ELLEN'S COTTAGES

Registered charity 240005 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of accommodation for residents aged 60 and over

Objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR WOMEN OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO ARE NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE. PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO PERSONS QUALIFIED AS AFORESAID WHO ARE WIDOWS OR SPINSTERS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF BURNHAM-ON-SEA AND HIGHBRIDGE.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF BURNHAM-ON-SEA AND HIGHBRIDGE

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £19,208 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £87,490. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue in business, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. The charity holds significant unrestricted revaluation reserves of £964,917 alongside its operational funds.

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 3 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 handling
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Tratt
• Diedre Cornish
• Jane Elizabeth Kendall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Cheryl Hawkins · trustee of 1 other charity
• TIMOTHY CHARLES HANNAH · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Somerset

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