BURGESSES' LAND

Registered charity 508449 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To restore, build, maintain, beautify and repair the council's buildings & secondly to help the poor & needy.

Objects

THAT THE CLEAR YEARLY RENTS ISSUE AND PROFITS ARISING FROM THE LANDS SHALL IN THE FIRST PLACE BE APPLIED TOWARDS BUILDING, REPAIRING, BEAUTIFYING, ENLARGING, AND MAINTAINING IN GOOD CONDITION AND REPAIR THE PUBLIC EDIFICES BELONGING TO THE SAID BOROUGH AND CORPORATION OF POOLE (WHICH ARE NOW GREATLY GONE TO DECAY) AND THE SURPLUS OF SUCH RENTS AND PROFITS, AFTER ANSWERING THE PURPOSES AFORESAID, SHALL BE PAID AND APPLIED FROM TIME TO TIME FOR THE BENEFIT AND RELIEF OF THE POOR AND DISTRESSED BURGESSES OF THE SAID BOROUGH OF POOLE, IN SUCH MANNER AS THE SAID BAILIFFS , ALDERMEN, AND BURGESSES, AND SUCCESSORS FOR THE TIME BEING SHALL ORDER AND APPOINT.

Area of benefit: WELSHPOOL

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Powys, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £31,970 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £103,358. The trustees note that the reserve policy is based on maintaining adequate day-to-day funds and covering specific liabilities, with a calculated reserve requirement of £76,723. The charity holds significant unrestricted funds in surplus relative to its stated policy targets.

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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 02/05/2024, 92 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• WELSHPOOL TOWN COUNCIL · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Powys

Income and spending

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