SAMUEL WALLACE SMEDLEY TRUST

Registered charity 1210840 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WALLACE HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE

The object of the charity is to benefit all the residents of Evesham and the neighbourhood by providing inclusive place and facility for advancing education, social welfare, recreation and leisure.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF EVESHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £70,965 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £496,988 to £426,023. Unrestricted reserves stood at £31,876, which is significantly below the stated policy target of approximately three months of charitable expenditure. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Samuel Wallace Smedley Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (75% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mary Taskerchair
• Mark Goodge
• Rev Mark Hutchinson
• Rev Peter Knight · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Connolly
• Sandra Capaldi · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stef Mytton

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SAMUEL WALLACE SMEDLEY CHARITABLE TRUST.

• THE SAMUEL WALLACE SMEDLEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £232k
• JOHN MARTIN'S CHARITY income £1.1m
• SOUTHMEAD DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £4.3m
• THE ELLESMERE CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST income £103k
• BEQUEST OF JOSEPH EWART income £194k
• SIR EDMUND DE MOUNDEFORD CHARITY income £199k

Side by side with its peers

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