W H SAUNDERS & FRANK WAREHAM CHARITY

Registered charity 227364 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as W H SAUNDERS CHARITY, W H SAUNDERS HOMES OF REST

Alms House

Objects

(1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(A) THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOUSING ACCOMMODATION IN THE FORM OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION FOR PEOPLE WHO:(I) ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; AND(II) ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE.(B) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS RESIDING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT INCLUDING THOSE ACCOMMODATED BY THE CHARITY WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE 60 YEARS OF AGE, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, GOODS OR SERVICES.(2) SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE 5 (POWER TO DISPOSE OF AND REPLACE PURPOSE PROPERTY), THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN PART 1 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR USE FOR THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY.(3) IN MAKING APPOINTMENTS UNDER CLAUSE 22 OF THIS SCHEME, THE TRUSTEES MUST GIVE PREFERENCE, IN RELATION TO THE HOMES ON THE LAND LISTED IN COLUMN 1 OF PART 2 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME, TO THE CLASS OF PERSONS DESCRIBED IN COLUMN 2 OF THAT PART OF THE SCHEDULE.

Area of benefit: HAMPSHIRE AND DORSET

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £1,971,487, with a net income of £15,936 for the year. The trustees report satisfaction with the financial position and note a reserves policy to maintain £50,000 in working capital. The charity is undertaking a new build project financed by reserves and a bank loan.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. 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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~187.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% 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: 5.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew David Scott Shawyer · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID NICHOLAS RIXON
• MR JIM RICHARDSON LLB & PUBLIC NOTERY · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR TERRY SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bournemouth

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT.

• THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT income £103k
• MANNING AND ANDERDON ALMSHOUSES income £109k
• THE ROYAL ALBERT AND ST SWITHUN'S HOMES income £205k
• The Almshouse Association income £1.2m
• SANDBACH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £128k
• ASHBOURNE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £233k

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