THE VERNEY ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 1198776 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (THE "OBJECTS") ARE3.1.1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION; AND3.1.2 SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CIO AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.3.2 RESIDENTS OF THE ALMSHOUSES SHALL BE SINGLE PERSONS OR COUPLES WHO:3.2.1 HAVE BEEN RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS PRIOR TO THE TIME OF THEIR APPOINTMENT; AND/OR3.2.2 ARE IN SUFFICIENT NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS REQUIRING SUPPORTWITH A PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.3.3 IN THIS CONSTITUTION THE EXPRESSION "AREA OF BENEFIT" SHALL MEAN THE CIVIL PARISH OF MIDDLE CLAYDON IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BUT MAY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, ALSO INCLUDE THE CIVIL PARISHES OF EAST CLAYDON AND STEEPLE CLAYDON.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £179,022, providing adequate resources for future projects. However, the charity relies on external funding to complete a necessary refurbishment of its almshouses, as it does not have sufficient internal resources to cover the costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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 (08/09/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Edwina Luttrell Verney
• Nicholas Verney
• SIR EDMUND RALPH VERNEY BA, FRICS · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

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