THE FINCHLEY CHARITIES

Registered charity 206621 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Finchley Charities, established in 1488, administer 172 flats for older persons on three estates in the Finchley area. Applicants should be over 55, in housing need, have limited means and have lived in the London Borough of Barnet for at least five years. Financial assistance may be granted to individuals or organisations in relieving persons in the area of benefit in need or hardship.

Objects

1) THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION FOR BENEFICIARIES, AND ALLOTMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS OF LIMITED MEANS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT;AND 2)SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE. 3)RELIEF IN NEED FOR PERSONS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS. 4)PAYMENTS TO PARISH CHURCHES SITUATED IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF FINCHLEY.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF FINCHLEY

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Barnet, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year of £122,131, driven by a significant gain on the disposal of investments. Free reserves were reported at £1,155,355, which the trustees consider adequate to meet their policy target of maintaining three to six months of expenditure. The charity continues to invest heavily in property maintenance, resulting in a housing activity deficit, but maintains high occupancy rates and strong investment performance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Brindley Millen 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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Merrinchair
• Chinyere Ugwu · trustee of 2 other charities
• Daniel Jaffe
• David Bowen
• Helen Gordon
• John Welch
• Jules Bickers
• Leila Satar
• Nigel Benjamin
• REV PHILIP DAVISON
• Rabbi DANIEL RICH · trustee of 6 other charities
• Susanna Morales

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LANGLEY MARISH UNITED CHARITIES.

• LANGLEY MARISH UNITED CHARITIES income £179k
• FINCHLEY FOODBANK income £278k
• LANCELOT HASLUCK TRUST income £226k
• RICHMOND CHARITIES income £4.9m
• FARLEY HOSPITAL income £88k
• HEADLEY PITT TRUST income £110k

Side by side with its peers

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