THE MATTHEW ROBINSON TRUST

Registered charity 1192174 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of affordable housing in Burneston, North Yorkshire for those in need. Also the provision of items. services and facilities for places of education that operate or provide services in our area.

Objects

(1)THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(A)THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND WHO THE TRUSTEES HAVE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING A NEED FOR ACCOMMODATION IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THEM HAVING A CONNECTION TO THE AREA OF BENEFIT OR A NEED TO RESIDE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR THEIR EDUCATION OR EMPLOYMENT;(B)SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE;(C)THE RELIEF OF BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; (D)THE PROVISION OF ITEMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR NURSERIES,PRE-SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS, COLLEGES OR OTHER RECOGNISED PLACES OF EDUCATION, LEARNING OR TRAINING THAT ARE OPERATING WITHIN OR PROVIDING SERVICES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.(2)FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE 3 (OBJECTS):(A)“BENEFICIARIES” MEANS IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRIORITY:(I)PERSONS WITH A CONNECTION TO OR LIVING IN THE PARISH OF BURNESTON, INCLUDING THE VILLAGES OF EXELBY, THEAKSTON, BURNESTON, CARTHORPE, CAMP HILL, SWAINBY WITH ALLERTHORPE, LONDONDERRY, GATENBY AND LEEMING;(II) PERSONS WITH A CONNECTION TO OR LIVING WITHIN A 5-MILE RADIUS OF ANY OF THE VILLAGES LISTED IN CLAUSE 3(2)(A)(I).(B)“AREA OF BENEFIT” MEANS THE PARISH OF BURNESTON INCLUDING THE VILLAGES LISTED IN CLAUSE 3(2)(A)(I) AND THE AREA WITHIN A 5-MILE RADIUS OF ANY OF THE VILLAGES LISTED IN CLAUSE 3(2)(A)(I). IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THE TRUSTEESHAVE DISCRETION ACTING IN THE CHARITY’S BEST INTERESTS TO APPOINT A RESIDENT WHO DOES NOT HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE AREA OF BENEFIT, BUT IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED. THE TRUSTEES MUST RECORD IN THE MINUTES OF THEIR MEETINGS THE NATURE OF THE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES JUSTIFYING THE APPOINTMENT.(C)FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLAUSE 3(2)(A) AND IDENTIFYING QUALIFYING BENEFICIARIES THE TRUSTEES HAVE DISCRETION ACTING IN THE CHARITY’S BEST INTERESTS TO DETERMINE WHETHER A PERSON HAS A SUITABLE CONNECTION TO THE AREA OF BENEFIT.(D)“RESIDENTS” MEANS PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE HOMES FROM TIME TO TIME AND “RESIDENT” MEANS ONE OF THE RESIDENTS.(E)“HOMES” MEANS THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY“HOME” MEANS ONE OF THE HOMES

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £465,448 are maintained in line with a policy target of three to six months of expenditure. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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 (18/06/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Madden
• David Foulds
• ELIZABETH MARIANNE MCINTYRE
• Fiona Coleman
• Karen Taylor
• MARTIN CHARLES COLLINS
• Rev James John Gwyn-Thomas

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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