FAVERSHAM ASSISTANCE CENTRE

Registered charity 1172770 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FACE

Our mission is to support elderly and disabled people who are financially challenged: to live independently for longer in their own homes. (FACE) Faversham Assistance Centre is a local charity based in Faversham, Kent. We offer practical help in the form of garden maintenance and decorating to people who are unable to carry out these tasks for themselves

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Latest income

£72k

Latest spending

£71k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves have dropped to £17,822, which the trustees confirm represents only three months of expenditure. While the charity anticipates a challenging financial year, it maintains that the current reserves balance ensures its financial viability and there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £18k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)

“Our unrestricted reserves have dropped this year and we are only holding 3 months expenditure which we will seek to change in the current year.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (27/07/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (10/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Stephanie Clare Wolfechair · trustee of 2 other charities
Graham John Dorkins
Hilary Janet Adams
Janet Elizabeth Negus

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£72k	£71k
31/03/2024	£69k	£64k
31/03/2023	£51k	£55k
31/03/2022	£58k	£48k
31/03/2021	£54k	£43k

Common questions

Is FAVERSHAM ASSISTANCE CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves have dropped to £17,822, which the trustees confirm represents only three months of expenditure. While the charity anticipates a challenging financial year, it maintains that the current reserves balance ensures its financial viability and there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FAVERSHAM ASSISTANCE CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FAVERSHAM ASSISTANCE CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST, QUEENBOROUGH FISHERY TRUST, THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION, CANTIACORUM FOUNDATION, JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£13k
QUEENBOROUGH FISHERY TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k	Unrestricted
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/04/2025	£15k	Faversham Assistance Centre (FACE)
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/11/2023	£9k	Faversham Assistance Centre (FACE)
UK government	31/07/2020	£9k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/02/2006	£5k	Extra assistance for gardening during summer