FRIARY DROP-IN LIMITED

Registered charity 1056825 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIARY DROP-IN, FRIARY DROP-IN CENTRE, THE FRIARY

The Friary delivers advice, health and support services which help empower local vulnerable unemployed adults to rebuild their lives. We offer a variety of services under one roof so as to help address the complex needs represented within our client base. These services include a GP surgery, drugs counselling, welfare rights advice, clothing and food provision and IT literacy training.

Objects

1)RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST PERSONS BY THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES TO RELIEVE THOSE PERSONS WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY BEING HOMELESS (OR IN TEMPORARY ACCOMADATION) OR UNEMPLOYED 2)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST SUCH PERSONS BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE,COUNSELLING AND INFORMATION SUITABLE AND RELEVANT TO THEIR NEEDS 3)THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS

Area of benefit: RUSHCLIFFE AND ADJACENT DISTRICTS IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rushcliffe, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small deficit of £4,168, significantly better than the forecast deficit. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £372,079, which the trustees note equates to around nine months of outgoings, exceeding their long-term policy target of six months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03190740

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Friary (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• WILLOTT, Stephen Alan, Dr — director, appointed 20/11/2025on trustee list
• COTTON, Joy Louise — director, appointed 20/11/2025on trustee list
• TURNER, Nigel Owen — director, appointed 20/11/2025on trustee list
• WILLIAMSON, Jason — director, appointed 25/09/2025on trustee list
• HEARD, John David — director, appointed 25/09/2025on trustee list
• STANSBURY, Peter Duncan — director, appointed 29/05/2025on trustee list
• AUNGLES, Glenn — director, appointed 23/11/2023on trustee list
• BAYLISS, Amanda Jane — director, appointed 30/03/2023on trustee list
• CREW, James Michael — director, appointed 03/10/2022on trustee list
• MARTIN, Timothy — director, appointed 25/01/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~12.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Jane Bayliss
• Glenn Aungles
• James Michael Crew
• Jason Williamson
• John David Heard
• Joy Louise Cotton
• Nigel Owen Turner
• Peter Duncan Stansbury
• Stephen Alan Willott
• Timothy Martin

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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