THE BERROW COTTAGE HOMES

Registered charity 1175027 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of social housing by way of almshouses

Objects

TO ASSIST THOSE IN FINANCIAL NEED THROUGH THE PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY WAY OF ALMSHOUSES

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

Registered contact address: Solihull, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income increase to £124,795, driven by a significant £53,227 gain on investments, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £2,122,312. The organization maintains a strong net cash position with total cash exceeding outstanding debt, and the trustees confirmed no material uncertainties exist regarding its 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: Homes England. 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHARLES EDWARD PONTIFEXchair
• DAVID WHITING
• Dr JENNIFER ANN HAGON
• ELISABETH MARY WILKIN · trustee of 1 other charity
• NEIL JOHN CAMERON
• ROBERT WILLIAM PITT
• Rev Geoffrey Lanham
• TERENCE JOHN CORNS

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

Operates in: Solihull

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROBERT BIRD COTTAGE HOMES CHARITY.

• ROBERT BIRD COTTAGE HOMES CHARITY income £33k
• BROWNE AND WINGRAVE ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES income £87k
• THE HARTLEY COTTAGE HOMES income £135k
• HENLEY-ON-THAMES BRIDGE CHARITY income £84k
• THE WAREHOUSE TRUST income £95k
• MERTON UNITED CHARITIES income £48k

Side by side with its peers

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