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SIR Robert Geffery's Almshouse Trust

SIR Robert Geffery's Almshouse Trust is a registered charity (number 219153) based in London, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £2.9m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as SIR Robert Geffery's Homes Trust, SIR Robert Geffery's Trust (Charity Commission)

  • 1 trustee
  • Income £2.9m (2025)
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No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: The Ironmongers' Trust Company.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 1 more
Where
Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.ironmongers.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1975

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.9m£2.4m
  • 2024£2.7m£2.3m
  • 2023£2.6m£1.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£8.9m£2.1m
  • 2021£2.2m£2.0m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AND FORMER RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES AND HOMES OF THE CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME. THE RESIDENTS SHALL BE PERSONS OF LIMITED MEANS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO ARE WHOLLY OR IN PART UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THEMSELVES BY THEIR OWN EXERTIONS: PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO FREEMEN OF IRONMONGERS' COMPANY THEIR WIDOWS AND DEPENDENTS.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

82.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 43.9 in 2021

3 from 9 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
219153
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 16/03/1988 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 25/11/2004 AND 29/11/2011AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 21 SEP 2021
Contact on the register
02077762311 · helen@ironmongers.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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