SHERBURN HOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 1177535 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRIST'S HOSPITAL IN SHERBURN, SHERBURN HOSPITAL

PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL CARE AND HOUSING FOR OLDER PERSONS.GRANT PROVIDER.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT:1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION, BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ON-SITE CHAPEL AND THE PROVISION AND APPOINTMENT OF A CHAPLAIN WHO SHALL BE A MINISTER OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN PRIEST'S ORDERS WHO SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS AND STAFF OF THE CHARITY AND THE PROVISION OF A RESIDENCE FOR SAID CHAPLAIN ON-SITE AT SHERBURN HOUSE;2. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN NEED, BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, YOUTH, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, BY THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF SUCH PERSONS;3. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY OF PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY;4. THE PROVISION OF CHARITABLE SOCIAL HOUSING.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £727,752, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £1,000,000. Total funds carried forward were £40,319,246, supported by significant investment assets valued at £27,412,170. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England; 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 11196374

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.

• MASSEY, Adrian Mark Timothy — director, appointed 11/02/2025on trustee list
• DEVANEY, Laura Jayne — director, appointed 07/02/2023on trustee list
• ADAIR, George — director, appointed 11/05/2021on trustee list
• MARSHALL, Gillian Elizabeth — director, appointed 08/12/2020on trustee list
• ROBERTSHAW, Hayley Louise — director, appointed 01/09/2020not on trustee list
• BREEN, Jeffery Paul — director, appointed 03/09/2019on trustee list
• WILKINSON, Joseph — director, appointed 11/09/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

11 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (11 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Sherburn House Charity — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 01/12/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (69% 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 (5.3%) (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).

• Beddell House: Good (16/12/2022) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Mark Timothy Massey · trustee of 1 other charity
• George Adair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gillian Elizabeth Marshall
• Hayley Louise Robertshaw · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jeffery Paul Breen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joseph Wilkinson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Laura Jayne Devaney · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Darlington · Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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