BLACKDOWN SUPPORT GROUP

Registered charity 1208925 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Blackdown Hills is a very rural area on the Devon/Somerset border with poor transport links. We aim to connect people to their communities, alleviate isolation and improve health and wellbeing. We run a community transport scheme, regular social groups, volunteer visiting, bereavement and carer support services, form filling support, toenail cutting, accessible vehicle and wheelchair loan.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £20,460 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased staff and office costs following the purchase of new premises. Per the trustees' report, free reserves decreased significantly to £166,209 from £569,013 in the prior year due to the sale of investments to fund the property purchase. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Blackdown Support Group (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 (1 freehold); recorded price paid £380k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barry Simmonds
• Christopher George Roffe-Silvester
• Dr David Howard Major
• Gillian Nicola Girling
• Heather Alice Stallard
• Lisa Anne Martin
• Mark Roberts
• Martin Roger Saxton
• Nichola Ann Dowson
• Sarah Frances Folland · trustee of 1 other charity
• WILLIAM PHILIP MORRIS

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

Operates in: Devon · Somerset

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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