FRIENDSHIP AT HOME

Registered charity 1160062 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Friendship at Home (FAH) CIO started in September 2006, The aim of our organisation is to help combat isolation and loneliness across NEL and to improve older people?s quality of life. We offer a range of support including: information and advice, one to one and telephone befriending; social and exercise clubs, dementia support and support after hospital discharge.

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Latest income
£383k
Latest spending
£347k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £36,284 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a deficit in the prior year. The trustees report that the charity has sustained its financial base and grown, with unrestricted free reserves of £211,071 held against a policy target of three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £211k)
the Trustees aim to maintain unrestricted free reserves at a level equivalent to approximately three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friendship at Home (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: North East Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£383k£347k
31/12/2023£254k£277k
31/12/2022£365k£265k
31/12/2021£207k£243k
31/12/2020£307k£187k

Common questions

Is FRIENDSHIP AT HOME financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £36,284 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a deficit in the prior year. The trustees report that the charity has sustained its financial base and grown, with unrestricted free reserves of £211,071 held against a policy target of three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. Its FY2024 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 Fund13/11/2020£53kFriendship At Home
The National Lottery Community Fund18/07/2019£8kShort term long term friendship
Sport England25/04/2019£10kGetting Active Staying Active
The National Lottery Community Fund10/02/2010£341kFriendship at Home (FAH)