OKEHAMPTON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1210636 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OKEHAMPTON UNITED CHARITIES

Almshouse Branch: Provision of accommodation.United Charity Branch:Annual maintenance grant to St James' Chapel.Advancement of Education.Relief of persons in need, hardship or distress. Relief of persons who are sick, convalescent, disabled or infirm by alleviating their suffering.Promote other charitable purposes for residents in the area of benefit (Okehampton and Hamlets)

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (THE OBJECTS) ARE:(1) (IN RELATION TO THE ALMSHOUSE BRANCH OF THE CIO): THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT;(2) (IN RELATION TO THE UNITED CHARITY BRANCH OF THE CIO): (A) THE PROVISION OF AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE GRANT TO OKEHAMPTON UNITED ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY (1077584) OF A MINIMUM OF ?4,500 PER ANNUM, FOR THE UPKEEP OF ST JAMES? CHAPEL, OKEHAMPTON;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION:(I) BY THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL BENEFITS TO OKEHAMPTON COLLEGE AND/OR STATE FUNDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; AND(II) OF YOUNG PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT ATTAINED THE AGE OF 25 YEARS WHO, OR WHOSE PARENTS OR CARERS, ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, AND OF OLDER PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT; (C) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; (D) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN NEED WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED OR INFIRM, BY ALLEVIATING THEIR SUFFERING OR ASSISTING THEIR RECOVERY; AND(E) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE.

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 · Education/training · Disability · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £328,466 at the end of the year, an increase from £140,900 in the prior period. The trustees consider it prudent to maintain a General Income Fund reserve of £45,000 for working capital purposes. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £187,566 for the year, driven by significant investment income and a legacy receipt.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Simpkins Edwards Audit LLP. 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

10 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (10 freehold); recorded price paid £701k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ross Campbellchair
• Carol Elizabeth Chapman
• Dr Michael Ireland
• Dr Philip Murray
• Julie Veronica Yelland
• Kevin Pedrick
• Maria Cooper · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philip Davies · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Claire Suzanne Reynolds · trustee of 2 other charities
• Robert Tolley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Kenneth Coleman

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

Operates in: Devon

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