Wivenhoe Community Charity

Registered charity 1160666 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WCC, WCT, WIVENHOE COMMUNITY TRUST [CIO]

The charity holds funds for investing in projects for significant community benefit in Wivenhoe.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THAT AREA POPULARLY KNOWN AS WIVENHOE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE 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; (B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, OR TO COOPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CIO AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Colchester, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1k
Latest spending
£200
Registered
2015

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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.

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

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Government income: £450 — grants £450 (2); 43% of the £1,050 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1k£200
31/12/2024£270£270
31/12/2023£28£6k
31/12/2022£8£1k
31/12/2021£5£375

Common questions

Who funds Wivenhoe Community Charity?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Wivenhoe Community Charity as a grant recipient include THE COLCHESTER AND TENDRING COMMUNITY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COLCHESTER AND TENDRING COMMUNITY TRUSTFY2026£1k4 x Creative writing and biodiversity workshops for young people plus compost for project