WISBECH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1100674 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OASIS VILLAGE COMUNITY & CHILDRENS CENTRE, THE VILLAGE CHILDREN'S CENTRE

Community facilities provided within the Community Centre

Objects

1 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WISBECH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE THE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.2 TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY

Area of benefit: WISBECH

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £38,979 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,408,302 to £1,369,323. The trustees confirm that the budgeted income and expenditure, combined with the level of reserves, are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern. Unrestricted funds stood at £128,166, which is below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure.

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 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Terry John Jordanchair
• Andrew Houghton
• CHRISTOPHER MARK STEPHEN GOAD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carl Edward Suckling
• Cllr Lucie Clara Foice-Beard
• David Page
• Heather Jane Thirlwell
• James Lee Burton
• Jason Melvyn Hubbard
• Lisa-Jayne Bannister

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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