HAMPTON COTTAGES CHARITY

Registered charity 209446 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAMPTON COTTAGES

Almshouse charity providing housing for needy elderly parishioners of Knockholt and Halstead in Kent.

Objects

COTTAGES FOR POOR PERSONS WHO HAVE RESIDED IN THE PARISH OF KNOCKHOLT (AS CONSTITUTED IN 1912) FOR NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF KNOCKHOLT

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £17,552.16 for the year ended 31st March 2025, primarily due to planned infrastructure upgrades and a paper loss on investments. Despite this deficit, the charity maintains a strong financial position with net current assets of £397,414.72 and total net assets of £255,138.09 in charity funds. The trustees confirm that the charity is a going concern and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operations.

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 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.

• 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

• REV Tim Edwardschair
• Anna Miller Mrs · trustee of 1 other charity
• Caroline Hubble
• James Edmunds · trustee of 1 other charity
• Valerie Amanda HEWITT · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

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