Burgesses' Land
What it does
To restore, build, maintain, beautify and repair the council's buildings & secondly to help the poor & needy.
Its charitable purposes
THAT THE CLEAR YEARLY RENTS ISSUE AND PROFITS ARISING FROM THE LANDS SHALL IN THE FIRST PLACE BE APPLIED TOWARDS BUILDING, REPAIRING, BEAUTIFYING, ENLARGING, AND MAINTAINING IN GOOD CONDITION AND REPAIR THE PUBLIC EDIFICES BELONGING TO THE SAID BOROUGH AND CORPORATION OF POOLE (WHICH ARE NOW GREATLY GONE TO DECAY) AND THE SURPLUS OF SUCH RENTS AND PROFITS, AFTER ANSWERING THE PURPOSES AFORESAID, SHALL BE PAID AND APPLIED FROM TIME TO TIME FOR THE BENEFIT AND RELIEF OF THE POOR AND DISTRESSED BURGESSES OF THE SAID BOROUGH OF POOLE, IN SUCH MANNER AS THE SAID BAILIFFS , ALDERMEN, AND BURGESSES, AND SUCCESSORS FOR THE TIME BEING SHALL ORDER AND APPOINT.
Causes
- What it works on
- Disability
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Environment, conservation and heritage
- Other charitable purposes
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- How it works
- Makes grants to organisations
- Provides buildings, facilities or open space
Where it works
- In Wales
- Powys
Area of benefit in its governing document: Welshpool
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £83,658 and spent £41,911.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £83,658 | £41,911 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £75,936 | £49,688 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £71,641 | £34,580 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £59,631 | £62,863 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £56,468 | £82,352 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
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 48%, from £56,468 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £83,658 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 50% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
1 trustee runs the charity.
- Welshpool Town CouncilOrganisation
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 30 January 2026, 1 day early | Received 30 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 17 January 2025, 14 days early | Received 17 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 2 May 2024, 92 days late | Received 2 May 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 23 January 2023, 8 days early | Received 23 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 26 January 2022, 5 days early | Received 26 January 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 508449
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 20 February 1979
- Governing document
- POOL INCLOSURE ACT 1761
- Website
- www.welshpooltowncouncil.gov.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Powys
Sources
- 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.