WILLIAM BUCKWELL MEMORIAL ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 215570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WILLIAM BUCKWELL ALMSHOUSES

operating almshouses

Objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS RESIDENT AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT IN THE PARISH OF LINGFIELD OR THE AREA OF THE FORMER METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD BEING MARRIED COUPLES OF NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE; IN THE CASE OF A MARRIED COUPLE ONE OF THE PERSONS SO APPOINTED MAY BE AGED NOT LESS THAN 55 YEARS.THE TRUSTEES MAY, IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES APPOINT A RESIDENT WHO IS UNDER 60 OR 55 IN THE CASE OF MARRIED COUPLES BUT IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED. THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS APPOINTED UNDER EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES MIST NOT EXCEED ONE-THIRD OF THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AT ANY ONE TIME.

Area of benefit: DEPTFORD, LINGFIELD

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintains free reserves exceeding its policy target of nine months' expenditure. The trustees have assessed major risks and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate them. They also express a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ayosola Segun
• Catherine Hearnden
• JACKIE ADDISON · trustee of 1 other charity
• STUART HELLIER

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

Operates in: Lewisham · Surrey

Income and spending

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