THE WITHEREN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1192994 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£493k

Latest spending

£494k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves decreased to £18,126 from £76,363 in the prior year, while unrestricted cash balances increased to £352,391. The charity holds significant endowment investments valued at £9,907,332 and pursued a policy of maintaining free reserves to cover future needs and contingencies. An overstatement of the cash position in the comparative year was identified and corrected.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks (held: £18k)

“The Trustees pursue a policy of maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

LUDLOW TRUST COMPANY LTD · trustee of 140 other charities
Peter Dominic Caldecott
Sarah Caroline Caldecott

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
22/12/2025	£493k	£494k
22/12/2024	£140k	£219k
22/12/2023	£110k	£140k
22/12/2022	£63k	£147k
22/12/2021	£63k	£64k

Common questions

Is THE WITHEREN FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves decreased to £18,126 from £76,363 in the prior year, while unrestricted cash balances increased to £352,391. The charity holds significant endowment investments valued at £9,907,332 and pursued a policy of maintaining free reserves to cover future needs and contingencies. An overstatement of the cash position in the comparative year was identified and corrected. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST income £99k
WHEELER MILL FOUNDATION income £118k
THE HARGREAVES CHARITABLE TRUST income £169k
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST income £486k
Q CHARITABLE TRUST income £760k
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Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE WITHEREN FOUNDATION	£493k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£99k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WHEELER MILL FOUNDATION FY2025	£118k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HARGREAVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£169k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£486k	—	below	—	no doubt
Q CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£760k	—	below	—	no doubt

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