W W PRESCOTT'S CHARITY

Registered charity 214933 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PRESCOTT'S CHARITY

To provide accommodation for those in poverty / hardship

Objects

1. THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES AND PENSIONS FOR AGED PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS WITH A PREFERENCE TO PERSONS SO QUALIFIED WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND OR WHO ARE PROTESTANT DISSENTERS. 2. IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY BENEFICIARIES INCLUDING RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF BENEFICIARIES.

Area of benefit: THE ANCIENT TOWNSHIPS OF BREDBURY, DENTON AND REDDISH

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintains six almshouses which are fully let, generating rental income used to maintain the buildings. The independent examiner confirmed the bank accounts appear in order, though noted that supporting documentation for some expenditures was incomplete. The trustees report a policy of reserves to cover eventualities and aim to reform the charity's constitution to better reflect modern 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.

• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colin Roy Barson
• Lynn Brandwood
• Rachel Wise
• Rev Clive Larsen
• Sean Baggaley

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Stockport · Tameside

Income and spending

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