THE POOR'S LANDS

Registered charity 216630 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MOULTON POOR TRUST

Moulton Poor helps the Elderly in Moulton Village and the surounding areas (near Spalding in Lincolnshire)

Objects

1) FOR THE PAYMENT OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO DESERVING BOYS AND GIRLS-CHILDREN OF POOR INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF MOULTON. 2) TO AID THE FUNDS OF ANY LOCAL HOSPITAL, INFIRMARY OR OTHER INSTITUTION FOR THE RELIEF OF POOR PERSONS SUFFERING FROM DISEASE, ACCIDENT OR INFIRMITY. 3) THE FORMATION OF AN EMERGENCY FUND FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF DESERVING POOR PERSONS RESIDING IN THE PARISH IN CASES OF SEVERE ACCIDENT, UNEXPECTED LOSS OF MISFORTUNE. 4) THE RESIDUE SHALL BE APPLIED TO THE MOST DESERVING AND NECESSITOUS INHABITANTS BY PROVIDING GIFTS OF ARTICLES IN KIND.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF MOULTON

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

Registered contact address: South Holland, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£53k
Latest spending
£51k
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds total assets of £940,570, comprising £609,289 in investment assets and £270,000 in tangible assets, with unrestricted reserves of £653,557. The accounts were prepared on a receipts and payments basis, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention. The charity generated a net income deficit of £4,145 in unrestricted funds but maintained positive cash balances across its various accounts.

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 2 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 14/02/2024, 106 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£53k£51k
31/12/2024£50k£38k
31/12/2023£50k£51k
31/12/2022£47k£46k
31/12/2021£46k£47k

Common questions

Is THE POOR'S LANDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds total assets of £940,570, comprising £609,289 in investment assets and £270,000 in tangible assets, with unrestricted reserves of £653,557. The accounts were prepared on a receipts and payments basis, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention. The charity generated a net income deficit of £4,145 in unrestricted funds but maintained positive cash balances across its various accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE POOR'S LANDS£53k——unclear—no doubt
THE POOR'S LAND FY2025£26k—0unclear—no doubt
POOR'S LAND FY2025£34k—0above—no doubt
POOR'S LAND FY2025£27k—0unclear—no doubt
MOULTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION - FY2025£37k—0unclear—noted
POOR'S ALLOTMENT FY2025£49k——above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.