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New Friends For You

Friends For You, Talkin Tables

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1186686
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Aug. 18, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Dec. 2, 2019
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
90 St. Gregorys Place
Chorley
Lancashire
PR7 3NZ

Activities

We support the lonely and bereaved by providing trained volunteers to befriend lonely people in Chorley and surrounding area by visiting them at home for an hour each week. We host 3 After Loss Groups for the bereaved to help them pick up the threads of a social life. We have over 40 hosted Talkin Tables in Chorley & South Ribble encouraging the lonely and isolated to go out & meet new friends.

Objects: To Promote Social Inclusion For The Public Benefit By Preventing People Resident In Chorley And The Surrounding Area From Becoming Socially Excluded, Relieving The Needs Of Those People Who Are Socially Excluded And Assisting Them To Integrate Into Society. For The Purpose Of This Clause ‘Socially Excluded’ Means Being Excluded From Society, Or Parts Of Society, As A Result Of One Of More Of The Following Factors: Old Age, Ill Health (Physical Or Mental), Disability Or Bereavement.

Classification

How
Provides Services
What
General Charitable Purposes
Who
Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities

Geography

Area of benefit
Local
Local Authority
Lancashire

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Jan. 31, 2026 Aug. 18, 2026On time £37,596 £17,746
Jan. 31, 2025 June 28, 2025On time £37,596 £17,746
Jan. 31, 2024 Aug. 28, 2024On time £38,853 £22,577
Jan. 31, 2023 Nov. 8, 2023On time £6,078 £22,805
Jan. 31, 2022 Sept. 14, 2022On time £21,704 £6,908
Feb. 1, 2021 Oct. 11, 2021 £16,023 £6,668

Trustees

Name Appointed
James Keith Singleton (Chair) Sept. 7, 2023
Anthea May Green July 1, 2026
Kay Heath April 9, 2025
Michelle Corcoran July 1, 2026
Wendy Paterson May 11, 2025