WILLIAM ROBERTSON HOMES ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 247405 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of homes as residences for farmers and other agricultural workers in Northumberland, who are incapacitated through old age or infirmity, or who are not less than sixty years of age, who are in need of assistance and who have retired from full employment, and who shall prior to ceasing work have been employed in agriculture in Northumberland for a period of not less than 15 years.

Objects

TO PROVIDE HOMES AS RESIDENCES FOR FARMERS AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND WHO ARE INCAPACITATED THROUGH OLD AGE OR INFIRMITY, OR WHO ARE NOT LESS THAN SIXTY YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE AND WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM FULL EMPLOYMENT AND WHO SHALL PRIOR TO CEASING WORK HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN 15 YEARS.

Area of benefit: NORTHUMBERLAND

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 unrestricted funds totalled £412,637 at year-end, with free reserves of £54,823. The charity reported a net income surplus of £12,294 for the year, funded primarily by rental income of £37,200 and investment income of £416. The trustees confirmed that no material governance, operational, or financial risks were identified.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID ELLIOT ROBERTSONchair
• Alan Wilson
• IAIN GEORGE ROBERTSON
• Mark Brunton
• Simon Anthony Brierley
• TIMOTHY JOHN BELL

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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