JOSEPH WILLIAMSON SOCIETY

Registered charity 1062091 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WILLIAMSON TUNNELS HERITAGE CENTRE

To advance the education of the public in the life and philanthropic achievements of Joseph Williamson and to restore and preserve his complex of tunnels for the access and enjoyment of the public.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LIFE AND PHILANTHROPIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF JOSEPH WILLIAMSON AND TO RESTORE AND PRESERVE THE TUNNELS AND BUILDINGS CREATED BY JOSEPH WILLIAMSON FOR THE ACCESS AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £150,175 to £143,494 due to a net expenditure of £6,681. The trustees acknowledge that the charity had no reserves after allowing for tangible assets and relies on continued financial support from lenders to operate for the foreseeable future.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/01/2024 (received 05/04/2025, 126 days after the 30/11/2024 due date); year ending 31/01/2023 (received 05/01/2024, 36 days after the 30/11/2023 due date); year ending 31/01/2022 (received 13/01/2023, 44 days after the 30/11/2022 due date); year ending 31/01/2021 (received 18/03/2022, 108 days after the 30/11/2021 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03231164 · Financial health read from its filings
• Trading subsidiary: JWS TRADING LIMITED Companies House 03995703 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• JONES, Bernard Ivor — director, appointed 15/10/1997on trustee list
• WALKER, Anton Christopher — director, appointed 30/07/1996on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BERNARD IVOR JONESchair
• ANTON CHRISTOPHER WALKER

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST.

• SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST income £187k
• JAMES WILLIAMS TRUST income £46k
• WILSON'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION CIO income £341k
• THE WILLIAM JOHNSTON TRUST FUND income £32k
• JOHANSSON FAMILY FOUNDATION LIMITED income £843k
• JACK LIVINGSTONE CHARITABLE TRUST income £58k

Side by side with its peers

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