THE WELL COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Registered charity 1116491 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charities activities are based in and around Bassetlaw and currently encompass the following:-1:- The relief of poverty 2:- The relief of sickness and promotion of good health 3:- The advancement of education 4:- General support for families and the community5:- The care of the elderly

Objects

(3.1) URBAN/RURAL REGENERATIONTHE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR IN RETFORD, BASSETLAW AND ITS SURROUNDING COUNTIES) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) THE RELIEF OF THE SICK OR POOR LIVING IN RETFORD, BASSETLAW AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, GOODS OR SERVICES;(B) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT;(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND THOSE EXCLUDED OR AT RISK OF EXCLUSION FROM MAINSTREAM EDUCATION, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;(D) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP: (I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES:(E) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;(F) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE;(G) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME;(H) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIE TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.(3.2) PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH & CARE OF THE ELDERLY(A) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN RETFORD, BASSETLAW AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES;(B) TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORK AND RECREATION;(C) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH (BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL) OF PARENTS, YOUNG PEOPLE, AND CHILDREN AND TO PREVENT THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP CAUSED BY UNWANTED PREGNANCY;(D) TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE IN MATTERS OF SEX AND CONTRACEPTION AND TO DEVELOP AMONGST THEM A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY IN REGARD TO SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR WITH THE AIM OF PREVENTING OR MITIGATING THE SUFFERING CAUSED BY UNWANTED PREGNANCY;(E) TO RELIEVE ELDERLY PEOPLE RESIDENT IN RETFORD, BASSETLAW AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES WHO ARE IN NEED, BY PROVIDING SPECIALLY DESIGNED OR ADAPTED HOUSING, AND ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS;(3.3) GENERAL SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY(A) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OF RETFORD, BASSETLAW AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS, AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;(B) TO PROVIDE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, ASSISTANCE THROUGH TRAINING AND CONCILIATION FOR COUPLES TO HELP STRENGTHEN THEIR RELATIONSHIP, AND WHERE THESE RELATIONSHIPS APPEAR TO BE OR HAVE BROKEN DOWN, TO ADVISE AND HELP IN THE SETTLEMENT OF DIFFERENCES OR POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES OVER ASSOCIATED MATTERS SUCH AS CUSTODY, ACCESS TO CHILDREN, AND FINANCIAL MATTERS.

Area of benefit: IN PARTICULAR IN RETFORD, BASSETLAW AND ITS SURROUNDING COUNTIES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bassetlaw, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£29k
Latest spending
£27k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £7,054 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income of £28,692 and total expenditure of £21,638. Per the trustees' report, the charity held total funds of £29,277 at year-end, comprising £19,045 in unrestricted general funds and £10,232 in restricted funds, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves are held to meet all liabilities of the company (reserves figure: £19k)
“The Directors aim to ensure that sufficient reserves are held to meet all liabilities of the company.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity recharged £6,000 of staffing costs to Retford Baptist Church, relating to Church-employed staff who support the operations and delivery of The Well Community Projects. The charity does not employ staff directly.
“The charity recharged £6,000 of staffing coststo Retford Baptist Church, relating to Church-employed staff who support the operations and delivery of The Well Community Projects. The charity does not employ staff directly.” — page 23
“A further £1,195 was recharged to the Church in respect of administration and operational costs including support for lunch clubs, CAP activities, and general admin/telephone use.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: A further £1,195 was recharged to the Church in respect of administration and operational costs including support for lunch clubs, CAP activities, and general admin/telephone use.
“The charity recharged £6,000 of staffing coststo Retford Baptist Church, relating to Church-employed staff who support the operations and delivery of The Well Community Projects. The charity does not employ staff directly.” — page 23
“A further £1,195 was recharged to the Church in respect of administration and operational costs including support for lunch clubs, CAP activities, and general admin/telephone use.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: A restricted grant of £5,000 was received by Retford Baptist Church from the Garfield Weston Foundation towards CAP services operated by The Well Community Projects. This amount was not yet received by the charity as at the year end and is recognised as a debtor in the charity’s financial statements.
“The charity recharged £6,000 of staffing coststo Retford Baptist Church, relating to Church-employed staff who support the operations and delivery of The Well Community Projects. The charity does not employ staff directly.” — page 23
“A further £1,195 was recharged to the Church in respect of administration and operational costs including support for lunch clubs, CAP activities, and general admin/telephone use.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Volunteers: 32

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Volunteers: 46
  • Government income: £9,000 — grants £9,000 (1); 21% of the £43,419 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£29k£27k
30/06/2024£33k£21k
30/06/2023£43k£38k
30/06/2022£29k£29k
30/06/2021£24k£29k

Common questions

Is THE WELL COMMUNITY PROJECTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £7,054 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income of £28,692 and total expenditure of £21,638. Per the trustees' report, the charity held total funds of £29,277 at year-end, comprising £19,045 in unrestricted general funds and £10,232 in restricted funds, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE WELL COMMUNITY PROJECTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE WELL COMMUNITY PROJECTS as a grant recipient include RETFORD BAPTIST CHURCH.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
RETFORD BAPTIST CHURCHFY2021£14kGeneral
RETFORD BAPTIST CHURCHFY2022£14k
RETFORD BAPTIST CHURCHFY2023£2kRelated party transaction/Community support

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government23/03/2022£25kArts Council National Lottery Project Grants
The National Lottery Community Fund22/01/2010£6kThe Well Community Lunch Clubs

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITIES FOOD & WELLBEING HUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE WELL COMMUNITY PROJECTS£29k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITIES FOOD & WELLBEING HUB FY2025£156k——unclear—no doubt
MAKE A WELL CHARITY FY2025£85k—0unclear—no doubt
SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES FY2025£176k—0unclear—no doubt
ST OSWALD'S WEST END CENTRE FY2025£136k—0within—no doubt
WEST STREET CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2025£307k—0unclear—no doubt

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