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WHITLEIGH COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1177144 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We aim to support a wide range of community development projects in the deprived area of Whitleigh in Plymouth.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£247k
Latest spending
£143k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total reserves of £159,168, comprising £57,530 in free reserves. The trustees aim to hold free reserves equivalent to three months of core costs, a target which the current free reserves appear to meet given the total core costs of £143,629. The charity reported a net income increase of £103,856 for the year, supported by new funding such as the National Lottery Reaching Communities grant.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of the charity’s core costs (held: £58k)
“The Trustees therefore aim to hold free reserves equivalent to three months of the charity’s core costs” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Plymouth City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£247k£143k
31/03/2024£117k£120k
31/03/2023£140k£114k
31/03/2022£111k£99k
31/03/2021£85k£85k

Common questions

Is WHITLEIGH COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total reserves of £159,168, comprising £57,530 in free reserves. The trustees aim to hold free reserves equivalent to three months of core costs, a target which the current free reserves appear to meet given the total core costs of £143,629. The charity reported a net income increase of £103,856 for the year, supported by new funding such as the National Lottery Reaching Communities grant. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/06/2024£20kPL5 4 Youth in Community
Postcode Lottery29/03/2024£20kUnrestricted Funding
UK government01/04/2020£5kCOMMUNITY HOUSING FUND

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST1£40k
Point North Community Foundation1£24k
READING FAMILY CHURCH1£24k
LOCAL TRUST1£16k
THE FUNDING NETWORK1£15k
BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£5k
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WHITLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WHITLEIGH COMMUNITY TRUST£247k—0unclear—no doubt
WHITLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION FY2025£252k—0unclear—no doubt
WIGAN AND LEIGH COMMUNITY CHARITY FY2025£275k—0unclear—no doubt
WHEATLEY HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£336k—0unclear—noted
THE CIRENCESTER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LTD. FY2025£182k—0unclear—no doubt
WHITELEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£103k—0unclear—noted

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