THE ELLEN BARNES CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 217344 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main activity is the provision of almshouses.

Objects

A) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS WHO ARE IN FINANCIAL NEED AND ARE EITHER RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT OR APPOINTED BY THE TRUSTEES UNDER CLAUSE 21 (3) OF THIS SCHEME;B) THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT;C) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF WESTON RHYN AND ADJOINING PARISHES

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Shropshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £8,387 on unrestricted funds for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a carried forward unrestricted fund balance of £24,440. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/07/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CASSANDRA JULIET MARIA MACKENZIEchair
• JAMES DAVID LLOYD
• James Norman Bavin
• John Eric Green
• PETER BEVINGTON
• PHILIP JAMES WEIR
• SARAH JANE NURDEN

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

Operates in: Shropshire · Wrexham

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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