ROCHFORD CHARITIES

Registered charity 1204913 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Almshouses for poor people of Rochford District.

Objects

(1) TO MAINTAIN ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN ROCHFORD DISTRICT WITH A PREFERENCE FOR PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF ROCHFORD.(2) TO PROVIDE SUCH OTHER BENEFITS AS ARE CHARITABLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE ALMSHOUSES AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE.

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

Causes: Disability · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rochford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £266,481 as of 31 December 2025, an increase from the previous year. The charity's operations are funded by investment income and monthly contributions from tenants, with significant finance costs recorded. The trustees maintain a policy of ensuring income matches or exceeds operational costs.

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 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Howardchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Arthur Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID COTTIS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Felicity Squier · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Lindop · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Smoothy
• Robert Whittingham · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sarah Claire Tabor

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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