CLIFF HOUSE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1146359 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision and maintenance of Cliff House for the inhabitants of, and visitors to Salcombe, Devon. More specifically, the aim is to provide community facilities such as an assembly room, reading room, library and recreation gardens for those in the locality. Cliff House is now also marketed as a venue for weddings, corporate events and private parties.

Objects

(I)TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF AND VISITORS TO SALCOMBE, DEVON WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.(II)TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE COMMUNITY FACILITY KNOWN AS CLIFF HOUSE, SALCOMBE IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

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 · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£161k
Latest spending
£165k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is preparing for an orderly wind-up by the end of 2027 due to accumulating losses and building dilapidations, though it considers the going concern basis appropriate for the transitional period. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted net assets have decreased to £4,621 from £7,837 in the prior year, and the charity faces a significant funding gap for essential repairs to its principal asset.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 4

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 4

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 4

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cliff House Trust Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£161k£165k
31/08/2024£172k£175k
31/08/2023£173k£185k
31/08/2022£178k£168k
31/08/2021£119k£106k

Common questions

Is CLIFF HOUSE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is preparing for an orderly wind-up by the end of 2027 due to accumulating losses and building dilapidations, though it considers the going concern basis appropriate for the transitional period. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted net assets have decreased to £4,621 from £7,837 in the prior year, and the charity faces a significant funding gap for essential repairs to its principal asset. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LYVENNET COMMUNITY TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CLIFF HOUSE TRUST LIMITED£161k—0unclear—no doubt
LYVENNET COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£90k—0unclear—noted
CROFT HOUSE SETTLEMENT FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt
HAREWOOD HOUSE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.0m——below—noted
CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS COMMUNITY TRUST FY2026£95k——unclear—no doubt
BRIGHTON AND HOVE SEASIDE COMMUNITY HOMES LIMITED FY2026£6.3m——below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.