THE ABBEYFIELD CHICHESTER SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 208819 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

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

Area of benefit: CHICHESTER AND ELSEWHERE

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chichester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£373k
Latest spending
£361k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2024

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Volunteers: 2

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ABBEYFIELD CHICHESTER SOCIETY LIMITED£373k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD TIVERTON SOCIETY LIMITED FY2026£166k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD DEPTFORD SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£118k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD CROWBOROUGH SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£164k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD BASILDON SOCIETY LIMITED FY2026£453k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD (CAMBORNE) SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£137k—0above—no doubt

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