BEQUEST OF JOSEPH EWART

Registered charity 237580 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trust builds/maintains and manages small dwellings for elderly people of limited financial resources in Farnham, Surrey

Objects

PROVISION OF HOMES OR ACCOMMODATION FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE OF LIMITED MEANS

Area of benefit: FARNHAM

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

Registered contact address: Waverley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £162,000 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £1,797,000. This exceeds the stated reserves policy target of £105,000, indicating a strong financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its 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 5 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 25/06/2026, 145 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 24/02/2025, 24 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 10/02/2025, 376 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Waverley Borough Council · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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