Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

WILSON MEMORIAL HOMES 

Maintaining and providing affordable housing
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/05/23£199,113£222,880£-23,7670
31/05/22£189,632£219,960£-30,3280
31/05/21£192,131£109,921£82,2100
31/05/20£123,827£56,041£67,7860
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

wilsonmemorialhomes@yahoo.com

01697745019

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Cumbria,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/07/2019, number: 1184260
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from WILSON MEMORIAL HOMES on 11/10/2019
Main office

Wilson Memorial Homes
Office 1 Brampton Community Centre
Union Lane
BRAMPTON
CA8 1BX

Objectives

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES TO PEOPLE OF NOT LESS THAN 50 YEARS OF AGE WITH A CHARITABLE NEED FOR HOUSING, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM BEING ON LOW INCOMES, AND WHERE PREFERENCE IS GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BORN IN OR ARE RESIDENT IN THE PARISHES FOR FARLAM, BRAMPTON AND WALTON.”

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN THE PARISHES FOR FARLAM, BRAMPTON AND WALTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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