THE FURZEDOWN PROJECT

Registered charity 1076087 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Furzedown Project is an activities day centre for older people living in South West London. The Project is a community of warm, friendly over sixties who want to meet new people, keep active and learn new skills. We offer a range of activities including art classes, Asian Friendship Group, bingo, computer support, Keep Fit, singing,, summer outings, a drop-in facility and much more.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE RELIEF OF THE ELDERLY (BEING PERSONS WHO ARE PRINCIPALLY SIXTY YEARS OF AGE OR OVER) THE HOUSEBOUND AND THE DISABLED AND THEIR CARERS (KNOWN AS THE BENEFICIARIES) IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH

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: Wandsworth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £120,210 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £330,901. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £116,195, which is below the stated policy target of six months' operating costs. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

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 31/03/2022 (received 01/02/2023, 1 day after the 31/01/2023 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 03662469

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Wimbledon Foundation — “It is supported by The Wimbledon Foundation” (source page)

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.

• BARTHOLOMEW, John — director, appointed 04/11/2025on trustee list
• SUGUNASINGHA, Prasantha — director, appointed 09/10/2024on trustee list
• PICKERING, Jeff — director, appointed 09/10/2024on trustee list
• SAYCE, Liz — director, appointed 20/01/2023not on trustee list
• LOVELAND, Graham Michael — director, appointed 20/01/2023on trustee list
• PEARSON, Susan Muriel — director, appointed 06/10/2021on trustee list
• SHAW, Sandra Elaine — secretary, appointed 15/10/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Graham Michael Loveland
• Jeff Pickering
• John Bartholomew
• Lucy Elizabeth Sayce
• Marion Lesage
• Prasantha Sugunasingha
• Susan Pearson
• Susan Wardrop-Rougeon

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

Operates in: Wandsworth

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FURZEDOWN YOUTH CENTRE LTD.

• THE FURZEDOWN YOUTH CENTRE LTD income £45k
• THE CENTRE PROJECT LIMITED income £286k
• THE THIRD AGE PROJECT income £210k
• CLOSE HOUSE PROJECTS income £181k
• THE FERNDOWN & DISTRICT U3A income £96k
• CHADDLEWOOD FARM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £49k

Side by side with its peers

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