# THE BACKHAM ALMSHOUSES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 208498
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Jan. 18, 1963
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=208498


## Contact

- **Address:** The Rectory, 33 Goodwins Road, KING'S LYNN
- **Phone:** 01553 771779
- **Email:** adrianrling@btinternet.com



## Activities

**Objects:** ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR OLD MARRIED COUPLES (LIVING TOGETHER), WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, SPINSTERS AND BACHELORS, NOT LESS THAN SIXTY YEARS OLD AND WHO HAVE RESIDED IN KING'S LYNN FOR AT LEAST TWENTY YEARS.

**Activities:** Backham Almshouses are for a man, a woman or a married couple, who have lived in the Borough of King's Lynn, for a total of twenty one years. Must be of pensionable age.

**Area of benefit:** BOROUGH OF KING'S LYNN.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** Elderly/old People



## Areas of operation

- Norfolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £22441 | £28810 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £24879 | £23437 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £25322 | £16346 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £27000 | £29000 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £24800 | £20300 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Rev ADRIAN LING** (Chair) — appointed March 10, 2011
- Deborah Heneghan — appointed Dec. 5, 2023
- MARY PLANT — appointed Dec. 5, 2023
- Mandy Pope — appointed Feb. 28, 2023
- Sally Twyman — appointed June 26, 2014