# JOSEPH AND ELEANOR GUNSON ALMSHOUSE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 233957
- **Other names:** JOSEPH AND ELEANOR GUNSON ALMSHOUSE, GUNSON ALMSHOUSES
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** April 10, 1964
- **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=233957


## Contact

- **Address:** The Low Wood Barn, Ulpha, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, Cumbria
- **Postcode:** LA20 6DZ
- **Phone:** 01229716994
- **Email:** gunsontreasurer@gmail.com



## Activities

**Objects:** ALMHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO (EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CASES TO BE APPROVED BY THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS) WERE BORN IN THE PARISH OF ULPHA, OR HAVE RESIDED IN THE AREA OF THE BOOTLE UNION BOUNDARIES IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND. THE PARISHES OF BROUGHTON WEST,BOOTLE,DRIGG AND CARLETON, DUNNERDALE-WITH-SEATHWAITE,ESKDALE,IRTON WITH SANTON, MILLOM, MILLOM WITHOUT MUNCASTER, ULPHA, WABERTHWAITE AND WICHAM FOR NOT LESS THAN 5 YEARS PRIOR TO THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT. PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO PERSONS QUALIFIED AS AFORESAID WHO HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN FARMING OR FORESTRY.

**Activities:** subsidised housing

**Area of benefit:** SEE OBJECTS




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Cumbria



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £54884 | £69631 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £49466 | £56629 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £39563 | £136425 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £40390 | £23896 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £49300 | £9115 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **PROFESSOR JOHN HUTTON** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 30, 2015
- ANDREW DAVID CATLING — appointed Oct. 5, 2016
- Colin Edmondson — appointed April 6, 2022
- Ian Kershaw — appointed Dec. 22, 2022
- Nicholas Taylor — appointed May 3, 2017
- Rev Victoria Anne Sekasi — appointed Jan. 16, 2024
- SHELLEY HACKETT — appointed Feb. 1, 2017