# THE PERKINS ALMSHOUSES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 220203
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 1, 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=220203


## Contact

- **Address:** The Retreat, 17A Tilgate Common, Bletchingley, Redhill, Surrey
- **Postcode:** RH1 4NP
- **Phone:** 01883743000
- **Email:** chrisbolshaw@hotmail.com



## Activities

**Objects:** ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR SPINSTERS OR WIDOWS WHO ARE NOT LESS THAN 50 YEARS OF AGE AND ARE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND WHO (EXCEP IN SPECIAL CASES TO BE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS) ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF BLETCHINGLEY AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMEN. IF ON THE OCCASION OF A VACANCY THERE IS NO JULY QUALIFIED APPLICANT SUITABLE FOR APPOINTMENT THE TRUSTEES MAY APPOINT TO BE AN ALMSPERSON A MARRIED WOMAN OTHERWISE DULY QUALIFIED, AND MAY PERMIT HER HUSBAND TO RESIDE WITH HER IN THE ALMSHOUSES.

**Activities:** To defray out of the income of the charity the cost of repairs and insurance and all other charges and outgoings in respect of the almshouse and maintain funds for the repair, improvement or rebuilding of the almshouse.

**Area of benefit:** ANCIENT PARISH OF BLETCHINGLEY




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Surrey



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | £5488 | £3549 | — | — |
| April 5, 2024 | £4415 | £1043 | — | — |
| April 5, 2023 | £4290 | £890 | — | — |
| April 5, 2022 | £4269 | £738 | — | — |
| April 5, 2021 | £4279 | £716 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ERIK WETTER** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 27, 2006
- ANN ELIZABETH PRESSEY — appointed June 19, 2000
- Christine Ann BOLSHAW — appointed June 30, 1988
- RICHARD MILES — appointed June 25, 2007
- Rev Paul Thomas Fitzpatrick CA SCP — appointed May 16, 2023