CONCERN WADEBRIDGE

Registered charity 1160700 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BETJEMAN CENTRE

The Charity's objects are specifically restricted to promoting the welfare of those persons aged 50 years and over in any manner deemed by law to be charitable within Wadebridge and District.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF THOSE PERSONS AGED 50 YEARS AND OVER IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE WITHIN WADEBRIDGE AND DISTRICT

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£208k

Latest spending

£234k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £43,098 for the year ended 31 March 2026, primarily due to a significant decrease in grants received. Despite this loss, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £184,000, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £180,000. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 1. 6 months of the average Annual Expenditure forecast. 2. To meet any shortfall of Expenditure over Income, forecast for the next 2 years. 3. To take into account possible downward market fluctuations of 10% 4. To meet a percentage of planned capital and replacement expenditure over the 12 months. The relevant amounts at 31 March 2026 are: 1, £100,000: 2. £10,000; 3. £20,000: 4. £50,000: totalling £180,000. (held: £184k)

“Due to improvement in business a revised Reserves Policy has been drawn up to reflect the changed needs and assesses the level held by calculating as follows: 1. & months of the average Annual Expenditure forecast. 2. To meet any shortfall of Expenditure over Income, forecast for the next 2 years. 3. To take into account possible downward market fluctuations of 10% 4, To meet a percentage of planned capital and replacement expenditure over the 12 months. The relevant amounts at 31 March 2026 are: 1, £100,000: 2. £10,000; 3. £20,000: 4. £50,000: totalling £180,000.” — page 7

Per its FY2026 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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/09/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Diana Marion Larkin · trustee of 2 other charities
Elliot Anthony Osborne · trustee of 1 other charity
Eves Marie Carkeek
JOHN LYLE POMEROY · trustee of 1 other charity
Janet Elizabeth Hulme
Martin Butler
Paul Brocklebank
Paul Michael Tofi
Stephen Knightley · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£208k	£234k
31/03/2025	£230k	£238k
31/03/2024	£209k	£197k
31/03/2023	£182k	£186k
31/03/2022	£120k	£213k

Common questions

Is CONCERN WADEBRIDGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £43,098 for the year ended 31 March 2026, primarily due to a significant decrease in grants received. Despite this loss, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £184,000, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £180,000. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CONCERN WADEBRIDGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CONCERN WADEBRIDGE as a grant recipient include DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITED	FY2022	£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/08/2026	£20k	Project Restart – Moving Forward
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/04/2024	£20k	Health & Wellbeing - Project Restart
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/12/2022	£10k	Health & Wellbeing – Living With Covid
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/04/2021	£10k	Health & Wellbeing - Coming out of Lockdown
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/04/2020	£9k	For Such A Time As This
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/03/2016	£10k	Access for All

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
THE GRANT THORNTON FOUNDATION	1	—
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	1	£200k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	1	£89k
THE WATERBEACH CHARITY	1	£75k
THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTS	1	£5k
THE JENOUR FOUNDATION	1	£5k
THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEALDEN CITIZENS ADVICE.

WEALDEN CITIZENS ADVICE income £391k
GAINSBOROUGH AND DISTRICT WELFARE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £37k
HOWARD GARDEN SOCIAL AND DAY CARE CENTRE income £91k
Q1 FOUNDATION income £17k
WALLICH-CLIFFORD COMMUNITY income £20.7m
EVENTIDE RESIDENTIAL HOME LIMITED income £898k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CONCERN WADEBRIDGE	£208k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WEALDEN CITIZENS ADVICE FY2025	£391k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GAINSBOROUGH AND DISTRICT WELFARE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2024	£37k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HOWARD GARDEN SOCIAL AND DAY CARE CENTRE FY2025	£91k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Q1 FOUNDATION FY2024	£17k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
WALLICH-CLIFFORD COMMUNITY FY2025	£20.7m	£90,001 - £100,000	4	above	—	no doubt

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