HONEYWOOD HOUSE NURSING HOME

Registered charity 221746 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HONEYWOOD HOUSE CONVALESCENT NURSING HOME

The objectives of the charity, which have been applied during the year, are set out in the Trust Deed. Such objectives require the trustees to apply the property, Honeywood House, as a nursing home for the members of the public requiring long or short term care.

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Latest income

£2.0m

Latest spending

£2.2m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £225,707 for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in a significant depletion of unrestricted reserves from £250,078 to £24,371. The trustees attribute this loss to high maintenance upgrade costs and rising running expenses, noting that reserves are currently below their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. Despite the financial loss, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (held: £24k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Anova. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

David White — General Manager & Trustee (source)
Ivy Blackwell — Registered Manager, Head Nurse & Trustee (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: Trustees of Honeywood House — Registered, 1 registered location, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 24/10/2017.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income

£2.0m

Total spending

£2.2m

Cost of raising funds

£1.5m

Reserves (reported)

£24k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 76.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

David White
Ivy Gale Blackwell
PAUL ROGER JOHNSON
Rosamund Heath
Sarah Louise Webb

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

Operates in: Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£2.0m	£2.2m
31/01/2024	£1.9m	£1.9m
31/01/2023	£1.7m	£1.6m
31/01/2022	£1.6m	£1.5m
31/01/2021	£1.5m	£1.5m

Common questions

Is HONEYWOOD HOUSE NURSING HOME financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £225,707 for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in a significant depletion of unrestricted reserves from £250,078 to £24,371. The trustees attribute this loss to high maintenance upgrade costs and rising running expenses, noting that reserves are currently below their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. Despite the financial loss, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Anova.

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
MASONIC SAMARITAN FUND	1	£6.9m
THE MASON BIBBY 1981 TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PETWORTH COTTAGE NURSING HOME.

PETWORTH COTTAGE NURSING HOME income £1.9m
New Forest Care Homes Ltd income £1.8m
THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION CARE COMPANY income £64.6m
ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOMES income £3.3m
THE WHITELEY HOMES TRUST income £6.9m
HOYLAKE COTTAGE income £5.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HONEYWOOD HOUSE NURSING HOME	£2.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PETWORTH COTTAGE NURSING HOME FY2024	£1.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
New Forest Care Homes Ltd FY2024	£1.8m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	below	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION CARE COMPANY FY2025	£64.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOMES FY2024	£3.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WHITELEY HOMES TRUST FY2024	£6.9m	£120,000 - £129,999	4	above	—	no doubt

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