THE MELBOURN MOBILE WARDEN SCHEME

Registered charity 1059815 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Helping people in the parish of Melbourn and surrounding villages with mobility problems, who need some assistance in their everyday lives to enable them to retain independence in their own homes.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF OF THE ELDERLY AND HOUSEBOUND PEOPLE LIVING IN MELBOURN BY PROVISION OF A MOBILE WARDEN SCHEME WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE MELBOURN VILLAGE

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainty identified regarding its going concern status. The trustees have confirmed that the financial position is stable, supported by sufficient unrestricted reserves to meet current liabilities and operational needs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority; Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison West
• Dr Colin Conner
• Dr Lisa Redrup
• Jose HALES
• Laura Cooper · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Andrew Alderton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sally Conner

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).