BOURNE ARTS AND COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1079939 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WAKE HOUSE

Wake House Arts and Community Trust, manages on behalf of the local Community Wake House which is a Grade 2 Listed building in the Centre of Bourne.Once the Home of the Couturier Charles Worth, Wake House is now home to over 40 Arts, Community and Educational Organisations which provide a range of Cultural,Educational & Support services for the population of Bourne and the surrounding villages.

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Latest income
£145k
Latest spending
£87k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operational deficit of £8,941 in unrestricted funds for the year ended 30 April 2025, a significant improvement on the previous year's deficit. Unrestricted reserves stood at £95,766, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of six months' operational expenditure. The charity remains solvent with total net assets of £162,599 and is not dependent on external funding for its immediate going concern status.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of the building operational expenditure (held: £96k)
the Trust will seek to maintain cash reserves that are sufficient to fund six months of the building operational expenditure — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£145k£87k
30/04/2024£63k£79k
30/04/2023£67k£90k
30/04/2022£64k£56k
30/04/2021£50k£46k

Common questions

Is BOURNE ARTS AND COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operational deficit of £8,941 in unrestricted funds for the year ended 30 April 2025, a significant improvement on the previous year's deficit. Unrestricted reserves stood at £95,766, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of six months' operational expenditure. The charity remains solvent with total net assets of £162,599 and is not dependent on external funding for its immediate going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/09/2024£140k"“Celebrating 200 Years of Worth”"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/06/2021£32k"Connecting Communities at Wake House"

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BOURNE ARTS AND COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED£145k0aboveno doubt
BOURNE UNITED CHARITIES FY2024£1.4m0unclearno doubt
THE HEPWORTH WAKEFIELD FY2025£4.2m£100,001 - £110,000unclearno doubt
WARE ARTS CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£229k0aboveno doubt
WAKEFIELD THEATRE TRUST FY2025£2.4m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear5.8%no doubt
SHERBORNE HOUSE TRUST 2018 FY2025£5.6m£70,001 - £80,0001unclearno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.