HENFIELD AND DISTRICT SELF HELP GROUP

Registered charity 285229 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides welfare and social facilities for the elderly and those living with physical and/or sensory impairment in our local community. This enables them to retain their independence and establish friendships, social contact and rehabilitation breaks.The charity is managed by the Trustees/committee who arrange weekly meetings providing lunch and entertainment throughout the year.

Objects

TO RELIEVE HANDICAPPED PEOPLE OF ALL AGES (WHETHER SUCH HANDICAPS BE PHYSICAL OR SENSORY OR BOTH) IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE WITHIN THE PARISH OF HENFIELD, WEST SUSSEX AND THE IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING PARISHES.

Area of benefit: HENFIELD AND IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING PARISHES

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 FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £8,091 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £26,679 and expenditure of £22,032. Net assets increased to £79,247, supported by significant bank deposits including £65,000 in deposit accounts. The accounts were independently examined with no material matters identified by the examiner.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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 policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MAUREEN ALEXANDRA DEXTERchair
• DAWN LOUISE BUTCHER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julie Jane Carter
• Peter Albert Wheeler

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).