WOTTON COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1121349 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity has a lease on 38 acres of land on the outskirts of Wotton-under-Edge. Detailed planning permission has been granted for the development of a multi-sport/recreational complex on the site. The trustees are seeking funds to meet the projected costs of the proposed development.

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Latest income
£229k
Latest spending
£191k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £136,532 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total net assets increasing to £2,215,079. However, the trustees' report notes that the sinking fund for upcoming pitch refurbishments remains significantly underfunded, presenting a financial challenge for the future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
The only counter to this is the fact that even with increasing income from our joint venture partnership our Sinking Fund remains significantly underfunded for the upcoming refurbishment work to the all-weather pitches being less than five years away, this will be a challenge for us going forward. — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wotton Community PARC (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titlesin England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£229k£191k
31/03/2024£147k£148k
31/03/2023£101k£123k
31/03/2022£180k£83k
31/03/2021£277k£168k

Common questions

Is WOTTON COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £136,532 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total net assets increasing to £2,215,079. However, the trustees' report notes that the sinking fund for upcoming pitch refurbishments remains significantly underfunded, presenting a financial challenge for the future.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund02/02/2024£11kNew footbridge
Sport England16/06/2020£4kCOVID-19 CEF
Sport England01/08/2016£3kWotton-under-Edge Parkrun

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
NFL FOUNDATION UK1£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WATTON SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WOTTON COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION£229k0unclearnoted
WATTON SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL CENTRE FY2025£132k0unclearno doubt
WOTTON ARTS PROJECT FY2025£102k0unclearno doubt
THE SHIPTON-UNDER-WYCHWOOD RECREATION FIELD AND VILLAGE HALL CHARITY FY2024£104k0unclearno doubt
Salford City FC Foundation FY2023£1.7maboveno doubt
WEST WARWICKSHIRE SPORTS COMPLEX LTD FY2025£383k0aboveno doubt

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