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

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: THE CIO IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE RELIEF OF THE AGED AND THE DISABLED IN THE AREA COMPRISING FAVERSHAM AND ITS SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD. (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "AREA OF BENEFIT"). IN FURTHERANCE OF THE SAID PURPOSES BUT NOT OTHERWISE THE CIO THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING POWERS. 1 TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. 2 TO PROVIDE A SIGNPOSTING SERVICE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.3 TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND PENSIONS, KENT COUNTY COUNCIL SWALE BOROUGH COUNCIL, FAVERSHAM TOWN COUNCIL AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS, STATUTORY AND VOLUNTARY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.4 TO PROMOTE THE EXISTENCE OF THE CIO IN THE CHURCHES, PUBLIC LIBRARIES, HEALTH CENTRES AND OTHER FREELY AVAILABLE PLACES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. 5 TO RAISE FUNDS AND TO INVITE AND RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY PERSON OR PERSONS WHATSOEVER BY WAY OF DONATIONS. 6. TO ACQUIRE, BY PURCHASE, GIFT OR OTHERWISE, PROPERTY WHETHER SUBJECT TO ANY SPECIAL TRUST OR NOT.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE.

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: Swale, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £37,569, which the trustees state represents six months of expenditure, exceeding their stated policy target. The accounts confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. However, the trustees note that the general economic state has reduced donation income and that the coming year is likely to remain financially challenging.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2025) to "above" (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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 handling
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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 3 other charities
• Graham John Dorkins
• Hilary Janet Adams · trustee of 9 other charities
• Janet Elizabeth Negus

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST FAVERSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

• WEST FAVERSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £1.1m
• FAVERSHAM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST income £75k
• FARNHAM ASSIST income £71k
• FAVERSHAM CREEK TRUST income £161k
• FAVERSHAM STRIKE FORCE FC income £205k
• FENHAM ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENTS income £229k

Side by side with its peers

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