JOSEPH AND ELEANOR GUNSON ALMSHOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 233957 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GUNSON ALMSHOUSES, JOSEPH AND ELEANOR GUNSON ALMSHOUSE

subsidised housing

Objects

ALMHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO (EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CASES TO BE APPROVED BY THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS) WERE BORN IN THE PARISH OF ULPHA, OR HAVE RESIDED IN THE AREA OF THE BOOTLE UNION BOUNDARIES IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND. THE PARISHES OF BROUGHTON WEST,BOOTLE,DRIGG AND CARLETON, DUNNERDALE-WITH-SEATHWAITE,ESKDALE,IRTON WITH SANTON, MILLOM, MILLOM WITHOUT MUNCASTER, ULPHA, WABERTHWAITE AND WICHAM FOR NOT LESS THAN 5 YEARS PRIOR TO THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT. PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO PERSONS QUALIFIED AS AFORESAID WHO HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN FARMING OR FORESTRY.

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.

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Latest income

£55k

Latest spending

£13k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £38,443 for the year, resulting in total reserves of £223,838. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Maintenance contributions

“Maintenance contributions 49,047” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient to cover any future repairs and maintenance required to the properties (held: £224k)

“The trustees aim to keep the designated reserves at a level sufficient to cover any future repairs and maintenance required to the properties.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTONchair · trustee of 2 other charities
ANDREW DAVID CATLING
Colin Edmondson · trustee of 1 other charity
Ian Kershaw
Nicholas Taylor
Rev Victoria Anne Sekasi · trustee of 1 other charity
SHELLEY HACKETT · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£55k	£13k
31/12/2024	£55k	£70k
31/12/2023	£49k	£57k
31/12/2022	£40k	£136k
31/12/2021	£40k	£24k

Common questions

Is JOSEPH AND ELEANOR GUNSON ALMSHOUSE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £38,443 for the year, resulting in total reserves of £223,838. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/11/2012	£10k	Essential maintenance to almshouse to avoid closure.