GRAND FEOFFMENT CHARITIES

Registered charity 246018 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRAND FEOFFMENT CHARITY AND OTHERS

The Charity's prime function is the provision and maintenance of almshouses. The Charity owns 31 almshouses all in Hadleigh.

Objects

1. THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE URBAN DISTRICT OF HADLEIGH. 2. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ALMSPEOPLE. 3. RELEIVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE URBAN DISTRICT OF HADLEIGH WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: URBAN DISTRICT OF HADLEIGH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £4,575 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £3,047,427. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, citing strong unrestricted funds and sufficient working capital.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Scanlonchair
• Carol Schleip
• David Everett
• Eunice Scott
• Ian James Wilson
• KEITH GRIMSEY
• PENELOPE FRANCES COOK
• Rev Jo Delfgou
• Rickaby Shearly-Sanders · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rolf Beggerow
• Susan Monks

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST JOHN'S LICHFIELD.

• ST JOHN'S LICHFIELD income £538k
• THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES income £233k
• THE ANDROS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £225k
• THE FEOFFEE CHARITY income £149k
• POORS CHARITIES income £111k
• GRAND CHARITABLE TRUST OF THE ORDER OF WOMEN FREEMASONS income £107k

Side by side with its peers

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