THE WEM SPORTS AND SOCIAL ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1181598 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WSSA

Provision of facilities for sporting bodies of Wem

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WEM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO PROVIDE AND SUPPORT FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.(B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SPORTS CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE OR TO COOPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CIO IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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 total income of £49,512 exceeded expenditure by £14,632, resulting in net assets of £128,520. However, the trustees note the charity is highly dependent on the grant from Wem Town Council to cover costs, and any major expenditure would strain cash flow. Reserves have risen over the last two years, and the trustees consider the overall financial position sound provided Council support continues.

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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/01/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Bennett
• EDWARD TOWERS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Fiona Ford
• James Gwillam
• Mark Hoffmann
• Roger Drummond
• Susan Griffiths
• Thomas O'Flaherty
• Wanda Ollerenshaw

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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