WAINMAN TRUST

Registered charity 1152488 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As a charitable business, the Directors are devoted to opening a care home for older people, run with a Christian ethos. Meanwhile the charity runs three clubs for older people in the Nottingham area who are experiencing isolation and loneliness to enable them to make new friends and re-engage with the community.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AND ARE RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED DUE TO THEIR AGE AND WHO MAY BE SICK AND THOSE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA WHO MAY NOT BE AGED INCLUDING BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ONE OR MORE RESIDENTIAL AND NURSING CARE HOMES AND THE PROVISION OF "OLD AGE EXTRA CARE" IN NOTTINGHAM AND SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOTTINGHAM CITY

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ashfield, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£131k

Latest spending

£128k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free unrestricted reserves amounted to £39,964, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure (approximately £7,600). The charity reported a net income of £2,239 for the year and holds total reserves of £65,471, indicating a stable financial position with adequate liquidity.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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Risk management
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Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £3,080 — grants £3,080 (2); 2% of the £130,689 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 15
Government income: £3,350 — grants £3,350 (2); 2% of the £145,722 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 1
Government income: £12,100 — grants £12,100 (6); 9% of the £129,173 total gross income on the same return

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

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

OLWEN COLLINGWOOD McGladechair
NICHOLAS JOHN BORRETT

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

Operates in: Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£131k	£128k
31/12/2024	£146k	£113k
31/12/2023	£129k	£143k
31/12/2022	£127k	£168k
31/12/2021	£118k	£122k

Common questions

Is WAINMAN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free unrestricted reserves amounted to £39,964, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure (approximately £7,600). The charity reported a net income of £2,239 for the year and holds total reserves of £65,471, indicating a stable financial position with adequate liquidity. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WAINMAN TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WAINMAN TRUST as a grant recipient include THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION, THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY, THE KRISTINA MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST, BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k	Welfare of the Elderly
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY	FY2024	£5k
THE KRISTINA MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£5k
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k	Welfare of the Aged
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION	FY2024	£5k
BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION	FY2023	£5k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	FY2022	£5k	Elderly
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k	Welfare of the Aged
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	FY2022	£5k
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION	FY2022	£5k
THE GRAY TRUST	FY2024	£4k	General category header
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY	FY2025	£3k	Donations made during the year
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY	FY2023	£3k
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST	FY2022	£3k	Welfare
WHITAKER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE FIFTY FUND	FY2021	£2k
W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£2k	The Together Project
THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUST	FY2026	£1k	Community Welfare
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY	FY2021	£1k
THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY	FY2024	£1k
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£1k	Activities for this charity aiming to improve the lives of older people and those with onset dementia.
THE GRAY TRUST	FY2023	£500
THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUST	FY2022	£500	Welfare
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST	FY2024	amount not stated	Welfare

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/01/2024	£20k	Sociable; healthy meals for local older people
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/07/2022	£10k	Operations Manager post to support local older people
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/03/2021	£10k	Covid crisis support for local older people
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/08/2019	£10k	New services for older people
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/02/2019	£39k	Together Clubs

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£58k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	1	£50k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION	1	£5k
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£3k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION income £349k
THE OLD WINDSOR UNITED CHARITIES income £70k
SWINNERTON TRUST LIMITED income £1000k
WILLIAMSON TRUST income £727k
WHITEHAVEN COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED income £916k
WINDMILL COMMUNITY CHURCH income £90k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WAINMAN TRUST	£131k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION FY2026	£349k	£80,001 - £90,000	2	unclear	—	no doubt
THE OLD WINDSOR UNITED CHARITIES FY2025	£70k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SWINNERTON TRUST LIMITED FY2026	£1000k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WILLIAMSON TRUST FY2025	£727k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WHITEHAVEN COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£916k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.