SHAFTESBURY MUNICIPAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 202457 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHAFTESBURY CHARITIES, SHAFTESBURY MUNICIPAL CHARITIES

To provide accommodation for persons in need, who are resident in the Parishes of Shaftesbury, Cann, Motcombe, Stour Provost, Margaret Marsh, Fontmell Magna, Compton Abbas and Donhead St. Mary.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FOR THOSE ITEMS OF ORDINARY MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE ALMSHOUSES BELONGING TO THE CHARITY WHICH RECUR AT INFREQUENT INTERVALS

Area of benefit: PARISHES OF SHAFTESBURY, CANN, MOTCOMBE, STOUR PROVOST, MARGARET MARSH, FONTMELL MAGNA, COMPTON ABBAS, MELBURY ABBAS AND DONHEAD ST. MARY

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 FY2024 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,718,107 against total net assets of £3,249,615, with a designated repair fund of £50,000. The accounts state that sufficient reserves are held to meet fund restrictions and no funds are in deficit. The charity has no subsidiary companies and no commitments or guarantees at the year end.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY THOMAS MORGANchair
• Cllr Virginia Edwyn-Jones
• David Russell Webber
• ROGER HAYDN BOOTH · trustee of 1 other charity
• patricia lever

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).