CARE FOR GUILDFORD

Registered charity 274756 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Care for Guildford is a "good neighbour" scheme offering practical help to anyone in need living in the old borough of Guildford through volunteers who provide transport, shopping and odd jobs in the home.

Objects

To undertake voluntary work and associated charitable activities in support of people in need resident in the Old Borough of Guildford

Area of benefit: GUILDFORD

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £2,780 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £218,477 to £215,697. Per the trustees' report, the bank balance decreased from £5,575 to £3,738, while invested funds held at cost remained significant at £211,959. The trustees plan to draw on invested funds in 2026 to meet anticipated increased expenditure.

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.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Claire Harris · trustee of 1 other charity
• Debra Anne Flynn
• Denise Hilton
• LINDA JOYCE SMITH
• Philip O'Dwyer · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rosanne Moncur Bond
• Vanessa Green

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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