PORTSMOUTH AND DISTRICT FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' HOMES

Registered charity 229734 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides accommodation/housing for independent elderly/older people in need and living within 15 miles of Portsmouth Guildhall, for a minimum of 5 years.

Objects

PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES FOR NECESSITOUS PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN AREA OF BENEFIT WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE MEMBERS OF FRIENDLY SOCIETIES AND THEIR WIDOWS.

Area of benefit: AREA WITHIN 15 MILE RADIUS FROM THE GUILDHALL,PORTSMOUTH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted reserves of £1,897,737 at the year end, with a net movement in funds of £9,991 for the year. The trustees report that the charity remained in a strong financial position, supported by investment gains and increased maintenance contributions from residents.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Peter Killechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ben Dowling
• CLLR VERNON-JACKSON
• Cllr Cal Corkery
• Cllr Stephen Mark Christopher Pitt · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Portsmouth City

Income and spending

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• THE PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION income £145k
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• HOME OF COMFORT income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

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