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HOSPITAL OR ALMSHOUSES OF DOROTHY ELIZABETH PICKERING AND FRANCES BYRD

Registered charity 202223 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOSPITAL OR ALMSHOUSES OF DOROTHY ELIZABETH PICKERING AND FRANCES BYRD AND OTHER CHARITIES, TRUSTEES OF PICKERING BYRDS CHARITY

Northamptonshire rural village location providing accommodation to needy spinisters and widows within the Parish

Objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR SPINSTERS OR WIDOWS WHO WERE BORN IN THE PARISH OF TITCHMARSH OR ARE RESIDENT IN THE SAID PARISH AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT. FAILING THAT, APPLICATIONS FROM ALDWINCLE, CLOPTON, PILTON, STOKE DOYLE, ACHURCH, THORPE AND WADENHOE MAY BE CONSIDERED.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF TITCHMARSH

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£129k
Latest spending
£131k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated total receipts of £128,892.74 against total payments of £131,157.48 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a net expenditure. The trustees report that no reserves policy is in place, though the board maintains access to a minimum of £50,000 in cash.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: A reserve policy is not in place; however, the Trust Board have access to a minimum sum of £50K cash at any given time (held: £50k)
“A reserve policy is not in place; however, the Trust Board have access to a minimum sum of £50K cash at any given time” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£129k£131k
31/08/2024£34k£56k
31/08/2023£73k£103k
31/08/2022£92k£50k
31/08/2021£38k£51k

Common questions

Is HOSPITAL OR ALMSHOUSES OF DOROTHY ELIZABETH PICKERING AND FRANCES BYRD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated total receipts of £128,892.74 against total payments of £131,157.48 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a net expenditure. The trustees report that no reserves policy is in place, though the board maintains access to a minimum of £50,000 in cash.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOSPITAL OR ALMSHOUSES OF DOROTHY ELIZABETH PICKERING AND FRANCES BYRD£129k—0unclear—no doubt
THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES FY2025£233k—0above—no doubt
THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT FY2024£103k—0above—no doubt
ELIZABETH JANE JONES FY2025£738k——above—no doubt
MANNING AND ANDERDON ALMSHOUSES FY2025£109k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SPONNE AND BICKERSTAFFE CHARITY FY2025£103k—0unclear—no doubt

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