BENHILTON GRANFERS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1164697 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRANFERS

Facilitate activities of neighbourhood charities and groups, particularly the aged and disadvantaged, by providing fully serviced office accommodation and meeting rooms.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE ELDERLY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THEIR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, 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.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity registered a reduced deficit of £1,630 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with general reserves remaining stable at £32,346. The trustees report that the charity remains a going concern and meets its reserves policy of covering three months of operational expenditure, despite challenges in generating sufficient income to meet increasing costs.

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 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Fr. Chris Phillipschair
• Carolyn Melius
• Edwin Melius
• Geoffrey Nickson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lina Okunoren
• Oyekunle Osilaja
• Ronnie Smith

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

Operates in: Croydon · Kingston Upon Thames · Merton · Surrey · Sutton

Income and spending

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