SKINNERGATE ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 229186 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DARLINGTON CHURCHES HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

The charity's main objectives are to continue to maintain the provision of high standard almshouses for the needy people of Darlington

Objects

THE BENEFIT OF TE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEE THINKS FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 operating deficit of £11,467 for the year ended 30 November 2025, resulting in an overall deficit for the financial year of £988. Despite this, the charity holds net assets of £793,229, with unrestricted reserves of £70,752, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover more than five years of operating expenditure.

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.

• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• PHILIP ENOCH LAWchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ASTRID SAXBY
• DEREK MATHIESON · trustee of 1 other charity
• GILLIAN SANDERSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• MRS DEE MILBURN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Margaret Patricia Gibson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Michelle Stubbs
• Thomas Peter Sanderson · trustee of 1 other charity
• URSULA COLLIE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Darlington

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