WICKHAM COMMUNITY LAND TRUST

Registered charity 1134897 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust aims to provide affordable housing in Wickham to relieve the financial hardship of eligible beneficiaries living in the village, surrounding area or employed in the area. It aims to do so by providing homes for intermediate rent or shared ownership and by holding that property for the long term public good so that it will be available both now and for subsequent generations.

Objects

3.1.1 THE PROVISION OF HOUSING TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; AND3.1.2 TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BEDETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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

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Latest income

£211k

Latest spending

£139k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £72,495 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with a strong cash position of £215,616. Per the trustees' report, reserves held were £401,779, which is equivalent to 77 months of operating expenditure, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of six months. The trustees confirm that the financial position is healthy and capable of managing potential external shocks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 6 months of normal operating costs (held: £402k)

“WCLT's Reserves Policy states the Trust's intention to hold reserves to the equivalent of at least 6 months of normal operating costs” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Reimbursement of expenses to trustees

“During the year, expenses of £44 were reimbursed to 2 trustees (2024: £492). No expenses were reimbursed to a company in which a trustee has an interest.” — page 37

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Rothmans Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 06608621

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.

GROVE, Fiona Caroline — director, appointed 15/01/2026on trustee list
CHIVERS, Sara-Jane — director, appointed 10/09/2023on trustee list
PETERS, David John — director, appointed 15/09/2022on trustee list
GREENISH, Wendy Elizabeth — director, appointed 23/09/2019on trustee list
SMITH, Anthony James, Reverend — director, appointed 28/07/2014not on trustee list
THOMPSON, David Roderick — director, appointed 02/06/2008on trustee list
HOLLADAY, Nicol Adrian — director, appointed 02/06/2008not on trustee list
PHILLPOTTS, Geoffrey Surtees — director, appointed 02/06/2008on trustee list
PETERS, David John — secretary, appointed 01/04/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £1.6m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

NIC HOLLADAYchair
DAVID RODERICK THOMPSON
David John Peters
Geoffrey Phillpotts
REV ANTHONY JAMES SMITH BA, FCA · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Fiona Grove · trustee of 1 other charity
Sara-Jane Chivers
Wendy Elizabeth Greenish

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£211k	£139k
31/03/2024	£147k	£147k
31/03/2023	£93k	£82k
31/03/2022	£50k	£37k
31/03/2021	£73k	£65k

Common questions

Is WICKHAM COMMUNITY LAND TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £72,495 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with a strong cash position of £215,616. Per the trustees' report, reserves held were £401,779, which is equivalent to 77 months of operating expenditure, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of six months. The trustees confirm that the financial position is healthy and capable of managing potential external shocks. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Rothmans Audit LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/04/2020	£30k	COMMUNITY HOUSING FUND