RICHARD PLATT'S RELIEF-IN-NEED CHARITY

Registered charity 215544 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RICHARD PLATT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY (BREWERS' COMPANY)

Relief of poverty in the Parish of Aldenham

Objects

(1)THE RELIEF OF HARDSHIP, NEED OR DISTRESS AMONG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE PARISH OF ALDENHAM BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS OR SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.(2)IN THE EVENT THAT THE TRUSTEE IS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY SUFFICIENT SUITABLE BENEFICIARIES WITHIN THE PARISH OF ALDENHAM, ANY REMAINING INCOME MAY BE APPLIED IN THE RELIEF OF HARDSHIP, NEED OR DISTRESS AMONG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COUNTY OF HERTFORDSHIRE BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS OR SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF ALDENHAM

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £1,758 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £22,453. The charity maintains significant total funds of £1,243,626, primarily held in permanent endowment investments, while unrestricted reserves are managed to support ongoing charitable distribution.

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.

• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• The Master and Keepers or Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery or Art of Brewers in the City of London · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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• RENHOLD CHARITY COTTAGES income £39k
• RACHEL'S TABLE income £32k
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• POOR'S PLATT income £30k
• ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY income £80k
• WARWICK RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY income £268k

Side by side with its peers

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