WILLIAM JOHN MILLS COTTAGES

Registered charity 275488 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WILLIAM JOHN MILLS COTTAGES TRUST

provision of housing for the elderly

Objects

TO PROVIDE ACCOMODATION FOR OCCUPATION BY DESERVING POOR PERSONS BEING RESIDENTS OR FORMER RESIDENTS OR THE DISTRICT OF KERRIER IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL.

Area of benefit: DISTRICT OF KERRIER

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £63,755 for the year ended 5 April 2025, reversing a previous net expenditure. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,115,379, which is above the stated policy target of £120,000 held in specific relief and maintenance funds.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• ELIZABETH ANN WILSONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRISTOPHER ADRIAN WILSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• CLIFFORD PAUL BARKER · trustee of 3 other charities
• GARFIELD KEITH GOLDSWORTHY · trustee of 2 other charities
• Luke Thomas Telford · trustee of 2 other charities
• NORNA MAIR BRIERLEY HUGHES · trustee of 1 other charity
• SALLY DOROTHY BURLEY · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cornwall

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