WETHERAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO

Registered charity 1112142 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WCA, WETHERAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED

The Charity's main activities revolve around organising community based fund raising events to generate funds to build a new community facility.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WETHERAL AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TOGETHER DEFINED BY THE ELECTORAL ROLE OF THE WETHERAL PARISH COUNCIL THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS;(B) TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND PLAYING FIELD (TOGETHER REFERRED TO AS THE COMMUNITY CENTRE) TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE SUCH COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF ACTIVITIES BY THE CHARITY AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTIVES.(C) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Area of benefit: WETHERAL AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, CUMBRIA

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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Latest income
£79k
Latest spending
£40k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £1,000,068, with unrestricted reserves at £792,224 and restricted funds at £207,844. The charity reported a net income of £38,099 for the year, driven by charitable activities and investment income, while total charitable expenditure was £40,484. The trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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.

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£79k£40k
31/08/2024£74k£50k
31/08/2023£64k£40k
31/08/2022£60k£32k
31/08/2021£59k£30k

Common questions

Is WETHERAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £1,000,068, with unrestricted reserves at £792,224 and restricted funds at £207,844. The charity reported a net income of £38,099 for the year, driven by charitable activities and investment income, while total charitable expenditure was £40,484. The trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/04/2014£10kFurniture for a new village hall
The National Lottery Community Fund06/05/2010£10kWetheral Community Centre - Feasibility Study
Northern Rock Foundation02/06/2005£14kGrant awarded to Wetheral Community Association (Cumbria)