THE ABBEYFIELD CHICHESTER SOCIETY LIMITED
To run and provide residential accommodation for elderly peopleTo provide at home services to elderly people to enable them to stay in their homes
Objects
TO RELIEVE AED IMPOTENT AND POOR PEOPLE OF ALL CLASSES, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND EDUCATON AND FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the financial year of £12,177, following a deficit in the previous year. Total net assets increased to £2,600,207, with unrestricted reserves held in the Income and Expenditure Account standing at £2,627,326. The entity is exempt from statutory audit under small company rules and underwent an independent examination which reported no material matters of concern.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022
- Volunteers: 2
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 03/11/2022, 3 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).
1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).
Property (HM Land Registry)
Trustees
- ALWYN WENDY THOMPSON-DYKE
- David Norman Rigglesford
- Dr Simon Price
- Joanna Catherine Jefferson
- Ruth Robinson
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2025 | — | — |
| 31/12/2024 | £373k | £361k |
| 31/12/2023 | £351k | £359k |
| 31/12/2022 | £328k | £376k |
| 31/12/2021 | £301k | £286k |
Common questions
Is THE ABBEYFIELD CHICHESTER SOCIETY LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the financial year of £12,177, following a deficit in the previous year. Total net assets increased to £2,600,207, with unrestricted reserves held in the Income and Expenditure Account standing at £2,627,326. The entity is exempt from statutory audit under small company rules and underwent an independent examination which reported no material matters of concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds THE ABBEYFIELD CHICHESTER SOCIETY LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ABBEYFIELD CHICHESTER SOCIETY LIMITED as a grant recipient include JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £5k | |
| JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £5k | |
| JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2022 | £5k |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £3k |
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE ABBEYFIELD CHICHESTER SOCIETY LIMITED | £373k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE ABBEYFIELD TIVERTON SOCIETY LIMITED | £166k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE ABBEYFIELD DEPTFORD SOCIETY LIMITED | £118k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE ABBEYFIELD CROWBOROUGH SOCIETY LIMITED | £164k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE ABBEYFIELD BASILDON SOCIETY LIMITED | £453k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE ABBEYFIELD (CAMBORNE) SOCIETY LIMITED | £137k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |