CALNE AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY LINK SCHEME

Registered charity 1063848 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Calne Link Scheme is a totally voluntary organisation that provides help in the form of care and transport for those in the local community who need it. People who through age or infirmity are unable to access hospitals, doctors surgeries or shops by their own means or by public transport are driven by the link scheme which also carries out shopping and provides companionship.

Objects

TO RELIEVE POOR, SICK, ELDERLY OR DISABLED PERSONS IN CALNE AND THE SIX SURROUNDING PARISH COUNCIL AREAS OF BREMHILL, CALNE WITHOUT, CHERHILL, COMPTON BASSETT, HEDDINGTON AND HILMARTON BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS

Area of benefit: CALNE, BREMHILL, CALNE WITHOUT, CHERWILL, COMPTON BASSETT, HEDDINGTON AND HILMARTON

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded total income of £80,703.99 from donations and client contributions against volunteer expenses of £32,325.99 for the year. The trustees' report highlights a significant increase in service activity, with trips rising to 4,687 and miles driven increasing by 6% compared to the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Frances Creaseychair
• Alan Bellamy
• Alison Brenchley
• Angela Candy
• FRANCIS JAMES RUMBLE
• MYRA JOY HAND
• Michael Gurr
• NICHOLAS TOWNLEY
• PATRICIA DAVIES · trustee of 3 other charities
• RACHAEL ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
• STEPHEN STOTT

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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