WISHING WELL PROJECT

Registered charity 1180756 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WISHING WELL PROJECT LIMITED

Development and delivery of heath and wellbeing activities, service and initiatives.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE LIVING IN CREWE AND SURROUNDING TOWNS IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE CARE, EDUCATION, RECREATION, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING OF SUCH PERSONS.

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £38,405 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,078,125 against total expenditure of £1,039,720. Per the trustees' report, the organisation remains within its 3-6 month reserve policy, holding unrestricted funds of £142,126, which indicates good levels of financial security. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Banks Sheridan. 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.

• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06227115 · Financial health read from its filings
• Trading subsidiary: WISHING WELL TRADING COMPANY LIMITED Companies House 14896408 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Wishing Well (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.

• SHIRES, Paul Robert — director, appointed 01/07/2026not on trustee list
• HAND, Sharon Natalie — director, appointed 09/06/2025on trustee list
• SILCOCK, Danny — director, appointed 01/09/2024on trustee list
• ROBINS, Timothy Mark — director, appointed 01/01/2020not on trustee list
• SANDLAND, Patricia Ann — director, appointed 14/11/2019on trustee list
• ROBERTS, Audrey Jeannette — director, appointed 03/07/2015on trustee list
• WEILDING, Richard — director, appointed 03/07/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (53% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD WEILDINGchair
• AUDREY JEANNETTE ROBERTS
• Danny Silcock
• Emma Haworth
• Patricia Sandland
• Sharon Natalie Hand
• Tim Robins

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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