BRABIN'S ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 239965 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRABIN'S ENDOWED SCHOOLS AND ALMSHOUSES (EXCLUDING EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT), BRABINS CHARITY (ALMSHOUSES)

To provide financial help and support to poor persons and the general community in the parishes of Chipping, Thornley with Wheatley and Leagram with Bowland. To maintain the two Almshouses and provide accommodation for poor persons of good character.

Objects

INCOME FOR THE BENEFIT OF :- 1) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ALMSPEOPLE OF BRABIN'S ALMSHOUSES OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME; 2) FOR THE RELIEF OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF THE PARISHES OF BOWLAND-WITH-LEAGRAM, CHIPPING AND THORNLEY-WITH-WHEATLEY WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; 3) IN AUGMENTING THE INCOME OF BRABIN'S EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.

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: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ribble Valley, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net payment of £45,863 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds. The trustees note that the policy has been to fund activities out of income and are considering establishing a reserve for future repairs. Total assets retained for the charity's own use are valued at £487,500, with significant investment assets held.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brabin's Almshouses Trustee Limited (15408851}

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Common questions

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• MUNICIPAL CHARITIES income £133k

Side by side with its peers

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