# HOSPITAL OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN (RYE HILL AND BENWELL)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 216275
- **Other names:** HOSPITAL OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 4, 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=216275


## Contact

- **Address:** MINCOFFS LLP, 5 OSBORNE TERRACE, JESMOND, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- **Postcode:** NE2 1SQ
- **Phone:** 07818001884



## Activities

**Objects:** THE BRETHREN SHALL BE POOR MEN WHO ARE AGED 50 YEARS OR MORE, ARE WITHOUT WIVES OR PARTNERS AND ARE INHABITANTS INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE.  IN THE ABSENCE OF QUALIFIED BENEFICIARIES ABOVE, THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER MEN WHO HAVE BEEN ESTRANGED FROM THEIR WIVES OR PARTNERS AND WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY OF TYNE AND WEAR.

**Activities:** The principal activity is the management of the Almshouses, of Rye Hill and Benwell.  The number of flats for occupation by Brethren are 19 at Rye Hill and 41 at Thomas Horsley House.

**Area of benefit:** NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, OR AS ABOVE THE COUNTY OF TYNE AND WEAR




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** Elderly/old People



## Areas of operation

- Newcastle Upon Tyne City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £509664 | £520290 | £2885357 | 6 |
| March 31, 2024 | £471306 | £455546 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £416821 | £394998 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £407544 | £394425 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £394817 | £386178 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Aidan Evans — appointed Sept. 23, 2016
- Alderman JOHN O'SHEA — appointed Dec. 13, 2011
- Dr HAZEL JONES-LEE — appointed Sept. 14, 2007
- Dr Hilary Anne Wynne — appointed Sept. 27, 2019
- Dr Laura Ann Graham — appointed Sept. 26, 2025
- Michael Francis Richardson — appointed June 6, 2022
- Michael George Downie — appointed Sept. 26, 2025
- RICHARD METCALFE — appointed Sept. 25, 2015
- Susan Pearson — appointed June 19, 2012