HOSPITAL OF ST CROSS AND ALMSHOUSE OF NOBLE POVERTY

Registered charity 202751 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOSPITAL OF ST CROSS FOUNDATION, ST CROSS HOSPITAL

The Hospital of St Cross, In Winchester, Hampshire is the oldest almshouse in England. Up to 25 elderly gentlemen live in self-contained accommodation. The public (mediaeval) buildings and the gardens are open to the public throughout the year. The fine transitional Norman Church is the place of worship for the parishioners of St Faith's parish

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.3m

Latest spending

£1.0m

Registered

1969

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that an independent audit was conducted by Crowe U.K. LLP for the year ended 31 December 2024. The auditor's report confirms compliance with auditing standards and identifies risks related to income recognition and management override of controls, but does not disclose any material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Hospital of St Cross & Almshouse of Noble Poverty (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£1.0m

Cost of raising funds

£69k

Reserves (reported)

£2.8m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~33.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Sir Jonathan Portalchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Angela Clear · trustee of 1 other charity
CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL HIGGINS · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr William Hellier
Eric Adam Campbell Rattray
Felicity Ann Pennycook
Jamie Robert Jonathan Scott
Jonathan Sleath · trustee of 1 other charity
Mary Imogen Lyndon Skeggs
Mr Patrick William Uvedale Corbett
Mrs Gillian Lesley Beck
Rev Dominik Chmielewski
Richard Hills
The Very Reverend Christopher John Ingamells Palmer · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.3m	£1.0m
31/12/2024	£1.0m	£1.2m
31/12/2023	£981k	£1.4m
31/12/2022	£930k	£920k
31/12/2021	£929k	£757k

Common questions

Is HOSPITAL OF ST CROSS AND ALMSHOUSE OF NOBLE POVERTY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that an independent audit was conducted by Crowe U.K. LLP for the year ended 31 December 2024. The auditor's report confirms compliance with auditing standards and identifies risks related to income recognition and management override of controls, but does not disclose any material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/03/2012	£239k	"St Cross Church: Restoration of the Tudor period choir stalls and chapel screen"

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOSPITAL OF WILLIAM BROWNE, MERCHANT.

HOSPITAL OF WILLIAM BROWNE, MERCHANT income £148k
HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CIO income £218k
THE HOSPITAL OF ST OSWALD income £198k
THE HOSPITALS OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ST NICHOLAS, CANTERBURY income £887k
THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST AND OF ST ANNE IN OKEHAM income £1.2m
THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST income £160k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HOSPITAL OF ST CROSS AND ALMSHOUSE OF NOBLE POVERTY	£1.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOSPITAL OF WILLIAM BROWNE, MERCHANT FY2024	£148k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CIO FY2024	£218k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HOSPITAL OF ST OSWALD FY2025	£198k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
THE HOSPITALS OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ST NICHOLAS, CANTERBURY FY2025	£887k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST AND OF ST ANNE IN OKEHAM FY2026	£1.2m	£70,001 - £80,000	1	above	—	no doubt

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