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THE ABBEYFIELD LANCASTER SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 230899 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Care of the elderly

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Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an unrestricted operating surplus of £77,657 and held free unrestricted reserves of £452,285, which equates to approximately four months of operating expenditure. This reserve level is within the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining between three and six months of operating expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of operating expenditure (held: £452k)
“The current policy of the society is to maintain free reserves at a level that equates to between 3 and 6 months of Operating expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Remuneration of £10,440 was paid to Mrs A K Howson, a director and trustee, in respect of secretarial services.
“Remuneration of £10,440 (2024 - £10,085) in respect of secretarial services was paid to Mrs A K Howson, a director and trustee of the society” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Abbeyfield Lancaster Society Limited(The) — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 28/03/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£4k
Reserves (reported)
£452k
Employees
38

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2024£1.2m£1.2m
31/03/2023£1000k£1.1m
31/03/2022£1.0m£1.1m
31/03/2021£1.0m£1.1m

Common questions

Is THE ABBEYFIELD LANCASTER SOCIETY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an unrestricted operating surplus of £77,657 and held free unrestricted reserves of £452,285, which equates to approximately four months of operating expenditure. This reserve level is within the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining between three and six months of operating expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

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
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST1£15k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ABBEYFIELD LANCASTER SOCIETY LIMITED£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD SANDERSTEAD SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£147k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD UXBRIDGE SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£368k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD LEIGH SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£275k—0within—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD (CAMBORNE) SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£137k—0above—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD GREAT MISSENDEN AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FY2025£355k—0unclear—no doubt

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