WAKEFIELD CHARITIES HOMES

Registered charity 221005 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of good quality accommodation at an affordable price to those in financial need, aged over 50, who have a connection with the City of Wakefield. The Homes comprise 31 dwellings, 17 at Horne Street, 4 at Holmfield Avenue and - following the merger with Dr Crowther's Almshouses - 6 at Westfield Road and 4 at George Street, Wakefield.

Objects

1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR BENEFICIARIES (SEE SCHEME FOR DETAILS).2)TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF WAKEFIELD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: CITY OF WAKEFIELD AND SURROUNDING AREA

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

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £13,981 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds. The trustees consider reserves to be appropriate and sufficient to cover future costs, noting that free reserves excluding designated funds were £86,110 at the year-end. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of approximately £200,000 to allow for future unforeseen events.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 5 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.

• 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
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/08/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (30/08/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Wakefield Grammar School Foundation

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DIAL WAKEFIELD.

• DIAL WAKEFIELD income £139k
• ANN CROWE'S AND WRIGHT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £104k
• WAKEFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH income £169k
• SALISBURY CITY ALMSHOUSE AND WELFARE CHARITIES income £2.5m
• THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES income £177k
• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WAKEFIELD income £192k

Side by side with its peers

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