WOOLDALE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1159314 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

runs Wooldale Community Centre

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WOOLDALE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE RUNNING OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION 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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£34k
Latest spending
£36k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £2,804 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £301,571. The trustees consider that reserves of £35,000 should be maintained, and the actual free reserves excluding fixed assets were £66,702, which is above this policy target. The trustees are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £35,000 (held: £67k)
“With annual operational costs of £35,000 and expected receipts of £35,000, the trustees consider that reserves of £35,000 shoud be maintained” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Jennifer Walton is a trustee and is paid for her work as a cleaner.
“Jennifer Walton is a trustee and is paid for her work as a cleaner. The Charity Commission has confirmed that as she was employed prior to being appointed a trustee, then their formal approval is not required.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 9
“Jennifer Walton is a trustee and is paid for her work as a cleaner. The Charity Commission has confirmed that as she was employed prior to being appointed a trustee, then their formal approval is not required. No trustee received any other remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.” — page 11
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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£34k£36k
31/03/2024£26k£27k
31/03/2023£35k£31k
31/03/2022£33k£22k
31/03/2021£40k£42k

Common questions

Is WOOLDALE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £2,804 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £301,571. The trustees consider that reserves of £35,000 should be maintained, and the actual free reserves excluding fixed assets were £66,702, which is above this policy target. The trustees are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

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FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WOOLDALE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION£34k—0unclear—no doubt
CROXDALE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt
WATERLOO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£33k—0below—no doubt
WHITTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£365k—0unclear—no doubt
SWALWELL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO FY2025£36k—0unclear—no doubt
ALLENDALE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£519k—0above—no doubt

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