THE ABBEYFIELD WHITEHAVEN SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 230050 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides Sheltered Housing for older people

Objects

RELIEF OF AGED IMPOTENT AND POOR PERSONS OF ALL CLASSES, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF HOUSES ETC. FOR LINELY, OLD OR HANDICAPPED PERSONS. (FOR DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION. CLAUSE 3.)

Area of benefit: WHITEHAVEN

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 accounts state that the Society achieved an operating deficit of £5,683 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a deficit on ordinary activities of £1,361 after other income. Despite the operational loss, the Society holds unrestricted reserves of £1,164,444 and maintains a strong cash position with no borrowings, leading the auditors to confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saint & Co. Discloses 3 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00766744

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.

• MCMILLAN, Agnes Wyatt — director, appointed 19/11/2025on trustee list
• SCOTT, Nicola — director, appointed 16/08/2023on trustee list
• SMITH, Marian — director, appointed 16/08/2023on trustee list
• WILSON, Christine — director, appointed 16/08/2023on trustee list

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). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Agnes Wyatt McMillan
• Christine Wilson
• Marian Smith

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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• THE ABBEYFIELD (MAIDENHEAD) SOCIETY LIMITED income £3.3m
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• THE ABBEYFIELD SOCIETY income £44.3m
• THE ABBEYFIELD LEIGH SOCIETY LIMITED income £275k
• THE ABBEYFIELD YORK SOCIETY LIMITED income £895k
• THE ABBEYFIELD RYDE SOCIETY LIMITED income £271k

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