GOD'S HOUSE IN EWELME

Registered charity 200581 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EWELME ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Provision and maintenance of Almshouses.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£1.0m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,995,724, which exceeds its stated policy target of £950,000. Per the trustees' report, net assets amounted to £54,073,730, and the trustees consider these resources adequate to generate sufficient income to meet the charity's objectives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £2.0m)

“The target level of unrestricted reserves is £950,000 (as detailed in a, b and c above). Within this figure, £500,000 is designated and £450,000 is ‘free’.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Wenn Townsend. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£1.0m

Cost of raising funds

£552k

Reserves (reported)

£2.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~23.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (51% 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: 34.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Christopher David Winfield · trustee of 2 other charities
DAVID ANTHONY TATE · trustee of 6 other charities
Jane Elizabeth Appleton · trustee of 1 other charity
Janice Karen Davison · trustee of 1 other charity
Kevin William Senior · trustee of 1 other charity
Philip Walter Chamberlain · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev PATRICK GILDAY · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.6m	£1.0m
31/12/2024	£1.0m	£1.1m
31/12/2023	£1.1m	£995k
31/12/2022	£957k	£1.4m
31/12/2021	£955k	£1.0m

Common questions

Is GOD'S HOUSE IN EWELME financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,995,724, which exceeds its stated policy target of £950,000. Per the trustees' report, net assets amounted to £54,073,730, and the trustees consider these resources adequate to generate sufficient income to meet the charity's objectives. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Wenn Townsend.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£67k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	1	£31k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£15k
COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIES	1	£14k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£10k
THE WILLIAM DELAFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES.

THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES income £233k
MANNING AND ANDERDON ALMSHOUSES income £109k
THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT income £103k
The Almshouse Association income £1.2m
THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST income £160k
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES income £177k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GOD'S HOUSE IN EWELME	£1.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£233k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MANNING AND ANDERDON ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£109k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT FY2024	£103k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
The Almshouse Association FY2025	£1.2m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST FY2024	£160k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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