TORBAY ADVICE NETWORK

Registered charity 1118604 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TAN supports the advice and information sector in Torbay through its partnership working, signposting services and multi-agency training.

Objects

3.1) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PARTS OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR WHICH PROVIDES ADVICE SERVICE BY PROVIDING TRAINING SERVICES, SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE VOLUNTARY SECTOR ADVICE ORGANISATIONS TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY ADVICE SERVICES AND THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS THOSE SERVICES AND BY PROMOTING THE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN VOLUNTARY SECTOR ADVICE ORGANISATIONS, STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND OTHER BODIES.3.2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH QUALITY ADVICE SERVICES AND BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES RELATING TO ADVICE SERVICES AND INFORMATION SERVICES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE TORBAY, DEVON

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Torbay, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £39,082 against total funds of £92,971, with the charity reporting it remained financially stable and secure during the period. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, noting that operational costs have increased due to the cost-of-living crisis, stretching secured charitable funds.

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 4 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Edward Joseph Lee
• Matthew Thomas Fellows
• STEPHEN FRANK GALE
• TIMOTHY GODFREY FCCA

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

Operates in: Torbay

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TONBRIDGE COUNSELLING SERVICE.

• TONBRIDGE COUNSELLING SERVICE income £136k
• TORBAY CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX income £433k
• TAX ADVISERS' CHARITABLE TRUST income £37k
• TORBAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LTD income £2.7m
• TAVISTOCK AREA SUPPORT SERVICES income £194k
• ARUN AND CHICHESTER CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £6.1m

Side by side with its peers

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