THE WAYLAND PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1081310 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WAYLAND PARTNERSHIP

The Wayland Partnership comprises the Market Town of Watton, its hinterland of 13 parishes and key community organisations such as the Chamber of Commerce, the Youth Council, the Tourism Association etc. The Partnership exists to promote the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of the Wayland area.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WAYLAND (WAYLAND COMPRISING THE PARISH OF WATTON AND NEIGHBOURING PARISHES AND IN THESE OBJECTS IS CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT"): (1) TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. (2) TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT. (3) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE INTENDED. (4) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING. (5) TO IMPROVE AND BEAUTIFY THE TOWN OF WATTON AND SUCH OTHER PLACES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE CHARITY MAY DECIDE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT PROVIDED THAT IN SO DOING THE CHARITY SHALL NOT RELIEVE ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER BODY OF ITS STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS. (6) TO PROVIDE AND TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT OF HOUSING, TRANSPORT AND OTHER SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEED OF THEM PROVIDED THAT IN SO DOING THE CHARITY SHALL NOT RELIEVE ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER BODY OF ITS STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS IN PROVIDING SUCH SERVICES. (7) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE CHARITY MAY DECIDE.

Area of benefit: WAYLAND (COMPRISING THE PARISH OF WATTON AND NEIGHBOURING PARISHES)

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£50k
Latest spending
£57k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity actively seeks grants and receives financial support from local councils and partners to monitor rising running costs. It holds a finite custodian fund and ring-fenced savings for specific initiatives, indicating a reliance on external funding and careful cash flow management.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Wayland Partnership Development Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£50k£57k
05/04/2024£51k£58k
05/04/2023£57k£62k
05/04/2022£39k£60k
05/04/2021£66k£53k

Common questions

Is THE WAYLAND PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity actively seeks grants and receives financial support from local councils and partners to monitor rising running costs. It holds a finite custodian fund and ring-fenced savings for specific initiatives, indicating a reliance on external funding and careful cash flow management.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/09/2024£20kWayland House
The National Lottery Community Fund25/03/2021£10kDragonfly Reborn
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/06/2014£10k"World War One in Wayland"
The National Lottery Community Fund15/09/2011£8kSkills Our Grandparents Knew
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/09/2008£124k"Capturing Our Wayland Heritage"
The National Lottery Community Fund22/02/2008£5kThe Wayland ICT Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund14/07/2004£112kDevelopment of social inclusion programme
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/06/2002£19k"WAYLAND CHURCH TOURS PROJECT"