EDWARD HUNSTONE

Registered charity 214570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity makes grants of ?.325.00 per year. Grants are made to elderly people & disabled people in need, on low incomes, living in Lincolnshire. Preferences will be given to people who can prove they are decendants of Edward Hunstone, The Gedneys, Robert Smith or The Woodliffes of 1655. Preferences will also be given to retired clergymen, members of HM Forces, farm labourers & farmers.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN NEED, BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE DESCENDANTS OF THE FAMILY OF EDWARD HUNSTONE, THE GEDNEYS, ROBERT SMITH AND THE WOODLIFFES. THE AREA OF BENEFIT IS THE COUNTY OF LINCOLNSHIRE IF THE PERSON IS NOT A DESCENDANT OF THE FAMILIES AS AFOREMENTIONED:ORDER OF PREFERENCE;A) DESCENDANTS OF THE FAMILY OF EDWARD HUNSTONE;B) DESCENDANTS OF THE FAMILY OF THE GEDNEYS;C) DESCENDANTS OF THE FAMILY OF ROBERT SMITH;D) DESCENDANTS OF THE FAMILY OF WOODLIFFESE) PERSONS AGED 40 OR OVER IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLNSHIRE WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN OF THE FOLLOWING PROFESSIONS; MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY; BARRISTER – IN –LAW; SOLICITOR; PHYSICIAN; SURGEON; APOTHECARY; OFFICER OF THE ARMY OR NAVY; FARMER; GRAZIER, OR PERSONS AGED 30 AND OVER WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED, OR PERSONS WHO ARE DISABLED ( MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY) AND UNABLE TO WORK.2) THE AMOUNT OF THE PAYMENTS MADE TO BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES.

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF LINCOLNSHIRE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts for the year were £31,511 against total payments of £17,409, resulting in a net surplus of £14,102. The charity's reserves policy is to maintain adequate funds to continue making grants even if rental income temporarily ceases. No specific unrestricted reserves figure or policy target amount is explicitly stated in the provided text.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jack Barnard Boulton
• Richard John Wright
• SAMUEL JAMES COOPER
• WILLIAM JAMES ATKIN

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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