SHARE WOKINGHAM

Registered charity 1195620 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SHARE operates across a number of sites in Berkshire collecting end of day and surplus food stocks from local sources and sharing this with those in need thus helping the environment and also helpinng households access fresh food.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN THE NORREYS WARD (WOKINGHAM) AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY OTHER CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.B) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.’

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£46k
Latest spending
£49k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £3,194 for the year ended June 30, 2025, following a surplus of £56,536 in the previous year. This decline was attributed to the absence of substantial grants received in the prior year, with the charity now relying on donations. The trustees noted that increasing demand requires seeking longer-term funding sources to ensure sustainability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Gifts & Donations (100% of income)
“Gifts & Donations received 45588”
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.

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 30/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 450

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Volunteers: 350
  • Government income: £47,500 — grants £47,500 (2); 41% of the £114,961 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Volunteers: 100
  • Government income: £15,750 — grants £15,750 (3); 22% of the £70,520 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SHARE Wokingham (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£46k£49k
30/06/2024£115k£58k
30/06/2023£71k£46k
01/04/2022£18k£13k

Common questions

Is SHARE WOKINGHAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £3,194 for the year ended June 30, 2025, following a surplus of £56,536 in the previous year. This decline was attributed to the absence of substantial grants received in the prior year, with the charity now relying on donations. The trustees noted that increasing demand requires seeking longer-term funding sources to ensure sustainability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SHARE WOKINGHAM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SHARE WOKINGHAM as a grant recipient include Wokingham United Charities, WOKINGHAM LIONS CLUB (CIO).

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Wokingham United CharitiesFY2024£10k
Wokingham United CharitiesFY2025£10kRelief in Need
Wokingham United CharitiesFY2022£9kNotable Grants / Relief in Need
WOKINGHAM LIONS CLUB (CIO)FY2022£1k
WOKINGHAM LIONS CLUB (CIO)FY2025£1k
Wokingham United CharitiesFY2023£1kGrants via Berkshire Community Foundation
WOKINGHAM LIONS CLUB (CIO)FY2025£500
WOKINGHAM LIONS CLUB (CIO)FY2021£300Donation

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 SUPPORTING HOMELESS, ASSISTING REFUGEES EVERYWHERE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SHARE WOKINGHAM£46k—0unclear—no doubt
SUPPORTING HOMELESS, ASSISTING REFUGEES EVERYWHERE FY2025£131k—0unclear—no doubt
SHARE COMMUNITY LIMITED FY2026£2.4m——below—no doubt
FARESHARE YORKSHIRE LIMITED FY2025£1.3m—0below—no doubt
SHAREAFRICA FY2025£599k—0above—no doubt
THE WARE CHARITIES FY2025£58k—0unclear—no doubt

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