UNITED ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES

Registered charity 221416 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides Accommodation for the elderly in need in the parish of St. Peter's St. Albans

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£42k

Latest spending

£31k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,692,087, which is well above the trustees' stated policy target of a minimum £80,000. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a minimum of £80,000 in unrestricted funds (held: £1.7m)

“The trustees aim to keep a minimum of £80,000 in unrestricted funds which has been achieved throughout the year.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 11 Related Party Transactions

“During the year, the charity made payments totalling £3,281 (2023: £3,434) to the Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter's, St Albans. These payments were for the provision of charity administrator salary costs, which relate to a number of administrative hours provided by the church administrator and subsequently recharged to the charity. The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter's, St Albans is considered a related party as Richard Butler and Mark Waller are mutual trustees serving on both the council and the charity's board.” — page 15

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

MARK EDMUND WALLERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Katarina Mary Rudlin · trustee of 2 other charities
MIKE LANGSTON · trustee of 1 other charity
Paul Benjamin Dean · trustee of 3 other charities
RICHARD WILLIAM BUTLER · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev MARK CHRISTOPHER DEARNLEY · trustee of 4 other charities
Richard Sales · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£42k	£31k
31/12/2023	£43k	£29k
31/12/2022	£28k	£53k
31/12/2021	£29k	£25k
31/12/2020	£29k	£12k

Common questions

Is UNITED ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,692,087, which is well above the trustees' stated policy target of a minimum £80,000. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.