LORD BURGHLEY'S HOSPITAL

Registered charity 221336 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides housing for 9 poor people and one warden.

Objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR MEN OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO (EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CASES) HAVE BEEN RESIDENT IN OR NEAR THE BOROUGH OF STAMFORD FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF STAMFORD AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £121,352 for the year, resulting in a deficit before transfers. Total funds decreased from £717,736 to £572,423, largely due to significant building costs of £156,924. The trustees consider the remaining reserves sufficient for immediate purposes and future quinquennial works.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Investment
• Risk management

Trustees · trustee networks

• MIRANDA ROCKchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• DAVID JOHN PENNELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Vincent Mitchell · trustee of 1 other charity
• THE MOST HON WILLIAM MICHAEL ANTHONY CECIL · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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