Registered charity · County Durham
The Abbeyfield (Darlington) Society Limited
- 7 trustees
- Income £501k (2025)
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
- Darlington
- Website
- www.abbeyfielddarlington.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Abbeyfield (Darlington) Society Limited
- Registered
- 1971
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£501k£462k
- 2024£481k£423k
- 2023£339k£383k
Earlier years
- 2022£272k£381k
- 2021£290k£345k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
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.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Gail Marie Wiper Chair since 2018
- Carole Anne Sobkowiak Fcsp since 2017
- David Lindesay Steel since 2018
- Elizabeth Fraser Lyle since 2023
- Gary Crofton Blenkinsopp since 2025
- Heather Scott OBE since 2014
- Paul William Robinson since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Gail Marie Wiper Chair since 2018
- Carole Anne Sobkowiak Fcsp since 2017
- David Lindesay Steel since 2018
- Heather Scott OBE since 2014
- Paul William Robinson since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Gail Marie Wiper Chair since 2018
- Carole Anne Sobkowiak Fcsp since 2017
- David Lindesay Steel since 2018
- Elizabeth Fraser Lyle since 2023
- Gary Crofton Blenkinsopp since 2025
- Heather Scott OBE since 2014
- Paul William Robinson since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
56.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 500644
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 DECEMBER 1970 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 20 JULY 2005
- Companies House
- Company number 00996404 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01325369673 · offdarloabbeyfield@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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