Registered charity · Newton Abbot
The Meadowside Charity Newton Abbot and District
- 5 trustees
- Income £702k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- Devon
- Website
- www.meadowsidecharity.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Meadowside Charity Newton Abbot and District
- Registered
- 1972
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£702k£711k
- 2024£697k£641k
- 2023£917k£838k
Earlier years
- 2021£499k£488k
- 2020£497k£466k
Income trend, 2020 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 98%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS, AND TO PREVENT LEARNING DISABILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO ADVANCE RELIGION AMONGST PERSONS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY; AND(B) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE
Grants received
1 grant · £24,000 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
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £24,000
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Lynn Mcelheron Chair since 2012
- Helen Hilditch since 2025
- James Caffrey since 2024
- Jill Howard since 2023
- Martin Paul Smith since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Lynn Mcelheron Chair since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Lynn Mcelheron Chair since 2012
- Helen Hilditch since 2025
- James Caffrey since 2024
- Jill Howard since 2023
- Martin Paul Smith since 2020
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
6.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.0 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 264364
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16/05/1972AS AMENDED ON 06/05/1982AS AMENDED ON 07/04/2007AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 18/07/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 08709411 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01626363243 · accounts@meadowsidecharity.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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