The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Friends of the Elderly

Registered charity 226064 Registered since 1964

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

12 trustees on the board

3.9y median 3.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

12
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 12The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 12

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

Health and social care 19Professional services 6Construction 5

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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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£22.0m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.8 in 2021

451 from 548 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.fote.org.uk
Emailenquiries@fote.org.uk
Phone02077308263
AddressBradbury Centre, Smiles Place, WOKING, Surrey, GU22 8BJ

Finances

£22,049,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£20,341,000£22,221,000
2022£19,648,000£21,113,000
2023£21,841,000£22,632,000
2024£22,762,000£23,953,000
2025£22,049,000£22,516,000

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable 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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/02/1914AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/03/1950AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/05/1953AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/07/1955AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/07/1962AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/11/1962AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/11/1964AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/10/1972AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/12/1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 SEP 2017

Trustees (12)

12trustees
55median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Friends of the Elderly · 00133850 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 09/02/1914

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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