THE ANDOVER CHARITIES

Registered charity 206587 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity has a small number of properties which are allocated to persons living in the "ancient parish of Andover"Grants are also made to the needy in the "ancient parish of Andover"

Objects

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Area of benefit: ANCIENT PARISH OF ANDOVER

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Latest income

£147k

Latest spending

£170k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit of £12,222 for the year ended 31 December 2024, a significant improvement from the £39,488 deficit in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves decreased to £202,008 from £227,824, while total net assets stood at £597,136. The charity holds a stated reserves policy to maintain adequate funds for housing stock repair and future development.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Income from charitable activities (72% of income)

“Income for the Charity increased due to the rental of the Adelaide Road properties.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: adequate funds to maintain the housing stock in good repair and in order to fund future development (held: £202k)

“Reserves are held in order to provide adequate funds to maintain the housing stock in good repair and in order to fund future development.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hysons Audit Services Ltd. 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.

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Councillor Nick Lodgechair
JOHN NULTY
Jan Franciszek Budzynski
PAMELA WOOLGROVE
Steven Hardstaff · trustee of 1 other charity
Tony Burley

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£147k	£170k
31/12/2023	£88k	£145k
31/12/2022	£104k	£85k
31/12/2021	£77k	£83k
31/12/2020	£81k	£101k

Common questions

Is THE ANDOVER CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit of £12,222 for the year ended 31 December 2024, a significant improvement from the £39,488 deficit in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves decreased to £202,008 from £227,824, while total net assets stood at £597,136. The charity holds a stated reserves policy to maintain adequate funds for housing stock repair and future development. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Hysons Audit Services Ltd.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ANDOVER.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ANDOVER income £592k
THE ANDROS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £225k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, BEDFORD income £433k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, OXFORD income £975k
ANDOVER PRE SCHOOL LIMITED income £161k
MUNICIPAL CHARITIES OF DOVER income £481k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ANDOVER CHARITIES	£147k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ANDOVER FY2024	£592k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ANDROS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£225k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, BEDFORD FY2025	£433k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, OXFORD FY2024	£975k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ANDOVER PRE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£161k	—	above	—	no doubt

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