INVOLVE - VOLUNTARY ACTION IN MID DEVON

Registered charity 1177169 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INVOLVE

To support the efficiency and effectiveness and the effective use of charitable resources of third sector organisations in Mid Devon by:1. Providing support to assist in their good governance.2. Building their capacity through support, advice and information services.3. Liaising and co-ordinating with them to provide charitable services to improve the lives of the citizens in Mid Devon

Objects

TO SUPPORT THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES OF THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS IN MID DEVON BY:1. PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ASSIST IN THEIR GOOD GOVERNANCE.2. BUILDING THEIR CAPACITY THROUGH SUPPORT, ADVICE AND INFORMATION SERVICES.3. LIAISING WITH AND CO-ORDINATING WITH THEM TO PROVIDE CHARITABLE SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE CITIZENS IN MID DEVON.4. FACILITATING CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIPS TO PROMOTE THEIR SERVICES BY BRINGING THEM TOGETHER WITH PUBLIC AGENCIES AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES IN MID DEVON.5. IDENTIFYING GAPS IN CHARITABLE SERVICES AND SUPPORTING THEM TO FILL THOSE GAPS.6. PROVIDING ADVOCACY FOR THEM AND THEIR ULTIMATE BENEFICIARIES, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO HAVING THEIR VIEWS HEARD BY POLICY MAKERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND FUNDERS.7. MAINTAINING A DATABASE OF THEIR SERVICES AND PROJECTS WHICH BENEFIT PEOPLE IN MID DEVON.IN THESE OBJECTS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS APPLY:A) “THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS” MEANS CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES.B) “CHARITIES” ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.C) “VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES” ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION.D) VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £47,155, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £187,710 to £140,555. Unrestricted reserves fell significantly to £4,948, while the trustees consider the overall reserves adequate to cover short-term costs. The charity reported no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

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
• Investing charity funds 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Mid Devon District Council — “We are a registered charity (No: 1177169) and our funders include Mid Devon District Council” (source page)
• Devon County Council — “and our funders include Mid Devon District Council, Devon County Council” (source page)
• Cullompton Town Council — “Devon County Council , Cullompton Town Council” (source page)
• Crediton Town Council — “Cullompton Town Council , Crediton Town Council” (source page)
• Big Lottery ‘Reaching Communities’ — “Crediton Town Council and Big Lottery ‘Reaching Communities’” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Felicity Jane Colthorpechair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Alison Padfield
• Amelia Grace Horton Davies
• Dr Daisy Katherine Robinson
• Nicola Aver
• Shannon McGinley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tanya Larsen

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DEVON VOLUNTARY ACTION.

• DEVON VOLUNTARY ACTION income £55k
• WEST DEVON COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SERVICES income £309k
• DEVON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £2.2m
• DERBYSHIRE VOLUNTARY ACTION income £691k
• VOLUNTARY SECTOR CENTRES income £1.7m
• C.A.B. DEVON income £844k

Side by side with its peers

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