HETTON HOME CARE SERVICES

Registered charity 1072294 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of personal care and domestic support service to individuals in their own homes. Hetton Home Care Services provide these services in Easington Lane, Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton-le-Spring, Fence Houses, Shiney Row, Penshaw, Washington and surrounding areas.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THE ELDERLY OR INFIRM PERSONS IN HETTON-LE-HOLE AND HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY APPROPRIATE MEANS INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF A CARE SERVICE IN THE HOME

Area of benefit: HETTON-LE-HOLE AND HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure loss of £75,042 for the year ended 31 May 2025, driven by recruitment challenges and the loss of a major council contract. Consequently, the trustees have determined that the charity is no longer a going concern and plan to cease trading in March 2026. The charity's unrestricted funds have decreased significantly from £363,934 to £4,522, leaving minimal free reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Robson Laidler Accountants Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → not a going concern (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

CQC provider record: Hetton Home Care Services — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 10/02/2020.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• KATHLEEN YOUNGchair
• ELAINE DAVISON
• GEORGE DAVISON
• JANET CATERER
• JOAN HALL
• James Blackburn · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARILYN BARNFATHER
• MR JIM THOMPSON
• Norma Naylor · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Durham · Sunderland

Income and spending

Common questions

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TYNEDALE HOSPICE AT HOME.

• TYNEDALE HOSPICE AT HOME income £1.6m
• HALTON CARERS CENTRE income £930k
• BETHANY CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £355k
• Hetton Juniors Football Club income £123k
• HOOLE ENTERPRISE TRUST - TIME FOR YOU (HETTY) income £607k
• The Greatham Foundation Ltd income £4.5m

Side by side with its peers

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