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Friends Of The Elderly

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
226064
Status
Registered
Registered
Nov. 26, 1964
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Not Defined

Address

Address
Bradbury Centre
Smiles Place
WOKING
Surrey
GU22 8BJ

Contact

Activities

The charity offers residential, nursing and dementia care to older people in care homes on seven sites across England. We operate day care centres and a free-to-access grants service for individuals, and work to combat the devastating effects of loneliness among older people. Our vision is for a society in which all older people have the opportunity to live fulfilled lives.

Objects: To Establish, Acquire Or Take Over, Conduct And Carry On In The United Kingdom Or Elsewhere Residential And Nursing Homes, And In Particular Residential And Nursing Homes For The Poor, Needy Or Elderly, Convalescent Homes For The Sick Or Infirm And Holiday Or Other Homes For Persons Of Any Age And Either Sex Who For Financial Reasons Or Otherwise Are In Need Of The Care And Assistance Provided In Such Homes, With Power, But Without Any Obligation, To Charge Fees Of Such Amount As The Society Shall In Any Individual Case Consider Appropriate In Respect Of The Accommodation In Such Homes Of Any Person Accommodated There Who, In The Opinion Of The Society, Can Reasonably Be Required To Pay Such Fees For Such Accommodation.to Relieve Poverty Suffering And Distress Among The Elderly, The Sick, The Disabled Or Other Genuinely Needy Persons Regardless Of Age Or Sex In Whatever Manner The Committee Or Governing Body Of The Society May Deem Appropriate. To Give Assistance In Money Or In Kind To Those Who Are Genuinely Needy.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Who
Elderly/old People

Areas of operation

Region
Throughout England

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
March 31, 2025 £22,049,000 £22,516,000 £37,522,000 451
March 31, 2024 £22,762,000 £23,953,000 £38,225,000 491
March 31, 2023 £21,841,000 £22,632,000 £38,393,000 482
March 31, 2022 £19,648,000 £21,113,000 £40,067,000 486
March 31, 2021 £20,341,000 £22,221,000 £39,977,000 548

Trustees

Name Appointed
Christopher John Maidment (Chair) June 22, 2017
Craig Jeffrey Duncan May 23, 2024
David John Deacon Feb. 18, 2021
Emily Jane Louise Makinson May 23, 2024
Lee Houghton May 23, 2024
Lindsay Anne Rees May 23, 2024
Louisa Clare Hogarty Feb. 18, 2021
Martin Richard Beecroft Feb. 18, 2021
Nicholas William James Avery May 23, 2024
Paul Guy Foster Feb. 18, 2021
Sharon Prosser April 19, 2018