MERTON UNITED CHARITIES

Registered charity 201460 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Almshouse providing accommodation

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRIORITY (A) FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY (B) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR OF THE FORMER PARISH OF MERTON (C) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON

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 the charity achieved a surplus of £8,298 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £291,635. The trustees report that free reserves amounted to £60,197, noting that funds are accumulating at a rate appropriate to meet maintenance objectives. The filing confirms adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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.

• 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
• 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

• Rev Alistair John Milnechair
• Astrid Spencer
• Councillor Edward Foley
• Hannah Kate Constantine
• Mary Catherine Loughran
• Rebecca Charlotte Dalton

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

Operates in: Merton

Income and spending

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