01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 17 January 2017
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 November 2024 – 31 October 2025
- Latest income
- £413,087
- Latest expenditure
- £350,223
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: Xeinadin, Sidings House, Sidings Court, Lakeside, Doncaster, DN4 5NU
Website recorded by the regulator: www.letsbfriend.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
b:Friend matches volunteer befrienders with isolated, elderly neighbours in the community. The aim is to reduce social isolation by re-engaging at risk individuals with their community through one-to-one befriending partnerships and community group social events.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 14 August 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 14 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £413,087
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £350,223
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 5 August 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 5 August 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £223,737
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £317,728
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 19 July 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 July 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £412,855
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £252,853
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 9 August 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 9 August 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £304,569
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £249,361
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 June 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 June 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £210,989
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £171,101
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 14 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £413,087
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £350,223
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 1
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Income From Government Contracts
- 24319
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 826
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 5 August 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £223,737
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £317,728
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 1
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Contracts
- 28000
- Income From Government Grants
- £12,655
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 800
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 19 July 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £412,855
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £252,853
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 1
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Contracts
- 28500
- Income From Government Grants
- £5,755
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- Yes
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 713
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 9 August 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £304,569
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £249,361
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 1
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Contracts
- 28000
- Income From Government Grants
- £14,352
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 620
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 28 June 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £210,989
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £171,101
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Commerical Participator
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 1
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Contracts
- 27500
- Income From Government Grants
- £5,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 705
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 113
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- B:FRIEND
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2017-01-17T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 17 JAN 2017AMENDED ON 28 NOV 2023
- Charitable Objects
- 1. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONGST ELDERLY PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY PERSONS AGED OVER 65, RESIDENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, BY THE PROVISION OF:·BEFRIENDING SERVICES THROUGH WEEKLY OUTREACH TO INDIVIDUALS 2. SUCH OTHER WAYS FROM TIME TO TIME AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT IN FURTHERANCE OF SAID OBJECTS
09 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 580824
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- B:FRIEND DONCASTER
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling