AGE CONCERN NEWBURY AND DISTRICT

Registered charity 1189615 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACN&D, FAIR CLOSE CENTRE

Luncheon club, meals on wheels, hairdressing salon and centre events

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE IN AND AROUND NEWBURY

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £55,419 for the year, driven by unsustainable subsidy levels for meal provision and significant building maintenance costs following a central heating breakdown. To mitigate these losses, the charity utilized the entire uplift in investment values, which the trustees note is not guaranteed every year. Despite the operational deficit, total unrestricted and restricted funds remain substantial at £1,126,936.

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.

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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Arts Society Newbury — “Our Easter bonnet competition on Wednesday 25th March was egg-stra special thanks to the Arts Society Newbury. Their wonderful donation will…” (source page)
• West Berkshire Council — “Thanks to West Berkshire Council we are offering a free dessert on all Meals on Wheels deliveries” (source page)
• Newbury Lions — “The Camellia Club enjoyed a trip on the Kennet & Avon canal thanks to the Newbury Lions” (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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (49% 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: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Margaret Letitia Paynechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Gordon Crompton
• Dr Bruce Baird Letham
• JONATHAN HOPSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joanna Sarah Reed
• Jolyon Paul Barton
• Paul Edward Burke
• Thomas Hornby Graham Cooper
• Vaughan John Miller

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

Operates in: Hampshire · West Berkshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 AGE CONCERN HAYLING ISLAND.

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• AGE CONCERN CHELMSFORD income £57k
• AGE CONCERN NORTH NORFOLK income £217k

Side by side with its peers

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