BROWNE AND WINGRAVE ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES

Registered charity 214152 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH WEALD ALMSHOUSES

Housing

Objects

(1) ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER OF NOT LESS THAN 50 YEARS OF AGE WHO HAVE LIVED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT. THE TRUSTEES MAY IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES APPOINT A RESIDENT WHO LIVES OUTSIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA OF BRENTWOOD BOROUGH COUNCIL (OR ANY SUCCESSOR IN TITLE) AND THE AREA OF ANY ANCIENT PARISH OF WHICH ANY PORTION IS WITHIN 3 MILES OF BRENTWOOD SCHOOL (FORMERLY SIR ANTHONY BROWNE'S SCHOOL).

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: Brentwood, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £395,129, comprising unrestricted and designated reserves, which the trustees describe as a 'reasonable level of reserves'. The financial position is reported as 'good', with net assets increasing from £357,581 to £395,129 over the year, supported by investment gains and maintained operational income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Patrick John Stroudchair
• Dion Shane Laycock
• JENNIFER EVERITT
• Jeremy Blunden
• John Ellis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pratik Shah
• WENDY BEACH

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Common questions

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• ASHBOURNE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £294k
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• JOSEPH AND ELEANOR GUNSON ALMSHOUSE TRUST income £55k
• QUIRKE'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £53k
• LULLINGTON, NETHERSEAL AND OVERSEAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £16k

Side by side with its peers

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