TEESDALE DAY CLUBS

Registered charity 1198857 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our mission is to provide social networks that offer friendship and hospitality. Our main aim is to minimise social isolation and loneliness. We do this by connecting people, providing nourishing lunches, and offering a valuable village hub where people can access information and support from our community support service. We regularly have over 70 volunteers that support us with our lunch clubs.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £1,915 for the year, resulting in a net decrease in total funds from £202,762 to £197,363. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £32,433, while restricted funds were £53,737, with no stated reserves policy target provided for comparison.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Teesdale Day Clubs (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Know Your Neighbourhood fund — “Funded by the Know Your Neighbourhood fund through Point North since 2024” (source page)
• Point North — “Funded by the Know Your Neighbourhood fund through Point North since 2024” (source page)
• PCP’s Happiness Hub fund — “and the PCP’s Happiness Hub fund now” (source page)

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gordon Thomsonchair
• Ann Dolphin OBE
• David Bailey
• Hazel Rayner
• Peter McGuinness
• Susan Bainbridge

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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