TURNER'S ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 216962 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ELIZABETH TURNER CHARITY

To maintain eight Almshouses for elderly people

Objects

TO MAINTAIN ALMSHOUSES FOR 16 POOR PERSONS OF NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE.

Area of benefit: ECCLESIASTICAL PARISHES OF ST PETER AND HOLY TRINITY, DERBY

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

Latest income

£173k

Latest spending

£177k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £1,378,098 to £1,373,747 due to a net expenditure of £4,351. The charity holds £44,471 in cash and has fixed asset investments valued at £210,462. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: funds for regular maintenance and repair costs to ensure that the Almshouses are maintained in accordance with the standard required under the Government's Decent Homes Standard (held: £1.4m)

“The charity has set aside funds for regular maintenance and repair costs to ensure that the Almshouses are maintained in accordance with the standard required under the Government's Decent Homes Standard” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Bernard James Thorpechair · trustee of 2 other charities
Anne Smith · trustee of 2 other charities
Dale Leslie Spademan
David Poynton · trustee of 2 other charities
IAN BECK · trustee of 1 other charity
Julie Ann Carter · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£173k	£177k
05/04/2024	£0	£0
31/12/2022	£0	£0
31/12/2021	£0	£0
31/12/2020	£0	£0

Common questions

Is TURNER'S ALMSHOUSES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £1,378,098 to £1,373,747 due to a net expenditure of £4,351. The charity holds £44,471 in cash and has fixed asset investments valued at £210,462. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HARRY TURNER ALMSHOUSES TRUST.

THE HARRY TURNER ALMSHOUSES TRUST income £182k
THE CITY OF LONDON ALMSHOUSES income £480k
THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT income £103k
TURNER HOME income £4.8m
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES income £177k
ASHBOURNE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £233k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TURNER'S ALMSHOUSES	£173k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HARRY TURNER ALMSHOUSES TRUST FY2025	£182k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CITY OF LONDON ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£480k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT FY2024	£103k	—	above	—	no doubt
TURNER HOME FY2025	£4.8m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£177k	—	above	—	no doubt

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