BEESTON'S, ANDREWES' AND PALYN'S CHARITY — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 23 September 1997
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 30 September 2024 – 29 September 2025
Latest income: £185,084
Latest expenditure: £353,987
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: THE GIRDLERS CO, GIRDLERS HALL, BASINGHALL AVENUE, LONDON, EC2V 5DD

Website recorded by the regulator: www.girdlers.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Almshouses

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 30 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 29 September 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 29 July 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 14 July 2026
Date Accounts Received: 14 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £185,084
Total Gross Expenditure: £353,987

Fin Period Start Date: 30 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 29 September 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 29 July 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 8 July 2025
Date Accounts Received: 8 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £175,073
Total Gross Expenditure: £289,123

Fin Period Start Date: 30 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 29 September 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 29 July 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 20 June 2024
Date Accounts Received: 20 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £159,449
Total Gross Expenditure: £321,589

Fin Period Start Date: 30 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 29 September 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 29 July 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 11 May 2023
Date Accounts Received: 11 May 2023
Total Gross Income: £150,469
Total Gross Expenditure: £152,450

Fin Period Start Date: 30 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 29 September 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 29 July 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 16 June 2022
Date Accounts Received: 16 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £156,018
Total Gross Expenditure: £175,252

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: 30 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 29 September 2025
Ar Due Date: 29 July 2026
Ar Received Date: 14 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £185,084
Total Gross Expenditure: £353,987
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: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 30 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 29 September 2024
Ar Due Date: 29 July 2025
Ar Received Date: 8 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £175,073
Total Gross Expenditure: £289,123
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: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 30 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 29 September 2023
Ar Due Date: 29 July 2024
Ar Received Date: 20 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £159,449
Total Gross Expenditure: £321,589
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: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 30 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 29 September 2022
Ar Due Date: 29 July 2023
Ar Received Date: 11 May 2023
Total Gross Income: £150,469
Total Gross Expenditure: £152,450
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: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 30 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 29 September 2021
Ar Due Date: 29 July 2022
Ar Received Date: 16 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £156,018
Total Gross Expenditure: £175,252
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: Southwark
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

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

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

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

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: BEESTON'S, ANDREWES' AND PALYN'S CHARITY
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1997-09-23T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: SCHEME OF THE COMMISSIONERS DATED 24TH JUNE 1997
Charitable Objects: (1) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM AS FAR AS IS REQUIRED AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEE THINKS FIT FROM TIME TO TIME (2) SUBJECT THERETO, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS FOR RELIEF IN NEED HEREINAFTER CONTAINED. THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY APPLICABLE FOR RELIEF IN NEED IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS WHO HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS HEREINAFTER PRESCRIBED FOR RESIDENTS OF THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY, IN THE SAME ORDER OF PRIORITY, AND WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS EITHER IN GIFTS IN KIND OR GRANTS OF MONEY WHICH MAY INCLUDE GRANTS TO ANY ALMSHOUSE OR OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTION ESTABLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS QUALIFIED AS AFORESAID;
Area Of Benefit: GREATER LONDON

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 412711
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: THE BESTON, ANDREWES AND PALYN CHARITY

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff