Eating Disorder Service (Plymouth)

Registered charity 1057424 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EATING DISORDER SUPPORT (PLYMOUTH)

Eating Disorder Support covers geographic areas in Plymouth and part of West Devon. We provide NICE guidelines psychotherapy and specialist dietetic advice for individuals suffering from an eating disorder. We also offer individual/group/ family therapy for clients and carers. EDS provides a 3-day intensive programme for those who are more at risk of deterioration to prevent in-patient admission.

Objects

1) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING EATING DISORDERS. 2) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF EATING DISORDERS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £18,267 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £604,349. Unrestricted reserves stood at £316,145, which is comfortably above the trustees' stated policy target of £123,582 (representing six months of expenditure). The accounts state that the charity is able to continue its operations for the future.

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 3 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

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

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 25/04/2024, 85 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Galechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Benjamin Broad
• Bradley Paul Armitage
• Chloe Phillips

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

Operates in: Devon · Plymouth City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NIWE EATING DISTRESS SERVICE TRADING AS EATING DISTRESS NORTH EAST.

• NIWE EATING DISTRESS SERVICE TRADING AS EATING DISTRESS NORTH EAST income £770k
• PERSONALISED EATING DISORDER SUPPORT income £506k
• EATING MATTERS income £356k
• FREED income £152k
• TASTELIFEUK income £143k
• SOUTH YORKSHIRE EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION income £958k

Side by side with its peers

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