HENRY BURTON ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 217319 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARITY OF HENRY BURTON FOR ALMSHOUSES, HENRY BURTON'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Provision of almhouse accommodation in Monmouthshire and Newport

Objects

GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY WHO SHALL BE PERSONS IN NEED WHO HAVE RESIDED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR AT LEAST THE PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO THEIR APPOINTMENT AS RESIDENTS.

Area of benefit: FORMER COUNTY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE

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
£183k
Latest spending
£164k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £19,290 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £616,078. The trustees report that adequate resources are available to continue in the foreseeable future and no material uncertainties regarding going concern were identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to fund future repairs to the properties (held: £616k)
“The Trustee has adopted a reserves policy considered sufficient to fund future repairs to the properties.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Welsh Government (Social Landlords And Housing Associations). 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Monmouthshire · Newport City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£183k£164k
31/03/2024£271k£134k
31/03/2023£160k£162k
31/03/2022£256k£100k
31/03/2021£336k£106k

Common questions

Is HENRY BURTON ALMSHOUSE CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £19,290 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £616,078. The trustees report that adequate resources are available to continue in the foreseeable future and no material uncertainties regarding going concern were identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Menzies LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HENRY BURTON ALMSHOUSE CHARITY£183k—0unclear—no doubt
THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES FY2025£233k—0above—no doubt
MANNING AND ANDERDON ALMSHOUSES FY2025£109k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HENRY PINNOCK AND VICTORIA AND ALBERT MEMORIAL CHARITY FY2024£3.8m£79,891—unclear—no doubt
BRISTOL AND ANCHOR ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025£336k—0within—no doubt
THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT FY2024£103k—0above—no doubt

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