POOR'S ESTATE

Registered charity 200640 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide financial grants within its objects to other charities and organisations.

Objects

THE RELIEF,EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED,HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS.IF THE INCOME CANNOT BE SO APPLIED THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY THE SAME FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THEY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Area of benefit: THE ANCIENT PARISH OF ETON.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Latest income
£52k
Latest spending
£23k
Registered
1961
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total reserves of £864,909, comprising £337,550 in unrestricted funds and £527,359 in permanent endowment. The trustees confirm that these reserves are sufficient to sustain future obligations and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (100% of income)
“Income from: Investment income 51,425”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: ensure that they do not fall to a level that would mean curtailing support to the community whether this is in relation to community events or giving grants (held: £338k)
“The policy towards reserves, which are the unrestricted funds of £337,550 (2023: £307,372), is to ensure that they do not fall to a level that would mean curtailing support to the community whether this is in relation to community events or giving grants” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Eton College provides support services to Eton Poor’s Estate. These services are provided free of charge. The annual expenditure re-charged by Eton College in the year amounted to £1,054
“Eton College provides support services to Eton Poor’s Estate. These services are provided free of charge. The annual expenditure re-charged by Eton College in the year amounted to £1,054 (2023: £772)” — page 15
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£52k£23k
31/12/2023£46k£22k
31/12/2022£40k£13k
31/12/2021£38k£31k
31/12/2020£36k£33k

Common questions

Is POOR'S ESTATE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total reserves of £864,909, comprising £337,550 in unrestricted funds and £527,359 in permanent endowment. The trustees confirm that these reserves are sufficient to sustain future obligations and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.