BRIGHTER FUTURES ALMSHOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 216315 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WALSALL CORPORATION ALMSHOUSES FORMERLY MOSELEY'S DOLE

HIGH QUALITY, SELF CONTAINED HOMES IN THE BOROUGH OF WALSALL FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF ITS RESIDENTS

Objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; AND(B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF WALSALL

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 · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £199,347, which include maintenance reserves established in line with National Association of Almshouses recommendations. Per the trustees' report, the charity is financially strong with a 30-year business plan indicating it is feasible for the foreseeable future, generating sufficient surplus to cover all obligations.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority; Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIGHTER FUTURES HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

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

Operates in: Walsall

Income and spending

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