ABBEYFIELD LOUGHTON SOCIETY

Registered charity 227729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ABBEYFIELD CHIGWELL SOCIETY LIMITED

Very sheltered accommodation for elderly persons.

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Latest income

£169k

Latest spending

£179k

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £822 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a trading deficit of £3,738 which was offset by a £4,560 unrealised gain on investments. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £2,421,317, providing a significant financial buffer relative to annual expenditure of approximately £142,000.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTINE MARIAN FRANKLIN
CHRISTOPHER JOHN RAWLINSON
PETER BRIAN MEDWAY
Stella Ann Murphy

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£169k	£179k
31/03/2025	£138k	£142k
31/03/2024	£154k	£167k
31/03/2023	£140k	£157k
31/03/2022	£115k	£146k

Common questions

Is ABBEYFIELD LOUGHTON SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £822 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a trading deficit of £3,738 which was offset by a £4,560 unrealised gain on investments. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £2,421,317, providing a significant financial buffer relative to annual expenditure of approximately £142,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ABBEYFIELD REIGATE SOCIETY LIMITED.

THE ABBEYFIELD REIGATE SOCIETY LIMITED income £207k
THE ABBEYFIELD LEIGH SOCIETY LIMITED income £275k
THE ABBEYFIELD CROWBOROUGH SOCIETY LIMITED income £164k
THE ABBEYFIELD BERKHAMSTED AND HEMEL HEMPSTEAD SOCIETY LIMITED income £736k
THE ABBEYFIELD WEST HERTS SOCIETY LIMITED income £253k
THE ABBEYFIELD (WEYMOUTH) SOCIETY LIMITED income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ABBEYFIELD LOUGHTON SOCIETY	£169k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD REIGATE SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£207k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD LEIGH SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£275k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD CROWBOROUGH SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£164k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD BERKHAMSTED AND HEMEL HEMPSTEAD SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£736k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD WEST HERTS SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£253k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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