FRIENDS OF SHELBY NEWSTEAD

Registered charity 1148360 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOSN

Providing grants or items to individuals who are suffering from either mental or physical illness. These donations are intended to help in the treatment, support or rehabilitation from the illness. The support include charities who adopt supporting objects, thus providing help in larger projects.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.* THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE" * TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORK AND RECREATION."* THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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 · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £94,502 at the end of the period, with a specific reserve of £30,000 allocated for upcoming fundraising costs. The trustees report that donations were reduced to maintain good cash flow, and the independent examiner found no matters requiring attention to understand the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of Shelby Newstead (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR DAVE GARBETTchair
• DAVID NEWSTEAD
• Denise Fosker
• Laurence Leyden
• Nicole Garbett
• SALLY NEWSTEAD
• SHIRLEY ST CLAIRE PEARCE
• TIM ST CLAIRE PEARCE
• Zara Vint

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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