THE HOSPITAL OF SIR JOHN POPHAM KNIGHT

Registered charity 201003 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides housing/accommodation for the elderly in the Wellington and Nynehead areas of Somerset.

Objects

ACCOMODATION FOR POOR MEN (BEING WIDOWERS OR BACHELORS) OR POOR WOMEN(BEING WIDOWS OR SPINSTERS) OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO ARE NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE AND ARE RESIDENT IN THE PARISHES OF WELLINGTON,WEST BUCKLAND,WELLINGTON WITHOUT AND NYNEHEAD.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves (cash at bank) increased to £57,416, resulting in a surplus of £7,264 for the year. The trustees report that the finances remain in very good order and the almshouses are in very good working order.

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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Lithgowchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Joan Frances Coppleston · trustee of 1 other charity
• SUSAN MCGUIRK · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephanie Colman
• TESSA BRADNOCK · trustee of 1 other charity
• VIVIENNE STOCK-WILLIAMS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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