ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 216144 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS ALMSHOUSES CHARITY, ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS ALMSHOUSE AND PENSION CHARITY

Providing accommodation for elderly people of little financial means and such other persons as the Trustees in their discretion may approve providing that they reside or are employed in essential services in the City of Westminster

Objects

THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES FOR WOMEN WHO (EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CASES TO BE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION) ARE ORDINARILY RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT. IF WHEN A VACANCY ARISES THERE ARE NO SUITABLY QUALIFIED APPLICANTS, THE TRUSTEES MAY APPOINT ANY PERSON OR PERSONS IN NEED (BEING MALE OF FEMALE) ORDINARILY RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER, THIS MAY INCLUDE THE APPOINTMENT OF A MARRIED COUPLE

Area of benefit: THE FORMER CITY OF WESTMINSTER

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 · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net increase in resources of £26,702 for the year ended 31 March 2026, driven by investment gains of £36,305 which offset a deficit on operations of £24,645. Total funds stood at £2,844,328, with unrestricted funds of £545,390 and endowment funds of £2,298,938. The trustees consider that the investment portfolio and insurance policies provide sufficient reserves to cope with any major expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW MAINZchair
• ANTHONY LACEY
• Elizabeth Wills
• James Cohen
• PENNY LEVINSON
• Peter Village
• ROGER DE MONTFORT

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

Common questions

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