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AVANTE CARE AND SUPPORT LIMITED

Registered charity 1002727 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AVANTE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED, KCHT, KENT COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST

Residential, Respite, Nursing & Day Care for older people, specialising in dementia care.Domiciliary care for older people.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£44.0m
Latest spending
£43.5m
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £494,360 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves held at £2.6 million, which exceeds the stated policy target of £1.8 million. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future, with sufficient cash and reserves to meet medium-term cash requirements and bank loan covenants.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £1.8 million (circa one month's expenditure) (held: £2.6m)
“Since 2018, having considered income variability and risks relating to income as well as financial obligations and their flexibility, it has been agreed that the policy should be to hold reserves of £1.8 million (circa one month's expenditure).” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £852k
“At Match 2025 Avante had two defined benefit schemes with two having ended on 31 March 2024 and, according to the actuarial valuations as at 31 March 2025, Avante had defined benefit pension scheme liabilities of £852k (2024 net liability £1.072 million).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Avante Care Services Ltd
“Avante Care Services Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Avante Care and Support Ltd. The subsidiary contracts with Local Authorities and NHS bodies and the contracts are then subcontracted to the charity to deliver the services in the usual way.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

AVANTE CARE SERVICES LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £21.5m
  • Profit before tax: £437k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £437k
  • Current liability of £1,678,664 owed to parent undertaking (Note 5).
“A profit of £437,160 was generated (2024: £352,533) and paid under deed of covenant to the parent.”

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
Kent County CouncilExtension of SS14 142 (24-26) - Older Persons Residential Care, Nursing Care and Respite Care Services——

Property (HM Land Registry)

19 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (13 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Avante Care and Support Limited — Registered, 30 registered locations, 3 regulated activities, last inspected 11/10/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (8,824 followers) · linkedin

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£44.0m
Total spending
£43.5m
Reserves (reported)
£2.6m
Employees
1,185

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bexley · Greenwich · Kent · Medway

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£44.0m£43.5m
31/03/2024£44.5m£37.0m
31/03/2023£32.6m£30.9m
31/03/2022£30.8m£29.0m
31/03/2021£31.6m£30.2m

Common questions

Is AVANTE CARE AND SUPPORT LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £494,360 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves held at £2.6 million, which exceeds the stated policy target of £1.8 million. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future, with sufficient cash and reserves to meet medium-term cash requirements and bank loan covenants. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England16/04/2015£10kStepahead Support Rural Youth Sport Development
The National Lottery Community Fund14/01/2009£479kStepahead Support Community Impact
The National Lottery Community Fund07/07/2004£197kProvision of a family support service

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST2£400
MASONIC SAMARITAN FUND1£6.9m
THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION1£250k
THE CAROLE AND GEOFFREY LAWSON FOUNDATION1£225k
The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation1£115k
THE MAURICE HATTER FOUNDATION1£113k
THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£100k
ZURICH COMMUNITY TRUST (UK) LIMITED1£76k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DEMENTIA CONCERN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AVANTE CARE AND SUPPORT LIMITED£44.0m——above—no doubt
DEMENTIA CONCERN FY2025£1.0mmore than £60,0001below—no doubt
HOYLAKE COTTAGE FY2025£5.2m—0unclear—no doubt
BROADENING CHOICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE FY2025£10.0m£60,001 - £70,0002unclear—no doubt
THE REDBRIDGE RESPITE CARE ASSOCIATION FY2026£323k—0unclear—no doubt
PRAMACARE FY2025£3.6m£70,000 - £79,999—unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.