ABBEYFIELD (EAST DEVON) SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 1206411 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Abbeyfield Society Ltd, concept is as simple as it is unique: create a warm, family-style, trustee -run and community-focused house that offers seniors an easy-going balance between privacy and companionship, security and independence. Our community-based housing alternative that enables healthy seniors to live independently and in place in a non-institutional setting happily and safely.

Objects

THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE CARRIED OUT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ACCORDING TO CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES:-TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM ILL HEALTH OR A DISABILITY, BY PROVIDING SOCIAL HOUSING, SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION, RESIDENTIAL CARE AND SUCH OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a very healthy reserve and remained in a strong financial position, with total unrestricted reserves of £3,515,504. However, the charity reported an overall operating deficit of £65,745 for the year, primarily driven by major refurbishment costs and higher voids at the Honiton location. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the association's 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

Accounts audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 15141319

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• COOPER, Simon Anthony — director, appointed 23/09/2025on trustee list
• KOLEK, Stephen Robert — director, appointed 23/09/2025on trustee list
• PERRY, Andrew John, Doctor — director, appointed 01/07/2025on trustee list
• WEEKS, Colin — director, appointed 27/11/2023on trustee list
• FOOT, Ian — director, appointed 15/09/2023on trustee list
• KNEE, Christopher David — director, appointed 15/09/2023on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~36.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (04/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Knee
• Colin Weeks
• Dr Andrew Perry
• Ian Foot
• Simon Anthony Cooper · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Robert Kolek · trustee of 1 other charity
• Zoe Darnbrough

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

Operates in: Devon · Somerset

Income and spending

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