VICTORIA INSTITUTE ARUNDEL

Registered charity 1173028 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the public benefit to advance the education of the public by such charitable means as the Trustees think fit and to save the building for the general benefit of current and future inhabitants of Arundel

Objects

1. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC FOR THE RESIDENTS OF ARUNDEL AND THOSE VISITING THE TOWN BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE DIRECTORS THINK FIT.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 reported a net income of £1,934 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £711,152, largely due to a revaluation reserve of £700,000 for its freehold property. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £7,449 and restricted reserves of £3,703, with no stated reserves policy target provided in the document. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, and the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis without noted uncertainties.

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 4 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08865107

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ENHANCING VICTORIA (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• THOMAS, David Llewelyn — director, appointed 17/12/2025on trustee list
• THOMAS, Georgina Sarah Marie — director, appointed 22/02/2025on trustee list
• WARD, Michael — director, appointed 21/11/2023on trustee list
• KENNEY, Carolyn Natalie — director, appointed 21/11/2023on trustee list
• CAREY, Michael John — director, appointed 22/10/2022on trustee list
• WHITEHORN, Veronica Ann — director, appointed 12/10/2022on trustee list
• HALL, William Otterburn — director, appointed 08/07/2015on trustee list
• EVE, Wendy Margaret Burton — director, appointed 08/07/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL WARDchair
• Carolyn Natalie Kenney
• David Thomas
• Georgina Thomas
• Michael Carey
• Veronica Whitehorn
• WILLIAM OTTERBURN HALL
• Wendy Margaret Burton Eve

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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