TIMEBANK SOUTH WEST

Registered charity 1169627 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our purpose is to:Promote the principles and benefits of TimebankingIncrease health and well-being Reduce loneliness and social isolation Provide opportunities for informal volunteering and social actionOur activities include supporting one to one and group exchanges of skills through Timebanking and bringing people together to build social networks and strengthen community cohesion.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO AREI) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, AND DISTRESS FOR THE PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE,BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF PLYMOUTH, DEVON AND CORNWALL;II) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;III) PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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 met its budgetary aims and maintained unrestricted funds at the previous level. A small reserve of £6,278.00 is held to cover staff redundancies and potential closure contingency. The document does not disclose any material deficits or serious financial risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• JOSEPHINE BUSSELLchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alan Butler
• John Noel Brown
• Philip Critten
• Rosamund Davies

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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