WIMBLEDON PARK COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1156930 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WPCT

Purposes The promotion of the benefits of the inhabitants of Wimbledon Park and the neighbourhood thereof (hereinafter called the area of benefit), without distinction, by the advancement of education and the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE INHABITANTS OF WIMBLEDON PARK AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF(HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT),WITHOUT DISTINCTION,BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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

Registered contact address: Merton, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£61k

Latest spending

£44k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £228,937, exceeding the previous year's £212,266. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to continue as a going concern for well in excess of the next twelve months. The charity's activities are funded primarily through hall and café rentals, with administration provided on a voluntary basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“No trustees received remuneration for their services as trustee or other benefits during the period of these accounts.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: one year’s operating income plus reserves for extraordinary expenditure, repairs, renovations and improvements (reserves figure: £229k)

“The trustees consider it prudent to maintain in reserve, from income surpluses, an amount equivalent to one year’s operating income against any interruption to the continued operation. In addition, in order to meet any extraordinary expenditure relating to the property, together with any repairs, renovations of a cyclical nature and any improvements, a further amount should be kept in reserve.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 14/05/2024, 104 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 08727642

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.

STEWART, Robert Angus — director, appointed 16/07/2026not on trustee list
ALBARRAN, Damaris Alicia Honor — director, appointed 16/04/2025on trustee list
DAWS, Clive John — director, appointed 24/04/2019on trustee list
SIMPSON, Iain Cook — director, appointed 10/10/2013on trustee list
TAYLOR, Linda Joan Cameron — director, appointed 10/10/2013not on trustee list
WATKINS, David Charles — director, appointed 10/10/2013not on trustee list
HUSSEIN, Shaukat — director, appointed 10/10/2013on trustee list
MODASIA, Pareshkumar Bhanji — director, appointed 10/10/2013not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

IAIN COOK SIMPSONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Clive John Daws
DAVID CHARLES WATKINS RIBA
Damaris Alicia Honor Albarran · trustee of 1 other charity
LINDA JOAN CAMERON TAYLOR OBE
NIGEL BRIAN ISRAEL · trustee of 1 other charity
PARESH BHANJI MODASIA FRPHARMS
SHAUKAT HUSSEIN

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

Operates in: Merton · Sutton · Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£61k	£44k
31/03/2024	£63k	£43k
31/03/2023	£55k	£55k
31/03/2022	£56k	£39k
31/03/2021	£40k	£46k

Common questions

Is WIMBLEDON PARK COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £228,937, exceeding the previous year's £212,266. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to continue as a going concern for well in excess of the next twelve months. The charity's activities are funded primarily through hall and café rentals, with administration provided on a voluntary basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£70k
THE ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH MELLOWS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£3k
THE GRACE TRUST	1	£2k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WIMBLEDON SOCIETY.

THE WIMBLEDON SOCIETY income £48k
THE WIMBLEDON IN SPORTING HISTORY TRUST income £35k
WIMBLEDON VILLAGE HALL TRUST income £253k
WESTMINSTER PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £94k
WOOTTON COMMUNITY AND SPORTS TRUST income £26k
STROUDEN PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £56k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WIMBLEDON PARK COMMUNITY TRUST	£61k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE WIMBLEDON SOCIETY FY2025	£48k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WIMBLEDON IN SPORTING HISTORY TRUST FY2025	£35k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WIMBLEDON VILLAGE HALL TRUST FY2025	£253k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
WESTMINSTER PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£94k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WOOTTON COMMUNITY AND SPORTS TRUST FY2025	£26k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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