Farraday House Limited

Registered charity 223716 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABBEYFIELD BURY SOCIETY LTD

We provide a friendly home environment, for the elderly, for sheltered and independent living.

Objects

TO RELIEVE AGED, IMPOTENT AND POOR PEOPLE OF ALL CLASSES, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY. FOR DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: BURY 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 · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus for the year and holds unrestricted reserves of £1,942,504, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of £134,769. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, noting that high reserve levels are a legacy of past property sales.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~46.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bob Bibby
• Catherine McAleese
• Christopher Fogg
• Elaine Shirt
• Ian Schofield
• Lesley Howorth
• Robert Caserta
• Yvonne Creswell

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

Operates in: Bury

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FARRER TRUST.

• THE FARRER TRUST income £238k
• FAIRFIELD RESIDENTIAL HOME income £2.8m
• THE FARRER FAMILY TRUST income £282k
• FARRER AND CO CHARITABLE TRUST income £102k
• PEACEHAVEN HOUSE income £2.4m
• FOORD ALMSHOUSES income £696k

Side by side with its peers

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