PEMBRIDGE ALMSHOUSES CHARITY

Registered charity 1177996 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of housing for older people in need who reside in the parish of Pembridge or adjacent parishes. For the public benefit of persons in need who live in the parish of Pembridge at the discretion of the trustees

Objects

A. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN THE PARISH OF PEMBRIDGE OR SURROUNDING AREAS (THE AREA OF BENEFIT), IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING ALMSHOUSE ACCOMODATION FOR OLDER PEOPLE OF LIMITED FINANCIAL MEANS WHO ARE ABLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND WHO RESIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT.B. SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS AND FORMER RESIDENTS OF THE ALMSHOUSES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£77k

Latest spending

£46k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £31,449 for the year, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit, largely due to a Council Tax refund. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stand at £364,183, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain ongoing viability for at least four months in the event of income cessation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 4 months (reserves figure: £364k)

“su icient funds have been set aside to enable the charity to continue to operate for at least 4 months in the event of a severe reduction to or cessation of this income.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2024 (received 13/12/2025, 311 days after the 05/02/2025 due date); year ending 05/04/2023 (received 13/12/2025, 677 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 12/12/2025, 1041 days after the 05/02/2023 due date); year ending 05/04/2021 (received 12/12/2025, 1406 days after the 05/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (23/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (23/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (23/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (23/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (23/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (23/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Geoffrey Hardychair
BARBARA GRACE NORMAN
Blanche Sarah Richards
DAVID THOMAS OWENS
GARFIELD JOHN EVANS · trustee of 1 other charity
Jean Fraser Heaven
RICHARD SMITH
ROSALYN CLARE PRICE
Rev ANNA lOUISE BRANSTON
Sara Allison Craig
Stephen Allen Jaques

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£77k	£46k
05/04/2024	£20k	£140k
05/04/2023	£415k	£28k
05/04/2022	£16k	£34k
05/04/2021	£15k	£26k

Common questions

Is PEMBRIDGE ALMSHOUSES CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £31,449 for the year, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit, largely due to a Council Tax refund. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stand at £364,183, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain ongoing viability for at least four months in the event of income cessation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES.

THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES income £177k
TIVERTON ALMSHOUSE TRUST income £1.1m
PLUMSTEAD ALMSHOUSES income £132k
GRANTHAM'S ALMSHOUSES income £31k
GLYMPTON ALMSHOUSES income £43k
ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £33k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PEMBRIDGE ALMSHOUSES CHARITY	£77k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£177k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
TIVERTON ALMSHOUSE TRUST FY2025	£1.1m	—	1	unclear	—	no doubt
PLUMSTEAD ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£132k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GRANTHAM'S ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£31k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GLYMPTON ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£43k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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