WORCESTER WHEELS

Registered charity 1060980 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WORCESTER VOLUNTEER CENTRE

Voluntary work in social services, particularly community transport, and similar charitable activities.

Objects

The charity's objects ("Objects") are specifically restricted to the following:(a) to promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the City of Worcester district and its neighbourhood (hereinafter called "the area of benefit") and, in particular, the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness;(b) to provide transport facilities in the area of benefit for people who have special need of such facilities because have mobility impairments, they are elderly, poor or disabled, children, people with young children or those living in isolated areas where there are no adequate public transport facilities.

Area of benefit: WORCESTER CITY AND ENVIRONS

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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Registered contact address: Worcester, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £930,523 from £717,998 in the prior year, while total expenditure rose to £921,015 from £667,260. The charity held unrestricted funds of £293,330 at year-end, with £160,861 available for general use after deducting tangible fixed assets. The trustees report a reasonable expectation of continuing in operational existence with no material uncertainties.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (74% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Preece
• Graham Dennis Heath · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jason Hogg
• John Irvine
• LINDA SUSAN MACCALL
• Richard Auger
• Tim Organ

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YORK WHEELS LIMITED.

• YORK WHEELS LIMITED income £91k
• WETHERAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO income £79k
• HALESWORTH VOLUNTEER CENTRE income £112k
• THE WELLAND CHARITABLE TRUST income £363k
• WINSTON'S WHEELS CHARITY income £146k
• STEPPINGSTONES CHARITY income £77k

Side by side with its peers

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