THE ABBEYFIELD SOCIETY

Registered charity 200719 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABBEYFIELD, THE ABBEYFIELD SOCIETY LIMITED

Provides advocacy/advice/informationProvision of accommodation/services for older people

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group reported a net surplus of £2.6m for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant improvement from the £16.1m deficit in the prior year, driven largely by surpluses on property disposals. Free reserves stood at £22.6m, exceeding the Board's minimum policy target of £10m, while total net assets increased to £97.6m. The Board confirms adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future, supported by an £8m undrawn overdraft facility and positive operating margins projected from 2026-27.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00574816

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Abbeyfield Living Society (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).

• Riviera Travel — “Riviera Travel have been a valued supporter of Abbeyfield for over a decade. Book your holiday with them and mention Abbeyfield and they’ll …” (source page)
• Give As You Live — “Engage your staff and have fun raising funds for the Abbeyfield Living Society - if you are planning events, or collecting donations, the on…” (source page)
• Haven Holidays — “During their Christmas event, employees at Haven Holidays raised money and generously donated to Abbeyfield Living Society. This helped to f…” (source page)

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.

• ASBURY, Christine Anne — director, appointed 01/03/2026on trustee list
• NICHOLS, Sally Louise — director, appointed 01/03/2026on trustee list
• PETTIFER-EAGLES, Terri — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
• CARR, Geoffrey David Granville — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
• COX, Martin Frank — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
• MARRERO, Marc — director, appointed 15/09/2022on trustee list
• TURNER, Michael John Peter — director, appointed 16/09/2021on trustee list
• ASHWORTH, George Smith-Salmond — director, appointed 16/09/2021on trustee list
• LEES, Roger Alan — director, appointed 16/09/2021on trustee list
• BEAMAND, Sara Jayne — director, appointed 09/03/2017on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Petra Louise — secretary, appointed 02/06/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

100 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (91 freehold); recorded price paid £7.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Abbeyfield Society (The) — Registered, 49 registered locations, 3 regulated activities, last inspected 22/11/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Trustpilot: Abbeyfield scores 3.0/5 from 9 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.

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

Reported reserves equal ~21.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (77% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/12/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/05/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Meriel Gibbs · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Anne Asbury
• Geoffrey David Granville Carr
• George Ashworth
• Marc Marrero
• Michael John Peter Turner
• Roger Lees
• Sally Louise Nichols
• Terri Pettifer-Eagles

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ABBEYFIELD (MAIDENHEAD) SOCIETY LIMITED.

• THE ABBEYFIELD (MAIDENHEAD) SOCIETY LIMITED income £3.3m
• ABBEYFIELD NORTHUMBRIA income £4.7m
• THE ABBEYFIELD UXBRIDGE SOCIETY LIMITED income £368k
• ABBEYFIELD WEST WIGHT SOCIETY LTD income £349k
• THE ABBEYFIELD LANCASTER SOCIETY LIMITED income £1.4m
• THE ABBEYFIELD WORCESTER AND HEREFORD SOCIETY LIMITED income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

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