THE COUNTESS OF DERBY'S ALMSHOUSES CIO

Registered charity 1184876 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of poverty by the provision of housing for the elderly

Objects

The objects of the CIO are:(a) The relief of poverty by the provision of accommodation for the Almspeople, being the residents. The Almspeople shall be persons of good character and communicant members of the Church of England or in good standing of a Church (not in communion with the Church of England) which subscribes to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity who are resident within a 15 mile area surrounding Chichester (to be extended in exceptional circumstances by the trustees only where the proposed resident has a connection to the locality through either family or friends); and(b) The provision of charitable social housing in the form of almshouse accommodation for the Almspeople (as defined in the preceding paragraph).

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £7,800 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £619,351. The trustees confirm that assets are adequate to fulfill financial obligations and that the charity is 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 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/05/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jane Charlotte Barnes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lesley Simpson
• MARIA ELSIE TOD
• Nichola Denise Martin

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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