BOOKHAM UNITED CHARITIES

Registered charity 1182480 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide accommodation for women in need in Parish of Great Bookham.Provide grants to people in need in District of Mole Valley.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:A) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WITH A SIGNIFICANT CONNECTION EITHER TO GREAT OR LITTLE BOOKHAM OR FAILING THAT TO IMMEDIATELY NEIGHBOURING SETTLEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT OF MOLE VALLEY OR FAILING THAT TO THE BOROUGH OF GUILDFORD WHO ARE IN HOUSING NEED, BY PROVIDING ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION; ANDB) TO RELIEVE THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF THE PARISH OF ST NICOLAS GREAT BOOKHAM BY PROVIDING TO SUCH PERSONS GRANTS OF MONEY OR BY PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES.

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £39,673 for the year ended 31 December 2024, following a deficit in the previous year. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £368,177, with £291,927 held as general unrestricted reserves available for charitable activities. The charity maintains a risk management policy and holds sufficient reserves to meet routine and cyclical repair costs for its almshouse properties.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
• 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
• 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 (29/07/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (29/07/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (29/07/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (29/07/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (29/07/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Alan David Jenkinschair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Clare Margaret Curran · trustee of 2 other charities
• DAWN ROSEMARY OWERS
• JULIAN FRANK STEDMAN FCA
• KENNETH ALLAN PICKNELL
• PETER HOWARD CROOK
• Suzanne Gooch MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• VIVIEN SANDRA HOLLINGSWORTH

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

Operates in: Surrey

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