THE ABBEYTIELD CHESTER SOCIETY LIMITED
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR YEAR ENDED
30 SEiyfEMBER 2025
Company Registrdtimi Number778105
Charity NuDther 213470
UHY HACKER YOUNG
Chartered AccDuntants
4th Floor, Merdwits. House
CTook Street
Chester
CHI 2BE

THE ABBEYFIELD CHFSTEK SOCIEfY LIMIIED
FINANCIAL ￿ATEmENrS
YEAR ENDED 30 SEFTEMBER 2025
CONfEFIts
PAGE
Company In[orn￿tiOn
Report of the Truslee5 lincorpordtin8 the diTector5 report)
Statement of Tnjstees, Responsibilities
lJ)dq)Èndent Fxamit*rfs Report
io
Statement of Firwicial Aclivtties {incorporating the income and
expenditure account)
li
Statement of Finanaal Pi6ition
12
StatemeTht ol CAsh Flows
13
Notes to the Financial sta￿rne￿ts
14-21
Detailed Income and ExpenditUtrE Account

THE ABBEYTIELD CHFSTER SOCIETY UMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
YTAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
Pcollins
CAWild
V E Fisher 26 May 2025>
S L Popplewell {re$R￿d 15 lanu3ry2(126)
M KTyrie (appoinled 21 NoVeM￿r2(rI4)
S D Pilley (appointed 18 November 2025)
Chester City Council RepTesentativtr.- nffle
P Collins
Administrator
B A Ktiight (resigned 31 July 2025)
M A Davies (appointed 8 ￿tember2015)
(K1778105
Clwity Nurnbet
Regi8texed Office and Principal
3 Queen's Park Road
Handbridge
Ch&ster
CH4 7AD
Indepetsdent ￿miner
R Smith FcAMF￿g
UHY Had￿ Youn8
Chartered Ac￿untants
4* Floor. me￿hants House
Crook Stteet
Chester
CHI 2BE
Soliototy
DEM LLP
Archway House
Station Road
Chester
CHI 3DR
Ba•keTr
Ljoyds Rank plc. cl￿ster

THE ABBEITIELD CHESTER SOCIEfY LIMrrED
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
(INCORPORATING THE DIRECTORS REPORT)
YEAK ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
unaudited financial stalements of the than.ty for the year Lmded Wter 2(125.
The &Kiety ts a Company IAmited by guaranlee. regTStered in Ensland and Wale5 under the CornFwies Act
and is governed by its memornndum and artidesof asswiatio
The knlety isa ￿81$￿ed charityand isrewteTed with Ihe Regulator ofsocial Housing as a Ery5tered SOLial
landlord.
This repjrthas been pepared jTracthrdan￿WJth the provisions app]icableto companies entided kn the small
companies eX￿￿PtiOn.
Objecllvesand athAtte8
The o14e£lAve of the &Kiety is to provide sheltered accoMM(datio￿ care and companionship for lonely and
frail elderly Feople in atrordance with the aims and prinoples fiTSt established by The Ablwfield Society.
This adivity falb wholly within hostel housing aCtI￿tieS asdebned in the Housing Act 1996. These objectives
aLE acbieyed by Tentsns the Stmietys accommodation to the elderly and providin8 mea15 and experienced
housekeews to Ca￿ for the tenants at eath Pro￿ty. The &xiety aims to athieve an occupancy rate ot 95%
each year, the OCLiwaLKy rdte for &￿year was93% (2024: &5%).
Public knefit glatemenl
The d)aritable objects of the &Kiety are to provide safe and Secu￿ housing and support to elderly people
regardlessof sender, famiiyor £inanaal arcumstances, ra￿. colouT. religion or sexual orientation.
TheTrustees arecomnutted to furtheringthe obiertives PTimaritybyprovidinghigh quality SUPWrt
to elderly users of the Society's housins faalitie& It is the Obi￿tiVe of the Trustees each yeaT to rrtaximise the
public benefit provided by the Society in providing thi5 suppo¢ having ryard to the extent of the S)cieWs
income and rwrves the cost of facilities and the ability of residents to nwke payments fn)m tr￿1r own
Elderly people with limited resourc￿ who w(Juld wish to ￿e the knieWs kcilities will te assisted in
obtai￿1n8 any state-funded aid to whith thry entitled.
The Tnjstees have complied with the duty in sertion 17(51 of the 2011 Charities Art to have due regard to
id0￿￿ published by CTr￿1ty cO￿￿nIS$ll0n (R.e. pub]ic knefit stalem￿t}.
TheTrustees metonfiwvoccasions(luriThgtheyear. Thedayto day rl￿￿Inglsde1egat&I tt)HouseCI)rnnuttees
who met as and whenne￿5sdry to discu* ￿levant matlers.

THE ABBEYFJELD CHESTTR SOCIETY LIMITED
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
(ENCORPORATING THE DIREcfoRS REPORD
YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
The fixed a55ets of the Society are shovm in note 8 to the accwDt&
The proFErty was re-valued, for Inwran￿ ptsrposes only. in January 2012, by an independent valuer R B
Sunderland Bsc (Holls) MIUCS. Tr Yaluation isbased on ￿-bUIlding£05ts0ndexC]UdestheV&Iue ofthe land.
The TrUS￿e5 ￿ not aware ofany signifiL￿t d￿ge5 sinceth2s valuation.
Value
Cost
xdlldins Undudins
landl
landl
3￿￿￿S Park Road, HarKlbridse, C&￿￿r
12
1.139,
363.¥J2
3T/.531
Revlew of adivilieg
During the year, the SoLiety continued its work in providing ac(xYmrn￿ati0n for the eldedy. In successfully
F￿1[&8 this airtty the S(Kiety relies sreatly on the hard work of ourstaff and voluntary workeTS. The Society did
not experien￿ any serious incidents that needed to be broU￿t to the att￿tion of The Regulator of &Kial
Housing.
The re￿Its for the year. and the charfftty's financial FX>5ition at the end of the year are shoym in the atts￿￿d
financial statements which show net expe￿￿￿ture befjo￿ Lwwealised gains and losses of Q.472 12024.. Net
expendituteof£12S73). These indude a reali5ed sain on investmentassetsof£2.OYJ (2W2I. a,341 gain). When
theeffect of the ur￿aliSed sain on invest[r￿ts of £27,423 (2024: f2&J28 82Tnl istaken intoaecountthis results
in an vverdll gatn of Q4951 for the year {2W24: f23,&55 gain).
Theprincipal sourtr of funding for the &xietyismonthly thargesto ￿￿efttsfortheirmornandn￿ls.The£e
charges are well below comtnercial rate
Thekniety continu£s toadvertisein V￿louS wayse.& I￿1 magazin0% marketingevent*website andvarious
web.based rnedia SLth as'FaLYbrx)k' and'YouTubg. We are a]50 featu￿ on thenational AbFryfield kniety
website.

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
(INCORPORATING THE DIRECTORS REPORD
YEAR ENDED 30 SEFfEMBER 2025
The prinapai risks include damage to the building both interThally and externally which could Tr5ultin
substantial casts for repair. Maintaining a comfortable and happy atsnosphere between Irustees, staff and
resldents assists in eaERy identifjcation ofany such problem. The comprehensive IrLsufdn￿ whith is ￿neWed
arfftually, eovers the flnancial cost of repair. The other main riskis the level of room (XLupancy and its
impact on the ￿)ety'S ftnances. As a charity, the kniety is requiTed to prepare a1￿Ual budgets on thebasis
of95% rrym occupancy, itis theLEfore very that a hi￿ level of ￿PanCY isachieved and
maintsined as Earas F)ossible. To this en& the kniety employs vtirious means h)duding maintaining a
website. use of sooal tnedia platforms, listing on lthe natiojwi Abbeyfield Society website and use OE I(Kal
media including magayines and I￿￿1 radio. Detalled attention was given in the swnmer of2025 to lire rffisk
The llP￿date and COrnPTehenSiVefi￿ alarni system is now servitrd by a new contrartor. A new Fire Risk
Future pjang
The Society will continue to PL))vide a hi￿ level of housin8 al￿ supportservi￿$ to OUT elderly ￿sIdents
and thatcharges are reasonable and affordable. We Lrntly meet the Abbeyfield Core StandaTd artd
will ensure that we contlnue ￿d0 SOAn the future.
Value for money and the VaIue foz Money metiic
Valueformoney is bang e£fLrtive in planning and then mana8ing and oF*rnting the tharity. The aitn is to
make the ￿$t use of available ￿SOUr￿ whilst provtdinghomes to improvethe (D￿lty of life rfresAdent&
Followins issue in Awil 2018 vf thE Techmical note by the Regulator of knial Hou5iD8 the d￿rity
now rewtrrts on the 7 metiy(s covered by thi5 tect￿lta1 note. The figures in brackets at the end of each
metric act as a cornparator and ￿present thi￿ oflhe Abbeyfield &yiety (fASI - Hou5insAssxiation
Number H1046 for its most Yecent tinancial year ended 31 Mareh 2025.
MelTiC l - ReinvestmeDt%
The reinvestment metric l(x)ks at the Tnvestment in properties {existing st￿ and rew supply) a5 a
per￿ntage of thevalue of totsl properties held.Thete has been no developmentoE propety in theyear with
Fdetiic 2 - New 8uppIy delfvettd %
There havei*en no new units cteated and this meltic is therefo￿ ￿ (rAg. 0%).
Mettl¢ J - Gearitis %
This Tnetric represa)ts net debtas a percentase of the value of proFerties held. As the d￿rIty di￿5 not
haveany loans this metric do￿ not apply (fA&-2&8%).

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REPORT OF 771E TRusfEES
(INCORFOIIATING THE DIREcfoRS REPOR
YTAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
Metrie 4 - EarD￿sS before IDlereJ¢ Depreoatto4 Amorbsatioty Ma]￿ Repaity Ittduded ￿[[DA
MRI) Inte￿5t Cover %
As meThtioned in Metric 3 alxN< the charity d(￿ not haveany debt and therefore this rnetriedoes tM)t apply
(TAS.._3,041%).
Metric 5 - Headline 6wal Immsins costper unil
'rhis rnetsic represents the total 50Lial housins costs la5 defined by the resulator) divided by the totsj untts
owned and has been calLxllated as£19J&8 (fAS.. £97,231).
Metrle 6- Oper¥ttrtg 0/0
Th¢ opaatiD% tnargin of the charity i3-l.I•A {TAS:_18.71%).
Metric 7- Return ￿pital OiOCE) %
'lThis metriccomp8testhe overall operatin8 Su￿lUsI (deficit)tototal &ssets l¢s$ current liabililie8. The ROCE
of the charity 2.4•/ts {TAS- .2.1%).
The ￿￿￿tea￿￿é$ curtently Stand at£4£120.
The Soc[e￿5 strategic aim is to crntinue to bui]d up and adequatÈ Teserves: *he &J(ietfs assets are
availabTreand adequate tofulfd itsobligationsinrelation to futttreti)mrritment&ThemaN)rityOfthe&ssetsa￿ tiwid
aftdcanbereal1￿dW1thOUt818Thl&c2ntde1ay.Th* totalTrserVtsat￿￿r2￿2s were£745,2W{2tr24.&XO,3391
and these are dthR]ed in nole 19 to thtaCaK￿ts.
Investhients
The investments aTe actkvely marthged on a day.ttrday ba￿ by {￿lIkr Cheviot with the overall
a￿e and strategy regularly reviewed by the Trustee5. During the year. a p)rtion of tht lunds pre￿USty
FV5itive maJ*et Itevel()pmertts the valut thÈinvestma)t portf4)]io Increas￿ by approximatsly É19D O(KJ over the
courseoÉthe year. Thts ts the main faclor contributing to the reduction in 42sh held on deposit at the year end.
Th*Tr￿. whoare liS￿d on page 3. ate also étrectors for the purFI￿5 ofthe Companie5 Ad. There shall be no
less than3 and no nxjre than 18 Trusts￿. Eathl"nLw*e I$￿Ve￿aTr area of reS￿￿b￿lty{1nWknIdt they teFM)rtat t
oEthe The Truslees whosetvedthe eharity during the wiod liskd ￿ page 3.
Tntstee5 are usually rwruitÈd via local contart with volunt¢orBU￿￿uttftd￿tWnal invitations frOmTn￿.
The T￿L￿ee5 catt appoint Tntstees durFrtg a Trnstee mÉelitw. Thtse newTrttgtc￿ h(Ad only tmtil the ne¥t

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
IINCORPOKATING THE DIREcfoRS REPORTI
YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
Annual m￿titi8 at whith time they elI￿[e for rtYlectIo￿ Alt new Ttusie45 are SUpF￿rted by
otlw Trnst*es in theirindudion within the &Kiety.
VvluDteers
TheTrustees recognise and appreaate thevaluable contributirn made by all vohxnteets who have helF*d
prddical ways throughwt theyeat.
Ri8k•Bsessment
The ￿lèty re%ularty ￿vIeWS ILS risk aw5rnent plicy to ettSu￿ thal it Continues to comply with the Abbeyfield
standard.
Registered offi￿.
3 {￿een5 Park Rtsad
klandbrtdge
cheS￿r
CH4 7AD
Sig]ed ¢m b￿￿lf0f the EXeL￿tive Committee
P Collins
Trllstee
Date..
+IK Fdly ￿t-1.

THE ABBEYFIELD CHESTER SOCIETY LIMrrED
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILTTIES
YEAR ENDED 30 SEFfEMBER 2025
The Trustees (who are alw d1￿clO￿ of The Abbeyfield Chester Sxiety Limitsd for the Purp￿ of CQTnpany
lawl are respo￿$Ible fcjr preparing the TTU5tee< Annual Report and finanaal #atements in aC￿rda￿ with
app]icable law and u￿t￿l kngdom8enerally accepted accvunting P￿ctiCe.
C(Trmpany law and reSi￿ered ￿la1 housing assrKiation re￿latiOnS require the Tnkstees to prepare finanaal
slatements (or eath fivwiaal year which give a Irue and fair view of the *tste of xffairs of the charitable
company at the end of the year and of the incomiDS resources and application of resollrces induding the
income and eXE￿ndItUre of the charitsble company for that wi(KJ. tn pyeparing those fin￿1& stratsmen
the T￿st￿$ wuired to..
select Suitable accounting Foliaes and then apply them o)nsisieThtly:
observe the meth￿S and ptinciple in the Charities SORP;
makeiudgementsand estimates that a￿ reasonable and prI￿eTh¢
state whether applicable UK Accounting Stsndards have IEen followed ￿tyect kn any material
deparhiresdisdo*d and explalned in the financial statements; and
P￿Pare the linancÉal sta1eTn￿ts on the going Con￿mbaS15 unless it is inapprowiate to prwn* that
the th￿lty will continue in business.
The Truslees are responsible for kV￿g adequate accountÉn8 record5 which disclose with reasonable
accuraLy at any time the firtancial position of the Society and to ￿￿ble them to ensure that the financtal
statementscomplywth the CompaniesAct21NJ6.TheTrusteesaTe a]soresP)￿ble forSafe￿ing the assets
vfthe charitable company and lor tsking teasonable steps forthe prevention and delectRon of fraud and other
irregularities.
ln so faT as the Trnstees awarv.
There is no relevant inforn&tion ￿ which the charitable Independent Exami1￿ is
unaware; and
The Tnths have taken all steps that thry ought to have taken to make themselves awatt of any
relevant inforThtioD and to establish that the ITrdepend￿t Examiner is aware of thatinfomuti¢)fL

THE ABBEYFIELD CHESTER SOCIETY LIM
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
YEAR ENDED 30 SEYfEMBER 2025
Limited I'the charity.) for theyear ended 30 wIem￿r2￿S.
RESPONSIBILrriES AND BASIS OF REPORT
As the trustees of the company land Jig) its ditectors for the purposes of tompany law) you are responsible
foT thepTepaTation oftheknaal stalemeDts in accordan￿ with the ￿1r￿￿o£the CompaniesAct 21)06
I'the 2{￿￿ ACVI.
Having satisfied my*lf that the accounts of the compny are not Tequired to ￿ audited undÈr Part 16 of th
Act and are eligible (or independent examination, l Trport in resFct of my examithation of the charitys
acci)unts as carried wt under seclion 145 of the Charities Art 2011 fthe 2011 ACVJ. In canyins out my
examinatiffl I have followed the DI￿1]0n5 given by the ChaTity CoTnmi5Sion under 5eLtion 145(51(b) of the
2011 ACL
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S STATEMENf
I have comp]eted myexaminatlon. Iconfimi that nomatters have come to my attentton inconr*ction with the
accounting teLDrds werenot keptin reSp￿tOf the eharity as required by section386 of the 2(M)6 ACL.
or
2. the finan<ial statements do notaccord with those ￿rds. or
3. the linancial *tatements do not cornply with the acc()unting requirements of xrtion 396 OF the 20(kS
Art other than afty requirement that the accounts sive a'true and fair, view whith i5 not a ￿￿tter
consideTrd a5 part of an independent examination; or
the financial 5taten*nL% have not been Prepa￿ in accordance with the meth(ds and principles of
the Sta*FF￿1t of Recornm￿￿ed PrdLtice for accounting and wting by d￿￿tIeS applicable to
charitieb. pLppaTins theiraccountsin accordance w1ththeFinanci￿ Rep)rbng Stsndard app]icable in
the UK and Repub]ic ol Ire]and (fRS 1021.
Ihave no COR￿mS and have come across no other n￿tter$ in connection with the eXaMi￿tion to which
attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be
R Srnith FCA MEng
tndependent Examiner
UHY HackeT Young
4thFI(x)r Merchants Ho
Crook Str£Et
Cheste¥
CHI 2BE
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THE ABBEYTrIELD CHES]TR SOCIETY LIMrtED
STATEm￿NT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITtES
(NCORPORATING THE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUND
YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
INCOME
tnaime from generated h￿dS
Voluntary income
Investmentincome
Income from charitable aLtivities
20
12x7
13,8n
180JS
iJ41
10,051
485
1033
lo.￿￿1
(157)
Arnortisation of &xial Houslftg Grant
15
Totsl Income
204822
EX￿IditUre ork charitsble activities
232,415
217,395
Net i]￿￿￿e/(eXpendl¢UleTr befoTr gaitiy•ttd
1098es
IZ472)
(12￿73)
Net gain/Oo%} on investment assets
27,411
36,128
Net Inco￿tI{exPendI*v￿> and nel movejnent in
lunds
24,951
23J55
Unrestticted income f￿dS brousht £orward
720,339
696.784
un￿stri￿ed income funds carried forward
745,290
720,339
The staterrtent of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
Ali incoDE and expenditure derive fm continuing ￿tivItieS.

THE ABBEYFIELD CHESTER SOCIETY LIMITED
STATEMENf OF FINANCIAL posrrioN
YEAR ENDED 30 SEFfEMBER 2015
Notes
2024
FIXED ASSErs
Tangible as*ts
Tnvestmemts
,129
357,317
547J62
TOTAL FIXED ASSETS
74YA6
CURREF(r ASSEIS
st(￿ks
Debtors
Cash on deposit
io
li
1,411
81,823
18.1
1.510
245,917
17,439
101,914
265.446
CREDITOK&. Am(Kmts falling due within
one year
21,299
21,192
NET CURRENT ASSETS
80.615
244,254
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LiABIL￿tEs
l.(XJ6599
)1.700
CREDTfoRS: Amounts Eal]ing due after
one year
14
(261XP)
{2￿￿1)
NEf ASSEts
7452g)
720B39
19
¥120
44,120
Unrestricted income fund5
Revaluation reserve. Investments
31.766
6,427
Totsl un￿sti)cted funds
7452
720,Y39
745,2S¥I
720339
For the year]nqU￿￿oI￿ the tharitablec(¥mpany was entitled to exemption froman auditunder sertion4Trof
the Companie5 Act 20(￿.The rnernbers have not required the charitAble company to obtain an audtt of its
fiTwiaa] slatements for the year in que51ion in accordan￿ with sectton 476 of the ACL Tr T￿5￿5/dIrectOrS
acknowledge their ￿P(*￿bilItieS for ctsmplying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with
respect to a¢cow]ting records and the preparation of finanaal slatemen
behalf ol the Erf)ard by.
P Col]ins
Trustee
CA Wild
I'rustee
Dato"
ILL.
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THE ABBEYFIELD CHFSTEK SOCIEfY LIMrrED
STATEMENfoF CASH FLOWS
YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
2024
Net Incon￿/(ex[￿"tUre)
24951
23,555
Adiustme*tsfvr.'
Depreciation of tangible fixed a
Net IgainsJ)Aosses on investrnents
Dividends, interest and rents fTh>m inveStm￿ts
Other interest receivable and similar income
Amortisahon of grant
Gain5 on disP05ai of tangtble fixed assets
17.272
129AS5)
111967)
1*)61
IiOAS11
r37,4691
(&8851
(3.4421
OJ)51}
Trade and otherdebtors
107
1252
Cash generaknl from operatii)ns
110.950
3,9381
Net cash used in 0￿rating actiwties
Iioh96)
Dividends. intere5tand rents fNmi investments
Purchase of taft￿ble assets
Pur(kn ofother investsnents
ProC£￿S from sale of other inve5tmfflts
12.967
(5.7&51
12048&51
49,090
137,T71)
21,373
Net cash (used in)/from investing activities
I148￿76)
Cl￿13>
(J58MI)
(18,(X191
Cash and cash equivalents at bewins of year
Casb and cash equivalertts #tend of y
271679
290,6StI
114WJ
An31ysis of cash and cashequivalents
Cash at bank and in hand
Cash on deposit
Cash heid within investinent p)thlio
18.ItMI
8L823
14137
17,439
245,917
114059
2T1679
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THE ABBEY￿LD CHESTER SOCI￿ LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 201
STATUS OF THE SOCIETY
The &xiety is a resi5tered s(Jcia5 landlord resiSte￿d number HofAy8 with the Homes and Communitie5
AgeLW, a registered d￿rity number 233470, arld a company limited by guarantee having no share
pitsl. Tr8iStered in England Dumber778105. Theaddzessofthe registered offi￿a$31￿￿'S ParkRoad,
Handbridge, thester, CH4 7AD.
BASIS OF PREPARATION OF THE ACCOUMS
Statement of ¢ompllan
These fiT￿￿￿al statements have been prepared in Complian￿ with FRS IOZ The Financial Reporbns
Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland., the StrdtenLent OE Recoll￿ended Practi
app]icable to Ch￿ltieS prepaTins their accounts in accordan￿ with the Financial Reporting Standard
pplicable in theilK and Republic of Ireland (FRS Iff2} {Tharities SORP (FRS l(r2)} and the awities Act
2011.
The finanoal statements have been prepared on the historical c(6t as M￿lfi￿ by the revaluation
finanoal statementsare prepared in ster]an& which is the functlonal currency of the entity.
Going COn￿rn
There are Mat￿la1 ur￿￿rtaInttes alx)ut the charity's ability to c(mtinue.
Judgements attd key gourceg of estKmati•n uticei
The p￿paratiOn VE the finanaal statements requires management to make judgemenls estimates and
and are b&qed on experientr and other fartors indudins exE￿￿tionS of fututr events that are believed
to ￿ reasonable under the (ir¢ulltsLYs. Managemertt do not believe there are any area5 of suth
swificartce as to merit disd05U
All Income is tncluded in the statement of firwicial activities wi*nentittementhas pa&*d to the charity,
it is ptdyable that the econojnir I￿￿fIts a59xiaÈed with the traI￿CtiOn will tlow to the charity and the
amount can be ￿liablY measured. Income mainly represents rental and service charge income which is
re￿1￿ as it falls due and is stated net of losses arising from vacanaes and absences of £15,524 (2(Y24
£a)Trl}. All income arises in the UK
The value OA services rendeftd by volunte￿5 is not reco8ni5ed in these accoun¢&
Rewurce8 expended
penditure is reCO￿lSed on an accrnals baBiS as a liability is incurred. Expenditure indudes any VAT
which cannot be Eully recovere¢L and is classified under headings of the statementof fitwKial activities
ts) pthith it relates.
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THE ABBEYFIELD CHESTER SOCIETY LIMrrED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENrs
YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
Governan￿ costs indude those inomed in the governan￿ of its asse
The Lyjst of rcpairs and Maintenan￿ is charged to the ino)me and expenditure accounts as
revenue re*rve and desisnated ￿serVeS.
Tan￿ble r￿ed Assets, Deprecialion and Grants
Ail fiyed a%sets aTr initially rethTraed atCOsL
Thet<￿￿O(mInoraod1tsonst0fiXedas￿ as defined aSth￿C0St1￿8 lesSthan£l.¢￿}ettdKdreeXpen￿d
in the year they are it)curred.
EÈpTeoation iscatLillatrd so ￿ to write off the cost d an asrt less its estimated residual vajue, overthe
usefvl eLY)nomic life of that assek as follow
Freehold propety- 2% of cost
Fixtures and fittings- o( reducing balaTh
Computer equipJr*nt- 25% of cost
S(Mial Flousins Gr&nls {"SHG? have been received in resE￿￿ of certain a￿t& These grants are belng
amortised over the useful eCODomic lives of those assets. The W￿MOrtIsed amounts are shown as
All grants are repayable iti ortain Circu￿tanLE5, primaiity following sale ()f a proFety. Howevcr, in
wch aTcumstance* the amount repayable will often be restricted to the net pmceeits of sate.
¢alcu]ated as the d1tfeTeT￿betWe￿ the sale pr(Keeds. and their m2rket value atthe stsrt of the yea4 OT
subsequent cosl a￿ ¢￿at￿ or d￿rged to the ￿FA in the year of gain or lo￿.
Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable valu¢ after due allowan￿ for obsolete
and slow movins ilem
lttecoverable vat
Irrecoverable vat is written off when the exFendItU￿ to which it relate5 Rs incurred and is recorded as
part of that expendtture.
Fun4ts
The dwity has deSig￿*d fi￿dS which are Un￿stricted funds set aside by the Trustees for specific
PUTP05es and which would otheTMW fonn part of the charitys Unrestricted ]rKoTh￿fL￿WIS.
Financial in8tnuttentB
A finanoal awt or a linanaal liability is reCO￿lsed only when the entity becomes a party to the
m0untTec￿Vab1eQTpayabIe including anyTrlated transactton costsunless thearran8emtc0nsti￿teS
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THE ABBEITrIELD CHESTER SOCIETY LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANaAL STATEMENrs
YEAR ENDED ￿ SEPTEMBER 2015
financing tral￿rtl0ry Whe￿ it ffts ￿Qgr￿Sed at the p￿SeTht Yaiueof the future payjwits diKounted at
a rnarket rate of interÉ*Eor a similar debt insttUWWLt
Current a&sets and current liabilities a￿ SUb54U£￿tIY measured At the eash or other considerntlon
expected to be paid or reLEived and rtot discounted.
GAINI(DEFICrn ON ORDKNARY AatVlThLS
20
D￿lcIt on ordinary acti￿tieS before taxation is arrived atafter dthrgins..
Depreciation
Indep￿dentexam1nerf$ remul￿￿tio￿, indudingwat
Accountaiicy
17,2n
16,748
5,Lf24
5.194
INVESTMENf INCOME
2024
DIVId￿d$ {re-investedl
11967
13,873
11327
Stth Deprec Diyert Other
costs
2ff24
Totst
ChaEitable adlTitI¢s
Residents servi￿5
Covernance costs
Jndependent Examination
121.953
17271
67,707
19,2(KJ
226.131
211A)01
6284
6394
121,953
17271
67,707
231415
217W5
EMPLOTrEE INFORMATION
21Y24
Wages and sojaries
)cial se￿ntyC￿ts
Pension costs
11£4(
.3593
3.953
97,740
1256
121,953
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THE ABBEIFIELD CHESTER SOCIETY LIM￿ED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
ParticuIw of employees
The average nUt￿￿r of staffempl(ryed by the d)arity durlng the financial y￿amoun1ed ttr.
Housekw and ￿SiStants Full tirne
Part time
Part tirne
Administrdtion
NoemployL*iS paid more than £EII,¢JXI w year.
TrUSTEE REMUNERATION
No'l'ruslees Trceived remuneration duxAng the year.
No Trustees received trdvelling and subsistence expenses during the year or the prior year,
2nd ¢)ne Trnstee r￿1ved re-kmbursement of other expenses duzins the year Carole Wild
£1￿ (202Q. £IJI
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THE ABBEYTIELD CHESTER SOCIETY LIMrrED
NOTES TO THE F￿ANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Fixlyrn. fittings
& Equipment
Freehold pro
Totsl
COST
At l October2024
Additiuns
Disposals
114,255
5.7(x%
5.765
AI 30 Sepiember21Y25
693,438
120,019
813,458
DEPRECIATION
At l Ortober W24
Charge for the year
liM￿￿ted on dispc6al
315,g)7
13599
101.257
3,673
417.564
17,271
At&) Wber 211Z5
329.506
104,93(b
434,835
NET BOOK VALUE
At 30 September 21LS
363.932
14.6
378,622
At 30 Seplember21Y24
377531
12,597
).U9
FIXED ASSEf INVESTMENTS
2024
Fjxed asset investments
UK Quoted investments at market value
Cash held as part of investrnent
533225
14,137
347.994
9J23
547J62
357,317
Market value at l (ktober2024
Disposal value
Acquisilions at
Un￿a]ISed Fain l Qoss)
347.995
(47,057)
204.864
27,423
294.J27
(20.032)
37,772
36,128
Marketvalue at 30 Stptember 201
533.225
347995
Hisknical Lwt at30 septsmber2￿
501.460
341.568
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THE ABBEYTIELD CHESTER soaETY UMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENrs
EAR ENDED 30 SEFTEMBER 2025
10. STOCKS
Stock of consumables
IL DEBTORS: Amounts faUin8 due within one year
20
21Y24
Othèrdebtors
1,411
IZ CURRENT Ass￿ INVFSTMEf+Tf5
Cash on deFM)Sit
8￿13
24917
13. CREDrroR&. Ajnounls fallins due irithin ¢)ne year
tklerTrd grant income
AcLTuals
10.051
11248
10.051
IL141
21.299
21.IW2
11 CREDTTOR&. Amounts falling due aft￿one year
261J09
Z71Ji
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THE ABBEYFIELD CHESTER socIErY LIMITED
N(yfES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEME
YEAR ENDED 30 SEFTEMBER 2025
15. DEFERRED GRANT INCOME
At J October 2024
Released to Income in the yeaT
281,412
{10.0511
291.463
(10,0511
At 30 ￿te￿2(Y25
271361
28L412
2015
2024
10,051
261,￿)
10,051
271361
Amounts to ￿ released after year
271,361
281.412
16. LINItTED BY GUARANTEE
The &Kiety isa company limit￿ by guarantee and a(￿ nothave a share capital. Theliabllity
ol each member&slimi*d by8uarantee to contrilyuteto the assets of thecompany, in the event
of the company being wound up wbilst they mernbers suth amount not exLEeding one
pound. The nUM￿r ofts*ml*ts at theyear￿d was five.
17. RELATED PARTY
During the year the charity obtained selv1￿ from S Wild in the sum of £L515 (2024: £5 947)
and M Wild in the 5urn of £687 IW24.. £YJO). These inth"vidua15 are d05e family memkn of
Carole Wi](L a trustee. These ￿l¢eS were at normalprice.
18. ANALYSIS OF CHANGE ￿ NEf DEBT
Ati
Od 2024
A130
Sept 2025
Cash flows
Unresknicled funds
2&3,
63,a31
99,923
on dewtsiL
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THE ABBEYTIELD CHESITR SOCIEfY LIMrrED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 30 SEFfEMBER 2025
19.
UNRESTRtCIED FUNDS
Bahttce at
30 Septejnber
l O(lober
2024
InLxbmtDg OutSOiDg Itojgesl Transter
Unrestrrttrd desigftat￿ fiJnd$
Future capital expenditure
Future o￿lOr repairs
9.120
9,120
35￿
Unrestrirted. des18na￿d
Unrestticted income. genèral
fund
RevaluatÈon Teserve.
Investments
44.120
669.792
4£iX)
669.404
229.9
232A15
27,423
125J39)
25J39
31766
720,&39
7&5,290
Reserye lOrFU￿ Capital Expenditure
This reserve is set aside to that the kniety has sufficientfunds to pay forfi￿￿ upgrddÈngto
current housingstrKkand additiL)ns.
Reservt Future MajozRepaits
This Eeserve has EEen ￿t aside to provide for future major repairsto the S(Kiety'5 PEoperty.
This reserve is theamount of s￿￿[US less deficiency Sin￿ i￿OrPoratio1L
Revaluation te8en*-investments
This is the differeft￿between the historical cost of the investments and the market value.
20. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS IN iJNRESTIUCTED FUNDS
Othet
Tansible
Net assets I
Fixed asg*ts Invethents Oiabilttle8
Tot
378,622
{18A),6941
745,290
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THE ABBEYTIELD CHESTER SOCIETY LIMITED
D￿AllLED ￿COmE AND EXPENDrruRE ACCOUNT
YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
The following pages do not forrn partof the statutory firwicial slaternents
Iwhith are siJbFrt oEthe Independent exami￿$ reporton page 10.

THE ABBEYFIELD CHESTER SOCIEfY LIMrrED
DETAILED INCOME AND EXPENDfnJRE ACCOUNT
YEAR ENDED 30 SEFfEMBER 2025
2(r24
lTrcome frwn residential ch
Potential residentiat incon
losses arising Irom vacancies etG
219591
(15.524)
211,488
(30,8911
Income re￿Ve￿
180J97
Expettditure
Htsusehold expenditu￿.
Staff costs
Food
97,477
14,406
4.185
71.980
14.446
3,028
20.733
Agency deaner5
116,068
110.187
19,790
6,744
13.891
7,980
Alarm r￿ts1 and n￿￿nIeThan
26.535
21,871
Rates and water tharges
Li￿t and hffdt
De￿ation of fittings and eqllipn￿t
Depreci4tson of buildings
Telephone and TV
5541
15.273
3.673
13J99
1,601
4.562
9J21
3.149
13.599
1.421
39,687
32,052
164,110
StafÉ costs
Adyerknsing
Insuran
24.642
4.¢K)5
3,915
1,914
27.016
6,830
3,552
1055
Fire sutvey and other fees
Affiliatiun fee5
Independentexamination and AccountarKy fees
Investment charses
4,431
6284
2377
4,962
6J94
1476
50.125
53285
Total expendlture
232.415
217J95
Deficit carried for4vard
(28,347)
(36.7981
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THE ABBEYFIELD CHESTER SOCIETY LIMrrED
DEfAILED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
I￿AR ENDED 30 SEFfEMBER W25
Defiat brought forward
(28,347)
{36,6851
Donatlons. genero1
20
Operating deEicit
(28272)
136178)
Bank interest
Dividend5 (re-invested)
Amortisation of Social Housing Crant
12,967
10,051
(157)
10,051
23J67
Gain/{defiat) for yeaT before investment gains/O¢)sses)
(4505}
(13,914)
Realised gallVO¢)ss) on investments
2.033
,341
Gainl{defiat) for Yearbefo￿￿nEea￿ gain
on investsnents, as per Income & Expenditure Account
12.472)
(12573)
Unreali*d 8ainl(toss) on investments
27.423
36,128
Net2ncome for yea4 as perSOFA
24,951
23.555
Unrestrictal incosr£ funds brought forward
720J39
696.784
Unresti7c￿ income funds carried forward
74529)
720J39
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