ABBEYFIELD BRAINTREE, BOCKING AND FELSTED SOCIETY LIMITED

Charity number: 257782
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Abbeyfield Braintree Bocking and Felsted Society Limited is a charitable company registered social housing provider. The Society operates two very sheltered housing schemes, an extra care scheme and a retirement village, providing accommodation, care and companionship for older people who chose not to live alone.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £9,856
Total expenditure: £3,597,055

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Accommodation/housing
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
How the charity helps:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Essex

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 February 1969: Standard registration
  • 09 June 2016: Funds received from 259676 THE ABBEYFIELD, FELSTED, SOCIETY LIMITED
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • THE ABBEYFIELD BRAINTREE AND BOCKING SOCIETY LIMITED (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Financial Conduct Authority
  • Homes England
Policies:
  • 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
ANTHONY MICHAEL ST JOHN CRAMPHORN Chair
None on record
Paul David Archer Trustee 03 April 2025
None on record
Michael James Barry Trustee 22 December 2023
None on record
Yvonne Havis Trustee 14 December 2022
None on record
Martin Quaife Trustee 14 December 2022
None on record
IAN NORGETT Trustee 17 March 2020
None on record
BARBARA GUEST Trustee
None on record
DAVID SUMMERSGILL Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £1.49m £1.53m £1.67m £3.20m £3.84m
Total expenditure £1.26m £1.35m £1.51m £3.41m £3.60m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £0 £0 £35.24k £4.80k £9.86k
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Other £35.75k £14.20k £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £1.26m £1.35m £1.51m £3.41m £3.60m
Expenditure - Raising funds £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Governance £14.49k £5.99k £5.81k £0 £0
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £8.33m £21.34m £30.64m £30.74m £30.32m
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £3.49m £80.35k £324.35k £2.18m £2.10m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £6.51m £15.88m £25.23m £27.36m £26.57m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 23 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 23 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 16 May 2024 106 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 16 May 2024 106 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 06 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 06 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 26 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 26 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 07 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 07 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Contact information

Address:
Abbeyfield Society
338-340 Coggeshall Road
BRAINTREE
Essex
CM7 9EH
Phone:
01376 402065