THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 236902 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The letting and upkeep of almshouses to elderly people of good character who have resided in the surrounding area for not less than two years preceding the time of application.

Objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR THE BENEFITS OF EIGHT ALMSPEOPLE BEING POOR PERSON OF GOOD CHARACTER NORMALLY RESIDENT IN THE TOWNSHIPS OF PARLINGTON, ABERFORD, LOTHERTON, GARFORTH, SHERBURN, CHURCH FENTON, BARKSTON, SOUTH MILFORD, SAXTON OR BARWICK FOR NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £188,745, which the trustees consider more than adequate to cover six months of operation without income. The charity reports a net surplus of £22,518 for the year and maintains a going concern status with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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.

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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nancy Griffithschair
• RUTH REED · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev CHRIS WILTON
• Samuel James Firth Cllr
• Sarah Bradley

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MANNING AND ANDERDON ALMSHOUSES.

• MANNING AND ANDERDON ALMSHOUSES income £109k
• FOORD ALMSHOUSES income £696k
• GREENWICH CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE AND THE MISSES SMITH income £460k
• WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £491k
• THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES income £233k
• THE ANDROS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £225k

Side by side with its peers

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