WINSCOMBE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1186290 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide facilities for community hire for leisure , social, educational and local business benefit

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WINSCOMBE AND SANDFORD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO AVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are £50,000, while the charity is undertaking a major new build project with a contract value of just under £1.8m. The trustees note a funding gap of approximately £133,000 at year-end, which they expect to be covered by a pending £250,000 loan from the Parish Council.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Winscombe Community Association (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Community Ownership Fund — “£300,000 has been granted from the Community Ownership Fund” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “£200,000 has been granted from the National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)
• Thatchers Foundation — “Thatchers Foundation has pledged £50,000 to help us build our new community building.” (source page)
• Enovert Community Trust — “Enovert Community Trust have provided a £50,000 grant to WiNSpace.” (source page)
• Weston Garfield Foundation — “Weston Garfield Foundation have provided a grant of £30,000 to the WiNSpace project” (source page)
• Bernard Sunley Foundation — “Bernard Sunley Foundation have provided a grant of £30,000 to the WiNSpace project” (source page)
• National Grid Community Fund — “National Grid Community Fund provided £20,000 for our initial Architectural work for WiNSpace’s planning application” (source page)
• UK Government — “A grant £14,992.57 from the UK Government through the Rural England Prosperity Fund was provided to WiNSpace” (source page)
• Bristol Airport — “Bristol Airport provided a £12,000 towards our solar panels” (source page)
• Redrow Homes — “Redrow Homes are providing £387,000 from their S106 requirement for building the Woodborough Farm housing estate” (source page)
• The Megawatt Fund — “The Megawatt Fund, via the Quartet Community Foundation have provided a £4,000 grant toward Car Charging points” (source page)
• Sports England — “Sports England have provided funding for the Activity Room Sprung Flooring” (source page)

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: Other (89% 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 (20/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda TURNER
• Annette Joy Clements
• Caryn Joanne Ritchie
• Ian Vibert
• Irene Thresher
• Janet Elaine O'Brien
• Jayne Smith
• MICHAEL TURNER
• Nicola Jane Ireland
• Robert John Ireland
• Susan Caroline Henry

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

Operates in: North Somerset

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ENCOUNTER TRUST WINCHCOMBE.

• ENCOUNTER TRUST WINCHCOMBE income £292k
• PEBSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £133k
• STALLCOMBE HOUSE income £3.9m
• WINSCOMBE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £114k
• WINCHCOMBE ARTS & COMMUNITY HUB income £197k
• BINSCOMBE EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £638k

Side by side with its peers

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