ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 211205 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PENSHURST ALMSHOUSES

To provide accommodation for the needy who have been associated with the Parish of Penshurst.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO HAVE RESIDED IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF PENSHURST FOR NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS.

Area of benefit: ANCIENT PARISH OF PENSHURST

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £590 for the year ended 31 December 2024, following a deficit in the previous year. Total unrestricted reserves (General Reserve) stood at £6,910, while significant designated reserves including a revaluation reserve of £133,736 were held. The trustees confirmed that all six properties were occupied throughout the year.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Lisa Cornellchair
• Duncan Philip Howard
• Ivan David Carson · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN O'SHEA
• Louise Howard
• Wendy Jean Bates

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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