# THE BACKHAM ALMSHOUSES

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; 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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=208498


## Contact

- **Address:** The Rectory, 33 Goodwins Road, KING&#x27;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&#x27;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&#x27;s Lynn, for a total of twenty one years. Must be of pensionable age.

**Area of benefit:** BOROUGH OF KING&#x27;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


