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Abbeyfield the Dales Limited

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £8.7m (2026)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Accommodation/housing
Where
Bradford City, Calderdale, Leeds City, Lancashire and more
Website
www.abbeyfieldthedales.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Abbeyfield the Dales Limited
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£8.7m£8.5m
  • 2025£9.8m£9.5m
  • 2024£9.2m£8.3m
Earlier years
  • 2023£7.8m£7.5m
  • 2022£7.3m£7.0m

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS:1. THE RELIEF AND CARE OF ELDERLY PERSONS OF ALL CLASSES, BELIEFS AND NATIONALITIES SUFFERING FROM THE DISABILITIES OF OLD AGE OR OTHERWISE IN NEED.2. THE SPREADING OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES TO ALL HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS AND THE APPLICATION OF HUMANITARIAN AIMS TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF THE ELDERLY.3. TO PROVIDE FURTHER EDUCATION IN THE SPHERE OF VOLUNTARY WORK, SOCIAL WORK AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES SO AS TO INCULCATE THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP.4. THE PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF HOUSING, ACCOMMODATION OR ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING OR ASSISTING IN PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING HOUSES AND HOMES (INCLUDING SOCIAL HOUSING WITHIN THE MEANING GIVEN IN SECTION 68 OF THE HOUSING AND REGENERATION ACT 2008), FOR THE RELIEF AND CARE OF ELDERLY PERSONS SUFFERING FROM THE DISABILITIES OF OLD AGE OR OTHERWISE BEING IN NEED.5. SUCH OTHER PURPOSES RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS CHARITABLE AS THE CHARITY SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Grants received

2 grants · £61,013 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £61,013 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £51,0132024-06-28
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002022-08-19
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

5.6y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

19.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (4)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 8Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Property 13Health and social care 6Business services 4

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£9.8m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

13.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 16.2 in 2021

305 from 275 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1160258
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 APR 2014 as amended on 15 Apr 2019
Companies House
Company number 09008680 · Active
Contact on the register
01943886000 · INFO@ABBEYFIELDTHEDALES.CO.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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