THE SIDNEY HILL CHURCHILL WESLEYAN COTTAGE HOMES

Registered charity 201051 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIDNEY HILL COTTAGE HOMES

Provision of housing for people in housing need aged 50 or over.The housing is provided in 12 almshouse cottage homes in Churchill, North Somerset.Preference is given to applicants in financial need and from, or with, connections with this area.

Objects

1. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(A) THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION FOR BENEFICIARIES; AND(B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE.2. THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN PART 1 AND PART 2 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR USE FOR THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY.

Area of benefit: NORTH SOMERSET, BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET, BRISTOL CITY, SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net profit of £35,134 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £101,994 against expenditure of £66,860. The trustees maintain specific reserves policies, holding an Extraordinary Maintenance Fund valued at £319,459 and a Cyclical Maintenance Fund of £75,556 to cover maintenance expenditures. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention that would prevent a proper understanding of the accounts.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Janet Brown · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Philip Parsons · trustee of 2 other charities
• RUTH THOMAS · trustee of 5 other charities
• Rev Andrew James Bell · trustee of 5 other charities
• Roger Humm · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sally Lewis · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stuart Martin Seel · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · Somerset · South Gloucestershire

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