THE ST MARY'S HOSPITAL CHARITIES

Registered charity 208512 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HORSHAM, ST MARYS HOUSE

Housing for needy - provided for 10 persons of either sex - normally of pensionable age who do not have the financial resources to purchase their own home.

Objects

SEE INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENTS.

Area of benefit: ANCIENT PARISH OF HORSHAM

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

Registered contact address: Horsham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£56k

Latest spending

£47k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £140,431 and endowment funds of £36,860, with no liabilities reported. The trustees confirm that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, indicating adequate resources to meet objectives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: medium-term needs (i.e. up to four years ahead) (reserves figure: £140k)

“When the decision is taken to transfer monies to the Reserve the Trustees always take full account of the general financial position of the Almshouse as well as what they see as the medium-term needs (i.e. up to four years ahead)”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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
Investment
Paying staff
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
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 2

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Catherine Mary Hatton · trustee of 1 other charity
Judith Brand Finlay
Morag Davies · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Lisa Helen Barnett
STEPHEN ARDEN BENSON
Susan Ann Keegan

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£56k	£47k
31/12/2024	£56k	£33k
31/12/2023	£51k	£28k
31/12/2022	£44k	£40k
31/12/2021	£44k	£43k

Common questions

Is THE ST MARY'S HOSPITAL CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £140,431 and endowment funds of £36,860, with no liabilities reported. The trustees confirm that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, indicating adequate resources to meet objectives. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MYTON CHURCH	1	£28k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN HEYTESBURY.

HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN HEYTESBURY income £373k
THE ST OSYTH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £49k
THE HOSPITAL income £47k
CHRISTIAN CARE HOMES income £2.5m
ST MARY MAGDALEN'S HOSPITAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £50k
TROTTER'S CHARITY income £41k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ST MARY'S HOSPITAL CHARITIES	£56k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN HEYTESBURY FY2026	£373k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ST OSYTH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£49k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HOSPITAL FY2025	£47k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRISTIAN CARE HOMES FY2025	£2.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY MAGDALEN'S HOSPITAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£50k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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