KINGSBRIDGE AND SALTSTONE CARING LTD

Registered charity 1119726 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SALTSTONE CARING LIMITED

To provide emotional and practical support to elderly, isolated and vulnerable people within the South Hams area through a programme of home visits.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THE SICK AND TO PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF OLDER AND ISOLATED PEOPLE LIVING IN KINGSBRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT AND FACILITATION OF SERVICES NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND THEREBY TO PRESERVE THE INDEPENDENCE OF SUCH PEOPLE.

Area of benefit: KINGSBRIDGE AND SURROUNDING AREA

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£31k
Latest spending
£34k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of £3,228 for the year, reducing its general fund reserves from £36,118 to £32,889. The trustees acknowledge these are difficult times and note that financial concerns remain, with the priority being to match expenditure with income. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £32,890, which the trustees consider adequate to cover six months of operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £33k)
“hold minimum reserves adequate to cover a minimum of six months’ office operations”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rent-free office provided by Kingsbridge Town Council
“We remain grateful to Kingsbridge Town Council for the provision of a rent-free Office and the general support they show.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£31k£34k
31/07/2024£29k£34k
31/07/2023£17k£30k
31/07/2022£36k£27k
31/07/2021£28k£22k

Common questions

Is KINGSBRIDGE AND SALTSTONE CARING LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of £3,228 for the year, reducing its general fund reserves from £36,118 to £32,889. The trustees acknowledge these are difficult times and note that financial concerns remain, with the priority being to match expenditure with income. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £32,890, which the trustees consider adequate to cover six months of operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/05/2019£10kCarer Relief Support Scheme
The National Lottery Community Fund13/10/2006£7kStart Up Project