# VILLAGE LINK

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1038012
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 26, 1994
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1038012


## Contact

- **Address:** The Coppice, Upper Castle Combe, Chippenham
- **Postcode:** SN14 7HD
- **Phone:** 01249782684
- **Email:** pmd@dowells.co.uk
- **Website:** www.village-link.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE POOR, SICK, ELDERLY OR DISABLED PERSONS IN THE PARISHES OF ACTON TURVILLE, BADMINTON, BIDDESTONE AND SLAUGHTERFORD, CASTLE COMBE, GRITTLETON, KINGTON ST MICHAEL, LUCKINGTON, NETTLETON, NORTH WRAXALL, AND YATTON KEYNELL; AND IN NEIGHBOURING PARISHES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF THESE COMMUNITIES.

**Activities:** We are a charity in a rural area of Wiltshire. We provide transport to the general public, but mainly the elderly for visits to GP's surgeries, hospitals in three major cities, dentists, vets and residential homes. We also provide a limited service of shopping.

**Area of benefit:** PARISHES OF ACTON TURVILLE, BADMINTON, BIDDESTONE AND SLAUGHTERFORD, CASTLE COMBE, GRITTLETON, KINGTON ST MICHAEL, LUCKINGTON, NETTLETON, NORTH WRAXALL, AND YATTON KEYNELL; AND IN NEIGHBOURING PARISHES.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £8626 | £8716 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £10663 | £8553 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £5536 | £6635 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £4127 | £4683 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £1573 | £772 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Alistair Parker** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 15, 2015
- Anita Parsons — appointed June 1, 2017
- Elizabeth Bannister — appointed May 7, 2019
- JULIA KATHRINE DOWELL — appointed Feb. 9, 2012
- Jill Hollis — appointed Jan. 12, 2015
- Michael Turner — appointed Oct. 27, 2021
- PETER MICHAEL DOWELL — appointed May 13, 2012
- Sue Sunderland — appointed Oct. 27, 2021
- Veronica Anderson — appointed Oct. 27, 2021