HIGHWEEK CHARITIES

Registered charity 203004 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing financial help to the elderly and needy in the parish of Highweek, Devon. Also providing almshouse accommodation to the elderly and needy in the parish.

Objects

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Area of benefit: FORMER PARISH OF HIGHWEEK AS CONSTITUTED ON 30/3/1967

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Latest income

£52k

Latest spending

£44k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 have been subject to an independent examination. The examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention suggesting accounting records were not kept or that accounts did not accord with those records. No other matters requiring attention for a proper understanding of the accounts were identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

PENNY HAMMOND · trustee of 2 other charities
PETER FARNSWORTH · trustee of 2 other charities
PHILIP BULLIVANT · trustee of 6 other charities
Rev gareth REGAN · trustee of 2 other charities
Richard Buscombe

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£52k	£44k
31/12/2023	£48k	£45k
31/12/2022	£49k	£661k
31/12/2021	£48k	£57k
31/12/2020	£50k	£32k

Common questions

Is HIGHWEEK CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 have been subject to an independent examination. The examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention suggesting accounting records were not kept or that accounts did not accord with those records. No other matters requiring attention for a proper understanding of the accounts were identified. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.