ABOUT WITH FRIENDS

Registered charity 1164119 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AWF

Supporting people with learning disabilities

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income surplus of £59,007 for the year ended 31 March 2025. However, free reserves stood at £143,431, which the trustees note covers less than two months of running costs, falling significantly below their stated policy target of six months. The charity holds a wholly owned trading subsidiary, About With Friends Hospitality Limited, which reported a loss for the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lovewell Blake LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — About with Friends (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £244k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: About with Friends — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 22/09/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 97.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• About with Friends: Good (19/10/2023) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Claxtonchair
• Barbara Lloyd-Smith
• Clare Walton
• Suzanne Savory
• Tracey Edwards
• Tristan Johnson

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING.

• FRIENDS OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING income £493k
• Learning Disability Network London Limited income £22.7m
• FRIENDS FOUNDATION income £103k
• IMAGINE ACT AND SUCCEED income £12.1m
• FRIENDS OF B'EZRI income £788k
• FULL FACT income £2.9m

Side by side with its peers

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