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ABBEYFIELD NORTHUMBRIA

Registered charity 222742 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ABBEYFIELD NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE SOCIETY LIMITED

The principal activity of the Society is to provide accommodation, care and companionship for lonely or frail elderly people in accordance with the aims and principles of The Abbeyfield Society Limited.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.7m
Latest spending
£5.3m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £823,210, which included over £500,000 of extraordinary post-merger expenses. Per the trustees' report, the underlying operating deficit was approximately £323,000, and the charity holds over £3.7m in unrestricted investments to sustain such deficits if required. The trustees confirmed that the company has sufficient cash and investment resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of approval.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee earned between £70,001 and £80,000 in the 14 month period to 31 March 2025 (year to 31 January 2024: none).” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee earned between £70,001 and £80,000 in the 14 month period to 31 March 2025 (year to 31 January 2024: none).” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Social housing lettings (99% of income)
“Turnover represents rental income and service charges receivable net of rent and service charge losses from voids as well as social housing grants released.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £5.3m; policy: £750,000)
“At period end the free reserves (which are the sum of net current assets less restricted, designated and endowment funds) were negative £224,489 (2024: positive £579,278).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Abbeyfield Northumbria — Registered, 3 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 30/03/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Total income
£4.7m
Total spending
£5.3m
Cost of raising funds
£29k
Reserves (reported)
£3.7m
Employees
116

Reported reserves equal ~8.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City · Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.7m£5.3m
31/01/2024£4.4m£2.8m
31/01/2023£2.2m£2.3m
31/01/2022£2.0m£2.0m
31/01/2021£2.0m£2.0m

Common questions

Is ABBEYFIELD NORTHUMBRIA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £823,210, which included over £500,000 of extraordinary post-merger expenses. Per the trustees' report, the underlying operating deficit was approximately £323,000, and the charity holds over £3.7m in unrestricted investments to sustain such deficits if required. The trustees confirmed that the company has sufficient cash and investment resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of approval. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

What does the highest-paid employee of ABBEYFIELD NORTHUMBRIA earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ABBEYFIELD WEST WIGHT SOCIETY LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ABBEYFIELD NORTHUMBRIA£4.7m£70,001 - £80,0001below—no doubt
ABBEYFIELD WEST WIGHT SOCIETY LTD FY2025£349k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD WORCESTER AND HEREFORD SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD KNUTSFORD SOCIETY LTD FY2025£185k—0above—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD UXBRIDGE SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£368k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD WREXHAM SOCIETY LTD FY2025£224k—0unclear—no doubt

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