WEAVERS, FULLERS AND SHEARMEN CHARITIES LIMITED

Registered charity 1052124 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TUCKERS HALL

To relieve in cases of need or hardship persons who are resident in the county of Devon.

Objects

2.1 The Objects of the Charity are:(a) The relief of need hardship and distress of people who are resident in Devon;(b) The education and relief of young people in Devon whose social and economic circumstances would otherwise prevent them for undertaking education or gaining employment; (c) The provision of awards, allowances and grants to enable young people in Devon to undertake education or training; and(d) To provide either financial assistance towards accommodation costs or to provide or assist in the provision of accommodation for the benefit of people who are apprentices and/or trainees employed in the Greater Exeter area, to enable such persons to pursue such apprenticeships or training in circumstances where they would otherwise not be able to do so as a result of being unable to afford suitable accommodation within that area. (e) To further the religious and other charitable work of the Christian churches of any denomination in Devon by meeting the expenses of such work, costs of employment and maintenance of buildings and facilities, and to relieve financial hardship of Ministers or retired Ministers who have served in such churches.

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF DEVON

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £13,253, which is below its stated policy target of approximately £15,000. Despite this shortfall in free reserves, the total net assets are £385,729, largely comprised of investment property valued at £649,976, and the trustees consider these resources sufficient to meet unexpected repair costs.

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 5 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £270k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Brookes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julian Tagg · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicholas Hole · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicholas Simon Sprague · trustee of 2 other charities
• Richard Marsh · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Salisbury · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WEAVERS' COMPANY BENEVOLENT FUND.

• THE WEAVERS' COMPANY BENEVOLENT FUND income £703k
• FRIENDS OF WCR income £49k
• MUNICIPAL CHARITIES OF DOVER income £481k
• WEST DEVON COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SERVICES income £309k
• DEVIZES ASSIZE COURT TRUST income £59k
• WIGAN AND LEIGH COMMUNITY CHARITY income £275k

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