WILLIAM BARRINGER CHARITY

Registered charity 200110 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Holding in the charity trust five almshouses and land bequeathed under the will of William Barringer in 1631; the management and maintenance thereof and the provision of residential accomodation to almspeople eligible under the terms of the trust.

Objects

ALMHOUSES FOR OLD PEOPLE OF STEVINGTON AND THE BENEFIT OF THE ALMSPEOPLE WHO SHALL BE POOR PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO HAVE RESIDED IN THE PARISH OF STEVINGTON FOR NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS NEXT PRECEDING THE TIME OF THEIR APPOINTMENT WHO FROM AGE, ILL-HEALTH, ACCIDENT OR INFIRMITY ARE WHOLLY OR IN PART, UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THEMSELVES BY THEIR OWN EXERTIONS, AND WHO IF MEN ARE NOT LESS THAN SIXTY AND IF WOMEN NOT LESS THAN FIFTY YEARS OF AGE, PROVIDED THAT IN THE ABSCENCE OF SUITABLE CANDIDATES OF THE PRESCRIBED AGE, PERSONS OTHERWISE DULY QUALIFIED AND AS NEARLEY UNDER THE AGE AS MAY BE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE.

Area of benefit: STEVINGTON

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £118,892 to £106,902 due to expenditure exceeding income, supported by a drawdown from investments. The charity holds significant invested funds with a market value of £339,079, providing a buffer against the net decrease in cash balances. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were identified by the independent examiner.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Heather Mary Eadie
• Helen Prentice
• Janet Day
• Keith William Parkinson
• Richard Mark Galley

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

Operates in: Bedford

Income and spending

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