ASPECT LIVING FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1177031 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of those in need by reason of age in Suffolk and the surrounding area by the provision of a meals on wheels service to assist elderly people who are unable to prepare hot, nutritious meals themselves, including a health and well-being check thereby helping them to live independently in their own homes.

Objects

1) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE IN SUFFOLK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF A MEALS ON WHEELS SERVICE TO ASSIST ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO PREPARE HOT, NUTRITIOUS MEALS THEMSELVES THEREBY HELPING THEM TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY IN THEIR OWN HOMES.2) THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONG ELDERLY PEOPLE IN SUFFOLK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF AT HOME ASSISTANCE TO ELDERLY PEOPLE ON DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL, WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS TO HELP AVOID HOSPITAL READMISSIONS AND TO ENABLE A RETURN TO INDEPENDENT LIVING.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the seventh financial year in a strong financial position with a net surplus of £65,434 and free reserves of £413,697. Per the trustees' report, the charity is debt-free and has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. The trustees confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by SCB (Accountants) 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Aspect Living Foundation (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).

• Suffolk Community Foundation — “This has been massively funded by the Suffolk Community Foundation and their doners.” (source page)
• People's Postcode Lottery — “In 2019 we were blessed to receive funding from the People's Postcode Lottery to purchase 2 vehicles, these were the first to be owned by th…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• LEE TAYLORchair
• LYNN KEMP
• SARAH ANN SHARLOTT
• SUSAN RENAUT
• Tess Arisrtodemou

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HEALTHY LIVING PROJECTS LIMITED.

• HEALTHY LIVING PROJECTS LIMITED income £549k
• THE ABBEYFIELD UXBRIDGE SOCIETY LIMITED income £368k
• THE ABBEYFIELD CHALFONTS SOCIETY LIMITED income £329k
• THOMAS HICKMAN'S CHARITY income £980k
• RICHMOND HILL ELDERLY ACTION LIMITED income £227k
• FOUNDATIONS INDEPENDENT LIVING TRUST LIMITED income £330k

Side by side with its peers

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