01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 1 December 1962
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £379,423
- Latest expenditure
- £27,399,906
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: The Office, Watts Almshouses, Maidstone Road, Rochester, ME1 1SE
Website recorded by the regulator: www.richardwatts.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Provision of Almshouse accommodation. Grant making to relieve sickness or need to persons resident in the City of Rochester
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 October 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £379,423
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £27,399,906
- 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
- 18 June 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 18 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,544,562
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,714,004
- 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
- 8 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 8 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,416,871
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,420,795
- 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
- 31 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,279,976
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,327,701
- 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 October 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 5 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,198,021
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,199,636
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £379,423
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £27,399,906
- 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
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- 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
- 18 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,544,562
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,714,004
- 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
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- 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
- 8 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,416,871
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,420,795
- 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
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- 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
- 31 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,279,976
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,327,701
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- 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
- 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 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,198,021
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,199,636
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- 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
- 2
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- 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
- 18 June 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 39204
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 402637
- Income Investments
- 1052721
- Income Other
- 50000
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1544562
- Income Legacies
- 37047
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £408,981
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,305,023
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1714004
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 35102
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 86900
- Expenditure Governance
- 276
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 422892
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 898415
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 583650
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,727,777
- Assets Total Fixed
- 25843202
- Assets Own Use
- 10814924
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 15028278
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,727,382
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £287,497
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £27,283,087
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 243003
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 44494
- Assets Cash
- £1,339,011
- Funds Endowment
- 25555310
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1727777
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 27283087
- Count Employees
- 26
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- 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
- 8 October 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 396
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 361297
- Income Investments
- 965178
- Income Other
- 90000
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1416871
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £298,345
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,122,450
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1420795
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 14442
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 81419
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 382449
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 194726
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,844,687
- Assets Total Fixed
- 24079136
- Assets Own Use
- 3476123
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 20603013
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,645,847
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £323,033
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £25,401,950
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 292802
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 30231
- Assets Cash
- £1,334,895
- Funds Endowment
- 23557263
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1844687
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 25401950
- Count Employees
- 25
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- 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
- 31 October 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 26510
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 309874
- Income Investments
- 936842
- Income Other
- 6750
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1279976
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £271,059
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,056,642
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1327701
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 25239
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 60417
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 307963
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- -1146851
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,831,975
- Assets Total Fixed
- 24546450
- Assets Own Use
- 23794623
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 751827
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £945,624
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £280,926
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £25,211,148
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 263815
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 17111
- Assets Cash
- £678,131
- Funds Endowment
- 23379173
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1831975
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 25211148
- Count Employees
- 25
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- 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 October 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1940
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 288064
- Income Investments
- 908017
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1198021
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £289,498
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £910,138
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1199636
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 34218
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 32405
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 285763
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 234335
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,323,606
- Assets Total Fixed
- 25917920
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 25917920
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £903,983
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £387,088
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £26,434,815
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 350247
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 36841
- Assets Cash
- £722,661
- Funds Endowment
- 24397446
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2037369
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 26434815
- Count Employees
- 26
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Medway
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
- Classification Code
- 107
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Accommodation/housing
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Classification Code
- 301
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- RICHARD WATTS AND THE CITY OF ROCHESTER ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1962-12-01T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- SEE INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENTS AS AMENDED ON 20 MAR 2025
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITIES ARE: (1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PERSONS IN THE MEDWAY UNITARY AUTHORITY AREA, OR WHO IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES HAVE A LOCAL CONNECTION WITH THE MEDWAY UNITARY AUTHORITY AREA BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE FORM OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION; AND (2) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN THE MEDWAY UNITARY AUTHORITY AREA WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE.
- Area Of Benefit
- CITY OF ROCHESTER
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures