WARWICKSHIRE RURAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Registered charity 1081017 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)
WRCC has many contacts in communities. Our ethos is to build the capacity of local communities, whilst ensuring that rural community life is protected and enhanced. Our staff work with communities in a number of ways, ranging from advising village hall committees to promoting sustainable rural economic development to enabling effective consultation with rural communities
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £136,103 for the year ended 31 March 2024, resulting in total funds decreasing from £307,555 to £171,452. The trustees' report notes that the new Community Food Fleet service started in August 2023 and is expected to become self-sustaining by 2026. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Provision of services
“Provision of services 124,615 779,876 904,491 670,428” — page 11
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £15k)
“The Board of Trustees have resolved that WRCC will aim to hold the equivalent of 3-month's operating costs in reserve.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Cooper Adams Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Insolvency history (Companies House)
The charity’s company has insolvency history on the Companies House record (company status: liquidation).
creditors-voluntary-liquidation — 2025-12-22
Corporate structure
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.
- PRINCE, Geoffrey John — director, appointed 10/11/2022on trustee list
- PARROTT, Colin David — director, appointed 08/06/2022on trustee list
- WEAVER, Rosemary — director, appointed 09/05/2018not on trustee list
- RIGBY, David Michael Antony — director, appointed 10/01/2017on trustee list
- HARVEY, Derek Sydney — director, appointed 03/02/2016on trustee list
Official officers record.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£14k
Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Rosie Weaverchair
- Colin David Parrott · trustee of 1 other charity
- David Michael Anthony Rigby
- Derek Sydney Harvey
- Geoffrey John Prince
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Solihull · Walsall · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WARWICKSHIRE RURAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £136,103 for the year ended 31 March 2024, resulting in total funds decreasing from £307,555 to £171,452. The trustees' report notes that the new Community Food Fleet service started in August 2023 and is expected to become self-sustaining by 2026. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Cooper Adams Ltd.
Who funds WARWICKSHIRE RURAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WARWICKSHIRE RURAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL as a grant recipient include THE INMAN CHARITY.
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