THE WIPERS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1191136 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Wipers is a specialist youth charity working with young people aged 10-25 across the UK, principally those in and leaving the criminal justice system and care. Through 1:1 mentoring, accredited group work, employability support, inclusive sport and youth-led research we support wellbeing and potential. Founded and led by Black professionals with lived experience of the system.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008]

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 · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £4,618 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total income of £72,585 against expenditure of £67,967. However, the charity holds an unrestricted funds deficit of £8,172, which is below its stated reserves policy target of maintaining three to six months of expenditure. The trustees confirm that adequate resources exist to continue operations on a going concern basis.

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 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
• 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

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

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2021 (received 05/09/2022, 37 days after the 30/07/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ANA-MARIA BRADSHAW-MURRAYchair
• Chris Clark
• Ian Fitzgerald Stapleton
• Phoenix Placzek

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WICKERS.

• THE WICKERS income £453k
• WAY WIDOWED AND YOUNG income £308k
• THE WELSH ASSOCIATION OF YOUTH CLUBS income £286k
• WINGS SOUTH WEST income £368k
• WIGAN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB income £2.2m
• YOUTHSAYERS CIO income £102k

Side by side with its peers

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