WHITSTABLE NON-ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITIES

Registered charity 248134 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CLARA ELIZABETH RIDOUT, WHISTABLE NON-ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITIES

The Charity is financed from rents collected from properties owned in Whitstable and the surrounding area and from interest on invested funds. This income is then applied for the relief from hardship or distress of persons living in Whitstable.

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

Latest income

£191k

Latest spending

£206k

Registered

1966

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased slightly from £3,390,480 to £3,388,131 due to a net deficit for the year, despite positive investment gains. The charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of over £3.3 million against annual expenditure of approximately £205,000, indicating strong financial stability. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified by the independent examiner.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Rent (95% of income)

“Rent received 181,390” — page 13

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Sharron Sonnexchair
JANET NEWCOMBE · trustee of 1 other charity
JOANNA WALLER
Jane Thompson
Janet Henley
Michael John White
Paulette Joanne Stubbings · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Sally-Ann Pickersgill · trustee of 1 other charity
Robert Sonnex

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£191k	£206k
31/12/2023	£171k	£210k
31/12/2022	£170k	£194k
31/12/2021	£166k	£193k
31/12/2020	£112k	£196k

Common questions

Is WHITSTABLE NON-ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased slightly from £3,390,480 to £3,388,131 due to a net deficit for the year, despite positive investment gains. The charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of over £3.3 million against annual expenditure of approximately £205,000, indicating strong financial stability. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were identified by the independent examiner. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Friends of Whitstable Healthcare.

The Friends of Whitstable Healthcare income £295k
FOLKESTONE MUNICIPAL CHARITY income £157k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WHITSTABLE income £939k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WHITNASH income £187k
THE STUART HALBERT FOUNDATION income £210k
CHARITWORTH LIMITED income £3.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WHITSTABLE NON-ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITIES	£191k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Friends of Whitstable Healthcare FY2025	£295k	—	above	—	no doubt
FOLKESTONE MUNICIPAL CHARITY FY2026	£157k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WHITSTABLE FY2025	£939k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WHITNASH FY2024	£187k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE STUART HALBERT FOUNDATION FY2025	£210k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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