WOKINGHAM FIREWORKS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1168821 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOKINGHAM FIREWORKS SOCIETY

The organisation and delivery of an annual Charity Firework display in Wokingham. All surplus proceeds are donated to local charities and charitable causes.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £2,171 in the year ended 30 April 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £16,889. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to cover potential costs of event cancellation, noting that the current costs of staging an event are approximately £38,000. The charity has no employees, no management expenses, and no defined-benefit pension schemes.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID GOLDchair
• ALAN FINCH
• Gerry Mortimore · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert De Quidt
• Tim Dunn

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

Operates in: Wokingham

Income and spending

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