ABBEYFIELD BRAINTREE, BOCKING AND FELSTED SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 257782 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ABBEYFIELD BRAINTREE AND BOCKING SOCIETY LIMITED

The Abbeyfield Braintree Bocking and Felsted Society Limited is a charitable company registered social housing provider. The Society operates two very sheltered housing schemes, an extra care scheme and a retirement village, providing accommodation, care and companionship for older people who chose not to live alone.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £398,904 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £6,239,848. The trustees report that the balance sheet shows a strong position with positive cash flows and short-term creditors falling by over £300,000. Per the strategic report, the charity considers value for money to be maximised through an optimum balance between low costs, efficiency, and quality service provision.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lambert Chapman LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00945603

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Tony Cramphorn — Chair (source)
• Ian Norgett — Vice Chair (source)

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.

• BARRY, Michael James — director, appointed 18/12/2023on trustee list
• GUEST, Barbara Helen — director, appointed 01/12/2008on trustee list
• NORGETT, Ian Martin — director, appointed 05/11/2004on trustee list
• SUMMERSGILL, David — director, appointed 01/04/2004on trustee list
• CRAMPHORN, Anthony Michael St John — director, appointed 20/11/1999on trustee list
• QUAIFE MBE, Michele — secretary, appointed 31/05/2012

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Abbeyfield Braintree, Bocking and Felsted Society Limited — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 11/09/2018.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~21.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Great Bradfords House: Good (25/10/2018) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/06/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY MICHAEL ST JOHN CRAMPHORNchair
• BARBARA GUEST
• DAVID SUMMERSGILL
• IAN NORGETT
• Martin Quaife
• Michael James Barry

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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