW-IN-FURNESS;ALL WHICH AREAS (S) TO (D) INCLUSIVE ARE IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBRIA AND ARE TOGETHER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT", WITH PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN IN ALL AREAS TO QUALIFIED PERSONS WHO ARE AGED 50 YEARS OR OVER.2) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CIO OR ANY OF THEM AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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 reported a total comprehensive income of £73,652 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by an operating surplus of £78,943 and investment gains. The trustees confirm that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, and the financial statements were approved on 20 April 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Stables Thompson & Briscoe. 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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Homes England — “Funding for these major upgrades is achieved from a combination of the Charity’s own reserves and grants from Government agencies primarily …” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Garry Ducksburychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Colin Nicholson Thomson
• Deborah Lund MRICS · trustee of 3 other charities
• Hilary Fitch · trustee of 3 other charities
• Jennifer Hale · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Stirling · trustee of 1 other charity
• Louise Gray · trustee of 1 other charity
• Suzie Jane Barron · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cumbria

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