NEIGHBOURCARE ANDOVER
Neighbourcare gives assistance to the community in variety of ways: Transport to doctors and hospitals; Shopping; cleaning; gardening; relieving carers; visiting the housebound; sitting service; Home from Hospital Help; Fetching prescriptions; Pop in Service; Filling forms; meals on wheels referrals; Lunch Club, Community Shop and a Silver Surfer Internet Cafe to teach IT skills to the over 50s.
Objects
TO RELIEVE PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE , DISABILITY, SICKNESS OR POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH VOLUNTARY CARE WORK AS MAY BE CHARITABLE.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity has no secured funding and is running on its reserves until future funding is sourced. The trustees have designated £217,300 of the total £222,682 unrestricted funds for specific contingencies, leaving only £5,383 in general unrestricted reserves. The reserve policy targets a level of £230,000, which is currently not met.
What the accounts disclose
“The Committee has agreed that the target for reserves to be maintained at £230,000.” — page 14
“The charity now has no secured funding and will be running on their reserves until future funding can be sourced.” — page 4
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (22/02/2023)
Trustees
- Judie Tighe
- Julie Johnson
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £165k | £162k |
| 31/03/2024 | £164k | £163k |
| 31/03/2023 | £154k | £156k |
| 31/03/2022 | £150k | £144k |
| 31/03/2021 | £130k | £145k |
Common questions
Is NEIGHBOURCARE ANDOVER financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has no secured funding and is running on its reserves until future funding is sourced. The trustees have designated £217,300 of the total £222,682 unrestricted funds for specific contingencies, leaving only £5,383 in general unrestricted reserves. The reserve policy targets a level of £230,000, which is currently not met. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK government | 17/07/2020 | £5k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| CARERS TRUST | 2 | £325k |
| THE EVELYN TRUST | 2 | £141k |
| CLAN TRUST LIMITED | 2 | £7k |
| THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £7k |
| THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £3k |
| EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | 1 | £110k |
| THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITY | 1 | £83k |
| NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | 1 | £75k |
Charities like this
- THE OVER DAY CENTRE ASSOCIATION
- HELP AND CARE
- NEIGHBOURS IN POPLAR
- Neo Community Services
- NEATH PORT TALBOT CARERS SERVICE LIMITED
- AGE CONCERN NORTH NORFOLK
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEIGHBOURCARE ANDOVER | £165k | — | 0 | unclear | — | noted |
| THE OVER DAY CENTRE ASSOCIATION | £170k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| HELP AND CARE | £4.3m | — | — | within | — | no doubt |
| NEIGHBOURS IN POPLAR | £320k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| Neo Community Services | £0 | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| NEATH PORT TALBOT CARERS SERVICE LIMITED | £604k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |