THE BRENDONCARE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 326508 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRENDONCARE

Brendoncare's purpose is to support older people, and its principal activities are the development and management of care centres (of which it currently has ten), and volunteer-led friendship and well-being clubs (of which it currently has over 60), situated in the South of England.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY (THE "OBJECTS") ARE: 3.1. TO RELIEVE OLDER PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT, PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION AND BY THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL, NURSING AND OTHER ASSISTANCE NECESSARY FOR THEIR CARE AND COMFORT;3.2. TO PROVIDE OR TO ARRANGE FOR THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE, CARE OR COMFORT OF ANY KIND REQUIRED BY AN OCCUPANT OR OCCUPANTS OF ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHED, PROVIDED OR MANAGED BY THE COMPANY PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 3.1 ABOVE; 3.3. TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO OLDER PEOPLE IN NEED IN ORDER TO ENABLE SUCH PERSONS TO ENTER INTO OR REMAIN IN OCCUPATION OF SUCH ACCOMMODATION; 3.4. TO PROVIDE OR ARRANGE FOR THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL, NURSING AND OTHER ASSISTANCE NECESSARY FOR THE CARE AND COMFORT OF OLDER PEOPLE;3.5. TO PROMOTE THE WELL BEING OF OLDER PEOPLE BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND TO ENABLE OR ASSIST THEM TO MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE.IN THIS ARTICLE 3 "OLDER PEOPLE" SHALL MEAN INDIVIDUALS AGED 60 AND OVER AND INDIVIDUALS AGED BELOW 60 WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM CONDITIONS OR DISEASES COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE OF OLD AGE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Registered contact address: Winchester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £119k for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted free reserves of £(927)k. The trustees note that these reserves are below the stated policy target of £3.2m, but anticipate improving the position through asset sales and operational surpluses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01791733

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Brendoncare (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• DALTON, William John Harling — director, appointed 31/07/2026not on trustee list
• BURKE, Robert John — director, appointed 31/07/2026not on trustee list
• WIND-MOZLEY, Stephen Charles — director, appointed 31/07/2026not on trustee list
• RICHARDSON, Alison, Professor — director, appointed 30/05/2025on trustee list
• FELLOWS, Peter Edwin John — director, appointed 29/11/2024on trustee list
• CHRISTIE, Katherine Sarah — director, appointed 05/07/2022on trustee list
• TURNER, Richard Charles — director, appointed 24/04/2022on trustee list
• SYKES, Phillip Rodney — director, appointed 09/02/2021on trustee list
• DOWSON, Philip — director, appointed 08/12/2020on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Jane Elizabeth, Dr — director, appointed 03/12/2019on trustee list
• TILLETT, Gordon Michael — director, appointed 03/12/2019on trustee list
• HOBHOUSE, Sarah Lindsay, Dr — director, appointed 26/09/2018on trustee list
• JACOBS, Ian David — director, appointed 31/07/2018on trustee list
• MORGAN, Gareth — secretary, appointed 30/09/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

20 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (11 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Brendoncare Foundation(The) — Registered, 15 registered locations, 3 regulated activities, last inspected 27/01/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (24/09/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Richardson
• Dr Jane Elizabeth Williams
• Dr SARAH LINDSAY HOBHOUSE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gordon Michael Tillett
• Ian David Jacobs
• Katherine Sarah Christie
• Peter Edwin John Fellows
• Phillip Rodney Sykes
• Richard Turner
• Robert John Burke
• Stephen Charles Wind-Mozley
• William John Harling Dalton · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Buckinghamshire · Devon · Dorset · Hampshire · Poole · Southampton City · Wandsworth · West Sussex · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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• HOWARD GARDEN SOCIAL AND DAY CARE CENTRE income £91k
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• THE ROYAL UNITED KINGDOM BENEFICENT ASSOCIATION income £7.0m
• BEDFORDSHIRE RURAL COMMUNITIES CHARITY income £2.3m
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• THE BROOMGROVE TRUST income £2.7m

Side by side with its peers

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