RUISLIP NORTHWOOD OLD FOLKS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 250776 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as R N O F A, RUISLIP-NORTHWOOD OLD FOLKS ASSOCIATION

Provision of weekday cooked lunches to senior citizen members of the RNOFA with additional social activities, on and off club premises.

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Latest income

£54k

Latest spending

£117k

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made an operational loss of £63,444 for the year ended 31 March 2026, driven by the cessation of a major local authority grant and reduced membership. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £56,963 are insufficient to cover future monthly losses and redundancy costs, leading to a forecast that the charity will close in July/August 2026.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure plus staff redundancy costs (held: £57k)

“The reserves had been established to support the operation of the services, including rent, supplies, utilities and staff costs for 6 months, plus staff redundancy costs.” — page 5

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — RNOFA (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Alan George Wenman
CATHERINE DANN
Jacqueline Markham
Lorraine Angela Reed · trustee of 1 other charity
Stephen Barry McBain
Timothy Markham

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

Operates in: Hillingdon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£54k	£117k
31/03/2025	£104k	£122k
31/03/2024	£179k	£179k
31/03/2023	£132k	£170k
31/03/2022	£154k	£148k

Common questions

Is RUISLIP NORTHWOOD OLD FOLKS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made an operational loss of £63,444 for the year ended 31 March 2026, driven by the cessation of a major local authority grant and reduced membership. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £56,963 are insufficient to cover future monthly losses and redundancy costs, leading to a forecast that the charity will close in July/August 2026. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RUISLIP NORTHWOOD OLD FOLKS ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RUISLIP NORTHWOOD OLD FOLKS ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2024	£10k	Smaller Grants

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/08/2022	£10k	Ruislip Northwood Old Folks Association
UK government	03/08/2020	£5k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The Mercers' Company	22/07/2020	£5k	Covid-19 London Community Response Grant - Wave 3