WANDSWORTH CARE ALLIANCE

Registered charity 1110178 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WCA

Supporting the service user and community voice in health and social care in Wandsworth and supporting their involvement in shaping these services.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£971k
Latest spending
£948k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £58,563 for the year ended 31st March 2024, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £380,912. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of operation (held: £381k)
“The Board decided to increase the minimum target reserves level in respect of liquidity/cash flow to allow for an increase in operating costs and considered that the appropriate target range for March 2024 should be from £193,000 to £417,500, relating to a range of 3 to 6 months of operation” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income
£971k
Total spending
£948k
Reserves (reported)
£405k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£971k£948k
31/03/2024£635k£576k
31/03/2023£581k£521k
31/03/2022£512k£467k
31/03/2021£485k£435k

Common questions

Is WANDSWORTH CARE ALLIANCE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £58,563 for the year ended 31st March 2024, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £380,912. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation19/12/2022£128kGrant to Wandsworth Care Alliance

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WANDSWORTH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WANDSWORTH CARE ALLIANCE£971k——within—no doubt
WANDSWORTH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LIMITED FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt
AGE CONCERN WANDSWORTH FY2025£1.8m£120,001 - £130,0001unclear—no doubt
HOME-START WANDSWORTH LIMITED FY2025£373k—0within—no doubt
WANDSWORTH BEREAVEMENT SERVICE FY2025£211k—0below—no doubt
WANDSWORTH COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.