DULWICH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 207167 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALLEYN'S COLLEGE OF GOD'S GIFT (ELEEMOSYNARY BRANCH)

TO RELIEVE BENEFICIARIES IN CASE OF NEED,HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES AND OTHERWISE AS DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES.

Objects

TO RELIEVE BENEFICIARIES IN CASES OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES AND OTHERWISE AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: SEE CLAUSE 2 OF SCHEME DATED 31ST JULY 1995.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£323k

Latest spending

£264k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an unrestricted surplus of £121,479 and holds free reserves of £86,305. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, supported by annual payments from The Dulwich Estate which provided 47% of total income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: The Dulwich Estate (47% of income)

“The Board is appreciative of the continuing financial support of the trustees of The Dulwich Estate which provided 47% of the total income of the DAC (2024:45%).” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Charity is a beneficiary of The Dulwich Estate from which it receives an annual payment, as described in 12a), above. In addition, The Dulwich Estate's staff provided services to the Almshouse Charity for which it was reimbursed £40,131, including VAT (2024 - £33,378). The Almshouse Charity also paid rent under a Licence to The Dulwich Estate for its office of £5,000 (2024 - £5,000). Rent of £500 (2024 - £500) p.a. is also paid to another connected charity, Christ's Chapel of God's Gift at Dulwich, for a room used by the Charity as a launderette.

“The Charity is a beneficiary of The Dulwich Estate from which it receives an annual payment, as described in 12a), above. In addition, The Dulwich Estate's staff provided services to the Almshouse Charity for which it was reimbursed £40,131, including VAT (2024 - £33,378). The Almshouse Charity also paid rent under a Licence to The Dulwich Estate for its office of £5,000 (2024 - £5,000). Rent of £500 (2024 - £500) p.a. is also paid to another connected charity, Christ's Chapel of God's Gift at Dulwich, for a room used by the Charity as a launderette.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. 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.

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Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
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Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

Caroline Price · trustee of 1 other charity
DR KATHERINE OPIE-SMITH BDS
Gloria Brown
KIERAN BENET COONAN QC
Menna McGregor
Paul Bambury
Simon Taylor

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

Operates in: Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£323k	£264k
31/03/2024	£326k	£283k
31/03/2023	£308k	£322k
31/03/2022	£272k	£267k
31/03/2021	£275k	£302k

Common questions

Is DULWICH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an unrestricted surplus of £121,479 and holds free reserves of £86,305. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, supported by annual payments from The Dulwich Estate which provided 47% of total income. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
London Borough of Southwark	01/04/2016	£500	Grant to Trustees of Dulwich Almshouse Charity
London Borough of Southwark	01/04/2016	£3k	Grant to Trustees of Dulwich Almshouse Charity

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DULWICH SOCIETY.

THE DULWICH SOCIETY income £35k
ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES income £114k
THE BERWICK ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £61k
LULLINGTON, NETHERSEAL AND OVERSEAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £16k
THE DAUBENY ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £36k
MIDDLEMORE'S ALMSHOUSES income £29k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DULWICH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY	£323k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DULWICH SOCIETY FY2025	£35k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES FY2025	£114k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BERWICK ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£61k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LULLINGTON, NETHERSEAL AND OVERSEAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2024	£16k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DAUBENY ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£36k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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