MARLBOROUGH & DISTRICT LINK SCHEME

Registered charity 1069752 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the organisation are to relieve poor, sick, elderly or disabled persons in Marlborough and the surrounding villages by providing or assisting in the provision of services calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress of such persons.

Objects

TO RELIEVE POOR, SICK, ELDERLY OR DISABLED PERSONS IN MARLBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS

Area of benefit: MARLBOROUGH

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operates from a sound financial footing with steady income and well-controlled costs. Free reserves stood at £32,804, which is below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Louise Campionchair
• Alexander Blair
• Bridget Codrington
• Hugh de Saram
• James Rothwell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kathryn Williams
• Lisa Bartlett
• Mark McFarland

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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