CROOKHAM ALMSHOUSE CHARITY CIO

Registered charity 1187136 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAC

Provision of low cost almshouse accommodation to local residents in need

Objects

1. PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR THOSE IN NEED IN THE DISTRICT OF HART, HAMPSHIRE, WITH A PREFERENCE FOR RESIDENTS OF CROOKHAM VILLAGE, EWSHOT, CHURCH CROOKHAM, FLEET COURTMOOR, FLEET PONDTAIL AND FLEET WEST;2. TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE ALMSHOUSES PROVIDED AND MAINTAINED BY THE CHARITY.

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: Hart, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£69k

Latest spending

£58k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £25,484, which represents six months of running costs, alongside significant restricted funds for repairs and maintenance. The trustees report no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Financial health is supported by steady occupancy rates and investment income, with no fundraising activities undertaken.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months running costs (reserves figure: £25k)

“A general reserve of some £25,000 is held in a cash deposit account to represent 6 months running costs of the almshouse/charity.”

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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
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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 1

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

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 (04/05/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Gillian Elizabeth Butlerchair
Deborah Elizabeth Moss
Eleanor Jennings
Graham Michael Butler
IAN PATRICK BIRCH
Julia Ambler
Rev Matthew Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
Virginia Claire East

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£69k	£58k
31/12/2024	£67k	£47k
31/12/2023	£65k	£54k
31/12/2022	£61k	£65k
31/12/2021	£107k	£36k

Common questions

Is CROOKHAM ALMSHOUSE CHARITY CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £25,484, which represents six months of running costs, alongside significant restricted funds for repairs and maintenance. The trustees report no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Financial health is supported by steady occupancy rates and investment income, with no fundraising activities undertaken. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHELTENHAM ALMSHOUSES & AID CIO.

CHELTENHAM ALMSHOUSES & AID CIO income £312k
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES income £177k
THE ST OSYTH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £49k
GRANTHAM ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £153k
JAMES SMITH'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £88k
NORMAN ALMSHOUSES CHARITY income £30k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CROOKHAM ALMSHOUSE CHARITY CIO	£69k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHELTENHAM ALMSHOUSES & AID CIO FY2025	£312k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£177k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ST OSYTH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£49k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GRANTHAM ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2026	£153k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JAMES SMITH'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£88k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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