THE GOODLY DALE COTTAGE HOMES

Registered charity 247105 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The purpose of the Goodly Dale Cottage Homes is "to provide accomodation for poor persons of good character each of whom shall not be less than 60 years of age (or 50 if disabled), and shall have been born or lived for 10 of the last 30 years in Windermere and Ambleside Urban Districts, Undermillbeck, Troutbeck and Applethwaite.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Latest income

£102k

Latest spending

£95k

Registered

1966

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £7,519 for the year ended 6th February 2025, bringing total unrestricted, restricted, and endowment funds to £547,700. The accounts state that reserves are held to meet future exceptional property repair costs and to supplement annual income, with the majority of investments held in exempt unit trusts. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Mr Bill Smithchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Charles Norman Pattinson
ELIZABETH LIDIARD
JOHN BRUCE PARKER
Mr Bob Pow
Teddie Alexandra Pattinson
sarah elizabeth hicks

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
06/02/2025	£102k	£95k
06/02/2024	£96k	£85k
06/02/2023	£90k	£114k
06/02/2022	£85k	£86k
06/02/2021	£82k	£78k

Common questions

Is THE GOODLY DALE COTTAGE HOMES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £7,519 for the year ended 6th February 2025, bringing total unrestricted, restricted, and endowment funds to £547,700. The accounts state that reserves are held to meet future exceptional property repair costs and to supplement annual income, with the majority of investments held in exempt unit trusts. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 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
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1.0m
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATION	1	£16k
OLD POSSUM'S PRACTICAL TRUST	1	£10k
THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
Friends of the Nations' Libraries	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES.

THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES income £177k
GREENWICH CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE AND THE MISSES SMITH income £460k
DALEWOOD TRUST income £955k
LANGLEY MARISH UNITED CHARITIES income £179k
ANN CROWE'S AND WRIGHT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £104k
WAKEFIELD CHARITIES HOMES income £107k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GOODLY DALE COTTAGE HOMES	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£177k	—	above	—	no doubt
GREENWICH CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE AND THE MISSES SMITH FY2025	£460k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DALEWOOD TRUST FY2025	£955k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LANGLEY MARISH UNITED CHARITIES FY2025	£179k	—	above	—	no doubt
ANN CROWE'S AND WRIGHT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£104k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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