WASTESAVERS CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED
Registered charity 1116150 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Wastesavers Charitable Trust Limited operates three community projects in Newport:Education - schools, community groups on and off siteCommunity Furniture Shop - collects and distributes household itemsTraining - excluded young people from schools
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the group reported a consolidated deficit of £236,768 for the year, driven by a loss in charitable activities offset by a profit in its trading subsidiary. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,442,613, which is below the stated policy target of £1,410k (noted as £913k in the narrative but £1,442,613 in the balance sheet; the narrative explicitly states the balance was £913k against a policy of £1,410k). The trustees consider the charity a going concern, citing sufficient reserves and multiple income streams.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £1.4m)
“It is our policy to put aside the equivalent of three months wages for the group. This is currently set at £1,410k” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Roger Ayres, a trustee, is director of A-Print and Design Limited. The group purchased printing supplies totalling £Nil from this company.
“Roger Ayres, a trustee of Wastesavers Charitable Trust Limited, is also director of a printing company called A-Print and Design Limited. During the year Wastesavers Charitable Trust Limited (group) purchased printing supplies totalling £Nil” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
WASTESAVERS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Turnover: £6.2m
- Profit before tax: £37k
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- David Mayer — Chairman (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
- AMOEDO, Mirna — director, appointed 14/05/2026on trustee list
- SMILLIE, Ella Anne — director, appointed 23/04/2026not on trustee list
- LYNBECK, Robert — director, appointed 20/08/2024on trustee list
- PRICE, Sue — director, appointed 15/06/2023on trustee list
- PEAKE, Nicola Jane — director, appointed 05/04/2023on trustee list
- ESPOSITO, Mark — director, appointed 20/09/2018on trustee list
- WYNN, Caroline Jane — director, appointed 16/11/2017on trustee list
- CASLEY, Leonard John — director, appointed 25/08/2017on trustee list
- AYRES, Roger John — director, appointed 10/12/2007on trustee list
- MAYER, David Julian, Councillor — director, appointed 07/01/2005on trustee list
- QURESHI, Rafia — secretary, appointed 17/09/2026
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £36k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- DAVID MAYERchair
- Caroline Wynn
- Eleanor Smillie
- Leonard Casley
- Mark Esposito
- Mirna Amoedo
- Nicola Peake
- ROGER AYRES
- Robert Lynbeck · trustee of 1 other charity
- Sue Price
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Newport City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WASTESAVERS CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group reported a consolidated deficit of £236,768 for the year, driven by a loss in charitable activities offset by a profit in its trading subsidiary. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,442,613, which is below the stated policy target of £1,410k (noted as £913k in the narrative but £1,442,613 in the balance sheet; the narrative explicitly states the balance was £913k against a policy of £1,410k). The trustees consider the charity a going concern, citing sufficient reserves and multiple income streams. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited.
Who funds WASTESAVERS CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WASTESAVERS CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUST.
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