CCEW Charity Commission profile

PHILIP METCALFE'S ALMSHOUSES

Registered charity 234453 · organisation 234453

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 19 May 1964
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £22,795
Latest expenditure: £8,632
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Larkfield Corner, Hawstead, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5NH

02 Activities

What the charity does

Provides, in a rural location, accommodation for needy older people with connexions to Hawstead, or surrounding parishes in Suffolk

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: 26 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £22,795
Total Gross Expenditure: £8,632

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: 28 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £21,140
Total Gross Expenditure: £10,930

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 February 2025
Date Accounts Received: 11 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £114,460
Total Gross Expenditure: £165,494

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: 3 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £19,057
Total Gross Expenditure: £28,394

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: 4 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £9,557
Total Gross Expenditure: £11,223

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: 26 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £22,795
Total Gross Expenditure: £8,632
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: 28 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £21,140
Total Gross Expenditure: £10,930
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: 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 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £114,460
Total Gross Expenditure: £165,494
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £94,220
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: 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: 3 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £19,057
Total Gross Expenditure: £28,394
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: 1

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

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

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

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

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

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: PHILIP METCALFE'S ALMSHOUSES
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1964-05-19T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: SCHEME OF THE 14TH DECEMBER 1973
Charitable Objects: ALMSHOUSES FOR (1) POOR MEN WHO ARE NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE; AND (2) POOR WOMEN WHO ARE NOT LESS THAN 50 YEARS OF AGE; WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE HAWSTEAD

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests