JOHN DAKYN'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 224036 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION OF JOHN DAKYN LL D

To maintain the almshouse and provide support for the residents.

Objects

(1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(A) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR BENEFICIARIES; (B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE; >BENEFICIARIES< MEANS PERSONS WHO:(1) ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; AND (2) EITHER (A) ARE RESIDENT, (B) WERE BORN, OR (C) HAVE AT ANYTIME RESIDED FOR 10 YEARS, IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; AND (3) ARE EITHER (A) OVER 60; OR (B) SICK, HANDICAPPED OR INFIRM.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF KIRBY HILL, RAVENSWORTH, DALTON, GAYLES, NEW FOREST, NEWSHAM AND WHASHTON

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a net deficit of £22,478 for the year ended 31 July 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds are maintained at levels sufficient to cover management and administration costs, exceeding the stated policy target of five months of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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 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.

• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Marshall · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANE RATCLIFFE · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL GUY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Alan Gledhill · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Hargreaves
• Susannah Bateman · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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• MRS DE LANNOY & HAVEN HOMES ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £98k
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• THE ANDROS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £225k
• JOHN EDEN'S ALMSHOUSES income £33k
• THE HESLINGTON ALMSHOUSES CHARITY income £63k
• THE DUTTON'S AND ALLEN'S ALMSHOUSES CIO income £45k

Side by side with its peers

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