WILLIAM BLAKE HOUSE NORTHANTS

Registered charity 1089471 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Residential care provision for young adults with learning disabilities, located in rural village communities. The Charity has four care homes, plus a transition home for challenging needs. We embrace the principles and ethos of Rudolf Steiner. The organisation also provides day care services in an urban farm setting, with a choice of learning activities including horticulture and animal nurturing.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £148,902 for the year ended 30 September 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £205,508. The auditors issued a disclaimer of opinion, stating in their opinion that the company is not a going concern due to substantial HMRC debt and legal proceedings. The trustees maintain that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, relying on a proposed sale and leaseback arrangement to settle liabilities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Cheney & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2023) → not a going concern (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Charity Commission inquiry

Insolvency history (Companies House)

Regulator actions

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04266500 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — William Blake House (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.

• HAMID, Bushra — director, appointed 03/12/2019on trustee list
• OTHER, Jane Amanda — secretary, appointed 30/04/2007

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £10k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: William Blake House Northants — Deregistered, 5 registered locations, last inspected 01/08/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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

• BUSHRA HAMIDchair
• Paula Allen

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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