Registered charity · Devon
Karing
- 4 trustees
- Income £61k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Torbay, Devon
- Website
- www.karing.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£61k£79k
- 2024£75k£83k
- 2023£67k£73k
Earlier years
- 2022£56k£67k
- 2021£69k£58k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 28%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS RESIDING IN TORBAY BY:A. THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTHB. THE RELIEF OF THE ELDERLY IN NEEDC. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESSD. THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES AIMED AT IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE IN NEED OF SUCH BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCE
Grants received
1 grant · £5,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Devon Community Foundation · £5,000
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
4 trustees on the board
- Dr Andrew David Thornton since 2013
- Dr Bethany Beddoes since 2019
- Dr Virginia Cunliffe since 2019
- Timothy Whiscombe since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Andrew David Thornton since 2013
- Dr Bethany Beddoes since 2019
- Dr Virginia Cunliffe since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Dr Andrew David Thornton since 2013
Portfolio (3)
- Dr Bethany Beddoes since 2019
- Dr Virginia Cunliffe since 2019
- Timothy Whiscombe since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1023879
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 31ST MARCH 1993AS AMENDED ON 02 NOV 2016
- Contact on the register
- 01803 524799 · office@karing.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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