ALMSHOUSE AND AGED POOR'S CHARITY OF ALFRED ERNEST BRIGGS

Registered charity 238321 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ALMSHOUSES AND AGED POOR'S CHARITY OF ALFRED ERNEST BRIGGS

The residents of the Almshouses shall be persons of not less than 55 years of age and must have resided within an area within 1 1/2 miles from St Marks Church at Low Moor.

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 AND SUBJECT THERETO FOR RELIEF IN NEED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS :- (1) THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY INCOME OF THE CHARITY FOR RELIEF IN NEED IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS OF NOT LESS THAN 55 YEARS OF AGE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS. (2) THE TRUSTEES MAY PAY FOR SUCH ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES BY WAY OF DONATIONS OR SUBSRIPTIONS TO INSTITUTIONS OR ORGANISATIONS WHICH PROVIDE OR WHICH UNDERTAKE IN RETURN TO PROVIDE SUCH ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR SUCH PERSONS. (3) IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES THE TRUSTEES MAY GRANT RELIEF TO PERSONS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE THEREFOR WHO ARE RESIDENT IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT BUT IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES OUGHT NEVERTHELESS FOR SUFFICIENT REASON TO BE TREATED AS IF RESIDENT THEREIN OR WHO ARE LOCATED FOR THE TIME BEING WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: A RADIUS OF 1 1/2 MILES FROM ST MARK'S CHURCH AT LOW MOOR

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds stood at £3,041,534, comprising a general fund of £2,364,801 and a revaluation reserve of £676,733. The trustees consider the current overall level of reserves to be adequate to ensure financial commitments can be met. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £676,733, driven primarily by gains on the revaluation of fixed assets.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• JENNIFER MARY HARDYchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• CHRISTOPHER JOHN HAXBY · trustee of 1 other charity
• GEOFFREY DAVID TWENTYMAN · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jonathan Stewart Ellis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lesley Ann Ellis
• Lynne Jenic · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebecca Amos · trustee of 1 other charity
• Terence Moore · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bradford City

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