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BUSHELL HOUSE

Registered charity 221797 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUSHELL'S HOSPITAL

Residential Care Home for the Elderly

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Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £120,093 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £2,156,897 to £2,036,804. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £1,005,148 are below the stated policy target of £1,464,337, though the trustees consider the current level appropriate. The charity remains solvent with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of unrestricted expenditure (amounting to £1,464,337) (held: £1.0m)
“In their opinion, reserves should be sufficient to ensure that the charity could operate for 12 months in the event that there was an exceptional loss of income. Currently, this amounts to £1,464,337.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

CQC provider record: Trustees of Bushell House — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 27/10/2020.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£7k
Reserves (reported)
£904k
Employees
43

Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.3m£1.5m
31/12/2023£1.2m£1.3m
31/12/2022£1.1m£1.2m
31/12/2021£1.0m£978k
31/12/2020£977k£962k

Common questions

Is BUSHELL HOUSE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £120,093 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £2,156,897 to £2,036,804. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £1,005,148 are below the stated policy target of £1,464,337, though the trustees consider the current level appropriate. The charity remains solvent with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by MHA.

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
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (EDWARD CADBURY SECTION)1£23k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BAXENDALE CARE HOME.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BUSHELL HOUSE£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
BAXENDALE CARE HOME FY2025£2.7mmore than £60,0001within—no doubt
Beaconwild Ltd FY2025£2.2m——unclear—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD (CAMBORNE) SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£137k—0above—no doubt
SHERBURN HOUSE CHARITY FY2026£4.3m——unclear—no doubt
QUEBEC HALL LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt

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