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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 3
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Very static board: -5
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

WISBECH CHARITIES

Provision of Almshouse Sheltered Housing
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be very static

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 has been volatile recently
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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
01/01/70£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/23£102£84£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£94£143£-49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£103£76£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£103£76£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£107£65£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£102£95£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£100£88£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£98£101£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£93£108£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£95£80£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£94£75£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£87£78£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11*£79£86£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10*£77£66£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09?*£55£72£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/01/70£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/01/70£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 57 years

wisbechcharities@gmail.com

01945 581370

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Shelter for homeless, vulnerable & excluded people
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANNE ELGOOD
  • JOHN BOASE STOCKS Appointed: 2016
  • KATE ROSIER Appointed: 2016
  • KEITH APLIN Appointed: 2016
  • REV MATTHEW BRADBURY Appointed: 2016
  • RICHARD SYMOND GILES BARNWELL (Chair) Appointed: 2013
  • TONY PEPPERCORN Appointed: 2015
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/10/1967, number: 204879
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Homes England
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR11: 440 days late, AR10: 805 days late, AR09: 1170 days late,
Main office

Wisbech Charities
King John's House
King's Walk
Wisbech
Cambs
PE13 1HU

Objectives

ALMSHOUSE BRANCH - PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PEOPLE OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE BENEFICIAL AREA AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT.POOR'S BRANCH - INCOME FOR THE BENEFIT EITHER OF THE POOR OF THE BENEFICIAL AREA GENERALLY OR FOR SUCH POOR PEOPLE RESIDENT THEREIN AS TRUSTEES SELECT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF WISBECH AND ANCIENT PARISH OF WISBECH ST PETER

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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