WATFORD AND THREE RIVERS TRUST

Registered charity 1085518 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WATFORD COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Strengthening Watford's voluntary sector through leadership, support, advice and example.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE BOROUGH OF WATFORD OR THE DISTRICT OF THREE RIVERS OR THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF WATFORD OR THE DISTRICT OF THREE RIVERS OR THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit on the year of £53,620, resulting in a decrease in net assets to £985,176. Despite this deficit, the Trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with unrestricted reserves held at £729,025. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gowers Limited. 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
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 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 (91% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Syd Nadimchair
• Aga Dychton
• David Rees
• Deborah Keeping
• Harjit Singh Grewal DL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kara Mesiano
• MOHAMMAD KHALEEL CHOWDHREE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rachel Fowler
• Simon Alexander Mitchell
• Stephen McNicholas
• Visuwanathan Easwarakumar

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WATFORD AND THREE RIVERS REFUGEE PARTNERSHIP.

• WATFORD AND THREE RIVERS REFUGEE PARTNERSHIP income £135k
• WATFORD WOMEN'S CENTRE income £575k
• THE WATFORD FULLER FOUNDATION income £170k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, WATFORD income £349k
• WATFORD FC'S COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION TRUST income £3.0m
• WATFORD FOODBANK AND COMMUNITY RELIEF TRUST income £814k

Side by side with its peers

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