Registered charity · Newbury
Downland Volunteer Group
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...
- 3 trustees
- Income £33k (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, Disability
- Where
- West Berkshire, Reading, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire
- Website
- www.downlandvolgroup.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Downland Volunteer Group
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£33k£26k
- 2024£39k£102k
- 2023£179k£13k
Earlier years
- 2022£4k£4k
- 2021£4k£3k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 25%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable 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.
Grants received
1 grant · £202 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
- Department for Transport · £202
Most recent
- Department for Transport
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Jean Pocock since 2015
- Joe Clerkin since 2015
- William Gareth Beard since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Jean Pocock since 2015
- Joe Clerkin since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Joe Clerkin since 2015
Portfolio (2)
- Jean Pocock since 2015
- William Gareth Beard since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
- 1112181
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 23 SEPTEMBER 2005 as amended on 19 Jun 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 05572984 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01635578394 · dvg_office@btinternet.com
- 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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