Abbeyfield Silverdale Society

Analysis

Abbeyfield Silverdale Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carnforth. It was registered in August 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10845391). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Abbeyfield Silverdale Society reported income of £2.0m and spending of £1.3m, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £979k to £2.0m (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Abbeyfield Silverdale Society sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Club Doncaster Community Sports & Education Foundation (£2.0m), The Beam Foundation (£2.0m) and Tees Rivers Charitable Trust (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 65%, donations and legacies 32% and investments 2.3%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.9m would cover about 25 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.