01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- New
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 14 April 2026
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- Not supplied – Not supplied
- Latest income
- Not supplied
- Latest expenditure
- Not supplied
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: Fairview, The Heath, Dedham, COLCHESTER, CO7 6BU
02 Activities
What the charity does
Providing subsidised accommodation to the elderly in the village of Dedha.
03 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Essex
- Welsh Ind
- No
04 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
- Classification Code
- 117
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- DUNTON'S ALMSHOUSES
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2026-04-14T00:00:00
06 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 14 Apr 2026
- Charitable Objects
- 4.1. THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION (BY WAY OF ALMSHOUSES) FOR PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR FINANCIAL DISTRESS AND WHO OTHERWISE MEET THE QUALIFYING CONDITIONS.4.2. THE QUALIFYING CONDITIONS ARE:4.2.1 THAT IN ORDER TO BE A BENEFICIARY OF THE CIO A PERSON MUST BE AGED 60 YEARS OR OVER AND WHO HAS BEEN A RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO THEIR ELECTION AS RESIDENT OF THE CIO WITH A PREFERENCE FOR BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF DEDHAM, ESSEX; AND4.2.2 IF AND IN SO FAR AS IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO APPOINT PERSONS TO THE HOMES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE QUALIFYING CONDITIONS IN CLAUSE 4.2.1 THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY APPOINT UP TO ONE-THIRD OF THE RESIDENTS FROM PERSONS WHO ARE EITHER:4.2.1.1. UNDER THE AGE OF 60 BUT HAVE BEEN RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST FIVE YEARS; OR4.2.1.2. OVER THE AGE OF 60 AND ARE RESIDENT OUTSIDE OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT.