ASSIST TEIGNBRIDGE

Registered charity 1154936 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DAWLISH VOLUNTEER BUREAU

The charity was formed to continue the activities of Dawlish & East Teignbridge Volunteer Bureau (Charity no. 1051265) in the Teignbridge area. It runs a Volunteer Centre, a sitting service, a nail trimming service, a home help service. It also offers a range of free community support services such as befriending, gardening, & enabling, and help identifying and accessing welfare benefits.

Objects

1.TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE(CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW)FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE TEIGNBRIDGE AREA OF DEVON AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT,IN PARTICULAR,BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A)PROMOTING,ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING VOLUNTEERING;(B)PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO VOLUNTEER;(C)PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING FOR VOLUNTEERS.2.THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED IN THE TEIGNBRIDGE AREA OF DEVON BY REASON OF AGE,ILL-HEALTH,DISABILITY,OR CARING RESPONSIBILITIES BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND SERVICES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE SUCH NEEDS

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's free reserves decreased to £87,560, which the trustees consider to meet their aim of maintaining reserves to cover a year's activity. The charity reported a total deficit of £31,833 for the year, driven by deficits in both its volunteer centre and charged-for services due to increased payroll costs and reduced demand.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05763293

Funders the charity credits

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

• Kualo — “We are grateful to Kualo for providing free hosting of this website, under their initiative to enable as many charities as possible to get t…” (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.

• BRADER, Susan — director, appointed 25/01/2012not on trustee list
• BALLARD, Carolyn — director, appointed 11/06/2009not on trustee list
• LANGLEY, Vanessa Jane — director, appointed 30/03/2006not on trustee list
• VICKERY, Robert Broughton — director, appointed 30/03/2006not on trustee list
• PARTRIDGE, John Henry — director, appointed 30/03/2006not on trustee list
• TYLER, Roger Whitecross — director, appointed 30/03/2006not on trustee list
• BRADER, Sue — secretary, appointed 02/09/2015

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Assist Teignbridge — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 26/06/2018.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Assist Teignbridge: Good (19/07/2018) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/09/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Russell Chamberlainchair
• Anne-Marie Henderson
• ROBIN GEORGE YAIR BUCHANAN
• Rev Georgina Ann Vye · trustee of 3 other charities
• Yvonne Valerie Whiteley

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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