HOSPITAL OF WILLIAM BROWNE, MERCHANT

Registered charity 221428 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Alms House Accommodation scheme for elderly people, thirteen flats, 24 hour care line cover provided by local authority.The medieval buildings have a voluntary museum . The original chapel still offers residents and visitors Holy Communion monthly ( Normally the first Wednesday of each month at 10.00 AM). The two remunerated persons are the Clerk to the Trustees and Custodian/Caretaker

Objects

TO PROVIDE ALMSHOUSES FOR THE POOR PEOPLE OF GOOD CHARACTER

Area of benefit: UNRESTRICTED

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves of £3,390,242 are more than sufficient to comply with the trustees' policy of maintaining between three and six months of unrestricted free reserves. The charity reports a net income surplus of £149,439 for the year, driven by significant investment gains and stable income from maintenance charges and investments.

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 5 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
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Hospital of William Browne (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colin Bruce Henderson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Councillor Andrew Croft · trustee of 2 other charities
• David Wallington
• John Dawson Mr · trustee of 2 other charities
• John Vincent Mitchell · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Walter Sutcliffe · trustee of 1 other charity
• MIRANDA ROCK · trustee of 4 other charities
• Mark Walmsley
• Philip Robson · 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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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL.

• ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL income £352k
• THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES income £233k
• THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST AND OF ST ANNE IN OKEHAM income £1.2m
• WIMBLEDON ENDOWED ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £196k
• THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES income £177k
• THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT income £103k

Side by side with its peers

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