# MISS ROWLANDSON'S ALMSHOUSES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 223522
- **Other names:** MISS MARY ROWLANDSON'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY, GRAYRIGG ALMSHOUSES
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** June 26, 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=223522


## Contact

- **Address:** 1 Joiners Cottage, Tebay, PENRITH, Cumbria
- **Postcode:** CA10 3XG
- **Phone:** 01539624088
- **Email:** chaz_robson@hotmail.com



## Activities

**Objects:** A) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 55 RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO PERSONS LIVING IN THE CHAPELRY OF GRAYRIGG;B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE.2) IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES THE TRUSTEES MAY ALLOW TO OCCUPY AN ALMSHOUSE OF THE CHARITY, SOMEONE ( WHO IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED) WHO IS UNDER THE AGE OF 55. 3) THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN PART 1 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR USE FOR THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY.

**Activities:** We look after 6 almshouses which are primarily available to people over 55 years of age who live within the four parishes surrounding Grayrigg or who have a connection with those parishes. In exceptional circumstances the almshouses are available to people who live outside the area of benefit and who have no connection with the parishes.

**Area of benefit:** THE CHAPELRY OF GRAYRIGG AND THE CIVIL PARISHES OF OLD HUTTON, NEW HUTTON, SKELSMERGH, SELSIDE , LONGSLEDDALE, FIRBANK AND HOWGILL.




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Cumbria



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £29317 | £12810 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £34216 | £5769 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £27178 | £34800 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £26133 | £7436 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £28994 | £7109 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **SUSANNE BARNES** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 9, 2009
- CLIFFORD BATEMAN KENDAL — appointed Aug. 5, 2002
- JEFFREY BURROW — appointed May 4, 2006
- JOSEPH ROBERT PARKINS — appointed March 9, 2006
- RICHARD CARL EASTWOOD — appointed Nov. 28, 2019
- ROGER RICHARD KNOWLES — appointed July 30, 1998
- Rev Patricia Anne Rogers — appointed March 23, 2021
- Stephen Andrew Bateman — appointed Oct. 19, 2016