MARY WANDESFORD'S CHARITY

Registered charity 251379 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE OLD MAIDS HOSPITAL (OR MARY WANDESFORD'S) CHARITY, WANDESFORD TRUST

The Charity is responsible for running an almshouse for 12 single women in York who are over 50 and in emotional, physical or financial distress

Objects

THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR BENEFICIARIES AND SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE

Area of benefit: YORK

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 the charity reported an overall deficit of £20,010 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in free unrestricted reserves of £14,202. The trustees note that this reserve level is below their stated policy target of maintaining six months of unrestricted expenditure. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirm adequate resources to continue in operational existence on a going concern basis.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Judgechair
• Gavin Blackstone
• Sara Townsend
• Sarah Vaughan

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

Operates in: City Of York

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).