WOOLWELL COMMUNITY RESOURCE TRUST

Registered charity 1071238 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the benefits of the inhabitants of Woolwell and the neighbourhood; to bring together the said inhabitants and the local authorities; voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life and in particular to maint

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WOOLWELL AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, TOGETHER DEFINED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA OF THE PARISH OF BICKLEIGH, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS, AND IN PARTICULAR TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY).FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CR FILE

Area of benefit: WOOLWELL AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, TOGETHER DEFINED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA OF THE PARISH OF BICKLEIGH.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a net loss of £30,649 for the year, with unrestricted reserves falling to £64,177, which is below the stated policy target of £180,000. Despite these challenges and falling income from core business areas, the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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)

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (81% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Geoffrey Pithousechair
• Andrew John Clarke
• Paul Steven Blight

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOOLWICH SERVICE USERS PROJECT.

• WOOLWICH SERVICE USERS PROJECT income £185k
• WICKSTEED CHARITABLE TRUST income £4.4m
• THE WEST END COMMUNITY TRUST income £45k
• BARWELL SPORTS TRUST income £56k
• WHITEHAVEN COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED income £916k
• SAMUEL WALLACE SMEDLEY TRUST income £503k

Side by side with its peers

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