MRS DE LANNOY & HAVEN HOMES ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 214805 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MRS DE LANNOY AND HAVEN HOMES ALMSHOUSE CHARITY, MRS DE LANNOY'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Almshouse

Objects

(1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR BENEFICIARIES; AND(B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE.(2) AT LEAST 7 OF THE HOMES MUST BE RETAINED FOR THE USE OF THE HAVEN HOMES BENEFICIARIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE 5.1.(3) THAT 8 HOMES MUST BE RETAINED FOR THE USE OF THE MRS DE LANNOY BENEFICIARIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE 5.2.(4) SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE 6 (POWER TO DISPOSE OF AND REPLACE PURPOSE PROPERTY), THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN PART 1 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR USE FOR THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY.

Area of benefit: SEE CLAUSE 5 OF THE SCHEME DATED 26 JUNE 2017.

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 the charity reported a deficit of approximately £8,000 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily driven by significant property maintenance and extraordinary repair costs. To address this, the trustees increased resident contributions and maintained unrestricted reserves at £444,620, which are held in cash deposits to cover ongoing operations and future maintenance needs.

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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/01/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Watson
• Anthony Youlton · trustee of 2 other charities
• JUDITH GOODE · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Stevens · trustee of 1 other charity
• Janice Isobel Begbie · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew Colin Street
• Nigel Geoffrey Piper
• ROBERT DAVID BAILEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT EDWARD HARTIN LIVETT · trustee of 2 other charities
• ROSEMARY CHRISTINE CLARK · trustee of 1 other charity
• Shona Cotter McKenzie · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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