THE GYDE ALMSHOUSES CHARITY

Registered charity 201098 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

10 Almshouses occupied by residents appointed by the Trustees. Applicants must have been resident in the Parish of Painswick for the preceding five years or have been a resident for 10 years at any time and be at least 60 years of age.

Objects

THE ESTABLISHMENT & MAINTENANCE OF NOT LESS THAN 10 ALMSHOUSES AT PAINSWICK IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER, FOR THE DESERVING POOR OF THE PARISH OF PAINSWICK.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF PAINSWICK

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 funds decreased from £497,389 to £483,766 due to a net expenditure on charitable activities exceeding incoming resources. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, as confirmed by the trustees' going concern assessment. Free reserves are held to ensure the charity can carry out major repair work on its properties at relatively short notice.

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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOAN ISABEL NASH JPchair
• ANN DANIELS · trustee of 3 other charities
• Adrian Gyde · trustee of 1 other charity
• GILLIAN CLARE IRVING
• Ian Massey
• Margaret Ann Radway
• Nigel Cooper
• Susan Welbourne

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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