FRIENDS OF WOODLANDS

Registered charity 1037022 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Arranging on site social activities for childrenFundraising for specialist equipment for use by Woodlands School.Subsidising school trips

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE THE CATCHMENT AREA OF THE SCHOOL

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Plymouth, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£32k
Latest spending
£8k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts for the period were £31,786 against total payments of £8,378, resulting in a net increase in funds. The charity holds unrestricted cash funds of £12,216 and restricted cash funds of £39,311 at the end of the period. The filing is a CC16a form signed by trustees, indicating an independent examination rather than a full audit.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 04/01/2026

  • Volunteers: 12

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 04/01/2025

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £950 — grants £950 (2); 5% of the £20,160 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 04/01/2024

  • Volunteers: 12

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 04/01/2022 (received 05/01/2023, 62 days after the 04/11/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of Woodlands School (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Plymouth City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
04/01/2026£32k£8k
04/01/2025£20k£15k
04/01/2024£12k£5k
04/01/2023£5k£2k
04/01/2022£2k£6k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF WOODLANDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that total receipts for the period were £31,786 against total payments of £8,378, resulting in a net increase in funds. The charity holds unrestricted cash funds of £12,216 and restricted cash funds of £39,311 at the end of the period. The filing is a CC16a form signed by trustees, indicating an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
GO PURPLE LIMITED1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF WORPLESDON SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FRIENDS OF WOODLANDS£32k——unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF WORPLESDON SCHOOL FY2025£21k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF WOODLANDS MEED FY2025£28k——unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF THE FREE SCHOOL FY2024£20k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WOODLANDS FARM TRUST FY2025£234k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF FREEMANTLES FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.