CHOLSEY VOLUNTEERS TRUST

Registered charity 1197845 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the public benefit, the relief of individuals in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage in Cholsey and the surrounding area through the provision of free and subsidised food and volunteer support services, including but not limited to, transport to appointments, assistance with collection of shopping and medication, befriending and advoc

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF INDIVIDUALS IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE IN CHOLSEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FREE AND SUBSIDISED FOOD AND VOLUNTEER SUPPORT SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TRANSPORT TO APPOINTMENTS, ASSISTANCE WITH COLLECTION OF SHOPPING AND MEDICATION, BEFRIENDING AND ADVOCACY.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total assets stood at £38,045.12, comprising a £20,000 committed reserve and other unrestricted funds. The charity reports managing its budget on a self-financing basis, achieving this through donations, fundraising, and grants, with a closing bank balance of £23,045.12.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cholsey Volunteers Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Fry
• EVELYN EVANS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Elizabeth Margaret Hay
• Grace Lavinia Hartley
• Helen Powis
• John Wheeler · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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