The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Elder Tree Limited (Voluntary Visiting Service)

Registered charity 1124248 Registered since 2008

Operates: Plymouth City

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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.

4.8y median 2y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

2
company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 1Property 1

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£935k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.5 in 2021

30 from 29 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
71%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.eldertreeplymouth.co.uk
Emailadmin@eldertreebefriending.co.uk
Phone01752 227447
AddressTresillian Street Centre, 3 Tresillian Street, PLYMOUTH, PL4 0QP

Finances

£935,209 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£703,822£628,465
2022£812,752£719,341
2023£728,355£803,972
2024£819,775£820,521
2025£935,209£877,985

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Services

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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 MAY 2006

Trustees (8)

8trustees
61median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Elder Tree Limited · 05820675 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 17/05/2006

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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