MACKRELL'S CHARITY

Registered charity 203018 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide social housing for elderly people

Objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO ARE NOT LESS THAN 50 YEARS OF AGE AND WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE URBAN DISTRICT OF NEWTON ABBOT.

Area of benefit: NEWTON ABBOT

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Latest income

£201k

Latest spending

£167k

Registered

1968

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £979,534.61, with the unrestricted general fund covering between one and two years of expenditure. The charity reported a surplus for the year, and investments held in an unrestricted designated fund for extraordinary repairs increased in valuation to £1,011,562.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Residents maintenance payments (65% of income)

“Residents maintenance payments 130,084.85” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: at least one year’s annual expenditure (held: £302k)

“The Trustees aim to maintain a balance on the unrestricted general fund of the Charity of at least one year’s annual expenditure.” — page 4

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: Financial Conduct Authority. 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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Trustees · trustee networks

Dan Farrell-Wright
Dr PAUL JOYCE
Katy Farrell-Wright
MRS M BATTEN · trustee of 1 other charity
Olivia Michelle Downes
Stella Ann Llewellyn · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£201k	£167k
31/12/2023	£178k	£122k
31/12/2022	£132k	£163k
31/12/2021	£126k	£164k
31/12/2020	£134k	£153k

Common questions

Is MACKRELL'S CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £979,534.61, with the unrestricted general fund covering between one and two years of expenditure. The charity reported a surplus for the year, and investments held in an unrestricted designated fund for extraordinary repairs increased in valuation to £1,011,562. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.