WILLIAM JONES'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 230514 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

William Jones's Almshouse Charity provides almshouse accommodation for beneficiaries who are in need, hardship or distress, and have resided in Monmouthshire, with a preference for the town of Monmouth, or in the parishes of Newland, Coleford, or Lydbrook and West Dean, Gloucestershire, for not less than two years.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR BENEFICIARIES WHO:A) ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; ANDB) HAVE RESIDED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS.SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEE SHALL DECIDE.

Area of benefit: MONMOUTH IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE AND THE ANCIENT PARISH OF NEWLAND IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

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 reported a deficit for the year of £70,661, resulting in a deficit on unrestricted funds of £41,333 at year-end. The trustees attribute this to unusually high maintenance expenditure and group management charges, describing the situation as temporary and noting strong core earnings before interest and allocated costs.

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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Monmouthshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ELIZABETH JANE JONES.

• ELIZABETH JANE JONES income £738k
• HENRY BURTON ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £183k
• THE WILKES ALMS CHARITY income £3.4m
• THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.6m
• CHANDOS & DENT'S ALMSHOUSES income £123k
• ST. JOHN'S FOUNDATION EST. 1174 income £5.4m

Side by side with its peers

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