BEFRIENDED

Registered charity 1175623 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Befriended provides a range of services aimed at combating loneliness and isolation amongst older people living in Mid Sussex. These include face to face befriending, telephone befriending, befriended buddies, bereavement support, chaplaincy, exercise classes, social activities and events.

Objects

1)TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH; AND2)TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY THROUGH A BEFRIENDING / CARE SERVICE.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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

Causes: Disability · Religious Activities · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lewes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £104,216, comprising unrestricted funds of £104,216 and restricted funds of £0. The trustees report that the charity remains in a stable financial position supported by grants, donations, and community fundraising.

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 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Befriended (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Holy Trinity Church Hurstpierpoint — “Befriended is one of Holy Trinity’s mission partners which means that they support Befriended financially, practically and prayerfully.” (source page)
• St Andrew’s Church — “Befriended is a mission partner of St Andrew’s Church and they support Befriended financially, prayerfully and practically.” (source page)
• Brighton College Prep Handcross — “The school has raised over £14,000 for Befriended but also put on concerts, afternoon teas, sports days and musical events for our ‘friends’…” (source page)
• Parkers car and Truck Rental — “Parkers Car and truck rental donate the profit from the hiring of this vehicle towards Befriended.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• George Baxterchair
• David Chewter
• Emma Lambert
• GAIL MILLAR · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julia Crook
• Patricia Johns · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev William Kemp · trustee of 2 other charities
• Susan Fleet

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

Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex

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.

• GAIL MILLAR — trustee here and at THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, HURSTPIERPOINT
• Patricia Johns — trustee here and at THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, HURSTPIERPOINT

Known funders

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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 SUFFOLK BEFRIENDING SCHEME FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES.

• SUFFOLK BEFRIENDING SCHEME FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES income £437k
• B:FRIEND income £413k
• TIME TO TALK BEFRIENDING income £472k
• BEfriend income £419k
• THE HALLIWELL BEFRIENDING SERVICE income £77k
• THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE (UK) income £517k

Side by side with its peers

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