THE ABBEYFIELD YORK SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 222424 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of sheltered housing with the inclusion of meals for the frail elderly

Objects

TO CARRY ON FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY THE PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION OR SUCH OTHER ASSISTANCE AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BY ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINE FOR THE RELIEF AND CARE OF ELDERLY PERSONS SUFFERING THE DIFFICULTIES AND/OR DISABILITIES OF OLD AGE OR OTHERWISE BEING IN NEED. TO PROVIDE (WHETHER BY PURCHASE LEASE OR OTHERWISE) AND MAINTAINING HOUSES APARTMENTS AND HOMES FOR SUCH ELDERLY PERSONS AND TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING AMENITIES CARE OR SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH ELDERLY PERSONS.

Area of benefit: CITY OF YORK 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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted general funds are in a negative balance of £1,297,786 due to a significant decrease in the valuation of housing properties. However, the trustees confirm that the charity has adequate cash for operational purposes and expects to retain reserves over the coming years to strengthen the balance sheet.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00721891

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HUISON, Marianne Ruth — director, appointed 06/11/2025on trustee list
• BALDWIN, James Stuart — director, appointed 24/03/2025on trustee list
• DIXON, Anthony John — director, appointed 21/09/2020on trustee list
• POTRYKUS, Elizabeth Louise — director, appointed 17/02/2020on trustee list
• BALDWIN, Alison Mary — director, appointed 12/10/2009not on trustee list
• DIXON, Anthony John — secretary, appointed 24/01/2022

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £960k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Abbeyfield York Society Limited (The) — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 15/10/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY DIXONchair · trustee of 5 other charities
• ALISON BALDWIN SRN
• Dr George Robert Porter
• Elizabeth Louise Potrykus
• James Baldwin
• Marianne Huison

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

Operates in: City Of York

Income and spending

Common questions

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