WORMWOOD SCRUBS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1033705 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust seeks to encourage sporting and recreational use of Wormwood Scrubs through the provision and maintenance of an environment that is conducive to its objective.In addition to supporting the recreational activities provided by the Council through the Linford Christie stadium, the Trust's main activity relates to the maintenance of the scrubs itself.

Objects

FOR RECREATIONAL USE AS SET OUT IN THE WORMWOOD SCRUBS ACT 1879.

Area of benefit: WORMWOOD SCRUBS AND WEST LONDON.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a surplus of £713,601 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £2,846,742. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~41.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hammersmith And Fulham

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WORMWOOD SCRUBS PONY CENTRE.

• WORMWOOD SCRUBS PONY CENTRE income £309k
• STOKE SUB HAMDON SPORTS AND RECREATION TRUST income £85k
• WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM TRUST income £1.4m
• WOLVERTON LEISURE TRUST income £2.1m
• LONDON YOUTH SPORTS TRUST LIMITED income £199k
• THE WORGAN TRUST income £205k

Side by side with its peers

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