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At a glance · official register
What are the key facts about Kings Cottages Trust?
Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31
£102,775
Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31
£60,868
Registered charity number
232955
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Other
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Sawbridgeworth
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Not recorded
Quick answer
Kings Cottages Trust (number 232955) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does Kings Cottages Trust do?
Provision of accessible, reasonably-priced accommodation (formerly referred to as 'Almshouses') for older people in Bishop's Stortford. The Charity does not provide 'care', and Residents either live independently or make their own arangements with family or Social Services if support is needed.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Kings Cottages Trust
Answers Kings Cottages Trust gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are Kings Cottages Trust's highest-paid staff paid?
Kings Cottages Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register does not record Kings Cottages Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Kings Cottages Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
Linked funds and trusts
The register records these funds under parent charity number 232955. They are not counted as separate charity registrations in this directory. Check each linked record for its purposes.
What causes is Kings Cottages Trust registered for?
Accommodation/housing
Why is there no Clarity Score for Kings Cottages Trust yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Kings Cottages Trust.
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The register data used for this profile lists Kings Cottages Trust as a registered charity (number 232955) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Kings Cottages Trust's charity number?
Kings Cottages Trust's charity number is 232955. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 232955?
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What does Kings Cottages Trust do?
Provision of accessible, reasonably-priced accommodation (formerly referred to as 'Almshouses') for older people in Bishop's Stortford. The Charity does not provide 'care', and Residents either live independently or make their own arangements with family or Social Services if support is needed.
Does Kings Cottages Trust have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Kings Cottages Trust. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Kings Cottages Trust?
Kings Cottages Trust does not list a website in its register entry. Its official Charity Commission entry lists its contact details — CharityCompare never processes donations.
How much is Kings Cottages Trust's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Kings Cottages Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Kings Cottages Trust?
The register does not record Kings Cottages Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Kings Cottages Trust's trustees paid?
Kings Cottages Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Kings Cottages Trust registered as a charity?
Kings Cottages Trust was entered on the register on 20 April 1964.