GILSON'S HOSPITAL

Registered charity 218929 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide accommodation in the almshouses for persons qualifying according to the conditions as laid by the Trust Deed

Objects

(1) THE ALMSPEOPLE SHALL BE POOR PERSONS, WITH PREFERENCE GIVEN TO THOSE OF NO LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE. IN RESPECT OF THREE OF THE ALMSHOUSES PREFERENCE SHALL ALSO BE GIVEN TO PERSONS SO QUALIFIED WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF MORCOTT AT THE TIME OF THEIR APPOINTMENT.(2) UPON THE DEATH OR SETTING ASIDE OF THE APPOINTMENT AS AN ALMSPERSON OF ONE OF A MARRIED COUPLE OF ALMSPEOPLE THE TRUSTEES MAY PERMIT THE OTHER TO REMAIN AN ALMSPERSON AND TO CONTINUE IN THE OCCUPATION OF THE ALMSHOUSE THERETOFORE OCCUPIED BY THE COUPLE OR TO OCCUPY SUCH OTHER ROOM OR ROOMS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY ALLOT OR THE TRUSTEES MAY SET ASIDE HIS OR HER APPOINTMENT AS AN ALMSPERSON. FOR FURTHER DEATAILS SEE SCHEME DATED 15 MARCH 1978.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF MORCOTT.

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 · Get email alerts

Latest income
£41k
Latest spending
£41k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is considered satisfactory and more than adequate to meet its objectives. The charity reported a net receipt of £10,533 for the year, increasing its bank balances to £44,759. The trustees confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Rental income — Farm
“Rental income — Farm 19,100” — page 3
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Rutland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£41k£41k
11/10/2024£42k£31k
11/10/2023£43k£87k
11/10/2022£46k£24k
11/10/2021£40k£43k

Common questions

Is GILSON'S HOSPITAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position is considered satisfactory and more than adequate to meet its objectives. The charity reported a net receipt of £10,533 for the year, increasing its bank balances to £44,759. The trustees confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.