THE WINE TRADE SPORTS CLUB FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1146874 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main object of the charity is to benefit those employed or formerly employed in the wine and spirit and ancillary trades, and their dependents.

Objects

4.1 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WINE AND SPIRIT TRADES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY AND ANY OTHER REGISTERED CHARITY FROM TIME TO TIME IN EXISTENCE THE MAIN OBJECT OF WHICH IS TO BENEFIT THOSE EMPLOYED OR FORMERLY EMPLOYED IN THE WINE AND SPIRIT AND ANCILLARY TRADES AND FOR THE GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES THEREOF.4.2 FOR THE GENERAL RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG EMPLOYEES AND FORMER EMPLOYEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS OF THE WINE AND SPIRIT AND ANCILLARY TRADES IN THE UNITED KINDOM AND IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND WITH POWER TO:4.2.1 PAY OR ASSIST IN THE PAYING FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF SUCH EMPLOYEES OR FORMER EMPLOYEES; AND 4.2.2 TO MAKE SUCH WEEKLY PAYMENTS AS SHALL BE NECESSARY FOR THEIR MAINTENANCE TO ANY WIDOWS OR SUCH EMPLOYEES OR FORMER EMPLOYEES WHO SHALL FOR THE TIME BEING BE UNABLE TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES PROVIDED THAT EACH SUCH WEEKLY PAYMENT SHALL CONTINUE TO BE PAID TO ANY SUCH WIDOW BUT ONLY SO LONG AS SHE SHALL HAVE NO OTHER ADEQUATE MEANS OF SUPPORT OR UNTIL SHE SHALL ASSIGN CHARGE OR ANTICIPATE THE SAME OR ANY PART THEREOF OR SHALL DO OR SUFFER ANY ACT OR THING WHEREBY SUCH WEEKLY PAYMENT WOULD BECOME PAYABLE TO ANY OTHER PERSON OR PERSONS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £1,557,504, supported by a net gain on investment assets of £130,136. The charity reports no creditors falling due within one year and maintains a cash balance of £22,097. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts accorded with those records.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wine Trade Sports Club Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/05/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Antony William Gerald Rixon
• CHARLES TAVERNER
• CHRISTOPHER ALLAN ELIOTT LOCKHART · trustee of 1 other charity
• Claire Lucy Marcuson
• James Graham Read
• MARK BROKE LEVESON-GOWER

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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