WALTON FIRS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1113830 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To hold, improve & maintain the Walton Firs Activity Centre in Cobham, Surrey, for the use, education & enjoyment of continuing generations of young people. In operating the Activity Centre the intention is to provide outdoor, educational and training activity facilities for all groups of young people.

Objects

TO ACQUIRE, HOLD, IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY AMOUNTING TO APPROXIMATELY 27 ACRES AT COBHAM, SURREY, PRESENTLY KNOWN AND USED AS WALTON FIRS SCOUT CAMP SITE FOR THE USE OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPABILITIES, THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT, TO PROVIDE AT THE WALTON FIRS SITE, A CENTRE FOR MEETINGS AND OTHER FORMS OF LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PERSONS

Area of benefit: COBHAM

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 loss of £24,123 for the year ended 31 January 2025, following a lower than anticipated surplus. The trustees maintain unrestricted reserves at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, which they consider sufficient to ensure continuity in the event of a significant drop in funding.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05695208

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.

• DAY, Raymond Alan — director, appointed 29/04/2024on trustee list
• WEBSTER, Andrew Malcolm — director, appointed 06/07/2022on trustee list
• LEWIS, David John — director, appointed 10/10/2018on trustee list
• MIDDLETON, Benita Anne, Dr — director, appointed 18/06/2015on trustee list
• CARD, Geoffrey Bernard — director, appointed 12/05/2011on trustee list
• WOOLFORD, Robert Percy — director, appointed 02/02/2006on trustee list
• WIGRAM, Julia Margaret Fyers — secretary, appointed 16/05/2013

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% 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: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROBERT PERCY WOOLFORDchair
• Andrew Malcolm Webster
• DAVID JOHN LEWIS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Benita Middleton · trustee of 1 other charity
• GEOFFREY BERNARD CARD
• Raymond Alan Day

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WALTON CENTRE CHARITY.

• THE WALTON CENTRE CHARITY income £676k
• WALTON LEA PARTNERSHIP LIMITED income £912k
• WALTON ON THAMES CHARITY income £3.1m
• THE CHRISTOPHER LAMBERT FOUNDATION income £180k
• WALTON YOUTH & COMMUNITY PROJECT income £173k
• THE COBNOR ACTIVITIES CENTRE TRUST income £877k

Side by side with its peers

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