THE SEVENOAKS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 226418 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Sevenoaks Almshouse Charity offers accomodation to people who meet the guidelines for selection of residents. The area of benefit is the area administered by Sevenoaks District Council

Objects

1) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENENCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS WHO HAVE RESIDED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR NOT LESS THAN FIVE YEARS 2) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS

Area of benefit: SEVENOAKS PARISH, SEVENOAKS WEALD, RIVERHEAD, SEAL & KEMSING

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

Latest income

£224k

Latest spending

£168k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £832,322, supported by a net income of £85,760 and investment gains. The trustees report that finances remain healthy despite rising costs, with all almshouse properties fully occupied and maintenance charges unchanged for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two purposes: extraordinary repairs/improvements/rebuilding and regular repairs/maintenance (held: £832k)

“The Trustees maintain reserves for two purposes: - to be used for extraordinary repairs, improvements or rebuilding of the properties of the Charity,- to be used for regular repairs and maintenance of the properties.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 11. Related Party transactions

“During the year sums amounting to £6,905 (2023 - £23,702) were paid to a Trustee Mr A Pople in respect of professional fees.” — page 14

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

MR M BOLTONchair
Dr Jean Merilyn Canet · trustee of 2 other charities
Felicity Broomby
Helen Tebay
JAMES LONDON
Mark Stott
Peter Stewart
REV A MACLEAY · trustee of 2 other charities
Roger Best · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£224k	£168k
31/12/2023	£222k	£421k
31/12/2022	£225k	£100k
31/12/2021	£210k	£211k
31/12/2020	£208k	£204k

Common questions

Is THE SEVENOAKS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £832,322, supported by a net income of £85,760 and investment gains. The trustees report that finances remain healthy despite rising costs, with all almshouse properties fully occupied and maintenance charges unchanged for the year. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE APAX FOUNDATION	1	£45k
QUAKER HOUSING TRUST LIMITED	1	£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SEVENOAKS SCHOOL FOUNDATION.

SEVENOAKS SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £5.5m
THE WILKES ALMS CHARITY income £3.4m
CONSOLIDATED ALMSHOUSE CHARITY OF SWANSCOMBE income £128k
THE FINCH ALMSHOUSES, RAVENSTONE income £260k
THE VICTORIA ALMSHOUSES income £225k
CHELTENHAM ALMSHOUSES & AID CIO income £312k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SEVENOAKS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY	£224k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SEVENOAKS SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£5.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WILKES ALMS CHARITY FY2024	£3.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CONSOLIDATED ALMSHOUSE CHARITY OF SWANSCOMBE FY2025	£128k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FINCH ALMSHOUSES, RAVENSTONE FY2025	£260k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE VICTORIA ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£225k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.