CARELINE

Registered charity 1068801 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DERBYSHIRE DALES CARELINE

The object of the organisation is to relieve the isolation of older, vulnerable or isolated people in Ashbourne, the Derbyshire Dales, East Staffordshire and its surrounding areas by offering a regular telephone befriending service which aims to improve the quality of life, increase levels of well-being and supports independent living.

Objects

The object of the organisation is to relieve the isolation of older, vulnerable or isolated people in Ashbourne, the Derbyshire Dales, East Staffordshire and its surrounding areas by offering a regular telephone befriending service which aims to improve the quality of life, increase levels of well-being and supports independent living’’

Area of benefit: ASHBOURNE, THE DERBYSHIRE DALES, EAST STAFFORDSHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS.

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £118,791, with unrestricted reserves at £64,064, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £16,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £24,493 for the year, supported by grant funding and donations.

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 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Peter Yates Vice Chair
• Gordon Hart
• Graham John Leceister Secretary
• Patricia Barclay Chair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Murt Treasurer · trustee of 2 other charities
• Shona Diane Harris

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Staffordshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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