THE PEARN CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 203720 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PEARN CARE CENTRE, PEARN CONVALESCENT HOME, PEARN CONVALESCENT HOME TRUST, THE PEARN CONVALESCENT HOME TRUST

The objects of the charity, as amended on 15 June 2004, are the provision of care for persons in need, mainly in the inner Plymouth area, and the trustees may relieve those eligible for assistance by making direct grants or providing goods and services and by making grants to other persons or bodies who provide such assistance.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE PROVISION OF CARE FOR PERSONS IN NEED.

Area of benefit: PLYMOUTH AREA AND ELSEWHERE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Plymouth, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds decreased from £2,479,163 to £2,239,721 due to a net expenditure of £132,014, which included a significant unrealised loss on investments. The trustees report that the charity remains in a stable financial position despite the departure of a major tenant, Network Healthcare, and note that reliance on volatile investment income requires caution.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• IAN DAVID RAWLINGSchair
• Dr Nicholas Ring
• GAIL BIDDULPH
• MARGARET SUSAN CLINTON · trustee of 2 other charities
• NIGEL SMITH

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

Operates in: Plymouth City

Income and spending

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