ALMONDSBURY CHARITY

Registered charity 202263 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALMONDSBURY CHURCH LANDS CHARITIES

Almondsbury Charity is a long-established local charity providing financial assistance to individuals, families, community groups, and organisations within the historic Parish of Almondsbury, as constituted on 1 January 1881. The charity also contributes towards the maintenance and repair of the five Church of England churches named in the Trust Deed. Support for the community.

Objects

SEE CLAUSE 23 OF SCHEME DATED 2 JUNE 1997 AND SCHEME DATED 7 JULY 2016

Area of benefit: PARISH OF ALMONDSBURY

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity operates on a receipts and payments basis with total funds of £207,070, funded entirely by investment income and bank interest rather than public fundraising. Net income for the year was £91,155, resulting in a surplus that increased unrestricted reserves to £82,551. The Trustees confirm that appropriate systems are in place to manage risks and that resources are adequate for continuing operations.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Michael Wardchair
• DIANE JOY WILSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dayley Patrick Gerald Lawrence · trustee of 1 other charity
• LUCY MARGARET HAMID
• MR ALAN BAMFORTH
• Marion Ann Stooke
• Rev Anjali Kanagaratnam · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev David Brae
• Victoria Ann Bywater

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

Operates in: South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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