WINTERBOURNE & DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1145195 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WADCA

We provide facilities for sport,recreation and education for the benefit of local residents.We facilitate the use of premises as a venue for amateur theatre groups

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF WINTERBOURNE AND WIDER SURROUNDING AREA (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE “AREA OF BENEFIT”) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR, RECREATION, LEARNING AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF HEALTHY LIFE STYLES, SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY AND OF ADVANCING EDUCATION, SPORT AND IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY BUILDING (HEREINAFTERCALLED THE “CENTRE”) AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCALSTATUTORY AUTHORITY, OTHER CHARITY OR ASSOCIATION IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OFSUCH CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY WINTERBOURNE & DISTRICT COMMUNITYASSOCIATION (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE TRUSTEES) AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCEOF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£59k
Latest spending
£64k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4,263 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £29,710. The trustees report adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no employees earning over £60,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Trustee Kelly Gower received remuneration totalling £26,210.
“During the year the Trustee Kelly Gower received remuneration totalling £26,210 (2024:£24,476).” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Loans from related parties
“Loans from related parties (1,231) (2,308) Payable within one year (1,231) (2,308)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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: South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£59k£64k
31/03/2025£59k£55k
31/03/2024£58k£46k
31/03/2023£27k£45k
31/03/2022£41k£67k

Common questions

Is WINTERBOURNE & DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4,263 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £29,710. The trustees report adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no employees earning over £60,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.