CHANDOS & DENT'S ALMSHOUSES — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 11 July 2016
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £123,101
Latest expenditure: £99,069
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: 1st Floor office, 7 Chandos Flats, Winchcombe, CHELTENHAM, GL54 5LS

Website recorded by the regulator: http://winchcombealms.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The provision of affordable accommodation to persons of limited means and of good character who live in the borough of Tewkesbury or the parishes of Cowley, Coberley, Up Hatherley, Leckhampton, Prestbury, Swindon Village, Cutsdean, Temple Guiting , Guiting Power and Sevenhampton. A preference is given to persons living in Winchcombe.

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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: 5 May 2026
Date Accounts Received: 5 May 2026
Total Gross Income: £123,101
Total Gross Expenditure: £99,069

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: 22 February 2025
Date Accounts Received: 22 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £126,295
Total Gross Expenditure: £40,905

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: 24 June 2024
Date Accounts Received: 24 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £116,205
Total Gross Expenditure: £109,427

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: 10 March 2023
Date Accounts Received: 10 March 2023
Total Gross Income: £108,168
Total Gross Expenditure: £71,889

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 May 2022
Date Accounts Received: 7 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £106,120
Total Gross Expenditure: £29,581

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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: 5 May 2026
Total Gross Income: £123,101
Total Gross Expenditure: £99,069
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: 22 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £126,295
Total Gross Expenditure: £40,905
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: 24 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £116,205
Total Gross Expenditure: £109,427
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: 10

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: 10 March 2023
Total Gross Income: £108,168
Total Gross Expenditure: £71,889
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: 2

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 May 2022
Total Gross Income: £106,120
Total Gross Expenditure: £29,581
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: 2

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Charity Area Of Operation

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

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Charity Classification

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

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: CHANDOS & DENT'S ALMSHOUSES
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2020-12-17T00:00:00
Assoc Organisation Number: 1056643
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1056643
Assoc Charity Name: CHANDOS AND DENT'S ALMSHOUSES CHARITY

Charity Name: CHANDOS & DENT'S ALMSHOUSES
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2016-07-11T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - Foundation Registered 11 Jul 2016 as amended on 12 Oct 2020 as amended on 06 Nov 2020 as amended on 08 Feb 2023
Charitable Objects: 3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION AND SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE ALMSHOUSES OF WHICH THE CHARITY IS A TRUSTEE AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE.3.2 RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PERSONS WHO ARE:3.2.1 RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AT THE TIME OF THEIR APPOINTMENT AND3.2.2 PERSONS IN SUFFICIENT NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND REQUIRING URGENT SUPPORT, WITH A PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO PERSONS PRIMARILY WHO ARE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE PARISH OF WINCHCOMBE AND SECONDLY TO RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT PROVIDED ALWAYS IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE NO APPLICANTS FROM WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FROM PERSONS FROM A WIDER AREA PROVIDED THAT THEY SATISFY 3.2.2.3.3 IN THIS CONSTITUTION THE EXPRESSION "AREA OF BENEFIT" SHALL MEAN THE BOROUGH OF TEWKESBURY INCLUDING THE TOWN OF WINCHCOMBE AND THE PARISHES (OR FORMER PARISHES) OF ALDERTON, BROCKHAMPTON, DIDBROOK, HAWLING, PRESCOTT STANLEY PONTLARGE, STANWAY, SUDELEY MANOR, COWLEY, COBERLEY, UP HATHERLEY, LECKHAMPTON, PRESTBURY, SWINDON, CUTSDEAN, TEMPLE GUITING, TODDINGTON, GUITING POWER AND SEVENHAMPTON IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
Area Of Benefit: LOCAL

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures