# ABBEYFIELD WORLD COUNCIL

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1212467
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 10, 2025
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1212467


## Contact

- **Address:** Portland House, Belmont Business Park, DURHAM
- **Postcode:** DH1 1TW
- **Phone:** +27827407147
- **Email:** contact@abbeyfieldworldcouncil.org
- **Website:** https://abbeyfieldworldcouncil.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF AND CARE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED DUE TO THEIR AGE, ILL-HEALTH, SOCIAL ISOLATION OR DISABILITIES BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE ABBEYFIELD FAMILY AND ITS NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING SHARING BEST PRACTICE IN THE RELIEF AND ARE OF PREDOMINANTLY OLDER PEOPLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

**Activities:** The World Council brings together the national organisations to share information and ensure that there is shared oversight of the elements that bind Abbeyfield together.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Australia
- Belgium
- Canada
- Jersey
- Malawi
- New Zealand
- Northern Ireland
- Poland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales




## Trustees

- Andre Decraene — appointed March 25, 2024
- David Summersgill — appointed March 31, 2026
- Helen Dumbleton — appointed March 26, 2024
- Joseph McReynolds — appointed March 25, 2024
- Karen Shearer — appointed Aug. 1, 2025
- Nandi Segbedzi — appointed March 25, 2024
- Professor Brian Williams — appointed March 25, 2024
- Simon Hayes — appointed March 25, 2024