MUNICIPAL CHARITIES OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

Registered charity 1200253 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MUNICIPAL CHARITIES

Provision of low-cost, self-contained, low-level supported accommodation (almshouses) for local elderly people of limited financial means. Awarding of grants for a specific purpose to needy individuals and families living within the town boundary of Stratford-upon-Avon.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity distributed £44,668 in grants to support 1,508 people in Stratford-upon Avon during the financial year. The document does not disclose total income, expenditure, or reserves figures, nor does it mention any financial risks or going concern uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Timothy Charles Raistrickchair · trustee of 6 other charities
• Andrew Brian Ridgway
• CAROLE ANN TAYLOR
• Christopher Charles Greenly
• Emma Louise Chee
• Gillian Anne Perkins
• Jacqueline Ann Slora
• John Anthony Waller
• Mark William Sayers
• Nathan Conway
• PAUL NEAL SIMMONDS
• Robert Paul Cammidge
• Sally Louise Szarka

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MUNICIPAL CHARITIES.

• MUNICIPAL CHARITIES income £133k
• STRATFORD-UPON-AVON TOWN TRUST income £4.0m
• THE GLOUCESTER CHARITIES TRUST income £6.2m
• SALISBURY CITY ALMSHOUSE AND WELFARE CHARITIES income £2.5m
• CHELTENHAM ALMSHOUSES & AID CIO income £312k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON income £782k

Side by side with its peers

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