CHARLES AMHERST'S ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 209602 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Maintenance of almshouses for elderly residents.

Objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR OLD BLIND OR IMPOTENT PERSONS WHO HAVE RESIDED IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF PEMBURY FOR NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS NEXT PRECEDING THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT. ANY SURPLUS INCOME TO BE APPLIED FOR BENEFIT OF ALMSPEOPLE.

Area of benefit: ANCIENT PARISH OF PEMBURY

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 ended the financial year with an operating surplus of £21,454.38 and held total reserves of £148,516.35. The primary source of funds is identified as Weekly Maintenance Contributions received from residents, with liquid assets currently held in cash. The trustees note a future investment risk regarding the safety of growing the fund for future maintenance needs.

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 3 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• NIGEL MORRIS STRATTON MBEchair · trustee of 5 other charities
• Janet Winifred Pegg · trustee of 1 other charity
• Margaret Weaver · trustee of 2 other charities
• Nicola Jane Phipps · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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