THE RETREAT COTTAGES

Registered charity 238706 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Administration of terrace of four almshouses

Objects

COTTAGES FOR AGED OR INFIRM PERSONS OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE INHABITANTS OF THE UNITED PARISHES OF ST MARY MAGDALENE AND ST GILES STONY STRATFORD AFORESAID AND SUCH PARTS OF THE ADJOINING PARISHES OF CALVERTON AND WOLVERTON WITHIN THE A DISTANCE OF 500 YARDS OF THE MARKET SQUARE IN STONY STRATFORD

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.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by £24,423 to a total of £64,054 at the end of the period. The charity held no restricted or endowment funds, and there were no liabilities or investment assets reported. The filing is a simple receipts and payments account without a narrative on financial health or reserves policy.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert Alan Scarffchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• Gaynor Young
• John Derek Beaumont
• Katharine Mary Willett
• Rev Canon Professor Patrick Comerford
• Susan Jane Starr

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Milton Keynes

Income and spending

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