THE HOSTEL OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD

Registered charity 261373 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To hold and maintain Almshouse premises in perpetuity for the use of the aged poor without distinction of sex, class or creed.

Objects

PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR THE USE OF THE AGED POOR WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, CLASS OR CREED

Area of benefit: PARISH OF FERNHURST

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £11,420 and total net assets of £347,933. The trustees maintain unrestricted reserves sufficient to cover average expenditure over the past five years, doubled, with an additional 15%. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified in the filing.

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 3 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Keith Leslie Tyler
• MARY ODDI · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Elizabeth Shara Yonge

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

Operates in: West Sussex

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