Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 0

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -4

ST MARY MAGDALEN'S HOSPITAL

Provision of housing for people with learning disabilities

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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
30/06/23?		£56	£51	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£45	£23	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	*	£36	£45	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£38	£75	£-37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£41	£31	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/17		£34	£58	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/16		£40	£27	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/15		£39	£42	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/14		£29	£22	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/13		£30	£20	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/12		£28	£15	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/11		£27	£16	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/10		£27	£15	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/09		£27	£21	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/08		£25	£19	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/07		£21	£17	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/06		£23	£13	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/05		£22	£13	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/04		£22	£14	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 56 years

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07990501921

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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

People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHRISTOPHER JULIAN POOLE Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: ST MARY MAGDALEN'S HOSPITAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY,

ELIZABETH BULL Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: ST MARY MAGDALEN'S HOSPITAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY,

REV LORRAINE WATTS (Chair) Appointed: 2019

THERESA MARGARET ANNE HIGGINS, Other trusteeships: COLCHESTER PHOENIX AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB, ST MARY MAGDALEN'S HOSPITAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/12/1968, number: 257508

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Homes England

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR20: 44 days late,

Main office

286 Mersea Road
COLCHESTER
CO2 8QY

Objectives

SIX ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR SINGLE PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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