NIGHTINGALE HAMMERSON

Registered charity 207316 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NIGHTINGALE, NIGHTINGALE HOUSE, NIGHTINGALE HOUSE (THE HOME FOR AGED JEWS), THE HOME FOR AGED JEWS

Provision of residential, nursing, dementia and respite care

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Latest income

£30.8m

Latest spending

£29.6m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £2.9m, strengthening its balance sheet to £96.4m in net assets. The charity maintains free reserves of £21.8m, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of holding between 6 and 12 months of operational expenditure. While the charity incurred an operational deficit of £6.1m, this was more than offset by strong fundraising income and investment gains.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 6 and 12 months of operational expenditure (held: £21.8m)

“The Trustees consider it appropriate to hold free reserves equivalent to between 6 and 12 months of operational expenditure.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Chalkford Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary. Steven Sharpe, a director of the corporate trustee, is also a director of Chalkford Limited. Chalkford Limited was dormant throughout the year. There were no transactions between the charity and the subsidiary, and no amounts were due to or from the subsidiary at 30 September 2025.

“Chalkford Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nightingale Hammerson. Steven Sharpe, a director of Nightingale Hammerson Trustee Company Limited, is also a director of Chalkford Limited. Chalkford Limited was dormant throughout the year. There were no transactions between the charity and the subsidiary, and no amounts were due to or from the subsidiary at 30 September 2025 (2024: £nil).” — page 52

“During the year the charity received donations totalling £134,410 from 11 of the charity’s Trustees and organisations to which they are connected (2024 - £121,688 from 11 trustees and connected organisations). In addition, £87,350 (2024 - £111,700) was received from the President and Vice President and organisations to which they are connected.” — page 52

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The charity received donations totalling £134,410 from 11 of the charity’s Trustees and organisations to which they are connected. In addition, £87,350 was received from the President and Vice President and organisations to which they are connected.

“Chalkford Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nightingale Hammerson. Steven Sharpe, a director of Nightingale Hammerson Trustee Company Limited, is also a director of Chalkford Limited. Chalkford Limited was dormant throughout the year. There were no transactions between the charity and the subsidiary, and no amounts were due to or from the subsidiary at 30 September 2025 (2024: £nil).” — page 52

“During the year the charity received donations totalling £134,410 from 11 of the charity’s Trustees and organisations to which they are connected (2024 - £121,688 from 11 trustees and connected organisations). In addition, £87,350 (2024 - £111,700) was received from the President and Vice President and organisations to which they are connected.” — page 52

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Pension scheme deficit: £125k

“This most recent actuarial valuation showed a shortfall of £125,000 (2024: shortfall of £15,000). However, no additional contributions were required to correct the shortfall.” — page 50

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Chalkford Limited

“The charity has one wholly owned trading subsidiary, Chalkford Limited, and a related entity, Friends of Nightingale House.” — page 36

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07990530

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Nightingale Hammerson (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Jenny Pattinson — Chief Executive (source)
Paul Althasen — Chairman (source)
Chelsea Bassom — Director of Finance (source)
Chipema Chitambala — Director of Care Services (source)
Ed Davidson — Director of Operations (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

EL-BAZ, Kim Ruth — director, appointed 01/02/2026not on trustee list
NATHAN, Russell — director, appointed 01/07/2023not on trustee list
GRABINER, Ian Michael — director, appointed 01/07/2023not on trustee list
SHARPE, Steven — director, appointed 28/07/2022not on trustee list
LIVINGSTON, Gill Avril — director, appointed 17/02/2022not on trustee list
ALTHASEN, Paul Simon — director, appointed 28/07/2021not on trustee list
BALCOMBE, Carolyn — director, appointed 24/09/2020not on trustee list
TAYLOR, Rosalind Ann, Dr — director, appointed 16/06/2019not on trustee list
BARNETT, Keith — director, appointed 01/06/2018not on trustee list
LAWSON, Melvin Anthony — director, appointed 02/04/2012not on trustee list
PATTINSON, Jenny — secretary, appointed 21/11/2022

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Nightingale Hammerson — Registered, 3 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 03/10/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Total income

£30.8m

Total spending

£29.6m

Cost of raising funds

£925k

Reserves (reported)

£21.8m

Employees

470

Reported reserves equal ~8.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Hammerson House: Good (25/05/2022) · CQC record
Nightingale House: Outstanding (17/01/2023) · CQC record

Register events

Received assets from another charity (22/04/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (25/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (03/05/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

NIGHTINGALE HAMMERSON TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED

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

Operates in: Barnet · Hertfordshire · Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£30.8m	£29.6m
30/09/2024	£27.3m	£28.8m
30/09/2023	£23.8m	£25.7m
30/09/2022	£19.6m	£21.8m
30/09/2021	£15.6m	£16.1m

Common questions

Is NIGHTINGALE HAMMERSON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £2.9m, strengthening its balance sheet to £96.4m in net assets. The charity maintains free reserves of £21.8m, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of holding between 6 and 12 months of operational expenditure. While the charity incurred an operational deficit of £6.1m, this was more than offset by strong fundraising income and investment gains. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Who funds NIGHTINGALE HAMMERSON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NIGHTINGALE HAMMERSON as a grant recipient include THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION, THE CAROLE AND GEOFFREY LAWSON FOUNDATION, THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MAURICE HATTER FOUNDATION, The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION	FY2023	£200k
THE CAROLE AND GEOFFREY LAWSON FOUNDATION	FY2023	£165k
THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£100k	Welfare
THE MAURICE HATTER FOUNDATION	FY2023	£100k	Support for those with disabilities
The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation	FY2025	£100k
THE RAYNE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£60k	Reach
THE CLORE DUFFIELD FOUNDATION	FY2022	£50k	Health and social care
THE LYNNE AND NIGEL ROSS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£50k
THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION	FY2022	£50k
The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation	FY2022	£25k	Medical research
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST	FY2022	£25k
THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£25k
THE CAROLE AND GEOFFREY LAWSON FOUNDATION	FY2022	£25k
THE CAROLE AND GEOFFREY LAWSON FOUNDATION	FY2024	£20k
CRAPS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£16k
CRAPS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£16k
CRAPS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£16k
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST	FY2023	£15k	Social Service
The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation	FY2025	£15k
THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£15k
THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£15k	Health
THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£15k
THE CAROLE AND GEOFFREY LAWSON FOUNDATION	FY2025	£15k
THE MAURICE HATTER FOUNDATION	FY2024	£13k	Support for those with disabilities
THE GOLDHILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£13k
THE GOLDHILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£13k
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£12k	Charitable Donations
THE RAVEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£11k
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k	General charitable purposes
THE SUSAN AND STEPHEN JAMES CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2022	£10k
THE RAVEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k	HELP THE ELDERLY / SICK
M AND C TRUST	FY2025	£9k
THE GOLDHILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£8k
THE GOLDHILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£8k
THE GOLDHILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£8k
LOFTUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£7k	Relief of poverty and ill-health
THE RAMAR CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2022	£6k
THE ROSE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£5k
THE GOLDHILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
THE E C SOSNOW CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE PHILLIPS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
LAWSON BECKMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k	Health and Welfare
THE GOLDHILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE PHILLIPS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k
M AND C TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE CASCIA TRUST	FY2022	£4k
THE AMAR FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£4k	General charitable purposes
THE AMAR FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£4k	General charitable purposes
THE LYNNE AND NIGEL ROSS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£4k
THE JOSEPH AND LENA RANDALL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/10/2014	£10k	Music therapy for the older residents for whom we care
City Bridge Foundation	03/06/2010	£50k	Grant to Nightingale Hammerson
The National Lottery Community Fund	05/04/2006	£5k	New specialist equipment

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE J A R CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£5k
MASONIC SAMARITAN FUND	1	£6.9m
ZURICH COMMUNITY TRUST (UK) LIMITED	1	£76k
ELEEMOSYNARY CHARITY OF WILLIAM HOBBAYNE	1	£10k
HOUSING PATHWAYS TRUST	1	£10k
WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITY	1	£9k
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£8k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPICE CHARITY.

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPICE CHARITY income £4.9m
THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION CARE COMPANY income £64.6m
NAZARETH CARE CHARITABLE TRUST income £43.3m
HOYLAKE COTTAGE income £5.2m
AVANTE CARE AND SUPPORT LIMITED income £44.0m
SUE HAMMERSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £161k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NIGHTINGALE HAMMERSON	£30.8m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPICE CHARITY FY2025	£4.9m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION CARE COMPANY FY2025	£64.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NAZARETH CARE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£43.3m	—	—	below	—	material uncertainty
HOYLAKE COTTAGE FY2025	£5.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AVANTE CARE AND SUPPORT LIMITED FY2025	£44.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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