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DAVENTRY DISTRICT WELFARE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 271400 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community Building

Objects

(I) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF DAVENTRY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD AND IN PARTICULAR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE. (II) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SAID PURPOSE AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN THE FOUNATION REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AUTHORITIES AND ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE SAID PURPOSE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: DAVENTRY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

Causes: Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income
£30k
Latest spending
£29k
Registered
1976
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £947 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £29,608 against expenditure of £28,662. The trustees confirm that systems exist to manage risks and provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. The organization maintains unrestricted reserves of £50,572, which the trustees aim to keep sufficient for known commitments and future maintenance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient cash flow for known commitments (held: £51k)
“The current reserve policy is to maintain sufficient cash flow for known commitments.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 9
“Related party transactions are any payments to Daventry Volunteer Centre (DVC) for the caretaking and general management of the DDWF building totalling £12,012. Carella Davies is a board member of DDWF and an employee of DVC.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£30k£29k
31/08/2024£24k£23k
31/08/2023£27k£31k
31/08/2022£25k£40k
31/08/2021£43k£20k

Common questions

Is DAVENTRY DISTRICT WELFARE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £947 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £29,608 against expenditure of £28,662. The trustees confirm that systems exist to manage risks and provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. The organization maintains unrestricted reserves of £50,572, which the trustees aim to keep sufficient for known commitments and future maintenance. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund12/08/2010£10kDDWF Refurbishment Project