WSH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1125228 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BAXTERSTOREY FOUNDATION, BENUGO FOUNDATION, CATERLINK FOUNDATION, HOLROYD HOWE FOUNDATION, HOLYROD HOWE FOUNDATION, PORTICO GIVINGBACK FOUNDATION

The WSH Foundation's activities range from supporting charitable causes in local communities, awarding hospitality scholarships and supporting charities in the hospitality sector, to funding the School Kitchen Garden project, a project that supports schools in establishing kitchen gardens in order to educate children on the importance of fresh food and provenance.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO PAY OR APPLY THE INCOME, AND ( IF AND WHEN THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT ) ALL OR ANY PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL TO OR FOR SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS OR PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wokingham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £82,812 for the year, with total unrestricted funds available amounting to £617,384. The trustees confirm that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity raised £202,108 in funds and made grants totalling £119,296 during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery Audit (UK) LLP. 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALASTAIR STOREY OBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• BEN WARNER
• CHRISTOPHER NOEL MAHONY
• MARC BRADLEY

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SCHASS FOUNDATION.

• SCHASS FOUNDATION income £85k
• WISHFORD FOUNDATION income £243k
• THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £452k
• COMMUNITIES FOOD & WELLBEING HUB income £156k
• GIVE. HELP. SHARE. income £243k
• FRIENDS OF WHEATFIELDS INFANTS AND NURSERY SCHOOL income £31k

Side by side with its peers

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