WYCOMBE RENT DEPOSIT GUARANTEE SCHEME

Registered charity 1171222 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WRDGS

PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS IN THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNCIL AREA. SERVICES INCLUDE: GIVING A GUARANTEE TO LANDLORDS (AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE CASH DEPOSIT NORMALLY REQUIRED); LIAISING BETWEEN LANDLORD, TENANT AND BENEFIT AGENCIES TO SUSTAIN TENANCIES; AND GIVING FREE ADVICE ON HOUSING-RELATED MATTERS.

Objects

THE OBJECT[S] OF THE CIO APPLY TO THE TOWN OF HIGH WYCOMBE AND ITS ENVIRONS (“THE AREA OF BENEFIT”).THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR INADEQUATELY HOUSED IN PARTICULAR THROUGH PROVISION OF RENT DEPOSIT GUARANTEES AND OTHER ASSISTANCE ON BEHALF OF SAID PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF ACCOMMODATION AND WHO OTHERWISE WOULD BE UNABLE TO SECURE ACCOMMODATION IN SAID AREA OF BENEFIT

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £42,057 to £12,553, while total funds increased to £158,348 due to restricted grants. The trustees report that the charity secured promises of grants for the following year, including £65,000 from Buckinghamshire Council and £40,000 from the People’s Postcode Lottery, to support future operations.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Guinness Partnership — “The Guinness Partnership Guinness Partnership Ltd has set aside £28,000 for our guarantees.” (source page)
• Buckinghamshire Council — “Buckinghamshire Council” (source page)
• The Rothchild Foundation — “The Rothchild Foundation” (source page)
• The People’s Postcode Lottery — “The People’s Postcode Lottery” (source page)
• The Postcode Community Trust — “The Postcode Community Trust” (source page)
• Guinness Partnership Ltd — “Guinness Partnership Ltd” (source page)
• The Rothschild Foundation — “The Rothschild Foundation” (source page)
• The Albert Hunt Trust — “The Albert Hunt Trust” (source page)
• The Leathersellers’ Foundation — “The Leathersellers’ Foundation” (source page)
• The Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund — “The Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund” (source page)

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/01/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nancy Bradshawchair
• Andrew David Imlay · trustee of 2 other charities
• Clive Bradshaw
• Cllr Hazel Jayne Arthur-Hewitt
• Edward Maguire
• Kevin Victor Boughen

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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