THE ABBEYFIELD BARNARD CASTLE SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 254881 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDE SHELTERED ACCOMMODATION WITH SUPPORT FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £19,554 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £188,184 and total expenditure of £192,117. Free reserves stood at £128,042, which the trustees note is above their policy target of roughly £80,000 (six months' running costs). The accounts state that the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00906197

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.

• GORMAN, Amanda — director, appointed 30/04/2026on trustee list
• DAVEY, Christine — director, appointed 16/10/2024on trustee list
• BEDWELL, Stanley — director, appointed 27/04/2023on trustee list
• PATTERSON, Stuart — director, appointed 21/01/2015on trustee list
• BIRD, Linda Catherine — director, appointed 14/10/2013on trustee list
• WHITE, Jennifer Margaret — director, appointed 10/10/2013on trustee list
• BIRD, Linda — secretary, appointed 10/10/2013

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £387k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Gorman
• Christine Davey
• Jennifer Margaret White
• Linda Catherine Bird · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stanley George Bedwell
• Stuart Patterson

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

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