JUDSON'S HOMES FOR OLD MEN AND WOMEN

Registered charity 219515 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JUDSONS HOMES

In 1914 the charity's founder Charles William Judson left a legacy in his will for the building of six almshouses in Ripon. The occupation is restricted to persons over 70 years with limited means. Residents must have lived within 5 miles of the City of Ripon for the ten years prior to appointment. The charity's aims are to maintain and improve the almshouses for the benefit of the residents.

Objects

TO PROVIDE ALMHOUSES FOR OLD MEN AND WOMEN, NOT UNDER 70 YEARS OF AGE, MARRIED OR SINGLE PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE RESIDED IN OR WITHIN 5 MILES OF RIPON FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS PREVIOUSLY.

Area of benefit: RIPON

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £80,000 in unrestricted reserves, which the trustees retain for cyclical and extraordinary repairs to its principal assets. The financial position is described as satisfactory with healthy ongoing cashflow, and the trustees are satisfied the charity remains a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Allan Tunningley
• Jacqueline Mary Roberts
• PAUL GRAHAM FREEMAN
• Stuart Andrew Martin MBE · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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