WINWOOD ALMSHOUSES TRUST

Registered charity 229682 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity is a trust and was founded in 1687 to provide almshouses for the poor and widows and widowers in the parish of Quainton

Objects

1. ALMSHOUSES FOR NEEDY WIDOWERS AND WIDOWS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF QUAINTON OR THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF. 2. THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF QUAINTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £1,442,819 and total net funds of £2,091,429 as of 31 December 2024. The trustees report that reserves are held to meet future expenditure on property improvements and that HS2 compensation funds are held in cash pending finalisation. The independent examiner reported no matters giving cause to believe the accounts do not comply with accounting requirements.

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 3 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
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (74% 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANGELA CLAIRE LUCAS
• Anthony Foster
• Caroline Serjeant · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANE SAUNDERS
• Jeremy Fenemore
• Nick Butler
• Patrick John Beresford Croker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Steve Flashman

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

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