THE ANCHOR SOCIETY CIO

Registered charity 1167933 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Society assists needy elderly persons within the Bristol postcode area (BS, BA AND GL): it provides annuities, visits them regularly and makes Christmas gifts to each. The Society has also invested in the provision of sheltered living and day care accommodation for elderly people.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 55 IN NEED OF FINANCIAL PROVISION AND OTHER PROVISION WITHIN THE POSTCODE AREAS OF BS, BA AND GL IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CIO SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £5,054,889, with £848,511 held as general reserves. The trustees review the level of reserves at each meeting to ensure sufficient funds are available to meet future income shortfalls and unforeseen circumstances. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £322,793 for the year, driven by investment gains and donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lawes & Co UK Limited. 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ben Hardychair
• Amy Catherine Webb · trustee of 1 other charity
• Brian James Hanson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carole Patricia Nicholls · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hannah Lucy Wallington · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Caroline Oakland · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROS KENNEDY
• Ruth Beatrice Pitter · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sonia Brenda Mills · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · Gloucestershire · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Amy Catherine Webb — trustee here and at THE ANCHOR SOCIETY LTD
• Brian James Hanson — trustee here and at THE ANCHOR SOCIETY LTD
• Hannah Lucy Wallington — trustee here and at THE ANCHOR SOCIETY LTD

Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ANCHOR SOCIETY LTD.

• THE ANCHOR SOCIETY LTD income £115k
• THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION income £222k
• BRANDON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £96k
• ANCHOR CHURCH income £73k
• THE OLD WINDSOR UNITED CHARITIES income £70k
• ANCHOR PROJECT income £80k

Side by side with its peers

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