HARBOUR BIDEFORD

Registered charity 1135311 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A Drop in Centre for the homeless, vulnerable and socially disadvantaged individuals. We meet people at their point of need and offer food, warmth and friendship and through this contact build a relationship of mutual respect and trust. We work with a number of different local organisations and agencies who offer relevant support to help people take positive steps forward.

Objects

'TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE BIDEFORD AREA OF TORRIDGE BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS UNEMPLOYMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, YOUTH OR OLD AGE, ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL), SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS, DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT, RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN, POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY)'

Area of benefit: TORRIDGE

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £101,078 are well in excess of the trustees' stated policy target of £40,000. The charity reported a net surplus for the year, with unrestricted income exceeding expenditure. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW TREGONING
• ANNE BARRETT
• Andrew Philip Cox
• Jennifer Frances Thurston
• Maureen Elizabeth Farley
• Michael John Hare
• RICHARD CHARLES HOLWILL · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HARBOUR PROJECT FOR SWINDON REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS.

• THE HARBOUR PROJECT FOR SWINDON REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS income £392k
• BEDFORD HOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £295k
• THE DROP-IN CENTRE (RAWMARSH) income £21k
• ALLERDALE DISABILITY ASSOCIATION income £102k
• BARROW HILL COMMUNITY TRUST income £323k
• ACTON HOMELESS CONCERN (EMMAUS HOUSE AND DAMIEN CENTRE) income £291k

Side by side with its peers

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