# JOSEPH AND ELEANOR GUNSON ALMSHOUSE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; 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&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=233957


## Contact

- **Address:** The Low Wood Barn, Ulpha, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, Cumbria
- **Postcode:** LA20 6DZ
- **Phone:** 01229 716994
- **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




## Classification

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



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** SEE OBJECTS
- Cumbria





## Trustees

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




