OVING ALMSHOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 228106 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOODS ALMSHOUSES

The charity holds, maintains and administers the four almshouses which it owns in the parish of Oving, West Sussex, for the benefit of present and future occupants, who are aged or infirm persons of good character and (except in special cases approved by the charity commission) are resident in the parish at the time immediately prior to their occupancy.

Objects

PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES FOR AGED OR INFIRM PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTERS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF OVING.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF OVING

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 an excess of expenditure over income of £298 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Total net assets stood at £89,341, which is above the stated financial reserve target of £40,000. The filing confirms that resources are adequate to continue operations without material uncertainty.

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 4 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.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Geoffrey Smith
• Anne Mary Bennett
• Anthony Barnard
• Anthony Michael Eastwood · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew Pollard
• NEIL TERRINGTON LINFORD
• Ralph Godfrey
• Stephen Harry Guy Bennett

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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