The Abbeyfield Worcester and Hereford Society Limited

Registered charity 259776 Registered since 1969

Operates: Worcestershire

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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.

5 trustees on the board

10.8y median 11y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Gerald Harris Chair since 2014
Dr Stuart Geoffrey King since 2017
Peter Charles Scaiff since 2016
Peter Scott Kendal since 2014

25y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

Gerald Harris Chair since 2014

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 5Religious Activities 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.

Hospitality 5Education 3Manufacturing 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2025

incomespending£1.0m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 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.

12.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 37.7 in 2020

18 from 14 in 2020

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

Worcester Lodge NO 280 Bicentenary Choral Foundation Scholarship 1 shared trustee
The Rotary Club of Worcester Benevolent Trust Fund 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Safe and Sound Homes Similar size; both Housing
The E C Roberts Centre Similar size; both Housing
Missionaries of Charity of Mother Teresa of Calcutta Trust Similar size; both Housing
Article 25 Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.abbeyfield.com
Phone	01905317850
Address	WHISTON COURT, 20 WHITE LADIES CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR1 1QA

Finances

£1,045,797 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£713,820	£698,350
2021	£510,613	£596,893
2022	£575,042	£587,694
2023	£671,660	£688,916
2025	£1,045,797	£1,664,323

What it does

What

Accommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE AGED, IMPOTENT AND POOR PEOPLE OF ALL CLASSES, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15TH SEPTEMBER 1969)

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15 SEP 1969AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 JAN 2001AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 27 JUL 2017

Trustees (5)

5trustees

82median age

5aged 70+

Gerald Harrisage band 80-84 Chair since 2014
Dr Stuart Geoffrey Kingage band 80-84 since 2017
Pamela Jayne Rayerage band 80-84
Peter Charles Scaiffage band 80-84 since 2016
Peter Scott Kendalage band 80-84 since 2014

Linked company (Companies House)

The Abbeyfield Worcester and Hereford Society Limited · 00961985 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 15/09/1969

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Worcester Lodge NO 280 Bicentenary Choral Foundation Scholarship 1 shared trustee

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