HECKINGTON ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 229574 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objective of the charity is to provide housing for poor people of at least 60 years of age resident in Heckington and certain defined villages

Objects

PROVISION OF ALMHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS OF NOT LESS THAN SIXTY YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF THE PARISHES OF HECKINGTON, ASGARBY, AND HOWELL, SOUTH KYME, BURTON PEDWARDINE, GREAT HALE, KIRKBY-LA-THORPE, AMBER HILL AND SWINESHEAD AT THE TIME OF THE APPOINTMENT PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO WIDOWS AND SPINSTERS.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total expenditure remained almost exactly the same as the previous year despite renovations, while investment performance was very good. The charity holds significant property assets valued at £610,000 and has unrestricted funds at year-end of £78,659. The trustees consider the income from investments to be secure and not dependent on donors.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARY THOMASchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Brenda Ward · trustee of 1 other charity
• MRS C LEAVISS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark Sardeson · trustee of 3 other charities
• Michael A Hardy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sally Pinchbeck · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

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