FAVELL DAY SERVICES

Registered charity 1162011 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAVELL HOUSE DAY SERVICES

The charity provides day care facilities for recreation and other leisure activities for persons over the age of 18 who have need of these because of their physical disability.The objectives of the care service seek to provide both an enjoyable care environment for its members and provide a break for carers and family members

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 18 WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF A PHYSICAL DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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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Registered contact address: West Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£104k
Latest spending
£103k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total unrestricted and designated funds of £28,570, an increase from the previous year's £27,834. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of four months' operating expenditure, against which the current net assets appear sufficient.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable Activities (85% of income)
“Charitable Activities 88,597”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 34.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“The cost of fundraising for the grants obtained was 34% for in year results.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least four months operating expenditure (reserves figure: £29k)
“The charity seeks to maintain a cash reserve equivalent to at least four months operating expenditure.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Member trustees are users or carers who benefit from the service but receive no incremental benefit from their role.
“The member trustees are either users or carers who benefit from the service provided by the charity. They receive no incremental benefit from the role of being a trustee.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 31/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £480 — grants £480 (1); under 1% of the £104,233 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

  • Volunteers: 8

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

  • Volunteers: 10

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2022 (received 14/04/2023, 14 days after the 31/03/2023 due date); year ending 31/05/2021 (received 11/04/2022, 11 days after the 31/03/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£104k£103k
31/05/2024£103k£98k
31/05/2023£86k£100k
31/05/2022£84k£103k
31/05/2021£64k£67k

Common questions

Is FAVELL DAY SERVICES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total unrestricted and designated funds of £28,570, an increase from the previous year's £27,834. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of four months' operating expenditure, against which the current net assets appear sufficient. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FAVELL DAY SERVICES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FAVELL DAY SERVICES as a grant recipient include ALAN DAVIDSON FOUNDATION, DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE ARCHER TRUST, GAY AND PETER HARTLEY'S HILLARDS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ALAN DAVIDSON FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kSupport
DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2022£2k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2022£2kRuns a day centre in Northampton for those aged 40 to 60 with physical disabilities.
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2023£1kCharitable activities
GAY AND PETER HARTLEY'S HILLARDS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/08/2025£12kFavell Day Services

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FAMILY CARE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FAVELL DAY SERVICES£104k—0unclear34.0%no doubt
FAMILY CARE TRUST FY2025£4.1m—0unclear—no doubt
TADLEY ELDERLY DAY CARE FY2025£64k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FREMANTLE TRUST FY2026£51.9m£100,000 to £109,99936above—not going concern
DARNALL DEMENTIA TRUST FY2025£161k—0unclear—no doubt
ABSOLUTELY LEISURE FY2025£4.5m——above—no doubt

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