Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -2

KING EDWARD VI AND THE REVEREND JOSEPH PRIME ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

The provision and maintenance of housing accommodation for persons who are in need, hardship or distress and who are resident in the former borough of Saffron Walden in the County of Essex and such charitable purposes for the benefit of the residents.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity uses a corporate trustee

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23		£423	£402	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22		£385	£564	£-179	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£376	£259	£117	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£332	£446	£-115	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	*	£298	£267	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£438	£190	£248	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17		£280	£220	£61	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£290	£215	£75	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15		£279	£214	£64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14		£274	£167	£107	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13		£254	£221	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12		£218	£164	£54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11		£226	£191	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/10		£239	£152	£87	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/09		£217	£160	£57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/08		£205	£130	£74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/07		£153	£166	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/06		£129	£102	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05		£132	£267	£-135	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04		£111	£172	£-61	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 57 years

www.swalmshouses.org

business@swalmshouses.org

01799513914

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing

GiG Classification

Shelter for homeless, vulnerable & excluded people

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - King Edward VI and the Reverend Joseph Prime Almshouse Charity
£2,000	19/07/2023	to repair the central chimney stack on a heritage-site Almshouse located in Saffron Walden
National Lottery Community Fund - Upgrading kitchen to chapel
£10,000	21/10/2010 12	This is a project by a homeless people's accommodation provider in Essex. The group will use funding to refurbish its chapel kitchen area. This will provide a suitable venue for other community groups and conform with current Health and Safety ....more This is a project by a homeless people's accommodation provider in Essex. The group will use funding to refurbish its chapel kitchen area. This will provide a suitable venue for other community groups and conform with current Health and Safety regulations.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (1)

KEVI Corporate Trustee Ltd

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/05/1968, number: 210590

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR19: 16 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from GIBSON'S CHARITY on 08/12/2022

Main office

ALMSHOUSE OFFICE
KING EDWARD VI ALMSHOUSES
ABBEY LANE
SAFFRON WALDEN
CB10 1DE

Objectives

1A) THE PROVISON AND MAINTENANCE OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR BENEFICIARIES; ANDB) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE.3)THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN PART ONE OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME OR ANY REPLACEMENT LAND ACQUIRED BY WAY OF PURCHASE OR EXCHANGE MUST BE RETAINED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR USE FOR THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY..

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF SAFFRON WALDEN.

Data Sources

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