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ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES

Registered charity 212296 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide and maintain accomodation for almshouse and other tenants and appointees

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Latest income
£87k
Latest spending
£72k
Registered
1969
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £15,272 for the year ended 31 December 2024. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves in excess of its stated policy target of a quarter of annual resources expended. The charity is unincorporated and managed by a Board of Trustees who oversee property refurbishment and potential conversion to a CIO.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a quarter of the annual resources expended (held: £401k)
“The Trustees have established a policy whereby the free reserves held by the charity should be a quarter of the annual resources expended.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£87k£72k
31/12/2023£72k£43k
31/12/2022£68k£61k
31/12/2021£75k£63k
31/12/2020£70k£34k

Common questions

Is ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £15,272 for the year ended 31 December 2024. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves in excess of its stated policy target of a quarter of annual resources expended. The charity is unincorporated and managed by a Board of Trustees who oversee property refurbishment and potential conversion to a CIO. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.