THE WITNEY TOWN CHARITY

Registered charity 202996 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity operates 18 Almshouses for the poor and needy in the town of Witney, Oxfordshire. The Charity also provides grants for those in need within the area of West Oxfordshire.

Objects

1) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS. 2) THE RELIEF OF POOR PERSONS IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: TOWN OF WITNEY AS CONSTITUTED FROM TIME TO TIME

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds total net assets of £3,864,731, with unrestricted funds of £1,348,354. The trustees state that free reserves of £73,308 are held at the correct operating level, equivalent to six months of normal expenditure. The accounts were subject to an independent examination with no material matters reported.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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); recorded price paid £485k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ASHLEY FARMERchair
• Amanda Collicutt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anne Mary Carter
• Barry Beadle
• CHRISTOPHER WOODWARD · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Griffiths
• Dr PAUL ANTHONY WATSON
• Georgia Meadows
• Jeanette Christine Baker
• Justin Webber
• Matthew Julian Lee · trustee of 1 other charity
• Melanie Anne Jones
• Rachel Crouch · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

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