CCEW Charity Commission profile

AGNES BACKHOUSE ANNUITY FUND

Registered charity 224960 · organisation 224960

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Other
Registered
9 March 1964
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income
£15,566
Latest expenditure
£22,276
Gift Aid
No
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: Temple Heelis D R Ltd, 1 Kent View, KENDAL, LA9 4DZ

02 Activities

What the charity does

Pays annuities/makes yearly donations to unmarried/widowed women over the age of 50 who appear to be in needy circumstances and who live in the parish of Ambleside, Cumbria.

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
17 April 2026
Total Gross Income
£15,566
Total Gross Expenditure
£22,276
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
4 June 2025
Total Gross Income
£18,071
Total Gross Expenditure
£12,289
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
11 October 2024
Total Gross Income
£17,515
Total Gross Expenditure
£33,832
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
11 September 2023
Total Gross Income
£15,188
Total Gross Expenditure
£33,896
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
9 August 2022
Total Gross Income
£17,866
Total Gross Expenditure
£20,759

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
17 April 2026
Total Gross Income
£15,566
Total Gross Expenditure
£22,276
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
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
4 June 2025
Total Gross Income
£18,071
Total Gross Expenditure
£12,289
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
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
11 October 2024
Total Gross Income
£17,515
Total Gross Expenditure
£33,832
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
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
11 September 2023
Total Gross Income
£15,188
Total Gross Expenditure
£33,896
Charity Raises Funds From Public
No
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
Yes
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
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
9 August 2022
Total Gross Income
£17,866
Total Gross Expenditure
£20,759
Charity Raises Funds From Public
No
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
Yes
Trustee Receives Other 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
Cumbria
Welsh Ind
No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
105
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Classification Code
202
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Elderly/old People
Classification Code
301
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Makes Grants To Individuals

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
AGNES BACKHOUSE ANNUITY FUND
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
1964-03-09T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
WILL PROVED ON 12/03/1915AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 08/01/2014
Charitable Objects
TO MAKE GRANTS TO UNMARRIED OR WIDOWED WOMEN OVER THE AGE OF FIFTY WHO APPEAR TO BE IN NEEDY CIRCUMSTANCES (SELECTED BY THE TRUSTEES) AND WHO LIVE IN THE HISTORIC COUNTY OF WESTMORLAND, PRINCIPALLY IN THE PARISH OF AMBLESIDE, AND TO MAKE GRANTS DIRECTLY OR THROUGH ANOTHER CHARITABLE ORGANISATION TO NEEDY AND ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE HISTORIC COUNTY OF WESTMORLAND, PRINCIPALLY IN THE PARISH OF AMBLESIDE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
Area Of Benefit
AMBLESIDE AND DISTRICT

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

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Paying staff
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Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
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Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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Investment
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Trustee expenses policy and procedures
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Complaints handling