BUCKLAND SUPPORT

Registered charity 1183456 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Buckland Support help people of any age who are patients of Buckland Surgery and all people who live on the Buckland Estate to improve their physical and mental health and well-being. We offer support and practical help with a huge range of issues as well as providing transport, form filling, and advocacy through our Social Enabler and volunteers who offer groups, befriending and practical help

Objects

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED TO FURTHER THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN NEWTON ABBOT IN GENERAL AND THE AREA OF BUCKLAND IN PARTICULAR: 1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH BY CO-OPERATING WITH BUCKLAND SURGERY AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICES TO PROVIDE SERVICES, ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION WITH THE AIM OF PROTECTING AND PRESERVING GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, PREVENTING DISEASE AND PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES. 2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS/CARERS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) PROVIDING CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PARENTING SKILLS TRAINING TO PARENTS/CARERS B) PROVIDING SAFE GROUP PLAY AND OTHER ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO SUPPORT CHILDREN’S SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT;C) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP AN INDIVIDUAL’S CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING; D) PROVIDING ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS/CARERS;3) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS DEEMED CHARITABLE WITHIN THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES, SERVICES OR FACILITIES DESIGNED TO RELIEVE THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION.4) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, PROVIDING A SIGNPOSTING SERVICE TO OTHER SOURCES OF ADVICE AND SUPPORT FOR SUCH PERSONS AND WORKING CO-OPERATIVELY WITH OTHER CHARITIES AND ORGANISATIONS WHO WORK TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY.

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: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Buckland Support held unrestricted cash funds of £16,896.80 at the end of the period, with total receipts of £34,976.97 against total payments of £38,642.74. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause them to believe the accounts did not comply with applicable requirements.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rosemary Whitbread B Sc CQSWchair
• Carole Bishop
• Douglas Tompkins
• Maureen Elizabeth Clarke
• Michelle Bradley

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).