HUGGENS'S COLLEGE

Registered charity 210336 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HUGGEN'S COLLEGE, HUGGENS' COLLEGE

The principal objective of the Charity is to provide almshouse accommodation for persons who meet its entry criteria which include provisions relating to age, financial resources and acceptance of Christian values.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: (A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE FORM OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION FOR OLDER PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE (THE BENEFICIARIES); AND (B) TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO CURRENT RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £13,314,288, with free reserves of £581,854. This level of free reserves exceeds the trustee's stated policy target of two years' general fund expenditure (£499,890) by £89,217. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £222,939 for the year, driven by investment gains, and confirmed it has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Huggens's College Trustee Limited

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS OF ST HUGH'S COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

• THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS OF ST HUGH'S COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD income £15.3m
• CHRIST'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FIRST FOUNDED BY KING HENRY VI OF ENGLAND AND AFTER HIS DEATH income £37.3m
• HUGHES HALL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE income £16.7m
• ST JOHN'S LICHFIELD income £538k
• ST EDMUND HALL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD income £15.5m
• HUGH SEXEY'S HOSPITAL income £704k

Side by side with its peers

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