THE BICKHAM HOME

Registered charity 219495 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BICKHAM HOUSE

The charity's objects continue to be to maintain the home for the accommodation of elderly residents. The activities remain consistent with the objects of the charity.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.2m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £50,484 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased staff and energy costs alongside reduced occupancy. Per the trustees' report, the long-term viability of the home remains uncertain, and the charity has utilized reserves to support operations. The trustees aim to maintain free reserves of approximately £332k, which exceeds the actual unrestricted reserves of £945,600 when considering the total fund position, though the unrestricted fund specifically dropped from £996,248 to £945,600.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of charitable expenditure (approximately £332k) (held: £946k)

“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted and legacy funds at a level which at least exceeds three months of charitable expenditure. Based on the budgeted expenditure for 2025-2026, this requires free reserves to be held of approximately £332k.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by McKellens Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Bickham Home (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Elizabeth Jimenez — Manager (source)
Marie Danao — Assistant Manager (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.

CQC provider record: Bickham House Trustees — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 20/11/2020.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£2k

Reserves (reported)

£946k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~9.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

DR CHRIS DAVIESchair
ELIZABETH ANN HADDOCK
IAN COLEMAN MACKLIN
Jan ravenscroft
Linda Robinson
PHILIP JAMES LONG

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Trafford

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.2m	£1.2m
31/03/2024	£1.2m	£1.2m
31/03/2023	£947k	£971k
31/03/2022	£977k	£1.0m
31/03/2021	£992k	£981k

Common questions

Is THE BICKHAM HOME financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £50,484 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased staff and energy costs alongside reduced occupancy. Per the trustees' report, the long-term viability of the home remains uncertain, and the charity has utilized reserves to support operations. The trustees aim to maintain free reserves of approximately £332k, which exceeds the actual unrestricted reserves of £945,600 when considering the total fund position, though the unrestricted fund specifically dropped from £996,248 to £945,600. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by McKellens Ltd.

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
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
FOREST HILL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Beaconwild Ltd.

Beaconwild Ltd income £2.2m
THE JAMES CHARITIES income £519k
KEYCHANGE CHARITY income £9.6m
MENS ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT income £1.1m
BAXENDALE CARE HOME income £2.7m
BIERLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LTD income £210k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BICKHAM HOME	£1.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Beaconwild Ltd FY2025	£2.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JAMES CHARITIES FY2025	£519k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KEYCHANGE CHARITY FY2025	£9.6m	unclear	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MENS ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BAXENDALE CARE HOME FY2025	£2.7m	more than £60,000	1	within	—	no doubt

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