DARTMOUTH CARING

Registered charity 1187326 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO UNDERTAKE VOLUNTARY WORK IN EDUCATION, HEALTH & WELFARE, SOCIAL SERVICESAND SIMILAR SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AMONGST THOSE IN NEED.

Objects

TO UNDERTAKE VOLUNTARY WORK IN EDUCATION, HEALTH & WELFARE, SOCIAL SERVICES AND SIMILAR SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AMONGST THOSE IN NEED.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£342k

Latest spending

£339k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of nearly £3,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income decreasing to £342,272 from £446,865 in the prior year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £150,046, which the trustees assess is comfortably above their policy target of holding 60% to 80% of annual expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, supported by sufficient reserves and regular budgeting, despite a challenging funding environment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 60% and 80% of annual expenditure (reserves figure: £150k)

“The trustees’ reserve policy is to hold between 60% and 80% of annual expenditure in reserves which is comfortably achieved at the year end.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Campaigns and political activity 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
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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 81
Government income: £67,643 — contracts £63,643 (2), grants £4,000 (1); 20% of the £342,272 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 84
Government income: £60,587 — grants £60,587 (6); 14% of the £446,865 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 112
Government income: £60,587 — grants £60,587 (1); 20% of the £296,774 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dartmouth Caring (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Caroline Martinchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Edward Geoffrey Case · trustee of 1 other charity
Evie Rogers
Frances Davidson
Gillian Tucker
Hilary Jane Day
MIchael Penn
Peter Kim Adolphus

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£342k	£339k
31/03/2024	£447k	£341k
31/03/2023	£297k	£321k
31/03/2022	£0	£0
31/03/2021	£0	£0

Common questions

Is DARTMOUTH CARING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of nearly £3,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income decreasing to £342,272 from £446,865 in the prior year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £150,046, which the trustees assess is comfortably above their policy target of holding 60% to 80% of annual expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, supported by sufficient reserves and regular budgeting, despite a challenging funding environment. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DARTMOUTH CARING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DARTMOUTH CARING as a grant recipient include DARTMOUTH UNITED CHARITIES, THE KRISTINA MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CLARE MILNE TRUST, THE INMAN CHARITY, THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
DARTMOUTH UNITED CHARITIES	FY2022	£60k
DARTMOUTH UNITED CHARITIES	FY2026	£55k	fund the salaries of support workers working with vulnerable local residents
DARTMOUTH UNITED CHARITIES	FY2024	£50k	General grant
DARTMOUTH UNITED CHARITIES	FY2025	£50k	providing advice workers who support many of Dartmouth’s most vulnerable residents to access benefits and services
DARTMOUTH UNITED CHARITIES	FY2023	£15k	support worker salaries for Dartmouth Caring
THE KRISTINA MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£12k
THE CLARE MILNE TRUST	FY2024	£6k
THE INMAN CHARITY	FY2022	£5k	Social - Older People and Social Welfare
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION	FY2022	£4k
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION	FY2023	£3k
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION	FY2024	£2k
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2021	£2k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k	Ann Rylands Small Donations
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£1k
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION	FY2026	£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	31/05/2023	£196k	Widening access to services
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/05/2020	£9k	COVID-19: supporting the vulnerable
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/08/2019	£10k	Mental Health Support Work
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/01/2013	£10k	Young Carers Project

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
The Edge Ministries	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN CARE CENTRE.

CHILDREN CARE CENTRE income £231k
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD income £133k
THE PUBLIC PURPOSES SHARE OF THE DARTMOUTH TRUST income £93k
ROMODHAM TRUST income £53k
DORKING CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £36k
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DARTMOUTH CARING	£342k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CHILDREN CARE CENTRE FY2025	£231k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD FY2025	£133k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PUBLIC PURPOSES SHARE OF THE DARTMOUTH TRUST FY2025	£93k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROMODHAM TRUST FY2025	£53k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DORKING CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2025	£36k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.