Winifred Bamford Hesketh Almshouses

Almshouse Charity. The provision of accommodation for poor or aged persons of good character and whenever possible are members of the Church of England or the Church of Wales. Residents contribute a weekly maintenance contribution towards the cost of maintaining the properties and essential services, but the weekly amount shall not be such as to cause hardship.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Conwy

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £87,018 and spent £37,613.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Up 172%, from £32,002 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £87,018 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 43% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 December 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

4 trustees run the charity.

• Alun Derick Wyn OWENAppointed 15 January 2019
• Gwynfryn JonesAppointed 14 May 2019
• John Gwyn JonesAppointed 1 February 2021
• Tracey Anne BrennanAppointed 1 October 2023

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

241908

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

28 May 1965

Governing document

"SCHEME OF 20 JANUARY 1995". as amended on 08 Jun 2018 as amended on 08 Jun 2018

Website

www.bamfordheskethalmshouses.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Conwy

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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