Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

WILLIAM ROBERTSON HOMES ASSOCIATION 

The provision of homes as residences for farmers and other agricultural workers in Northumberland, who are incapacitated through old age or infirmity, or who are not less than sixty years of age, who are in need of assistance and who have retired from full employment, and who shall prior to ceasing work have been employed in agriculture in Northumberland for a period of not less than 15 years.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£59£57£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21*£33£45£-12n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£32£10£22n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£28£15£13n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£35£40£-5£0£0£0n/a07
31/12/17£31£20£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£19£12£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£19£25£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£24£14£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£18£20£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£16£17£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£16£15£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£14£36£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£13£22£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£15£16£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£14£22£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£14£15£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£13£78£-64£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£14£24£-10£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 58 years

snjkerry@gmail.com

01670787203

Charity Commission for England and Wales
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
GiG Classification
  • Poverty relief
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Northumberland,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to The William Robertson Homes Association
£25,000 13/01/2022
Property refurbishments in Embleton

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/03/1966, number: 247405
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR21: 3 days late,
Main office

Mill Cottage
Felton
MORPETH
NE65 9HL

Objectives

TO PROVIDE HOMES AS RESIDENCES FOR FARMERS AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND WHO ARE INCAPACITATED THROUGH OLD AGE OR INFIRMITY, OR WHO ARE NOT LESS THAN SIXTY YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE AND WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM FULL EMPLOYMENT AND WHO SHALL PRIOR TO CEASING WORK HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN 15 YEARS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTHUMBERLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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