THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST

Registered charity 202499 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHERBORNE ALMSHOUSE

Provides accommodation for 17 elderly residents plus one room available for respite care

Objects

THE RESIDENTS SHALL COMPRISE INDIVIDUALS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO, AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT, ARE IN NEED OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PREFERENCE NAMELY:FIRST, HOUSEHOLDERS IN THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF SHERBORNE;SECONDLY, PERSONS RESIDING THE SAID AREA; ANDTHIRDLY, PERSONS RESIDING IN THE URBAN DISTRICT OF SHERBORNE AND THE RURAL DISTRICT OF SHERBORNE, BOTH AS CONSTITUTED FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: SHERBORNE

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£160k

Latest spending

£199k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £80,384 for the year ended 31 December 2024, a significant reduction from the £306,075 deficit in the previous year. Total net assets decreased to £1,844,396, with unrestricted income and expenditure reserves falling to £150,844. The trustees confirmed the charity remains a going concern despite the closure of the almshouse in 2023 which drastically reduced income.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Hunts Foodservice Ltd, directed by trustee Mr R Hunt, provided a credit note of £52.

“During the year Hunts Foodservice Ltd provided a credit note to the charity to the value of £52 (2023: Hunts Foodservice Ltd supplied £1,515 worth of supplies).” — page 23

“In April 2025 the charity entered into a lease to rent space to Sherborne Abbey Tea Rooms Limited of which the former trustee Reverend Martin Lee is director and shareholder.” — page 23

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Charity leased space to Sherborne Abbey Tea Rooms Limited, directed by former trustee Reverend Martin Lee.

“During the year Hunts Foodservice Ltd provided a credit note to the charity to the value of £52 (2023: Hunts Foodservice Ltd supplied £1,515 worth of supplies).” — page 23

“In April 2025 the charity entered into a lease to rent space to Sherborne Abbey Tea Rooms Limited of which the former trustee Reverend Martin Lee is director and shareholder.” — page 23

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Johns Almshouse, Sherborne (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (14/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (14/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (14/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

DR LARRY BURKE
Ian David Macfarlane
KAREN FISHER
MR MIKE BURKS · trustee of 1 other charity
MR TIM BARTLEY
Paul Jacobs
RICHARD CHARLES IAN HUNT
Rev Martin Lee · trustee of 2 other charities
Steven James Lusher Mr

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

Operates in: Dorset · Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£160k	£199k
31/12/2024	£136k	£216k
31/12/2023	£180k	£486k
31/12/2022	£335k	£436k
31/12/2021	£385k	£445k

Common questions

Is THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £80,384 for the year ended 31 December 2024, a significant reduction from the £306,075 deficit in the previous year. Total net assets decreased to £1,844,396, with unrestricted income and expenditure reserves falling to £150,844. The trustees confirmed the charity remains a going concern despite the closure of the almshouse in 2023 which drastically reduced income. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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 EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RICHARD WATTS AND THE CITY OF ROCHESTER ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES.

RICHARD WATTS AND THE CITY OF ROCHESTER ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES income £1.5m
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL income £352k
ST. JOHN'S FOUNDATION EST. 1174 income £5.4m
THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT income £103k
THE CITY OF LONDON ALMSHOUSES income £480k
THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES income £233k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST	£160k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RICHARD WATTS AND THE CITY OF ROCHESTER ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES FY2024	£1.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL FY2024	£352k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST. JOHN'S FOUNDATION EST. 1174 FY2025	£5.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT FY2024	£103k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE CITY OF LONDON ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£480k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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