Registered charity · Plymouth
The Elder Tree Limited (Voluntary Visiting Service)
- 8 trustees
- Income £935k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Plymouth City
- Website
- www.eldertreeplymouth.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Elder Tree Limited
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£935k£878k
- 2024£820k£821k
- 2023£728k£804k
Earlier years
- 2022£813k£719k
- 2021£704k£628k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 71% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE ELDERLY PEOPLE RESIDENT IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF ST PETER AND WATER FRONT, SUTTON AND MOUNT GOULD, DRAKE PEVERELL, EFFORD AND GREENBANK, PARTS OF LAIRA, PLYMPTON, PLYMSTOCK AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. WHO ARE SICK, HOUSEBOUND, ISOLATED AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES BY PROVIDING SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS.
Grants received
11 grants · £630,777 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £511,398 (7 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £60,035 (3 grants)
- Rank Foundation · £59,344
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Irene Elizabeth Tonkin Chair
- Ann Elizabeth Harris since 2016
- Diane Mary Gavin
- Dr Amanda Jane Harry since 2024
- Jane Pawson since 2016
- Joanne Beniston since 2024
- Paula Williams since 2026
- Sally Anne Parkes
Trustees past 6 years
- Ann Elizabeth Harris since 2016
- Jane Pawson since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Irene Elizabeth Tonkin Chair
- Ann Elizabeth Harris since 2016
- Diane Mary Gavin
- Dr Amanda Jane Harry since 2024
- Jane Pawson since 2016
- Joanne Beniston since 2024
- Paula Williams since 2026
- Sally Anne Parkes
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.
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
4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1124248
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 MAY 2006
- Companies House
- Company number 05820675 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01752 227447 · admin@eldertreebefriending.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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