BARNSTAPLE ALMSHOUSES — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 8 November 2019
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025
Latest income: £225,271
Latest expenditure: £249,272
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: The Boardroom, Penrose Square Almshouses, Litchdon Street, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 8NH

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

(1) The provision of housing for persons who are in need, financial hardship or distress;(2) Such exclusively charitable purposes for the benefit of the Beneficiaries or a sufficient section of them as the charity trustees decide;(3) The relief, either generally or individually of persons resident in the Area of benefit who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress, by making grants.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 19 December 2025
Date Accounts Received: 19 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £225,271
Total Gross Expenditure: £249,272

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 18 March 2025
Date Accounts Received: 18 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £213,331
Total Gross Expenditure: £105,444

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 15 February 2024
Date Accounts Received: 15 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £190,440
Total Gross Expenditure: £117,458

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 13 February 2023
Date Accounts Received: 13 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £206,383
Total Gross Expenditure: £124,556

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 11 October 2021
Date Accounts Received: 11 October 2021
Total Gross Income: £175,483
Total Gross Expenditure: £183,505

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 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2026
Ar Received Date: 19 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £225,271
Total Gross Expenditure: £249,272
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: 2

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Received Date: 18 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £213,331
Total Gross Expenditure: £105,444
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £1,000
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: 1

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Received Date: 15 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £190,440
Total Gross Expenditure: £117,458
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: 1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Received Date: 13 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £206,383
Total Gross Expenditure: £124,556
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: 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 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Received Date: 11 October 2021
Total Gross Income: £175,483
Total Gross Expenditure: £183,505
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 Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Devon
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: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

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

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

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

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: BARNSTAPLE ALMSHOUSES
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2020-07-07T00:00:00
Reason: Funds transferred (incor)
Assoc Organisation Number: 2269
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 204460
Assoc Charity Name: BARNSTAPLE POOR'S CHARITIES

Charity Name: BARNSTAPLE ALMSHOUSES
Charity Event Order: 4
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2020-07-13T00:00:00
Assoc Organisation Number: 204460
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 204460
Assoc Charity Name: BARNSTAPLE MUNICIPAL CHARITIES

Charity Name: BARNSTAPLE ALMSHOUSES
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2019-11-08T00:00:00

Charity Name: BARNSTAPLE ALMSHOUSES
Charity Event Order: 3
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2020-07-10T00:00:00
Reason: Funds transferred (incor)
Assoc Organisation Number: 2268
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 204460
Assoc Charity Name: BARNSTAPLE ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 08 Nov 2019
Charitable Objects: 1) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS;2) SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIARIES OR A SUFFICIENT SECTION OF THEM AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES DECIDE;3)THE RELIEF, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures