QUIRKE'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 203647 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Maintaining and letting almshouses

Objects

INORE TO BE APPLIED TOWARDS THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMHOUSES AND THE BENEFIT OF POOR PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF THE URBAN DISTRICT OF MINEHEAD AND THE CIVIL PARISH OF MINEHEAD

Area of benefit: URBAN DISTRICT OF MINEHEAD AND CIVIL PARISH OF MINEHEAD

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

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Latest income
£53k
Latest spending
£103k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted cash funds of £112,784 and investment assets valued at £252,593 as of 31 December 2025. The trustees report that the financial performance was satisfactory and that reserves are maintained at a level deemed sufficient to undertake significant repairs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level deemed sufficient to undertake significant repairs (held: £113k)
“Reserves are maintained at a level deemed sufficient to undertake significant repairs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£53k£103k
31/12/2024£27k£30k
31/12/2023£24k£21k
31/12/2022£22k£15k
31/12/2021£26k£15k

Common questions

Is QUIRKE'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted cash funds of £112,784 and investment assets valued at £252,593 as of 31 December 2025. The trustees report that the financial performance was satisfactory and that reserves are maintained at a level deemed sufficient to undertake significant repairs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.