THE POOR'S LAND

Registered charity 207667 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Relieving poverty

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INSOFAR AS CONSISTENT WITH THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR THE SAVING OF LIVES, OR THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BECAUSE OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, IN EACH CASE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH AND IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING PROVIDING GRANTS AND ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS, CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS BENEFITTING RESIDENTS IN THE PARISH

Area of benefit: PARISH OF WOOLPIT

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £33,742 against total net assets of £1,014,464, with a significant permanent endowment of £980,722. The trustees report a deficit on the income account of £437 but note that investment income remained stable despite economic turmoil. The charity maintains a reserve on the income fund to cover unforeseen reductions in investment returns.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr RICHARD JOHN WESTchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Barbara Anne Frances Pashley · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID MICHAEL GOLDNEY HUGHES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Helen Geake · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lisa Marie Hicks
• PATRICIA JANE BARNARD
• PHILIP CHARLES SPARKES · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD JOHN CHAPLIN · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT JOSEPH BAKER
• Rev Sarah Hall
• TIMOTHY PATESHALL PARKER

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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