THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT

Registered charity 1201574 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Lambourn Almshouses

Provision of almshouses

Objects

(1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR BENEFICIARIES; AND(B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE. (2) SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE 4, THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE TO THIS CONSTITUTION MUST BE RETAINED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR USE FOR THE OBJECTS. (3) THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY ANY EXCESS INCOME OF THE CHARITY:(A) TO THE PCC OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, LAMBOURN TOWARDS THE COST OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS TO THE CHAPEL OF THE HOLY TRINITY IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF THAT ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH.(B) FOR THE RELIEF, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, OF PEOPLE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY:(I) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO THEM; OR(II) PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR THEM; OR(III) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO OTHER PERSONS OR BODIES WHO PROVIDE GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES TO PEOPLE IN NEED.(4) NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008

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 funds stood at £7,544,184, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated minimum reserve policy of £100,000. The charity reported a net income of £52,100 for the year, supported by donations and investment gains, with no material uncertainties affecting its going concern status.

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 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• 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)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £350k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Alexander Chalk
• Callum Whelehan
• Christian Martin Noll
• Dr Hugh Benedict Powell
• Mary Chalk
• Nicholas George Geddes Spence
• PETER MILES YOUNG · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Juliette Melinda Mintern · trustee of 2 other charities
• Richard Hickling Blackwell · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire · West Berkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MANNING AND ANDERDON ALMSHOUSES.

• MANNING AND ANDERDON ALMSHOUSES income £109k
• W H SAUNDERS & FRANK WAREHAM CHARITY income £154k
• TRINITY HOMES income £120k
• THE CIO OF JAMES SOUTH AND WILLIAM BURBERRY income £124k
• THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES income £233k
• The Almshouse Association income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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