THE VENTURE (WREXHAM) LIMITED

Registered charity 1153454 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To act as a resource for children, young people and their families living in Wrexham and the surrounding area by providing advice and assistance and organising programmes of physical, educational and other activities through recreation, play and leisure time activities developing young people's skills to enable them to participate fully in society as independent, responsible individuals

Objects

1. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN WREXHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA (THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT') BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) PROVIDING RECREATION, PLAY AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS;(B) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(C) ADVANCING EDUCATION.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING EDUCATION IN LITERACY AND NUMERACY.3. TO PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY SUPPORTING INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH (INCLUDING HEALTHY EATING CAMPAIGNS).IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF 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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wrexham, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves fell to £131,327, which is below the stated policy target of three months of operational expenditure. The filing notes that the charity faced financial challenges in securing funding and that core income has reduced significantly compared to previous years, though it remains a going concern.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW). 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/01/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Suzanne Nantcurvischair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alun Oldfield
• Barbara Lloyd
• Corin Jarvis
• Elinor Doherty
• Emma Owens
• Jayne Alton
• Natalie Jayne Rose
• Sheila Marie Groom

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

Operates in: Wrexham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VENTURE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

• VENTURE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £755k
• INCLUSION VENTURES LIMITED income £328k
• THE VENTURE TRUST income £2.2m
• VENTURE ARTS income £1.4m
• ADVENTURE THERAPY income £186k
• YOUTH ADVENTURE TRUST income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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