HIGH HALSTOW RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY

Registered charity 250996 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide relief either generally or individually to residents in the parish of High Halstow who are in conditions of need or hardship, by making grants of money or providing goods and services calculated to reduce the need.

Objects

TO APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF HIGH HALSTOW WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS: PROVIDED THAT IN APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO PERSONS QUALIFIED AS AFORESAID WHO ARE WIDOWS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 27(2) AND (3) OF SCHEME 3RD AUGUST 1981).

Area of benefit: PARISH OF HIGH HALSTOW

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £136,864 at the end of the financial year, representing an increase from the previous year. The trustees consider it prudent to maintain sufficient free reserves to provide financial flexibility and meet commitments as they fall due. The charity reported a surplus of income over expenditure for the year.

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.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN PHILIP GILCHRIST MYATTchair
• CHRISTINE PEEK
• JUNE COLLINS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Natasha Turner
• STUART BAILEY
• Tamsin Stowers

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

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

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