THE VICTORIA ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 201425 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE VICTORIA ALMSHOUSES (INCLUDING THE ENDOWMENT FUND)

The Charity provides almshouses for the accommodation of elderly persons having a "housing need" and a strong association with the Borough of Reigate and Banstead.

Objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR MARRIED COUPLES (OF NOT LESS THAN 55 AND NOT MORE THAN 75 YEARS OF AGE) WHO HAVE RESIDED IN THE BOROUGH OF REIGATE FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN 10 YEARS BEFORD DATE OF ADMISSION AND ARE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THEMSELVES BY THEIR OWN EXERTIONS.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF REIGATE.

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £77,170 for the year, driven by an unrealised investment gain of £79,588, despite an operational deficit of £2,418. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £1,092,356, which the trustees consider sufficient to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. The charity is currently in the process of converting to a Charitable Incorporated Organization.

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 5 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• COLIN RICHARD KNOTTchair
• Andrew Peter Diggles
• Angela Schofield
• Dr Diana Bullock
• Helen Mavis Doling
• Hilary Jane Austin
• MR ROGER FAIRCLOUGH
• Philip Styan
• Rev RICHARD WILSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Simon John Harriss

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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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
• GREENWICH CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE AND THE MISSES SMITH income £460k
• THRALE ALMSHOUSE AND RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY income £274k
• WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £491k
• CHELTENHAM ALMSHOUSES & AID CIO income £312k

Side by side with its peers

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