CHARITY OF ANN EDWARDS

Registered charity 263956 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ANN EDWARDS

The Charity of Ann Edwards was est by a bequest of Ann Edwards, for the building of almshouses to house clergy widows & female dependants of clergymen who had served in the Diocese of Gloucester. The almshouses were sold, & a new development of 8 housing units at Abbeydale was completed in 1994. The 1993 CC Scheme widened the qualification for residence to any poor single lady members of the CofE

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Latest income

£111k

Latest spending

£91k

Registered

1972

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £98,000 at the year-end, which is above the trustee's calculated minimum requirement of £60,000 needed to operate for six months without income. Total funds stood at just under £2.68 million, with the trustee considering designated repair funds sufficient to cover future maintenance costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £98k)

“The Trustee reviewed the Reserves policy during 2024 and calculated that free reserves of £60,000 would be needed to allow the Charity to operate for at least six months without income from Monthly Maintenance Contributions (MMC).” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £360k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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GLOUCESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£111k	£91k
31/12/2023	£109k	£115k
31/12/2022	£91k	£91k
31/12/2021	£87k	£84k
31/12/2020	£87k	£70k

Common questions

Is CHARITY OF ANN EDWARDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £98,000 at the year-end, which is above the trustee's calculated minimum requirement of £60,000 needed to operate for six months without income. Total funds stood at just under £2.68 million, with the trustee considering designated repair funds sufficient to cover future maintenance costs. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ESTATE CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE	1	£1.1m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £155k
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES income £177k
SIR EDMUND DE MOUNDEFORD CHARITY income £212k
ANNIE SUTTON AND HOULT MEMORIAL HOUSES income £173k
ST JOHN'S LICHFIELD income £538k
GREENWICH CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE AND THE MISSES SMITH income £460k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHARITY OF ANN EDWARDS	£111k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2023	£155k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£177k	—	above	—	no doubt
SIR EDMUND DE MOUNDEFORD CHARITY FY2023	£212k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ANNIE SUTTON AND HOULT MEMORIAL HOUSES FY2025	£173k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST JOHN'S LICHFIELD FY2024	£538k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.