NORTHAM ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 286354 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of accommodation for single residents in the localities of Northam,. Appledore or Westward Ho!

Objects

ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR WIDOWS WHO (EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CASES TO BE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS) ARE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF NORTHAM

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 net receipts increased from £8,100 in 2024 to £14,308 in 2025, driven by higher income from residents and other deposits. The charity maintains four almshouse dwellings with continuous occupancy, having renovated one unit after a brief vacancy. While utility costs have risen, the charity's financial position appears stable with positive net receipts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Richard CARTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jacky Peel · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Helen Elizabeth WHITTAKER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jim Jackson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kevin Bowman
• Malcolm Macdonald Warrington · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pam Orchard · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Palmer · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Devon

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