ANN CROWE'S AND WRIGHT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 279346 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WRIGHT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

We have 10 properties that are rented to the elderly widowed in need of accomodation that are currently living in the Ancient Parish of Enfield.

Objects

1) PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS WHO ARE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT (SEE CLAUSE 11 OF SCHEME) 2) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES

Area of benefit: ANCIENT PARISH OF ENFIELD

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£104k

Latest spending

£71k

Registered

1989

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £33,302 for the year, with total receipts of £104,439 against expenditure of £71,137. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves (bank balances) stood at £325,414 at year-end, though the charity does not hold an explicit reserves policy target. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Administration charges paid to The Old Enfield Charitable Trust, a charity where the trustees also serve.

“The Trustees confirm that there were no related party transactions during the year, other than the administration charges of £12,069 (2024: £10,572) from The Old Enfield Charitable Trust, a charity in which the Trustees are also Trustees of that charity.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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

SUSAN JANE ATTWOOD JPchair · trustee of 2 other charities
ANNE WHITEHORN · trustee of 1 other charity
CHERYL BYAMUKAMA · trustee of 2 other charities
CLIVE PARKER · trustee of 1 other charity
Councillor Michael Rye · trustee of 1 other charity
Deighton Hargreaves · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr PATRICK O'MAHONY · trustee of 2 other charities
GEOFFREY STANLEY HILL · trustee of 2 other charities
JIM EUSTANCE · trustee of 1 other charity
JONATHAN F MCGRATH Mr · trustee of 1 other charity
Lily Ho Parker Mrs · trustee of 1 other charity
NICHOLAS MAUNDER TAYLOR · trustee of 1 other charity
Paul Simon Edwards · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Enfield

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£104k	£71k
31/03/2024	£98k	£56k
31/03/2023	£89k	£36k
31/03/2022	£85k	£78k
31/03/2021	£96k	£46k

Common questions

Is ANN CROWE'S AND WRIGHT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £33,302 for the year, with total receipts of £104,439 against expenditure of £71,137. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves (bank balances) stood at £325,414 at year-end, though the charity does not hold an explicit reserves policy target. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREENWICH CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE AND THE MISSES SMITH.

GREENWICH CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE AND THE MISSES SMITH income £460k
WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £491k
THE CITY OF LONDON ALMSHOUSES income £480k
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES income £177k
Beaconwild Ltd income £2.2m
SALISBURY CITY ALMSHOUSE AND WELFARE CHARITIES income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ANN CROWE'S AND WRIGHT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY	£104k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GREENWICH CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE AND THE MISSES SMITH FY2025	£460k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£491k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CITY OF LONDON ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£480k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£177k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Beaconwild Ltd FY2025	£2.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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