Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

THE ABBEYFIELD WEST HERTS SOCIETY LIMITED 

Provide supported independent living accommodation for elderly people in Abbots Langley
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

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£217£216£1n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/09/22£215£199£16n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/09/21£157£154£3n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/09/20£175£148£28n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/09/19£121£139£-18n/an/an/an/an/a15
30/09/18?£72£67£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£162£144£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£136£107£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£111£107£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£93£206£-113£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£80£90£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£88£77£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£89£80£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£89£86£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£85£75£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£70£72£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£83£76£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£79£77£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£84£70£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£121£89£33£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 51 years

www.abbeyfieldabbotslangley.org.uk

a.l.abbeyfield@gmail.com

01923334387

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
GiG Classification
  • Services for the elderly
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 58-80
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/03/1973, number: 265137
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/11/1972, number: 01084439
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Homes England
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR12: 21 days late, AR07: 26 days late, AR04: 36 days late,
Main office

TANNERSWOOD
11 GREENWAYS
ABBOTS LANGLEY
HERTS
WD5 0EU

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF AND CARE OF ELDERLY PERSONS OF ALL CLASSES SUFFERING FROM THE DISABILITIES OF OLD AGE OR OTHERWISE IN NEED.2. THE SPREADING OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES TO ALL HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS AND THE APPLICATION OF HUMANITARIAN AIMS TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF TH ELDERLY.3. TO PROVIDE FURTHER EDUCATION IN THE SPHERE OF VOLUNTARY WORK, SOCIAL WORK AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES SO AS TO INCULCATE THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP.4. SUCH OTHER PURPOSES RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS CHARITABLE AS THE SOCIETY SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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