MARY PEASE'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 225036 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DARLINGTON CHURCHES HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

The Charity provides accommodation for single persons in the borough of Darlington

Objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR WOMEN OF NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AND REPUTATION. FOUR AT LEAST OF THE ALMSPEOPLE SHALL BE WIDOWS AND OTHER ALMSPEOPLE OR ALMSPERSON SHALL BE UNMARRIED.

Area of benefit: DARLINGTON

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the financial year of £29,961, with net assets increasing to £1,399,716. The trustees confirmed that the going concern basis is appropriate and that no material matters came to the attention of the independent examiner.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PHILIP ENOCH LAWchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ASTRID SAXBY
• DEREK MATHIESON · trustee of 1 other charity
• GILLIAN SANDERSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• MRS DEE MILBURN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Margaret Patricia Gibson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Michelle Stubbs
• Thomas Peter Sanderson · trustee of 1 other charity
• URSULA COLLIE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Darlington

Income and spending

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