SELBY ALMSHOUSES AND POOR'S CHARITY

Registered charity 230816 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

From net income, relief generally or individually to persons resident in Selby District in conditions of need, hardship or distress by making grants or by otherwise paying for items, services or facilities to reduce the need hardship or distress subject to conditions contained in the Charity Commission Scheme.

Objects

PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT OR HAVE RESIDED IN THE DISTRICT OF SELBY FOR NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS NEXT PRECEDING THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT. SUBJECTS THERETO IN THE RELIEF EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE DISTRICT OF SELBY WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: DISTRICT OF SELBY

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves (General Fund) of £270,173, which exceeds the previous year's balance of £193,423. The trustees' report indicates a policy to maintain sufficient cash resources to meet objectives, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were found that would hinder understanding of the accounts.

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 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• MELANIE DAVISchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• Cheryl Radway · trustee of 3 other charities
• Craig Laskey · trustee of 2 other charities
• FRED MATTHEWS · trustee of 4 other charities
• JACQUELINE FIELDING · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jennifer Shaw-Wright · trustee of 3 other charities
• Jonathan Robert Croft · trustee of 2 other charities
• Mark Adrian Hoggard · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROGER STEPHEN RILEY · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev JOHN WEETMAN · trustee of 4 other charities
• Richard Harrison · trustee of 2 other charities
• Susan Tagert · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SLEEPSAFE SELBY.

• SLEEPSAFE SELBY income £102k
• SELBY HANDS OF HOPE income £348k
• THE ALMSHOUSES OF JOHN ISBURY AND JACOB HARDRETT income £103k
• HAWLEY ALMSHOUSE AND RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY income £206k
• THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES income £177k
• SALISBURY CITY ALMSHOUSE AND WELFARE CHARITIES income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

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