ALTON COMMUNITY CARE

Registered charity 275617 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALTON CARE, CARE CARS

We provide transport to doctor/dentist/medical/hospital for the needy in our community.

Objects

TO RELIEVE IN CASES OF NEED PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED OR INFIRM.

Area of benefit: ALTON AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for Alton Community Care show an excess of income over expenditure of £14,581 for the year ended 31st March 2025. The charity holds unrestricted funds totaling £63,348, derived from cash, deposits, and investment funds. An independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention that would suggest non-compliance with the Charities Act 2011.

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 4 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

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

• Lions Club International — “Members of Alton Community Care receiving a Certificate of Appreciation from the Lions Club International in August 2021 “in recognition of …” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Peter Richard Andrew Hindechair
• Gwyneth Rhian Little
• Jean-Marc William Olivier
• Pauline Hedd Bacon
• Peter Bacon
• Stephen John Mather
• Stephen Thompson

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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