PONTEFRACT AND ACKWORTH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 223334 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision and maintenance of almshouse accommodation for needy local people of pensionable age.

Objects

PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES. ANNUAL PAYMENTS TO THE VICAR OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GILES, PONTEFRACT. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ALMSPEOPLE.

Area of benefit: PONTEFRACT AND ACKWORTH

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

Registered contact address: Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with closing reserves of £3,070,163, which the trustees describe as a 'strong reserves position'. Although the value of investments fell by £72,931 due to market volatility, the charity generated a net cash inflow of £14,172 and received £34,845 in investment dividends. The trustees confirm the charity is well positioned to continue providing accommodation and has ample reserves to fund proposed redevelopment works if planning approval is granted.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN ROCKETTchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID DOUGLAS HENSHAW JONES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Eric Alexander Jackson JP
• JEREMY COOK
• JOHN RICHARD RAMSKILL
• Joanne Lamprey
• MR DEREK VAUX
• PAT WARING

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE POYNTON-WITH-WORTH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY.

• THE POYNTON-WITH-WORTH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £27k
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• DARTFORD ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £325k
• ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £33k
• THE DAUBENY ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £36k
• THE INNS ALMSHOUSE TRUST income £29k

Side by side with its peers

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