THE WHOLESOME WAREHOUSE

Registered charity 1194390 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's objects are the relief of poverty and financial hardship to persons in the region of West Sussexand to promote social inclusion for the public benefit. The charity has supported individuals and families in need of furniture and home furnishings, food and financial grants to buy important goods and services as authorised by the charity.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1.THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP TO PERSONS IN THE REGION OF WEST SUSSEX (FROM BRIGHTON TO ARUNDEL) THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTION OF GIFTS OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS.2. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Horsham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£163k

Latest spending

£136k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £33,783, maintaining a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure as per the charity's reserves policy. The charity reported a net surplus of £26,135 for the year, with total income of £162,584 against total expenditure of £136,449. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis without material uncertainty.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six month’s expenditure (reserves figure: £34k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (1); 4% of the £141,980 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); 1% of the £82,754 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

Mike Britton
Mollie Stansfield
Nigel Sussex
dr Meindert Roger Verheul

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£163k	£136k
31/05/2024	£142k	£151k
31/05/2023	£83k	£59k
31/05/2022	£53k	£48k

Common questions

Is THE WHOLESOME WAREHOUSE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £33,783, maintaining a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure as per the charity's reserves policy. The charity reported a net surplus of £26,135 for the year, with total income of £162,584 against total expenditure of £136,449. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis without material uncertainty. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE WHOLESOME WAREHOUSE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE WHOLESOME WAREHOUSE as a grant recipient include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chanctonbury.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chanctonbury	FY2024	£3k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chanctonbury	FY2025	£3k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chanctonbury	FY2023	£990

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DORSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£22k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST	1	£6k
FRIARSGATE TRUST	1	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WALCOT, BATH	1	£504

Charities like this

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

THE WAREHOUSE TRUST income £95k
WESTCOMBE FOUNDATION income £251k
LIFEHOUSE CHURCH income £950k
SCOPE WEST SUSSEX income £402k
NORTH WALSHAM COMMUNITY SHOP income £78k
WHAG income £3.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE WHOLESOME WAREHOUSE	£163k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE WAREHOUSE TRUST FY2025	£95k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WESTCOMBE FOUNDATION FY2025	£251k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LIFEHOUSE CHURCH FY2025	£950k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SCOPE WEST SUSSEX FY2026	£402k	—	above	—	no doubt
NORTH WALSHAM COMMUNITY SHOP FY2025	£78k	—	above	—	no doubt

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