THE WEST HACKNEY ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 1195199 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The upkeep of the almshouse premises, namely West Hackney House, 15 Northwold Road, London, N16, and thereafter to apply the income of the Charity for the benefit of the almspeople of the Charity.

Objects

(1) the provision and maintenance of social housing in the form of almshouse accommodation for persons who are in need, hardship or distress who have resided in the area of West Hackney within the London Borough of Hackney for not less than five years prior to appointment SAVE THAT if there is a vacancy and there is no applicant who is qualified as aforesaid the charity trustees may appoint a person who is in need, hardship or distress who has resided in the London Borough of Hackney for not less than five years prior to appointment; and(2) such charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) for the benefit of residents appointed by the CIO as the charity trustees from time to time see fit.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £276,362 and designated funds of £30,525. The trustees note that a drawing on investments is required to fund expected capital expenditure of £173,000 in 2026 for replacing communal windows and the boiler.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• 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
• 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 (17/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andre Beryl Crump
• Brian Lewis Innis
• Chelsea Bielskus
• Christian Adams · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Kakai · trustee of 1 other charity
• Councillor Esther Davis
• Rev Brandon Fletcher-James · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy Andrew Murphy

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

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