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ABBEYFIELD BRISTOL AND KEYNSHAM SOCIETY

Registered charity 257532 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ABBEYFIELD BRISTOL SOCIETY, THE ABBEYFIELD BRISTOL SOCIETY LIMITED

Abbeyfield Bristol & Keynsham Society provides Supported Sheltered Housing to older people (average age 88) in Bristol and South Gloucestershire

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Latest income
£2.8m
Latest spending
£3.0m
Registered
1968
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity posted an operating deficit of £331,068 for the 18-month period ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a net deficit of £266,369. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,094,914, with £805,936 regarded as free reserves, which is above the stated policy target of £514,500.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £108,687 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“The highest paid director, as defined in the Accounting Direction 2022, received £108,687 for the 18 month period (2023: £67,088 for the 12 month period) remuneration (excluding employer pension contributions).” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“There was one (2023: 1) employee who received employee benefits exceeding £60,000 (excluding employers pension contributions).” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months' expenditure (£514,500) (held: £5.1m)
“Our policy is to retain such reserves as in our judgement are adequate to cover: Day-to-day operational expenditure, for which the current policy is to hold cash to cover 3 months’ expenditure, which in the period to 2025 equated to £514,500.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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)

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.

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

Total income
£2.8m
Total spending
£3.0m
Reserves (reported)
£5.1m
Employees
32

Reported reserves equal ~20.3 months of spending — in the top quarter 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: 0.0% 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: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.8m£3.0m
30/09/2023£2.2m£2.0m
30/09/2022£1.8m£1.9m
30/09/2021£1.6m£1.8m
30/09/2020£1.8m£1.8m

Common questions

Is ABBEYFIELD BRISTOL AND KEYNSHAM SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity posted an operating deficit of £331,068 for the 18-month period ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a net deficit of £266,369. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,094,914, with £805,936 regarded as free reserves, which is above the stated policy target of £514,500. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of ABBEYFIELD BRISTOL AND KEYNSHAM SOCIETY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £108,687 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£3k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ABBEYFIELD BRISTOL AND KEYNSHAM SOCIETY£2.8m£108,6871unclear—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD (MAIDENHEAD) SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£3.3m—0above—no doubt
ABBEYFIELD BRAINTREE, BOCKING AND FELSTED SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£4.0m—0above—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD SOCIETY FY2025£44.3m——above—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD (WEYMOUTH) SOCIETY LIMITED FY2023£1.0m—0unclear—not going concern
THE ABBEYFIELD WORCESTER AND HEREFORD SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt

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