GOOD COMPANIONS

Registered charity 1144729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Good Companions is a charity which covers the Clifton, Wilford and Silverdale areas of Nottingham. Good Companions aims to reduce the isolation and loneliness experienced by the older residents in the area, by the provision of a Volunteer Visiting Scheme and weekly Friendship Groups.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PERSONS, BEING OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE, AND THOSE BELOW THAT AGE WHO HAVE A NEED FOR SUCH SERVICES, LIVING IN NOTTINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE WITHIN THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE AND PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: 1.THE PROVISION OF A BEFRIENDING AND VISITING SERVICE. 2.THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FOR SUCH PERSONS AND THEIR CARERS. 3.THE TRAINING OF VOLUNTEERS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 unrestricted reserves decreased from £50,661 to £30,675 due to net payments exceeding receipts. The trustees report that funding positions have reduced, leading to the winding down of the Home Visiting service and the closure of the Silverdale Friendship Group to ensure future viability.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• CLARE ASHTONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Allan Breeton
• CHRISTINE BREETON

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

Operates in: Nottingham City

Income and spending

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