THE MARGARET JANE ASHLEY ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 202869 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity is an Almshouse providing three properties for occupation by people in Stratton, Dorset

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME

Area of benefit: FOR DETAILS SEE SCHEME OF 29TH NOVEMBER 1990

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £17,821 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £193,975. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future, maintaining a going concern basis. The charity holds no debt, has no employees, and relies on its corporate trustee, Anchor Hanover Group, for management services.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANCHOR HANOVER GROUP · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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