AGE CONCERN BISHOP'S STORTFORD

Registered charity 268579 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN - BISHOPS STORTFORD, BISHOP'S STORTFORD OLD PEOPLES' WELFARE COMMITTEE

The provision of day centre facilities for older people on 4 - 5 days each week.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER, AS IS NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE IN THE TOWN OF BISHOP'S STORTFORD.

Area of benefit: BISHOP'S STORTFORD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £189,185, which the trustees consider to equate to 12 months of running costs. The charity notes that its operating costs rely on unpredictable donations and grants, having previously faced a funding shortage that nearly led to closure in September 2022. Net current assets are reported at £184,953 with cash balances of £187,356.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Horwoodchair
• Anthony Pook · trustee of 1 other charity
• Deborah Fish
• Phillip Godfrey · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE INCORPORATED BISHOP'S STORTFORD COLLEGE ASSOCIATION.

• THE INCORPORATED BISHOP'S STORTFORD COLLEGE ASSOCIATION income £29.2m
• STONY STRATFORD COMMUNITY CHURCH, (MEMBER OF THE BAPTIST UNION) income £171k
• ST COLUMBA'S CHURCH DAY CENTRE income £213k
• AGE CONCERN HASSOCKS & DISTRICT income £263k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY STAPLETON BRISTOL income £168k
• BISHOP'S STORTFORD METHODIST CHURCH income £167k

Side by side with its peers

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