SIR THOMAS CREWE'S ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 246208 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of four almshouses

Objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO HAVE RESIDED IN THE BOROUGH OF BRACKLEY FOR NOT LESS THAN 2 YEARS PRIOR TO THEIR APPOINTMENT AS AN ALMSPERSON, PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO WIDOWS WITH THE QUALIFICATIONS AS AFORESAID.

Area of benefit: BRACKLEY

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that incoming receipts exceeded payments by £20,606 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in a net increase in monetary assets. The charity reports no contingent or future liabilities and confirms that all almshouses were occupied throughout the year with no void periods.

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.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

• Adrian Watt
• Anthony Stewart Bagot-Webb
• Caryl Billingham MBE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Colin Anthony Harber
• JOHN MARK VIDLER
• Rev Richard Duncan · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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