# FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 226064
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [00133850](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00133850)
- **Registered:** Nov. 26, 1964
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=226064


## Contact

- **Address:** Bradbury Centre, Smiles Place, WOKING, Surrey
- **Postcode:** GU22 8BJ
- **Phone:** 020 7730 8263
- **Email:** enquiries@fote.org.uk
- **Website:** www.fote.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.




## 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



## Geography

- Throughout England





## Trustees

| Name | Role | 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 |



## Linked charities

- CHICK AND HARMSWORTH CHARITY (226064-1)
- LUCY GRUNDY KELLETT (226064-10)
- ALICE LOUISA GRIGGS WIDOWS&#x27; FUND (226064-12)
- THE SIR THOMAS LIPTON CHARITY (226064-13)
- THE PENSION CHARITY OF WILLIAM LAMBE (226064-14)
- CHARITY OF JAMES MEW FOR POOR AND AFFLICTED MEN AND WOMEN (226064-15)
- THE HOUSE OF NUNN (226064-16)
- THE SMILES HOME (226064-17)
- HARRY LIVESEY CHARITY (226064-18)
- THE RETIRED NURSES NATIONAL HOME 1937 (226064-19)
- JANET LACEY PENSION FUND (226064-2)
- DR MACNAUGHTON PENSION FUND (226064-3)
- FREDERICK BYNG PENSION FUND (226064-4)
- COLLIN AND DAVIS CHARITY (226064-5)
- ST GEORGE&#x27;S HOUSE FUND (226064-6)
- ETHEL DE METZ SPYER ASSISTANCE FUND FOR GENTLEWOMEN (226064-7)
- WILLIAM EDMONDS FUND (226064-8)
- ELIZABETH ANN WALKER (226064-9)



