SIR ROBERT HITCHAM'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY AT LEVINGTON

Registered charity 207613 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of Almshouse accommodation

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR THOSE IN NEED, WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT, WITH A PREFERENCE FOR WOMEN AND OR THOSE WITH A CONNECTION TO THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISHES OF LEVINGTON AND NACTON AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE

Area of benefit: ANCIENT PARISH OF LEVINGTON AND NACTON

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

Latest income

£48k

Latest spending

£53k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total assets decreased from £174,526.40 to £154,327.35 during the year. The charity holds permanent assets including four properties and freehold land, alongside significant investment holdings. The trustees report that the almshouses are run in accordance with best practice.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Louise Jane Overburychair
Christopher John Mayhew
Jane Katherine Mumford
Jane Timmins
Michael Stephen Hill
Sarah Gregory

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£48k	£53k
30/04/2024	£28k	£15k
30/04/2023	£24k	£25k
30/04/2022	£39k	£39k
30/04/2021	£19k	£25k

Common questions

Is SIR ROBERT HITCHAM'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY AT LEVINGTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total assets decreased from £174,526.40 to £154,327.35 during the year. The charity holds permanent assets including four properties and freehold land, alongside significant investment holdings. The trustees report that the almshouses are run in accordance with best practice.