WESTMINSTER ALMSHOUSES FOUNDATION

Registered charity 226936 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE UNITED WESTMINSTER ALMSHOUSES CHARITY, UNITED WESTMINSTER ALMSHOUSES FOUNDATION

Provision of almshouses for older people and grants to individuals

Objects

4. OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY(1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(A) THE ALMSHOUSE OBJECTS;(B) THE RELIEF IN NEED OBJECT; AND(C) THE EDUCATIONAL OBJECT.(2) THE ALMSHOUSE OBJECTS ARE:(A) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS WHO (EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SCHEME): (I) ARE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT; OR (II) HAVE RESIDED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AT ANY TIME IN THE LAST TEN YEARS; AND (III) ARE OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE, EXCEPT IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AGREED BY THE TRUSTEES. (B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE. (3) THE RELIEF OF NEED OBJECT IS THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE: (A) IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; AND(B) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SCHEME, RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.(4) THE EDUCATIONAL OBJECT IS THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO:(A) ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; AND(B) ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; BY ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT. (5) THE TRUSTEES MAY RELIEVE PERSONS IN NEED BY:(A) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO THEM; OR(B) PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR THEM; OR(C) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO OTHER PERSONS OR BODIES WHO PROVIDE GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES TO THOSE IN NEED.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £3,061,033 at 31 December 2025, with a stated policy to maintain significant free reserves to ensure it can afford to maintain and improve the almshouse estate. The directors consider current levels of free reserves to be not excessive given high demand and uncertain investment income, and the independent auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. 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
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~31.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (52% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Westminster Almshouses Corporate Trustee

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WIMBLEDON ENDOWED ALMSHOUSE CHARITY.

• WIMBLEDON ENDOWED ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £196k
• WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITY income £260k
• WESTMINSTER FUND income £23.8m
• THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES income £233k
• THE GEORGE WOOFINDIN ALMSHOUSES income £161k
• The Almshouse Association income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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