GEORGE WHELPTON'S ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 213645 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing almshouses accommodation for the elderly.

Objects

PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PEOPLE OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO ARE NOT LESS THAN 45 YEARS OF AGE AND ARE RESIDENT IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF HORNCASTLE AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT.

Area of benefit: ANCIENT PARISH OF HORNCASTLE

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

Registered contact address: East Lindsey, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£67k

Latest spending

£31k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted bank balances of £120,085 and restricted balances of £17,728, with total assets comprising monetary assets and housing properties valued at £42,000 and £61,000 respectively. The trustees report no material issues regarding accounting records or compliance during the independent examination. The charity maintains a loan liability of £11,500 within the restricted fund.

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.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

PAULINE ATKINSONchair
Fiona Margaret Martin · trustee of 1 other charity
Jonathon Duncan
Michael Beecham
Rev CHARLES PATRICK

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£67k	£31k
31/12/2023	£34k	£28k
31/12/2022	£31k	£19k
31/12/2021	£31k	£51k
31/12/2020	£30k	£30k

Common questions

Is GEORGE WHELPTON'S ALMSHOUSES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted bank balances of £120,085 and restricted balances of £17,728, with total assets comprising monetary assets and housing properties valued at £42,000 and £61,000 respectively. The trustees report no material issues regarding accounting records or compliance during the independent examination. The charity maintains a loan liability of £11,500 within the restricted fund. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JAMES SMITH'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY.

JAMES SMITH'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £88k
ANDREW WINDSOR ALMSHOUSES income £110k
HENRY HANLEY FOR ALMSHOUSES income £45k
SIR JOHN PORT AND JOHN OSBOURNE ALMSHOUSES income £58k
THE INNS ALMSHOUSE TRUST income £29k
WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £752k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GEORGE WHELPTON'S ALMSHOUSES	£67k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JAMES SMITH'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£88k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ANDREW WINDSOR ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£110k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HENRY HANLEY FOR ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£45k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SIR JOHN PORT AND JOHN OSBOURNE ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£58k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE INNS ALMSHOUSE TRUST FY2025	£29k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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