EARSDON, NEWBURN AND SHILBOTTLE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

Registered charity 512195 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEWBURN ALMSHOUSES

To provide residential accommodation for the poor and needy residing in or near Earsdon, Newburn and Shilbottle.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF AN ALMSHOUSE FOR POOR PEOPLE BORN IN THE AREA OF THE VALLET WARD OF THE BOROUGH OF NORTH TYNESIDE AND THE NEWBURN WARD OF THE CITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, BOTH IN THE COUNTY OF TYNE AND WEAR AND THE PARISH OF SHILBOTTLE IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND OR HAVE RESIDED THEREIN FOR NOT LESS THAN TEN YEARS AND WHO ARE EITHER AGED NOT LESS THAN SIXTY YEARS OR WHO HAVE HAD THE ABILITY TO GAIN A LIVELIHOOD DESTROYED OR IMPAIRED BY DISEASE OR OTHERWISE.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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 · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved full occupancy and generated a net incoming resource of £13,128 for the year. Per the trustees' report, cumulative unrestricted reserves stand at £461,857, which the trustees consider adequate to support current operations and mitigate risks. The financial position is described as good with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• AMANDA TAYLOR
• Amy Leigh
• JULIA ROBSON
• Jennie Jones

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland

Income and spending

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