THE BIRCH, SAMSON AND LITTLETON UNITED CHARITIES

Registered charity 218971 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIRCH SAMSON UNITED CHARITIES, BIRCH'S ALMSHOUSES, ELIZABETH BIRCH ALMSHOUSES, RAILWAY COTTAGES

Almshouses

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves of £343,351 are held to cover working capital requirements and future repair costs, with the balance falling within the range agreed by the trustees. The charity reports no material matters from its independent examination and confirms that accounting records were kept properly. The trustees confirm that systems have been established to minimize major internal and external risks.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/10/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ELIZABETH COLESchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• BARBARA ASTLEY
• CHRISTINE UPTON
• Daniel Briggs
• Doreen Bradbury
• Ella Smith
• Rev Catherine Mary Alexandra Leighton · trustee of 4 other charities
• Roz Jones

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

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