MANNING AND ANDERDON ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 213520 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDING ALMSHOUSES FOR 7 OCCUPANTS

Objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PEOPLE OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO ARE NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE AND WHO (EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CASES TO BE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS) ARE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. PREFERENCE GIVEN TO PERSONS QUALIFIED AS AFORESAID WHO ARE RESIDENT AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT IN THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF CHISLEHURST.

Area of benefit: ANCIENT PARISH OF CHISLEHURST.

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

Latest income
£109k
Latest spending
£95k
Registered
1968
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds at year-end amounted to £499,273, with total reserves held at £217,192. The charity reported a net surplus of £14,468 for the period, having received £109,017 in income and incurred £94,549 in payments. Reserves are explicitly held for the repairs and maintenance of the listed almshouses.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves are needed to meet these costs (held: £217k)
“Reserve funds are held for repairs and maintenance of the properties. The Almshouses are listed and repairs to the exterior are expensive and sufficient reserves are needed to meet these costs.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bromley · Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£109k£95k
31/12/2024£123k£69k
31/12/2023£104k£39k
31/12/2022£117k£69k
31/12/2021£74k£29k

Common questions

Is MANNING AND ANDERDON ALMSHOUSES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds at year-end amounted to £499,273, with total reserves held at £217,192. The charity reported a net surplus of £14,468 for the period, having received £109,017 in income and incurred £94,549 in payments. Reserves are explicitly held for the repairs and maintenance of the listed almshouses.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MANNING AND ANDERDON ALMSHOUSES£109k—0unclear—no doubt
THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES FY2025£233k—0above—no doubt
THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT FY2024£103k—0above—no doubt
THE ANDROS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025£225k—0above—no doubt
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES FY2025£177k—0above—no doubt
The Almshouse Association FY2025£1.2m——below—no doubt

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