DAVID SALTERS ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 214795 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DAVID SALTER ALMSHOUSES TRUST

Providing and Maintaining Almshouses in Watford for persons in need over the age of fifty years.

Objects

MAINTENANCE OF FOUR ALMSHOUSES EACH OF WHICH TO BE OCCUPIED BY A POOR MAN, WITH HIS WIFE, OR AN UNMARRIED POOR PERSON, EITHER MALE OR FEMALE, OF GOOD CHARACTER AND OF THE AGE OF 50 YEARS AT LEAST.

Area of benefit: WATFORD

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Latest income
£29k
Latest spending
£20k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £9,753 for the year, increasing its total funds to £255,238. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains sufficient reserves to cover maintenance and future property purchases, with all properties rented to qualifying individuals.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Maintenance receipts: Fisk House & HomeManor”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient funds to maintain, repair and upgrade the current properties it owns and to allow remaining funds to accumulate in order to assist with any future purchase of units to continue provision within the objects (held: £255k)
“To have sufficient funds to maintain, repair and upgrade the current properties it owns and to allow remaining funds to accumulate in order to assist with any future purchase of units to continue provision within the objects.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£29k£20k
31/03/2024£26k£16k
31/03/2023£24k£13k
31/03/2022£25k£11k
31/03/2021£25k£18k

Common questions

Is DAVID SALTERS ALMSHOUSES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £9,753 for the year, increasing its total funds to £255,238. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains sufficient reserves to cover maintenance and future property purchases, with all properties rented to qualifying individuals. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.