WOODLANDS SPEAKS

Registered charity 1159638 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Woodlands Speaks has been established to deliver initiatives to improve the well being of the residents of Woodlands village near Doncaster. This includes delivering the Big Local Programme aimed at improving the environment, making it safer, providing facilities and support to young people and helping people into employment and training.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£115k

Latest spending

£76k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £231,407, which represents a significant increase from the previous year's £156,166. The trustees confirm that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity's financial position is supported by incoming resources of £115,160 against charitable expenditure of £76,292.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: reserves available to meet all its costs (held: £231k)

“The charity ensures that it has reserves available to meet all its costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Jacqueline Mundy
Joy Lightfoot
MARY PATON
Mark Haddock
PATRICIA GRANBY
Paul Bishop · trustee of 1 other charity
Ruth Farningham
Stephen Gardner

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

Operates in: Doncaster

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£115k	£76k
31/07/2024	£83k	£131k
31/07/2023	£104k	£89k
31/07/2022	£180k	£125k
31/07/2021	£184k	£142k

Common questions

Is WOODLANDS SPEAKS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £231,407, which represents a significant increase from the previous year's £156,166. The trustees confirm that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity's financial position is supported by incoming resources of £115,160 against charitable expenditure of £76,292. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WOODLANDS SPEAKS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WOODLANDS SPEAKS as a grant recipient include LOCAL TRUST, BIG LOCAL TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
LOCAL TRUST	FY2023	£296k	Big Local area: Warsop Parish
BIG LOCAL TRUST	FY2023	£0	Big Local grant
LOCAL TRUST	FY2022	£0	Big Local grant