WHITEHILL & BORDON COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1180261 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

WBCT is an organisation working in partnership with residents, local authorities and other community organisations to enhance the growing community. We will create and manage events and places for people that support active, healthy lifestyles promoting pride of place.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:-3.1 TO FURTHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS 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; 3.2 THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR IN WHITEHILL AND BORDON) BY: 3.2.1 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; 3.2.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE; 3.2.3 THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP: (I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES; 3.2.4 THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVORABLE TERMS;3.2.5 THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; 3.3 TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF WHITEHILL AND BORDON IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY; AND 3.4 THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO FURTHER THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF THE ARTS THROUGH PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS AND ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, AND BY THE ORGANISATION AND PRODUCTION OF AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY ARTS FESTIVAL.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Hampshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £9,736 for the year ended 31 October 2025, resulting in total funds of £347,823. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with unrestricted reserves of £319,057. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• GARY MICHAEL BUTLER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julie Butler
• Natasha Ann Finn
• Paul Kosinski
• Penelope Alison Flux
• Phillip John Charlesworth
• Thomas Graham Fox

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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