BRANDON POOR'S ESTATE

Registered charity 230855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HUMPHREY HALL AND WASH CHARITIES, POOR'S ESTATE

Housing primarily for poor widows of the parish of Brandon, Suffolk

Objects

FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ALMSHOUSES AND THE BENEFIT OF ALMSPEOPLE AND WIDOWS.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF BRANDON

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 a net deficit of £3,153 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven largely by investment revaluation losses. However, the trustees confirm that unrestricted funds are sufficient to meet day-to-day needs and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

• Linda Dawn Challisschair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Michael Challiss
• Barbara Sparks
• Eric Granville Hunns
• Jacqueline Frances Kathleen Prior
• Judith Rosemary Reddin
• Rev Dennis Anthony Coburn · trustee of 1 other charity
• Samuel Alexander Skinner

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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