THE WINDMILL TRUST

Registered charity 1195160 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide therapeutic services to children and young people aged 4-18

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROVISION OF THERAPEUTIC SERVICES. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PROFESSIONALS, PARENTS, AND CARERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EDUCATION AND CARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO REQUIRE THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SPECIALIST INFORMATION AND TRAINING.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cumberland, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £61,155, comprising £18,940 in restricted funds and £42,215 in unrestricted funds, resulting in a surplus for the year. The trustees' report confirms the organization remained financially stable and committed to its reserves policy of maintaining three months of operating expenditure.

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.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Investing charity funds 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)

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Windmill Trust (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).

• Cumbria Community Foundation — “The Windmill Trust was funded in part by a grant from Cumbria Community Foundation through the Cumbria Fund. We are very grateful for their …” (source page)
• Francis Scott Charitable Trust — “Funding was awarded by The Francis C Scott Charitable Trust for 2024-2025. We are so thankful for the support received.” (source page)
• Kelly Family Foundation — “Thank you to Kelly Family Charitable Trust for part funding the work of our charity in 2024 and 2025.” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “The National Lottery Community Fund, which distributes money raised by National Lottery players for good causes has kindly supported The Win…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Nichollschair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Andrew Paul Evan Adamson Reynolds
• Peter Anthony Ovens
• Robert Andrew Bryson Higgins
• Tiffany Jane Solender

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

Operates in: Cumbria

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 WINDMILL PRE-SCHOOL.

• WINDMILL PRE-SCHOOL income £384k
• WINDMILLS PRESCHOOL LIMITED income £175k
• ISLE OF WIGHT YOUTH TRUST income £1.3m
• WOODCHURCH WINDMILLS & FUN CLUB income £134k
• WINDMILLS OPPORTUNITY PLAYGROUP income £170k
• WILLESBOROUGH WINDMILL TRUST LIMITED income £31k

Side by side with its peers

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