THE WINDLESTONE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1200885 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity operates in the North East of England, primarily in County Durham. The charity makes grant awards to organisations that further the charity's objects. The charity is particularly interested in the advancement of rural regeneration, heritage regeneration and associated community capacity building in County Durham.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£489k
Latest spending
£487k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held no reserves at the end of the period, with total funds carried forward amounting to £3,970. The trustees report that the charity has no contingent or other liabilities and cannot end up in a situation where the requirement for reserves could be reasonably foreseen. The charity was entitled to exemption from audit under the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Durham · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£489k£487k
31/05/2024£374k£378k
31/05/2023£13k£8k

Common questions

Is THE WINDLESTONE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held no reserves at the end of the period, with total funds carried forward amounting to £3,970. The trustees report that the charity has no contingent or other liabilities and cannot end up in a situation where the requirement for reserves could be reasonably foreseen. The charity was entitled to exemption from audit under the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Point North Community Foundation.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE WINDLESTONE FOUNDATION£489k—0unclear—no doubt
Point North Community Foundation FY2025£16.1mmore than £80,000—above—no doubt
THE LARTINGTON FOUNDATION FY2026£229k—0unclear—no doubt
Community Foundation North East FY2025£10.7m——above—no doubt
EAST DURHAM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LTD FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
YMDDIRIEDOLAETH CLOUGH WILLIAMS-ELLIS FOUNDATION FY2025£974k—0unclear—no doubt

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