WERNETH AND FREEHOLD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Registered charity 1035594 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WERNETH PROJECT

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Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£435k

Latest spending

£392k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income surplus of £46,159 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total gross income of £438,357. Unrestricted general funds stood at £169,802, which the trustees confirmed met their reserves policy target of retaining three to six months' running costs. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no material matters identified by the examiner.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (76% of income)

“Charitable activities 5 103,632 331,503 435,135 407,678” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three to six months of running costs (held: £170k)

“The Trustees have reviewed the organisation’s need for reserves and consider that a minimum of three month’s running costs, aiming to six months should be retained in general funds.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

KAREN WHITWORTH
LINDA NUTTALL · trustee of 1 other charity
Margaret Anne Parrett · trustee of 1 other charity
Rachel Graham
STEPHANIE JANE GILL
Shazad Khadim
TINA GRAHAM

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

Operates in: Oldham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£435k	£392k
31/03/2024	£408k	£399k
31/03/2023	£332k	£315k
31/03/2022	£335k	£192k
31/03/2021	£329k	£229k

Common questions

Is WERNETH AND FREEHOLD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net income surplus of £46,159 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total gross income of £438,357. Unrestricted general funds stood at £169,802, which the trustees confirmed met their reserves policy target of retaining three to six months' running costs. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no material matters identified by the examiner. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	17/07/2020	£29k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/01/2017	£7k	Panda Play and Stay