MELKSHAM AND DISTRICT LINK SCHEME

Registered charity 1044337 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides transport for medical appointments using cars of its volunteer drivers.

Objects

TO SUPPORT ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE IN THE AREA OF MELKSHAM, ATWORTH, BEANACRE, BOWERHILL, BROUGHTON GIFFORD, SHAW AND WHITLEY AND IN PARTICULAR TO ASSIST WITH THE RELIEF OF THE ELDERLY, THE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED OR OTHER PERSONS IN NEED BY REASON OF POVERTY AND/OR SICKNESS.

Area of benefit: MELKSHAM, ATWORTH, BEANACRE, BOWERHILL, BROUGHTON GIFFORD, SHAW AND WHITLEY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a healthy financial position with unrestricted reserves of £37,364.65. The organization reported a deficit of £1,180.31 for the year, driven by rising costs such as increased mileage expenses and donations to other charities. The trustees note that funding for their umbrella body is dwindling, which will increase future financial demands.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth June Rowley
• Felicia Hislop
• Peter Alan Smith
• WALLACE RICHARD CLARK · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · Somerset · Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHIPPENHAM LINK.

• CHIPPENHAM LINK income £70k
• DEVIZES AND DISTRICT LINK income £40k
• MARLBOROUGH & DISTRICT LINK SCHEME income £30k
• KEYNSHAM & DISTRICT DIAL-A-RIDE income £230k
• MALMESBURY AND DISTRICT LINK income £27k
• GILLINGHAM AREA VOLUNTARY CAR LINK SCHEME income £33k

Side by side with its peers

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