LEIGHTON BUZZARD UNITED AND ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES

Charity Number: 1118085
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Provision of Almshouses

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £255,903
Total expenditure: £392,608

People

7 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Accommodation/housing
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Where the charity operates:
  • Bedford
  • Central Bedfordshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 23 February 2007: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Rev Grant Fellows Trustee 12 February 2022
None on record
Rev Catherine Frances Irvine Trustee 17 September 2019
None on record
Wendy Gibbons Trustee 25 February 2015
None on record
Geoffrey Marchant Trustee 08 October 2014
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, LEIGHTON BUZZARD
Received: On time
John Edward Sykes Trustee 21 January 2014
JANE HUNT
Received: On time
THE WILKES ALMS CHARITY
Received: 28 days late
Margaret Moran Trustee 21 January 2014
THE WILKES ALMS CHARITY
Received: 28 days late
JULIA LAU Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £216.85k £1.91m £251.60k £256.80k £255.90k
Total expenditure £158.98k £17.68k £115.25k £106.76k £392.61k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies N/A £1.64m N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Endowments N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Investment N/A £176.99k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other N/A £91.41k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Legacies N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A £17.68k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance N/A £3.60k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 28 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 28 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 25 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 25 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 01 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 01 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 01 February 2022 1 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 01 February 2022 1 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 17 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 17 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 15 FEBRUARY 2006. as amended on 11 May 2022

Charitable objects

1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: A) THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES FOR BENEFICIARIES; B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE; C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN PARTICULAR BY: I) THE REPAIR, MAINTENANCE AND INSURANCE OF THE STAINED GLASS WINDOW ERECTED AT THE WEST END OF ALL SAINTS' CHURCH LEIGHTON BUZZARD; II) A YEARLY PAYMENT OF ú50 (OR SUCH OTHER REASONABLE SUM AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE) TO THE VICAR OF ALL SAINTS' CHURCH LEIGHTON BUZZARD FOR PREACHING A SERMON ON THE 24 MARCH EACH YEAR, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT HE IS A TRUSTEE OF THE CHARITY.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE LEIGHTON BUZZARD, BEDFORDSHIRE

Contact information

Address:
10 Hillview Lane
Great Billington
LEIGHTON BUZZARD
Bedfordshire
LU7 9BH
Phone:
07851153016
Email:
clerk@wilkes-alms.org.uk
Website:

No information available