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Downland Volunteer Group

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1112181
Status
Registered
Registered
Nov. 21, 2005
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Downland Areas

Address

Address
The Surgery
High Street
Compton
NEWBURY
RG20 6NJ

Activities

We provide transport for persons in the Downland areas of West Berkshire who are elderly, sick or disabled or who are otherwise in need. We take people to Hospitals, Doctors' Surgeries, Dentists, Opticians, to social meetings and to anywhere else that may be appropriate.

Objects: The objects of the charity are to promote charitable purposes for the general benefit of such inhabitants of the villages of the Berkshire Downs and surrounding area as the trustees think fit with particular focus on (but not limited to) providing volunteers and transport facilities to:(a) the elderly, sick, disabled or otherwise in need to enable them to attend appointments, events, gatherings, social occasions and other recreational and leisure activities; (b) children to attend sports events or other recreational, leisure or educational activities; and(c) people otherwise in need due to there being no adequate public transport facilities to attend appointments, events, gatherings, social occasions and other educational, recreational and leisure activities.

Classification

How
Provides Human Resources, Provides Services
What
General Charitable Purposes, Disability
Who
Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Oxfordshire, Reading, West Berkshire, Wiltshire

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £32,693 £25,889
March 31, 2024 £38,633 £102,362
March 31, 2023 £179,282 £13,139
March 31, 2022 £3,542 £3,703
March 31, 2021 £4,046 £3,251

Trustees

Name Appointed
Jean Pocock Oct. 7, 2015
Joe Clerkin Oct. 7, 2015
William Gareth Beard May 17, 2022