THE DOWNTON LINK SCHEME

Charity Number: 1075805
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Provide transport for our less able clients to take them to hospital appointments and doctors surgery. We also take them shopping, to stroke clubs, hairdressers and dentists. These trips are carried out with our team of volunteer drivers. We also have a caring arm of Downton Link mainly befriending our clients who have lost their love ones or are lonely

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £11,456
Total expenditure: £11,020

People

9 Trustee(s)

36 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Wiltshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 03 June 1999: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • DOWNTON LINK (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
John Matthews Chair 10 March 2016
None on record
Heather Ahern Trustee 16 October 2024
None on record
Deborah Helen Saunders Trustee 16 February 2024
None on record
Martin Alan Peter Nutbeam Trustee 08 March 2023
None on record
Lynda Maureen Briers Trustee 08 March 2023
None on record
Philip Rogers Trustee 18 November 2022
None on record
Keith Shepherd Trustee 18 December 2020
None on record
LINDA CHRISTINE RICKETTS Trustee 03 November 2016
None on record
Peter Stanley Bishop Trustee 16 July 2013
PARISH HALL
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2020 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £7.39k £3.70k £9.70k £13.04k £11.46k
Total expenditure £8.24k £3.49k £7.83k £13.23k £11.02k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2024 20 March 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2023 08 April 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 August 2022 09 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 August 2021 15 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 August 2020 31 December 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2020 Not Required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 28 APRIL 1999 AS AMENDED BY A FURTHER CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 12 JULY 2001.AS AMENDED 30 OCTOBER 2008.

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE POOR, SICK, ELDERLY OR DISABLED PERSONS IN THE AREAS OF CHARLTON-ALL-SAINTS, DOWNTON, WOODFALLS, REDLYNCH, LOVER, MORGANS VALE, HALE AND WOODGREEN, AND BREAMORE BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORT AND BEFRIENDING SERVICES,CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

CHARLTON-ALL-SAINTS, DOWNTON, WOODFALLS REDLYNCH, MORGANS VALE, HALE , WOODGREEN, LOVER AND BREAMORE

Contact information

Address:
The Willows
Whiteshoot
Redlynch
SALISBURY
SP5 2PR
Phone:
01725513807
Email:
secretary@downtonlink.org.uk
Website:

No information available