FRIENDS OF WINDMILL GARDENS

Registered charity 1176991 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOWG

Friends of Windmill Gardens open the Grade II* listed Brixton Windmill, providing guided tours and delivering education workshops to schools and local people. We maintain and help improve Windmill Gardens for the enjoyment and recreation of local residents. In partnership with Lambeth Council we manage the Windmill Centre delivering services for windmill visitors and our local community.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-4.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION AND DISPLAY OF BRIXTON WINDMILL; AND4.2 TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF LAMBETH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS 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 OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND PARK AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY, VOLUNTARY OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE AND PARK FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CIO IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE, THE CIO WILL CARRY OUT ITS ACTIVITIES WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER BELIEFS.

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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Registered contact address: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net movement in funds of £22,603, increasing its total net assets to £81,953. Unrestricted reserves stood at £51,953, which exceeds the stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to 25% of general annual expenditure. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis and examined by an independent examiner who reported no matters of concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• National Lottery players — “Thanks to National Lottery players” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/09/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• NICHOLAS WEEDONchair
• ANN DORIS LEE
• Edgar D'Mello
• Elizabeth Lillian Mackenzie
• Elizabeth Taczalski
• Flora Faith-Kelly · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lucy Dorman
• Michael Lee Appleton
• Olivia Christophersen
• Sonam Sikka

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

Operates in: Lambeth

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF UPMINSTER WINDMILL.

• FRIENDS OF UPMINSTER WINDMILL income £52k
• WINDMILL COMMUNITY GARDENS income £50k
• WILLESBOROUGH WINDMILL TRUST LIMITED income £31k
• WINDMILL HILL CITY FARM LIMITED income £2.8m
• FRIENDS OF BIRMINGHAM MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERY income £35k
• HECKINGTON WINDMILL TRUST income £222k

Side by side with its peers

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