THE POYNTON-WITH-WORTH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 259111 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALMSHOUSES IN THE PARISH OF POYNTON-WITH-WORTH

Provision of accommodation for elderly and poor residents of Poynton

Objects

BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS. SUBJECT TO THE PAYMENTS AFORESAID THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: POYNTON-WITH-WORTH

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

Registered contact address: Stockport, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a surplus of £8,241 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves increasing to £387,590. The charity holds £59,149 in free funds (Income and Expenditure Account) and maintains significant investment assets valued at £328,441. The trustees consider the reserve adequacy in meeting maintenance costs and uneven expenditure patterns.

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 2 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 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
• 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

• Angus William Buchanan
• Diane Penny
• Jim Slack
• John Henry Graham
• Nigel Christopher Wanford

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALMSHOUSE CHARITY.

• ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £33k
• PONTEFRACT AND ACKWORTH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £91k
• ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES income £114k
• ANDREW WINDSOR ALMSHOUSES income £110k
• TIVERTON ALMSHOUSE TRUST income £1.1m
• BROWNE AND WINGRAVE ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES income £87k

Side by side with its peers

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