THE BLACKDOWN HEALTHY LIVING AND ACTIVITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1154693 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TBHLAC

The Blackdown Healthy Living & Activity Centre is a charity dedicated to supporting the health and well-being of people of all ages, particularly those who are either elderly or socially isolated. We operate in an area broadly defined by the Blackdown Hills, which sit on the Somerset/Devon border.

Objects

PROMOTING THE BENEFIT OF THOSE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AS A RESULT OF AGE, INFIRMITY OR SOCIAL/ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A HEALTHY LIVING/ACTIVITY CENTRE.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved its best financial position in five years, with a net surplus of £17,434 for the year ending March 2025. Accumulated funds increased to £120,961, reflecting a strong financial history and resilience across its core services.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/05/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Timothy Miles Lowe CBEchair
• Dr MARK COULDRICK
• Elizabeth Margaret Langdon
• Lesley Barton
• Michael Gerard Davis
• Michael Piers Langdon
• Paul Anthony Doble

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

Operates in: Devon · Somerset

Income and spending

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