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.

Objects

3.1 TO ESTABLISH AND PROVIDE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE A PUBLIC RECREATION GROUND AND PLAYING FIELDS AND FACILITIES FOR USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND ELIGIBLE PERSONS AND MANAGE THE SAME WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR VOLUNTARY OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS.3.2 TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE ARE OF BENEFIT AND ELIGIBLE PERSONS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF DISABILITY SEX SEXUAL ORIENTATION RACE OR OF POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND ELIGIBLE PERSONS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS AND ELIGIBLE PERSONS.3.3 TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED

Area of benefit: GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

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.

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.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in 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

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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£229k—0unclear—noted
WATTON SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL CENTRE FY2025£132k—0unclear—no doubt
WOTTON ARTS PROJECT FY2025£102k—0unclear—no doubt
WOOTTON AND DRY SANDFORD COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD FY2025£112k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SHIPTON-UNDER-WYCHWOOD RECREATION FIELD AND VILLAGE HALL CHARITY FY2024£104k—0unclear—no doubt
WEMBDON VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELDS TRUST FY2025£282k—0unclear—no doubt

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