CONSOLIDATED ALMSHOUSE CHARITY OF SWANSCOMBE

Registered charity 237057 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CONSOLIDATED ALMSHOUSE CHARITY, CONSOLIDATED ALMSHOUSE CHARITY (SWANSCOMBE), SWANSCOMBE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

An Almshouse Charity suppling affordable housing to those in need, Accepting applications from anyone with a connection to the borough of Dartford Kent.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF SWANSCOMBE AND THE BOROUGH OF DARTFORD

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £821,097, driven by a net income of £83,926. However, the trustees acknowledge that cash on hand is not at comfortable levels and the charity carries a mortgage liability of £293,209, which they intend to clear in the short term to restore debt-free status.

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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Consolidated Almshouse Charity of Swanscombe (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW MALCOLM GRIGGS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Glen Keeling · trustee of 1 other charity
• Linda Ashby
• MARION ANN NEEDHAM
• Robert Weller

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SEVENOAKS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY.

• THE SEVENOAKS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £224k
• LIONEL ANNESLEY DORANT FOR ALMSHOUSES income £198k
• WYCOMBE ALMHOUSES income £176k
• THE VICTORIA ALMSHOUSES income £225k
• THRALE ALMSHOUSE AND RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY income £274k
• WALTHAMSTOW AND CHINGFORD ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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