BARTON AND ROYLE HOMES — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 26 September 1962
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
Latest income: £150,732
Latest expenditure: £118,263
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 4 The Furlong, Putnoe, Bedford, MK41 8EE

02 Activities

What the charity does

Provision of Alms Houses for the poor and needy

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 16 September 2025
Date Accounts Received: 16 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £150,732
Total Gross Expenditure: £118,263

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 15 July 2024
Date Accounts Received: 15 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £233,771
Total Gross Expenditure: £230,701

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 13 July 2023
Date Accounts Received: 13 July 2023
Total Gross Income: £125,888
Total Gross Expenditure: £214,064

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 5 August 2022
Date Accounts Received: 5 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £127,033
Total Gross Expenditure: £157,677

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2020
Ar Cycle Reference: AR20
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2021
Date Annual Return Received: 15 June 2021
Date Accounts Received: 15 June 2021
Total Gross Income: £283,873
Total Gross Expenditure: £153,668

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 16 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £150,732
Total Gross Expenditure: £118,263
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 15 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £233,771
Total Gross Expenditure: £230,701
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 13 July 2023
Total Gross Income: £125,888
Total Gross Expenditure: £214,064
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 5 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £127,033
Total Gross Expenditure: £157,677
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR20
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2020
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2021
Ar Received Date: 15 June 2021
Total Gross Income: £283,873
Total Gross Expenditure: £153,668
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Bedford
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Central Bedfordshire
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 107
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Accommodation/housing

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: BARTON AND ROYLE HOMES
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1962-09-26T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 27 SEPTEMBER 1963 AS AMENDED BY SCHEMES DATED 4 MAY 1966, AND 18 FEBRUARY 2003. as amended on 14 Nov 2024
Charitable Objects: THE MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF (1) ROYLE HOMES:- POOR AGED AND DESERVING PERSONS, PREFERENCE BEING TO PERSONS QUALIFIED AS AFORESAID WHO WERE BORN IN OR ARE RESIDENT IN THE BOROUGH OF BEDFORD AS CONSTITUTED FROM TIME TO TIME OR ARE IN SOME WAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAID BOROUGH. (2) BARTON HOMES:- DESERVING, AGED OR INFIRM POOR PERSONS WHO ARE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF THE PARISH OF TURVEY OR OF THE BOROUGH OF BEDFORD BOTH AS CONSTITUTED FROM TIME TO TIME. THE BARTON HOMES SHALL BE RESERVED AS NEARLY AS MAY BE AS TO ONE HALF FOR OCCUPATION BY COUPLES AND AS TO THE OTHER HALF FOR OCCUPATION BY SINGLE PERSONS BUT IF ONE OF A COUPLE, INMATES OF ONE OF THE SAID HOMES, SHALL DIE THE SURVIVOR (SUBJECT AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE POWER OF REMOVAL) SHALL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO OCCUPY SUCH HOME.
Area Of Benefit: BOROUGH OF BEDFORD, AND THE PARISH OF TURVEY.

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures