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Lench's Trust

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1145847
Status
Registered
Registered
Feb. 10, 2012
Legal form
Charitable company

Address

Address
Head Office
William Lench Court
80 Ridgacre Road
Quinton
B32 2AQ

Activities

Lench's Trust is an Almshouse Charity, providing care and quality homes to people over the age of 55 in need, in and around Birmingham, attempting to reduce social isolation within this demographic and creating communities within our Schemes.

Objects: The Charitys Objects ("objects") Are Specifically Restricted To The Following: (a) The Provision And Maintenance Of Almshouses Or Such Other Property Appropriate To The Needs Of Persons In Necessitous Circumstances Who Are Inhabitants Of The City Of Birmingham And Its Immediate Environs Or Persons Who Shall Through Age Or Otherwise Find Themselves In Necessitous Circumstances As A Result Of Which They Have Become Unable To Afford To Continue To Live In And Maintain Their Current Residences, Or Who Although They Have Significant Capital Assets Are Through Lack Of Income In Necessitous Circumstances, Provided Always That They Shall Be Residents Of The City Of Birmingham And Its Immediate Environs; (b) To Relieve The Elderly And Poor In Any Way Deemed Charitable According To Law, And Provided Always That They Shall Be Residents Of The City Of Birmingham And Its Immediate Environs. Without Prejudice To The Generality Of The Forgoing Such Relief May Be Provided By The Provision Of Home Care For Elderly People And Such Other Support As The Trustees Shall Deem Appropriate Both Within A Clients Home And Otherwise Including The Making Of Cash Payments To People In Necessitous Circumstances And, In Particular, Relating To Housing Needs. (c) A Person Who Qualifies Under Article 4(a) Above But Who Is To Enter Into An Equity Sharing Arrangement With The Charity Whereby They May Purchase Up To A 75% Share In A Unit As A Qualifying Beneficiary: (i) Shall At All Times Afford The Charity The First Option To Re-Purchase Whatever Share In A Unit He Or She Shall Have Purchased By Way Of Equity; (ii) Shall Be A Qualifying Beneficiary By Virtue Of Clause 4(a) Above; (iii) Shall Not Allow Any Other Person To Occupy Or Share The Accommodation And Shall Not Transfer His Or Her Legal Interest In The Unit Concerned To Any Third Party Whether In Whole Or In Part; (iv) Shall Bear His Or Her Own Costs In Relation To The Acquisition And Disposal Of Any Interest In The Unit.

Classification

How
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
What
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Other Charitable Purposes
Who
Elderly/old People

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Birmingham City

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2024 £3,257,970 £3,153,283 £28,471,968 39
Dec. 31, 2023 £3,048,426 £2,831,757 £28,202,864 38
Dec. 31, 2022 £2,631,398 £2,524,080 £27,994,517 36
Dec. 31, 2021 £2,581,049 £2,362,980 £27,850,318 36
Dec. 31, 2020 £2,313,033 £2,307,185 £27,410,221 38

Trustees

Name Appointed
Alison White May 19, 2022
Fungayi George Mandonga June 20, 2024
Guy Chaundy June 19, 2025
Inderpal Singh Lotay Dec. 14, 2023
Kamaljit Kaur Takhar Dec. 14, 2023
Louise Teboul June 19, 2025
Matthew Lake June 19, 2025
Mohammed Abdul Malik Dec. 12, 2019
Monica Mateo-Garcia June 19, 2025
Richard Moxon May 19, 2022
Ruth Evans Sept. 14, 2017
Sean Brennan Sept. 18, 2025