01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 19 September 2024
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 19 September 2024 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £28,064,397
- Latest expenditure
- £1,484,240
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: The Office, Watts Almshouses, Maidstone Road, Rochester, ME1 1SE
02 Activities
What the charity does
1. The relief of poverty of persons in the Medway unitary authority area, or who in the opinion of the trustees have a local connection with the Medway unitary authority area by the provision and maintenance of social housing in the form of alms-house accommodation. 2. The relief of people in the Medway unitary authority area who are in need by reason of financial hardship or other disadvantage,
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 19 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 October 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £28,064,397
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,484,240
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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
- 19 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £28,064,397
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,484,240
- 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
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
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Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 19 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 402
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 374242
- Income Investments
- 781706
- Income Other
- 26908047
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 28064397
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £361,041
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,123,199
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1484240
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 25882
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 65087
- Expenditure Governance
- 404575
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 404575
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 551406
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- -233025
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,604,816
- Assets Total Fixed
- 25727336
- Assets Own Use
- 17980936
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 7746400
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,604,816
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £270,787
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £27,061,365
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 216524
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 54263
- Assets Cash
- £1,472,300
- Funds Endowment
- 25533267
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1528098
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 27061365
- Count Employees
- 13
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Medway
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
- Classification Code
- 301
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- RICHARD WATTS CHARITIES CIO
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2024-09-19T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 19 SEP 2024 AS AMENDED ON 20 MAR 2025AMENDED ON 02 JUN 2025
- Charitable Objects
- THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PERSONS IN THE MEDWAY UNITARY AUTHORITY AREA, OR WHO IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES HAVE A LOCAL CONNECTION WITH THE MEDWAY UNITARY AUTHORITY AREA BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE FORM OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION;•THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN THE MEDWAY UNITARY AUTHORITY AREA WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE;• TO PRESERVE THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS POOR TRAVELLERS’ HOUSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS A BUILDING OF HISTORIC INTEREST BY KEEPING IT OPEN FOR INSPECTION BY THE PUBLIC AT SUCH TIMES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures