SEVERN ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 218540 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Maintain 8 units to provide housing accomodation for elderly people previously living within Codnor and surrounding district.

Objects

PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PEOPLE OF NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE, RESIDENT IN THE DISTRICT OF CODNOR.

Area of benefit: DISTRICT OF CODNOR

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
£37k
Latest spending
£54k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £26,995 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by social housing income and investment gains. The trustees describe the trust as financially sound, with unrestricted reserves (Income and Expenditure Account) standing at £47,092. The filing confirms the charity is exempt from audit and prepared on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Social housing lettings (63% of income)
“Social housing lettings (1b) 22,880” — page 14
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Treasurer's Honorarium of £1,000 paid to the Clerk/Treasurer.
“Treasurer’s Honorarium 1,000” — page 11
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. 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: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£37k£54k
31/12/2024£36k£22k
31/12/2023£35k£15k
31/12/2022£22k£26k
31/12/2021£22k£40k

Common questions

Is SEVERN ALMSHOUSES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £26,995 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by social housing income and investment gains. The trustees describe the trust as financially sound, with unrestricted reserves (Income and Expenditure Account) standing at £47,092. The filing confirms the charity is exempt from audit and prepared on a going concern basis. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.