SALISBURY CITY ALMSHOUSE AND WELFARE CHARITIES

Registered charity 202110 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MUNICIPAL CHARITIES

Provision of Ordinary Sheltered and Very Sheltered Almshouse accommodation for needy elderly people principally living within the Salisbury area and a small number of general needs accommodation for young families.Welfare grants are also made available for the relief of those in need, hardship or distress within the Salisbury area.

Objects

SEE INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENTS.

Area of benefit: DISTRICT OF SALISBURY.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£2.8m

Latest spending

£2.8m

Registered

1979

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charities reported a net surplus of £905,010 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by significant investment gains. Total net assets increased to £24,310,675, with unrestricted reserves standing at £7,993,566, which exceeds the stated working capital requirement of £360,000. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,000 to £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“There was one employee during the year whose emoluments (excluding pension contributions) were in the band £80,000 to £90,000 (2024: one in the band £80,000 to £90,000).” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“There was one employee during the year whose emoluments (excluding pension contributions) were in the band £80,000 to £90,000” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Charities are not required by statute to prepare group accounts, except in as much as these accounts include those of the subsidiary charities which are shown as restricted funds. The Charities have no parent undertaking.

“The Charities are not required by statute to prepare group accounts, except in as much as these accounts include those of the subsidiary charities which are shown as restricted funds. The Charities have no parent undertaking.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Fletcher & Partners. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
Investment
Paying staff
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
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Government income: £67,291 — grants £67,291 (10); 3% of the £2,466,839 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Government income: £67,291 — grants £67,291 (10); 3% of the £2,226,333 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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 £450k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£2.8m

Total spending

£2.8m

Cost of raising funds

£28k

Reserves (reported)

£360k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALAN CORKILL · trustee of 3 other charities
ALASTAIR JAMES LANGTON BRAIN · trustee of 2 other charities
ANNA ELIZABETH TAYLOR · trustee of 2 other charities
DAWN EMILY WILSON · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr HELENA EWING · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr ROBERT HEWETSON · trustee of 2 other charities
FIONA GREEN · trustee of 2 other charities
Graham Richard Bennett · trustee of 2 other charities
TREVOR AUSTRENG · trustee of 2 other charities
Thomas Frederick Clay · trustee of 2 other charities
WILLIAM NICHOLAS COLLINS · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£2.8m	£2.8m
31/12/2024	£2.5m	£2.5m
31/12/2023	£2.2m	£2.4m
31/12/2022	£2.0m	£1.8m
31/12/2021	£1.9m	£1.6m

Common questions

Is SALISBURY CITY ALMSHOUSE AND WELFARE CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Charities reported a net surplus of £905,010 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by significant investment gains. Total net assets increased to £24,310,675, with unrestricted reserves standing at £7,993,566, which exceeds the stated working capital requirement of £360,000. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Fletcher & Partners.

What does the highest-paid employee of SALISBURY CITY ALMSHOUSE AND WELFARE CHARITIES earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,000 to £90,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITED	1	£13k
THE COMPANY OF ARTS SCHOLARS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k
JOSEPH LEVY FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES.

ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES income £114k
MARSHFIELD CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES income £56k
SIR JOHN PORT AND JOHN OSBOURNE ALMSHOUSES income £58k
THE DAUBENY ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £36k
MRS GELLS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £32k
THE CHARTERHOUSE income £327k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SALISBURY CITY ALMSHOUSE AND WELFARE CHARITIES	£2.8m	£80,000 to £90,000	1	above	—	no doubt
ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES FY2025	£114k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
MARSHFIELD CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES FY2025	£56k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SIR JOHN PORT AND JOHN OSBOURNE ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£58k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DAUBENY ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£36k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MRS GELLS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£32k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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