THATCHAM PAROCHIAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 239850 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THATCHAM PAROCHIAL CHARITIES

PROVISION AND UPKEEP OF ALMSHOUSES FOR THE ELDERLY RESIDENTS OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF THATCHAM.I.E. THATCHAM,GREENHAM,MIDGHAM AND COLD ASH.

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Latest income

£144k

Latest spending

£112k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £725,097, while restricted funds and permanent endowments totaled £4,384,463, resulting in total funds of £5,109,560. The charity reported a net movement in resources of £255,683 for the year, driven by investment gains and property revaluations. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains adequate resources to continue its almshouse operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Colin Leslie Waterschair · trustee of 3 other charities
CHRIS DRUCE · trustee of 2 other charities
GARY JOHN PUFFETT · trustee of 2 other charities
Ivor James McArdle · trustee of 2 other charities
MICHAEL COLE
Mary Dorothy Stagg · trustee of 2 other charities
Revd Canon Mark David Bennet · trustee of 9 other charities
Sarah Margaret Goode · trustee of 2 other charities
Stuart Malcolm Rogers · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£144k	£112k
31/12/2024	£133k	£146k
31/12/2023	£134k	£114k
31/12/2022	£134k	£114k
31/12/2021	£129k	£90k

Common questions

Is THATCHAM PAROCHIAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £725,097, while restricted funds and permanent endowments totaled £4,384,463, resulting in total funds of £5,109,560. The charity reported a net movement in resources of £255,683 for the year, driven by investment gains and property revaluations. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains adequate resources to continue its almshouse operations. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ESTATE CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE	1	£1.1m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THOMAS PHILIPOT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY.

THOMAS PHILIPOT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £379k
THRALE ALMSHOUSE AND RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY income £274k
GREENWICH CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE AND THE MISSES SMITH income £460k
THE VICTORIA ALMSHOUSES income £225k
HAREFIELD PAROCHIAL CHARITIES income £150k
HENLEY ON THAMES ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £433k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THATCHAM PAROCHIAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY	£144k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THOMAS PHILIPOT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2024	£379k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THRALE ALMSHOUSE AND RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY FY2025	£274k	—	above	—	no doubt
GREENWICH CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE AND THE MISSES SMITH FY2025	£460k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE VICTORIA ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£225k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HAREFIELD PAROCHIAL CHARITIES FY2025	£150k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.