COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WAKEFIELD
Registered charity 1121884 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The Community Foundation for Wakefield District is a grant making and endowment building charity. The Objects for which the charity is established are:- The Promotion of any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the Wakefield Metropolitan District area. Our Vision is to 'Inspire Local Giving that transforms lives for the better'.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £39,584, which is above the trustees' stated minimum policy target of £35,000. The charity reported a net expenditure of £38,408 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £625,295 to £586,887.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £35,000 (held: £40k)
“The trustees consider that the minimum level of reserves required to meet our legal commitments if the Foundation ceased to operate and provide funds to cover unforeseen expenditure or an unexpected loss of income is £35,000.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to Go POP CIC
“During the prior year the charity made a grant to Go POP CIC of £4,997. Go POP CIC is a Community Interest Company in which the trustee J Fan has control.” — 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.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Community Foundation Wakefield District (matched by registered charity number).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (25/04/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Anna Tabitha Dilkush Arulampalam-Tanna
- Cheryl Kidd
- DARREN BYFORD · trustee of 1 other charity
- Jenna Fan
- Jonathan Scott
- Marie Catherine Szczepanski
- Natalie Faye Glover
- Natalie Faye Glover
- RICHARD HODGSON
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: City Of Wakefield
Income and spending
Common questions
Is COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WAKEFIELD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £39,584, which is above the trustees' stated minimum policy target of £35,000. The charity reported a net expenditure of £38,408 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £625,295 to £586,887. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WAKEFIELD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WAKEFIELD as a grant recipient include The William Brake Foundation.
Known funders
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