EMILY BENTLEY HOMES

Registered charity 501041 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide accommodation for older people who are in need and who live in the Bradford and Harrogate area.

Objects

THE PROVISIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS IN NEED WHO ARE AGED 60 YEARS OR OVER AND WHO HVE RESIDED IN THE AREA FO THE FORMER BOROUGH OF OSSETT FOR NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS NEXT PRECEDING THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT

Area of benefit: FORMER BOROUGH OF OSSETT

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

Latest income

£31k

Latest spending

£28k

Registered

1971

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £6,105 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves standing at £210,582. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Reserves are managed to avoid the necessity of realising fixed assets, with designated funds set aside for repairs and maintenance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to avoid the necessity to realise fixed assets (held: £211k)

“The Trustee has reviewed the Charity’s needs for reserves in line with the guidance issued by the Charity Commission and consider it prudent that reserves should be sufficient to avoid the necessity to realise fixed assets.” — page 4

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: Homes England. 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.

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
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

54 North Homes Limited · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£31k	£28k
31/03/2024	£29k	£17k
31/03/2023	£26k	£19k
31/03/2022	£22k	£17k
31/03/2021	£21k	£18k

Common questions

Is EMILY BENTLEY HOMES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £6,105 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves standing at £210,582. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Reserves are managed to avoid the necessity of realising fixed assets, with designated funds set aside for repairs and maintenance. 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
EMMAUS U.K.	1	£72k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BUTTERFIELD HOMES -(COTTINGLEY).

BUTTERFIELD HOMES -(COTTINGLEY) income £27k
BUTTERFIELD HOMES,CROSSHILLS income £33k
BUTTERFIELD HOMES (WILSDEN) income £30k
MARY BELLAMY income £25k
BUTTERFIELD HOMES income £30k
ANTHONY TOBY HOMES TRUST income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EMILY BENTLEY HOMES	£31k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BUTTERFIELD HOMES -(COTTINGLEY) FY2025	£27k	—	above	—	no doubt
BUTTERFIELD HOMES,CROSSHILLS FY2025	£33k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BUTTERFIELD HOMES (WILSDEN) FY2025	£30k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MARY BELLAMY FY2024	£25k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BUTTERFIELD HOMES FY2024	£30k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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