NEWBURY MUNICIPAL CHARITIES

Registered charity 200671 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CONSOLIDATED MUNICIPAL CHARITIES, NEWBURY ALMSHOUSE TRUST

Provision of low cost housing for the elderly in need.

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Latest income

£221k

Latest spending

£328k

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total cash reserves stood at £378,583, an increase from £206,122 in the prior year, while unrestricted funds are held in both the General Fund and the Extraordinary Repair Fund. The trustees maintain a policy to ensure sufficient funds for the maintenance and repair of the almshouses, including an extraordinary repair fund valued at £37,899. The charity reports no material matters requiring attention in the independent examiner's report.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Residents’ maintenance contributions”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Graham Vanbergenchair
Newbury Almshouse Trustee

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

Operates in: West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£221k	£328k
31/12/2024	£202k	£282k
31/12/2023	£190k	£271k
31/12/2022	£176k	£299k
31/12/2021	£266k	£158k

Common questions

Is NEWBURY MUNICIPAL CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total cash reserves stood at £378,583, an increase from £206,122 in the prior year, while unrestricted funds are held in both the General Fund and the Extraordinary Repair Fund. The trustees maintain a policy to ensure sufficient funds for the maintenance and repair of the almshouses, including an extraordinary repair fund valued at £37,899. The charity reports no material matters requiring attention in the independent examiner's report. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CITY OF LONDON ALMSHOUSES.

THE CITY OF LONDON ALMSHOUSES income £480k
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES income £177k
Beaconwild Ltd income £2.2m
THE ABBEYFIELD GREAT MISSENDEN AND DISTRICT SOCIETY income £355k
THE ALEXANDRA HOMES income £220k
THE ABBEYFIELD (CAMBORNE) SOCIETY LIMITED income £137k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NEWBURY MUNICIPAL CHARITIES	£221k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CITY OF LONDON ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£480k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£177k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Beaconwild Ltd FY2025	£2.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD GREAT MISSENDEN AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FY2025	£355k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ALEXANDRA HOMES FY2025	£220k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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