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Westminster Almshouses Foundation

  • 1 trustee
  • Income £840k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Westminster Almshouses Corporate Trustee.

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

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Where
City Of Westminster
Website
www.westminsteralmshouses.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Westminster Almshouses Corporate Trustee
Registered
1973

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£840k£1.2m
  • 2024£861k£1.0m
  • 2023£881k£901k
Earlier years
  • 2022£798k£845k
  • 2021£742k£852k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

4. OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY(1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(A) THE ALMSHOUSE OBJECTS;(B) THE RELIEF IN NEED OBJECT; AND(C) THE EDUCATIONAL OBJECT.(2) THE ALMSHOUSE OBJECTS ARE:(A) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS WHO (EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SCHEME): (I) ARE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT; OR (II) HAVE RESIDED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AT ANY TIME IN THE LAST TEN YEARS; AND (III) ARE OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE, EXCEPT IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AGREED BY THE TRUSTEES. (B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE. (3) THE RELIEF OF NEED OBJECT IS THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE: (A) IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; AND(B) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SCHEME, RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.(4) THE EDUCATIONAL OBJECT IS THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO:(A) ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; AND(B) ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; BY ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT. (5) THE TRUSTEES MAY RELIEVE PERSONS IN NEED BY:(A) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO THEM; OR(B) PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR THEM; OR(C) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO OTHER PERSONS OR BODIES WHO PROVIDE GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES TO THOSE IN NEED.

Board analysis

Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£861k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

25.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 41.0 in 2020

6 from 5 in 2020
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
226936
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION DATED 21 DECEMBER 2007AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 09 FEB 2017AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 26 SEP 2017 as amended on 04 Sept 2024
Companies House
Company number 09854252 · Active
Contact on the register
02078283131 · clerk@westminsteralmshouses.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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