BARTON AND ROYLE HOMES

Registered charity 200097 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of Alms Houses for the poor and needy

Objects

THE MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF (1) ROYLE HOMES:- POOR AGED AND DESERVING PERSONS, PREFERENCE BEING TO PERSONS QUALIFIED AS AFORESAID WHO WERE BORN IN OR ARE RESIDENT IN THE BOROUGH OF BEDFORD AS CONSTITUTED FROM TIME TO TIME OR ARE IN SOME WAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAID BOROUGH. (2) BARTON HOMES:- DESERVING, AGED OR INFIRM POOR PERSONS WHO ARE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF THE PARISH OF TURVEY OR OF THE BOROUGH OF BEDFORD BOTH AS CONSTITUTED FROM TIME TO TIME. THE BARTON HOMES SHALL BE RESERVED AS NEARLY AS MAY BE AS TO ONE HALF FOR OCCUPATION BY COUPLES AND AS TO THE OTHER HALF FOR OCCUPATION BY SINGLE PERSONS BUT IF ONE OF A COUPLE, INMATES OF ONE OF THE SAID HOMES, SHALL DIE THE SURVIVOR (SUBJECT AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE POWER OF REMOVAL) SHALL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO OCCUPY SUCH HOME.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF BEDFORD, AND THE PARISH OF TURVEY.

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Latest income

£168k

Latest spending

£130k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity managed a healthy financial position with total net assets of £859,496 and a surplus of £37,964 for the year. However, the trustees note that significant future expenditure may be required to improve energy efficiency to meet new regulatory reforms.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Alexandra Jermyn
Andrew Hamilton Barr
David Jonathan Hargrave
Elizabeth Ann Dawson
GLEN DE VILLE
MIKE MARSHALL
Mark William Upex
REVEREND JOSEPHINE SPRAY
ROSEMARY GENTRY

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£168k	£130k
31/12/2024	£151k	£118k
31/12/2023	£234k	£231k
31/12/2022	£126k	£214k
31/12/2021	£127k	£158k

Common questions

Is BARTON AND ROYLE HOMES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity managed a healthy financial position with total net assets of £859,496 and a surplus of £37,964 for the year. However, the trustees note that significant future expenditure may be required to improve energy efficiency to meet new regulatory reforms. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.