OTTERY HELP SCHEME

Registered charity 1150898 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We work closely with our local community to provide transport for medical appointments, a wide range of activity groups that focus on enhancing wellbeing and building social connections, as well as home-based services e.g. befriending, sitters for carers and practical support such as nail cutting. Our office is an information hub for our community about a range of local support services.

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Latest income

£230k

Latest spending

£236k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £10,889 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant decline from the previous year's surplus. Despite this, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £266,166, which the filing indicates are sufficient to meet its liabilities as they fall due.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £122k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (23/04/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Jill Mary Duddingchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Christopher Highnam · trustee of 1 other charity
David Charles Gurney
ELIZABETH TAPPER · trustee of 1 other charity
Jillian Dorothy Read-Brown
Judith Mary Reynolds
Michael Joseph Hopkins · trustee of 1 other charity
Paul Edwin Shingler

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£230k	£236k
31/03/2024	£267k	£197k
31/03/2023	£192k	£155k
31/03/2022	£147k	£113k
31/03/2021	£102k	£77k

Common questions

Is OTTERY HELP SCHEME financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £10,889 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant decline from the previous year's surplus. Despite this, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £266,166, which the filing indicates are sufficient to meet its liabilities as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OTTERY HELP SCHEME?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OTTERY HELP SCHEME as a grant recipient include THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF OTTERY ST MARY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION	FY2026	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF OTTERY ST MARY	FY2022	£267	Outgoing charitable grant (St Mary's)

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/06/2026	£20k	Activity Groups
The National Lottery Community Fund	31/01/2025	£13k	Routes to Wellbeing