TRANSITION TOWN TOTNES LTD

Registered charity 1138865 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We engage our community in participatory events, educational projects and services to create a more resilient town, to promote sustainable development and reduce GHG emissions. We build a local movement towards a fair and just transition. Our main themes include: cohesive and resilient community; local environment; food systems; wellbeing; local economy; energy; housing; transport; arts; waste.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income fell to £99,677 from £137,051 the previous year, while total expenditure rose to £119,911, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. Despite this deficit, the charity maintains a strong balance sheet with unrestricted reserves of £24,090, which the trustees confirm are in excess of their stated policy target of four months' core running costs.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06287039

Funders the charity credits

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

• Big Give — “Big Give’s Green Match Fund to support local climate action” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WEARE, Susan Katherine, Professor — director, appointed 24/04/2026on trustee list
• SOMERS, Sienna Lula — director, appointed 21/04/2022on trustee list
• COUGHLAN-CLARKE, Mary — director, appointed 04/04/2018on trustee list
• HARRINGTON, Charles Edward — director, appointed 26/04/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHARLES EDWARD HARRINGTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mary Coughlan-Clarke
• Professor Susan Katherine Weare
• Sienna Lula Somers

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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