WRENTHORPE AND KIRKHAMGATE ASSIST

Registered charity 1198288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

(1) Providing emergency food, essential toiletries and other household itemsto individuals and families in need;(2) The distribution of food, essential toiletries and other household items toother local charities or organisations working to relieve poverty;(3) Such other means including but not limited to the provision of support orsignposting to relevant information and other advisory s

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN WRENTHORPE, KIRKHAMGATE, OUTWOOD AND THE LOCAL SURROUNDING AREAS OF WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL THAT ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY; (1) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED; (2) THE DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO OTHER LOCAL CHARITIES OR ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO RELIEVE POVERTY; (3) SUCH OTHER MEANS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES. (4) TO REDUCE LONELINESS AND ISOLATION IN THE OVER 65S. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE.

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 · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received total receipts of £37,402 and incurred total payments of £25,044 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a net increase in cash funds. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act and the accounts accorded with those records. The filing presents a straightforward summary of cash movements without disclosing complex financial risks or deficits.

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 3 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nicola Anne Stansbychair
• Andrew Stephen Gill
• Catherine Stead
• Christine Mary Gill
• Henry drabble
• JEFFREY RHODES CANNINGS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lesley Margaret Cookson
• Mark Honeyman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Illingworth

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

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