THE BRIGSTOCKE ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 203960 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing housing for 6 elderly females, who must be residents of the parish of Ryde (former parish of Newchurch, and be "poor and of good repute" and "being members of the Church of England or Dissenters therefrom".

Objects

PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SIX POOR AGED WOMEN, WIDOWS OR SPINSTERS, INHABITANTS OF RYDE.

Area of benefit: RYDE

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£33k

Latest spending

£16k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £16,748 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £129,254. The trustees describe these reserves as healthy and sufficient to cover emergency repairs and a five-year maintenance programme. The charity is actively exploring a merger with another local almshouse charity to improve financial sustainability and governance efficiency.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to ensure any emergency repairs can be carried out without delay (held: £129k)

“The Trustees policy is to try to hold sufficient reserves to ensure any emergency repairs can be carried out without delay.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Complaints handling
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Heath John Monaghanchair
Cathryn Hayes · trustee of 1 other charity
David James Langdon · trustee of 2 other charities
Janis Mundell
Katrina Anne-Marie Reading · trustee of 1 other charity
Mike Drinkwater
Nicola Jane Newton · trustee of 1 other charity
Sarah Rowe · trustee of 1 other charity
Steven Phillip Sheridan

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£33k	£16k
31/05/2024	£32k	£17k
31/05/2023	£33k	£16k
31/05/2022	£29k	£12k
31/05/2021	£30k	£19k

Common questions

Is THE BRIGSTOCKE ALMSHOUSES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £16,748 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £129,254. The trustees describe these reserves as healthy and sufficient to cover emergency repairs and a five-year maintenance programme. The charity is actively exploring a merger with another local almshouse charity to improve financial sustainability and governance efficiency. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE BRIGSTOCKE ALMSHOUSES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRIGSTOCKE ALMSHOUSES as a grant recipient include THE DAISIE RICH TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DAISIE RICH TRUST	FY2025	£500