JANE CAMERON'S OLD PEOPLE'S CHARITY

Registered charity 227487 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity is an Almshouse which provides 101 properties for occupation by older people in Bishop Auckland, Darlington, Durham and Jarrow.

Objects

THE PURCHASE AND CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING HOUSE OR HOUSES OR THE ERECTION OF SUITABLE HOUSES FOR USE AS SMALL FLATS OR APPARTMENTS BY ELDERLY POOR PEOPLE OF GOOD CHARACTER SELECTED BY THE TRUSTEES WHO HAVE RESIDED FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR CONTINUOUSLY AT ANY ONE TIME IN EITHER OF THE COUNTIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM, INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO MAIDEN LADIES OR WIDOWS.

Area of benefit: NORTHUMBERLAND,DURHAM AND THE CITY OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £422,416 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by inflationary increases in rental income and lower operating costs. The charity holds unrestricted revenue reserves of £3,503,607 and has no outstanding borrowings, indicating strong liquidity and financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 3 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
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~91.5 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 (91% 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

• Anchor Hanover Group

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

Operates in: Durham · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · Northumberland

Income and spending

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• CORNWALL OLD PEOPLE'S HOUSING SOCIETY income £2.2m
• THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES income £233k

Side by side with its peers

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