THE MILLS CHARITY

Registered charity 207259 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide for people in Framlingham and the surrounding area, assistance for those in need, hardship, or distress, provide and maintain the Almshouses and assist with other projects which are for the general benefit of the inhabitants of Framlingham and surrounding area.

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,318,896 and total net assets of £11,149,643, supported by significant investment assets. Per the trustees' report, the charity has no formal reserves policy because its funding status is considered strong, and the trustees consider adequate resources are available to fund activities for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Ensors. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (50% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher John East · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Ruth Bushaway · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Richard Tanner · trustee of 3 other charities
• James Robbins · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Blore · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paula Slater · trustee of 2 other charities
• Philip Hurst · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy Mark Perry Donsworth · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY.

• WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £491k
• UNITED CHARITIES OF CAMBRIDGE income £387k
• THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST income £181k
• THOMAS PHILIPOT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £379k
• THE ODIHAM CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES income £432k
• THE FLOOD CHARITY income £117k

Side by side with its peers

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