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.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF ALSMHOUSES FOR POOR MARRIED COUPLES, WIDOWS OR SPINSTERS OF GOOD CHARACTER EACH OF WHOM:- A) AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE OR NOT LESS THAN 50 YEARS OF AGE WHERE DISABLED BY ACCIDENT OR INFIRMITY FROM MAINTAINING HIMSELF OR HERSELF B) SHALL HAVE BEEN BORN IN THE AREA OF THE URBAN DISTRICTS OF WINDERMERE AND AMBLESIDE OR THE FORMER TOWNSHIPS OF UNDERMILLBECK, TROUTBECK AND APPLETHWAITE OR SHALL HAVE LIVED IN THE SAID AREA FOR A TOTAL OF 20 YEARS DURING THE 30 YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £436,506, which significantly exceed the stated policy target of holding funds to meet future exceptional property repair costs and supplement annual income. The accounts indicate a net surplus for the year and adequate resources, with no material uncertainties or going concern issues identified by the independent examiner.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

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
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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

• 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

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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
• THE COTTAGE COMMUNITY income £100k
• WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £491k
• ABBEYFIELD NORTHALLERTON CIO income £283k
• DALEWOOD TRUST income £955k

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