THE CRANFIELD COURT CHARITY

Registered charity 206806 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of rented accommodation for retired persons.

Objects

HOMES OR RESIDENCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF DESERVING POOR PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER AND EDUCATION WHO BY REASON OF AGE, INFIRMITY MISADVENTURE ADVERSITY OR OTHERWISE ARE IN REDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES AND OR IN SPECIAL NEED OF HELP OR ASSISTANCE.

Area of benefit: IPSWICH 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 · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£243k

Latest spending

£213k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained full occupancy of its flats and reported a net incoming resource of £70,389 for the year ended 31 August 2025. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Unrestricted free reserves increased to £320,488, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain the property fabric and cover unforeseen costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Rental income (96% of income)

“Rental income 232,462”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: such a level as the Trustees consider necessary to maintain the fabric of Cranfield Court and to provide reasonable funds against any unforeseen costs that may arise (held: £320k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted free reserves, at such a level as the Trustees consider necessary to maintain the fabric of Cranfield Court and to provide reasonable funds against any unforeseen costs that may arise.” — page 6

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

RICHARD HAWKINSchair
Alison Jayne Farthing
DAVID HUGHES · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Donald James McElhinney
G J L EVANS
INGA LOCKINGTON
MARY GASKIN

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£243k	£213k
31/08/2024	£239k	£212k
31/08/2023	£230k	£265k
31/08/2022	£222k	£174k
31/08/2021	£221k	£152k

Common questions

Is THE CRANFIELD COURT CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained full occupancy of its flats and reported a net incoming resource of £70,389 for the year ended 31 August 2025. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Unrestricted free reserves increased to £320,488, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain the property fabric and cover unforeseen costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE CRANFIELD COURT CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CRANFIELD COURT CHARITY as a grant recipient include The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement	FY2022	£2k	General charitable donations

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ABBEYFIELD GREAT MISSENDEN AND DISTRICT SOCIETY.

THE ABBEYFIELD GREAT MISSENDEN AND DISTRICT SOCIETY income £355k
CORTON HOUSE & BREWSTER COURT income £3.1m
THE ABBEYFIELD KNUTSFORD SOCIETY LTD income £185k
ANN CROWE'S AND WRIGHT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £104k
THE ABBEYFIELD (STREATHAM) SOCIETY LTD income £147k
THE FINCH ALMSHOUSES, RAVENSTONE income £260k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CRANFIELD COURT CHARITY	£243k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD GREAT MISSENDEN AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FY2025	£355k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CORTON HOUSE & BREWSTER COURT FY2025	£3.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD KNUTSFORD SOCIETY LTD FY2025	£185k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ANN CROWE'S AND WRIGHT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£104k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD (STREATHAM) SOCIETY LTD FY2025	£147k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.