TOWN LANDS OF WANTAGE

Registered charity 218441 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

providing almshouses for the people of Wantage.

Objects

THE UPKEEP OF 18 ALMSHOUSES AND THE PAYMENT OF PENSIONS TO THE INMATES OF SUCH ALMSHOUSES AND OTHERS AND THE PAYMENT OF SMALL ANNUAL SUMS TO THE CHURCH FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: WANTAGE AND THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

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Latest income

£130k

Latest spending

£79k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that both charities generated surpluses for the year ended 31 December 2025, with Wantage Town Lands (Thomas Fewson Eagles) reporting a surplus of £46,024 and Wantage Town Lands (Mill Street) reporting £34,873. Per the trustees' reports, both entities hold freely available reserves significantly above their stated policy target of twelve months' expenditure, ensuring financial stability for future refurbishment needs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: twelve months’ expenditure (held: £343k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to not less than twelve months’ expenditure.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Risk management

Trustees · trustee networks

Stephen Trinderchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Alan Howell
Christina Haddrell
IAN HERMON
IAN MEAD
Ian Smith
MR TERRY GASHE
Michael Cooper
Michael Haddrell
ROBERT SHARP
Terence Randall
WILLIAM ROYCROFT

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£130k	£79k
31/12/2024	£117k	£53k
31/12/2023	£111k	£82k
31/12/2022	£97k	£68k
31/12/2021	£46k	£27k

Common questions

Is TOWN LANDS OF WANTAGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that both charities generated surpluses for the year ended 31 December 2025, with Wantage Town Lands (Thomas Fewson Eagles) reporting a surplus of £46,024 and Wantage Town Lands (Mill Street) reporting £34,873. Per the trustees' reports, both entities hold freely available reserves significantly above their stated policy target of twelve months' expenditure, ensuring financial stability for future refurbishment needs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VALE AND DOWNLAND MUSEUM (WANTAGE).

VALE AND DOWNLAND MUSEUM (WANTAGE) income £228k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL WANTAGE income £208k
THE COMMUNITY OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN AT WANTAGE income £380k
WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £491k
THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES income £233k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WOLSTON, ST MARGARET'S income £100k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TOWN LANDS OF WANTAGE	£130k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
VALE AND DOWNLAND MUSEUM (WANTAGE) FY2025	£228k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL WANTAGE FY2024	£208k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE COMMUNITY OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN AT WANTAGE FY2025	£380k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£491k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£233k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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