FOORD ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 214466 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision and management of self-contained accommodation for elderly people

Objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR, AGED OR INFIRM PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF ROCHESTER OR THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT OR SUCH OTHER NEEDY PERSONS AS THE TRUSTEES APPOINT.

Area of benefit: CITY OF ROCHESTER AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £57,908 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £3,798,903. The trustees' report indicates that unrestricted general reserves of £100,092 were held, which the trustees consider to be within their stated target range of £80,000 to £130,000. The auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves LLP. Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~15.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carol Bickerchair
• Alan Collins Rosell
• Albert Pilcher
• Bruce Michael Edgington
• Gillian Bowen
• Helen Bradshaw
• LYNNE CAPELING
• MARKHAM CHESTERFIELD
• MRS HELEN COLVIN
• Peter Raymond Dettmar
• Stephen Alexander Marlow

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

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES income £177k
• THE CITY OF LONDON ALMSHOUSES income £480k
• THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES income £233k
• The Almshouse Association income £1.2m
• THE FINCH ALMSHOUSES, RAVENSTONE income £260k
• MANNING AND ANDERDON ALMSHOUSES income £109k

Side by side with its peers

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