LUTON FRIENDSHIP HOMECARERS

Registered charity 1081256 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing a high quality home care and personal service to the elderly and housebound

Objects

TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION, IN THE LUTON AREA, AND WHERE POSSIBLE IN OTHER CONVENIENT AREAS, BY THE MEANS OF1. ORGANISING AND MAINTAINING THE SUPPLY OF NURSES, CARE ASSISTANTS AND HOME HELPS TO LOOK AFTER THE HOMES AND PROVIDE PERSONAL CARE FOR NEEDY PERSONS INCAPACITATED THROUGH ACCIDENT, ILL-HEALTH, OLD AGE, CHILDBIRTH, PHYSICAL DISABILITY, MENTAL DISABILITY, OR ANY OTHER REASON EITHER IN THEIR HOMES OR IN A HOSPITAL AND TO RENDER TO SUCH PERSONS SUCH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER ASSISTANCE AS MAY BE DEEMED DESIRABLE. 2. WELFARE WORK FOR SICK AND OTHERWISE HANDICAPPED PERSONS, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR AFRO-CARIBBEAN MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. 3. THE PROMOTION OF CHRISTIANITY AS A WAY OF LIFE AFFECTING MAN'S EXPERIENCE AS AN ETHICAL SOCIAL AESTHETIC RATIONAL PHYSICAL EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL BEING SEND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHING OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS.

Area of benefit: LUTON AREA AND OTHER CONVENIENT AREAS

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £6,276 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a significant decline in revenue due to the loss of its Approved Provider Listing with Luton Borough Council. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £614,974 and has a stated reserves policy to maintain enough cash to pay two months of debts. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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.

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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03973439

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.

• JAMES, Itamar, Pastor — director, appointed 22/02/2024not on trustee list
• MCNEIL, Nigel Everald — director, appointed 13/05/2021on trustee list
• GRIFFITHS, Stephen — director, appointed 20/02/2021not on trustee list
• MANDEYA, Tapiwa — director, appointed 20/02/2021not on trustee list
• WARREN, Hixon Wesley Montgomery — director, appointed 20/02/2021on trustee list
• GUNTER, Gary Antony — director, appointed 03/08/2000on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £150k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Luton Friendship Homecarers — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 21/01/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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 (4.9%) (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).

• Luton Friendship Home Carers Limited: Good (09/02/2021) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bernie Holford
• Dr Hixon Wesley Montgomery Warren
• GARY ANTONY GUNTER
• Max Benedict Frank McKenzie-Cook
• Mr Jojo Fetalino
• Nigel Everald McNeil

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

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