LADY SMYTH'S ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 205749 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Maintenance of Almshouses

Objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR AGED OR INFIRM PERSONS, PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO EMPLOYEES AND FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE ASHTON COURT ESTATES.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF LONG ASHTON AND ELSEWHERE

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £181,683 in cash assets and £417,743 in investment shares at year-end, resulting in an overall surplus of £12,090 for the period. The trustees report that reserves are kept under review to ensure sufficient funds are available for unexpected expenditure and major building repairs.

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 3 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 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Robert James Taylorchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• CHRISTINE PATRICIA JOHNSON · trustee of 3 other charities
• Christopher Mitchell · trustee of 3 other charities
• David Redvers Guthrie Murray Milne · trustee of 3 other charities
• Derek Ronald Odey · trustee of 3 other charities
• Jonathan George Crutchlow · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev James Harris · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: North Somerset

Income and spending

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