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WIRRELDERLY

Registered charity 700121 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ELDERHOLME

The provision of the highest standard of residential nursing care to its clients

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£5.7m
Latest spending
£5.2m
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £440,990 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £5,653,123. However, the trustees report that undesignated general reserves of £1,139,330 were below the stated policy target of £1.3m - £2.6m, although they do not view this as a significant concern given future plans. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.1m; policy: three to six months expenditure (approximately £1.3m - £2.6m))
“On 31 March 2025 undesignated general reserves were £1,139,330 (2024: £853,078) which is below target level.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Mr Lawson Stebbings received remuneration of £16,536 for his role as Chair.
“As permitted by the charity's Articles of Association, one of the trustees, Mr Lawson Stebbings, received remuneration of £16,536 (2024: £15,756) during the year for his role as Chair in recognition of his high level of knowledge, skills and experience to lead the Board.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee remuneration
“As permitted by the charity's Articles of Association, one of the trustees, Mr Lawson Stebbings, received remuneration of £16,536 (2024: £15,756) during the year for his role as Chair in recognition of his high level of knowledge, skills and experience to lead the Board.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by DSG Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ELDERHOLME NURSING HOME (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Wirrelderly — Registered, 1 registered location, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 27/09/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Total income
£5.7m
Total spending
£5.2m
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
156

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£5.7m£5.2m
31/03/2024£4.7m£4.4m
31/03/2023£4.0m£3.9m
31/03/2022£4.1m£4.0m
31/03/2021£4.2m£4.1m

Common questions

Is WIRRELDERLY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £440,990 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £5,653,123. However, the trustees report that undesignated general reserves of £1,139,330 were below the stated policy target of £1.3m - £2.6m, although they do not view this as a significant concern given future plans. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by DSG Audit.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION1£76k
THE SERTH AND GATES CHARITY1£72k
JOHN HODGES' TRUST FOR HARPSDEN HALL1£29k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIATICAL PARISH OF LEIGH, (DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD)1£5k
MOBBS MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED1£2k
THE J A R CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Chiltern Centre Limited.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WIRRELDERLY£5.7m——below—no doubt
The Chiltern Centre Limited FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
W.I.L.L. WIRRAL INDEPENDENT LIVING AND LEARNING FY2025£2.5m——above—no doubt
GREEN PASTURES FY2025£5.2m——unclear—noted
THE ABBEYFIELD GREAT MISSENDEN AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FY2025£355k—0unclear—no doubt
NAZARETH CARE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£43.3m——below—material uncertainty

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