WESTBURY & DISTRICT LINK SCHEME

Registered charity 1069754 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides Good Neighbour support to elderly and vulnerable people, and those without transport to residents of Westbury, Westbury Leigh, Dilton Marsh, Chapmanslade, Heywood and Hawkeridge

Objects

TO RELIEVE POOR, SICK, ELDERLY OR DISABLED PERSONS IN WESTBURY AND THE ADJOINING PARISHES OF DILTON MARSH, CHAPMANSLADE, HEYWOOD AND UPTON SCUDAMORE, BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £1,020, bringing total reserves to £23,510. This figure is above the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining a minimum balance of £21,000. The charity's primary income comes from donations by clients and occasional bequests.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Linden Homes — “A representative from Linden Homes and Bovis Homes with Link Chairman, Paul Howard, and several of Link drivers, recording their generous do…” (source page)
• Bovis Homes — “A representative from Linden Homes and Bovis Homes with Link Chairman, Paul Howard, and several of Link drivers, recording their generous do…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Sandford Massonchair
• Andrew Pillidge
• BARBARA MAVIS PAYNE
• Colin Gladwell
• David Nolan
• Dorian Philip Jones
• Elizabeth Ann Bizeray
• Maurice John Bizeray
• Nicholas Pyne

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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