NORTON FOLGATE ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES

Registered charity 207243 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of affordable almshouses for people in need in Spitalfields.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Latest income
£241k
Latest spending
£218k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £2,920,714, with unrestricted funds at £1,596,700. The trustees consider it prudent to retain cash reserves equivalent to 12 months' expenditure, which reached £118,574. The independent auditors issued a qualified opinion due to limitations of scope regarding property ownership, deferred income, and other creditors.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months' expenditure (held: £1.6m)
“The trustees consider it prudent to retain cash reserves equivalent to 12 months' expenditure”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Audit opinion: qualified
“In our opinion, except for the possible effects of the matter described in the basis for qualified opinion section of our report, the financial statements: - give a true and fair view of the state of the charity’s affairs as at 31 December 2024” — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dunkley's. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£241k£218k
31/12/2023£225k£197k
31/12/2022£218k£151k
31/12/2021£179k£118k
31/12/2020£158k£73k

Common questions

Is NORTON FOLGATE ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £2,920,714, with unrestricted funds at £1,596,700. The trustees consider it prudent to retain cash reserves equivalent to 12 months' expenditure, which reached £118,574. The independent auditors issued a qualified opinion due to limitations of scope regarding property ownership, deferred income, and other creditors. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Dunkley's.