BARNSTAPLE ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 1186225 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

(1) The provision of housing for persons who are in need, financial hardship or distress;(2) Such exclusively charitable purposes for the benefit of the Beneficiaries or a sufficient section of them as the charity trustees decide;(3) The relief, either generally or individually of persons resident in the Area of benefit who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress, by making grants.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£225k

Latest spending

£249k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains financially secure and consistently meets its objectives, with unrestricted funds totaling £473,649. The trustees report that income is not expected to materially fluctuate and the charity meets regular expenditure as it falls due. However, the majority of assets are held in endowment funds and buildings, which are not available for general expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months routine expenses (held: £474k)

“It is the policy of the Trustees to maintain an unrestricted fund balance of at least six months routine expenses to accommodate any shortfall in regular funding, this equates to approximately £70,000.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Purchase of goods from a company where a trustee is a director.

“During the year the charity purchased goods totalling £88 (2024: £145) from Value House Stores Limited, a company in which Mike Ford is a director.” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £112k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/07/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (10/07/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (07/07/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alan Rennleschair
David Clapp
Dean Mark Warmington
Dr Richard Beer
Edmund Dymond FBM
Gabriel Harry Palmer
Janet Ann Coates Cllr
Michael Ford
Patricia Arthur
Raymond Saunders
Samantha Smaldon
Val Elkins

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£225k	£249k
30/06/2024	£213k	£105k
30/06/2023	£190k	£117k
30/06/2022	£206k	£125k
30/06/2021	£175k	£184k

Common questions

Is BARNSTAPLE ALMSHOUSES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remains financially secure and consistently meets its objectives, with unrestricted funds totaling £473,649. The trustees report that income is not expected to materially fluctuate and the charity meets regular expenditure as it falls due. However, the majority of assets are held in endowment funds and buildings, which are not available for general expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.