Prosper Wakefield District Ltd

Registered charity 226121 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY CENTRE, FIRST STEPS DAY NURSERY, PREMIER HEALTH BENEFITS, WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT LTD, WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT HOSPITALS CONTRIBUTORY SCHEME LTD

A local place-based grant maker based in Wakefield district. We give grants to local organisations who are benefitting their communities.

Objects

The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit such exclusively charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the trustees of the Charity in their absolute discretion think fit from time to time.

Area of benefit: BOROUGHS OF WAKEFIELD AND DEWSBURY AND ADJACENT DISTRICT

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted funds of £11,871,553, which significantly exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £39,348 (equivalent to three months of running costs). The charity reported a net income of £503,944 for the year, driven largely by investment gains, and the auditors confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Harrison & Co. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 01/11/2023, 1 day after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~189.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abigail Sarah Cook
• Catherine Longley
• Cynthia Clare Bernard
• Jody John Harold Poole
• Kerry Anne Dwyer
• Michael Holt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Topham

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WAKEFIELD.

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WAKEFIELD income £192k
• WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR DEAF PEOPLE income £209k
• WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT CARERS ASSOCIATION income £779k
• WAKEFIELD DISTRICT SIGHT AID income £152k
• WOLFSON HILLEL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST income £460k
• NORTH WESSEX DOWNS LANDSCAPE TRUST income £58k

Side by side with its peers

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