THE HORTON ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 218452 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing accommodation for elderly people over the age of retirement who are unable to house themselves.

Objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR AGED AND POOR PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 60 YEARS OF EITHER SEX WHO MAY BE SINGLE OR MARRIED.

Area of benefit: PARISHES OF BOSTON AND SKIRBECK

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash funds increased to £7,052 at the end of the period, while total unrestricted income was £39,973 against expenditure of £40,338. The trustees noted that reserves need to be built up again due to large refurbishment costs and have drawn from investments to cover these expenses.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• LAURENCE JAMES BROWN
• Paul Michael Gleeson
• Scott Wiseman
• Steven Paul Bladon

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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