THE ORME ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 219705 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity operates eleven almshouses for men aged 55 or over, bachelors or widowers with well-being support, in the centre of Louth.

Objects

To provide almshouse accommodation for single men who are 55 years old and over who are in need with preference being given, primarily but not exclusively, to those who have a connection to Louth.

Area of benefit: LOUTH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash reserves of £11,763.44 and total fund reserves of £283,133.56 as of 31 December 2025. The trustees report that systems are in place to manage risks and that the charity is a going concern. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document.

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.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen Robert Roddenchair
• JEAN HOWARD
• JUDY G PURVES
• MARK ROBINSON
• MR CHARLIE HICKMAN
• PATRICIA V WILLIAMS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sheila Evans

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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