THE WEDNESDAY CLUB ( WADDESDON )

Registered charity 1191709 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A weekly social club for the elderly of Waddesdon and the surrounding area.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THE ELDERLY, IN PARTICULAR THOSE PERSONS RESIDENT IN WADDESDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS NOW OR HEREINAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE RESIDENTS WHO NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE AND OR INFIRMITY.

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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Latest income
£42k
Latest spending
£29k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £13,068 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £22,121. Per the trustees' report, the charity is funded by donations and investment returns, with no significant fundraising activities carried out. The trustees anticipate a positive outlook for the next financial year supported by multi-year grant funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' worth of running costs (held: £22k)
“The reserve policy is to maintain an unrestricted reserve equivalent to three months' worth of running costs.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/04/2025£42k£29k
01/04/2024£36k£30k
01/04/2023£9k£30k
01/04/2022£25k£18k

Common questions

Is THE WEDNESDAY CLUB ( WADDESDON ) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £13,068 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £22,121. Per the trustees' report, the charity is funded by donations and investment returns, with no significant fundraising activities carried out. The trustees anticipate a positive outlook for the next financial year supported by multi-year grant funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE WEDNESDAY CLUB ( WADDESDON )?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE WEDNESDAY CLUB ( WADDESDON ) as a grant recipient include BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£10kCommunity support

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2024£18kWednesday Club - day club for over 65's
The National Lottery Community Fund30/03/2023£3kCelebration of King Charles III coronation
The National Lottery Community Fund19/03/2021£10kWednesday Club Waddesdon