THE ROYAL ALBERT AND ST SWITHUN'S HOMES

Registered charity 201687 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as R A H, ROYAL ALBERT CHILDRENS HOME, ROYAL ALBERT HOMES

Almshouses accomodation.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:A) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR BENEFICIARIES;B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT FO THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE; ANDC) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE 28(2) OF THIS SCHEME

Area of benefit: THE CITY OF WORCESTER

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 stood at £755,633, which is above the charity's stated policy target of £360,000 to £540,000. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £223,326 for the year, driven by significant investment gains, and maintains full occupancy of its almshouses.

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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• WILLIAM JAMES SIMPSON MBEchair
• Bruno Rown Josias Kemp Mr
• Caroline Jane Fitzmaurice
• MARTIN ARMSDEN THOMAS
• MIKE ELLISON
• Sandra Bannister
• Sheila Major
• Steve John MacKay
• Timothy John Clarke Mr

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT.

• THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT income £103k
• MANNING AND ANDERDON ALMSHOUSES income £109k
• W H SAUNDERS & FRANK WAREHAM CHARITY income £154k
• THE CAMBRIDGE ROYAL ALBERT HOMES income £336k
• The Almshouse Association income £1.2m
• TRINITY HOMES income £120k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.