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Assist Teignbridge

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1154936DawlishGrant-making and general purposes
Income£212k2025-03-31
Spending£244ksame year
Spent / received105%5-year average
Size in its cause87th pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered2013CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Assist Teignbridge is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dawlish. It was registered in December 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Assist Teignbridge reported income of £212k and spending of £244k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £221k to £212k (-3.9%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Assist Teignbridge sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ashby de LA Zouch and District Agricultural Society Ltd (£212k), St Andrews Church Centre Ealing (£212k) and The Adint Charitable Trust (£212k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£63k£127k£190k£253k2021 Income: £220,7362021 Spending: £208,57720212022 Income: £253,2002022 Spending: £246,12020222023 Income: £204,4822023 Spending: £216,34120232024 Income: £185,4442024 Spending: £214,03720242025 Income: £212,1662025 Spending: £243,9992025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The charity was formed to continue the activities of Dawlish & East Teignbridge Volunteer Bureau (Charity no. 1051265) in the Teignbridge area. It runs a Volunteer Centre, a sitting service, a nail trimming service, a home help service. It also offers a range of free community support services such as befriending, gardening, & enabling, and help identifying and accessing welfare benefits.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Ashby de LA Zouch and District Agricultural Society LtdSwadlincote£212k
St Andrews Church Centre EalingLondon£212k
The Adint Charitable TrustGloucestershire£212k
The Colchester and Tendring Community TrustColchester£213k