FRIENDS OF SHENSTONE AND SVF

Registered charity 284108 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF SHENSTONE, SHENSTONE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

The Friends fundraise to support the purchasing of specialised equipment for Shenstone School pupils. They also help fund the purchase and maintenance of school buses, and play equipment for outside areas. Shenstone is a school for pupils aged 2 to 11 with severe learning difficulties. The school operates across two sites, Shenstone School (Crayford) and Shenstone Early Years Centre (Sidcup).

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL BY PROVIDING AN ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITES FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL (NOR NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY).

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE THE CATCHMENT AREA OF THE SCHOOL.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The provided documents consist of a solicitor's letter regarding an estate administration and minutes from a Friends of Shenstone AGM; neither contains financial statements, balance sheets, or income/expenditure reports. Consequently, there is no explicit data regarding reserves, fundraising costs, or overall financial health to analyze.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of Shenstone (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chris Warnerchair
• Faye Bearsby
• Georgia Bissett
• Leann Bargery
• Lori Mackey

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

Operates in: Bexley

Income and spending

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