Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -2

THE ABBEYFIELD CHESTER SOCIETY LIMITED

Provide very sheltered accommodation for elderly persons

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/09/23		£154	£173	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
30/09/22		£660	£195	£465	£0	£704	£704	43.3	6	2
30/09/21		£190	£234	£-43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
30/09/20		£192	£240	£-49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/09/19		£230	£239	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
30/09/18	*	£182	£210	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/17		£179	£219	£-39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/16		£172	£198	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/15		£187	£191	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/14		£187	£205	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/13		£172	£194	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/12		£184	£187	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/11		£173	£186	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/10		£172	£187	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/09		£165	£168	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/08		£160	£173	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/07		£167	£151	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/06		£148	£149	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/05		£150	£152	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/04		£151	£156	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

Show more rows -->

Show financials table -->

Download accounts

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 60 years

abbeyfieldchester.co.uk

abbeyfieldchester@gmail.com

01244300491

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing

GiG Classification

Services for the elderly

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Cheshire West & Chester,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 51-80

SARA LOUISE POPPLEWELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Marketing

ALAN DOUGLAS ROBINSON (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired Government Planning Inspector

CAROLE WILD Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Secretary

VALERIE ELIZABETH FISHER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

PETER COLLINS Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired Solicitor, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY ON THE HILL, CHESTER,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/06/1964, number: 233470
Registered at Companies House on 22/10/1963, number: 00778105

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Homes England

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR18: 39 days late,

Main office

Abbeyfield House
3 Queens Park Road
Handbridge
Chester
CH4 7AD

Objectives

TO RELIEVE AGED IMPOTENT AND POOR PEOPLE OF ALL CLASSES, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE CUMMUNITY.(FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION)

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNRESTRICTED

Data Sources

Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?

The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more

Our Top Tips for Philanthropy

Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more

How to become a Philanthropist

In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more