SIMMONS HOMES

Registered charity 201676 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Simmons Homes is an Almshouse charity which has 13 properties in Okehampton, Devon. The properties are let to people who live in Okehampton or Okehampton Hamlets.

Objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO (EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES) ARE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN AND HAMLETS OF OKEHAMPTON.

Area of benefit: TOWN AND HAMLETS OF OAKEHAMPTON

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 £44,039 for the year, with unrestricted bank balances increasing to £229,261. The trustees note that while a substantial programme of repairs is underway, it is not possible to determine the appropriate level of repair funds at the present date. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination.

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
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £208k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MRS C MARSHchair
• Laura Caroline Bird · trustee of 4 other charities
• Maria Cooper · trustee of 1 other charity
• REV M DAVIES
• Rev Claire Suzanne Reynolds · trustee of 2 other charities
• Richard James Clyde Colman

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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