HEZMALHALCH'S CHARITY

Registered charity 236143 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FELLISCLIFFE ALMSHOUSES

An almshouse trustProvides accommodation for older people from the local area in 5 cottages associated with the attached chapel of ease.Maintains the cottages for the residents.

Objects

“FOR THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF ALMSHOUSES AT FELLISCLIFFE FOR MEN OR WOMEN WHO ARE ABOVE 55 YEARS AND ARE IN NEED OR HARDSHIP LIVING IN HAMPSTHWAITE, FELLISCLIFFE AND HIGH BIRSTWITH (“THE AREA OF BENEFIT”) AND WITH A PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. IN THE EVENT THAT ANY VACANCIES CANNOT BE FILLED WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES, CONSIDERATION MAY BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO FIT THE ABOVE CRITERIA BUT LIVING IN THE WIDER HARROGATE DISTRICT; FOR THE PROVISION MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE ADJACENT CHAPEL AT FELLISCLIFFE; AND FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES DECIDE”

Area of benefit: HAMPSTHWAITE, FELLISCLIFFE AND HIGH BIRSTWITH

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 generated a net surplus of £25,807 for the year, bringing total reserves to £170,806. The trustees report that the charity employs no staff and incurs no support costs, with income primarily derived from almshouse rents and investments. While the charity is currently in a surplus position, the trustees note that the transfer of assets to a new Charitable Incorporated Organisation is ongoing and trustees remain exposed to personal liability until this process is completed.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR REGINALD WILLIAM HOUSEMANchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• JOHN RICHARD SIMS LAZENBY · trustee of 2 other charities
• Josephine Elizabeth Caroline Shepherd
• MR JOSEPH ANDREW BROWN · trustee of 2 other charities
• PETER CHARLES NICOLAS CAPEL-CURE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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