BERNHARD BARON CARE HOME

Registered charity 1070891 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BBCH, BERNHARD BARON COTTAGE HOMES

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £36,455 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily driven by a £246,518 increase in staff costs due to Living Wage adjustments and National Insurance rises. Despite the loss, the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £781,632, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£750,448). The trustees consider these reserves appropriate given continued political and economic uncertainties.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; 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).

• Bernhard Baron Care Home: Good (15/01/2020) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/09/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• PETER ALAN APPLETONchair
• Aileen Elizabeth Sheila Grist
• Alan David West
• JEAN ELIZABETH STOCK
• JOHN WARING THURLEY
• Jacqueline Serena Jarvis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kathy Gibbs
• Mrs Patricia Sear
• SUE HALLETT

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

Operates in: East Sussex

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