THE PRESTBURY CHARITY

Registered charity 202655 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PRESTBURY CHARITY, PRESTBURY UNITED CHARITIES, THE PRESTBURY UNITED CHARITIES

Giving grants of goods and services to people and organisations in need, in the area of benefit covering postcodes GL50, GL51, GL52 and GL53. Priority is given to applicants from the Parish of Prestbury, Gloucestershire, and the adjoining parishes of Southam and Swindon Village.

Objects

(1) THE ALMSHOUSE BRANCH; SUCH LAND AND BUILDINGS BELONGING TO THE CHARITY FROM TIME TO TIME TO BE USED AS ALMSHOUSES FOR THE ACCOMODATION OF RESIDENTS WHO SHALL BE PERSONS IN NEED WHO (EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CASES TO BE APPROVED BY THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS) ARE INHABITANTS OF THE AREAS OF BENEFIT. (2) RELIEF IN NEED BRANCH; TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREAS OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS. THE AREA OF BENEFIT MEANS THE POSTAL CODE AREAS OF GL50, GL51, GL52 AND GL53 WITH PREFERENCE RETAINED FOR THOSE LIVING FIRSTLY IN PRESTBURY AND SECONDLY IN SWINDON VILLAGE OR SOUTHAM.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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 · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £754,563.42 at the end of the year, representing a surplus of £15,911.28 over its total expenditure of £15,169.29. The charity maintains significant investment assets valued at £707,358.48, which generated the majority of its incoming resources. Per the trustees' report, the charity has no paid employees and relies on investment income to fund grants and overheads.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Margaret Huntchair
• Annette Russell
• David Martyn Hansen
• David Miller · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Payne
• KATE BISHOP
• Revd Nick Bromfield
• Stanley Smith

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

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• PRICE PARRY CHARITABLE TRUST income £80k
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Side by side with its peers

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