FISH VOLUNTEER CENTRE

Registered charity 1189325 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

FISH Volunteer Centre provides services to the elderly or disabled primarily by driving them to appointments, taking them on shopping trips in the minibus, visiting the lonely in their homes and arranging a monthly afternoon tea as a social event.Services are provided by a group of volunteer drivers and helpers organised by a central group ofvolunteer office staff based in a small building.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BECAUSE OF AGE, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY, POVERTY OR OTHER REASONS WHICH RESTRICT THEIR ABILITY TO CARRY OUT ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING OR INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING, BY UNDERTAKING VOLUNTARY WORK IN TRANSPORT, SOCIAL SERVICES, EDUCATION AND SIMILAR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £30,917.25 for the year, with total income rising to £51,232.12. The treasurer confirms a healthy financial position, noting that total bank balances and investments stood at £202,264.36 at year-end. Specific reserves are held for a new minibus (£120,000), IT systems (£30,000), and a new building fund (£10,000), leaving £42,264.36 in the general fund.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £130k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Gibb McQuillanchair
• Caroline Mary Stockill
• David Herbert Whitehead
• Debbie Ashford
• Eunice Mary Eccles
• Mary Elizabeth Norris
• Rita Hadgkiss
• Sally Roark Mrs

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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