ALMSHOUSE CHARITY OF JOHN STRECHE

Registered charity 201377 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STRECHES ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Provide housing & accomodation to elderly people.

Objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO (EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CASES TO BE APPROVED BY THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS) HAVE RESIDED IN THE BOROUGH OF WAREHAM FOR NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS NEXT PRECEDING THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT. INCOME AFTER OUTGOINGS IN RESPECT OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ALMSPEOPLE AS TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: WAREHAM

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of receipts over payments of £9,972 for the year ended 31 December 2024. Cumulative funds increased from £1,003,470 to £1,003,877, driven by a re-valuation of investments. The primary source of funds is identified as rent paid on the Almshouses and investment income.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• DIARMUID GOULDchair
• MARTIN ADAMS
• MERVILLE GOVER
• Sue Wheatley

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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