DARTMOUTH COMMUNITY CHEST

Registered charity 1181605 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To help and support the most vulnerable individuals and families in our neighbourhood. To assist with fuel and food poverty, help find accommodation and furniture,white goods, signpost people to receive help via CAB, housing and benefits.Run entirely by volunteers based in Dartmouth Devon

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE IN DARTMOUTH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity provided direct support to over 450 people and served 6,171 meals through its community café during the year. Per the trustees' report, demand for services continues to grow, and the organization aims to expand support services and find a larger venue in the coming year. The filing notes that the café received a 5-star Environmental Health rating and maintains strong partnerships with local organizations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dartmouth Community Chest UK (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clive Bowers
• Dawn Shepherd · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Felix Philipp Gradinger
• Guy Martin
• Helen Snowden
• Jayne Higgins
• Jean Gotts
• Lynn Garton
• Margaret McKenzie
• Mary Burden

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CANCER COMMUNITY CHEST.

• CANCER COMMUNITY CHEST income £63k
• DIAL WEST CHESHIRE income £603k

Side by side with its peers

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