THE WICKHAM MARKET PARTNERSHIP

Registered charity 1096332 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

REGENERATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF LOCAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES IN WICKHAM MARKET AND ITS SURROUNDING HINTERLAND PARISHES

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ( "THE OBJECTS") ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WICKHAM MARKET (WICKHAM MARKET COMPRISING FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS MEMORANDUM AND THESE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION THE PARISH OF WICKHAM MARKET AND NEIGHBOURING PARISHES AND HEREINAFTER 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 ENHANCE THE TOWN OF WICKHAM MARKET 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: THE PARISH OF WICKHAM MARKET AND NEIGHBOURING PARISHES

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 generated an excess of income over expenditure of £6,654 for the year ended 5th April 2025, resulting in a net asset position of £41,621. The trustees report that the charity has sufficient resources to continue its operations, with no material uncertainties identified by the independent examiner.

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 4 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04555122

Funders the charity credits

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

• East Suffolk Council — “– with thanks to East Suffolk Council for their support and grant funding –” (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.

• LEWIS, Raymond — director, appointed 24/02/2020on trustee list
• HOPPS, Joanne — director, appointed 17/06/2019on trustee list
• HERING, George Michael, Mr. — director, appointed 22/11/2016on trustee list
• JENKINSON, Richard John — director, appointed 03/09/2014not on trustee list
• OWENS, Colin Allen — director, appointed 14/07/2010on trustee list
• CAUDWELL, Catherine Jane — director, appointed 25/07/2006not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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

• COLIN ALLEN OWENS
• Dick Jenkinson
• George Michael Hering
• Joanne Hopps
• MRS CATH CAUDWELL
• Raymond Lewis

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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