KING JAMES ALMSHOUSES — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 25 February 2022
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £0
Latest expenditure: £0
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: 1 King James Hospital Bungalows, Sunderland Road, GATESHEAD, Tyne And Wear, NE8 3EY

Website recorded by the regulator: kingjamesalmshouses.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The provision of Almshouse accommodation in the Gateshead area

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 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 20 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

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: 16 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 16 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

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: 17 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 17 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

Fin Period Start Date: 25 February 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 31 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

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 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0
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: 16 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0
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: 17 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0
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: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 25 February 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of 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: Sunderland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Tyne And Wear
Welsh Ind: No

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

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Gateshead
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Tyne And Wear
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: South Tyneside
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Tyne And Wear
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Newcastle Upon Tyne City
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Tyne And Wear
Welsh Ind: No

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

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 116
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Recreation

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

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

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: KING JAMES ALMSHOUSES
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2022-02-25T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 25 Feb 2022 as amended on 14 Nov 2025
Charitable Objects: 3. OBJECTS (1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: (A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION AND TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE ALMSHOUSES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE; (B) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF RESIDENTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. (2) RESIDENTS OF THE ALMSHOUSE MUST BE PERSONS WHO ARE IN SUFFICIENT NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND REQUIRING CONTINUING SUPPORT, WITH A PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO PERSONS WHO ARE ALREADY RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT PROVIDED ALWAYS IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE NO APPLICANTS FROM WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FROM SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS. (3) IN THIS CONSTITUTION THE EXPRESSION AREA OF BENEFIT SHALL MEAN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF GATESHEAD.

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Complaints handling