The Abbeyfield Lancaster Society Limited

Registered charity 230899 Registered since 1963

Operates: Lancashire

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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.

10 trustees on the board

6.2y median 6y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (4)

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 10Religious Activities 3Education/training 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.

Health and social care 5

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£1.4m 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.

4.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

38 from 36 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

The Moss Memorial Trust 1 shared trustee
Lancaster and Morecambe Agricultural Society 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST.Paul's, Scotforth 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Milton Keynes Womens AID Similar size; both Housing
Lincolnshire Employment Accommodation Project Limited Similar size; both Housing
The First Step LTD Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.abbeyfieldlancaster.co.uk
Email	info@abbeyfieldlancaster.co.uk
Phone	01524541720
Address	Abbeyfield Lancaster Society Ltd, Chirnside House, Abbeyfield Close, LANCASTER, LA1 4NL

Finances

£1,446,611 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,038,368	£1,071,641
2022	£1,023,029	£1,080,353
2023	£999,874	£1,114,051
2024	£1,244,417	£1,218,349
2025	£1,446,611	£1,364,908

What it does

What

Accommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO HOUSE LONELY OLD PEOPLE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE ON THEIR OWN, AND IN SO DOING TO PROVIDE A FOCAL POINT FOR THE GOODWILL AND KINDNESS OF NEIGHBOURS.

Governing document: (MODEL DEED ALREADY LODGED INCORPORATED 8TH OCTOBER 1962)

Trustees (10)

10trustees

78median age

5aged 70+

Brian Peter Threlfallage band 75-79 Chair
Andrew Brian Mackereth since 2019
Barbara ANN Gardnerage band 80-84 since 2025
Charles Peter Whytockage band 80-84 since 2014
Dr Penelope Jane Fisher since 2025
Heather ANN Ward since 2021
Judith Elizabeth Threlfall
Jean Margaret Simpsonage band 75-79 since 2022
Phillip John Ernest Berryage band 75-79 since 2019
Richard NEO Kirkman since 2013

Linked company (Companies House)

Abbeyfield Lancaster Society Limited(the) · 00737334 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 08/10/1962

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

1131372 2 shared trustees
The Moss Memorial Trust 1 shared trustee
Lancaster and Morecambe Agricultural Society 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST.Paul's, Scotforth 1 shared trustee

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