KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FORUM FOR OLDER RESIDENTS

Registered charity 1158108 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Kensington and Chelsea Over 50s Forum

Supporting older people in Kensington and Chelsea; promoting healthy living and lifestyles; encouraging community cohesion; reducing isolation among the older community; providing over 150 free activities annually which include physical, creative and mentally stimulating, learning and health-related activities focusing on prevention.

Objects

TO RELIEVE ELDERLY PERSONS IN KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA AND OTHER LONDON BOROUGHS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF ISOLATION, THEIR FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH AND BY PROVIDING A FRAMEWORK OF SUPPORT FOR OLDER PEOPLE TO HELP THEM REMAIN HEALTHY AND INDEPENDENT.

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 free reserves at the end of the period were £19,225, which represents less than 6 months of running costs against a policy target of approximately £20,000. The trustees regard the financial position as satisfactory and content that the reserves leave a sound base for future activity. The charity is currently dependent on donation and grant income to maintain core activities.

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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amalia Gomez
• Elizabeth Rutherford
• Farzana Khan
• MARIE-THERESE ROSSI
• Oonagh Leslie Wohanka
• Sukhvinder Gill

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster · Hammersmith And Fulham · Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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