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.

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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.

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 (3.8%) (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
• Philip Dowson
• Phillip Rodney Sykes
• Richard Turner
• Robert John Burke
• Stephen Charles Wind-Mozley
• William John Harling Dalton · trustee of 3 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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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRENT CARERS CENTRE.

• BRENT CARERS CENTRE income £794k
• FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY income £22.0m
• THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION CARE COMPANY income £64.6m
• BAXENDALE CARE HOME income £2.7m
• BRADBURY CARE CENTRE LIMITED income £437k
• EAST SUSSEX BRIGHTON & HOVE CROSSROADS - CARING FOR CARERS LIMITED income £492k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.