CONCERN AND HELP FOR EAST ELMBRIDGE RETIRED (CHEER)

Registered charity 1133482 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing benefits advice; befriending scheme; social activities.

Objects

To relieve elderly people in the Borough of Elmbridge and neighbouring areas who are in need, by providing items, services or facilities calculated to relieve the needs of such persons

Area of benefit: THE COMMUNITIES OF ESHER, OXSHOTT, THAMES DITTON, EAST AND WEST MOLESEY, HINCHLEY WOOD, CLAYGATE, WESTON GREEN, STOKE D'ABERNON AND COBHAM AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Elmbridge, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£203k
Latest spending
£76k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £163,519, which is below the stated policy target of 4 to 6 months of unrestricted expenditure. The filing notes that the current funding environment is challenging and demand for services has increased, yet the charity reported a net movement in funds of £127,494 for the year.

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 4 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 39
  • Government income: £29,889 — grants £29,889 (3); 15% of the £203,358 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 34
  • Government income: £41,390 — grants £41,390 (3); 68% of the £61,175 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £28,930 — grants £28,930 (3); 48% of the £60,264 total gross income on the same return

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CHEER (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.

Official officers record.

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Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£203k£76k
31/03/2024£61k£72k
31/03/2023£60k£60k
31/03/2022£84k£48k
31/03/2021£48k£51k

Common questions

Is CONCERN AND HELP FOR EAST ELMBRIDGE RETIRED (CHEER) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £163,519, which is below the stated policy target of 4 to 6 months of unrestricted expenditure. The filing notes that the current funding environment is challenging and demand for services has increased, yet the charity reported a net movement in funds of £127,494 for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/07/2021£2kHelping older people overcome loneliness after Covid

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AGE CONCERN READING.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CONCERN AND HELP FOR EAST ELMBRIDGE RETIRED (CHEER)£203k—0unclear—no doubt
AGE CONCERN READING FY2025£295k—0below—no doubt
ESSEX CARERS SUPPORT FY2026£232k—0above—no doubt
CHEER TRUST FY2025£72k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH EAST AND CENTRAL ESSEX MIND LIMITED FY2025£883k—0unclear—no doubt
CHESHIRE EAST CAB LTD FY2025£711k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.